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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Ben Spies page on 15 November 2015, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Ben Spies, also known as "Elbowz" due to his riding style where his elbows protrude outward, is a former professional motorcycle road racer who turned pro in 2000. He won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimura Suzuki in 2006, and successfully defended it in 2007 and 2008.
For 2009 he raced in the Superbike World Championship series for the Yamaha Italia team; winning the championship in his rookie year by six points over rival Noriyuki Haga. He started racing on Yamaha YSR50cc bikes with the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association in Texas when he was 8 years old. Spies currently lives in Italy. On October 26, 2013, Spies announced his retirement from motorcycle racing after two debilitating crashes left him with permanent shoulder injuries.
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 4 September 2012 | Ben Spies to Pramac Ducati?  | Matt Hubbard, Speedmonkey |
| 12 September 2012 | Official - Ben Spies, Andrea Iannone to Pramac Ducati | Matt Hubbard, Speedmonkey |