From a press release issued by Honda Racing Information:

Day five Isle of Man TT Festival. June 7, 2003

Lougher and VTR third in Senior TT

Adrian Archibald ended the Isle of Man TT Racing Festival as he began, on a winning note. The 30 year old Ulsterman powered to victory in the delayed ‘blue-riband’ event, run over the shortened distance of four laps ahead of John McGuinness and Honda’s Ian Lougher.

The race, held over from Friday because of low cloud and fog, was twice delayed before race officials managed to get it underway on Saturday afternoon, with McGuinness heading the action on the first lap, but only just, as Lougher tucked in behind him, running just a tenth of a second down after the first eight miles.

Archibald was split second down in third, but hot on the charge, and by Ballaugh Bridge, he was upto second place and pressurising McGuinness who lost his slender advantage on the high speed section into Ramsey.

The TAS Suzuki rider, who had taken the opening ‘big-bike’ TT Formula One race the previous Saturday was powering relentlessly on, and by the end of the first lap, which he covered at an average speed of 126.02mph, he was three seconds clear.

He increased his speed next time around, covering the 37.73 mile Mountain Course in a scorching time of 17:51.40s to be leading McGuinness by ten seconds as they headed into the half-distance fuelling stops, with Lougher holding a comfortable third place ahead of Jason Griffiths and Bruce Anstey.

Archibald, sensing the bonus of £10,000 and the Joey Dunlop Trophy that goes to the top rider in the two prestigious Superbike events, was in no mood to let up, and he set a furious pace as he rejoined the action, mile by mile extending his advantage, and taking the victory by some 21 seconds.

“That was great race to win, the perfect ending to my week. I knew that I had to go for it from the start because McGuinness is always a hot runner, but once I was ahead, it all fell into place. The bike was good, and the run problem free apart from the last lap, when the winds were strong over the mountain and I was blown across the road,” Archibald explained.

McGuinness admitted: “I made a couple of errors and over-ran in Parliament Square in Ramsey, and for various reasons, I feel a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders now the Senior race is over. I am happy with the postions and will be back for more next year.”

Third place went to Lougher, who might have failed to add to his six race winning pedigree on the Island, but was enjoying his fifth top five finish of the week, and the twentieth of his TT career. “I couldn’t get into the rhythm after an early battle on the road with Ryan Farquhar.”

Jason Griffiths took fourth place, ahead of Farquhar with Kiwis Shaun Harris and Bruce Anstey just adrift.

Results – Isle of Man TT Senior race – four laps

1. Adrian Archibald, Suzuki, 1:12:42.9
2. John McGuinness, Ducati, 1:13:03.7
3. Ian Lougher, Honda, 1:13:29.5
4. Jason Griffiths, Yamaha, 1:13:44.1
5. Ryan Farquhar, Suzuki, 1:14:00.1
6. Shaun Harris, Suzuki, 1:14:15.0
7. Bruce Anstey, Suzuki, 1:14:25.8
8. Richard Britton, Suzuki, 1:14:45.2
9. Mark Parrett, Kawasaki, 1:15:15.1
10. Gary Carswell, Suzuki, 1:16:06.3

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Provisional AMA Supersport Qualifying Results:

1. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 2:20.654
2. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 2:21.321
3. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 2:21.400
4. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 2:21.479
5. Jake Zemke, Honda, 2:22.391
6. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 2:22.640
7. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 2:22.715
8. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 2:22.845
9. Matt Wait, Yamaha, 2:23.073
10. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 2:23.130
11. Doug Chandler, Honda, 2:23.388
12. Marty Craggill, Honda, 2:23.674
13. Jamie Stauffer, Suzuki, 2:23.713
14. Alex Gobert, Honda, 2:23.870
15. Craig Connell, Honda, 2:24.752
16. Jason Curtis, Honda, 2:25.889
17. Ray Yoder, Yamaha, 2:28.183
18. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha, 2:28.700
19. Darrin Mitchell, Suzuki, 2:29.764
20. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, Yamaha, 2:29.943
21. Dave Ebben, Suzuki, 2:30.054
22. Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki, 2:30.534
23. Aaron Risinger, Suzuki, 2:32.110
24. Daniel Doty, Yamaha, 2:32.209
25. Hector Romero, 2:33.121
26. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, 2:34.178
27. David Guy, Suzuki, 2:34.481
28. Tim Mitchell, Yamaha, 2:34.735
29. Calvin Martinez, Suzuki, 2:35.308
30. Mark Kittel, Honda, 2:35.405
31. James Kerker, Honda, 2:35.730
32. Darby Brauning, Yamaha, 2:36.306
33. Scott Stevens, Suzuki, 2:36.674
34. Peter Bohlig, Suzuki, 2:38.679
35. Gordon Halsey, Yamaha, 2:38.974
36. Russ Intravartolo, Kawasaki, 2:39.152
37. Christopher Flores, Suzuki, 2:40.639
38. Michael Radke, Yamaha, 2:41.208
39. Jessica Zalusky, Yamaha, 2:45.220

