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Note: This post orginally credited Tommy Hayden as being fastest in the Supersport class when he actually did his fastest times on a Superstock-class Kawasaki ZX-6R (636). The post has now been corrected.
Mat Mladin used his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 Superbike to post the fastest time of the three-day team test at Barber Motorsports Park.
Mladin did a 1:25.054, and ended the test over half-a-second ahead of the field. His Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Aaron Yates ended up second-quickest with a 1:25.749, followed by factory Honda RC-51 pilot Ben Bostrom, who did a 1:25.942. All three riders posted their quick times late this afternoon, and were the only riders to get into the 1:25s.
In FX action, Ben Spies topped the charts on his Yoshimura Suzuki GSXR1000 with a 1:26.008, set this morning, followed by Damon Buckmaster on his Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 at a 1:26.192, set this afternoon. He is followed by Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke with a 1:26.774, which he did late yesterday afternoon.
In the always tight, 600cc Supersport class Jamie Hacking and his Yamaha YZF-R6 was fastest, with a best time of 1:28.450 set yesterday afternoon. Hayden is closely followed by Damon Buckmaster at a 1:28.535 set yesterday afternoon, and Jason DiSalvo at a 1:28.851 also set yesterday afternoon.
Top 10 overall best times:
Mat Mladin, Superbike, 1:25.054
Aaron Yates, Superbike, 1:25.749
Ben Bostrom, Superbike, 1:25.942
Ben Spies, Formula Xtreme, 1:26.008
Damon Buckmaster, Formula Xtreme, 1:26.192
Jake Zemke, Formula Xtreme, 1:26.774
Giovanni Bussei, Superbike, 1:26.870
Jamie Hacking, Formula Xtreme, 1:26.885
Kurtis Roberts, Superbike, 1:26.984
Roger Lee Hayden, Formula Xtreme, 1:27.540
Best times by class:
Superbike
Mat Mladin, 1:25.054
Aaron Yates, 1:25.749
Ben Bostrom, 1:25.942
Giovanni Bussei, 1:26.870
Kurtis Roberts, 1:26.984
Miguel Duhamel, 1:27.862
Formula Xtreme
Ben Spies, 1:26.008
Damon Buckmaster, 1:26.192
Jake Zemke, 1:26.774
Jamie Hacking, 1:26.885
Roger Lee Hayden, 1:27.540
Superstock
Tommy Hayden, 1:28.360
Supersport
Jamie Hacking, 1:28.450
Damon Buckmaster, 1:28.535
Jason DiSalvo, 1:28.851
Aaron Gobert, 1:29.250
Alex Gobert, 1:29.748
Tommy Hayden, 1:29.860
Tony Meiring, 1:29.914
Jake Zemke, 1:30.269
Roger Lee Hayden, 1:30.807
Miguel Duhamel, 1:30.857
Note: All times compiled from AMA timing and scoring.
Corrected Post: At The End Of The Day, Mladin Is The Man In Team Tests At Barber
Corrected Post: At The End Of The Day, Mladin Is The Man In Team Tests At Barber
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