{"id":60648,"date":"2024-06-26T09:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/?p=60648"},"modified":"2024-06-26T09:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:44:24","slug":"mid-ohio-memories-2007-mladin-piles-on-the-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/mid-ohio-memories-2007-mladin-piles-on-the-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Ohio Memories, 2007: Mladin Piles On The Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sat-Brian-J.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sat-Brian-J.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sat-Brian-J-300x204.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sat-Brian-J-1024x697.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sat-Brian-J-768x523.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sat-Brian-J-1536x1046.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sat-Brian-J-600x409.jpg.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Spies (1) got the jump on the field in the first of two AMA Superbike races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2007. Eric Bostrom (32), Miguel Duhamel (17), Aaron Yates (20), Tommy Hayden (22), Mat Mladin (66), Roger Hayden (95) and the rest give chase. The win would ultimately go to Mladin. <em>Photo by Brian J. Nelson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p><em>With MotoAmerica set to bring AMA Superbike racing back to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, August 16-18, we\u2019re taking a closer look at past Superbike races at the iconic racetrack in Lexington, Ohio.<\/em><\/p><p>Mat Mladin needed to come away from Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2007 with two wins if he had any hope of keeping his teammate Ben Spies from earning the AMA Superbike Championship. Despite a weekend that teetered on the brink of rider boycott and culminated with Sunday\u2019s Superbike race not starting until 7:15 p.m., Mladin was able to do what he needed to do to keep his hopes alive.<\/p><p>When all was said and done, Mladin had his 58<sup>th<\/sup> and 59<sup>th<\/sup> AMA Superbike wins in his pocket and left Mid-Ohio trailing Spies by 17 points as those two continued their domination of AMA Superbike racing.<\/p><p>\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not thinking about the points and that\u2019s it,\u201d Mladin said. \u201cIf I win this championship, then we\u2019ve done a really good job. We\u2019ve given a lot of points away this year. At Daytona and Utah, I made a silly mistake and crashed out of the lead. So, we\u2019ve given up a few this year. So to be in the position we\u2019re in is very good, anyway. To win the next five races would honestly mean a lot more to me than winning a championship. To win 13 races in a year \u2013 that\u2019d be pretty cool.\u201d<\/p><p>Saturday\u2019s race began with Mladin botching the start and dropping to seventh. By the time he got to second place, Spies had 4.6 seconds in hand. Then came a red flag. So, what did Spies think of that?<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-682x1024.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60651 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 682px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 682\/1024;width:469px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-682x1024.jpg.webp 682w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-200x300.jpg.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-768x1152.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-1024x1536.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-600x900.jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J.jpg 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60651\" style=\"width:469px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.motoamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mid-Ohio-2007-Sun-Brian-J.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mat Mladin (center) celebrates one of his two Superbike wins at Mid-Ohio in 2007 with Jamie Hacking (left) and Ben Spies (right). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>\u201cOh, man, obviously not great things,\u201d Spies said post-race. \u201cIt happens. It goes for you and against you sometimes. That\u2019s just how it is. Just try to regroup and go out in the second one.\u201d<\/p><p>Mladin didn\u2019t mess up the second start, and he also had a new Dunlop NT rear tire that he\u2019d saved from his allocation. Spies didn\u2019t have an extra.<\/p><p>Mladin used the new tire to perfection, setting a new outright lap record on the first flying lap and then lowering it on the next lap and again later on the 17<sup>th<\/sup> lap. He ended up winning by 4.8 seconds.<\/p><p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t have enough (NT tires) to run a set for tomorrow and, obviously after the first race we thought we had a little bit of leeway and could maybe give a tenth or two on tires, and obviously we couldn\u2019t\u2026. hopefully, we\u2019ll put on those tires, and I\u2019ll be Superman tomorrow, but I don\u2019t see it happening,\u201d Spies said.<\/p><p>With rain hammering the racetrack all day long on Sunday and no on-track action as Mid-Ohio was, at the time, a track you couldn\u2019t race on in the rain, delays went all the way to darkness.<\/p><p>Somehow, the second Superbike race was run to completion with Mladin topping Spies again to gain valuable points in their two-rider battle for the title.<\/p><p>American Honda\u2019s Miguel Duhamel was third in Saturday&#8217;s race with Jamie Hacking earning his first Superbike podium for Monster Energy Kawasaki. 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