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Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo turned the fastest lap time in Thursday-morning Supersport practice, a 1:52.197 on his YZF-R6, according to AMA Pro Racing Timing & Scoring monitors, but the information on those monitors has not been completely accurate during the event, as DiSalvo alluded to in a post-practice interview with track announcer Richard Chambers.

“The bike is working really good right now, but I don’t want to say anything because in five minutes I might be second,” DiSalvo told Chambers.

On Wednesday, DiSalvo was listed as having the fastest lap time at the end of the Superstock qualifying session and began doing interviews with Chambers and reporters as if he had the pole.

Then, several minutes after the end of that session, the Timing & Scoring monitors displayed Ben Spies as having the fastest qualifying time. Although Spies’ lap time was confirmed as being accurate through AMA Pro Racing’s back-up systems, DiSalvo was still upset over the mix-up.

Provisional Thursday Morning AMA Supersport Practice Times:

1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:52.197
2. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:52.298
3. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:52.378
4. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:52.426
5. Michael Barnes, Yamaha, 1:53.077
6. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:53.230
7. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:53.311
8. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:53.392
9. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 1:53.782
10. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:54.238
11. Scott Greenwood, Yamaha, 1:54.270
12. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 1:55.138
13. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha, 1:55.138
14. Chris Peris, Suzuki, 1:55.169
15. Jason Perez, Yamaha, 1:56.756
16. Jeffrey Tigert, Honda, 1:57.011
17. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:57.012
18. Barrett Long, Yamaha, 1:57.552
19. Padro Valiente, Yamaha, 1:57.921
20. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, 1:58.337