Rizla Suzuki on second and third rows of the grid JAMES HAYDON will start from seventh on the second row and Scott Smart from 10th on the third row of the grid for Rizla Suzuki in tomorrow’s fourth round of the British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park. With just four minutes to go, qualifying was red-flagged to clear debris from the 2.69-mile long circuit. When the session restarted in a frantic two-lap dash to determine the grid, the Rizla Suzuki riders both improved their lap times despite being caught in heavy traffic. In warm and dry conditions, Honda’s Michael Rutter took pole position. Racing at the fourth round of the British Superbike Championship takes place on Bank Holiday Monday, May 2nd, at Oulton Park in Cheshire. It will be shown live on Sky Sports with a follow-up highlights package shown on Channel 4 the following Sunday. James Haydon: “In the last four minutes of qualifying I got behind another rider and was on for a couple of fast laps – but for some reason he slowed up in the chicane and that took the edge off my times. I still managed my best lap right at the end but think I could have gone faster if the track was clear in front of me. “I’m delighted though. It’s now all about the start tomorrow and the second row is a good place to be. If I can get off the line cleanly, I think we have a race package to compete with the front-runners. I’m comfortable, the GSX-R1000 is a strong bike and it’s great to be back racing again, I’m loving every minute of it!” Scott Smart: “The final four minutes of qualifying felt a bit like a race and despite the traffic, I posted my fastest lap. I will be concentrating on getting good starts tomorrow and if I can get away with the leaders, I have the pace to stay with them and hopefully use the Suzuki’s horsepower to work my way up the leader board. “I have been suffering with a cold today – since Wednesday if I am honest. I am not sleeping well and that is not helping me get the best out of my Rizla Suzuki. If I can get a good night’s sleep, I’ll be in a much better position tomorrow and ready to attack.” John Reynolds: “Watching qualifying from the pit wall is extremely exciting and something I don’t get to do very often. The last four minutes were just mayhem with traffic on track and both Rizla Suzuki riders did well to be so quick right at the end. “James is doing a fantastic job on my Rizla Suzuki. He’s settling in well and although he’s a bit rusty because he hasn’t been riding since the pre-season, he has been getting faster and faster and has a very good race set-up. If he gets a good start in the races, he’ll be in the reckoning. “Scott is suffering from a cold and is not his usual chirpy, aggressive self. If he is feeling better tomorrow you can expect fireworks as he is quick on race rubber and not frightened to overtake.” Qualifying Times: 1: Michael Rutter (Honda) 1:36.436, 2: Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) +0.479, 3: Leon Haslam (Ducati) +0.748, 4: Glen Richards (Kawasaki) +0.972, 5: Karl Harris (Honda) +1.089, 6: Gary Mason (Honda) +1.146, 7: JAMES HAYDON (RIZLA SUZUKI) +1.378, 8: John Laverty (Honda) +1.531, 9: Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) +1.544, 10: SCOTT SMART (RIZLA SUZUKI) +1.768.

