| QUALIFYING 2 REPORT | 30/05/2009 | | Seven-time Spies breaks the all-time Superpole record | | | Yamaha World Superbike phenomenon Ben Spies made it seven Superpoles in a row today at the Miller Motorsports Park, he is now the only rider ever in the history of Superbike to take seven consecutive poles in a row. Spies had spent the first qualifying session and free practice working and fine tuning the set-up of the bike, as the Superpole heats started, it was clear his hard work with the team had paid off as he laid down the fastest lap of each session to comfortably end on pole position for tomorrow's races. It was a fitting scene as thunder and lightning broke dramatically over the circuit as the 'Texan Terror' showed everyone how it should be done.
Team-mate Tom Sykes had struggled with his set-up during the morning practice and following qualifying session, ending with a 22nd position start on the grid for race day. After making several changes Sykes went out again for the afternoon free practice session and found the set up he was looking for. Finding another second and a half on his earlier times he was running in tenth for the free session. Although not an ideal start position the new settings will give him a good race pace and the opportunity to fight through the pack. |
| Ben Spies, Yamaha World Superbike Team (1st, 1'48.344)
"It was a good set of sessions for us, the last few minutes of Superpole there was some drops coming down and I was pretty nervous but we had worked hard in free practice and qualifying on the tyres we were on and just went into Superpole and stuck to the plan and everything worked out. I think we'll have a good race pace for tomorrow, I think there's a few guys who have good pace as well so I think the race is going to be pretty interesting. " |
|  | Tom Sykes, Yamaha World Superbike Team (22nd, 1'50.807)
"In qualifying we really missed out, we didn't find the right direction fast enough and unfortunately didn't get to Superpole which was a big shame. For the final free practice we found an area of real improvement, the time was good enough for Superpole. So hopefully we can forget today and although we've got a bad starting position we can come out tomorrow focused and make the most of what we've got."
Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha World Superbike Team Manager
"One more pole for Ben, seven in a row is fantastic. The pace is really good and for sure we are able to fight for the race win tomorrow. I think there are two or three guys who will be tough so it should be a good race. On the other side of the garage Tom improved this afternoon with a better set-up in free practice, he made up almost a half second so this will give some motivation to push very hard tomorrow and fight to make up positions. In the end it's all about race day so lets see what happens." |
| | 2009 WSB United States - Salt Lake City 30/05/2009 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | USA | 1'48.344 | | 2 | Carlos Checa | Honda | ESP | 1'48.908 | | 3 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda | JPN | 1'49.845 | | 4 | Michel Fabrizio | Ducati | ITA | 1'49.434 | | 5 | Jakub Smrz | Ducati | CZE | 1'49.658 | | 6 | Shane Byrne | Ducati | GBR | 1'49.982 | | 7 | Broc Parkes | Kawasaki | AUS | 1'51.328 | | 8 | Jamie Hacking | Kawasaki | USA | 1'51.438 | | 9 | Noriyuki Haga | Ducati | JPN | 1'49.516 | | 10 | Shinya Nakano | Aprilia | JPN | 1'49.528 | | 11 | Jonathan Rea | Honda | GBR | 1'49.541 | | 12 | Leon Haslam | Honda | GBR | 1'49.765 | | 13 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | JPN | 1'50.114 | | 14 | Fonsi Nieto | Suzuki | ESP | 1'50.488 | | 15 | Luca Scassa | Kawasaki | ITA | 1'50.987 | | 22 | Tom Sykes | Yamaha | GBR | 1'50.807 |
| Pos. | Rider | Nat. | QUAL I | QUAL II | | 1 | Michel Fabrizio | ITA | 1'50.457 | 1'49.204 | | 2 | Jakub Smrz | CZE | 1'50.282 | 1'49.329 | | 3 | Ben Spies | USA | 1'49.901 | 1'49.773 | | 4 | Max Biaggi | ITA | 1'49.820 | 1'50.214 | | 5 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | JPN | 1'50.701 | 1'49.845 | | 6 | Carlos Checa | ESP | 1'50.144 | 1'50.033 | | 7 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | 1'50.740 | 1'50.086 | | 8 | Noriyuki Haga | JPN | 1'50.755 | 1'50.094 | | 9 | Fonsi Nieto | ESP | 1'52.037 | 1'50.347 | | 10 | Karl Muggeridge | AUS | 1'50.757 | 1'50.391 | | 11 | Jamie Hacking | USA | 1'50.466 | 1'50.427 | | 12 | Shinya Nakano | JPN | 1'51.228 | 1'50.458 | | 13 | Leon Haslam | GBR | 1'51.389 | 1'50.505 | | 14 | Shane Byrne | GBR | 1'50.512 | 1'50.580 | | 15 | Broc Parkes | AUS | 1'50.961 | 1'50.532 | | 22 | Tom Sykes | GBR | 1'51.387 | 1'50.807 | | 26 | Erwan Nigon | FRA | 1'52.932 | 1'52.137 |
| QUALIFYING 1 REPORT | 30/05/2009 | | Yamaha Supersport riders take first and second row starts for race day | | | Yamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow endured a frustrating qualifying session today at the Miller circuit in Salt Lake City. The British rider worked hard and was on the pace for the duration of the qualifying heat however on several attempts at a flying lap came up against slower riders who thwarted attempts to lay down the perfect pole position time. As a result Crutchlow will start the race tomorrow in third position on the front row of the grid.
