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By David Swarts

Erion Honda’s Mike Hale earned the pole position for the Pro Honda Oils AMA Supersport race at Mid-Ohio with a time of 1:45.735 on his Dunlop-shod Honda CBR600F4i. Hale’s pole position is believed to be his first AMA pole since 1995.

Supersport qualifying was held on a damp-but-drying surface, and as a result, the top seven riders in the second, odd-numbered qualifying session turned faster times than the fastest rider from the first, even-numbered qualifying group, Anthony Gobert.

Because conditions changed between sessions, AMA officials decided that the Supersport grid wiould be made up of riders alternating from each qualifying session. For instance, Hale will have pole, and Gobert will be second on the grid. Second-fastest from the second group, Jason Pridmore will be third on the grid, and second-fastest from the first session, Tom Kipp, will be fourth on the grid.

Provisional AMA Supersport Qualifying Results:

1. Mike Hale, Honda, 1:45.735
2. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha, 1:48.091
3. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki, 1:45.790
4. Tom Kipp, Suzuki, 1:48.407
5. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 1:46.108
6. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha, 1:49.044
7. Ty Howard, Suzuki, 1:46.583
8. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:49.802
9. Alex Gobert, Honda, 1:46.725
10. Andrew Nelson, Honda, 1:50.945
11. Ben Spies, Suzuki, 1:47.071
12. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:51.744
13. Troy Green, Yamaha, 1:47.902
14. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:52.272
15. Mike Smith, Suzuki, 1:48.251
16. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki, 1:54.038
17. Monte Nichols, Yamaha, 1:48.331
18. Josh Hayes, Suzuki, 1:54.051
19. Kevin Pate, Suzuki, 1:50.113
20. Jake Zemke, Honda, 1:54.075
21. Michael Hannas, Kawasaki, 1:50.255
22. James Kerker, Honda, 1:55.154
23. Tyler Wadsworth, Yamaha, 1:52.845
24. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki, 1:56.134
25. Adam Coco, Yamaha, 1:52.991
26. Justin Blake, Suzuki, 2:01.654
27. Chuck Ivey, Yamaha, 1:53.606
28. Jerry Lee Dudley II, Honda, 2:04.793
29. Martin Sims, Suzuki, 1:56.417
30. Jeff Muskopf, Suzuki, 2:04.817
31. Darby Brauning, Yamaha, 1:59.256
32. Jason Peters, Suzuki, 2:11.197
33. Matthew Frick, Suzuki, 1:59.542
34. Hector Romero, Yamaha, 2:16.588
35. Jason Spencer, Suzuki, 2:05.044
36. Kevin Lehman, Honda, 2:22.046
37. Calvin Martinez, Suzuki, 2:05.599
38. Michael Radke, Suzuki, 2:46.267

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By Glenn LeSanto

Edwards goes to pole as Bayliss goes to the medical center

Colin Edwards took provisional pole in the last qualifying session before Superpole at Brands Hatch. But his time was set in the absence of his rival and the World Superbike championship points leader Troy Bayliss, who had to sit out the session after an earlier crash.

Very early on in the qualifying session Troy Bayliss tangled with his teammate Ruben Xaus, who had just exited the pit lane. The accident happened just as the two riders reached the braking point at Druids, sending Bayliss into the unprotected crash barrier in a place that riders wouldn’t normally be expected to crash.

Bayliss is undergoing tests for injuries to his upper back and is also suffering from pain in a kidney. The medical staff will issue a statement at 3:00 p.m. (UK time) on whether or not he is fit to ride in Superpole. His condition will again be reviewed on Sunday morning prior to the day’s racing.

Edwards didn’t have an easy time in qualifying, even without Troy Bayliss to cope with. Neil Hodgson was making the most of riding in his home country in front of an already considerable crowd. He occupied the top spot several times towards the end of the session, trading places with Edwards. But it was the Texan who claimed the provisional pole with a circuit best lap of 1:25.931 set just as the clock ticked the final seconds down.

Pierfrancesco Chili put his privateer Ducati into third spot, just ahead of Ruben Xaus. Wild card rider Shane Byrne was just squeezed out of the front row by Xaus to take fifth in front of another wild card entrant, Michael Rutter. Both wild cards ride Ducati. Nori Haga rescued his day on his final lap of the session, he had been languishing way down the timesheet but hauled himself onto the provisional second row. Ben Bostrom took the final second-row place.

Superpole is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.