Provisional AMA Superbike Race Results: 1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 28 laps 2. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -5.069 seconds 3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -14.754 seconds 4. Eric Bostrom, Ducati, -21.619 seconds 5. Neil Hodgson, Ducati, -44.387 seconds 6. Jake Zemke, Honda, -48.996 seconds 7. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -59.214 seconds 8. Marty Craggill, Suzuki, -70.622 seconds 9. Clint McBain, Suzuki, -74.080 seconds 10. Larry Pegram, Honda, -77.042 seconds 11. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -1 lap 12. Lee Acree, Suzuki, -1 lap, -4.504 seconds 13. Eric Wood, Suzuki, -1 lap, -4.508 seconds 14. John Haner, Suzuki, -1 lap, -6.198 seconds 15. Cory West, Suzuki, -1 lap, -10.753 seconds 16. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, -1 lap, -11.894 seconds 17. Jeff Tigert, Honda, -1 lap, -27.178 seconds 18. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -1 lap, -31.293 seconds, crash 19. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, -1 lap, -31.389 seconds 20. Brent George, Suzuki, -1 lap, -35.294 seconds 21. Mark Ledesma, Honda, -1 lap, -44.157 seconds 22. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, -1 lap, -47.067 seconds 23. Heath Small, Yamaha, -1 lap, -48.668 seconds 24. Matt Lynn, Suzuki, -1 lap, -63.665 seconds 25. Jeremy Toye, Honda, -1 lap, -74.180 seconds 26. David Sanders, Suzuki, -1 lap, -74.233 seconds 27. David Bell, Suzuki, -1 lap, -77.900 seconds 28. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, -1 lap, -78.057 seconds 29. Mike Sullivan, Yamaha, -2 laps 30. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki, -2 laps, -0.069 second 31. Peter Holzinger, Suzuki, -2 laps, -44.713 seconds 32. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, -5 laps, DNF, mechanical 33. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, -16 laps, DNF, mechanical 34. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki, -18 laps, DNF, crash 35. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, DNS 36. Geoff May, Suzuki, DNS 37. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, DNS 38. Jason Curtis, Suzuki, DNS Provisional AMS Superbike Championship Point Standings: 1. Spies, 155 points 2. Mladin, 152 points 3. Hodgson, 146 points 4. Yates, 143 points 5. Bostrom, 122 points 6. Duhamel, 118 points 7. Craggill, 106 points 8. Rapp, 92 points 9. Acree, 89 points 10. Wood, 81 points More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin bounced back from the mechanical woes that knocked him out of yesterday’s AMA Superbike Championship round at California Speedway to win the second portion of the double-header today in Fontana, California as Suzuki claimed one-two-three on the podium. Mladin led all but one of the 28 laps at California Speedway to earn his fourth win of the five-race-old season, the Australian topping his team mate – and yesterday’s race winner – Ben Spies by five seconds. Spies had kept Mladin honest throughout, matching his pace as the two stayed separated by just a few seconds for most of the race. In the closing stages however, Mladin was able to maintain the pace as Spies dropped off, settling for a safe second place and a hold on the championship-points lead. Third place went to Aaron Yates who was locked in a duel with Ducati Austin’s Eric Bostrom for most of the race, but the Georgian was able to hold him off to make it a Suzuki GSX-R1000 clean sweep. Bostrom maintained his pace to finish fourth ahead of team mate Neil Hodgson. American Honda’s Jake Zemke ended up sixth with Michael Jordan Motorsports’ Steve Rapp finishing seventh as Mladin Motorsports Marty Craggill, Clint McBain and Larry Pegram rounded out the top 10 finishers. Notable among the non-finishers was Miguel Duhamel, the American Honda rider crashing out of the race on the third lap but remounting to finish the race.

Provisional AMA Supersport Race Results: 1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 17 laps 2. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, -4.248 seconds 3. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki, -6.622 seconds 4. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, -6.708 seconds 5. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, -12.606 seconds 6. Ben Spies, Suzuki, -12.792 seconds 7. Ben Attard, Kawasaki, -24.535 seconds 8. Geoff May, Suzuki, -25.068 seconds 9. Chris Peris, Yamaha, -29.135 seconds 10. Nicky Moore, Yamaha, -35.702 seconds 11. Robert Jensen, Yamaha, -36.484 seconds 12. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -38.127 seconds 13. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, -45.871 seconds 14. Chris Siglin, Yamaha, -64.072 seconds 15. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, -68.970 seconds 16. Matt Furtek, Kawasaki, -73.902 seconds 17. Barrett Long, Yamaha, -78.118 seconds 18. Taylor Knapp, Yamaha, -80.646 seconds 19. Jim Wood, Kawasaki, -84.334 seconds 20. Justin Filice, Honda, -85.803 seconds 21. Chad Rolland, Yamaha, -89.972 seconds 22. Tim Knutson, Yamaha, -92.335 seconds 23. Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki, -92.338 seconds 24. Ricky Orlando, Kawasaki, -1 lap 25. Chad Lewin, Suzuki, -1 lap, -9.529 seconds 26. Michael Beck, Yamaha, -1 lap, -11.581 seconds 27. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, -1 lap, -18.684 seconds 28. Ryan Hoffman, Kawasaki, -1 lap, -26.139 seconds 29. Tristan Schoenewald, Honda, -1 lap, -26.625 seconds 30. Victor Chirinos, Yamaha, -1 lap, -38.978 seconds 31. Blair Sullenger, Yamaha, -1 lap, -43.182 seconds 32. Samuel Carnibucci, Yamaha, -1 lap, -55.997 seconds 33. Eugene Bazyl, Yamaha, -1 lap, -56.563 seconds 34. Raul Padilla, Suzuki, -2 laps 35. Shaun Summers, Yamaha, -3 laps 36. Blake Young, Suzuki, -12 laps, DNF Provisional AMA Supersport Championship Point Standings: 1. Hacking, 107 points 2. Tommy Hayden, 103 points 3. DiSalvo, 83 points 4. Aaron Gobert, 78 points 5. Spies, 73 points 6. Jensen, 69 points 7. Roger Hayden, 68 points 8. TIE, Attard/May, 66 points 10. Peris, 64 points

