Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Yamaha’s Aaron Gobert took his first AMA Supersport pole position of the season and his second Supersport pole in as many years at Pikes Peak International Raceway Saturday.

Gobert’s time of 55.597 on his Dunlop-sponsored Yamaha was slightly slower than his own class lap record time of 55.547.

“The track definitely felt a little bit slower, so I knew if I could get close to my record time I would be good,” said the middle of three racing Gobert brothers.

Gobert’s teammates Jamie Hacking (55.743) and Jason DiSalvo (55.990) qualified second and third, respectively. Kawasaki’s Tommy Hayden, the current AMA Supersport Championship points leader, qualified fourth with a time of 56.091 on his factory ZX-6RR.

Forty riders, the maximum allowed on the grid at PPIR, qualified for the race.

Provisional AMA Supersport Qualifying Results:

1. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 55.597
2. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 55.743
3. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 55.990
4. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 56.092
5. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki, 56.151
6. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 56.172
7. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 56.274
8. Chris Peris, Suzuki, 56.521
9. Michael Barnes, Yamaha, 56.613
10. Ben Attard, Suzuki, 56.767
11. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 56.972
12. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 57.105
13. Jason Perez, Yamaha, 57.361
14. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 57.432
15. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, 57.586
16. Heath Small, Yamaha, 58.111
17. Darren Luck, Suzuki, 58.348
18. Nicky Moore, Suzuki, 58.389
19. Chris Siebenhaar, Honda, 58.417
20. Pedro Valiente, Yamaha, 58.534
21. Daniel Doty, Yamaha, 58.619
22. Martin Sims, Yamaha, 58.684
23. Ryan Andrews, Triumph, 58.684
24. Nathan Dressman, Yamaha, 58.728
25. Brad Hendry, Yamaha, 58.867
26. Nahun Gonzalez, Honda, 58.887
27. John-O Bowman, Yamaha, 58.934
28. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha, 59.016
29. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, 59.055
30. Anthony Manciu, Yamaha, 59.059
31. Montez Stewart, Yamaha, 59.139
32. Elton Curry, Kawasaki, 59.157
33. Mike Shreve, Yamaha, 59.346
34. Jason Mathiason, Yamaha, 59.411
35. Hector Romero Moreno, Honda, 59.523
36. Tyler Jones, Yamaha, 59.539
37. Justin Meyer, Yamaha, 59.743
38. Doug Venezia, Yamaha, 59.855
39. Tamer Kekhia, Yamaha, 59.932
40. David Lambert, Suzuki, 1:00.302

Maximum Grid Capacity: 40

41. Crash Lowe, Suzuki, 1:00.338
42. Michael Applehans, Yamaha, 1:00.407
43. Jeff Grace, Kawasaki, 1:00.519
44. Eric Pinson, Triumph, 1:01.917

112 percent of fast time: 1:02.269

DNQ. Jim Davis, Yamaha, 1:02.407