Saturday’s World Superbike Qualifying Results:

1. Colin Edwards, Honda, 1:25.931
2. Neil Hodgson, Ducati, 1:25.944
3. Pierfrancesco Chili, Ducati, 1:26.066
4. Ruben Xaus, Ducati, 1:26.286
5. Shane Byrne, Ducati, 1:26.296
6. Michael Rutter, Ducati, 1:26.376
7. Troy Bayliss, Ducati, 1:26.398
8. Noriyuki Haga, Aprilia, 1:26.415
9. Ben Bostrom, Ducati, 1:26.464
10. Glen Richards, Kawasaki, 1:26.994
11. Juan Borja, Ducati, 1:27.011
12. Dean Ellison, Ducati, 1:27.035
13. Chris Walker, Kawasaki, 1:27.139
14. James Toseland, Ducati, 1:27.233
15. Steve Martin, Ducati, 1:27.456
16. Gregorio Lavilla, Suzuki, 1:27.510
17. Lucio Pedercini, Ducati, 1:27.575
18. Marco Borciani, Ducati, 1:27.919
19. Mauro Sanchini, Kawasaki, 1:27.967
20. Alessandro Antonello, Ducati, 1:27.987
21. Hitoyasu Izutsu, Kawasaki, 1:28.031
22. Mark Heckles, Honda, 1:28.726
23. Peter Goddard, Benelli, 1:28.928
24. Ivan Clementi, Kawasaki, 1:29.286
25. Bertrand Stey, Honda, 1:30.025
26. Broc Parkes, Ducati, 1:30.111
DNQ. Yann Gyger, Honda, 1:32.779

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By David Swarts

American Honda’s Nicky Hayden drew one point closer to the 2002 AMA Superbike Championship by claiming pole position for the AMA Superbike races at Mid-Ohio.

Riding his Honda RC51, Hayden stood at the top of the time sheets with a best lap of 1:27.130 as rain began to fall with 18 minutes remaining in Saturday morning’s final Superbike qualifying session. The track remained wet for the closing moments of the qualifying period and Hayden’s time stood for his third pole position of the 2002 season.

Team Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin bettered his time, from Friday’s 1:28.567 to a second-fastest 1:27.820, on his GSX-R750 Saturday morning.

Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom, third-fastest with a 1:27.894, destroyed his A-bike in a crash in turn two Saturday morning. Although reports Bostrom escaped serious injury, Bostrom’s ZX-7RR was destroyed in the incident.

Friday’s provisional pole sitter, Aaron Yates, slid to fourth-fastest Saturday morning but remained on the front row with a slightly faster 1:28.012 on his GSX-R750.

AMA Superbike Qualifying Results:

1. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:27.130
2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:27.820
3. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:27.894
4. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:28.012
5. Doug Chandler, Ducati, 1:28.156
6. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha, 1:28.407
7. Kurtis Roberts, Honda, 1:28.442
8. Pascal Picotte, Ducati, 1:28.653
9. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:28.709
10. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:29.201
11. Jason DiSalvo, Suzuki, 1:31.021
12. Chris Caylor, Suzuki, 1:31.946
13. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:31.988
14. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, 1:32.029
15. Ty Howard, Suzuki, 1:32.107
16. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:32.246
17. John Haner, Suzuki, 1:32.385
18. Brian Livengood, Suzuki, 1:32.542
19. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:32.726
20. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, 1:32.744
21. Craig Connell, Suzuki, 1:32.922
22. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki, 1:33.014
23. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki, 1:33.125
24. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:33.197
25. Michael Himmelsbach, Aprilia, 1:33.214
26. Christopher Rankin, Suzuki, 1:33.409
27. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, 1:33.416
28. John Jacobi, Suzuki, 1:33.576
29. Shane Clarke, Suzuki, 1:33.701
30. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki, 1:33.739
31. James Compton, Suzuki, 1:34.044
32. Alan Schmidt, Suzuki, 1:34.156
33. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, 1:34.230
34. Douglas Duane, Suzuki, 1:34.294
35. Justin Blake, Suzuki, 1:34.436
36. Eric Spector, Suzuki, 1:34.586
37. Jacob Holden, Suzuki, 1:34.771
38. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki, 1:35.299
39. Anthony Fania, Jr., Suzuki, 1:35.428
40. James Doerfler, Suzuki, 1:35.431
41. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki, 1:35.526
42. Scotty Van Scoik, Suzuki, 1:36.075
43. Robert Chrsitman, Suzuki, 1:36.152
44. Marco Martinez, Suzuki, 1:36.293
45. David Ebben, Suzuki, 1:36.469
46. Mike Walsh, Suzuki, 1:36.667
47. Scott Hermersmann, Suzuki, 1:36.987
48. Eric Haugo, Suzuki, 1:37.095
49. Todd Snyder, Suzuki, 1:37.428

