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Sunday Morning AMA 250cc GP Practice Times:

1. Rich Oliver, Yamaha, 1:28.301
2. Chuck Sorensen, Aprilia, 1:29.065
3. Jason DiSalvo, Honda, 1:29.758
4. Simon Turner, Yamaha, 1:30.115
5. Ed Sorbo, Yamaha, 1:31.908
6. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha, 1:32.077
7. Chris Pyles, Yamaha, 1:33.501
8. Colin Jensen, Aprilia, 1:33.742
9. John France, Honda, 1:34.108
10. Steve Scott, Yamaha, 1:34.572
11. Barrett Long, Yamaha, 1:35.531
12. Chad Healy, Yamaha, 1:36.962
13. Gert Van Der Merwe, Yamaha, 1:36.989
14. Greg Esser, Honda, 1:37.302
15. James Bonner, Yamaha, 1:37.845
16. Ty Piz, Yamaha, 1:37.885
17. Jeremy Bonnett, Yamaha, 1:39.808
18. Sean Wray, Yamaha, 1:39.938
19. James Worthington, Aprilia, 1:41.553

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Corona Extra Suzuki’s Adam Fergusson won the AMA Formula Xtreme race at VIR, and Attack Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore won the Championship with a second-place finish.

Fergusson and Pridmore ran first and second virtually the entire race, following a first-lap, first corner incident involving Roger Lee Hayden and Jake Zemke, who collided with Hayden crashing and Zemke running off the track.

Damon Buckmaster ran third for much of the race before fading back to 21st, several laps down, with mechanical problems.

Zemke charged back from about 11th to third at the finish.

The finish made Pridmore and Zemke tied with 273 Championship points, but Pridmore’s two race wins beat Zemke’s one race win to secure the title.

1. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R1000
2. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000
3. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR954RR
4. Mike Hale, Honda CBR954RR
5. Tom Kipp, Suzuki GSX-R1000
6. Lance Isaacs, Yamaha YZF-R1
7. Josh Hayes, Suzuki GSX-R1000
8. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR954RR
9. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R750
10. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000
11. Jason Curtis, Yamaha YZF-R1
12. James Compton, Suzuki GSX-R1000
13. Marco Martinez, Suzuki GSX-R1000
14. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki GSX-R1000
15. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
16. Tim Falcone, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
17. Michael McAllister, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
18. Rick Narup, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -1 lap
19. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki GSX-R750, -1 lap
20. James Bonner, Yamaha YZF-R1, -1 lap
21. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, -2 laps
22. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -11 laps, DNF, mechanical
23. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda CBR954RR, -17 laps, DNF, crash

Final Formula Xtreme Point Standings:

1. Pridmore, 273
2. Zemke, 273
3. Buckmaster, 256
4. Hale, 237
5. Isaacs, 175
6. Spies, 174
7. Marty Craggill, 159
8. Alex Gobert, 156
9. Curtis, 150
10. Compton, 139
11. Kipp, 133
12. Fergusson, 125
13. Bostrom, 104
14. Hayes, 99
15. Kenyon Kluge, 69
16. Eric Haugo, 68
17. Hayden, 68
18. Aaron Gobert, 60
19. Rapp, 57
20. Martinez, 56

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1. Steve Crevier, Honda, 18 laps
2. Kevin Lacombe, Honda
3. Jean-Francois Cyr, Yamaha
4. Jeff Williams, Suzuki
5. Clint McBain, Suzuki
6. Ugo Levert, Suzuki
7. Bruce McDonald, Yamaha
8. Matthew McBride, Honda
9. Chris Peris, Honda
10. Francis Dubuc, Suzuki, -12 laps, DNF
11. Owen Weichel, Kawasaki, -13 laps, DNF
12. Joel McDonald, Yamaha, -16 laps, DNF

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In an AMA Pro Road Race Advisory Board meeting Friday night at VIR, factory team representatives voted to reverse proposed 2003 Supersport and Superstock rules that would have allowed machining of parts to increase compression.

The proposed rules were designed to give private riders and teams the ability to better compete with factory teams by eliminating the the “fast-enough, legal-enough” guessing game now played out in AMA tech on a race-by-race basis.

Although existing rules ban any machining of parts to raise compression, no competitive machines are actually stock and AMA Pro Racing officials do not publish the deck height specs submitted by manufacturers on AMA homologation forms.

The advantage manufacturers have by virtue of the fact that they supply unpublished deck height figures to AMA Pro Racing can be seen by comparing radar speeds of factory machines versus non-factory machines.

The Kawasaki ZX-6R Supersport racebikes ridden by Tommy Hayden and Tony Meiring have been especially fast when compared to private Kawasakis at most AMA events.

Representatives of the Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha factory teams voted against the proposed rule change.

The Road Race Advisory Board is non-representative of the AMA paddock as a whole, notably lacking any representation of private riders like Brian Livengood, Michael Hannas or Tyler Wadsworth. The majority of riders in the paddock do know not who is on the advisory board; the exact composition of the advisory board has never been published by AMA Pro Racing.

