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Grand Prix of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Saturday Morning 250cc GP Practice Times:

1. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, 1:37.552
2. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, 1:37.812
3. Toni ELIAS, Aprilia, 1:38.064
4. Manuel POGGIALI, Aprilia, 1:38.274
5. Alex DEBON, Honda, 1:38.623
6. Sebastian PORTO, Honda, 1:38.673
7. Eric BATAILLE, Honda, 1:38.752
8. Franco BATTAINI, Aprilia, 1:38.793
9. Fonsi NIETO, Aprilia, 1:38.876
10. Hector FAUBEL, Aprilia, 1:38.975
11. Erwan NIGON, Aprilia, 1:39.229
12. Roberto ROLFO, Honda, 1:39.350
13. Chaz DAVIES, Aprilia, 1:39.454
14. Naoki MATSUDO, Yamaha, 1:39.481
15. Anthony WEST, Aprilia, 1:39.651
16. Alex BALDOLINI, Aprilia, 1:39.845
17. Dirk HEIDOLF, Aprilia, 1:40.137
18. Joan OLIVE, Aprilia, 1:40.175
19. Jakub SMRZ, Honda, 1:40.230
20. Radomil ROUS, Aprilia, 1:40.246
21. Hugo MARCHAND, Aprilia, 1:40.446
22. Jaroslav HULES, Honda, 1:40.493
23. Lukas PESEK, Yamaha, 1:40.829
24. Johan STIGEFELT, Aprilia, 1:40.996
25. Christian GEMMEL, Honda, 1:41.106

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Grand Prix of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Saturday Morning MotoGP Practice Times:

1. Nicky HAYDEN, Honda, 1:33.797
2. Carlos CHECA, Yamaha, 1:33.990
3. Valentino ROSSI, Honda, 1:34.113
4. Loris CAPIROSSI, Ducati, 1:34.493
5. Sete GIBERNAU, Honda, 1:34.652
6. Tohru UKAWA, Honda, 1:34.753
7. Troy BAYLISS, Ducati, 1:34.943
8. Colin EDWARDS, Aprilia, 1:35.023
9. Max BIAGGI, Honda, 1:35.060
10. Alex BARROS, Yamaha, 1:35.109
11. Shinya NAKANO, Yamaha, 1:35.128
12. Makoto TAMADA, Honda, 1:35.202
13. John HOPKINS, Suzuki, 1:35.346
14. Norick ABE, Yamaha, 1:35.429
15. Kenny ROBERTS, Suzuki, 1:35.488
16. Jeremy McWILLIAMS, Proton, 1:35.693
17. Ryuichi KIYONARI, Honda, 1:35.723
18. Garry McCOY, Kawasaki, 1:35.750
19. Olivier JACQUE, Yamaha, 1:35.758
20. Nobuatsu AOKI, Proton, 1:36.042
21. Andrew PITT, Kawasaki, 1:36.838
22. Noriyuki HAGA, Aprilia, 1:37.256
23. David DE GEA, Harris WCM, 1:37.602
24. Chris Burns, Harris WCM, no time

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Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S. racing boss Keith McCarty said Friday that although the company plans to develop a Superbike based on the Yamaha YZF-R1, its primary focus in the 2004 AMA Series will be in Supersport and Superstock.

Speaking to Roadracing world.com Friday during a Yamaha Supermoto Day at Apex raceway in Perris, California, McCarty said, “Our game plan is to build a Superbike and do some testing with it throughout the year and if things look good or if the situation’s right–there’s a lot of things you got to line up–maybe race it a time or two if we’re somewhere that we’d like to be. We just think at this point in time where we’re going to go is Supersport and Superstock.”

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Mark Junge, Brian Kcraget, Robert Jensen, John Dugan and Greg Moore won sprint races Saturday during the 27th annual WERA Grand National Finals at Road Atlanta.

