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SI.com: Tim Tuttle: Catching up with World Superbike champ Ben Spies

Ben Spies entered Sunday's final two races in the World Superbike Championship trailing Japanese rider Noriyuki Haga by 10 points. Starting from pole, Spies, a Longview, Texas native, won the first race to take a 15-point lead over Haga, who crashed, and rode strategically in the second to finish fifth and became World Champion by six points, 462-456, at the Algarve Circuit in Portugal. He's the first American to win the title since fellow Texan Colin Edwards in 2002.

Remarkable Rossi crowned MotoGP champion

Valentino Rossi was crowned MotoGP world champion for the sixth time as he took third place in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang behind Casey Stoner of Australia.

Rossi had Ferrari talks over Monza F1 drive

MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi says he talked with Ferrari about driving the team's second car in the Italian Formula One Grand Prix next weekend - but decided against it.

The great Valentino

Valentino Rossi is one of only a handful of champions in the modern era whose popularity has transcended their sport. As the Italian maestro closes in on an eighth world title, CNN charts the rise of the charismatic king of two wheels.

SI.com: Tim Tuttle: MotoGP veteran Hayden relishes challenge of switching bikes

It's been a rough season for Nicky Hayden, who arrives to this weekend's Red Bull Indianapolis GP in the unfamiliar territory of 14th in the MotoGP World Championship. Hayden has never finished worse than eighth in six previous years in the world's premier motorcycle road racing series, and was its champion in 2006.

'Sick' Stoner forced out of MotoGP races

Former world MotoGP champion Casey Stoner has confirmed he will miss the next three races in the series in a bid to cure the mystery illness which has hindered his season.

Pedrosa wins as Rossi extends title lead

Spain's Dani Pedrosa claimed the U.S. MotoGP at Laguna Seca in California as second-placed Valentino Rossi extended his championship lead.

Rossi on course for 100th MotoGP victory

Valentino Rossi claimed pole position for Saturday's Dutch MotoGP at Assen as the Italian bids to record his 100th career race victory.

SI.com: Tim Tuttle: Rookie Spies, 24, turning heads

The remarkable Ben Spies broke an 18-year-old record in qualifying Saturday for the Superbike World Championship, winning his seventh straight pole at Miller Motorsports Park in Toole, Utah.

SI.com: Tim Tuttle: Spies dominates while sweeping Superbike doubleheader

Ben Spies beat up on the best Superbike riders in the world Sunday. Twice. It was a homecoming that became the Massacre at Miller Motorsports Park.

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