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125cc GP Race Results:

1. Lucio Cecchinello, Aprilia, 20 laps, 40:01.738
2. Daniel Pedrosa, Honda, -0.730 second
3. Pablo Nieto, Aprilia, -0.801 second
4. Andrea Dovizioso, Honda, -0.810 second
5. Alex De Angelis, Aprilia, -1.454 seconds
6. Youichi Ui, Aprilia, -7.656 seconds
7. Stefano Perugini, Aprilia, -7.702 seconds
8. Gino Borsoi, Aprilia, -7.708 seconds
9. Hector Barbera, Aprilia, -21.704 seconds
10. Gioele Pellino, Aprilia, -22.132 seconds
11. Mirko Giansanti, Aprilia, -22.208 seconds
12. Simone Corsi, Honda, -34.326 seconds
13. Mika Kallio, Honda, -34.434 seconds
14. Masao Azuma, Honda, -34.493 seconds
15. Thomas Luthi, Honda, -34.879 seconds

18. Casey Stoner, Aprilia, -46.072 seconds

20. Roberto Locatelli, KTM, -46.436 seconds
21. Arnaud Vincent, KTM, -46.615 seconds

23. Max Sabbatani, Aprilia, -53.338 seconds

32. Steve Jenkner, Aprilia, -1 lap, DNF
33. Jorgo Lorenzo, Derbi, -1 lap, DNF

36. Emilio Alzamora, Derbi, -11 laps, DNF

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250cc Grand Prix Results:

1. Manuel Poggiali, Aprilia, 20 laps, 38:40.038
2. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia, -22.445 seconds
3. Franco Battaini, Aprilia, -23.446 seconds
4. Roberto Rolfo, Honda, -24.432 seconds
5. Sylvain Guintoli, Aprilia, -31.679 seconds
6. Toni Elias, Aprilia, -39.837 seconds
7. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha, -44.832 seconds
8. Sebastian Porto, Honda, -44.905 seconds
9. Anthony West, Aprilia, -62.385 seconds
10. Joan Olive, Aprilia, -66.020 seconds
11. Hugo Marchand, Aprilia, -71.197 seconds
12. Alex Debon, Honda, -71.257 seconds
13. Chaz Davies, Aprilia, -77.964 seconds
14. Jakub Smrz, Honda, -81.573 seconds
15. Hector Faubel, Aprilia, -85.294 seconds
16. Christian Gemmel, Honda, -86.780 seconds
17. Erwan Nigon, Aprilia, -95.206 seconds, crash
18. Henkj vd Lagemaat, Honda, -1 lap
19. Christian Pistoni, Aprilia, -1 lap
20. Randy De Puniet, Aprilia, -4 laps, DNF, two crashes
21. Alex Baldolini, Aprilia, -10 laps, DNF, crash
22. Johan Stigefelt, Aprilia, -20 laps, mechanical


More, from a press release issued by MS Aprilia Team Press Information:

THIRD VICTORY FOR POGGIALI

It’s sufficient to check the race classification to understand Manuel’s supremacy: Nieto, the second qualified got a gap of 22 seconds. Honestly the first part of this Italian GP has been very hard won as Randy De Puniet was catching the San Marino rider. But the French rider crashed twice so Poggiali did not get any problem to end the race in first position. Now Manuel is leading the world championship with an advantage of 19 points from Rolfo today 4th qualified.

Manuel Poggiali: “For the first time in my life I made a good start so I could easily maintain my favourite pace. To avoid the same mistake of Jerez I pushed hard immediately after the start knowing that De Puniet could catch me without any problem. Anyway I had a bit of advantage anyway but I decided to maintain my pace for the tyres. Then Randy crashed and I have been able to win easily. Anyway my objective is still the same: I am not thinking about the title. I just want to learn as much as I can because there are many fast and constant riders like Rolfo. I feel like a football team that is fighting for the safety but in the middle of the season is also leading the championship”.

