MotoAmerica: Smith Takes Superbike Pole At Mid-Ohio

MotoAmerica: Smith Takes Superbike Pole At Mid-Ohio

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Warhorse HSBK Ducati Flo4Law’s Benjamin Smith topped the MotoAmerica Quad Lock Superbike qualifying session at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday. OrangeCat Racing’s Sean Dylan Kelly qualified second, Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong third, M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante fourth and Rahal Ducati Moto with XPEL’s PJ Jacobsen completed the top five.

It was again an incredibly tight session, with the top 11 qualifiers separated by 0.797 seconds.

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