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Veteran racer Tripp Nobles set the fastest lap time in BMW Boxer Cup practice on his O/Brien/Rough Stock Racing/Foothills BMW.

BMW Boxer Cup practice has seen extremely aggressive riding by many of the International racers, and the session was stopped for a multi-bike crash in turn one during the Thursday morning session. Javier Valera was able to ride his BMW away from the incident.

American teenager Jason Perez crashed in a separate incident in the chicane. Perez’s BMW suffered heavy damage, but Perez was relatively uninjured in the fall.

Thursday Morning BMW Boxer Cup Practice Times (all on BMW R1100S):

1. Tripp Nobles, 2:06.092
2. Brian Parriott, 2:06.300
3. Thomas Hinterreiter, 2:06.584
4. Markus Barth, 2:06.712
5. Sebastien Legrelle, 2:06.853
6. Roberto Panichi, 2:06.995
7. Richard Cooper, 2:07.074
8. Eric Lejeune, 2:07.207
9. Andy Hofmann, 2:07.232
10. Jason Perez, 2:07.383
11. Alessandro Tomassoni, 2:07.792
12. Steven Casaer, 2:07.921
13. Jay Springsteen, 2:07.923
14. Fernando Cristobal, 2:08.273
15. Michael Galinski, 2:08.314
16. Laurry Fremy, 2:08.327
17. Ricky Orlando, 2:08.509
18. Agusti Busquets, 2:08.531
19. Peter Ottl, 2:08.605
20. Lex Van Dijk, 2:08.769
21. Jeroen Oudeman, 2:09.021
22. Koen Vleugels, 2:09.229
23. Steve Atlas, 2:09.307
24. Norbert Rebholz, 2:09.340
25. Klaus Nies, 2:09.357