If AMA qualifying sessions get rained out at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), grids will be formed starting with 2004 point standings, the order of pre-entry then the order of post-entry, according to supplementary regulations for the event. As of 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, during the time scheduled for the Superstock class’ only qualifying session, it was raining steadily at DIS. Supersport qualifying is scheduled to take place immediately following Superstock qualifying. AMA Pro Racing will not declare Wednesday completely rained out until officials have had a chance to study the weather forecast and meet with DIS officials, according to Superbike Series Manager Ron Barrick. That declaration could come around 3:30 p.m. local time. Barrick has also not made a decision if he will declare Superstock and Supersport qualifying “rained out” or if he will try to re-schedule them for Thursday, the day those races are scheduled to take place. “I’m not prepared to make that determination,” Barrick told Roadracingworld.com. Faced with the possibility of starting the Superstock race at Daytona from the back of the grid, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates said, “If that’s what’s gonna happen, it’s not gonna be too neat. I don’t know if it’s set in stone or not, but hopefully it won’t go like that. Maybe they’ll work us in a little session tomorrow. “It seems like they should go off practice times from this morning because last year’s points don’t have nothing to do with this year, really.” Several other racers would be affected by an official “rain out” of Superstock and Supersport qualifying, including Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May, who was third-fastest in Wednesday morning Superstock practice but was 17th in 2004 Superstock points and ninth-fastest in Supersport practice but did not race in that class at all in 2004. 2004 AMA Superstock Points: 1. Aaron Gobert 2. Jamie Hacking 3. Tommy Hayden 4. Jason DiSalvo 5. Ben Spies 6. Roger Lee Hayden 7. Steve Rapp 8. Josh Hayes 9. Jake Holden 10. Alex Gobert 11. Jason Pridmore 12. Vincent Haskovec 13. John Haner 14. Eric Wood 15. Damon Buckmaster 16. J.J. Roetlin 17. Geoff May 18. Jesse Janisch 19. Jason Curtis 20. Scott Greenwood 24. Lee Acree 48. Jimmy Moore 2004 Supersport Championship Point Standings: 1. Tommy Hayden 2. Roger Lee Hayden 3. Aaron Gobert 4. Ben Spies 5. Jason DiSalvo 6. Steve Rapp 7. Michael Barnes 8. Jamie Hacking 9. Ben Attard 10. Chris Peris 11. Tony Meiring 12. Danny Eslick 13. Lee Acree 14. Darren Luck 15. Aaron Yates 16. Jason Perez 17. Giovanni Rojas 18. Blake Young 19. Nicky Moore 20. Nathan Hester 21. Damon Buckmaster 22. John-O Bowman 23. Jason Farrell 24. Pedro Valiente 25. Chris Ulrich 40. Ty Howard 45. Scott Greenwood 53. Barrett Long 66. Jeremiah Johnson 121. Pascal Picotte

AMA Superstock qualifying, scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time at Daytona International Speedway, is currently under a rain delay. AMA Pro Racing does not run motorcycles on Daytona’s 2.95-mile infield road course while it is raining. In the event qualifying sessions cannot be held, the grid will be set by 2004 season final points, followed by order of pre-entry, followed by order of post-entry.

