Rockstar Suzuki's Mat Mladin clinched his seventh, and probably final, AMA Superbike title at Virginia International Raceway on Sunday afternoon bringing to a close one of the most successful racing careers in history.
Mladin, who announced his retirement a couple of weeks ago, has now won 78 Superbike races, all with Suzuki, and has a record number of career pole positions with 62 and he is also the only rider to take every pole position in a single season - 10 out of 10 in 2005. Mladin also holds the record for being the rider with the most AMA Superbike wins in a single season - 12 victories in 2007.
"It's nice to get the championship done and all wrapped up... My Rockstar Makita Suzuki guys are fantastic and it's been a pretty amazing run. We've won a lot of championships as a team and over the last 10 years it's been pretty amazing from the first one I won in 1999 all the way through to this year," said the Austrlian.
"What with Ben Spies winning three over the last few years, it's hard to believe that there will be that many championships won in a 10-year span again by one manufacturer. It's been nice to be a part of it and it's been fun building it."
