The young pretender is all set to be the King. Casey Stoner dominated the US Grand Prix taking his form from qualifying to record his 6th Moto GP win of the season increasing his championship lead over Valentino Rossi from 34 to 44 points.Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden of Repsol Honda and John Hopkins of Suzuki overtook Stoner on the 1st corner but Hayden and Hopkins ran wide and collided while trying to cut back in, sending Hopkins out of the race and losing Hayden valuable time and retired with 10 laps remaining while Hopkins eventually finished 15th.
Chris Vermeulen on a Suzuki who shared the front row with Stoner, stuck his Suzuki down the track and finished 2nd on the podium [And being rewarded for the same by the 2008 contract with Suzuki]. Rossi ran 4th in the early stages was passed on by Marco Melandri, who turned in his best ride of the season just 24 hours after his crash during qualifying to finish 3rd, who in turn signed in with Ducati to ride with Stoner for 2008-09.
Rossi finished 4th followed by Pedrosa, the last GP race winner finishing 5th with Roger Lee Hayden [Nicky’s brother] on a Kawasaki finishing 10th on his MotoGP debut.
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