Provisional AMA Superstock Race Results: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 17 laps 2. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, -4.558 seconds 3. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, -16.225 seconds 4. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, -16.269 seconds 5. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, -18.706 seconds 6. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, -23.433 seconds 7. John Haner, Suzuki, -25.161 seconds 8. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -31.007 seconds 9. Eric Wood, Suzuki, -36.182 seconds 10. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -39.453 seconds, crash 11. Nicky Moore, Yamaha, -43.430 seconds 12. Blake Young, Suzuki, -43.988 seconds 13. Lee Acree, Suzuki, -44.084 seconds 14. Matt Lynn, Suzuki, -45.784 seconds 15. Brent George, Suzuki, -45.784 seconds 16. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -50.627 seconds 17. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, -53.249 seconds 18. Geoff May, Suzuki, -71.880 seconds, crash 19. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, -85.563 seconds 20. Akira Tamitsuji, Suzuki, -1 lap 21. Reno Karimian, Suzuki, -1 lap 22. Michael Beck, Yamaha, -1 lap 23. Skye Girard, Yamaha, -1 lap 24. John Chen, Suzuki, -1 lap 25. Mark Simon, Yamaha, -1 lap 26. Montez Stewart, Suzuki, -1 lap 27. Sean Wray, Yamaha, -1 lap 28. Lance Williams, Suzuki, -1 lap 29. Steven Weir, Kawasaki, -1 lap 30. Brad Puetz, Suzuki, -1 lap 31. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki, -14 laps, DNF, crash 32. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, -14 laps, DNF 33. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, DNS 34. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, DNS Provisional AMA Superstock Championship Point Standings: 1. DiSalvo, 95 points 2. TIE, Haskovec/Hacking, 88 points 4. Tommy Hayden, 87 points 5. Yates, 85 points 6. Rapp, 77 points 7. Holden, 65 points 8. Haner, 61 points 9. Wood, 56 points 10. George, 55 points

Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin’s Neil Hodgson may not ride in Sunday’s AMA Superbike race at California Speedway due to illness. Hodgson has been suffering flu-like symptoms all weekend and even vomited in his helmet during Saturday’s Superbike final, which he led before running wide in turn three and slipping back to third place on the last lap. “He is feeling much worse today,” said Ducati Corse Superbike Racing Director Paolo Ciabatti, when asked why the Englishman did not ride in Sunday morning’s Superbike warm-up. Hodgson’s participation in Sunday’s race is not certain, according to Ciabatti. Roadracingworld.com’s Chris Ulrich will not race Sunday after suffering a suspected torn labrum in his right shoulder while riding this weekend at California Speedway. Ulrich did not crash.

Provisional Sunday Morning AMA Supersport Practice Times: 1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 1:27.392 2. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:27.463 3. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:27.721 4. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:27.722 5. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:27.872 6. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:28.117 7. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:28.846 8. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:28.866 9. Ben Attard, Kawasaki, 1:28.927 10. Chris Peris, Yamaha, 1:29.272 11. Robert Jensen, Yamaha, 1:29.536 12. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:30.113 13. Matt Furtek, Kawasaki, 1:30.141 14. Danny Eslick, Suzuki, 1:30.503 15. Chris Siglin, Yamaha, 1:30.710 16. Barrett Long, Yamaha, 1:30.716 17. Justin Filice, Honda, 1:31.195 18. Nathan Hester, Yamaha, 1:31.529 19. Taylor Knapp, Yamaha, 1:32.217 20. Jim Wood, Kawasaki, 1:32.609 Note: Damon Buckmaster crashed without injury during the session, causing a red flag.