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Final AMA Superbike Qualifying Results:

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:15.159
2. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:15.710
3. Kurtis Roberts, Honda RC51, 2:15.825
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, 2:16.030
5. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51, 2:16.443
6. Ben Bostrom, Honda RC51, 2:16.924
7. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:17.152
8. Anthony Gobert, Ducati 998RS, 2:18.258
9. Larry Pergam, Ducati 998RS, 2:18.916
10. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:19.201
11. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:19.360
12. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:20.699
13. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:20.792
14. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:20.889
15. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:21.343
16. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:21.717
17. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:22.367
18. Jordan Szoke, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:22.945
19. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:23.130
20. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:23.162
21. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:23.814
22. Scott Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:23.979
23. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:24.365
24. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:24.770
25. Mike Sullivan, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:24.984
26. Matt Furtek, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:25.395
27. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:25.432
28. Brian Stokes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:25.542
29. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:25.780
30. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:26.001
31. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:26.045
32. Doug Duane, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:26.323
33. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:26.474
34. Tom Wertman, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:27.237
35. Kevin Lehman, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2:27.271
36. Monte Nichols, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:28.247
37. Kevin Hanson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:28.485
38. Roger Hendricks, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:28.778
39. Brian Boyd, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:28.908
40. Jason Knupp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:28.920
41. Eric Haugo, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:30.012

Qualifying Cut-off Time (112 percent): 2:31.378

42. David Duprey, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:31.468
43. Eric Dooyema, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:31.996
44. Brett Ray, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:32.019
45. James Bonner, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2:32.041
46. Matt Drucker, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:33.882

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Top Speeds From Final MotoGP Qualifying At Mugello:

1. Loris Capirossi, Ducati, 204.8 mph
2. Troy Bayliss, Ducati, 202.8 mph
3. Valentino Rossi, Honda, 200.5 mph
4. Max Biaggi, Honda, 200.4 mph
5. Alex Barros, Yamaha, 200.2 mph
6. Shinya Nakano, Yamaha, 199.5 mph
7. Noriyuki Haga, Aprilia, 199.3 mph
8. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 199.3 mph
9. Ryuichi Kiyonari, Honda, 199.2 mph
10. Colin Edwards, Aprilia, 199.1 mph
11. Carlos Checa, Yamaha, 199.1 mph
12. Olivier Jacque, Yamaha, 199.0 mph
13. John Hopkins, Suzuki, 199.0 mph
14. Makoto Tamada, Honda, 198.9 mph
15. Marco Melandri, Yamaha, 198.5 mph
16. Andrew Pitt, Kawasaki, 198.4 mph
17. Tohru Ukawa, Honda, 198.3 mph
18. Garry McCoy, Kawasaki, 198.1 mph
19. Sete Gibernau, Honda, 197.8 mph
20. Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, 197.3 mph
21. Alex Hofmann, Kawasaki, 196.3 mph
22. Jeremy McWilliams, Proton, 188.5 mph
23. Nobuatsu Aoki, Proton, 184.8 mph

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250cc Qualifying Results:

1. Randy De Puniet, Aprilia, 1:53.586
2. Manuel Poggiali, Aprilia, 1:53.832
3. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia, 1:54.676
4. Franco Battaini, Aprilia, 1:54.984
5. Toni Elias, Aprilia, 1:55.639
6. Roberto Rolfo, Honda, 1:55.969
7. Sebastian Porto, Honda, 1:56.163
8. Sylvain Guintoli, Aprilia, 1:56.452
9. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha, 1:56.585
10. Erwan Nigon, Aprilia, 1:56.939
11. Johan Stigefelt, Aprilia, 1:57.112
12. Joan Olive, Aprilia, 1:57.117
13. Anthony West, Aprilia, 1:57.252
14. Hector Faubel, Aprilia, 1:57.352
15. Alex Debon, Honda, 1:57.646
16. Hugo Marchand, Aprilia, 1:57.657
17. Chaz Davies, Aprilia, 1:58.225
18. Christian Gemmel, Honda, 1:58.576
19. Eric Battaille, Honda, 1:58.582
20. Alex Baldolini, Aprilia, 1:58.677

