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The first day of official AMA activity at Daytona has been marked by a series of timing & scoring problems.

The wireless network that is supposed to transfer data from timing & scoring to the press room first started working late in the afternoon. The day started with runners carrying timing sheets from timing & scoring to the press room, until a FAX machine was finally installed in timing & scoring.

Duplicate times and rider names have been common on timing screens all day, with, for example, Jamie Hacking appearing as third-fastest and sixth-fastest at the same time on monitors during Supersport practice.

Fast times by several riders appeared on screens, then disappeared, then appeared again.

Chuck Graves is in an uproar, claiming that Ben Spies’ pole time in Superstock qualifying appeared on the screen several minutes after the session ended, and that Spies did not start his lap prior to the checkered flag falling on the session.

At 3:43 p.m., timing & scoring issued times for Formula Xtreme Group #1 qualifying, showing Ben Bostrom fastest at 1:52.800, followed by Miguel Duhamel at 1:53.339 and Vincent Haskovec at 1:54.213.

At 4:02 p.m., timing & scoring issued times for Formula Xtreme Group #2 qualifying, showing Ben Bostrom fastest at 1:52.800, followed by Miguel Duhamel at 1:53.339 and Vincent Haskovec at 1:54.213.

No word on when the system will be up and running correctly, if ever.