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Geoff May reset the motorcycle lap record at Homestead-Miami Speedway during practice Saturday morning, turning a 1:25.626 at an average speed of 92.916 mph on the 2.2-mile road course.

May rode his AMA Superbike GSX-R1000 on 16.5-inch Pirelli slicks to set the record and predicted that he would be in the 1:24s before the weekend ended.

May broke the record set at 1:25.720 Friday afternoon by Steve Rapp, who beat May to win the Unlimited Superstock race. Rapp rode his AMA Superstock GSX-R750 on DOT-labeled Michelin tires in that race, running on pump gas with a set-up designed to meet horsepower limits for the F-USA Formula Sportbike race scheduled for Sunday. In that configuration, Rapp’s bike makes eight less horsepower than it does in its unrestricted AMA Superstock configuration, according to Valvoline EMGO Suzuki Crew Chief Keith Perry.

May held the record briefly during Friday’s Unlimited Superstock race, before it was restarted, riding his GSX-R1000 in Superstock configuration on standard green-compound Pirelli DOT-labeled tires. May’s record stood for only three laps: He did not fit new tires for the restart and Rapp did, pulling away to his own record, which stood less than 18 hours.