112% of fast time: 1:37.586

DNQ. Leo Venega, Ducati, 1:37.930
DNQ. Michael Hanley, Suzuki, 1:39.736
DNQ. Anthony Ruggiero, Suzuki, 1:42.393

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By Glenn LeSanto

We’re in the middle of a silly season here at Brands hatch, with riders and teams already negotiating next year’s contracts. But despite all manner of rumours flying around Stephane Chambon climbed on his bike and just got on
with his job ­ going faster than everyone else.

Chambon climbed to the top of the timesheet and stayed there, putting him on provisional pole ahead of Saturday’s final qualifying session.

Various riders tried to topple Chambon off the head of the grid, but none of them could budge him. Instead they all scrapped over second place, with Fabien Foret and Paolo Casoli both occupying provisional second on the grid before Christophe Cogan came along to make second on the grid his ­for today at least. Casoli ended the session in third, the lone Italian in an otherwise all-French front row after Foret nabbed provisional fourth.

British rider James Whitham is provisional fifth in front of Katsuaki Fujiwara. Scotland’s Iain MacPherson is seventh with reigning champion Andrew Pitt taking the final place on the provisional second row.

Friday World Supersport Qualifying Times:

1. Stéphane Chambon, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:29.473
2. Christophe Cogan, Honda CBR600F, 1:29.803
3. Paolo Casoli, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:29.838
4. Fabien Foret, Honda CBR600F, 1:30.098
5. James Whitham, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:30.202
6. Katsuaki Fujiwara, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:30.216
7. Iain MacPherson, Honda CBR600F, 1:30.238
8. Andrew Pitt, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:30.325
9. Stefano Cruciani, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:30.525
10. Chris Vermeulen, Honda CBR600F, 1:30.527
11. Kevin Curtain, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:30.544
12. Christian Kellner, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:30.615
13. Karl Muggeridge, Honda CBR600F, 1:30.798
14. Werner Daemen, Honda CBR600F, 1:30.859
15. Jörg Teuchert, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:30.902
16. Piergiorgio Bontempi, Ducati 748R, 1:30.937
17. Antonio Carlacci, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:30.975
18. Alessio Corradi, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:31.032
19. Robert Frost, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:31.140
20. Sebastien Charpentier, Honda CBR600F, 1:31.266
21. Stuart Easton, Ducati 748R, 1:31.339
22. Matthieu Lagrive, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:31.518
23. James Ellison, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:31.916
24. Scott Smart, Honda CBR600F, 1:31.987
25. John McGuinness, Honda CBR600F, 1:32.245
26. Nigel Arnold, Honda CBR600F, 1:32.481
27. Claudio Cipriani, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:32.888
28. Gianluca Nannelli, Ducati 748R, 1:34.017

From Ducati Corse:

WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 10 – Brands Hatch (UK), 28 July 2002

FRIDAY QUALIFYING

BAYLISS & XAUS (DUCATI INFOSTRADA) POWER TO PROVISIONAL 1-3 IN FIRST QUALIFYING AT BRANDS HATCH – BOSTROM (DUCATI L&M) TWELFTH

The Ducati Infostrada pairing of Troy Bayliss and Ruben Xaus set first and third quickest times in Friday first qualifying for the European Round of the World Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch as the Australian and the Spaniard sandwiched Honda’s Colin Edwards. The Texan was quickest for much of the session, but after Pierfrancesco Chili (Ducati NCR) had a spell at the top, Troy bolted on a qualifying tyre and powered to a time of 1’26.398. Despite suffering from shivers and a high temperature, Ruben Xaus (Ducati Infostrada) concluded his quick lap right behind Troy, ending up third quickest with a time of 1’26.599. Ben Bostrom (Ducati L&M) was unable to get on the pace of the leading group and ended up with a 1’27.523, which earned him twelfth fastest time in today’s session.

