AMA Superbike
Results
1. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR
2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R750
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R750
4.. Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51
5. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki GSX-R750
6. Doug Chandler, Kawasaki ZX-7RR
7. Steve Rapp, Ducati 996
8. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51
9. Tommy Hayden, Yamaha YZF-R7
10. Larry Pegram, Ducati 996
11. Andreas Meklau, Ducati 996
12. Jordan Szoke, H-D VR1000
1. Eric Wood, Ducati 748
2. Mike Ciccotto, Buell 1200
3. Tom Montano, Ducati 748
4. Dean Mizdal, Ducati 748
5. Robert Nigel, Ducati 748
6. Thomas Fournier, Ducati 748
7. Mario Martin, Ducati 750, 23 laps
8. Joseph Bilinski, Ducati 748, 23 laps
9. Vahan Buchakjian, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
10. Robert Poetzoch, Suzuki SV680, 23 laps
11. John Donald, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
12. John Lounsbury, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
13. Richard Patrolia, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
14. Tripp Nobles, Buell 1200, 22 laps
15. Michael Barnes, Buell 1200, 16 laps
16. Bart Chamberlain, Kawasaki 600, 16 laps
17. William Ormerod, Ducati 650, 16 laps
18. Jeffrey Nash, Ducati 748RS, 7 laps
19. Jonathan Burbank, Suzuki SV650, 7 laps
20. Chris DeCelles, Buell 1200, 5 laps
21. David Estok, Buell 1200, 4 laps
Valentino Rossi won the 500cc Grand Prix at Catalunya, leading an all-Italian podium. Max Biaggi finished 2.579 seconds behind Rossi and Lori Capirossi finished 3.216 seconds behind Rossi. Results follow:
1. Valentino Rossi, Honda
2. Max Biaggi, Yamaha
3. Loris Capirossi, Honda
4. Shinya Nakano, Yamaha
5. Sete Gibernau, Suzuki
6. Norike Abe, Yamaha
7. Tohru Ukawa, Honda
8. Carlos Checa, Yamaha
9. Jurgen van den Goorbergh, Proton
10. Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha
11. Alex Criville, Honda
12. Olivier Jacque, Yamaha
13. Chris Walker, Honda
14. Jose Luis Cardoso, Honda
15. Haruchika Aoki, Honda
DNF
Anthony West, Honda, -19 laps
Alex Barros, Honda, crashed, -19 laps
Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, crashed, -22 laps
Results:
1. Lucio Cecchinello, Aprilia
2. Toni Elias, Honda, -0.573 second
3. Manuel Poggiali, Gilera, -6.764 seconds
4. Steve Jenkner, Aprilia, -6.854 seconds
5. Youchi Ui, Derbi
6. Pablo Nieto, Derbi
7. Daniel Pedrosa, Honda
8. Joan Olive, Honda
9. Alex de Angelis, Honda
10. Simone Sanna, Aprilia
The schedule for the AMA National at New Hampshire International Speedway at Loudon, New Hampshire has been revised in a bid to beat threatening rainstorms. The new schedule is as follows:
600cc Supersport, 11:00 a.m., 24 laps
Superbike, 12:00 p.m., 39 laps
250cc Grand Prix, TBA, 24 laps
Buell Pro Thunder, TBA, 24 laps
Jimmy Adamo Memorial, TBA, 10 laps
Sidecar, TBA, 8 laps
Teams and riders who are running in both the 600cc Supersport and Superbike races objected to the schedule change because it will require riders to run 63 consecutive laps on the difficult track.
Al Ludington, who tunes for Eric Bostrom, said “That just screws Eric. It’s just another example of the AMA knuckling under to the track instead of saying, ‘We can’t do that.'”
Vic Fasola, who works with Aaron Yates, said “It sucks. It’s stupid. I mean, 63 laps around this place? Physically, how do you plan on doing that? Several of the top riders will be at a very big disadvantage.”
1. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:12.670
2. John Hopkins, Suzuki, 1:12.718
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:12.767
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:12.861
5. Tommy Hayden, Yamaha, 1:12.973
6. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 1:13.488
7. Josh Hayes, Honda, 1:13.596
8. Grant Lopez, Suzuki, 1:13.879
9. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:13.918
10. Jake Zemke, Honda, 1:14.050
11. Tom Kipp, Suzuki, 1:14.126
12. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki, 1:14.726
13. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:15.188
14. Vince Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:15.221
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:16.335
16. David Ortega, Suzuki, 1:16.359
17. Tyler Wadsworth, Yamaha, 1:16.395
18. Owen Richey, Yamaha, 1:16.582
19. Daigoro Suzuki, Kawasaki, 1:16.782
20. Roland Williams, Suzuki, 1:17.065
21. Paul Hopkins, Yamaha, 1:17.770
22. David Schweitzer, Honda, 1:20.021
23. Justin Blake, Honda, 1:20.307
24. John Salemi, Honda, 1:23.107
25. Dale Seaton, Yamaha, 1:33.914
Prior to the rain delay, Corbin Yamaha’s Jim Filice was fastest in 250cc Grand Prix practice at Loudon.
