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Friday afternoon’s AMA Superbike qualifying session at Road Atlanta was stopped with just a few minutes remaining due to a crash involving HSS Racing/Kaufman Trailers’ Brian Livengood.

Details of the accident are unclear, but the end results were tire skid marks on the track and a damaged Suzuki GSX-R1000 and a motionless Livengood lying near a haybale-lined wall on rider’s left outside of turn nine on the back straightaway.

Speeds through turn nine on a Suzuki GSX-R1000 could exceed 160 mph.

Medical personnel responded to the scene, worked quickly to get Livengood into an ambulance, drove Livengood to the racetrack’s helipad and the 31-year-old Georgian was loaded into a helicopter and flown to a local hospital.

Cornerworkers were instructed to deliver his bike to an impound area instead of returning it to Livengood’s crew.

No information on Livengood’s condition was available at post time.

AMA Superbike Qualifying Times (at the time of the second red flag):

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:24.517
2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:24.981
3. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 1:25.006
4. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:25.281
5. Anthony Gobert, Ducati, 1:25.340
6. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:25.695
7. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:26.453
8. Ben Bostrom, Honda, 1:26.552
9. Larry Pegram, Ducati, 1:26.574
10. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, 1:27.412
11. Chris Caylor, Suzuki, 1:27.557
12. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki, 1:28.068
13. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:28.211
14. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:28.229
15. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:28.507
16. Brian Stokes, Suzuki, 1:28.555
17. Andy Deatherage, Suzuki, 1:28.571
18. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki, 1:28.664
19. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:28.705
20. John Dugan, Suzuki, 1:28.837