Tooele • Spain’s Carlos Checa and Italy’s Marco Melandri scored victories Monday in two FIM Superbike World Championship races at Miller Motorsports Park.
In Race 1, Checa seized control early and rolled to victory aboard his Ducati 1098R motorcycle for Althea Racing. Checa stalked early leaders Tom Sykes of Great Britain and Melandri for the first six laps before grabbing the lead and gradually pulling away.
Checa’s final margin over Melandri was 2.313 seconds.
Following Checa and Melandri, Max Biaggi of Italy ended up in third place. Jonathan Rea of Great Britain finished fourth and Eugene Laverty of Ireland was fifth....For more: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/54196662-77/checa-fifth-races-britain.html.csp