Qualifying Cut-off Time (107 percent): 2:01.537

25. Katja Poensgen, Honda, 2:03.163, DNQ


125cc Qualifying Results:

1. Casey Stoner, Aprilia, 1:58.914
2. Stefano Perugini, Aprilia, 1:58.977
3. Alex De Angelis, Aprilia, 1:59.012
4. Pablo Nieto, Aprilia, 1:59.043
5. Steve Jenkner, Aprilia, 1:59.115
6. Lucio Cecchinello, Aprilia, 1:59.143
7. Andrea Dovizioso, Honda, 1:59.251
8. Youichi Ui, Aprilia, 1:59.406
9. Gino Borsoi, Aprilia, 1:59.433
10. Daniel Pedrosa, Honda, 1:59.608
11. Arnaud Vincent, KTM, 1:59.790
12. Hector Barbera, Aprilia, 1:59.934
13. Gioele Pellino, Aprilia, 2:00.044
14. Gabor Talmacsi, Aprilia, 2:00.140
15. Marco Simonelli, Aprilia, 2:00.155
16. Mirko Giansanti, Aprilia, 2:00.303
17. Simone Corsi, Honda, 2:00.404
18. Jorgo Lorenzo, Derbi, 2:00.617
19. Max Sabbatani, Aprilia, 2:00.739
20. Roberto Locatelli, KTM, 2:00.949

23. Emilio Alzamora, Derbi, 2:01.236


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

TOO MUCH TRAFFIC: MANUEL AVOIDED THE LAST LAPS

As Manuel already got the pole position yesterday, he concentrated his efforts on the choice of the tyres for tomorrows race trying to improve the setting of his bike as well. He reached his objective but Manuel decided to avoid the last laps of the session because of the traffic so the Aprilia rider has not been able to maintain his pole. Anyway Manuel feels satisfied.

Manuel Poggiali: “At the end there was to much traffic and I decided to stop because it could be dangerous. Even if the marshals show the blue flag someone always rides in the middle of the track: I want to discuss it with Uncini because it’s not correct. I do not care about the pole: the most important thing is the setting of my bike and I feel at 100% now. We also found a good solution for the tyres. Now I am expecting a dry race somehow.”

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Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin came from behind to take his sixth AMA Superbike win of the season Saturday at Road America over American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel and Erion Honda’s Kurtis Roberts.

Mladin took the lead early, exchanged the top spot with Duhamel and Roberts through the middle of the 16-lap race, passed Duhamel to take the lead one last time in turn five on the final lap and held on to collect the 20th AMA Superbike win of his career by 0.280 second. Duhamel got second, with Roberts only 0.790 second behind Mladin in third.

Duhamel’s teammate Ben Bostrom finished a lonely fourth ahead of Ducati Austin’s Anthony Gobert, Attack Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore, Millennium Technologies/Kaufman Trailers’ Shawn Higbee, Corona Extra Suzuki’s Jordan Szoke, Hooters Suzuki’s Mike Ciccotto and Team Embry’s Geoff May.

Eric Bostrom pitted at the end of lap 14/beginning of lap 15 and returned to finish 13th.

Aaron Yates DNF with mechanical problems.