Provisional Wednesday Morning AMA Formula Xtreme Practice Times: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yam YZF-R6, 1:44.242 2. Jamie Hacking, Yam YZF-R, 1:44.272 3. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R6, 1:44.335 4. Josh Hayes, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:44.646 5. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:44.742 6. Vincent Haskovec, Suz GSX-R600, 1:45.291 7. Michael Barnes, Yam YZF-R6, 1:45.660 8. Miguel Duhamel, Hon CBR600RR, 1:45.660 9. Robert Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:46.707 10. Chris Peris, Yam YZF-R6, 1:47.350 11. Danny Eslick, Suz GSX-R600, 1:47.525 12. Ben Attard, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:47.708 13. Mike Smith, Yam YZF-R6, 1:48.197 14. Ryan Andrews, Duc 749R, 1:48.661 15. Alan Schmidt, Yam YZF-R6, 1:48.768 16. Jake Zemke, Hon CBR600RR, 1:48.899 17. Kurtis Roberts, Hon CBR600RR, 1:49.072 18. Roger Bell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:49.073 19. Pascal Picotte, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.085 20. Taylor Knapp, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.184 21. Barrett Long, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.326 22. Matt Lynn, Suz GSX-R600, 1:49.489 23. Nicky Moore, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.688 24. Armando Ferrer, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.797 25. Scott Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.829 26. Nathan Hester, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.871 27. Giovanni Rojas, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.975 28. William Meyers, III, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.990 29. Matt Furtek, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:50.033 30. Jesse Janisch, Suz GSX-R600, 1:50.153 31. Ty Howard, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.275 32. Brian Hall, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:50.395 33. Victor Chirinos, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.443 34. Ray Bowman, Hon CBR600RR, 1:50.477 35. Derek Keyes, Suz GSX-R600, 1:50.527 36. Anthony Fania, Jr., Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.532 37. Mike Sullivan, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.913 38. Dan Ortega, Yam YZF-R6, 1:51.009 39. Dario Marchetti, Duc 749R, 1:51.053 40. Chris Caylor, Suz GSX-R600, 1:51.087 41. Jason Ferrell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:51.241 42. Declan Swanton, Yam YZF-R6, 1:51.597 43. Mark McCormick, Yam YZF-R6, 1:51.947 44. Jason Moss, Yam YZF-R6, 1:52.216 45. David McPherson, Yam YZF-R6, 1:52.417 46. Joseph Ford, Yam YZF-R6, 1:52.547 47. Justin Filice, Hon CBR600RR, 1:52.875 48. Keith Marshall, Suz GSX-R600, 1:53.321 49. Matt Prentice, Suz GSX-R600, 1:53.358 50. Oliver Jervis, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:53.502 51. Myron Bell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:53.885 52. Johnny Rock Page, Yam YZF-R6, 1:53.959 53. Rick Shaw, Yam YZF-R6, 1:54.250 54. R. Todd Keesee, Yam YZF-R6, 1:54.547 55. Kristipher Lillegard, Yam YZF-R6, 1:54.603 56. Jeremiah Johnson, Suz GSX-R600, 1:55.278 57. Chad Simons, Yam YZF-R6, 1:55.820 58. Craig Montgomery, Yam YZF-R6, 1:55.929 59. Benjamin Walters, Jr., Tri Daytona 600, 1:55.990 60. M. Ivan Garza, Suz GSX-R600, 1:56.266 61. Darin Scherer, Yam YZF-R6, 1:56.942 62. Russ Intravartolo, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:56.965 63. Paolo Mariano, Suz GSX-R600, 1:57.096 64. Lance Yeager, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:57.217 65. Bostjan Skubic, Hon CBR600RR, 1:57.341 66. Dafan Zhang, Yam YZF-R6, 1:57.853 67. Simon Turner, Yam YZF-R6, 1:59.065 68. Kevin Lacombe, Suz GSX-R600, 1:59.837 69. Adam Vella, Suz GSX-R600, 2:00.618 70. Akiharu Shigeno, Hon CBR600RR, 2:00.849 71. Tim Knutson, Yam YZF-R6, 2:01.505 72. Matt Drucker, Suz GSX-R600, 2:02.351 73. Josef Brenner, Hon CBR600RR, 2:02.730 74. Stephen Brooks, Suz GSX-R600, 2:03.199 75. Alex Gobert, Hon CBR600RR, 2:16.318

Provisional Wednesday Morning AMA Superbike Practice Times: 1. Ben Spies, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:40.505 2. Mat Mladin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:40.953 3. Aaron Yates, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:41.166 4. Neil Hodgson, Duc 999F05, 1:41.425 5. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R1, 1:41.430* 6. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:41.771 7. Geoff May, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.011* 8. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:42.105* 9. Josh Hayes, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:42.254 10. Jason Pridmore, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.355 11. Eric Bostrom, Duc 999F05, 1:42.434 12. Steve Rapp, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.696* 13. Miguel Duhamel, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:42.779 14. John McGuinness, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:43.397 15. Larry Pegram, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:43.788 16. Eric Wood, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.153* 17. Jake Holden, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.514* 18. John Haner, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.587* 19. Heath Small, Yam YZF-R1, 1:44.620 20. Kurtis Robert, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:45.107 21. Jeremy Toye, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:45.550 22. Brent George, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:45.634 23. Scott Jensen, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:45.728 24. Jimmy Moore, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:46.662 25. Tony Meiring, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:46.715 26. Mike Smith, Yam YZF-R1, 1:47.029 27. Roger Bell, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:47.658 28. Steve Crevier, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:47.939 29. Lee Acree, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:48.261 30. J.J. Roetlin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:48.450 31. Marty Craggill, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:48.706 32. Francis Martin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:49.151 33. C.R. Gittere, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:49.666 34. Anthony Fania, Jr. Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.150 35. Cory West, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.375 36. Brian Boyd, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.457 37. Reno Karimian, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.938 38. Adam Vella, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:51.142 39. Scott Carpenter, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:51.187 40. Sean Wray, Yam YZF-R1, 1:51.995 41. Dean Mizdal, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:52.122 42. Chris Voelker, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:52.222 43. Byron Barbour, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:53.503 44. James Kerker, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:53.928 45. Rick Narup, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:54.352 46. Steve Scott, Yam YZF-R1, 2:00.859 47. Eric Haugo, Suz GSX-R1000, 2:51.718 *Superstock-spec machine

The first AMA Superbike practice session Wednesday morning at Daytona International Speedway was stopped due to a light rain falling on the 2.95-mile infield road course. After a short wait, the rain stopped and practice was re-started for a full, 50-minute session. It continues to be cold and overcast at “The World Center of Racing.”

Yamaha’s Aaron Gobert was the fastest rider in Wednesday morning’s AMA Supersport practice. Gobert turned a 1:44.401 on his factory YZF-R6 before a light rain began to fall at the track, bringing the session to an early end. Kawasaki factory Supersport rider Roger Lee Hayden highsided at the exit of the International Horseshoe during the session, temporarily bringing out the red flag. Hayden walked into an ambulance and was examined and released from the Infield Care Center. Provisional Wednesday Morning AMA Supersport Practice Times: 1. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R6, 1:44.401 2. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:44.428 3. Jamie Hacking, Yam YZF-R6, 1:44.670 4. Ben Spies, Suz GSX-R600, 1:45.180 5. Roger Lee Hayden, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:45.989 6. Robert Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:46.199 7. Jason DiSalvo, Yam YZF-R6, 1:46.778 8. Michael Barnes, Yam YZF-R6, 1:47.465 9. Geoff May, Suz GSX-R600, 1:47.470 10. Ben Attard, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:48.169 11. Danny Eslick, Suz GSX-R600, 1:48.178 12. Scott Greenwood, Yam YZF-R6, 1:48.335 13. Ryan Elleby, Suz GSX-R600, 1:48.450 14. Chris Peris, Yam YZF-R6, 1:48.571 15. Blake Young, Suz GSX-R600, 1:48.627 16. Barrett Long, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.068 17. Pascal Picotte, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.273 18. Giovanni Rojas, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.306 19. Nathan Hester, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.694 20. Trey Yonce, Yam YZF-R6, 1:49.745 21. Alan Schmidt, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.000 22. Pedro Valiente, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.005 23. Armando Ferrer, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.121 24. William Meyers, III, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.135 25. Ty Howard, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.556 26. Victor Chirinos, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.670 27. Taylor Knapp, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.772 28. Michael Smith, Yam YZF-R6, 1:50.927 29. Keith Marshall, Suz GSX-R600, 1:51.103 30. Jesse Janisch, Suz GSX-R600, 1:51.185 There were 61 riders in Wednesday morning’s Supersport practice session.

