Jason Farrell, riding his Farrell Performance/US Chrome Kawasaki ZX-6R on Pirellis, earned the provisional pole position for the 77th Daytona 200 with a lap of 1:49.198 during the second of three qualifying sessions Friday at Daytona International Speedway. The outright motorcycle lap record for the 3.51-mile infield road course is 1:48.903, which was set by Valentin Debise during the 2017 Daytona 200.

“It’s going really good,” Farrell told Roadracingworld.com on pit lane. “These new Pirellis are worth a second compared to last year’s tires. And I did a lot of studying over the winter. I looked at aerodynamics and how I sit on the bike. And I studied the rulebook line-by-line. After all of these years, we’re really getting this bike dialed in.”

77th Daytona 200/ASRA SportBike

Daytona International Speedway

Daytona Beach, Florida

March 16, 2018

Qualifying Session Two Results (3.51-mile course):

1. Jason Farrell (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:49.198

2. Danny Eslick (Yam YZF-R6), 1:49.201

3. Valentin Debise (Suz GSX-R600), 1:49.389

4. Michael Barnes (Yam YZF-R6), 1:50.098

5. Geoff May (Yam YZF-R6), 1:50.280

6. Shane Narbonne (Yam YZF-R6), 1:51.136

7. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R600), 1:51.433

8. Cory West (Yam YZF-R6), 1:51.495

9. Shane Richardson (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:52.726

10. Ross Patterson (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:53.416

11. Bailey Cox (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:53.416

12. Andrew Abel (Suz GSX-R600), 1:54.095

13. Max Flinders (Yam YZF-R6), 1:54.321

14. Darren James (Yam YZF-R6), 1:54.534

15. Carl Soltisz (Yam YZF-R6), 1:54.817

16. Joseph Giannotto (Yam YZF-R6), 1:54.830

17. Kristofer Knopf (Yam YZF-R6), 1:54.917

18. Jody Barry (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:55.035

19. Cooper McDonald (Yam YZF-R6), 1:55.907

20. Justin Holderman (Yam YZF-R6), 1:56.073

21. Joseph Blasius (Tri Daytona 675R), 1:56.107

22. Anthony Fania (Yam YZF-R6), 1:56.306

23. Barrett Long (Duc 848EVO), 1:56.420

24. Seth Starnes (Yam YZF-R6), 1:56.906

25. Ryan Jones (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:57.136

26. Jeremy Kolewski (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:57.201

27. John Ashmead (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:57.642

28. Krunal Jadhav (Yam YZF-R6), 1:58.147

29. Joel Lenk (Yam YZF-R6), 1:58.267

30. Jason Dai (Yam YZF-R6), 1:58.493

31. David McPherson (Yam YZF-R6), 1:58.507

32. Norman Pomerleau (Yam YZF-R6), 1:58.758

33. Alexander Guibeault (Yam YZF-R6), 1:59.055

34. Daniel Spaulding (Yam YZF-R6), 1:59.194

35. Timothy Wilson (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:59.258

36. Joshua Marino (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:00.214

37. Darrin Klemens (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:01.271

38. Chris Sullivan (Yam YZF-R6), 2:01.754

39. Magnus Mossburg (Yam YZF-R6), 2:01.834

40. James Barry (Yam YZF-R6), 2:02.288

41. Patrick Ryan (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:02.544

42. Richard O’Connor (Duc 848EVO), 2:02.842

43. Salvatore Ruffino (Yam YZF-R6), 2:02.905

44. Roosevelt Wright, Jr. (Yam YZF-R6), 2:03.706

45. David Campbell (Hon CBR600RR), 2:03.947

46. Arthur Kowitz (Suz GSX-R600), 2:04.433

47. Dustin Ducote (Yam YZF-R6), 2:04.916

48. Zoltan Nemes (Suz GSX-R600), 2:05.153

49. Gene Buonomo (Yam YZF-R6), 2:05.394

50. Aaron Stein (Yam YZF-R6), 2:05.576

51. Harry Wilson (Yam YZF-R6), 2:05.773

52. Brian LaSalle (Suz GSX-R600), 2:07.020

53. Gino Angella (Yam YZF-R6), no time recorded

54. Ed Sullivan (Yam YZF-R6), no time recorded

55. Antal Halasz (Suz GSX-R600), no time recorded

56. Ryan Martin (Yam YZF-R6), no time recorded

57. Eric Helmbach (Yam YZF-R6), no time recorded

58. Daniuel Weems (Yam YZF-R6), no time recorded

59. Jason Zelibor (Suz GSX-R600), no time recorded