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AMA Pro Racing released revised Superbike qualifying times just before 6:00 p.m. Saturday, showing Aaron Yates on pole.

Timing & scoring officials disallowed Mat Mladin’s fast time from Friday’s first Superbike qualifying session, saying it was inaccurate due to a timing & scoring hardware problem. Mladin said he did not try to improve his time in the second Superbike qualifying session, on Saturday, instead concentrating on race set-up.

AMA Pro Racing timing & scoring first acknowledged that there was a problem with times on Saturday, although crews saw problems on monitors starting Friday.

Revised times follow:

1. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 54.079
2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 54.087
3. Anthony Gobert, Ducati, 54.166
4. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 54.214
5. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 54.690
6. Ben Bostrom, Honda, 54.814
7. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 55.015
8. Larry Pegram, Ducati, 55.146
9. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, 55.332
10. Jordan Szoke, Suzuki, 55.437
11. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, 55.542
12. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha, 55.704
13. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, 55.741
14. Dan Turner, Yamaha, 55.884
15. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 56.161
16. Jeff Tigert, Suzuki, 56.259
17. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki, 56.284
18. Ricky Orlando, Suzuki, 56.308
19. Geoff May, Suzuki, 56.316
20. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 56.713
21. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki, 56.726
22. Jake Holden, Suzuki, 56.814
23. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 56.942
24. Mike Sullivan, Suzuki, 56.958
25. Jack Pfeifer, Suzuki, 57.008
26. Chris Caylor, Suzuki, 57.055
27. Tom Wertman, Suzuki, 57.259
28. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, 57.472
29. John Haner, Suzuki, 57.660
30. Brian Stokes, Suzuki, 57.674
31. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, 57.706
32. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, 57.997
33. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 58.113
34. Gregory Glennie, Yamaha, 58.616
35. Sean Fey, Yamaha, 58.773
36. Jason Knupp, Suzuki, 58.812
37. Eric Haugo, Suzuki, 58.833
38. Kevin Hanson, Suzuki, 59.424
39. Jeremiah Johnson, Suzuki, 59.580
40. Michael Kosta, Suzuki, 1:00.038

112 percent of fastest time: 1:00.568

AMA Pro Racing Director of Timing & Scoring Ken Rogers explained that the problem was with a new AMB decoder, which was first put into service at Pikes Peak and which was randomly taking exactly one second off lap times. The new decoder incorporates a built-in GPS system for synchronizing the system’s clocks and decoders.

The timing & scoring crew detected the problem Saturday, comparing segment times produced by the new AMB system; some segment times seemed too slow, and others too fast. Once the timing & scoring crew detected the random problem, they consulted a back-up system which used a different decoder with a external GPS synch system.

The timing & scoring crew had to not only sort through the back-up system’s data but also remove lap times produced when riders short-cut the course. In Formula Xtreme qualifying, for example, riders short-cut the course 87 times, Rogers said.