1. Jim Filice, Yamaha, 1:12.939
2. Rich Oliver, Yamaha, 1:13.198
3. Chuck Sorensen, Yamaha, 1:13.479
4. Jeff Wood, Yamaha, 1:13.480
5. Michael Hannas, Yamaha, 1:14.306
6. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha, 1:14.442
7. Simon Turner, Yamaha, 1:15.093
8. Mike Himmelsbach, Aprilia, 1:15.104
9. Derek MacKelvie King, Honda, 1:15.288
10. Ed Marchini, Yamaha, 1:15.755
11. Bill Himmelsbach, Yamaha, 1:15.909
12. Chris Pyles, Yamaha, 1:16.402
13. Ed Sorbo, Yamaha, 1:16.451
14. Cory West, Yamaha, 1:16.586
15. Greg Esser, Honda, 1:16.808
16. Steve Scott, Yamaha, 1:16.824
17. Hus Holcomb, Yamaha, 1:17.121
18. Tyler Henshaw, Yamaha, 1:17.190
19. Chris Holske, Yamaha, 1:17.398
20. Stuart Nodell, Honda, 1:17.966
Mat Mladin was fastest in Superbike practice at Loudon Sunday morning, before the rain delay.
The big news was Pascal Picotte getting into the 1:10s on the Harley-Davidson VR1000. Times follow:
1. Mat Mladin, 1:10.018
2. Aaron Yates, 1:10.138
3. Eric Bostrom, 1:10.700
4. Pascal Picotte, 1:10.987
5. Nicky Hayden, 1:11.098
6. Doug Chandler, 1:11.207
7. Steve Rapp, 1:11.316
8. Jamie Hacking, 1:11.322
9. Tommy Hayden, 1:11.380
10. Miguel Duhamel, 1:11.952
11. Larry Pegram, 1:12.106
12. Mike Smith, 1:12.454
13. Andreas Meklau, 1:12.654
14. Mike Ciccotto, 1:13.062*
15. Jordan Szoke, 1:13.591
16. Michael Barnes, 1:14.671*
17. Mauro Cereda, 1:15.754*
18. Michael Gallagher, 1:15.920*
19. Tony Meiring, 1:15.982*
20. Dean Mizdal, 1:16.047
*=750cc Supersport bike
Honda’s Daijiro Katoh beat Aprilia’s Tetsuya Harada by 0.114-second to win the 250cc Grand Prix at Catalunya, Spain Sunday. Results follow:
1. Daijiro Katoh, Honda
2. Tetsuya Harada, Aprilia
3. Roberto Rolfo, Aprilia
4. Roberto Locatelli, Aprilia
5. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia
6. Jeremy McWilliams, Aprilia
7. Emilio Alzamora, Honda
8. Randy de Puniet, Aprilia
9. Alex Hofmann, Aprilia
10. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha
16. Katja Poensgen, Aprilia
AMA Pro Racing Director Of Competition Merrill Vanderslice “played hardball” (in Grant Lopez’s terms) with riders in refusing to allow a warm-up session to judge track conditions after using jet blowers to dry off the track at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, resulting in no professional riders taking the grid.
The race started with 12 riders, mostly LRRS locals, on the grid and as this is posted the leader is Scott Greenwood followed by Paul Hopkins, John Salemi, Matthew Silva and Roland Williams.
According to AMA Media Relations Contractor Larry Lawrence, officials were concerned with getting the race in before it resumed raining and believed they had to get the race going quickly.
Attack Suzuki’s Tom Kipp took a warm-up lap and pitted, reported to his crew that the track was fine, but declined to race because of the way the situation was handled.
Lopez also wanted to race, but declined to do so because of the way Vanderslice handled the situation, Lopez explaining later that the confrontation could have been entirely avoided with better communication and less dictatorial tactics by AMA officials.
John Hopkins also wanted to race but decided not to because he was denied his request for a warm-up session.
The race was red-flagged with the leader on his 20th lap when several crashed in short order as it started to rain again.
