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AMA Superbike Friday Qualifying Times:

1. Nicky Hayden, Honda RC51, 1:36.608
2. Eric Bostrom, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, 1:36.785
3. Mat Mladin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:36.934
4. Miguel Duhamel, Honda RC51, 1:37.065
5. Doug Chandler, Ducati 998RS, 1:37.265
6. Aaron Yates, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:38.164
7. Kurtis Roberts, Honda RC51, 1:38.354
8. Jamie Hacking, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:38.556
9. Pascal Picotte, Ducati 998RS, 1:39.474
10. Jason DiSalvo, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:41.365
11. Craig Connell, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:41.719
12. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:41.780
13. Robert Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:41.830
14. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:41.950
15. Lee Acree, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:42.024
16. Rich Conicelli, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:42.516
17. John Haner, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:42.711
18. Alan Schmidt, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:42.823
19. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:42.975
20. Ty Howard, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:42.995

21. Chris Caylor, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.084
22. Brian Livengood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.122
23. Andrew Deatherage, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.196
24. Brian Parriott, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.255
25. Christopher Rankin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.357
26. Shane Clarke, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.831
27. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.879
28. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:43.996
29. Randall Mennenga, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:44.416
30. Giovanni Rojas, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:44.444
31. Shawn Conrad, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:44.690
32. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:44.793
33. Marco Martinez, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:44.859
34. Justin Blake, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:44.860
35. Greg Fryer, Yamaha YZF-R7, 1:44.909
36. Pedro Valiente, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:45.138
37. Scott Jensen, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:45.391
38. James Compton, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:45.934
39. Robert Christman, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:46.104
40. Steve Johnson, Aprilia RSV1000R, 1:46.154
41. Roger Hendricks, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:46.348
42. Eric Haugo, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:46.348
43. James Doerfler, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:46.731
44. Michael Luke, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:47.086
45. Jacob Holden, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:47.119
46. Dr. Jeff Purk, DDS, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:47.240
47. Mike Walsh, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:49.468
48. Michael Hanley, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:50.963
49. Scott Van Scoik, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:50.990

In the post-qualifying press conference, Hayden said that track conditions were much worse than last year, with sealer coming up out of cracks in the racetrack.

“The track surface is crap,” said Hayden. “There’s all these sealer patches. The ones going this way (perpendicular to travel) aren’t so bad but it’s the ones you get on going this way (parallel to travel) that really upset the bike. Going into (turn) two there’s a couple of them. I never remembered it here before. And with it being so hot it’s so greasy across those things. I remember the sealer, but nothing like it is now. They had one (patch of sealant) coming up this morning.”