Provisional Wednesday Morning AMA Superstock Practice Times: 1. Jason DiSalvo, Yam YZF-R1, 1:40.621 2. Jamie Hacking, Yam YZF-R1, 1:41.720 3. Geoff May, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:41.742 4. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R1, 1:41.791 5. Jason Pridmore, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.312 6. Aaron Yates, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:42.550 7. Vincent Haskovec, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:43.166 8. Eric Wood, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:43.495 9. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:43.888 10. Steve Rapp, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:43.893 11. Roger Lee Hayden, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:44.147 12. Matt Lynn, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.763 13. Brent George, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:44.780 14. Lee Acree, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:45.059 15. Blake Young, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:45.358 16. Jason Perez, Yam YZF-R1, 1:45.997 17. Jake Holden, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:46.216 18. Jimmy Moore, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:46.528 19. John Haner, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:46.610 20. Jeremy Haiduk, Yam YZF-R1, 1:49.269 21. J.J. Roetlin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:49.640 22. David Loikits, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:49.664 23. Montez Stewart, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:49.990 24. Tony Meiring, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:50.025 25. Johnny Rock Page, Yam YZF-R1, 1:51.928 26. James Kerker, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:52.737 27. Sean Wray, Yam YZF-R1, 1:53.294 28. Mark Vandel, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:53.382 29. Reno Karimian, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:53.551 30. Brian Boyd, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:54.337 31. James McConnell, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:57.526 32. M. Ivan Garza, Suz GSX-R1000, 2:06.028 33. James Lee, Suz GSX-R1000, 2:28.704 Provisional Top Trap Speeds: 1. Aaron Yates, Suz GSX-R1000, 194.976 mph 2. Geoff May, Suz GSX-R1000, 193.365 mph 3. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R1, 191.863 mph 4. Jason Pridmore, Suz GSX-R1000, 190.548 mph 5. Jason DiSalvo, Yam YZF-R1, 190.058 mph 6. Vincent Haskovec, Suz GSX-R1000, 189.491 mph 7. Steve Rapp, Suz GSX-R1000, 188.767 mph 8. Lee Acree, Suz GSX-R1000, 188.287 mph 9. Jason Perez, Yam YZF-R1, 188.207 mph

Total Purse: $160,000 Lockhart-Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Purse: $100,000 The rider earning the Pole Position for the 2005 Daytona 200 will be awarded a Limited edition Rolex Daytona. 1. $9000 2. $6500 3. $5400 4. $4500 5. $4100 6. $3800 7. $3600 8. $3400 9. $3200 10. $3000 11. $2900 12. $2800 13. $2700 14. $2600 15. $2500 16. $2450 17. $2400 18. $2350 19. $2300 20. $2250 21. $2100 22. $2050 23. $2000 24. $1950 25. $1900 26. $1500 27. $1400 28. $1300 29. $1200 30. $1100 31. $850 32. $750 33. $650 34. $550 35. $450 Positions 36-40 $400 each Positions 41-45 $350 each Positions 46-50 $300 each Positions 51-55 $250 each Positions 56-60 $200 each Positions 61-70 $100 each AMA Superbike Purse: $30,000 1. $3000 2. $2400 3. $2000 4. $1800 5. $1700 6. $1600 7. $1500 8. $1400 9. $1300 10. $1200 11. $1150 12. $1100 13. $1050 14. $1000 15. $950 16. $900 17. $850 18. $800 19. $750 20. $700 21. $500 22. $450 23. $350 24. $300 25. $250 26. $200 Positions 27 30 $200 each Pro Honda Oils Supersport and Repsol Lubricants Superstock: Purse: $15,000 each 1. $1900 2. $1500 3. $1200 4. $1050 5. $950 6. $900 7. $850 8. $800 9. $750 10. $700 11. $650 12. $600 13. $550 14. $500 15. $475 16. $425 17. $375 18. $325 19. $275 20. $225 2005 AMA Superbike Championship Awards: AMA Superbike Championship Bonus: $120,000 Pro Honda Oils Supersport Championship Bonus: $20,000 Repsol Lubricants Superstock Championship Bonus: $20,000 Lockhart-Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Championship Bonus: $20,000

