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Saturday Morning 125cc GP Practice Times:

1. Manuel Poggiali, Gilera, 1:44.002
2. Masao Azuma, Honda, 1:44.251
3. Daniel Pedrosa, Honda, 1:44.257
4. Lucio Cecchinello, Aprilia, 1:44.264
5. Arnaud Vincent, Aprilia, 1:44.389
6. Alex De Angelis, Aprilia, 1:44.403
7. Pablo Nieto, Aprilia, 1:44.681
8. Gino Borsoi, Aprilia, 1:44.718
9. Angel Rodriguez, Aprilia, 1:44.798
10. Youichi Ui, Derbi, 1:45.055

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An allergic reaction sent racer Chris Ulrich to the hospital Friday night, where he was treated and released. Ulrich returned to his RV at Road Atlanta around 12:30 a.m.

Ulrich apparently reacted to an over-the-counter disinfectant containing lidocaine, which he used to clean dirt and grit out of abrasions on his back.

Ulrich suffered the abrasions when he highsided during Superstock qualifying Friday afternoon and the back of his leather suit tore, exposing his back. Because the suit did not fit correctly with a full back-protector in place, Ulrich was instead using a smaller back-protector that did not cover the shoulder blade area.

The reaction included a puffed-up face, a severe rash/hives over his entire body and a tingly face, ears and hands.

Ulrich initially was seen by EMTs at the racetrack, who transported him to the Road Atlanta medical center and then advised him to seek further treatment at a community hospital in Winder.

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Saturday Afternoon Superbike Practice Times:

1. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, 1:23.747
2. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, 1:23.997
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, 1:24.007
4. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:24.087
5. Pascal Picotte, Ducati, 1:25.199
6. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, 1:25.208
7. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, 1:25.800
8. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:27.323
9. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:27.27.432
10. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, 1:28.126
11. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki, 1:28.414
12. Larry Pegram, Suzuki, 1:28.480
13. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, 1:28.851
14. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:29.054
15. Brian Gibbs, Suzuki, 1:29.778
16. Brian Livengood, Suzuki, 1:29.977
17. Geoff May, Suzuki, 1:30.037
18. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:30.329
19. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, 1:30.346
20. Jake Holden, Suzuki, 1:31.246


Doug Chandler, who qualified seventh overall, crashed in Saturday morning qualifying and suffered a badly sprained ankle. He will miss the Saturday Superbike race but hopes to race Sunday.

Chris Ulrich, who qualified 10th overall, missed morning practice and qualifying after waking up with severe pain in his left hip and having difficulty walking. He returned to the Road Atlanta medical center where he was diagnosed with sprained ligaments, related to his crash during Superstock qualifying. Ulrich decided to try to ride in the Superbike practice, reporting afterwards that it was all he could do to run 1:30s and that his hip kept him from hanging off the left side of the bike. He said he will try to start the Superstock race and hopes to score some points.

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With only a few moments remaining in AMA Superbike qualifying, HMC Ducati’s Doug Chandler highsided his Ducati 998RS Superbike in turn three of Road Atlanta and slid into the inflatable air barriers outside of the turn. Chandler’s point of impact was within a few feet of where Anthony Gobert hit Friday, breaking Gobert’s right leg.

Chandler appeared to be uninjured in the crash and walked, under his own power, into the back of an ambulance.

According to Wendy Hogge, HMC Ducati’s Press Officer, Chandler is completely uninjured.

At the time of his crash, Chandler was sixth-fastest with a best time of 1:24.215.

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Saturday Morning AMA Superbike Qualifying Results:

1. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:23.463
2. Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51, 1:23.586
3. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, 1:23.618
4. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:23.7509
5. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51, 1:23.994
6. Doug Chandler, Ducati 998RS, 1:24.215
7. Pascal Picotte, Ducati 998RS, 1:24.683
8. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:25.279
9. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.346
10. Lee Acree, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.521
11. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.522
12. Jason DiSalvo, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.572
13. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.681
14. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.978
15. Larry Pegram, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.381
16. Brian Parriott, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.521
17. Brian Livengood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.528
18. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.685
19. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.826
20. Robert Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.430


