MCNEWS.COM.AU - The ultimate in motorcycle news World Superbike 2004 - Round 1 - Valencia - Saturday Qualifying - Xerox Ducati Report
February 28th, 2004
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Tomorrow, in his debut race in Superbike arena, Garry McCoy will start from the second row at Valencia, for the Spanish round of 2004 World Superbike. The Australian rider of Scuderia Xerox Ducati Nortel Networks, after recording the sixth fastest in the qualifying sessions, clinched the seventh fastest in Superpole, good for the second row of the starting grid.

McCoy was satisfied, "This morning has been the first time I rode the second bike which it felt different, because the clutch wasn't working properly and we weren't able to fix it. I rode this bike for a while expecting to ride my number one bike, which I did for the last ten minutes on the qualifying session, and I felt the bike had not enough power from the bottom, so it made me go back to the spare bike.

"The Superpole was very new for me. It's something else I have to get used to but my impression overall about today's Superpole is that it was very cold and risky to get out there and push 110% as you would do in a usual hot lap. I have to add that my clutch wasn't working very good so I decided not to push too much on the first split and save it for the last bit to get a better time.\

"Tomorrow is going to be another day for me. I never did two races in one day, but I guess I just have to go out there and do my best as a rookie. I can't really say what my expectations are because I just like to live day by day and get worried about what happens at the time. Anyway I will try to get out there and fight like one more of these guys."


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World Superbike / Supersport 2004 - Round 1 - Valencia
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Sunday Race Reports - World Superbike Race 1 - World Supersport Race - World Superbike Race 2
Sunday Team Reports from Valencia - Suzuki - Ten Kate - Yamaha - Parkes - Muggas - Vermeulen - Corser - McCoy - Ducati - HRC - Petronas -
Saturday Team Reports - Vermeulen - Corser - McCoy - Ducati - Petronas - Ten Kate - Muggeridge - Suzuki  
Saturday Results - Supersport Final Qualifying / Grid - Superbike Superpole / Grid
Friday Team Reports - Corser - McCoy - Vermeulen - Ducati - Petronas - Ten Kate - Muggeridge
Friday Results - Supersport Qualifying 1 - Superbike Qualifying 1 - Supersport Practice 1 - Superbike Practice 1 

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