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Nicky Hayden, after AMA Superbike qualifying last Friday afernoon at California Speedway:

“This morning there were a few guys, it was crazy, the speed difference,” said Hayden. “I’m all for having promoter practice on Thursday. A privateer on a small budget can’t afford to come test here. Here it’s not so bad, but some places (like) Road America where there’s a lot of blind stuff. We watched Formula Xtreme practice this morning and there were guys coming down the front straightaway 30 miles an hour slower than some people because they didn’t know where the track went. I thought there might be more people crashing in the morning session with the speed difference being so great. The AMA said they need the extra day to set up, but to me it looks like they should just come in a day earlier and have promoter practice (on Thursday).”