Provisional AMA Formula Xtreme Qualifying Results: 1. Miguel Duhamel, Hon CBR600RR, 1:27.745 2. Jake Zemke, Hon CBR600RR, 1:27.924 3. Vincent Haskovec, Suz GSX-R600, 1:28.883 4. Robert Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:30.385 5. Steve Crevier, Hon CBR600RR, 1:30.921 6. Ben Attard, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:30.930 7. Chris Peris, Yam YZF-R6, 1:31.003 8. Tom Kipp, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:31.884 9. Ryan Andrews, Duc 749R, 1:31.977 10. Alex Gobert, Hon CBR600RR, 1:31.995 11. Pascal Picotte, Yam YZF-R6, 1:32.032 12. Chris Caylor, Suz GSX-R600, 1:32.053 13. Danny Eslick, Suz GSX-R600, 1:33.221 14. Mike Ciccotto, Buell XB12R, 1:37.189 15. William Meyers, III, Yam YZF-R6, 1:37.749 16. Nicky Moore, Yam YZF-R6, 1:38.642 17. Matt McBride, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:38.973 18. Armando Ferrer, Yam YZF-R6, 1:39.450 19. Jeremiah Johnson, Suz GSX-R600, 1:39.560 20. Roger Bell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:40.293 21. Justin Filice, Hon CBR600RR, 1:42.757 22. Matt Furtek, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:42.940 23. Victor Chirinos, Yam YZF-R6, 1:44.749 24. Tim Knutson, Yam YZF-R6, 1:45.336 25. Taylor Knapp, Yam YZF-R6, 1:48.440 26. Jason Mathiason, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.969 27. Mark Hatten, Duc 749R, 1:50.385 28. Nathan Hester, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.984 More, from a press release issued by Team M4 EMGO Suzuki: HASKOVEC AND MAY CHALLENGE AT BARBER Intermittent showers at Barber Motorsports Park on Friday may have limited track time but they didn’t prevent Team M4 EMGO Suzuki from flashing their potential once again. Coming off an incredible season opener at Daytona that saw the squad claim four top-tens including Vincent Haskovec’s outstanding Superstock victory, Team M4 EMGO Suzuki opened the second round of the 2005 season again ranking consistently near the top of the charts. In the morning’s opening practices that were run before the day’s first rain showers hit, Haskovec came out in stellar form. He topped the opening Formula Xtreme session, guiding his Pirelli-shod GSX-R600 around the 2.3-mile circuit with a best lap of 1:28.543. Immediately following that session, the Czech Republic native went back out on the track aboard his fire-breathing GSX-R1000 Superstock machine and registered the second fastest time (1:27.367) of that free practice. Teammate Geoff May ran strong in the morning as well, ranking seventh best in the Superstock session with a best time of 1: 28.378. Unfortunately, frequent showers plagued the remainder of the day. Haskovec still managed to earn himself a front row starting position for tomorrow’s 17-lap Formula Xtreme final, however, posting a 1:28.882 despite contending with treacherous drying track conditions for much of the session. His quick lap was enough to earn him the third spot on the grid. “We tried something different in the afternoon with Vincent in FX,” said Team M4 EMGO Suzuki Crew Chief Keith Perry. “We wanted to give some new settings a try. We can always go back to what we used on Friday morning but we wanted to experiment.” Haskovec said of the session, “You could see the spray from the tires early in the session, so I just hoped for the sun to come out and waited for the track to dry out. It actually happened towards the end. We had an almost dry track except for a few damp spots and the seams which were still slick.” He credited much of his success to the simple fact that the undulating Alabama track suits his relentless riding. Along with today’s strong showing, Haskovec also claimed the Formula Xtreme pole at this track last season. He explained, “Definitely I feel really good here. It’s a momentum track, and it just suits my style. I just feel comfortable everywhere around it.” However, he added that there is still room for improvement. “Pirelli are really searching so far because I’m pretty much the only guy riding them in the Formula Xtreme class. There is no data on anything, so they are working really hard to get these results we’ve been getting. Even the engineer is sometimes very surprised with the outcome of what’s actually happening with this very light bike. It’s good now, but we have plenty of areas where we can make up more time and be even more competitive down the road.”

