W’d like to apply the Latin phrase Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) to Ben Spies 2009 World Superbike Championship title.
The Texas Terror arrived in World Superbikes series a three times AMA champion, with three wildcard appearances in MotoGP on a Rizla Suzuki with a 14th place at Donington Park, an eighth at Laguna Seca and a 6th place at Indianapolis and a will to conquer the racing world at an international level.
Spies who has never seen 90% of the circuits, amazed one and all and at the end of this 2009 racing season in WSBK his stats are even more amazing.
Fourteen race wins, two second places and a third place in 24 rounds, places Spies in 14th place as one of the most victorious riders in Superbike history.
He’s ahead of Aaron Slight, 13 wins (but in 229 races) equal to John Kocinscki, 14 wins (48 races) and Scott Russell, 14 wins (118 races).