Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo earned the pole position for round two of the Lockhart Phillips USA AMA Formula Xtreme Championship during qualifying Friday at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Alabama. Riding his factory YZF-R6 with a Dunlop qualifying tire, DiSalvo lapped the 2.3-mile road course in 1:27.143, which broke Miguel Duhamel’s lap record of 1:27.746. “It took me a little while to get into the flow,” DiSalvo told Roadracingworld.com. “We haven’t had any dry time on this bike so far this weekend, so we had to come in and make a suspension adjustment in the middle of the session. I rarely make a suspension adjustment in the middle of a session and never make one in the middle of a qualifying session. The changed worked, so it was good.” Second-fastest in qualifying was Parts Unlimited PJ1 Erion Honda’s Josh Hayes, who turned a 1:27.647 on his Dunlop qualifying tire-shod CBR600RR early in the session. DiSalvo’s teammate Eric Bostrom was really happy with his third-fastest 1:28.319. Hayes’ teammate Aaron Gobert earned the final spot with a 1:28.464 even though he said he had gone quicker on his CBR600RR during testing at Barber. Earning spots on the second row of the grid were: Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Kurtis Roberts with a 1:28.842 on a Pirelli-equipped Suzuki, Team Stargel Castrol’s Brian Stokes with a 1:29.497 on a Michelin-fitted Yamaha, Matsushima Performance Suzuki’s Danny Eslick with a 1:29.527 on his Dunlop-backed GSX-R600, and Leo Vince/Pegram Racing Honda’s Ryan Elleby with a 1:29.720 on his Michelin-sponsored CBR600RR. Lockhart Phillips USA AMA Formula Xtreme Championship Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 21 Provisional Qualifying Results: 1. Jason DiSalvo (Yam YZF-R6) 1:27.144 2. Josh Hayes (Hon CBR600RR) 1:27.647 3. Eric Bostrom (Yam YZF-R6) 1:28.319 4. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR600RR) 1:28.464 5. Kurtis Roberts (Suz GSX-R600) 1:28.841 6. Brian Stokes (Yam YZF-R6) 1:29.497 7. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600) 1:29.527 8. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR) 1:29.719 9. Ryan Andrews (Hon CBR600RR) 1:29.773 10. Eric Wood (Hon CBR600RR) 1:30.314 11. Chris “Opie” Caylor (Suz GSX-R600) 1:30.795 12. Ty Howard (Hon CBR600RR) 1:30.902 13. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600) 1:31.249 14. Taylor Knapp (Suz GSX-R600) 1:31.860 15. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R600) 1:31.944 16. Alastair Seeley (Yam YZF-R6) 1:32.081 17. Nicky Moore (Yam YZF-R6) 1:32.405 18. Tyler McDonald (Yam YZF-R6) 1:32.555 19. Keith Marshall (Suz GSX-R600) 1:32.881 20. Garrett Carter (Yam YZF-R6) 1:32.927 21. Nathan Hester (Yam YZF-R6) 1:33.110 22. Mike Hale (Buell XB-12R) 1:33.327 23. Trey Yonce (Yam YZF-R6) 1:33.405 24. James Kerker (Hon CBR600RR) 1:33.432 25. Marco Martinez (Yam YZF-R6) 1:33.693 26. Victor Chirinos (Kaw ZX-6RR) 1:34.098 27. Armando Ferrer (Kaw ZX-6RR) 1:34.168 28. Jeremiah Johnson (Suz GSX-R600) 1:34.300 29. Kenny Carlotta (Suz GSX-R600) 1:34.904 30. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R6) 1:34.998 110% of fast time: 1:35.858 Did not qualify 31. Mark Hatten (Duc 749R) 1:36.192 More, from a press release issued by Team M4 EMGO Suzuki: TEAM M4 EMGO SUZUKI RETURNS TO ACTION AT BARBER Team M4 EMGO Suzuki came into the second round of the 2006 AMA season at Barber Motorsports Park on Friday four-strong and determined to make their presence felt throughout the weekend at the scenic Alabama circuit. Many eyes throughout the paddock closely tracked the progress of Barber Superbike race winner Kurtis Roberts aboard the squad’s potent Pirelli-shod GSX-R600 Formula Xtreme racer. Filling in for Michael Barnes who injured his knee at the Daytona season opener, the former MotoGP competitor improved from eighth in the morning practice to qualify fifth for Saturday’s 17-lap final. The hard-charging Roberts posted a best time of 1:28.841 in his first qualifying session for the team. Even bigger things are expected from the talented racer come race time. Georgian Geoff May showed impressive speed in the day’s Superstock and Supersport practices. He notched up the third best time of the Superstock practice aboard his powerful GSX-R1000 with a quick lap of 1: 28.360. Immediately following the Superstock session, he put in the fourth fastest lap in the Supersport practice, making his way around the undulating racetrack in 1:29.063. Barnes surprised the team by healing quicker than expected and was given a Supersport-spec GSX-R600 to ride this weekend in order to help him get back into the flow. He was immediately on the pace, setting the eighth best time of the free practice at 1:30.546. Young Shea Fouchek was 20th in the Supersport session at 1:32.718. At the end of the day, Team M4 EMGO Suzuki Crew Chief Keith Perry said, “We’re doing well. We’re not exactly where we want to be on the FX bike, but nobody is concerned because Kurtis knows what we did at the test and we’re making some changes. We’re all just methodically working through a few things.” “Geoff is riding great,” Perry added. “He rode really well on the 1000 and the 600 in both practices and we’re looking forward to seeing what he can do this weekend. “Barney’s knee is really coming along faster than what we were told to expect. This is a good test for him to be able to ride here. It’s going to be a good workout for him to run Supersport and hopefully not overwork it. “We have a new mechanic working with Shea and there will be a little bit of an adjustment period as they get used to working together. They just need more time.”