Paul Harrell took his Shogun Motorsports Yamaha YZF-R6 to the front of the Sport Bike field during Thursday afternoon practice in cold, overcast, windy conditions at Willow Springs Raceway. Harrell’s fastest lap was a 1:24.860.
Hooters Suzuki’s Mike Ciccotto was second-quickest on a GSX-R600 at 1:24.903, with Synergy Racing’s Marc Palazzo third-quickest on a Honda CBR600F4i at 1:24.911.
Top times follow:
1. Paul Harrell, Yamaha, 1:24.860
2. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki, 1:24.903
3. Marc Palazzo, Honda, 1:24.911
4. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:25.393
5. Lance Issacs, Honda, 1:25.664
6. Owen Weichel, Kawasaki, 1:25.883
7. Jacob West, 1:25.911
8. Joe Gill, Yamaha, 1:26.095
9. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, 1:26.286
10. Ty Howard, Yamaha, 1:26.430
11. Brian Kovarick, 1:26.573
12. Karl Lowry, 1:26.827
13. Shane Prieto, Suzuki, 1:26.880
14. Jason Paden, Suzuki, 1:26.888
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:27.380
16. Stoney Landers, Kawasaki, 1:27.526
17. Brian Gibbs, Suzuki, 1:27.549
18. Shawn Conrad, 1:27.572
19. Shannon Ball, 1:27.572
20. Kevin Pate, 1:27.872
In Aprilia Cup Challenge practice, Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing’s Vicky Jackson-Bell was quickest at 1:31.526, followed by defending Champion Aaron Clark at 1:31.789. Top times follow:
1. Vicky Jackson-Bell, 1:31.526
2. Aaron Clark, 1:31.789
3. Dan Fischer, 1:32.269
4. Andre Castanos, 1:32.886
5. Jeff Wood, 1:33.331
6. Derek McKelvie King, 1:33.380
7. Oliver Chami, 1:35.197
8. Max Wissel, 1:35.694
9. Jason Morse, 1:35.855
10. Josh Sortor, 1:35.971