AMA Superbike
Results
1. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR
2. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R750
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R750
4.. Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51
5. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki GSX-R750
6. Doug Chandler, Kawasaki ZX-7RR
7. Steve Rapp, Ducati 996
8. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51
9. Tommy Hayden, Yamaha YZF-R7
10. Larry Pegram, Ducati 996
11. Andreas Meklau, Ducati 996
12. Jordan Szoke, H-D VR1000
1. Eric Wood, Ducati 748
2. Mike Ciccotto, Buell 1200
3. Tom Montano, Ducati 748
4. Dean Mizdal, Ducati 748
5. Robert Nigel, Ducati 748
6. Thomas Fournier, Ducati 748
7. Mario Martin, Ducati 750, 23 laps
8. Joseph Bilinski, Ducati 748, 23 laps
9. Vahan Buchakjian, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
10. Robert Poetzoch, Suzuki SV680, 23 laps
11. John Donald, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
12. John Lounsbury, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
13. Richard Patrolia, Suzuki SV650, 23 laps
14. Tripp Nobles, Buell 1200, 22 laps
15. Michael Barnes, Buell 1200, 16 laps
16. Bart Chamberlain, Kawasaki 600, 16 laps
17. William Ormerod, Ducati 650, 16 laps
18. Jeffrey Nash, Ducati 748RS, 7 laps
19. Jonathan Burbank, Suzuki SV650, 7 laps
20. Chris DeCelles, Buell 1200, 5 laps
21. David Estok, Buell 1200, 4 laps
Valentino Rossi won the 500cc Grand Prix at Catalunya, leading an all-Italian podium. Max Biaggi finished 2.579 seconds behind Rossi and Lori Capirossi finished 3.216 seconds behind Rossi. Results follow:
1. Valentino Rossi, Honda
2. Max Biaggi, Yamaha
3. Loris Capirossi, Honda
4. Shinya Nakano, Yamaha
5. Sete Gibernau, Suzuki
6. Norike Abe, Yamaha
7. Tohru Ukawa, Honda
8. Carlos Checa, Yamaha
9. Jurgen van den Goorbergh, Proton
10. Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha
11. Alex Criville, Honda
12. Olivier Jacque, Yamaha
13. Chris Walker, Honda
14. Jose Luis Cardoso, Honda
15. Haruchika Aoki, Honda
DNF
Anthony West, Honda, -19 laps
Alex Barros, Honda, crashed, -19 laps
Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, crashed, -22 laps
Results:
1. Lucio Cecchinello, Aprilia
2. Toni Elias, Honda, -0.573 second
3. Manuel Poggiali, Gilera, -6.764 seconds
4. Steve Jenkner, Aprilia, -6.854 seconds
5. Youchi Ui, Derbi
6. Pablo Nieto, Derbi
7. Daniel Pedrosa, Honda
8. Joan Olive, Honda
9. Alex de Angelis, Honda
10. Simone Sanna, Aprilia
The schedule for the AMA National at New Hampshire International Speedway at Loudon, New Hampshire has been revised in a bid to beat threatening rainstorms. The new schedule is as follows:
600cc Supersport, 11:00 a.m., 24 laps
Superbike, 12:00 p.m., 39 laps
250cc Grand Prix, TBA, 24 laps
Buell Pro Thunder, TBA, 24 laps
Jimmy Adamo Memorial, TBA, 10 laps
Sidecar, TBA, 8 laps
Teams and riders who are running in both the 600cc Supersport and Superbike races objected to the schedule change because it will require riders to run 63 consecutive laps on the difficult track.
Al Ludington, who tunes for Eric Bostrom, said “That just screws Eric. It’s just another example of the AMA knuckling under to the track instead of saying, ‘We can’t do that.'”
Vic Fasola, who works with Aaron Yates, said “It sucks. It’s stupid. I mean, 63 laps around this place? Physically, how do you plan on doing that? Several of the top riders will be at a very big disadvantage.”
1. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:12.670
2. John Hopkins, Suzuki, 1:12.718
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:12.767
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:12.861
5. Tommy Hayden, Yamaha, 1:12.973
6. Roger Lee Hayden, Honda, 1:13.488
7. Josh Hayes, Honda, 1:13.596
8. Grant Lopez, Suzuki, 1:13.879
9. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:13.918
10. Jake Zemke, Honda, 1:14.050
11. Tom Kipp, Suzuki, 1:14.126
12. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki, 1:14.726
13. Aaron Gobert, Yamaha, 1:15.188
14. Vince Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:15.221
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:16.335
16. David Ortega, Suzuki, 1:16.359
17. Tyler Wadsworth, Yamaha, 1:16.395
18. Owen Richey, Yamaha, 1:16.582
19. Daigoro Suzuki, Kawasaki, 1:16.782
20. Roland Williams, Suzuki, 1:17.065
21. Paul Hopkins, Yamaha, 1:17.770
22. David Schweitzer, Honda, 1:20.021
23. Justin Blake, Honda, 1:20.307
24. John Salemi, Honda, 1:23.107
25. Dale Seaton, Yamaha, 1:33.914
Prior to the rain delay, Corbin Yamaha’s Jim Filice was fastest in 250cc Grand Prix practice at Loudon.
