Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki’s Aaron Yates earned the AMA Superstock pole position during a windy, red-flag-shortened qualifying session Saturday afternoon at Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, California. Yates topped all riders with a lap of 1:24.900 on his Dunlop-shod GSX-R1000. Corona Honda’s Jake Holden (1:25.279), Yates’ teammate Geoff May (1:25.337) and Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki’s Robertino Pietri (1:25.744) also earned front-row starting spots. The 20-minute session was halted after 16 minutes and four seconds when a temporary barrier between Turns Four and Nine was blown over by high winds — for the second time on the day. Daytona Motorsports Group Director of Road Racing Competition Colin Fraser said the portion of the fence that blew over Saturday morning had been secured but another section of the same barrier blew over during Superstock qualifying. In 2003, the plastic Triton Barriers between the two turns were enlarged by adding chain-link fencing their tops to prevent a crashed motorcycle in Turn Nine from tumbling over the barriers and re-entering the track at Turn Four, which actually happened in 2002. In that incident, a crashed motorcycle vaulted the barriers and struck racer Ricky Lundgren, who was traveling in the opposite direction in Turn Four. Lundgren was killed instantly. Riders in the AMA Superstock Group B qualifying session will have 16:04 to do their business Saturday afternoon, but AMA Supersport qualifying has been postponed until Sunday morning so that AMA Superbike Race One and the Formula Xtreme race can be run on-schedule. AMA Superstock Championship Presented by Dynojet Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California April 26, 2008 Provisional Combined Qualifying Results: 1. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:24.900 2. Jake Holden (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, 1:25.279 3. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:25.337 4. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:25.744 5. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:25.750 6. Chris Peris (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:26.237 7. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:26.884 8. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:26.947 9. Hawk Mazzotta (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:27.865 10. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:27.867 11. Jeremy Toye (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, 1:27.895 12. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:27.953 13. Ryan Elleby (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:28.920 14. Seth Starnes (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:29.449 15. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:29.704 16. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R1), Dunlop, 1:30.027 17. Santiago Villa (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:30.143 18. Alessandro Assanti (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:30.199 19. Lash Mullen (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:30.201 20. Eric Haugo (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:30.674 21. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:31.379 22. C.R. Gittere (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:31.828 23. Scotty Van Hawk (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:31.854 24. Terry Heard (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:32.350 25. Brad Puetz (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:32.389 26. Kevin Boisvert (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:32.901