Garrett Carter, 15, leaves for Spain to start his new season with Ecurie Sports Competition to compete in the Spanish National Series (CEV). Garrett will run the full CEV schedule in what is regarded as the toughest 125 series in the world – producing the likes of Sete Gibernau, Kenny Roberts Jr. and Luis D’Antin. The first race of the season is May 7th and 8th at the famed Moto GP track – Albacete, north of Madrid. Garrett spent some time testing with the team at Albacete this March and is looking forward to getting back on the bike at a track familiar to him. Garrett will also be racing a full program stateside in the National USGPRU series. He will be riding the teams newly acquired Aprilia 125 RS. The team will have the benefit of AMA 250GP winning tuner Rocky Stargel at the season opener in Jennings, Florida. For team information and Garrett’s reports see www.garrettcarter.com

Superbike & Supersport World Championships, Superstock FIM Cup Monza-ITA, 08/05/2005: Wild-card riders The wild-card riders who will race in the Superbike and Supersport World Championship rounds scheduled on the circuit of Monza on May 8 next, are the following : Start number, Rider, Nationality, Machine, Team, Nominating Organization Superbike: 26, Andrea Mazzali, ITA, MV Agusta F4 1000 MT, Mazzali Racing Team, FMI 91, Simone Conti, ITA, Honda CBR1000RR, Passione Moto, FMI 92, Luca Conforti, ITA, Ducati 999R, Team Guandalini, FMI 97, Luca Pedersoli, ITA, Ducati 998R, Team Penta Race, FMI 113, Paolo Blora, ITA, Yamaha YZF-R1, Team Tienne, FIM Supersport: 61, Simone Sanna, ITA, Honda CBR600RR, Improve Racing Team, FMI

