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Provisional Friday Afternoon AMA Superbike Practice Times:

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:36.997
2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:38.162
3. Miguel Duhamel, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:38.229
4. Ben Bostrom, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:38.274
5. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:38.551
6. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:39.517
7. Eric Bostrom, Ducati 999F04, 1:39.837
8. Larry Pegram, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:40.605
9. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:40.798
10. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.365
11. Steve Crevier, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.379
12. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.379
13. Dave Stanton, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.607
14. Ken Hill, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.869
15. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:42.140
16. Lee Acree, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:42.153
17. Mark Foster, 1:42.214
18. Eric Wood, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:42.411
19. Jeff Williams, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:42.763
20. Chris Siglin, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:42.826

From a press release issued by FGSport Group:

Yamaha GMT94 and Suzuki Castrol have continued the battle they began at the opening round of the FIM World Endurance Championship, swapping fastest laps during today’s free practice sessions at the Zhuhai International Circuit. Yamaha GMT94 were quickest at the end of today, with a time of 1:37.320, almost half a second ahead of Suzuk Castrol’s 1:37.781. Christophe Guyot, team manager of Yamaha GMT94, said he would settle for finishing Sunday’s race half a second ahead of Suzuki Castrol: “This will be a long championship, and we must get full points this weekend. We aren’t risking any changes to the engine, but we have changed everything on the chassis since Assen. Suzuki Castrol’s Olivier Four had struggled to find a clear lap: “At the moment it is difficult to pass other people, because so many of them do not know the circuit.”

Yamaha Endurance Moto 38 were third on 1:38.271, Yamaha Austria were fourth with a time of 1:38.271 and Suzuki Zongshen No.19 fifth on 1:38.500. Zongshen Team have tested here several times, and know the circuit better than most. Rider Warwick Nowland: “The two fast corners are the really important ones – each time I go through them I’m trying to back off a little less.” Yamaha Austria rider Igor Jerman had his own first impressions of the track: “The circuit is full gas, then stop, then full gas. It’s very slippery today as well, but maybe it will bed in with more use at the weekend.”

Last word goes Mike Edwards: “The track is like the Fogarty Esses, Melbourne Loop and Goddards section of Donington Park – very hard on riders and bikes. The race will be a war of attrition.”

Official Qualifying begins tomorrow, Saturday 1st of May.

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Friday 250cc GP Qualifying Results From Jerez:

1. Sebastian PORTO, Aprilia, 1:43.673
2. Manuel POGGIALI, Aprilia, 1:44.054
3. Daniel PEDROSA, Honda, 1:44.163
4. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, 1:44.196
5. Roberto ROLFO, Honda, 1:44.716
6. Toni ELIAS, Honda, 1:44.989
7. Fonsi NIETO, Aprilia, 1:45.222
8. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, 1:45.258
9. Franco BATTAINI, Aprilia, 1:45.652
10. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Honda, 1:45.822
11. Hector FAUBEL, Aprilia, 1:45.976
12. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, 1:45.991
13. Joan OLIVE, Aprilia, 1:46.311
14. Alex DEBON, Honda, 1:46.429
15. Eric BATAILLE, Honda, 1:46.514
16. Chaz DAVIES, Aprilia, 1:46.575
17. Jakub SMRZ, Honda, 1:46.614
18. Anthony WEST, Aprilia, 1:46.651
19. Naoki MATSUDO, Yamaha, 1:46.875
20. Hugo MARCHAND, Aprilia, 1:46.966

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Friday 125cc Grand Prix Qualifying Results From Jerez:

1. Marco SIMONCELLI, Aprilia, 1:48.106
2. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Aprilia, 1:48.245
3. Casey STONER, KTM, 1:48.302
4. Pablo NIETO, Aprilia, 1:48.363
5. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, 1:48.392
6. Roberto LOCATELLI, Aprilia, 1:48.410
7. Youichi UI, Aprilia, 1:48.485
8. Mika KALLIO, KTM, 1:48.600
9. Gabor TALMACSI, Malaguti, 1:48.653
10. Mirko GIANSANTI, Aprilia, 1:48.883
11. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, 1:49.177
12. Hector BARBERA, Aprilia, 1:49.184
13. Gino BORSOI, Aprilia, 1:49.326
14. Jorge LORENZO, Derbi, 1:49.404
15. Mike DI MEGLIO, Aprilia, 1:49.423

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No Limit Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore will not race in the AMA Superstock class and will instead concentrate on his Formula Xtreme effort this weekend at Infineon Raceway due to injury.

“The GSX-R1000 is too aggressive for him right now at this track,” said Crew Chief Jeremy Daniel. “It has too much power and too much torque, so Jason will sit out Superstock and concentrate on the Formula Xtreme bike and getting healthy for the next rounds.”

Pridmore suffered a separated shoulder and broken foot in a crash during testing at the Streets of Willow Springs April 10. He had the shoulder surgically repaired the following day by Dr. Arthur Ting.

Another member of the walking wounded at Infineon is Hooters Suzuki’s Eric Wood, who is riding with a broken right hand.

