Kawasaki’s Roger Hayden earned the AMA Supersport pole position with a new class lap record during qualifying Wednesday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway. Riding his Dunlop-equipped ZX-6RR, Hayden lapped the 2.95-mile infield road course in 1:41.552, which is approximately two seconds faster than the old lap record time, Tommy Hayden’s 1:43.510. Tommy Hayden, Roger Hayden’s teammate and older brother, qualified third-fastest with a time of 1:41.921. Tommy Hayden, the 2004 and 2005 AMA Supersport Champion, does not plan to defend his Supersport Championship in 2006 and is only making a special one-off appearance in the class at Daytona. Lining up between the two Hayden brothers on the Supersport front row for Thursday’s race will be Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking, who turned the second-fastest qualifying time, 1:41.667. Completing the Supersport front row will be Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May, who recorded a 1:42.225 on his Pirelli-shod GSX-R600. May’s teammate Michael Barnes crashed in the first 10 minutes of the Supersport qualifying session, highsiding his GSX-R600 in turn seven. Barnes (who was second-fastest in the session when he crashed) suffered an injury to his right knee, according to his team, and was transported via ambulance to Halifax Medical Center to have his injury treated. Barnes’ crash resulted in the session to be stopped and a long delay to clean fluid from the track. Provisional Wednesday Afternoon AMA Supersport Qualifying Results: 1. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:41.552 2. Jamie Hacking (Yam YZF-R6), 1:41.668 3. Tommy Hayden (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:41.921 4. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), 1:42.226 5. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R600), 1:43.217 6. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:43.425 7. Alastair Seeley (Yam YZF-R6), 1:43.436 8. Damon Buckmaster (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:43.707 9. Pascal Picotte (Yam YZF-R6), 1:44.077 10. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), 1:44.089 11. Tyler McDonald (Yam YZF-R6), 1:44.859 12. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R600), 1:45.019 13. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600), 1:45.046 14. Darren Luck (Suz GSX-R600), 1:45.052 15. Rob Frost (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:45.398 16. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR), 1:45.429 17. Barrett Long (Yam YZF-R6), 1:45.987 18. Will Gruy (Yam YZF-R6), 1:46.016 19. Chris “Opie” Caylor (Suz GSX-R600), 1:46.648 20. Nathan Hester (Yam YZF-R6), 1:46.860 21. Shea Fouchek (Suz GSX-R600), 1:46.932 22. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R600), 1:46.966 23. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6), 1:47.021 24. Justin Filice (Hon CBR600RR), 1:47.223 25. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR600RR), 1:47.279 26. Tristan Shoenewald (Hon CBR600RR), 1:47.322 27. Greg Gildenhuys (Yam YZF-R6), 1:47.526 28. Joshua Day (Yam YZF-R6), 1:47.666 29. Keith Marshall (Suz GSX-R600), 1:47.971 30. Dr. Jeffrey Purk, DDS (Yam YZF-R6), 1:48.317 31. Dirk Sanchez (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:48.375 32. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R6), 1:48.649 33. Bill Card (Yam YZF-R6), 1:48.787 34. David McPherson (Yam YZF-R6), 1:48.873 35. Mark McCormick (Yam YZF-R6), 1:48.874 36. Brian Hall (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:48.901 37. Aaron Eldridge (Kaw Zx-6RR), 1:48.904 38. Dan Ortega (Suz GSX-R600), 1:48.984 39. Richard Breen (Yam YZF-R6), 1:49.327 40. Kenny Carlotta (Suz GSX-R600), 1:49.369 41. Bostjan Pintar (Yam YZF-R6), 1:49.572 42. Santiago Villa Venegas (Yam YZF-R6), 1:49.844 43. Bostjan Skubic (Hon CBR600RR), 1:49.858 44. Joseph Ford (Yam YZF-R6), 1:49.996 45. Spencer Stuart (Yam YZF-R6), 1:50.016 46. Jeff Seehorn (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:51.047 47. Lance Yeager (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:51.688 48. Jean Paul Tache (Suz GSX-R600), 1:52.130 49. David Sadowski, Jr. (Yam YZF-R6), 1:52.506 50. Scotty Van Scoik (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:52.895 51. Dafan Zhang (Kaw ZX-6RR), 1:53.140 52. Dejan Senk (Hon CBR600RR), 1:58.840
Roger Hayden Breaks AMA Supersport Lap Record By Two Seconds, Takes Pole At Daytona
Roger Hayden Breaks AMA Supersport Lap Record By Two Seconds, Takes Pole At Daytona
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