Vesrah Suzuki’s Junge won the final Open Superstock race of the 10-round WERA National Challenge series. Junge passed Scott Carpenter on the opening lap and was building a comfortable lead when the eight-lap race was stopped just past the halfway point for a crashed bike lying on the track. Carpenter held on for second in front of Byron Barbour, John Jacobi and Moore.

Junge had already won the 2003 Open Superstock Championship prior to the Road Atlanta finale.

Brian Kcraget ranaway with the WERA 125cc Grand Prix National on his NESBA.com-sponsored, Phil Dodd-tuned Honda. The 2003 Championship was Kcraget’s second consecutive title in the class. Kcraget’s toughest competition, Ryan Andrews, had problems getting off the grid, fought back to second but could not catch Kcraget. Glen Pison finished a lonely third.

Butler Machinery’s Robert Jensen won the 600cc Superstock National class on a Yamaha YZF-R6 borrowed from his mechanic. Jensen took the lead on the first lap but had to fight off a challenge from Lee Acree to take the win. Junge, who finished third, had already earned the 2003 600cc Superstock National Championship.

EDR Racing’s John Dugan rode a Dunlop-slick-equipped Suzuki GSX-R1000 to a strong win in the Sportsman Formula One race. Carpenter finished alone is second, and Chris Greer took third in front of Chuck Ivey and Doug Duane.

Greg Moore took his fourth race win of the weekend in the 750cc Superstock National sprint, beating Tray Batey by 1.5 seconds. Batey, however, won the 2003 Championship in the class. Reuben Frankenfield finished third in the race.

In Saturday’s winner-take-all WERA Sportsman Novice National Championship runoffs, Team Extreme’s George Gentle won both the B Superstock and B Superbike races and titles, Chris Kessler tasted victory in C Superstock, Matt Lynn topped the C Superbike field and Jeffrey Agnes came out on top in Formula One.

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Grand Prix of Valencia
Valenica, Spain
Saturday Morning 125cc Practice Times:

1. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, 1:40.168
2. Stefano PERUGINI, Aprilia, 1:40.494
3. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, 1:40.616
4. Marco SIMONCELLI, Aprilia, 1:40.716
5. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, 1:40.824
6. Casey STONER, Aprilia, 1:40.889
7. Pablo NIETO, Aprilia, 1:40.896
8. Gino BORSOI, Aprilia, 1:41.090
9. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Aprilia, 1:41.186
10. Jorge LORENZO, Derbi, 1:41.197
11. Mirko GIANSANTI, Aprilia, 1:41.253
12. Mika KALLIO, KTM, 1:41.427
13. Youichi UI, Gilera, 1:41.546
14. Hector BARBERA, Aprilia, 1:41.573
15. Gabor TALMACSI, Aprilia, 1:41.615
16. Arnaud VINCENT, Aprilia, 1:41.645
17. Lucio CECCHINELLO, Aprilia, 1:41.812
18. Max SABBATANI, Aprilia, 1:42.076
19. Roberto LOCATELLI, KTM, 1:42.091
20. Julian SIMON, Malaguti, 1:42.159

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Grand Prix of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Saturday Afternoon’s 125cc GP Qualifying Results:

1. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, 1:40.440
2. Pablo NIETO, Aprilia, 1:40.551
3. Marco SIMONCELLI, Aprilia, 1:40.599
4. Hector BARBERA, Aprilia, 1:40.723
5. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, 1:40.802
6. Stefano PERUGINI, Aprilia, 1:40.911
7. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Aprilia, 1:41.210
8. Casey STONER, Aprilia, 1:41.240
9. Gino BORSOI, Aprilia, 1:41.354
10. Miko KALLIO, KTM, 1:41.457
11. Mirko GIANSANTI, Aprilia, 1:41.590
12. Arnaud VINCENT, Aprilia, 1:41.606
13. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, 1:41.642
14. Robbin HARMS, Aprilia, 1:41.862
15. Lucio CECCHINELLO, Aprilia, 1:41.875
16. Youchi UI, Gilera, 1:41.946
17. Jorge LORENZO, Derbi, 1:42.056
18. Roberto LOCATELLI, KTM, 1:42.146
19. Fabrizio LAI, Malaguti, 1:42.216
20. Thomas LUTHI, Honda, 1:42.286

