DiSalvo Grabs AMA Superstock Pole Position With Lap Record Of California Speedway

DiSalvo Grabs AMA Superstock Pole Position With Lap Record Of California Speedway

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Graves Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo dominated AMA Superstock qualifying Saturday at California Speedway with not one but two laps worthy of pole position and a new lap record of the 2.3-mile infield road course. With his first Dunlop qualifier mounted to his YZF-R1, DiSalvo turned a lap of 1:24.723, well under Ben Spies’ old lap record of 1:25.341, turned in 2004. Any question as to the legitimacy of DiSalvo’s time came when he mounted his second qualifier late in the session and lapped at 1:24.688. DiSalvo’s teammate and title rival Jamie Hacking had his first quick lap, a 1:25.5, taken away for cutting the course on the lap prior, but his second quick lap of 1:25.276 counted for the second spot on the grid. Aaron Yates crashed his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 early in the 40-minute Superstock qualifying session, but the Georgian returned to the track on his spare bike in time to record a third-quick 1:25.902. Kawasaki’s Tommy Hayden claimed the final spot on the front row with a 1:25.920 on his factory ZX-10R in the closing seconds of the session. Row two of the grid for Sunday’s Superstock race will include Graves Yamaha’s Damon Buckmaster (1:26.058), Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki’s Steve Rapp (1:26.219), Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Vincent Haskovec (1:26.240) and Roger Hayden (1:26.463). Row three will be composed of Geoff May, Aaron Gobert and Lion Racing’s John Haner and Jake Holden. Provisional AMA Superstock Qualifying Results: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:24.688 2. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 1:25.276 3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:25.902 4. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:25.920 5. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:26.058 6. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:26.219 7. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:26.240 8. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:26.463 9. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:26.656 10. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:26.664 11. John Haner, Suzuki, 1:26.992 12. Jake Holden, Suzuki, 1:27.234 13. Nicky Moore, Yamaha, 1:27.282 14. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 1:27.336 15. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:27.842 16. Matt Lynn, Suzuki, 1:28.416 17. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:28.938 18. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:29.013 19. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, 1:29.396 20. Brent George, Suzuki, 1:29.429 21. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:29.685 22. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, 1:30.087 23. Michael Beck, Yamaha, 1:31.842 24. Skye Girard, Yamaha, 1:31.855 25. Akira Tamitsuji, Suzuki, 1:31.879 26. John Chen, Suzuki, 1:31.899 27. Reno Karimian, Suzuki, 1:32.098 28. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, 1:32.192 29. Mark Simon, Yamaha, 1:32.701 30. Montez Stewart, Suzuki, 1:32.837 31. Brad Puetz, Suzuki, 1:33.404 32. Steven Weir, Kawasaki, 1:33.797 33. Sean Wray, Yamaha, 1:33.864 34. Lance Williams, Suzuki, 1:33.891 35. Marcel Graeber, Suzuki, 1:36.040

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