Official Combined Qualifying Results:
1. Nicky Hayden, 1:23.287
2. Mat Mladin, 1:23.463
3. Eric Bostrom, 1:23.567
4. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha YZF-R7, 1:23.674
5. Aaron Yates, 1:23.750
6. Miguel Duhamel, 1:23.991
7. Doug Chandler, 1:24.215
8. Pascal Picotte, 1:24.684
9. Jamie Hacking, 1:25.684
10. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.206
11. Brian Parriott, 1:27.276
12. Chris Caylor, 1:27.346
13. Lee Acree, 1:27.431
14. Rich Conicelli, 1:27.516
15. Adam Fergusson, 1:27.522
16. Jimmy Moore, 1:27.552
17. Jason DiSalvo, 1:27.572
18. Larry Pegram, 1:28.382
19. Brian Livengood, 1:28.526
20. Vincent Haskovec, 1:28.685
21. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.826
22. Ty Howard, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.072
23. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.161
24. Brian Gibbs, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.282
25. Scott Harwell, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.381
26. Robert Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.430
27. Douglas Duane, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.493
28. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.543
29. Mark Crozier, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.739
30. John Dugan, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.845
31. Christopher Rankin of Texas, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.872
32. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:29.898
33. Marco Martinez, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.291
34. Chris Rankin of Maryland, 1:30.368
35. Pedro Valiente, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.345
36. Scott Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.388
37. Shane Clarke, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.583
38. Jake Holden, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.627
39. Alan Schmidt, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.657
40. Michael Fitzpatrick, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.698
41. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.742
42. Ron Christman, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.833
43. James Compton, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.988
44. Justin Blake, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.992
45. Giovanni Rojas, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.157
46. Chuck Allen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.323
47. James Doerfler, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.454
48. Jeff Purk, DDS, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.494
49. Colin Gilbert, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.634
50. Scott Hermersmann, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.641
51. JJ Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:31.819
52. Matt Bonasera, Suzuki TL1000R, 1:34.091
53. Rick Shaw, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:34.233
54. Anthony Ruggiero, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:36.974

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AMA Superbike Race One Results:
1. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 25 laps
2. Miguel Duhamel, Honda, -1.158
3. Aaron Yates, Suzuki, -2.013
4. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki, -2.876
5. Mat Mladin, Suzuki, -3.955
6. Pascal Picotte, Ducati, -4.116
7. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki, -4.453
8. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, -34.598
9. Brian Livengood, Suzuki, -36.500
10. Larry Pegram, Suzuki, -39.425
11. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki, -50.778
12. Scott Harwell, Suzuki, -1 lap
13. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, -1 lap
14. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, -1 lap
15. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki, -1 lap
16. Mark Crozier, Suzuki, -1 lap
17. Chris Rankin of Maryland, Suzuki, -1 lap
18. John Dugan, Suzuki, -1 lap
19. Alan Schmidt, Suzuki, -1 lap
20. Shane Clarke, Suzuki, -1 lap
21. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki, -1 lap
22. Michael Fitzpatrick, Suzuki, -1 lap
23. Marco Martinez, Suzuki, -1 lap
24. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki, -1 lap
25. Christopher Rankin, Suzuki, -1 lap
26. Justin Blake, Suzuki, -1 lap
27. James Compton, Suzuki, -1 lap
28. Robert Christman, Suzuki, -1 lap
29. Douglas Duane, Suzuki, -1 lap
30. Brian Gibbs, Suzuki, -1 lap
31. Robert Jensen, Suzuki, -9 laps
32. Pedro Valiente, Suzuki, -9 laps
33. Jake Holden, Suzuki, -19 laps
34. Ty Howard, Suzuki, -21 laps
35. Geoff May, Suzuki, -21 laps
36. Anthony Gobert, Yamaha, DNS
37. Doug Chandler, Ducati, DNS
38. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, DNS
39. Chris Caylor, Suzuki, DNS
40. Lee Acree, Suzuki, DNS
41. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki, DNS
42. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, DNS
43. Jason DiSalvo, Suzuki, DNS
44. Scott Jensen, Suzuki, DNS

Unofficial AMA Superbike Point Standings:

1. Hayden, 216 points
2. Yates, 145 points
3. Bostrom, 141 points
4. Hacking, 131 points
5. TIE, Mladin/Picotte, 129 points
7. Livengood, 122 points
8. Gobert, 118 points
9. Duhamel, 117 points
10. Deatherage, 108 points
11. Parriott, 104 points
12. Chandler, 99 points
13. Conicelli, 89 points
14. Dugan, 67 points
15. Mizdal, 61 points

Just before the start of Saturday’s AMA Superbike race, Road Atlanta issued the following medical update on Doug Chandler:

“Doug Chandler will miss today’s Superbike race. He suffered a sprained ankle in a crash during qualifying today. X-Rays revealed no breaks, but he is back at the hotel resting this afternoon. He hopes to compete in Sunday’s Suzuki Big Kahuna race.”