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Grand Prix of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Saturday Afternoon 250cc GP Qualifying Results:

1. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, 1:36.499
2. Toni ELIAS, Aprilia, 1:36.590
3. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, 1:36.647
4. Manuel POGGIALI, Aprilia, 1:36.735
5. Alex DEBON, Honda, 1:37.221
6. Franco BATTAINI, Aprilia, 1:37.327
7. Fonsi NIETO, Aprilia, 1:37.711
8. Naoki MATSUDO, Yamaha, 1:37.875
9. Sebastian PORTO, Honda, 1:38.028
10. Roberto ROLFO, Honda, 1:38.110
11. Hector FAUBEL, Aprilia, 1:38.313
12. Eric BATAILLE, Honda, 1:38.468
13. Anthony WEST, Aprilia, 1:38.586
14. Jaroslav HULES, Honda, 1:38.744
15. Chaz DAVIES, Aprilia, 1:38.850
16. Jakub SMRZ, Honda, 1:38.935
17. Erwan NIGON, Aprilia, 1:39.059
18. Dirk HEIDOLF, Aprilia, 1:39.112
19. Radomil ROUS, Aprilia, 1:39.334
20. Christian GEMMEL, Honda, 1:39.382
21. Johan STIGEFELT, Aprilia, 1:39.489
22. Joan OLIVE, Aprilia, 1:39.498
23. Hugo MARCHAND, Aprilia, 1:39.731
24. Alex BALDOLINI, Aprilia, 1:39.887
25. Lukas PESEK, Yamaha, 1:40.040

From a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing:

AMA Superbike races from Barber Motorsports Park to be re-aired this Sunday, Nov. 2 Opening in Speed Channel schedule due to CART series finale being cancelled

PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The cancellation of this weekend’s CART season finale at California Speedway (due to the Southern California wildfires) is clearly a disappointment for open-wheel racing fans. The good news is that the two-hour broadcast window that Speed Channel had devoted to Sunday’s CART race, will instead be used to re-air the AMA Superbike Championship finale at Barber Motorsports Park.

Speed Channel has informed AMA Pro Racing that it will be showing both AMA Superbike races from Barber this Sunday, Nov. 2. Race 1 will air at 4 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Pacific), immediately followed by Race 2 from 5-6 p.m. (2-3 p.m. Pacific).

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1. Valentino Rossi, Honda, 29:32.632
2. Max Biaggi, Honda, -4.769 seconds
3. Loris Capirossi, Ducati -5.429 seconds
4. Sete Gibernau, Honda, -7.557 seconds
5. Carlos Checa, Yamaha, -10.890 seconds
6. Tohru Ukawa, Honda, -13.272 seconds
7. Troy Bayliss, Ducati, -15.286 seconds
8. Alex Barros, Yamaha, -16.124 seconds
9. Shinya Nakano, Yamaha, -16.645 seconds
10. Makoto Tamada, Honda, -22.815 seconds
11. Nicky Hayden, Honda, -24.384 seconds
12. Olivier Jacque, Yamaha, -26.163 seconds
13. Jeremy McWilliams, Proton, -36.545 seconds
14. Noriyuki Haga, Aprilia, -36.809 seconds
15. Garry McCoy, Kawasaki, -43.001 seconds
16. Nobuatsu Aoki, Proton, -46.224 seconds
17. Andrew Pitt, Kawasaki, -50.214 seconds


From Dorna:

This classification is made up by accumulating the qualifying time of every rider at every Grand Prix, with the addition of the official MotoGP Winter Test session in Catalunya. Any rider who does not complete all 17 events is discarded. In case of a draw, the classification will be decided on the times from the official MotoGP Winter Test session in Catalunya.