Photo: Brian J. Nelson

AMA Superbike will be in Atlanta and celebrating their 35th year there. Road Atlanta is a great track both to race on and to watch at. Speed has the rundown on the high stakes at RA and some good rider info. Spies, who leads the series will still be hampered by a broken hand and Mladin seems to have fixed some problems with the bike’s setup that has held him back all year.

For the first time this season the title race is solely down to Spies and Mladin. Despite turning in a strong showing at the doubleheader two weeks ago at Virginia International Raceway Honda’s Miguel Duhamel, who is third in the standings, was mathematically eliminated from championship contention.Spies’ lead in the standings was as high as 45 points before he broke his right hand in qualifying at the last round in Alton, Va., and finished second and fourth at VIR. His fourth-place in race two at VIR was the first time Spies has finished off the podium this season. The Texan will not be fully healed in time for Atlanta, but he hopes to finish somewhere in the top three at both of Road Atlanta’s races to give him a solid lead going into the series finale in Lexington, Ohio, on Oct. 1. Read the rest here-

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