Updated Post: Duhamel Claims AMA Formula Xtreme Pole In Minnesota

Updated Post: Duhamel Claims AMA Formula Xtreme Pole In Minnesota

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Provisional AMA Formula Xtreme Qualifying Results:

1. Miguel Duhamel, Honda CBR600RR, 1:38.148
2. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR600RR, 1:38.702
3. Doug Chandler, Ducati 749R, 1:39.980
4. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR600RR, 1:40.065
5. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:40.425
6. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:40.481
7. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:41.404
8. Heath Small, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:41.496
9. Michael Barnes, Buell XB9R, 1:41.717
10. Larry Pegram, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:41.796
11. Blake Young, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:42.369
12. Mike Ciccotto, Buell XB9R, 1:42.443
13. Nicky Moore, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:42.945
14. Perry Melenciuc, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:44.370
15. Nathan Hester, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:45.166
16. Eric Haugo, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:45.845
17. Matt Prentice, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:47.074
18. Josh Bryan, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:48.936

112 percent of fast time: 1:49.926

19. Jim Davis, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:50.113
20. Darin Eli Edwards, Suzuki GSX-R600, no times


More, from a press release issued by Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki:

PERIS FIFTH AT BRAINERD

Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki was greeted today by brisk and windy conditions at Brainerd, Minnesota, site of the seventh stop on the 2004 AMA roadracing calendar. Regardless of the unseasonably cool weather, the squad quickly got up to speed quickly to post some impressive times on Friday.

Particularly notable was the performance of rising star Chris Peris. The Canadian teenager made the most of the single sixty-minute Supersport practice session on the day, posting a top five result in the session.

Peris registered a best lap of 1:40.850 around the 3.0-mile circuit, which placed him fifth fastest in the free practice and within striking distance of the leaders.

Afterwards he said, “We’re getting our GSX-R600 closer and closer to where we want it all the time. Michelin has been working hard and they’ve come through with some good tires. We’re able to get everything clicking together easier at this point — the team’s working great together and we all have a better feel for each other now.”

“I’m hoping to finish inside the top five, and I think that’s a realistic goal this weekend.”

Steve Rapp, last year’s race winner in Superstock at Brainerd, was ninth in Supersport on the day, just behind his younger teammate. Rapp, who earned his ride with the team partly due to a strong performance at Brainerd in 2002, crossed the line with a time of 1:41.313.

In Formula Xtreme qualifying, Vincent Haskovec earned a second row start for Saturday’s race, clocking the sixth best time on the day. The Czech-born rider’s test lap time on the Suzuki GSX-R600 was 1:40.481.

In Superstock, the Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki duo of Rapp and Haskovec gave up 250 cubic centimeters of engine displacement to many of their rivals as they once again raced their Suzuki GSX-R750s against the larger 1000cc bikes at the 10-turn Minnesota track. Although the circuit is known to reward the larger horsepower bikes, Vincent was ninth on the day with a time of 1:40.070, just ahead of Rapp’s 1:40.654, which was good for eleventh.

Saturday’s action will feature the Formula Xtreme race and qualifying for both Supersport and Superstock.

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