AMA Superbike

Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin broke his two-year-old lap record today at the Barber Motorsports Park after lapping the 2.38-mile circuit at 1:25.046 to earn pole position for today and tomorrow's two AMA Superbike Nationals.

The Australian started the session at the very top of the time sheets and he stayed there the entire time, ending up beating his team mate Ben Spies by nearly a second, the Texan ending up second fastest with his 1:25.954.

Third place went to Barber first-timer Neil Hodgson on his Austin Ducati mount, the Brit lapping at 1:25.980 as Mladin, Spies and Hodgson were the only riders to circulate under the 1:26 mark.

The third Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000, ridden by Aaron Yates, will complete the front row of the grid for the two races after the Georgian lapped at 1:26.417 for the fourth-quickest time.

Fifth place went to American Honda's Miguel Duhamel, the French Canadian's best a 1:26.994 - over a second slower than his 2004 qualifying time last year.

Behind Duhamel came Jordan Motorsports' Jason Pridmore on his GSX-R1000 after recovering from his high-speed crash yesterday to finish the final session sixth, relegating the Ducati of Eric Bostrom and the factory Honda of Jake Zemke to seventh and eighth places.

Superbike Qualifying

1. Mat Mladin (Suzuki) 1:25.046

2. Ben Spies (Suzuki) 1:25.954

3. Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 1:25.980

4. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 1:26.417

5. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 1:26.994

6. Jason Pridmore (Suzuki) 1:27.342

7. Eric Bostrom (Ducati) 1:27.451

8. Jake Zemke (Honda) 1:27.530

9. Kurtis Roberts (Honda) 1:28.287

10. Josh Hayes (Kawasaki) 1:28.416

Mladin then backed up that pole position with a clear victory on his GSX-R1000 by 7 seconds over his team-mate Aaron Yates and Ben Spies served to make it a Suzuki 1-2-3.  Ex World Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson was the best of the rest with 4th place on his factory Ducati ahead of Honda's Miguel Duhamel.  Marty Craggill brought home 10th place on his Mat Mladin backed GSX-R1000 while Brent George brought home 17h place.

Superbike Race 1

1. Mladin (Suzuki)

2. Yates (Suzuki)

3. Spies (Suzuki)

4. Hodgson (Ducati)

5. Duhamel (Honda)

6. Pridmore (Suzuki)

7. Rapp (Suzuki)

8. Bostrom (Ducati)

9. Haskovec (Suzuki)

10. Craggill (Suzuki)

AMA 1,000cc Superstock

Jamie Hacking has two pole positions at Barber after recording the fastest qualifying times in both 1,000cc Superstock and 600cc Supersport.  His team-mate Jason Disalvo takes up his starting position alongside Hacking after going second quickest in both classes. Buckmaster was 3rd quickest to make it Yamaha 1-2-3 in 1,000cc Superstock qualifying with Aaron Yates the first Suzuki in fourth position.  Aaron Gobert's troublesome start to his title defence continued with the Sydney rider qualifying 12th.  Brent George qualified 17th.

Superstock Qualifying

1. Hacking (Yamaha) 1m25.8

2. Disalvo (Yamaha) 1m26.0

3. Buckmaster (Yamaha) 1m6.5

4. Yates (Suzuki) 1m26.6

5. Haskovec (Suzuki) 1m26.8

6. T Hayden (Kawasaki) 1m27.0

7. May (Suzuki) 1m27.1

8. Rapp (Suzuki) 1m27.2

9. R Hayden (Kawasaki) 1m27.3

10. Pridmore (Suzuki) 1m27.5

AMA Supersport

Jamie Hacking took pole in Supersport from Jason Disalvo while the Hayden brothers, Roger and Tommy, round out the front row.  Aaron Gobert heads the second row alongside team-mate and fellow Australian Damon Buckmaster.  Queensland's Ben Attard qualified 10th on his Kawasaki.

Supersport Qualifying

1. Hacking (Yamaha) 1m27.8

2. Disalvo (Yamaha) 1m28.1

3. R Hayden (Kawasaki) 1m28.1

4. T Hayden (Kawasaki) 1m28.2

5. Aa Gobert (Yamaha) 1m28.3

6. Buckmaster (Yamaha) 1m29.1

7. Spies (Suzuki) 1m29.3

8. Peris (Yamaha) 1m29.4

9. Jensen (Yamaha) 1m29.4

10. Attard (Kawasaki) 1m29.5

AMA FX 600cc

Jake Zemke continued the Honda whitewash in the AMA's peculiar 600cc Formula Xtreme Series with victory over fellow Honda rider Miguel Duhamel.  Suzuki mounted Vincent Haskovec took the final podium position on a Suzuki while Ben Attard took a highly creditable 4th place on a Kawasaki. Young Alex Gobert took 12th on his CBR600RR.

FX 600cc Race Result

1. Zemke (Honda)

2. Duhamel (Honda)

3. Haskovec (Suzuki)

4. Attard (Kawasaki)

5. Peris (Yamaha)