Brookes and Aitchison steal the honours Honda’s Josh Brookes and Yamaha’s Mark Aitchison were the big winners in round two of the 2005 YMF Loan Australian Superbike Championship at Eastern Creek (NSW) last weekend. While Brookes (Joe Rocket Honda CBR1000RR) left an indelible mark on the two 13-lap Superbike races his only ‘blemish’ was failing to secure pole position on Saturday 21-year-old privateer Aitchison (Fraser Motorcycle Yamaha Team YZF-R6) scored his maiden Supersport win in Sunday’s race two. The result helped Aitchison, from Tumbi Umbi (NSW), move up to fifth in the Supersport standings, which has him well on the way to improving markedly on last year’s eighth place championship finish. Aitchison’s win also snapped Honda’s five-race winning streak in the 2005 YMF Loan-backed Supersport title, after Brookes (Joe Rocket Honda CBR600RR) had earlier claimed the chequered flag in the opening 13-lapper. Furthermore, it was Yamaha’s first Supersport win at Eastern Creek since Brendan Clarke prevailed in the final round of the 2003 season. Meanwhile, the two Superbike races around the 3.93km circuit featuring nine Australian road race champions across various disciplines – were epics, with Brookes fighting all the way against the Stauffer armada: siblings Daniel (Yamaha Racing Team YZF-R1) and Jamie (Kawasaki Racing Team ZX-10R). After failing to score a podium result in the opening round at Phillip Island (Vic) on April 2-3, Daniel, 28, made the biggest gains at Eastern Creek on the 2005-model YZF-R1, and he finished second in race one, 3.133sec behind Brookes and just a few bike lengths in front of Jamie. “It’s been a pretty good weekend, considering it was only the first time that we have ridden the new bikes,” Dan said. “It’s given us plenty to work with so the wins won’t be too far away. To get that time on a new bike is just astounding and shows how much potential we have to work with.” The leading triumvirate, in addition to defending champion Adam Fergusson (Joe Rocket Honda CBR1000RR), all went under Brookes’ old lap record (1:32.74) in race one, with Jamie eventually setting the new benchmark a rapid-fire 1:32.023 on lap two. The outright lap record still remains with Spaniard Alex Criville, who set a 1:30.36 on his factory NSR500 two-stroke in the 1996 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix. Jamie has now set new Superbike lap records at the opening two rounds, with Kawasaki’s first win in the category since 1999 now seemingly only a matter of time. Fergusson, who had started from the front row of the grid alongside Jamie, was fourth in race one, ahead of Victorians Scott Charlton (Active Electrical Distributors GSX-R1000) and Shannon Johnson (Yamaha Racing Team YZF-R1), with three-time champion Shawn Giles (Team Suzuki GSX-R1000) an uncharacteristic seventh. Giles’ then went onto finish fifth in race two, extinguishing his phenomenal run of Superbike podiums. Previously, Giles had finished first, second or third in at least one race at the last 23 rounds dating back to the opening round of the 2001 season. Race two of the Superbikes was just about a carbon-copy of the opener, with Brookes’ elapsed time just 0.246sec slower than the first! However, this time he was stalked all the way to the finish by Jamie, while the gap between third-placed Daniel and eighth place Johnson was just 5.149sec. In between, Fergusson made it two fourth places, ahead of Giles, Russell Holland (Arlen Ness CBR1000RR) and Robert Budgen (Northstar Yamaha YZF-R1). Further afield, 1994 national champion Anthony Gobert (Redwing Honda CBR1000RR), on the comeback trial, finished with 12th and 10th places. With Brookes this year’s only multiple Superbike winner, the irrepressible 22-year-old extended his Superbike lead from two to 16pts (95 to 79) at Eastern Creek, but this time he’s got a new pursuer Daniel Stauffer instead of Giles. Jamie Stauffer (76pts) has now also got the better of Giles (73), followed by Fergusson (61), Charlton (60), Johnson (58) and Holland (48). In Supersport, two riders scored their maiden 2005 podiums at Eastern Creek: Aitchison and teenager Josh Waters (Kawasaki Racing Team ZX-6RR), and it was that duo which finished 1-2 in what was a frenetic day’s racing. Race one was a Brookes-Aitchison benefit, with the duo leaving behind a tight knit group to battle it out for third eventually won in favour of Waters over 125 GP contemporary Jason O’Halloran (Rocket Racing CBR600RR), Clarke (YZF-R6) and Robbie Baird (Yamaha Racing Team YZF-R6). Meanwhile, defending champion Fergusson was left languishing in 11th as he struggled to get the best out of his 2005 model CBR600RR. Race two was run about the same pace, but this time Brookes’ presence at the pointy end of the field was ephemeral he crashed on lap one. After that point, it was all Aitchison, and he completed the journey 8.162sec in advance of Waters, with Clarke in third from Baird, B-grader Jarradd Curran (MSC Products YZF-R6) and 2004 125 GP champion Bryan Staring (Allect Racing CBR600RR). For Clarke, a six-time winner in the Supersport class, it was a welcome return to the fold after an abject 2004 saw him finish in ninth position followed by a parting of the ways from the factory Yamaha operation. Previously, Clarke finished second in the 2003 Supersport title behind then Yamaha teammate Kevin Curtain. Despite the crash, Brookes remains the Supersport leader after two of seven rounds, 12pts (102 to 90) ahead of teammate Fergusson. Waters (87pts) and O’Halloran (84) swapped third and fourth spots at Eastern Creek, with Aitchison (81) now in fifth from Baird (69). In other round two results, 2002 world sidecar champions Steve Abbott and Jamie Biggs (Aircom Castrol LCR Suzuki) were flawless in plundering the Aircom Systems Sidecar F1 field, and set a new lap record of 1:37.420 in race two a whopping 2.95sec under the previous mark set by Andre Bosman-Dave Kellett in 1990. Abbott-Biggs are on a perfect 76pts, ahead of reigning number three pairing Steve Hutchinson-Darren Dewhurst (Alvin, 60pts). Elsewhere, three-time 125 GP champion Peter Galvin (75pts) had the complete measure of the Honda RS125-dominated, AMCN-backed class, ahead of Cath Thompson (66) and Brent Rigoli (55); Craig McMartin (Ducati Sydney 999S) won two out of three races to kick off the defence of his FX Pro-Twins championship; and Jon Cartwright (Northstar Yamaha FZ1) leads the Yamalube-supported NakedBike class. Finally, Darren Edwards (YZF-R6) maintained his leadership of the GTYR Superstock battle, despite an irresistible performance from Grant Hay (Shock Treatment YZF-R6) pole position and three outstanding wins. Edwards is on 129pts, followed by Hay on 115. Round three of the YMF Loan Australian Superbike Championship will be held at Barbagallo Raceway (WA) from May 27-29.

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.