Carlos Checa powered to a sensational double win in the sixth round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Miller Motorsports Park circuit in the USA (June 1st). The race, watched by 51,000 spectators, marked World Superbike’s return to the United States for the first time since 2004.

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s Spanish rider scored the first double win of his career and set fastest lap in both races to add to his Superpole win yesterday, and in so doing gave Honda their 100th victory in the Superbike World Championship. With today’s wins, Checa has reduced the gap to leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) to 28 points after the Australian left the USA with zero on his scorecard, the result of a crash and a technical problem in the two races.

The next race is going to come back to Europe, in Germany at the Nürburgring race track. Zee Sports will be airing Race 1 Live on 14th June at 7:30 p.m. Race 2 will follow on the next day, June 15th, at 6:30 p.m.

The 6th leg of the Superbike World Championship will take place in Monza on the 11th of May, 2008. Following the races held in Doha, Phillip Island, Valencia and then recently, Assen, Monza puts forward great expectations from the Superbike riders.

The Superbike World Championship 2008 begun as one of the most interesting and richly contested in years. With 28 permanent racing pilots promising scintillating action, and 15 racing rendezvous, including expert pilots such as Max Biagi, Shuhei Aoyama, Carlos Checa, Troy Bayliss e Troy Corser, among the veterans who will challenged by talented young up and coming pilots.

The Monza race circuit, one of the most renowned in the world, immersed in the extensive Parco di Villa Reale, is Italy’s largest motor sports complex. In addition to the Autodromo, the park, spreading over 700 hectares, houses a myriad of sports structures, an olympic sized swimming pool, and the Golf Club Milano, with 27 holes.

The Superbike World Championship race 2008 will be aired Live on Zee Sports, India, 11th May 2008 beginning at 2 p.m. and going right up to 7 p.m. with breaks in between.