Provisional AMA Superbike Race One Results:

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 16 laps
2. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51, -0.280 second
3. Kurtis Roberts, Honda RC51, -0.790 second
4. Ben Bostrom, Honda RC51, -9.852 seconds
5. Anthony Gobert, Ducati 998RS, -25.154 seconds
6. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -39.616 seconds
7. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -72.983 seconds
8. Jordan Szoke, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -80.108 seconds
9. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -81.742 seconds
10. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -81.787 seconds
11. Larry Pegram, Ducati 998RS, -91.489 seconds
12. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -91.489, seconds
13. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, -91.589 seconds
14. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -124.551 seconds
15. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki GSX-R750, -126.683 seconds
16. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -131.055 seconds
17. Scott Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, -131.425 seconds
18. Mike Sullivan, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -140.352 seconds
19. Brian Stokes, Suzuki GSX-R750, -142.367 seconds
20. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
21. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
22. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
23. Kevin Lehman, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
24. Monte Nichols, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
25. Tom Wertman, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
26. Doug Duane, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
27. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
28. Roger Hendricks, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
29. Eric Haugo, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
30. Brian Boyd, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
31. Kevin Hanson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -2 laps
32. Jason Knupp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -3 laps
33. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -3 laps
34. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R750, -8 laps
35. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -15 laps
36. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R750, -15 laps
37. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -20 laps, DNF, mechanical


Provisional AMA Superbike Point Standings:

1. Mladin, 272 points
2. Eric Bostrom, 257 points
3. Roberts, 250 points
4. Ben Bostrom, 248 points
5. Yates, 244 points
6. Duhamel, 219 points
7. Higbee, 183 points
8. Pegram, 182 points
9. Pridmore, 175 points
10. Haskovec, 159 points
11. Szoke, 139 points
12. Anthony Gobert, 126 points
13. Michael Barnes, 118 points
14. Ciccotto/May, TIE, 115 points
16. Scott Jensen, 93 points
17. Andy Deatherage/John Dugan, TIE, 82 points
19. Steve Crevier, 81 points
20. Jack Pfeifer, 77 points


More, from a press release issued by Mat Mladin Motorsports:

MLADIN TAKES POLE THEN WINS OPENING SUPERBIKE RACE AT ROAD AMERICA

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA (Saturday, 7 June) – Mat Mladin not only returned to the winners podium today, but regained the points lead in the 2003 AMA Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championship after a titanic three-way battle saw Mladin take the chequered flag in the first of the weekend’s double header Superbike races at Road America in Wisconsin.

Mladin’s 20th career AMA Superbike win was also his sixth for the season and sees him regain the number one position on the points table, fifteen points clear of Eric Bostrom (Team Kawasaki). Point’s leader coming into the round, Aaron Yates, was forced out of the race with mechanical problems and has slipped back to fifth on the point’s table.

It was a good day for Mladin and his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. Prior to the 16-lap Superbike race, he had scored his 28th career AMA Superbike pole position with a time of 2-min 15.159-secs for the 6.44km (4.00miles) Wisconsin circuit during the morning’s final qualifying session. Second fastest was Mladin’s teammate Aaron Yates (2:15.710), followed by Kurtis Roberts (Erion Honda, 2:15.825) and Eric Bostrom (Team Kawasaki, 2:16.030).

The 16-lap Superbike race quickly turned into a furious high-speed battle between Suzuki mounted Mladin and the Honda’s of Miguel DuHamel and Kurtis Roberts, with each taking turn at holding the race lead. Mladin kept his best for last as his final lap produced an amazing new lap record of 2:14.740 which saw him pass DuHamel at Turn Five on his way to his sixth race victory of the season. At the end, just 0.79 of a second separated Mladin from DuHamel and Roberts.

“That was probably the best race that I’ve had for a long time,” said Mladin. “This year we’ve either won races by a long margin or have had tyre problems that have kept us out of it, so it was nice to go out there and race against a few guys. Mind you I wouldn’t want that every race, but every now and then would be good.

About half way round the final lap I was able to get by Miguel, then after that I just put my head down and did the fastest lap of the race,” added Mladin. “Obviously from the time we set on the last lap, the bike is working well. We took a few measures before the race to make sure the tyre was going to be OK, we didn’t have the best grip that we could have had and definitely didn’t have the ultimate set up with the bike, but it was the best we could do to get the bike and the tyres to last the race distance.”

“Honda do well here, so we were expecting a bit of a race from them, but we’ll see how we go when we get to a track with a few more corners in them. It did show however that the horsepower between the Honda and the Suzuki is quite similar which at the end is all good for the series.”

Heading into tomorrow’s second 16-lap Superbike race, Mladin holds a fifteen-point lead (272 – 257) in the championship over Eric Bostrom who finished thirteenth today after he made a late race pit stop. Roberts holds down third with 250; followed by Ben Bostrom (248), Yates (244) and DuHamel (219).