“I broke it two weeks ago riding my dirt bike at our local motocross track in Middleboro (Massachusetts),” Wood said Thursday during promoter practice. “The guy in front of me kicked up a rock and it hit me right in the hand. I got it X-rayed the next day, and my middle finger of my right hand was broken clean through.

“My biggest problem is when I hit bumps it pulls my finger and separates the bone. Hitting bumps while on the throttle is the worst thing. I considered getting the bone plated, but I can’t because the break is too close to his knuckle. We’ll figure something out.”

Complicating matters further, Wood has never ridden at Infineon Raceway before.

As it did for the California Speedway round of the series, Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki only brought GSX-R750s, and not GSX-R1000s, to race in AMA Superstock at Infineon Raceway.

After testing with it at Barber Motorsports Park, Yoshimura Suzuki has brought a GSX-R750 Superstock for Ben Spies to ride at Infineon Raceway.

“The way the bike handles, similar to a 600, should be an advantage at certain courses,” said Yoshimura Suzuki Team Manager Don Sakakura. “We’re just putting a few laps on it to see how it feels at this track. I don’t think we’ll race it here this weekend.”

The start of Friday’s practice schedule was delayed approximately 15 minutes due to a large fluid spill from one of the track safety vehicles at Infineon Raceway.

AMA timing and scoring, however, has been up and running flawlessly throughout Friday morning practice.

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Provisional Friday Afternoon AMA Superstock Practice Times:

1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:38.415
2. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:38.449
3. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:38.715
4. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:39.033
5. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:39.414
6. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:39.890
7. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:40.080
8. Roger Lee Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:40.545
9. Josh Hayes, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:40.720
10. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.438
11. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:41.527
12. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.771
13. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:41.968
14. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:41.983
15. Eric Wood, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:42.220
16. Corey Eaton, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:42.649
17. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:42.791
18. David White, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.081
19. Lee Acree, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:43.598
20. Jeremy Toye, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:43.637
21. Brian Parriott, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:43.978
22. Garry Combs, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:44.857
23. Jason Curtis, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:45.542
24. Lash Mullen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:46.371
25. John Wilson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:46.403
26. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:46.643
27. Jeremiah Johnson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:46.655
28. Montez Stewart, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:47.085
29. David Guy, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:47.106
30. James King, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:47.520
31. Paul Timman, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:47.979
32. Raul Padilla, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:48.219
33. Mark Simon, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:48.315
34. Peter Doyle, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:48.326
35. Ruben Munoz, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:51.373
36. Tony Cook, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:53.708
37. Norbert Katona, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:53.872
38. Rocky Caceres, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:56.061

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Friday Morning 250cc Practice Times From Jerez:

1. Sebastian PORTO, Aprilia, 1:43.735
2. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, 1:44.149
3. Roberto ROLFO, Honda, 1:45.293
4. Manuel POGGIALI, Aprilia, 1:45.327
5. Toni ELIAS, Honda, 1:45.471
6. Fonsi NIETO, Aprilia, 1:45.538
7. Daniel PEDROSA, Honda, 1:45.759
8. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Honda, 1:45.877
9. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, 1:46.107
10. Alex DEBON, Honda, 1:46.317
11. Franco BATTAINI, Aprilia, 1:46.366
12. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, 1:46.442
13. Joan OLIVE, Aprilia, 1:46.716
14. Alex BALDOLINI, Aprilia, 1:46.928
15. Jakub SMRZ, Honda, 1:47.158
16. Chaz DAVIES, Aprilia, 1:47.322
17. Dirk HEIDOLF, Aprilia, 1:47.354
18. Hector FAUBEL, Aprilia, 1:47.362
19. Anthony WEST, Aprilia, 1:47.484
20. Christian GEMMEL, Honda, 1:47.540

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Provisional Friday Afternoon AMA Formula Xtreme Practice Times;

1. Miguel Duhamel, Honda CBR600RR, 1:39.227
2. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR600RR, 1:39.425
3. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR600RR, 1:40.767
4. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:40.805
5. Larry Pegram, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:41.752
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:42.079
7. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:42.402
8. Steve Crevier, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:42.499
9. Mike Ciccotto, Buell XB9R, 1:42.678
10. Michael Leon, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:42.832
11. Michael Barnes, Buell XB9R, 1:42.975
12. Jeff Williams, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:43.003
13. Andrew Nelson, Honda CBR600RR, 1:43.104
14. Corey Eaton, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:43.530
15. Danny Eslick, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:44.582
16. Brien Whitlock, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:44.628
17. Heath Small, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:45.678
18. Mickey Lane, Honda CBR600RR, 1:45.848
19. Garth Dillon, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:46.005
20. Nathan Hester, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:46.239
21. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:46.604
22. Tom Montano, Honda CBR600RR, 1:46.730
23. Brian Bartlow, Honda CBR600RR, 1:46.767
24. Chad Rolland, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:47.403
25. Jay Tanner, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:47.438
26. Mike Krynock, Ducati 748R, 1:48.770
27. Tim Knutson, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:49.270
28. Ed Sorbo, Kawasaki ZX-6RR, 1:49.745
29. Riben Munoz, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:49.864
30. Reno Karimian, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:50.036
31. Kenan Rappuchi, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:50.280