“I’m happy to be fastest, who knows what tomorrow can bring at Brands Hatch” declared Troy. “We still have to work on a few more little things but in general the day has gone OK. We tried a lot of tyres and on my race tyres I set a pretty good time, a flat 27, but I need to improve the bike set-up before I’m entirely satisfied. On my first lap on qualifiers at the end I had a big slide at Graham Hill Bend so I had to pass on that but I just managed to squeeze one more lap out of the tyre to set my time.”

“I’m so exhausted” said Ruben Xaus, “but things have got a lot better since Thursday morning when I was shaking with a high fever. It’s difficult to do a qualifying session when you feel like that but in the end on the bike it was not too bad. When eventually I had a tyre at the front that gave me confidence, it was quite late but then I put a qualifying tyre on the rear and I set my good lap. Really I was thinking so much about the way I was today so I wasn’t able to concentrate 100% on the bike. Tomorrow it’ll be better and I’m sure I can improve my time but for the moment I’m happy with third place. Now I’ve set a good time, I can concentrate on race set-up and get ready to do a good Superpole tomorrow”.

“We’ve still got some way to go at the moment, but Friday doesn’t mean much, tomorrow is the important day” declared Ben Bostrom. “The bike feels good and I’m pretty happy, but we played around too much in that session. I tried too many tyres and too many different gears. It’s OK though, tomorrow we’ll only focus on the set-up and things will improve for sure”.



More, from HM Plant Ducati:

Getting the balance right

The European round of the Superbike World Championship at Brands Hatch got off to a positive start for HM Plant Ducati riders Neil Hodgson and James Toseland. The pair are anxious to put in the kind of performances that the 120,000-plus crowd that is expected to flock to the Kent circuit for Sunday’s two Superbike races knows they are capable of. In the first of the weekend’s timed qualifying sessions Hodgson earned himself fourth place on the provisional grid, while his team-mate managed to go 13th quickest.

Brands Hatch has always been a special event for Hodgson and the scene of some spectacular victories over the years. He realises more than anyone else the weight of expectation that hangs over him and is determined to take his first victory of the season in front of the massive contingent of HM Plant Ducati fans. He also realises that victory does not come in the first qualifying session.

“Of course I’d have liked to have been on provisional pole,” says Hodgson, “but I have a few things to sort out before I can really begin to push it and, providing it stays dry tomorrow, today’s times don’t really mean that much. Plus I’m only 0.3secs off Bayliss’ pole time anyway. The most important thing at the moment is to find the right tyre and adapt my bike to the circuit. My HM Plant Ducati 998 F01 is quite different from the bike that I last raced here and I know this track so well that any tiny little difference stands out a mile. So, I’m just getting used to the way it behaves compared to my old bike. I tried too many tyres out to get into a decent rhythm as well, but I’m going to sort it out for tomorrow because I’m expecting things to hot up and I think that we’ll see some 1:25sec laps. Once the bike’s right there’s no reason why I can’t do that sort of time and take pole.”

Toseland also used the first timed session wisely and made good progress in his search for the optimum set-up for his machine.

“I’m having a few problems getting the bike settled after braking,” he explains. “The way it is at the moment means that I can’t get on the power quick enough on the way out of corners, and that’s costing me time. I don’t think that I’m the only one struggling out there but we are getting closer to finding a solution. It’d be nice to get on the second row straight-away, especially as there’s so much support for the team, but that’s just not the way it works most of the time. It’s early days and it’ll be a different story by the time Superpole rolls around.”

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Friday Morning AMA Formula Xtreme Practice Times:

1. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:30.149
2. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR954RR, 1:30.335
3. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:30.383
4. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda CBR954RR, 1:30.417
5. Tom Kipp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:31.124
6. Marty Craggill, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:31.299
7. Steve Rapp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:31.445
8. Mike Hale, Honda CBR954RR, 1:31.566
9. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:31.978
10. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:33.726
11. Troy Green, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:34.317
12. James Compton, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:35.186
13. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:35.652
14. Lance Isaacs, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:36.111
15. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:36.865
16. Chuck Allen, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:36.892
17. Doug Duane, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:37.687
18. Leo Venega, Ducati, 1:38.489
19. Robert Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:39.059

Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Josh Hayes and Corona Extra Suzuki’s Adam Fergusson participated in Friday morning’s Formula Xtreme practice but recorded no times because they did not have transponders on their bikes.

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By David Swarts

Arclight Suzuki’s Lee Acree suffered second-degree burns after he crashed during Friday practice at Mid-Ohio and a security guard refused to let him re-enter the paddock through the closest gate.