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Saturday Morning AMA Superport Practice Times:

1. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:28.34
2. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha, 1:28.60
3. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 1:28.74
4. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:28.74
5. Jake Zemke, Honda, 1:28.89
6. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:29.05
7. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:29.85
8. Tom Kipp, Suzuki, 1:29.90
9. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, 1:30.26
10. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, 1:30.38
11. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:30.47
12. Alex Gobert, Honda, 1:30.70
13. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 1:30.71
14. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:30.99
15. Andrew Nelson, Honda, 1:31.01
16. Mike Hale, Honda, 1:31.02
17. Ty Howard, Suzuki, 1:31.06
18. Matt Furtek, Yamaha, 1:32.10
19. Michael Hannas, Suzuki, 1:32.37
20. Tyler Wadsworth, Yamaha, 1:33.50
21. Kevin Pate, Suzuki, 1:33.717
22. Andy Caldwell, Suzuki, 1:34.046
23. Chuck Ivey, Suzuki, 1:34.383
24. Jeff Muskopf, Suzuki, 1:35.568
25. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki, 1:35.958
26. James Kerker, Honda, 1:36.610
27. Giovanni Rojas, Triumph, 1:37.046
28. Hector Romero, Yamaha, 1:37.316
29. Raymond Bowman, Honda, 1:37.348
30. Justin Blake, Suzuki, 1:37.479
31. Mickey Lane, Kawasaki, 1:37.508
32. Marcus Winfree, Suzuki, 1:37.525
33. Frank Wiot, Yamaha, 1:40.171

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By David Swarts

Corona Extra Suzuki’s Adam Fergusson took pole position Saturday at Virginia International Raceway with a new Formula Xtreme lap record (1:26.632) on his Dunlop-equipped GSX-R1000. Fergusson’s time beat Jason Pridmore’s old lap record of 1:27.073.

The big news, however, was that Graves Yamaha’s Damon Buckmaster, the Formula Xtreme points leader, crashed his YZF-R1 while on a qualifying tire late in the session.

Buckmaster injured his right hand in the fall, but the full extent of Buckmaster’s injury is not known as post time.

Buckmaster’s best time of 1:26.826 was good enough for the second starting spot. Attack Suzuki’s Jason Pridmore qualified third with a 1:26.987 on his GSX-R1000. Erion Honda’s Roger Lee Hayden earned the last front row starting spot with a 1:27.214 on a CBR954RR.

Bruce Transportation Group Honda’s Jake Zemke, another Formula Xtreme Championship hopeful, qualified sixth with a 1:27.534.

AMA Formula Xtreme Qualifying Results:

1. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki, 1:26.632
2. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:26.826
3. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, 1:26.987
4. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 1:27.214
5. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, 1:27.440
6. Jake Zemke, Honda, 1:27.534
7. Steve Rapp, Suzuki, 1:27.722
8. Mike Hale, Honda, 1:28.114
9. Tom Kipp, Suzuki, 1:28.262
10. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:28.376
11. Alex Gobert, Honda, 1:28.456
12. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:28.873
13. Lance Isaacs, Yamaha, 1:29.181
14. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:29.594
15. James Compton, Suzuki, 1:30.457
16. Jason Curtis, Yamaha, 1:31.117
17. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki, 1:31.259
18. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki, 1:31.547
19. Marco Martinez, Suzuki, 1:32.327
20. Michael Fitzpatrick, Suzuki, 1:32.921
21. Tim Falcone, Suzuki, 1:33.647
22. Kenyon Kluge, Suzuki, 1:34.297
23. James Kerker, Honda, 1:34.790
24. James Bonner, Yamaha, 1:35.378
25. Rick Narup, Suzuki, 1:25.926
26. M. McAllister, Yamaha, 1:36.106

Qualifying Cut-off Time: 1:37.028

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By David Swarts

American Honda’s Nicky Hayden won an attrition-filled AMA Superbike race Saturday at Virginia International Raceway on a Dunlop-equipped Honda RC51. His 9th win of the season earned Hayden first AMA Superbike Championship; at age 21, Hayden is the youngest AMA Superbike Champion ever.

With Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom leading and Hayden running fourth, Team Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates crashed out of second place, a lowside crash in turn five on lap eight.

Bostrom then crashed out of the lead in turn four on lap nine.

Mat Mladin inherited the lead but ran off the track in turn one and dropped back to third on lap 13.

Running second behind Hayden on lap 16, Hacking broke and dropped out of the race.

Mladin took over second but only until lap 20 when his GSX-R750 also broke.

Hayden steadily moved up with each retirement, took the lead on lap 13 and won the race by eight seconds over HMC Ducati’s Doug Chandler and Honda’s Miguel Duhamel.

