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Australian Casey Stoner finished his championship-winning year by overtaking Ben Spies down the final straight to win the season-ending Valencia MotoGP on Sunday.
The world champion, who clinched the title on Oct. 16, finished in 48 minutes, 18.645 seconds. Spies, an American, was only 0.015 seconds behind in light rain on the 2.5-mile Comunitat Valenciana Circuit.
Italy's Andrea Dovizioso was third.
Stoner raced away after his 12th pole of the season and was 10 seconds ahead of Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa, who finished fifth.
Riders did a lap of honor and gathered on the track to pay tribute to Italian rider Marco Simoncelli, who died in an accident at the Malaysia GP two weeks ago.
With three laps to go, Spies overtook Stoner when the Australian rider ran wide at a corner.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id/7198995/casey-stoner-caps-motogp-title-victory-valencia
