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Defending AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin posted the fastest time in Friday morning’s Superbike practice session at Daytona with a 1:49.968, then crashed at the exit of the International Horseshoe.

Mladin was seen on a Speed Channel closed-circuit TV feed laying on the racing surface holding his left arm and appearing to be in pain.

Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

This just in: Doctors in the Infield Care Center are looking at Mat Mladin’s left elbow and right heel. More information to follow as it becomes available.

Lap times:

1. Mat Mladin, 1:49.958
2. Kurtis Roberts, 1:50.415
3. Nicky Hayden, 1:50.455
4. Eric Bostrom, 1:50.500
5. Miguel Duhamel, 1:50.654
6. Anthony Gobert, 1:50.885
7. Jamie Hacking, 1:50.905
8. Aaron Yates, 1:51.219
9. Steve Rapp, 1:53.555*
10. Pascal Picotte, 1:53.998
11. Jimmy Moore, 1:54.332*
12. Eric Wood, 1:54.887*
13. Larry Pegram, 1:55.071*
14. Chris Ulrich, 1:55.152*
15. Robert Jensen, 1:55.302*
16. Lee Acree, 1:55.917*
17. Michael Barnes, 1:56.077*
18. Brian Livengood, 1:56.362*
19. Stephane Mertens, 1:56.449*
20. Mike Luke, 1:56.458*
21. David Estok, 1:56.549*
22. Chris Caylor, 1:56.820*
23. Pedro Valiente, 1:57.094*
24. Vince Haskovec, 1:57.233*
25. Jordan Szoke, 1:57.248*
26. Cory Call, 1:57.396*
27. Alan Schmidt, 1:57.409*
28. Tony Fania, 1:57.579*
29. Aaron Clark, 1:57.596*
30. Marco Martinez, 1:57.599*

* Superstock machine