Foggy PETRONAS Racing riders Garry McCoy and Steve Martin have the benefit of a new PETRONAS engine oil powering their FP1 machines in the 2005 WSBK championship, starting at this weekend’s Valencia round. The Team is using a race formulated PETRONAS Sprinta 4T 5000 fully Synthetic 4-stroke motorcycle oil for the first time in the PETRONAS FP1 race bike. Rigorous testing of the PETRONAS Sprinta 4T 5000 against a benchmark lubricant has indicated a power advantage at higher speeds, as well as added protection for the engine. This multigrade engine oil has been specially engineered for racing purposes and for modern high-performance four-stroke road bike engines. The PETRONAS Sprinta 4T 5000 is formulated with a fully synthetic base fluid and specially selected extreme performance additives that guarantee ultimate engine protection under all operating conditions. The oil has been tested and proven under the most extreme track and road conditions. FPR team owner Carl Fogarty, the four-times World Superbike champion, said: “An awful lot of work has been done by the PETRONAS engine development team in the build-up to this race and, with the use of the PETRONAS Sprinta 4T 5000, we know that we now have the best high-performance engine oil available.” Applications of the retail oil include high-performance air and water cooled four-stroke motorcycle engines, including race-tuned engines and turbos, as well as two-stroke motorcycle gearboxes.

Provisional Friday Afternoon AMA Superbike Practice Times: (conditions: wet track) 1. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:37.966 2. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:39.098 3. Neil Hodgson (Duc 999F05) 1:39.502 4. Matt McBride (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:40.153 5. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:40.460 6. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:41.175 7. Tom Kipp (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:41.496 8. Josh Hayes (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:42.042 9. Kurtis Roberts (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:42.642 10. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:42.781 11. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:43.185 12. Lee Acree (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:43.267 13. Marty Craggill (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:43.329 14. Eric Bostrom (Duc 999F05) 1:43.579 15. Larry Pegram (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:43.637 16. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:43.806 17. Brent George (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:44.610 18. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:45.278 19. Jeremy Toye (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:45.786 20. Cory West (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:46.084

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Provisional Friday Afternoon AMA Supersport Practice Times: (conditions: wet track) 1. Robert Jensen (Yam) 1:41.477 2. Chris Peris (Yam) 1:41.910 3. Roger Lee Hayden (Kaw) 1:41.916 4. Aaron Gobert (Yam) 1:42.186 5. Danny Eslick (Suz) 1:42.469 6. Ben Spies (Suz) 1:42.507 7. William Meyers, III (Yam) 1:42.617 8. Nicky Moore (Yam) 1:42.871 9. Tommy Hayden (Kaw) 1:42.908 10. Ben Attard (Kaw) 1:44.427 11. Damon Buckmaster (Yam) 1:44.823 12. Steve Crevier (Hon) 1:45.104 13. Blake Young (Suz) 1:45.883 14. Jeremiah Johnson (Suz) 1:46.262 15. Eli Edwards (Suz) 1:46.306 16. Jamie Hacking (Yam) 1:46.388 17. Trey Yonce (Yam) 1:47.307 18. Jason DiSalvo (Yam) 1:47.653 19. Justin Filice (Hon) 1:57.267 20. Barrett Long (Yam) 2:14.900

Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore walked away from a violent crash into a tire wall during Friday morning’s AMA Superstock practice at Barber Motorsports Park. Pridmore said he was exiting the very fast turn 8/9 chicane on the back straightaway when his rear tire broke traction and threw him out of the seat. He landed partially off the right side of the bike, which then veered off the track to the right. Once off the track, Pridmore and the bike separated before they both impacted a tire wall in front of an Armco barrier. After Pridmore fell off, his GSX-R1000 ghost rode into the tire wall hard enough that both the bike’s top and bottom triple clamps were broken in half, along with both fork legs. And Pridmore was tumbling at about 40 mph when he hit the tire wall, according to eye witness Geoff May, who was behind Pridmore on the track at the time of the crash. Pridmore hit his head hard enough to see “stars,” something he said hasn’t happened “in a while” and got his right hand caught under the bike, leading him to ice the hand after the session. Still, Pridmore got up from the crash, ran back to pit lane and took his back-up bike out in the same practice.