More, from a press release issued by Dream Team Ducati:

Dream Team Racing Ducati’s Larry Pegram was hoping for rain today after a strong 2nd in yesterday’s provisional qualifying. However, without a chance to find a dry setup this morning, Pegram, had to settle for 9th on the start grid. In the race Larry moved into 8th place where he remained for 12 out of 17 laps until his bike began to slow with a mechanical problem. At one point he was in 12th but on the last lap he was able to stay ahead of Vincent Haskovec to finish 11th.

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Aaron Gobert has four fractures in his left wrist and hand that will require surgery.

Sue Gobert, mother and manager of the young Australian racer told Roadracingworld.com Saturday morning that Aaron, “has four fractures, quite major, across the left wrist and his left thumb knuckle. He also had some slight bleeding on his brain, but they’re (doctors at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) letting him go today. They just told us to keep a close eye on him in case he starts acting weird, as if that would be easy to tell with ‘Az'”

Sue Gobert said Aaron and his girlfriend Melanie Riley would stay in Milwaukee for the rest of the weekend, take their scheduled flight home to Ontario, California on Monday before flying to Fremont, California to see noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. Arthur Ting on Tuesday, June 10.

More, from a press release issued by Road America:

Rider Condition Report: Aaron Gobert

Yesterday, June 6, Aaron Gobert was transported to Valley View Hospital in Plymouth and subsequently sent to Foedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee, where he was treated for a broken wrist and thumb. Gobert, who competes in the Pro Honda Oils 600 and Formula Xtreme classes, fell at the exit of Canada Corner, Turn 12. He was on his Formula Xtreme bike, on slicks, when it started to rain.

He will have Dr. Ting, Fremont, Calif., pin his wrist.

Gobert, whose brother, Anthony, qualified on the pole for the Superbike race, will return to the race track Saturday afternoon.

Aaron Gobert is currently third in points in the Pro Honda Oils U.S. Supersport by Shoei point standings and 11th in Lockhart-Phillips USA Formula Xtreme.

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AMA Formula Xtreme Qualifying Results:

1. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:15.417
2. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2:16.103
3. Marty Craggill, Honda CBR954RR, 2:17.027
4. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda CBR954RR, 2:17.066
5. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2:17.370
6. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:17.728
7. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:17.810
8. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:17.946
9. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR954RR, 2:18.004
10. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:18.056
11. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:18.180
12. Doug Chandler, Honda CBR954RR, 2:19.983
13. Craig Connell, Honda CBR954RR, 2:21.371
14. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:23.962
15. Jason Curtis, Honda CBR954RR, 2:25.358
16. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:27.526
17. David Guy, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:28.283
18. Doug Duane, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:28.525
19. Jason Knupp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:29.704
20. Mark Vandel, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2:29.895
21. Mark Kittel, Honda, 2:30.789
22. David Bell, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:31.550

112 percent of fast time: 2:31.667

23. James Bonner, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2:31.716
24. Chad Rolland, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:31.989
25. Eric Haugo, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:32.087
26. Michael Kosta, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:33.328
27. Alex Freeman, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2:33.453
28. Rad Greaves, Suzuki GSX1661R, 2:34.478
29. Matt Drucker, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2:34.526
30. Tom Grant, Suzuki, 2:41.634
31. Nathan Hester, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 3:03.473
32. Roger Hendricks, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 3:11.040

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WBAL-TV Channel 11 reported that racer Michael Fitzpatrick, who finished 11th in the 2002 Daytona 200, was arrested Thursday for operating what authorities described as a motorcycle “chop shop.”

According to the report, police raided Fitzpatrick’s Elkridge, Maryland business, Edge Motorsports, and found a number of stolen motorcycles and parts.

The complete story can be seen on the WBAL-TV website,

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2251665/detail.html


(Thanks to reader Chris Hoagland of San Antonio, Texas for this news tip.)