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Sunday Morning MotoGP Practice Times:

1. Max Biaggi, Honda, 1:51.851
2. Loris Capirossi, Ducati, 1:52.326
3. Valentino Rossi, Honda, 1:52.423
4. Troy Bayliss, Ducati, 1:52.437
5. Sete Gibernau, Honda, 1:52.497
6. Colin Edwards, Aprilia, 1:52.668
7. Makoto Tamada, Honda, 1:52.715
8. Shinya Nakano, Yamaha, 1:52.856
9. Alex Barros, Yamaha, 1:52.927
10. Carlos Checa, Yamaha, 1:52.952
11. Tohru Ukawa, Honda, 1:53.052
12. Olivier Jacque, Yamaha, 1:53.201
13. John Hopkins, Suzuki, 1:53.376
14. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:53.560
15. Noriyuki Haga, Aprilia, 1:53.742
16. Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, 1:53.844
17. Marco Melandri, Yamaha, 1:54.157
18. Ryuichi Kiyonari, Honda, 1:54.224
19. Jeremy McWilliams, Proton, 1:54.533
20. Garry McCoy, Kawasaki, 1:54.731
21. Alex Hofmann, Kawasaki, 1:55.033
22. Andrew Pitt, Kawasaki, 1:55.980
23. Nobuatsu Aoki, Proton, 2:30.664

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Yamaha’s Aaron Gobert plans to have surgery on his broken left hand and wrist Monday, June 9 and may race again as soon as the June 27-29 AMA event at Brainerd International Raceway.

“I plan on seeing (Dr. Arthur) Ting Monday and being operated on Monday (June 9) night. Apparently, I may be able to race at Brainerd,” said Gobert, when he returned to Road America Saturday afternoon.

“I pretty much punched my hand into the ground at 100 mph, they said. So the joint and all the bones around it took the impact. Luckily, it’s not too much of a joint fracture, but it’s in the joint. Both bones in the wrist and the thumb bone.”

Gobert said it had just started to sprinkle rain while he was riding his Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 during Formula Xtreme practice Friday, June 6.

“But the track wasn’t wet yet,” said Gobert. “I was down in Canada Corner. On the exit, the bike started to run wide, so I got on the gas really hard to pull the thing back on and run sideways at the exit. As I ran out wide at the exit, I must have just touched the white line. I remember going full-lock sideways, flat-out in third gear…I knew it was going to happen right then and there. I said, ‘Here we go.'”

According to eyewitness Chris Ulrich, who Gobert had just passed down the Kettle Bottoms straightaway, Gobert almost saved his highside at the exit of Canada Corner and held onto the handlebars while his body dragged along the left side of his bike. Gobert’s Yamaha then turned left and ran into an unpadded concrete wall, past the normal impact area. Gobert and his Yamaha hit the bare concrete wall and bounced back out onto the track.

The session was stopped to attend to Gobert and remove his bike from the track.

“The next thing you know I woke up in the medical center, people standing over me trying to put a neck brace on me, asking me my name and stuff. Apparently, I laid down there lifeless for a fair while.”

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This report from racer Dennis Nourry:

Around 7:00 p.m. on June 5, a Loudon road racer was out riding with some friends and hit a car that pulled out in front of him. His name is Andrew Soper (26). He was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious head trauma, shattered arm, pelvis, collarbone, broken nose, and serious internal injuries. Both lungs were punctured and part of his small intestines had to be removed. He underwent over 10 hours of surgery the night of June 5 and as of the afternoon of June 6 was moving his fingers and squinting his eyes while under his drug-induced coma.

The doctors do not yet know the extent of damage caused by the head trauma until he wakes up and comes off the assisted breathing. Andrew needs our prayers for his long and painful recovery.

E-mail and cards for Andrew Soper can be sent to:

Andrew Soper
5 Jeanne
Port Jefferson Sta.
NY, 11414
[email protected]

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Tommy Hayden took his first AMA Supersport win of the 2003 season and the sixth Supersport race win of his career Sunday at rainy Road America.

Hayden ran a smart race, paced himself as several other racers fell and finally passed his younger brother Roger Lee Hayden with less than two laps remaining to give the Kawasaki ZX-6RR its first AMA Supersport race win.

Erion Honda’s Roger Lee Hayden led from the start, rode very well throughout the race but could not match the speed of his more experienced brother in the latter stages. The younger Hayden was happy with the best AMA Supersport finish of his career.

Damon Buckmaster raced at the front for the entire 10 laps but seemed content to ride his own pace to secure third-place points and pull closer to Championship leader Jamie Hacking, who finished fifth behind Erion Honda’s Alex Gobert.