AMA Superbike Race One Results:

1. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 28 laps
2. Doug Chandler, Ducati, -8.029 seconds
3. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -14.717 seconds
4. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, -38.442 seconds
5. Pascal Picotte, Ducati, -67.308 seconds
6. Brian Livengood, Suzuki, -75.710 seconds
7. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, -1 lap
8. Geoff May, Suzuki, -1 lap
9. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki, -1 lap
10. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, -1 lap
11. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, -1 lap
12. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki, -1 lap
13. John Dugan, Suzuki, -1 lap
14. Justin Blake, Suzuki, -1 lap
15. Alan Schmidt, Suzuki, -1 lap
16. Michael Fitzpatrick, Suzuki, -1 lap
17. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, -1 lap
18. Thomas Montano, Ducati, -1 lap
19. Marco Martinez, Suzuki, -1 lap
20. Christopher S. Rankin, Suzuki, -1 lap
21. John Jacobi, Suzuki, -1 lap
22. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki, -1 lap
23. Robert Christman, Suzuki, -1 lap
24. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, -1 lap
25. Shane Clarke, Suzuki, -2 laps
26. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, -9 laps, DNF, mechanical
27. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, -12 laps, DNF, mechanical
28. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, -14 laps, DNF
29. Giovanni Rojas, Suzuki, -15 laps, DNF
30. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki, -18 laps, DNF
31. Eric Bostrom, Suzuki, -20 laps, DNF, mechanical
32. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -21 laps, DNF, crash
33. Chris Rankin of Maryland, -25 laps, DNF
34. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -28 laps, DNF

AMA Superbike Championship Point Standings:

1. Hayden, 488
2. Bostrom, 414
3. Duhamel, 375
4. Picotte, 330
5. Yates, 316
6. Parriott, 284
7. Livengood, 271
8. Mladin, 267
9. Chandler, 267
10. Hacking, 260
11. Deatherage, 231
12. Haskovec, 206
13. Rich Conicelli, 165
14. Anthony Gobert, 163
15. Jason DiSalvo, 148
16. Mizdal, 142
17. Robert Jensen, 138
18. Dugan, 131
19. Roberts, 130
20. Schmidt, 126

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American Honda’s Nicky Hayden now has a 36-point lead over Eric Bostrom in the AMA Superbike Championship standings, counting the bonus point awarded for qualifying on pole.

Saturday AMA Superbike Qualifying Times:

1. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:24.762
2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:24.856
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:25.056
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:25.236
5. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:25.272
6. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:25.558
7. Doug Chandler, Ducati, 1:25.932
8. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 1:26.547
9. Pascal Picotte, Ducati, 1:27.172
10. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:28.612
11. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, 1:28.80
12. Brian Livengood, Suzuki, 1:29.15
13. Chris Caylor, Suzuki, 1:29.16
14. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:29.41
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:29.44
16. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:29.88
17. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:30.17
18. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 1:30.32
19. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, 1:30.47
20. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki, 1:30.48
21. John Dugan, Suzuki, 1:30.56
22. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki, 1:30.60
23. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, 1:30.69
24. Chris Rankin of Maryland, Suzuki, 1:30.98
25. Alan Schmidt, Suzuki, 1:30.98

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Final Superbike Qualifying Combined Results:

1. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:24.762
2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:24.856
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:25.056
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:25.236
5. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:25.272
6. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:25.558
7. Doug Chandler, Ducati, 1:25.932
8. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 1:26.547
9. Pascal Picotte, Ducati, 1:26.778
10. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:28.642
11. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, 1:28.799
12. Brian Livengood, Suzuki, 1:29.146
13. Chris Caylor, Suzuki, 1:29.162
14. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:29.410
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:29.441
16. Jason DiSalvo, Suzuki, 1:29.701
17. Craig Connell, Suzuki, 1:29.753
18. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:29.883
19. Eric Wood, Suzuki, 1:30.022
20. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:30.165
21. Chris Rankin of Maryland, Suzuki, 1:30.451
22. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki, 1:30.458
23. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, 1:30.470
24. John Dugan, Suzuki, 1:30.555
25. Jeremy Toye, Suzuki, 1:30.596
26. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, 1:30.687
27. Alan Schmidt, Suzuki, 1:30.978
28. Giovanni Rojas, Suzuki, 1:31.046
29. Christopher S. Rankin of Texas, Suzuki, 1:31.101
30. James Compton, Suzuki, 1:31.223
31. John Jacobi, Suzuki, 1:31.237
32. Shane Clarke, Suzuki, 1:31.503
33. Jake Holden, Suzuki, 1:31.575
34. Marco Martinez, Suzuki, 1:31.684
35. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki, 1:31.698
36. Justin Blake, Suzuki, 1:31.796
37. Michael Fitzpatrick, Suzuki, 1:32.393
38. Thomas Montano, Ducati 996S, 1:32.427
39. Robert Christman, Suzuki, 1:32.430
40. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, 1:32.445
41. C.R. Gittere, Suzuki, 1:32.463
42. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, 1:32.767


112% of fast time: (1:34.933)