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Supersport:

1. Jake Zemke, Honda, 2:32.776
2. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 2:33.787
3. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 2:34.446
4. Alex Gobert, Honda, 2:35.035
5. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 2:35.139
6. Jamie Stauffer, Suzuki, 2:35.150
7. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 2:36.209
8. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha, 2:36.315
9. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 2:36.866
10. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 2:38.256
11. Doug Chandler, Honda, 2:39.836
12. Craig Connell, Honda, 2:40.999
13. Matt Wait, Yamaha, 2:41.073
14. Ray Yoder, Yamaha, 2:43.634
15. Marty Craggill, Honda, 2:44.085
16. James Kerker, Honda, 2:44.108
17. Mark Kittel, Honda, 2:44.889
18. Dirk Sanchez, Kawasaki, 2:44.897
19. Giovanni Rojas, Yamaha, 2:45.074
20. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 2:45.968
21. Hector Romero, 2:46.841
22. Gordan Halsey, Yamaha, 2:47.577
23. Daniel Doty, Yamaha, 2:48.033
24. Dr. Jeff Purk, Suzuki, 2:53.530
25. Darby Brauning, Yamaha, 2:54.546
26. David Guy, Suzuki, 2:55.074
27. Jeremy Haiduk, Yamaha, 2:55.661
28. Scott Stevens, Suzuki, 2:55.740
29. Tim Mitchell, Yamaha, 2:56.710
30. Michael Radke, Yamaha, 3:00.349
31. Calvin Martinez, Suzuki, 3:06.362
32. Jessica Zalusky, Yamaha, 3:09.580


Superstock:

1. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:23.428
2. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:24.432
3. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha YZF-R6, 2:24.951
4. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 2:26.071
5. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:26.096
6. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 2:26.130
7. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:26.678
8. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:27.041
9. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:27.762
10. Jamie Stauffer, Suzuki GSX-R600, 2:27.836
11. Steve Atlas, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:28.773
12. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:29.136
13. Matt Wait, Yamaha YZF-R6, 2:29.724
14. Mark Junge, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:30.009
15. Jason Peters, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:30.092
16. Hawk Mazzotta, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:30.745
17. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:32.494
18. Matt Malterer, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:33.993
19. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:34.642
20. Tom Wertman, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:36.307
21. James Kerker, Honda CBR600, 2:37.035
22. David Bell, Suzuki GSX-R750, 2:43.564
23. Russ Intravartolo, Kawasaki ZX-7, 2:43.779


Formula Xtreme:

1. Jake Zemke, Honda, 2:23.827
2. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, 2:26.601
3. Jamie Hacking, Yamaha, 2:27.208
4. Marty Craggill, Honda, 2:27.240
5. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 2:27.422
6. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 2:28.233
7. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki, 2:31.784
8. Hawk Mazzotta, Suzuki, 2:32.675
9. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 2:33.470
10. Doug Chandler, Honda, 2:34.194
11. Jason Knupp, Suzuki, 2:36.074
12. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 2:36.350
13. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 2:36.946
14. Mark Kittel, Honda, 2:40.701
15. Mark Vandal, Yamaha, 2:43.938
16. Alex Freeman, Yamaha, 2:45.102
17. James Bonner, Yamaha, 2:48.090
18. Douglas Duane, Suzuki, 2:49.692
19. Chad Rolland, Suzuki, 2:50.331
20. Matt Drucker, Suzuki, 2:50.747
21. David Bell, Suzuki, 2:52.395
22. Tom Grant, Suzuki, 2:56.858
23. Roger Hendricks, Suzuki, 2:58.194
24. Rad Greaves, Suzuki, 2:58.613
25. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki, 3:40.709


250cc Grand Prix:

1. Rich Oliver, Yamaha, 2:25.456
2. Chuck Sorensen, Aprilia, 2:28.640
3. Ed Sorbo, Yamaha, 2:34.343
4. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha, 2:35.229
5. Simon Turner, TSR Honda, 2:36.395
6. Sandy Noce, Yamaha, 2:37.002
7. Colin Jensen, Aprilia, 2:37.191
8. Greg Esser, Honda, 2:39.162
9. John France, Honda, 2:39.306
10. Barrett Long, Yamaha, 2:40.387
11. Bill Himmelsbach, Yamaha, 2:40.496
12. Ed Marchini, Yamaha, 2:40.981
13. Jeremy Bonnett, Yamaha, 2:41.171
14. Glen Christianson, Yamaha, 2:41.780
15. James Bonner, Yamaha, 2:42.468
16. Mark Stiles, Yamaha, 2:42.574
17. Stephen Bowline, Honda, 2:43.264
18. Shawn Murray, Honda, 2:43.650
19. Sean Wray, Yamaha, 2:44.050
20. Bryan Hoelzer, Honda, 2:45.475