Provisional Sunday Morning AMA Superbike Practice Times: 1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:24.474 2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:24.945 3. Eric Bostrom, Ducati, 1:24.994 4. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:25.102 5. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki, 1:26.879 6. Marty Craggill, Suzuki, 1:27.099 7. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:27.237 8. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:27.256 9. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:27.293 10. Jake Zemke, Honda, 1:27.327 11. Larry Pegram, Honda, 1:27.460 12. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 1:27.502 13. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:27.516 14. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 1:27.775 15. John Haner, Suzuki, 1:27.936 16. Cory West, Suzuki, 1:28.029 17. Clint McBain, Suzuki, 1:28.412 18. Brent George, Suzuki, 1:29.173 19. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:29.433 20. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, 1:29.452

Provisional Sunday Morning AMA Superstock Practice Times: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:25.714 2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:25.768 3. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 1:26.357 4. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:26.498 5. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:26.523 6. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:27.048 7. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:27.178 8. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:27.231 9. Jake Holden, Suzuki, 1:27.360 10. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:27.607 11. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 1:27.633 12. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:27.937 13. John Haner, Suzuki, 1:27.962 14. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:29.062 15. Brent George, Suzuki, 1:29.343 16. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:29.567 17. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, 1:30.062 18. Nicky Moore, Yamaha, 1:31.062 19. Skye Girard, Yamaha, 1:31.354 20. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, 1:31.436

Australian Superbike Race Two Results: 1. Josh BROOKES, Honda CBR1000RR, 13 laps, 20:10.110 2. Daniel STAUFFER, Yamaha YZF-R1, -3.133 seconds 3. Jamie STAUFFER, Kawasaki ZX-10R, -3.304 seconds 4. Adam FERGUSSON, Honda CBR1000RR, -8.601 seconds 5. Scott CHARLTON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -10.007 seconds 6. Shannon JOHNSON, Yamaha YZF-R1, -15.683 seconds 7. Shawn GILES, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -18.116 seconds 8. Nick HENDERSON, Honda CBR1000RR, -20.710 seconds 9. Robert BUGDEN, Yamaha YZF-R1, -22.400 seconds 10. Glenn ALLERTON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -28.347 seconds 11. Russell HOLLAND, Honda CBR1000RR, -28.540 seconds 12. Anthony GOBERT, Honda CBR1000RR, -30.192 seconds 13. Tony REES, Yamaha YZF-R1, -31.458 seconds 14. Shannon ETHERIDGE, Honda CBR1000RR, -37.790 seconds 15. Shaun GERONIMI, Yamaha YZF-R1, -39.170 seconds Australian Superbike Race Two Results: 1. Josh BROOKES, Honda CBR1000RR, 13 laps, 20:10.356 2. Jamie STAUFFER, Kawasaki ZX-10R, -0.072 second 3. Daniel STAUFFER, Yamaha YZF-R1, -11.601 seconds 4. Adam FERGUSSON, Honda CBR1000RR, -11.829 seconds 5. Shawn GILES, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -11.960 seconds 6. Russell HOLLAND, Honda CBR1000RR, -13.084 seconds 7. Robert BUGDEN, Yamaha YZF-R1, -15.953 seconds 8. Shannon JOHNSON, Yamaha YZF-R1, -16.750 seconds 9. Scott CHARLTON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -20.167 seconds 10. Anthony GOBERT, Honda CBR1000RR, -25.751 seconds 11. Glenn ALLERTON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -29.477 seconds 12. Nick HENDERSON, Honda CBR1000RR, -29.787 seconds 13. Shaun GERONIMI, Yamaha YZF-R1, -30.273 seconds 14. Tony REES, Yamaha YZF-R1, -30.377 seconds 15. Shannon ETHERIDGE, Honda CBR1000RR, -37.404 seconds