May, Barnes, Estok Top F-USA Qualifying, Kcraget Earns USGPRU Poles At VIR

May, Barnes, Estok Top F-USA Qualifying, Kcraget Earns USGPRU Poles At VIR

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Team M4 EMGO Suzuki teammates Geoff May and Michael Barnes and Millville & Wildwood Harley-Davidson’s Dave Estok each earned a Formula USA pole position during qualifying Saturday at Virginia International Raceway, while Speedwerks.com’s Brian Kcraget earned pole positions for both the 125cc and 250cc USGPRU events.

“The crew has been working really hard on my set-up, and the bike has really come around,” said May, who obliterated the Sportbike class lap record of 1:29.951 with a 1:28.362 on a GSX-R600 fitted with soft-race-compound Pirelli tires. Sportbike Championship leader Jeff Wood, Robert Jensen and Michael Himmelsbach will also start the Sportbike race from the front row Sunday.

Barnes used a 17-inch slick front and 17-inch, DOT-labeled Pirelli rear tire to turn a 1:28.400 on his AMA Formula Xtreme-spec GSX-R600, lowering the Superbike class lap record from 1:30.027. Riding his Sportbike GSX-R600, May qualified second, Wood was third-fastest on his Arclight Suzuki GSX-R600 and Robert Jensen earned the final spot on the front row on his Kneedraggers.com Yamaha YZF-R6.

Not to be out done, Estok broke his own two-year-old lap record of 1:33.699 with a 1:33.605 on his Pirelli-equipped, Rich-Cronrath-tuned Buell XB12R. CAD Cycles’ David Yaakov, Hal’s Performance Advantage’s Dan Bilansky and Richie Morris Racing’s Clint Brotz also qualified on the front row.

Kcraget didn’t break any records during his qualifying session, but he didn’t need to. His 1:36.265 was good enough for the 125cc GP pole and his 1:34.081 was the fastest time in 250cc USGPRU qualifying.

F-USA Formula Sportbike and CCS Unlimited Grand Prix qualifying sessions were postponed until Sunday morning due to various delays in Saturday’s race program causing the day to run long.

Formula USA Qualifying Results:

Sportbike (600cc):

1. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), 1:28.362 2. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), 1:29.207 3. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), 1:29.254 4. Michael Himmelsbach (Yam YZF-R6), 1:30.046 5. Scott Greenwood (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:30.645 6. Ryan Elleby (Suz GSX-R600), 1:31.742 7. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600), 1:32.109 8. Adam Dolney (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.809 9. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R600), 1:33.183 10. Brent Lilly (Hon CBR600RR), 1:33.922 11. Joseph Ford (Yam YZF-R6), 1:34.274 12. Ned Brown (Yam YZF-R6), 1:34.291 13. Jonathan Lawrence (Yam YZF-R6), 1:34.743 14. Bob Michael (Suz GSX-R600), 1:36.748 15. Brian Roach (Yam YZF-R6), 1:37.208 16. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600), 1:38.295 17. Adam Swetlow (Kaw ZX-6), 1:39.298 18. John Malinosky (Yam YZF-R6), 1:39.814 19. Joshua Wohlstein (Suz GSX-R600), 1:39.923 20. Tim Rinaldi (Yam YZF-R6), 1:40.602 21. Barry Savoie (Suz GSX-R600), 3:09.769

Superbike (600cc):

1. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R600), 1:28.400 2. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), 1:28.413 3. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), 1:28.972 4. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), 1:29.229 5. Michael Himmelsbach (Yam YZF-R6), 1:30.345 6. Trey Yonce (Yam YZF-R6), 1:30.959 7. Scott Greenwood (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:31.011 8. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600), 1:31.614 9. Tim Rinaldi (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.839 10. Adam Dolney (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.150 11. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R600), 1:33.181 12. Ned Brown (Kaw ZX-6), 1:34.267 13. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.342 14. Chris Rockwell (Yam YZF-R6), 1:36.068 15. Robert Lombardi (Suz GSX-R600), 1:38.634 16. Barry Savoie (Suz GSX-R600), 1:40.126

Thunderbike:

1. Dave Estok (Buell XB12R), 1:33.605 2. David Yaakov (Suz SV650), 1:34.989 3. Dan Bilansky (Buell XB12R), 1:35.854 4. Clint Brotz (Buell XB12R), 1:36.181 5. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB12R), 1:36.228 6. Randy Rega (Buell XB12R), 1:36.256 7. Russell Masecar (Suz SV650), 1:37.127 8. Walt Sipp (Buell XB12R), 1:37.485 9. Sam Rozynski (Buell XB12R), 1:37.552 10. Darren Danilowicz (Suz SV650), 1:37.913 11. Joseph Rozynski (Buell XB12R), 1:38.569 12. David White (Duc 1000SS), 1:39.695 13. Mark Evry (Suz SV650), 1:41.175 14. Joseph Romano (Duc 748), 1:41.896 15. Matthew Buck (Suz SV650), 1:42.643 16. Gary Bunner (Duc 748), 1:43.752

USGPRU Qualifying Results:

250cc:

1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125), 1:34.081 2. Sean Wray (Yam TZ250), 1:34.464 3. Bill Himmelsbach (Yam TZ250), 1:35.754 4. Josh Day (Yam TZ250), 1:36.263 5. Nobi Iso (Yam TZ250), 1:36.959 6. J. Pat Bartlett (Yam TZ250), 1:38.685 7. Ryan Clay (Apr RSV250), 1:38.760 8. Kory Gill (Yam TZ250), 1:38.870 9. Jim Bonner (Yam TZ250), 1:39.210 10. John Klaras (Hon RS125), 1:39.592 11. Mike Wright (Yam TZ250), 1:39.615 12. Dennis Woods (Hon RS125), 1:40.876 13. Zach Lee (Hon RS250), 1:40.996 14. Paul Hoyt Nelson (Hon RS250), 1:41.109 15. James Whitaker (Hon RS250), 1:41.109 16. Todd Illgen (Yam TZ250), 1:41.901 17. Joseph Melchionda (Yam TZ250), 1:43.053 18. David Matthews (Yam TZ250), 1:43.665 19. Andre Esser (Hon RS250), 1:45.061 20. Shellie Matthews (Hon RS125), 1:49.808 21. Darrin Kuebler (Hon RS125), 1:49.911

125cc:

1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125), 1:36.265 2. Garrett Carter (Apr RS125), 1:36.707 3. John Hjelm (Hon RS125), 1:38.654 4. Nobi Iso (Apr RS125), 1:38.789 5. Ryan Clay (Apr RS125), 1:38.844 6. Josh Day (Hon RS125), 1:39.042 7. David Celento (Hon RS125), 1:39.496 8. Michael Santelia (Hon RS125), 1:40.230 9. Steve Gorrell (Hon RS125), 1:40.751 10. Matthew Cooper (Hon RS125), 1:40.830 11. Glen Pison (Hon RS125), 1:40.978 12. John Klaras (Hon RS125), 1:41.113 13. Merel Eschiman (Hon RS125), 1:41.123 14. Joanne Sawyer (Hon RS125), 1:41.465 15. Bruce Lind (Yam TZ125), 1:41.694 16. Dennis Woods (Hon RS125), 1:42.656 17. Steve Wenner (Hon RS125), 1:42.842 18. Chris Marshall (Hon RS125), 1:42.957 19. Kyurim Rhee (Hon RS125), 1:43.239 20. Joseph Melchionda (Hon RS125), 1:43.361 21. Paul Hoyt Nelson (Hon RS125), 1:43.975 22. Brian Burton (Hon RS125), 1:44.245 23. Mark Dennis (Hon RS125), 1:45.194 24. Andre Esser (Hon RS125), 1:45.870 25. Richie Kjar (Hon RS125), 1:46.270 26. Chris Vest (Hon RS125), 1:46.695 27. Darrin Kuebler (Hon RS125), 1:48.410 28. Rebecca Henn (Hon RS125), 1:48.784 29. Lee Hollimon (Hon RS125), 1:48.880 30. Duane Hixon (Hon RS125), 1:49.129 31. Dane Walther (Hon RS125), 1:49.347 32. Shellie Matthews (Hon RS125), 1:50.623 33. Phillip Bangle (Hon RS125), 1:52.128 34. Bill Clery (Hon RS125), 1:52.158 35. James Bergey (Hon RS125), 1:52.646 36. Alessandro Acquisti (Yam TZ125), 1:57.001 37. Scott Rush (Hon RS125), 2:14.749

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