Mat Mladin's Suzuki Superbike catches air at Road Atlanta in 2007. (Larry Lawrence photo)

Here’s a shot I took of Mat Mladin two years ago at Road Atlanta. I like this photo not just because both wheels of his Yoshimura Suzuki are off the ground, but to me it shows how hard Mladin flogs his Superbike around a track. You didn’t even have to look up to know it was him; you could “hear” Mladin coming. His bike’s engine was always singing a few octaves higher than the others.