Team Graves
Yamaha rider Josh Hayes took the top time in Friday’s provisional qualifying round at Road America with a best time of 2:14.002 on his last lap. Hayes was able to set the top pace ahead of Rockstar Makita
Suzuki’s Tommy Hayden by just over three hundredths of a second.
Josh Hayes captured the leading time of 2:14.002 on Friday at Road America.
Hayden took the second-fastest time after outpacing Larry Pegram during the 40-minute session. Completing 14 laps aboard his
Ducati 1098R, Pegram was off Hayes’ pace by 0.667 seconds. Following Pegram by 0.866 seconds was Hayden’s teammate, Blake Young, who achieved the final spot on the provisional front row.
Jordan Suzuki’s Jake Zemke took fifth-fastest and was the final rider to stay within one second of Hayes’ pace.
In sixth-place on the timesheet was Monster Energy Suzuki’s Jake Holden. Coming in just behind Holden with the seventh best time of 2:15.797 was Ben Bostrom aboard his Yamaha YZF-R1.
Suzuki rider Chris Ulrich took eighth and was just over two seconds off the leading pace of Hayes. Taylor Knapp and Brett McCormick rounded out the top-10 with ninth and tenth-place times respectively.
American Superbike Road America Friday Qualifying:
1. Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 2:14.002
2. Tommy Hayden (Suzuki) 2:14.336
3. Larry Pegram (Ducati) 2:14.669
4. Blake Young (Suzuki) 2:14.868
Larry Pegram (#72) had the third-quickest time of the day behind Josh Hayes and Tommy Hayden.
5. Jake Zemke (Suzuki) 2:15.206
6. Jake Holden (Suzuki) 2:15.427
7. Ben Bostrom (Yamaha) 2:15.797
8. Chris Ulrich (Suzuki) 2:16.059
9. Taylor Knapp (Suzuki) 2:17.078
10. Brett McCormick (Suzuki) 2:17.239
11. Geoff May (Buell) 2:17.284
12. Shane Narbonne (Suzuki) 2:18.124
13. Chris Clark (Yamaha) 2:20.930
14. Trent Gibson (Suzuki) 2:21.093
15. Eric Pinson (BMW) 2:21.775
Daytona Sportbike
Suzuki’s Martin Cardenas was able to lead the charts today at Road America during provisional qualifying for Round 5 of the Daytona Sportbike series. Completing only seven laps, Cardenas took the best lap by 0.054 seconds from Team Graves Yamaha rider Josh Herrin.
Dane Westby of Project 1 Atlanta took third for a spot on the provisional front row ahead of Ducati’s Steve Rapp and Suzuki’s Danny Eslick, who was the final rider to have a time posted less than a second from Cardenas’ pace.
Cory West rode nearly double the amount of laps Cardenas completed and took the sixth-fastest time on Friday at 2:22.160. Trailing West was Tommy Aquino in seventh aboard his Yamaha, followed by Chris Fillmore, Clinton Seller and P.J. Jacobsen who rounded out the top-10.
Daytona Sportbike Road America Friday Qualifying:
Team Graves Yamaha rider Josh Herrin clenched the second-best time at Road America and was just 0.054 seconds off the pace set by Cardenas.
1. Martin Cardenas (Suzuki) 2:21.135
2. Josh Herrin (Yamaha) 2:21.190
3. Dane Westby (Yamaha) 2:21.443
4. Steve Rapp (Ducati) 2:21.577
5. Danny Eslick (Suzuki) 2:22.067
6. Cory West (Suzuki) 2:22.160
7. Tommy Aquino (Yamaha) 2:22.276
8. Chris Fillmore (Suzuki) 2:22.576
9. Clinton Seller (Yamaha) 2:23.532
10. P. J. Jacobsen (Suzuki) 2:23.976
11. Fernando Amantini (Kawasaki) 2:24.339
12. Kris Turner (Suzuki) 2:24.758
13. Bobby Fong (Ducati) 2:24.803
14. Dominic Jones (Yamaha) 2:25.001
15. Michael Beck (Ducati) 2:25.001
Supersport
Rockwall Yamaha’s J.D. Beach, who won the Pro Singles AMA Flat Track event last weekend in Illinois, led the qualifying session on Friday ahead of Huntley Nash on his Yamaha YZF-R6 by just under three tenths of a second.
Following Nash was Tomas Puerta with the third-quickest time that was less than a second from Beach’s pace.
Only able to manage the fifth-best Supersport lap of the day was Cameron Beaubier. With a pace of 2:28.434 the Supersport rider completed only four laps and was nearly four seconds off Beach’s pace.
After Beaubier, Ducati’s Joey Pascarella qualified sixth and was more than four seconds off the leading pace.
After having a successful round at Infineon Raceway, Elena Myers started this weekend off with a time that placed her eighth during provisional qualifying. Suzuki’s James Rispoli and
Kawasaki’s Nicholas Hansen finished the top-10 with ninth and tenth respectively.
Cameron Beaubier took fifth in provisional qualifying and was nearly four seconds off Beach's pace.
1. J. D. Beach (Yamaha) 2:24.490
2. Huntley Nash (Yamaha) 2:25.279
3. Tomas Puerta (Yamaha) 2:25.394
4. Miles Thornton (Yamaha) 2:28.176
5. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha) 2:28.434
6. Joey Pascarella (Ducati) 2:28.496
7. David Gaviria (Kawasaki) 2:30.074
8. Elena Myers (Suzuki) 2:30.173
9. James Rispoli (Suzuki) 2:30.226
10. Nicholas Hansen (Kawasaki) 2:30.643
11. Eric Stump (Yamaha) 2:31.583
12. Ryan Kerr (Kawasaki) 2:32.205
13. Kyle Keesee (Kawasaki) 2:34.081
14. Michael Corbino (Yamaha) 2:36.770
15. Charles Burton, IV (Honda) 2:37.840