1. Jim Filice, Yamaha, 1:12.939
2. Rich Oliver, Yamaha, 1:13.198
3. Chuck Sorensen, Yamaha, 1:13.479
4. Jeff Wood, Yamaha, 1:13.480
5. Michael Hannas, Yamaha, 1:14.306
6. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha, 1:14.442
7. Simon Turner, Yamaha, 1:15.093
8. Mike Himmelsbach, Aprilia, 1:15.104
9. Derek MacKelvie King, Honda, 1:15.288
10. Ed Marchini, Yamaha, 1:15.755
11. Bill Himmelsbach, Yamaha, 1:15.909
12. Chris Pyles, Yamaha, 1:16.402
13. Ed Sorbo, Yamaha, 1:16.451
14. Cory West, Yamaha, 1:16.586
15. Greg Esser, Honda, 1:16.808
16. Steve Scott, Yamaha, 1:16.824
17. Hus Holcomb, Yamaha, 1:17.121
18. Tyler Henshaw, Yamaha, 1:17.190
19. Chris Holske, Yamaha, 1:17.398
20. Stuart Nodell, Honda, 1:17.966
Mat Mladin was fastest in Superbike practice at Loudon Sunday morning, before the rain delay.
The big news was Pascal Picotte getting into the 1:10s on the Harley-Davidson VR1000. Times follow:
1. Mat Mladin, 1:10.018
2. Aaron Yates, 1:10.138
3. Eric Bostrom, 1:10.700
4. Pascal Picotte, 1:10.987
5. Nicky Hayden, 1:11.098
6. Doug Chandler, 1:11.207
7. Steve Rapp, 1:11.316
8. Jamie Hacking, 1:11.322
9. Tommy Hayden, 1:11.380
10. Miguel Duhamel, 1:11.952
11. Larry Pegram, 1:12.106
12. Mike Smith, 1:12.454
13. Andreas Meklau, 1:12.654
14. Mike Ciccotto, 1:13.062*
15. Jordan Szoke, 1:13.591
16. Michael Barnes, 1:14.671*
17. Mauro Cereda, 1:15.754*
18. Michael Gallagher, 1:15.920*
19. Tony Meiring, 1:15.982*
20. Dean Mizdal, 1:16.047
*=750cc Supersport bike
Honda’s Daijiro Katoh beat Aprilia’s Tetsuya Harada by 0.114-second to win the 250cc Grand Prix at Catalunya, Spain Sunday. Results follow:
1. Daijiro Katoh, Honda
2. Tetsuya Harada, Aprilia
3. Roberto Rolfo, Aprilia
4. Roberto Locatelli, Aprilia
5. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia
6. Jeremy McWilliams, Aprilia
7. Emilio Alzamora, Honda
8. Randy de Puniet, Aprilia
9. Alex Hofmann, Aprilia
10. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha
16. Katja Poensgen, Aprilia
AMA Pro Racing Director Of Competition Merrill Vanderslice “played hardball” (in Grant Lopez’s terms) with riders in refusing to allow a warm-up session to judge track conditions after using jet blowers to dry off the track at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, resulting in no professional riders taking the grid.
The race started with 12 riders, mostly LRRS locals, on the grid and as this is posted the leader is Scott Greenwood followed by Paul Hopkins, John Salemi, Matthew Silva and Roland Williams.
According to AMA Media Relations Contractor Larry Lawrence, officials were concerned with getting the race in before it resumed raining and believed they had to get the race going quickly.
Attack Suzuki’s Tom Kipp took a warm-up lap and pitted, reported to his crew that the track was fine, but declined to race because of the way the situation was handled.
Lopez also wanted to race, but declined to do so because of the way Vanderslice handled the situation, Lopez explaining later that the confrontation could have been entirely avoided with better communication and less dictatorial tactics by AMA officials.
John Hopkins also wanted to race but decided not to because he was denied his request for a warm-up session.
The race was red-flagged with the leader on his 20th lap when several crashed in short order as it started to rain again.