Acree, a contender for the 2002 AMA Superstock Championship, crashed during Friday morning’s Superstock practice session. Relatively uninjured and his GSX-R750 relatively undamaged, Acree wanted to ride his bike back to the pits for quick repairs, hoping to rejoin the session, and a cornerworker obliged by letting the North Carolina rider exit the racetrack through a gate near the crash scene in the “Keyhole”.

Acree rode to another gate at the West end of the paddock, the gate nearest his team’s pit area, to re-enter the paddock, but the security guard stationed at the gate would not let Acree pass, instructing Acree to ride around to a different gate. While Acree tried to get the attention of his crew, within eyesight of him at the gate, Acree’s Suzuki overheated and the radiator overflow spilled boiling hot water onto Acree’s leg, resulting in second-degree burns.

At post time, the Arclight Suzuki team did not know if Acree would be able to ride in Friday afternoon’s Superstock practice or qualifying sessions.

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Bayliss starts ahead

By Glenn LeSanto

Troy Bayliss took provisional World Superbike pole at Brands Hatch during Friday’s qualifying, after setting a fast time just as the session came to a close. Before that Colin Edwards, who ended Bayliss’ winning streak at Laguna Seca, was on top of the pile. Edwards finished the first qualifying session of the weekend in provisional second.

The weather is good, the crowds are already pouring in to the undulating circuit at Brands Hatch in England and the grid is well padded with ultra-keen wild card riders. But still Bayliss tops the lot ­ putting in a lap of 1:26.398 on his very last lap. He was made to work for it though, with Edwards dominating much of the session and even Frankie Chili making it to the top of the timesheet for two or three minutes at the end. Chili was eventually pushed back down to fifth.

Britain’s Neil Hodgson, the focus of most of the British crowds’ attention since Fogarty retired, finished fourth fastest – but only after spending most of the session down in 10th.

Michael Rutter and Shane Byrne both put in impressive performances, the wild card pair finished seventh and eighth respectively after being even higher early in the session. Another local rider made it onto the provisional second row when Chris Walker squeezed his way into seventh late in the session. Walker and Edwards are riding the only two bikes not made by Ducati on the front two rows!

Another last-gasp fast lap came from Ruben Xaus who finished third fastest. There’s just under a second separating Bayliss from Walker at the back of the second row.

World Superbike Championship
Friday Qualifying
Brands Hatch

1. T. Bayliss, AUS, Ducati, 1:26.398
2. C. Edwards, USA, Honda, 1:26.450
3. R. Xaus, ESP, Ducati, 1:26.599
4. N. Hodgson, GBR, Ducati, 1:26.722
5. F. Chili, ITA, Ducati, 1:26.786
6. M. Rutter, GBR, Ducati, 1:26.877
7. S. Byrne, GBR, Ducati, 1:27.242
8. C. Walker, GBR, Kawasaki, 1:27.294
9. J. Borja, ESP, Ducati, 1:27.382
10. N. Haga, JPN, Aprilia, 1:27.449

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Friday Morning AMA Superbike Practice Times:

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.824
2. Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51, 1:28.140
3. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, 1:28.305
4. Doug Chandler, Ducati 998RS, 1:28.624
5. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.648
6. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51, 1:29.223
7. Kurtis Roberts, Honda RC51, 1:29.346
8. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.604
9. Pascal Picotte, Ducati 998RS, 1:30.146
10. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R7, 1:30.395
11. Jason DiSalvo, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.403
12. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.883
13. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:32.163
14. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:32.343
15. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:32.594
16. Brian Livengood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.182
17. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.284
18. John Jacobi, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.505
19. Lee Acree, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.521
20. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.539
21. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.131
22. Doug Duane, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.345
23. Shane Clarke, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.493
24. Andy Deatherage, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.504
25. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.608
26. Robert Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.686
27. Chris Rankin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.884
28. James Compton, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:35.120
29. Craig Connell, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:35.238
30. Michael Himmelsbach, Aprilia RSV1000R, 1:35.344

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Friday Afternoon AMA Superstock Practice Times:

1. Ty Howard, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.866
2. Tommy Hayden, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:32.003
3. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:32.054
4. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR600F4i, 1:32.222
5. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:32.680
6. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:32.965
7. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.170
8. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.347
9. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:33.936
10. Shane Clarke, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.115
11. Mike Hale, Honda CBR600F4i, 1:34.332
12. Jimmy Filice, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:34.346
13. Robert Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.388
14. Tony Meiring, Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:34.418
15. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.519