Heavy rains, high winds and lightning forced AMA Pro Racing officials to stop AMA Superstock practice Friday morning at Barber Motorsports Park. Race officials saw the severe weather approaching on weather radar and warned teams along pit lane during the Superstock session. As the rain began to fall and the winds picked up, teams scrambled to disassemble canopies on pit lane and seal and secure the larger canopies attached to their semi-trucks in the paddock. At least one large canopy in the paddock, that of the Parts Unlimited dealer hospitality area, was destroyed by the winds. AMA Pro Racing announced at the rider’s meeting, held at lunch time, that Friday’s activities would resume with Supersport practice following the lunch break, provided there was no lightning or severe winds. Barber is one of the few racetracks AMA Pro Racing will conduct activities on in the rain. The weather forecast for the rest of the weekend shows a decreasing chance of rain along with lower temperatures. The forecast high temperature for the Barber area for Saturday is in the low-to-mid 60-degree range.

1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 1:27.138 2. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:27.367 3. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 1:24.429 4. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:28.138 5. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:28.158 6. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:28.216 7. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:28.378 8. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:28.422 9. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:28.657 10. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, 1:28.794 11. Roger Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:28.828 12. John Haner, Suzuki, 1:29.971 13. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:30.265 14. Blake Young, Suzuki, 1:30.422 15. Brent George, Suzuki, 1:30.790 16. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:30.804 17. Jake Holden, Suzuki, 1:31.095 18. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 1:31.118 19. Francis Martin, Suzuki, 1:31.364 20. Tony Meiring, Suzuki, 1:31.573 21. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, 1:31.821 22. James Stroud, Honda, 1:32.129 23. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:32.263 24. Matt Lynn, Suzuki, 1:33.263 25. Eli Edwards, Suzuki, 1:33.843 26. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, 1:34.005 27. Montez Stewart, Suzuki, 1:34.881 28. William Bush, Honda, 1:36.192 29. Jessica Zalusky, Kawasaki, 1:37.183 30. Brad Puetz, Suzuki, 1:38.291 31. Sean Wray, Yamaha, 1:38.686 32. Reno Karimian, Suzuki, 1:39.890

