SPIES SETS NEW RECORD WITH POLE
29 April 2006 - Suzuki Racing

Ben Spies set a new lap record in qualifying for the Fontana AMA Superbike double-header in California this weekend.

The Yoshimura GSX-R1000-mounted Texan fended off team mate Mat Mladin throughout this afternoon’s 40-minute qualifier with a best lap of 1:23.374, which toppled Mladin’s 2005 record of 1:23.612.

Said Spies, who was suffering a severe head cold: “It’s kind of crazy that we broke the track record because it feels like this is a pretty tight track and everything’s happening so slow.

“Yesterday I wouldn’t have been able to do that and would have been unable to ride. I made a big change overnight and hopefully we’ll keep going, because we’re definitely not 100%.”

Third Yoshimura team rider Aaron Yates put his GSX-R1000 on the second row one place ahead of Ducati Austin’s Ben Bostrom.

Friday Superbike Qualifying:

1. Ben Spies (Yoshimura Suzuki) 1:23.374
2. Mat Mladin (Yoshimura Suzuki) 1:23.613
3. Jake Zemke (Honda) 1:23.957
4. Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 1:24.432
5. Aaron Yates (Yoshimura Suzuki) 1:24.481
6. Ben Bostrom (Ducati) 1:24.514
7. Miguel Duhamel (Honda) 1:25.212
8. Tommy Hayden (Kawasaki) 1:25.362
9. Jake Holden (Suzuki) 1:25.706
10. Larry Pegram (Honda) 1:26.009

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