From a press release issued by the series organizers:

BAIRD TAKES FORMULA XTREME POLE.

Defending Formula Xtreme champion Robbie Baird will start from pole position for this weekend’s third round of the Yamaha Xtreme Tri-State at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway after the completion of today’s two qualifying sessions.

Baird set a best lap of 1:34.083 in the first of the two sessions aboard his Radar’s Team Yamaha YZF R1, in what were very cold, but dry track
conditions. The cold track temperatures meant that all of the competitors were faced with difficult tyre choices as they battled to find a tyre suited to the conditions that would provide the level of grip that they were looking for.

“At this point in time we are quicker than we were when we were here at the opening round aborad the new 2002 model YZF R1,” said Baird. “I had a clear track during the first session and took full advantage of it. We made some changes on the front end of the bike for the second session, but that affected the steering of the bike and didn’t give us what we wanted. We’ll
try a few more things for the morning warm up tomorrow and hopefully will be right for the four races.”

Second fastest was the Bio Magnetics Yamaha YZF-R1 of Jamie Stauffer. The Kurri Kurri rider set a time of 1:34.296 and was one of the few riders who
were able to improve his time in the second session.

The front row of the grid will be completed by the Radar’s Team Yamaha pair of Kevin Curtain (1:34.316) and Craig Coxhell (1:34.378).

New Zealander Tony Rees will head Row two at this stage, but his place ontomorrow’s grid will depend on how he feels after crashing during the final qualifying session this afternoon. His time of 1:34.383 was fractionally faster than his morning time, but his highside at Turn Three on his seventh lap of qualifying has seen him suffer injuries to his right hip and leg.

Sixth fastest was Daniel Stauffer on the second Bio Magnetics Yamaha YZF-R1 with a 1:34.755, followed by Josh Brookes (Team Honda CBR954RR, 1:34.937), while Wayne Maxwell (Bob Muir Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000) will complete the second row of the grid after recording a time of 1:35.169.

Leading privateer for the weekend in Queenslander Luke Phillips. He was ninth overall aboard his RMS Competition Engines Honda CBR954RR with a best
lap of 1:35.237. Completing the top ten was the Ducati 996R of Wagga’s Craig McMartin 1:35.383.

The Formula Xtreme riders will be out of the track for four 8-lap races tomorrow with all of tomorrow action starting from 9:00am.

Along with qualifying for the Yamaha Formula Xtreme class, there were a total of nine races on today’s schedule.


YAMAHA SUPERSPORT

Bio Magnetics Yamaha YZF-R6 rider Jamie Stauffer proved to be the man to beat this afternoon, taking victory in both of today’s 6-lap supersport
races.

Starting from pole position he led each lap on his way to victory in race one, but was challenged for the lead by Radar’s Team Yamaha YZF R6 rider Kevin Curtain. Curtain was able to take the race lead on two occasions, but
Stauffer showed superior speed on his bike to slip stream past down the long main straight.

Even though Curtain was forced to settle for second in each race, he did come away with a new Supersport lap record with a time of 1:36.109 set on lap 4 of the first race.

Third and fourth races were shared between Cameron Donald (Team Brown Gouge Suzuki GSX-R600) and Russell Holland (Pirelli Tyres Suzuki GSX-R600). Donald got the nod in race one, before Holland reversed the order in race two.


BUELL NAKEDBIKES / STREETFIGHTER NK LITES
Just one Buell Nakedbike/Streetfighter NK Lites was held today and it was the unbeaten Craig Trinder aboard his Bio Magnetics Yamaha FZ1 who stretched his winning streak to nine from nine for the season.

The Queenslander was in blistering form, not only taking the race win, but also setting a new Buell NakedBike lap record with a 1:38.248 set on lap 3.

Second went to the Gulf Western Oils entry of Dave Butler (Yamaha FZ1) who trailed Trinder by 3.435 seconds at the flag. Michael Thomas (Wet 4U Racing Kawasaki ZRX 1100) held out Steven Fisher (Seaside Motorcycles Honda 900 Hornet) for third after a race long tussle.


FX PRO-TWINS
Defending champion Craig McMartin was in a determined mood today as he took out a clean sweep of the FX Pro-Twins events.

Starting from pole position, the Wagga Ducati 998S rider took victory in both 6-lap races in comprehensive style.