1. Sebastian CHARPENTIER (Honda CBR600RR), 1’38.351 2. Katsuaki FUJIWARA (Honda CBR600RR), 1’38.755 3. Fabien FORET (Honda CBR600RR), 1’39.741 4. Victor CARRASCO (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.042 5. Kevin CURTAIN (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.054 6. Michel FABRIZIO (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.169 7. Javi FORES (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’40.220 8. Gianluca NANNELLI (Ducati 749R), 1’40.373 9. Broc PARKES (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.437 10. Arturo TIZON (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.502 11. Stephane CHAMBON (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.739 12. Barry VENEMAN (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’40.775 13. Johan STIGEFELT (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.915 14. Sabastian LE GRELLE (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.959 15. Christophe COGAN (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’41.017 16. Werner DAEMEN (Honda CBR600RR), 1’41.393 17. Jarno JANSEN (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’41.413 18. Julien ENJOLRAS (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’41.446 19. Tatu LAUSLEHTO (Honda CBR600RR), 1’41.509 20. Andrea BERTA (Ducati 749R), 1’41.852 More, from a press release issued by Ten Kate Honda: CHARPENTIER ON PROVISIONAL POLE IN SPAIN In warm and sunny conditions at the Ricardo Tormo circuit near Valencia in Spain this afternoon, Winston Ten Kate Honda rider and series leader Sébastien Charpentier took provisional pole position for Sunday’s third round World Supersport championship race. The Frenchman’s best time was 0.4s faster than his team-mate Katsuaki Fujiwara, who set the second fastest time in the 45-minute qualifying session. The Winston pairing continues to set the pace in this year’s championship, although a further qualifying session tomorrow afternoon will determine the final grid positions for Sunday’s 23-lap (92km) race. Ronald ten Kate team manager: “We tried some new fork settings in this morning’s free practice session which both riders seemed to like, and the overall setting is a little different to what we used for the test here last month. It’s something we picked up from the data when we arrived here but it seems to be a move in the right direction. I’m pleased with the progress we’re making because, although it may seem easy from the outside, we’re having to put 100% into each session to stay ahead. Today is a good start to the weekend and we can now concentrate on getting the best set-up for the race instead of working on one quick qualifying lap.” Sébastien Charpentier fastest, 1m38.351s “Valencia was difficult for me last year after I was disqualified for missing a jump-start penalty, so I am very keen to do well here. We tried some different tyre combinations this afternoon but the track temperature went up which made it a little more difficult. But it may be the same conditions for the race on Sunday so we’ll try some more tomorrow morning to see which will be the best tyre choice. The CBR is a very good package but it will be difficult to have the bike absolutely perfect for Valencia. We’ll make some more laps tomorrow but at the moment I have to say I’m very happy.” Katsuaki Fujiwara second fastest, 1m38.755s “It was very strange this afternoon because, after I was fastest in this morning’s practice, I went out on the same tyres and with the same setting on the CBR but the track was very different. It became very slippery and many riders were crashing so I did not push as hard because I did not want to go the same way. We’ve been trying many tyre combinations but it will be a difficult choice for the race because of the right side of the tyre. I will try to do a long session tomorrow to see what will be the best choice but I am very satisfied with the progress we are making here.”

Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Vincent Haskovec turned the fastest time in Friday’s first AMA Formula Xtreme practice session at Barber Motorsports Park, near Birmingham, Alabama. Haskovec turned a 1:28.542 on his Pirelli-equipped GSX-R600, less than a second off his own lap record time of 1:27.793. Haskovec said he used new tires Pirelli engineers recently made based on information gathered at a test his team had at Barber a few weeks ago. American Honda’s Jake Zemke (1:28.584) and Miguel Duhamel (1:30.111) were second- and third-fastest, respectively, on CBR600RRs equipped with Dunlop slicks and new-spec engines, compared with the conservative engine set-ups they ran in the Daytona 200. Fourth-fastest was Kneedraggers.com Jensen Racing’s Robert Jensen (1:30.294) on his Michelin-backed Yamaha YZF-R6. Fifth in the session was Mike Ciccotto (1:30.464) on his Pirelli-fitted Hal’s Performance Advantage Buell XB12R. Rain is in the forecast for the area of the Barber racetrack. Provisional Friday Morning AMA Formula Xtreme Practice Times: 1. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600), 1:28.542 2. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR600RR), 1:28.584 3. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR600RR), 1:30.111 4. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), 1:30.294 5. Mike Ciccotto (Buell XB12R), 1:30.464 6. Chris Caylor (Suz GSX-R600), 1:30.906 7. Chris Peris (Yam YZF-R6), 1:30.963 8. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:31.199 9. Pascal Picotte (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.458 10. Steve Crevier (Hon CBR600RR), 1:31.822 11. Alex Gobert (Hon CBR600RR), 1:32.032 12. Ryan Andrews (Duc 749R), 1:32.158 13. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), 1:32.401 14. Tom Kipp (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:32.430 15. Matt Furtek (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:33.102 16. Matt McBride (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:33.426 17. Nathan Hester (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.479 18. Tim Knutson (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.605 19. Jeremiah Johnson (Suz GSX-R600), 1:34.001 20. William Meyers, III (Yam YZF-R6), 1:34.394