Crutchlow's team-mate Fabien Foret had much of the same trouble today. Having started the weekend's practice yesterday with an outstanding pace and adapting to the circuit quickly Foret also struggled today with some of the slower traffic during the qualifying session and will start the race tomorrow in eighth position from the second row of the grid. |
| Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha World Supersport Team (3rd, 1'52.051)
"Today was really hard work. The last two days have been the hardest I've had so far this year. We're not feeling too comfortable here at Miller but maybe for the race tomorrow we'll be able to pull out the stops and there's no reason why we shouldn't be on the podium. Winning the race is going to be hard but I'm going to be fighting for it definitely. " |
| Fabien Foret, Yamaha World Supersport Team (8th, 1'52.827)
"I'm not really satisfied with my qualifying session. On my fastest lap I got stuck behind an American rider and was held up. I then waited too long to go for another good lap time on fresh tyres and messed up my session a bit. I'm on the second row though so it's not the end of the world and I'm feeling really good with the bike and everything so tomorrow will be different."
Wilco Zeelenberg, Yamaha World Supersport Team Manager
"It didn't go really smoothly today, with the red flags and slow US riders blocking both riders when they were on good laps it's been a frustrating session. But we have two good guys and tomorrow is race day so we'll see. No matter what happened today in qualifying it's going to be a battle tomorrow, hopefully nobody will get away." |
| Circuit Length: 4905
Fastest Lap Ever: 1'51.749 (Joan Lascorz, 31/05/2009)
| | | 2009 WSS United States - Salt Lake City 30/05/2009 | |
| Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time |
| 1 | Joan Lascorz | Kawasaki | ESP | 1'51.749 |
| 2 | Eugene Laverty | Honda | GBR | 1'51.829 |
| 3 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | GBR | 1'52.051 |
| 4 | Gianluca Nannelli | Triumph | ITA | 1'52.659 |
| 5 | Massimo Roccoli | Honda | ITA | 1'52.726 |
| 6 | Kenan Sofuoglu | Honda | TUR | 1'52.755 |
| 7 | Garry McCoy | Triumph | AUS | 1'52.794 |
| 8 | Fabien Foret | Yamaha | FRA | 1'52.827 |
| 9 | Mark Aitchison | Honda | AUS | 1'52.951 |
| 10 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Kawasaki | JPN | 1'53.171 |
| 11 | Robbin Harms | Honda | DNK | 1'53.516 |
| 12 | Michele Pirro | Yamaha | ITA | 1'53.630 |
| 13 | Matthieu Lagrive | Honda | FRA | 1'53.799 |
| 14 | Miguel Praia | Honda | POR | 1'53.919 |
| 15 | Barry Veneman | Suzuki | NED | 1'54.303 |
| 21 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | IDN | 1'54.901 |
| 26 | Yannick Guerra | Yamaha | ESP | 1'56.954 |
| 27 | Melissa Paris | Yamaha | USA | 1'57.079 |
| 28 | Andrew Nelson | Yamaha | CAN | 1'57.587 |
| 29 | Oleg Pianykh | Yamaha | RUS | 1'57.856 |
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