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BRASELTON, Ga. – Six-time American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Superbike champion Mat Mladin turned in another dominating performance in the second race of a doubleheader at Road Atlanta on Sunday afternoon to score his 14th career victory at 2.55-mile road circuit.

As he did in Saturday’s American Superbike race, Mladin started from the pole position and led every lap en route to an easy victory, this time ahead of his Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Blake Young by 4.199 seconds. The Australian has won all five races of the 2009 American Superbike season to date.

Mladin’s only blemish of the weekend came during practice earlier in the day on Sunday, when he crashed at the end of the back straightaway. Mladin avoided injury and he didn’t miss a beat on the repaired machine.

 “I had a bit of a tumble this morning and the guys got the bike back together. Everything felt as usual and normal for the race. It was a good race for us. We had a bit of a crack for 10 or 12 laps. I was trying to figure out around Lap 10 or 11 whether I should keep pushing and the boys get a bit nervous when I do that. I pushed my luck one too many times today already, so I decided to have a bit of fun at the end.”

Young managed to take second place away from local rider, Geoff May, who hails from Gainesville, Ga. on the final lap of the race. May finished third on a bike owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan. Josh Hayes finished fourth and May’s Jordan Suzuki teammate Aaron Yates filled out the top five. Yates makes his home in Milledgeville, Ga.

In the co-headlining Daytona SportBike race earlier in the day, Danny Eslick claimed his third victory in five races this season. Argentine Leandro Mercado won the SuperSport class race for riders between the ages of 16 and 21.