2009 Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki Road Racing Team

For 2009, we look to continue winning with the most powerful team in Superbike. Mat Mladin and Tommy Hayden finished on the podium together in nine rounds of the 2008 season and 2009 should be no exception. You can bet these guys will be ready with their insatiable appetite for winning.

For 2009 we’ve built on an already strong team by adding “Young-Gun” Blake Young to the mix. Blake showed blinding speed this past season and there is more yet to come! The Madison, Wisconsin native and Horizon Award winner is set to light the Superbike World on fire in 2009.

Tommy Hayden will be returning and building on the momentum he created in 2008. Tommy had a string of bad luck starting with a testing crash in Sepang, and then a strange incident at Fontana where another rider collided with him. The result is that Tommy wasn’t 100% for most of the ’08 season. Towards the end of the season though, Tommy stuck it on the podium several times providing a glimpse of things to come in 2009!

Mat Mladin is the definition of intensity and nothing indicates that this will change anytime soon. Arguably the toughest competitor ever to race in Superbikes, Mat will be back looking for another title. Knowing Mat, we don’t think too many people will be betting against him, he just seems to get faster and faster with age. One thing for sure – with Mladin you always get 110%.