RIZLA SUZUKI RIDERS LEAD THE PACK IN PRACTICE
13 August 2004 - Rizla-Suzuki

YUKIO KAGAYAMA and John Reynolds led from the front in today''s practice for the 10th round of the British Superbike Championship at Croft in North Yorkshire, placing their Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000s first and second on the time-sheets.

Yuki, fastest here in last week''s official BSB test, showed the rest of the field a clean pair of heels by taking the top spot less than half a second ahead of his team mate and Championship leader John Reynolds.

Wet during first practice, the circuit remained damp in the second session, never letting the Rizla Suzuki riders properly attack the twists and turns for a fast lap time.

JR leads the Championship by 73-points from Honda''s Michael Rutter going into this round. Racing starts at 1:15pm on Sunday, August 15th, at the new on the 2004 BSB calendar Croft circuit in North Yorkshire.

Yukio Kagayama:
''Maybe this circuit is not so bad. When we all have to learn track at same time I have advantage because I have been doing this for the past year every time I race!

''But today the British weather has been bad. I think every time we go north it rains. This is unbelievable. Today not quite so wet as Knockhill, but still not comfortable and must put leathers over heaters to dry. Please no rain dances tonight, I want dry qualifying and races, this is much more fun riding.''

John Reynolds:
''It was steady away today thanks to the weather. I am revving and hungry to get going, but with a wet track, I came down on the side of caution. At this stage of the season I don''t want to do anything stupid!

''My Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 is doing all I ask of it and to be second on the time sheets behind Yuki, who has an affinity with this place for some reason and will be hard to beat, is no big dramas. If it''s dry tomorrow, I''ll pull the pin and we will see what sort of damage we can do to the lap times.''

First Practice:
1: Yukio Kagayama (Rizla Suzuki) 1:22.990
2: John Reynolds (Rizla Suzuki) +0.433
3: James Haydon (Yamaha) +0.477
4: Steve Plater (Yamaha) +0.622
5: Sean Emmett (Ducati) +0.913
6: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +0.937
7: Michael Rutter (Honda) +0.938
8: Gary Mason (Yamaha) +0.960
9: Dean Thomas (Ducati) +1.598
10: John McGuinness (Kawasaki) +1.800

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