Provisional AMA Supersport Race Results:

1. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 10 laps
2. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, -3.481 seconds
3. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, -11.327 seconds
4. Alex Gobert, Honda, -33.371 seconds
5. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, -64.177 seconds
6. Jason Curtis, Honda, -80.177 seconds
7. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -91.663 seconds
8. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, -109.755 seconds
9. Jake Zemke, Honda, -111.340 seconds
10. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha, -127.068 seconds
11. Jamie Stauffer, Suzuki, -129.290 seconds
12. James Kerker, Honda, -134.274 seconds
13. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, Yamaha, -167.035 seconds
14. Marty Craggill, Honda, -169.937 seconds
15. Matt Wait, Yamaha, -1 lap
16. Dave Ebben, Suzuki, -1 lap
17. David Guy, Suzuki, -1 lap
18. Aaron Risinger, Suzuki, -1 lap
19. Darrin Mitchell, Suzuki, -2 laps, DNF, crash
20. Doug Chandler, Honda, -3 laps, DNF, crash


Provisional AMA Supersport Championship Point Standings:

1. Hacking, 181 points
2. Buckmaster, 173 points
3. Tommy Hayden, 159 points
4. Aaron Gobert, 142 points
5. Alex Gobert, 135 points
6. Jason DiSalvo/Zemke, 128 points
8. Meiring, 119 points
9. Ben Spies, 117 points
10. Roger Lee Hayden, 115 points

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Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom rode his Dunlop-rain-tire-shod ZX-7RR to a dominant victory Sunday on a wet but drying course at Road America. Not only did Bostrom take his second Superbike race win in the last three races and 11th win of his career, he took over the AMA Superbike points lead by one point over Mat Mladin, who finished 10th today.

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates finished second, over 32 seconds behind Bostrom, after a long battle with Dream Team Ducati’s Larry Pegram, who finished third.

American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel was the only rider who gambled on conditions at the start of the “wet” race and went with cut slick tires. The French-Canadian rider started slowly and was able to score fourth but only after passing Shawn Higbee, Jason Pridmore and Ben Bostrom on the last lap.

Mladin started on rain tires, pitted on lap eight for slicks, ran the fastest lap of the race on the final circuit (2:25.235) but only worked his way back up to 10th.

Yates crashed on the cool-off lap, extensively damaging his GSX-R1000.

Provisional AMA Superbike Race Two Results:

1. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, 16 laps
2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R1000, – 32.623 seconds
3. Larry Pegram, Ducati 998RS, – 42.818 seconds
4. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51, -46.090 second
5. Ben Bostrom, Honda RC51, – 46.588 seconds
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -47.917 seconds
7. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000, – 51.126 seconds
8. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R1000, – 102.022 seconds
9. Kurtis Roberts, Honda RC51, -122.400 seconds
10. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -122.802 seconds
11. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -145.737 seconds
12. Tom Wertman, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -145.866 seconds
13. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
14. Scott Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
15. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
16. Monte Nichols, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
17. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
18. Jason Knupp, Suzuki, -1 lap
19. Roger Hendricks, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
20. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
21. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
22. Mike Sullivan, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
23. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
24. Doug Duane, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -2 laps
25. Kevin Lehman, Yamaha YZF-R1, -2 laps
26. Anthony Gobert, Ducati 998RS, -6 laps, DNF, mechanical
27. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, Suzuki GSX-R750, DNF, -6 laps
28. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -9 laps
29. Jordan Szoke, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -11 laps
30. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -12 laps


Provisional AMA Superbike Point Standings:

1. Eric Bostrom, 294 points
2. Mladin, 293 points
3. Yates, 276 points
4. Ben Bostrom, 274 points
5. Roberts, 272 points
6. Duhamel, 246 points
7. Pegram, 211 points
8. Higbee, 207 points
9. Pridmore, 200 points
10. Vincent Haskovec, 159 points

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Sunday Morning Practice Times:

Supersport:

1. Jake Zemke, Honda, 2:27.933
2. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 2:28.367
3. Alex Gobert, Honda, 2:29.426
4. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 2:29.695
5. Matt Wait, Yamaha, 2:30.755
6. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 2:30.774
7. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 2:30.991
8. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 2:32.034
9. Jamie Stauffer, Suzuki, 2:32.348
10. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 2:33.607
11. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 2:35.469
12. Marty Craggill, Honda, 2:35.517
13. Craig Connell, Honda, 2:35.767
14. Ray Yoder, Yamaha, 2:36.284
15. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 2:36.979
16. Daniel Doty, Yamaha, 2:44.042
17. David Guy, Suzuki, 2:48.257
18. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, Suzuki, 2:51.957
19. Aaron Risinger, Suzuki, 2:54.186
20. Calvin Martinez, Suzuki, 2:56.873
21. Darrin Mitchell, Suzuki, 2:56.998
22. Tim Mitchell, Yamaha, 2:59.007
23. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha, 3:19.970
24. Scott Stevens, Suzuki, 3:34.085

250cc Grand Prix:

1. Rich Oliver, Yamaha, 2:29.278
2. Chuck Sorensen, Aprilia, 2:37.515
3. Colin Jensen, Aprilia, 2:38.113
4. Ed Sorbo, Yamaha, 2:38.181
5. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha, 2:43.506
6. John France, Honda, 2:46.839
7. Barrett Long, Yamaha, 2:48.148
8. Sean McNew, Honda, 2:48.516
9. Sandy Noce, Yamaha, 2:49.978
10. Mark Stiles, Yamaha, 2:50.648
11. Chris Pyles, Honda, 2:50.860
12. Jeremy Bonnett, Yamaha, 2:52.265
13. Sean Wray, Yamaha, 2:55.535
14. Bryan Hoelzer, Honda, 2:57.629
15. Ed Marchini, Yamaha, 2:59.678
16. Simon Turner, TSR Honda, 2:59.989
17. Sohn Wehseler, Yamaha, 3:00.780
18. Greg Esser, Honda, 3:01.716
19. Bill Himmelsbach, Yamaha, 3:02.619
20. Steve Scott, Yamaha, 3:05.481
21. Michael Rentschler, Yamaha, 3:11.704

Formula Xtreme:

1. Jake Zemke, Honda, 2:17.613
2. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, 2:18.723
3. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 2:18.779
4. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 2:19.897
5. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 2:20.519
6. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 2:20.697
7. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 2:20.730
8. Marty Craggill, Honda, 2:21.122
9. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 2:21.149
10. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki, 2:24.810
11. Craig Connell, Honda, 2:27.791
12. Doug Chandler, Honda, 2:28.294
13. Jason Curtis, Honda, 2:29.195
14. David Bell, Suzuki, 2:36.964
15. Mark Kittel, Honda, 2:39.190
16. Jason Knupp, Suzuki, 2:40.389

Superbike:

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:15.678
2. Kurtis Roberts, Honda RC51, 2:16.231
3. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, 2:16.743
4. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:17.527
5. Ben Bostrom, Honda RC51, 2:17.925
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:20.954
7. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:21.039
8. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51, 2:22.187
9. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:22.27
10. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:23.454
11. Jordan Szoke, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:23.564
12. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:25.568
13. Larry Pegram, Ducati 998RS, 2:26.743
14. Mike Sullivan, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:27.050
15. Scott Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:28.368
16. Monte Nichols, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:29.135
17. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:29.673
18. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:29.985
19. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:32.385
20. Jason Knupp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:33.120
21. Tom Wertman, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:33.310
22. Eric Haugo, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:41.023
23. Anthony Gobert, Ducati 998RS, 2:42.819
24. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:44.784
25. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 4:50.058

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It’s 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning at Road America, and fog has delayed the start of practice, following heavy overnight rains.

Practice sessions are likely to be cut to 12 minutes each, assuming the fog lifts soon.

From a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing following the Road America Supersport race:

“Penalty: #22 Kawasaki Tommy Hayden: Oil pump, found to be not in compliance with AMA Pro Racing rules. Fine: 20 points and $2000.”

Updated AMA Supersport Championship Point Standings:

1. Jamie Hacking, 181 points
2. Damon Buckmaster, 173 points
3. Aaron Gobert, 142 points
4. Tommy Hayden, 139 points
5. Alex Gobert, 135 points
6. Jake Zemke/Jason DiSalvo, TIE, 128 points
8. Tony Meiring, 119 points
9. Ben Spies, 117 points
10. Roger Lee Hayden, 115 points
11. Doug Chandler, 110 points
12. Jason Curtis, 92 points
13. Miguel Duhamel, 69 points
14. Ty Howard, 65 points
15. Chris Peris, 59 points