GAULOISES YAMAHA TEAM TEST Phillip Island, Australia Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Ambient temperature: 20 degrees Track temperature: 27 degrees Humidity: 60% TRICKY TESTING CONDITIONS FOR YAMAHA IN GLOOMY PHILLIP ISLAND Gauloises Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards were back in action for their fourth test of the year in Phillip Island, Australia, today. Unfortunately, low temperatures and some rain made for difficult testing conditions and the team were unable to work as effectively as they had hoped. After heavy rain yesterday, it had eased to a slow drizzle today before stopping mid-morning. However the sun failed to appear and as a result the track never dried out properly and remained slippery throughout the day. Despite the bad weather, Rossi and Edwards completed a total of 51 and 60 laps respectively, albeit with slightly slower lap times than at the last Phillip Island test two weeks ago. The riders focused mainly on testing tyres for Michelin and working on the set-up of their YZR-M1s. Edwards was slightly faster than Rossi, setting a best lap of 1:31.27, while the World Champion finished the day with a fastest time of 1:31.38. After three tests this year alongside most of their fellow MotoGP competitors, for this test the Yamaha Factory Team riders are joined only by the Spanish Fortuna Yamaha Team duo of Ruben Xaus and Toni Elias. Xaus was third fastest, completing 78 laps with a best time of 1:33.02, whilst Elias completed 80 laps and set a fastest time of 1:33.19. Colin Edwards (1:31.27, 60 laps) “The track conditions were really bad; it was so slick because it had rained all day yesterday. I did 60 laps but a lot of that was just trying to lay down some rubber on the track. We worked a bit on set-up and tried some tyres, but it was cold and therefore difficult to get the tyre temperature high enough to do much useful work. We were doing good things two weeks ago here but we didn’t have the same feeling today, but I am sure things will improve with the weather!” Valentino Rossi (1:31.38, 51 laps) “Today the weather was bad cold and raining so we couldn’t test as we wanted. We worked a bit on bike settings and tested some tyres, but with the weather like this it was difficult to judge any changes. It was much colder than the last time we were here, and this is why the lap times are slower. I hope tomorrow the temperature will improve and then we can do some proper testing.” Davide Brivio, Gauloises Yamaha Team Director “Unfortunately the weather didn’t allow us to test properly, but we’ve got two more days to continue and we expected that we might lose one day to the rain. The forecast is better tomorrow. Despite all this, we were able to do some work and get some feedback from set-up changes and the tyres we’ve been testing for Michelin. However we need higher temperatures to confirm these things tomorrow.” Unofficial Lap Times: 1. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1:31.27 2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:31.38 3. Ruben Xaus (Yamaha) 1:33.02 4. Toni Elias (Yamaha) 1:33.19 More, from a press release issued by Fortuna Yamaha: FORTUNA YAMAHA CONTINUE TEST PROGRAMME IN AUSTRALIA Fortuna Yamaha today completed their first day of tests at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia just days after their most recent session at the same venue. Team riders Rubén Xaus and Toni Elías continued with their process of adaptation to their Yamaha YZR M1 machines in cold weather conditions. Fortuna Yamaha rider Rubén Xaus followed his intense programme with 78 laps of the Australian circuit with a best time of 1:33.02. Rubén, who is still learning his new bike, worked mainly on the overall set-up of the bike. His team-mate Toni Elías also tested different set-up configurations for his YZR M1 although his main objective for today was again to cover as many kilometres as possible as he looks to fully adapt to the premier-class machine. Gauloises Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi completed 51 laps with a best time of 1’31.38 whilst his team-mate Colin Edwards was slightly faster, with a time of 1’31.30 after 60 laps. Rubén Xaus, (1:33.02, 78 laps) “After resting for a few days I was looking forward to getting back on the bike again today. We’ve continued with the testing programme we had planned and we have to keep working in this way. The team is doing a great job and I am very happy.” Toni Elías (1:33.19, 80 laps) “I am happy although the track was around 1.5 seconds per lap slower than before because of the low temperatures we’ve had to deal with today. We’ve tested a few things in areas we knew we had to improve on after the recent tests at this same circuit and I think we’re on the right path. I’m happy because I’m getting a little closer every day!.”