Five-time and current AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin was the fastest man Tuesday morning at the start of a two-day AMA team test at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Riding the 2005-model Yoshimura Suzuki that took him to victory in the season-opener a little over two weeks ago at Daytona International Speedway, Mladin turned a 1:25.895 to have top honors at 12:00 p.m. local time. The current lap record at Barber is a 1:25.176, set by Mladin in 2003. The fastest AMA Superbike race lap ever turned at Barber is a 1:26.044, recorded by Aaron Yates also in 2003. Some 1.5 seconds behind Mladin after a half day of testing Tuesday was American Honda’s Miguel Duhamel, who was second-fastest with a 1:27.332 on his kitted CBR1000RR. Third-fastest overall and fastest of all Superstock testers was Graves Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking with a 1:27.732 on his YZF-R1. Eighth-fastest overall and fastest Supersport rider was Yamaha’s Jason DiSalvo with a 1:28.451. Only four riders (DiSalvo, Aaron Gobert, Tommy Hayden and Ben Spies) rode their 600cc Supersport machines Tuesday morning. One of the bigger stories from the test is that Damon Buckmaster is making a significant number of fast laps in spite of breaking his right humerus 23 days ago in a crash during a Formula USA race at Daytona. Teams attending the test include: Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin, American Honda, Kawasaki, Yoshimura Suzuki, Team M4 EMGO Suzuki, Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki, Roadracingworld.com Suzuki, Yamaha and Graves Yamaha. Tuesday Morning AMA Team Test Times (as provided by AMA Pro Racing timing and scoring): 1. Mat Mladin, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:25.895 2. Miguel Duhamel, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:27.332 3. Jamie Hacking, Yam YZF-R1, 1:27.732* 4. Jake Zemke, Hon CBR1000RR, 1:27.738 5. Neil Hodgson, Duc 999F05, 1:27.747 6. Steve Rapp, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:28.319* 7. Jason Pridmore, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:28.423 8. Jason DiSalvo, Yam YZF-R6, 1:28.451 9. Aaron Yates, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:28.454* 10. Eric Bostrom, Duc 999F05, 1:28.611 11. Damon Buckmaster, Yam YZF-R1, 1:28.673* 12. Vincent Haskovec, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:28.780* 13. Geoff May, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:29.558* 14. Aaron Gobert, Yam YZF-R6, 1:29.623 15. Tommy Hayden, Kaw ZX-6RR, 1:29.661 16. Roger Lee Hayden, Kaw ZX-10R, 1:29.837* 17. Ben Spies, Suz GSX-R600, 1:30.400 18. Chris Ulrich, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:31.597* 19. Ben Spies, Suz GSX-R1000, 1:38.966 * Superstock bike