Spies Leads Red-flag-interrupted AMA Supersport Practice Saturday Morning In Alabama

Spies Leads Red-flag-interrupted AMA Supersport Practice Saturday Morning In Alabama

© 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By David Swarts.

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Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Saturday morning’s AMA Supersport practice was led by Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies with a time of 1:28.597 on his Dunlop-tired GSX-R600. The session was interrupted by two red flags. The first stoppage was caused by an oil spill from R. Todd Keesee’s Yamaha. Keesee’s machine lost its chain while powering out of the tight turn four left hander. The chain broke open the Yamaha’s engine cases, spilling its contents onto the track. Spies’ teammate Aaron Yates crashed in the oil spill, just before the red flag came out. Yates narrowly missed hitting a bare Armco wall and was uninjured in his fall. Yates’ 1:29.983, turned immediately before his crash, was the second-fastest time of the session. The practice was re-started for approximately five minutes before a second red flag, which ended the session, was brought out for another fluid spill on the track. AMA Supersport qualifying is scheduled to take place at 11:35 a.m. local time (Central) Saturday. Provisional Saturday Morning AMA Supersport Practice Times: 1. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:28.597 2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:29.983 3. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:30.002 4. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:30.315 5. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:30.480 6. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:30.550 7. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 1:30.897 8. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 1:30.975 9. Chris Peris, Suzuki, 1:31.219 10. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, 1:31.562 11. Ben Attard, Suzuki, 1:31.573 12. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:31.677 13. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:31.743 14. Heath Small, Yamaha, 1:31.791 15. Michael Barnes, Yamaha, 1:32.237 16. Jason Perez, Yamaha, 1:32.528 17. Nicky Moore, Suzuki, 1:32.686 18. Michael Sanchez, Suzuki, 1:32.860 19. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:33.194 20. Darren Luck, Suzuki, 1:33.340 21. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha, 1:34.166 22. Montez Stewart, Yamaha, 1:34.411 23. Chad Klock, Honda, 1:34.579 24. William Meyers, Yamaha, 1:34.676 25. Steven Breckenridge, Triumph, 1:34.869 26. Pedro Valiente, Yamaha, 1:35.236 27. Daniel Doty, Yamaha, 1:35.348 28. Nathan Dressman, Yamaha, 1:35.367 29. Ryan Andrews, Triumph, 1:35.407 30. Jason Peters, Suzuki, 1:35.632 31. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, 1:35.804 32. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, 1:35.978 33. Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki, 1:36.044 34. John-O Bowman, Yamaha, 1:36.162 35. Chris Siebenhaar, Honda, 1:36.419 36. Richard Ford, Yamaha, 1:36.422 37. Brad Hendry, Yamaha, 1:38.118 38. Lindsay McGregor, Yamaha, 1:38.248 39. David Sanchez, Honda, 1:38.526 40. Robert Terando, Kawasaki, 1:40.289 41. Michael Morgan, Suzuki, 1:41.640 42. R. Todd Keesee, Yamaha, 1:42.417 43. Robert Hilliard, Yamaha, 1:44.684 44. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 2:00.896

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