He won the opening race by 2.982 seconds from a battling pair of Dave Butler (BEAR’s Ducati F1 Race Team) and Mike Soderland (JSG Gowanloch Racing Aprilia RSV) and won the second by 6.286 seconds from a tremendous three-way battle between Peter Hinton (BEAR’s Ducati F1 Racing Ducati 998S), Butler and Soderland, that saw less than half a second covering the three.


EXEL APRILIA CHALLENGE
Veteran Queenslander John Allen (Aluma Lite Racing) was out to show all of his younger rivals the quick way around Eastern Creek and did so by taking out the two 6-lap EXEL Aprilia Challenge races held today.

The order was the same for both races, with Allen outpacing Dustin Goldsmith (Ian Altona & Associates) and Lachlan Elder. It was tight in the opener with Allen getting there by just 0.6 of a second, but he had a stronger advantage
in race two, taking the win by 4.12 seconds.


FORMULA OZ
Defending Formula Oz champion John Allen had a mixed day of fortune aboard his Aluma Lite Racing Honda NSR-V500 during today’s two 6-lap races.

A deflating rear tyre forced Allen to slow his pace in race one and he was unable to apply any pressure to race winner Alistair Maxwell (Kawasaki
ZX-7R). With the problems solved for race two he reversed the finishing order with Maxwell in a thrilling race that saw the existing lap record held by Allen, beaten by Maxwell who set a new mark of 1:35.477.

Third in both races was Mark Stanley aboard his Stu Avant Team MSR Honda RS250.


FORMULA XTREME
Qualifying
1. Robbie BAIRD, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:34.083
2. Jamie STAUFFER, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:34.296
3. Kevin CURTAIN, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:34.316
4. Craig COXHELL, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:34.378
5. Tony REES, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:34.383
6. Daniel STAUFFER, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:34.755
7. Josh BROOKES, Honda CBR954RR, 1:34.937
8. Wayne MAXWELL, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:35.169
9. Luke PHILLIPS, Honda CBR954RR, 1:35.237
10. Craig MC MARTIN, Ducati 996R, 1:35.383

Lap Record: Josh Brookes (Honda CBR929RR) 1:33.365 (08/07/01)

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Anthony Gobert sustained a clean fracture of his right fibula, a few inches above his foot, in his crash during Superbike qualifying at Road Atlanta on Friday. Gobert is scheduled to fly back to California Saturday and seek further evaluation by Dr. Arthur Ting on Monday.

Yamaha Team Manager/Crew Chief Tom Halverson said Saturday that Gobert was treated and released from Northeast Georgia Medical Center very quickly Friday evening with a plaster half-cast around the back portion of his leg to keep his foot immobilized. Meanwhile, Gobert’s X-rays were overnighted to Dr. Ting.

“The doctors there said that the break is close enough together that it could heal naturally and that it would be tricky to get to anyway because it is surrounded by muscle,” said Halverson.

Halverson said of Gobert, “He said he knew he was going in feet-first. So he was trying to steer himself and turn around so he would hit on his side. He didn’t get turned in time and his right foot got trapped under him when he hit.

“He said he felt some impact with the Air Fence, but he saw the bike hit first. He thinks the bike must have deflated it some already because he definitely felt that he hit the haybales pretty hard. He said he knew it was broken right after the impact.”

When asked if Yamaha was considering putting Damon Buckmaster on Gobert’s YZF-R7 Superbike, Halverson said, “We thought about that because we know that Damon is fully capable of riding the bike, but that would be putting two other Championships (Supersport and Formula Xtreme) in danger.”

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1. Damon Buckmaster, Yamaha YZF-R7/R1, 1:24.288
2. Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:24.737
3. Jason Pridmore, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:25.103
4. Jake Zemke, Honda CBR954RR, 1:25.116
5. Roger Hayden, Honda CBR9545RR, 1:25.515
6. Adam Fergusson, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:25.746
7. Marty Craggill, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:25.997
8. Mike Hale, Honda CBR954RR, 1:26.177
9. Tom Kipp, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:26.398
10. Alex Gobert, Honda CBR954RR, 1:26.986
11. Lance Isaacs, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:27.825
12. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:29.386
13. Mark Crozier, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:29.550
14. James Compton, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:29.870
15. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:29.900
16. Jason Curtis, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:29.985
17. Michael Fitzpatrick, Suzuki, 1:31.523
18. Chuck Allen, Suzuki, 1:32.185
19. Kevin Pate, Suzuki, 1:32.628
20. Jeff Bostrom, Suzuki, 1:32.732