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Ben Spies

Spies at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix.
Name	Ben Spies
Caption	Spies at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix.
Nationality	US American
Birth Date	July 11, 1984(age 31)
Birth Place	Germantown, Tennessee, United States
Current Team	Yamaha Factory Racing
Bike Number	11
MotoGP Active Years	2008 � present
MotoGP Manufacturers	Suzuki (2008) Yamaha (2009 � present)
MotoGP Championships	0
MotoGP Race Starts	36
MotoGP Race Wins	1
MotoGP Podiums	5
MotoGP Poles	1
MotoGP Fastest Laps	1
MotoGP Total Points	361
MotoGP Last Season	2010
MotoGP Last Position	6th (176 pts)
SBK Active Years	2009
SBK Manufacturers	Yamaha
SBK Championships	1 (2009)
SBK Race Starts	28
SBK Race Wins	14
SBK Podiums	17
SBK Poles	11
SBK Fastest Laps	6
SBK Total Points	462

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Ben Spies ( ) (born July 11, 1984 in Germantown, Tennessee), also known as "Elbowz" due to his riding style where his elbows protrude outward, is a professional motorcycle road racer who turned pro in 2000. He won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimura Suzuki in (only the second time since that his team-mate Mat Mladin had not won it), and successfully defended it in and .

For 2009 he raced in the Superbike World Championship series for the Yamaha Italia team; winning the championship in his rookie year by six points over rival Noriyuki Haga. He started racing on Yamaha YSR50cc bikes with the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association in Texas as a pre-teen. Spies currently lives near Lake Como in Italy.

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