Solis Earns AMA Pro SuperSport Pole Position At MMP–And Gets A Race Worth Of Points With It

Solis Earns AMA Pro SuperSport Pole Position At MMP–And Gets A Race Worth Of Points With It

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Benny Solis was the fastest rider by a wide margin during the final qualifying session for the AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport at cold and rainy Miller Motorsports Park Sunday. Solis’ time of 2:12.530 while riding his Roadracingworld.com Erion Honda CBR600RR was over four seconds faster than the best time turned by any other rider, but it was the 1:58.384 the 16-year-old Californian did during the dry provisional qualifying session that ended up earning pole position. “We have a West and East division in SuperSport,” explained AMA Pro Racing Director of Communications John Szymanski, “and there are two races in the West division that are single [-race] events, here and at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. So to balance out the points-scoring opportunities, because all of the East division races are doubleheaders, we designated qualifying [at these two West events] to receive points as if it were a race. So this will be scored as if it were a race result.” “Yeah, it feels good because I knew we were going to have bad weather today and that [qualifying] was going to be like a race,” said Solis. “Yesterday, the last three laps were crazy because I got pole and then David [Gaviria] came by and took pole. Then on my last lap I was able to get pole. It was like the hardest qualifying I ever had. I knew it was like a race so I was trying real hard.” AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport BigM Weekend Presented by Lucas Oil Miller Motorsports Park May 29 Provisional Qualifying Session Two Results (wet conditions, all on Dunlop tires): 1. Benny Solis (Hon CBR600RR), 2:12.530 2. Travis Ohge (Yam YZF-R6), 2:16.762 3. Charles Strong (Yam YZF-R6), 2:17.359 4. Tomas Puerta (Yam YZF-R6), 2:18.747 5. Miles Thornton (Yam YZF-R6), 2:19.212 6. Nadr Riad (Yam YZF-R6), 2:19.279 7. Corey Alexander (Suz GSX-R600), 2:19.549 8. Jose Flores (Duc 848), 2:19.597 9. Elena Myers (Suz GSX-R600), 2:19.673 10. Cameron Hart (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:20.483 11. Ryan Tarr (Yam YZF-R6), 2:20.629 Combined Qualifying Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Benny Solis (Hon CBR600RR), 1:58.384, 31 points 2. David Gaviria (Yam YZF-R6), 1:58.669, 25 points 3. Corey Alexander (Suz GSX-R600), 1:59.008, 21 points 4. Tomas Puerta (Yam YZF-R6), 1:59.361, 18 points 5. Nadr Riad (Yam YZF-R6), 2:01.280, 16 points 6. Ryan Tarr (Yam YZF-R6), 2:01.766, 15 points 7. Quentin Wilson (Duc 848), 2:02.001, 14 points 8. Miles Thornton (Yam YZF-R6), 2:02.173, 13 points 9. Colton Dimick (Yam YZF-R6), 2:02.465, 12 points 10. Sebastiao Ferreira (Yam YZF-R6), 2:02.647, 11 points 11. Jason Lauritzen (Yam YZF-R6), 2:02.710, 10 points 12. Elena Myers (Suz GSX-R600), 2:02.808, 9 points 13. Travis Ohge (Yam YZF-R6), 2:03.006, 8 points 14. Roi Holster (Yam YZF-R6), 2:04.411, 7 points 15. Rocco Horvath (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:04.675, 6 points 16. Phil Horwitz (Yam YZF-R6), 2:05.577, 5 points 17. Charles Strong (Yam YZF-R6), 2:06.601, 4 points 18. Jose Flores (Duc 848), 2:06.768, 3 points 19. Kelly Barnett (Yam YZF-R6), 2:06.801, 2 points 20. Nicholas Hayman (Duc 848), 2:06.839, 1 point 21. Jonathan Howard (Suz GSX-R600), 2:08.432 22. Ron Gentile (Yam YZF-R6), 2:09.661 23. Howard Crow (Duc 848), 2:09.714 24. Cameron Hart (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:10.146 25. Shelina Moreda (Yam YZF-R6), 2:10.713 26. Jim King (Yam YZF-R6), 2:12.356 27. Richard Cotton (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:13.783 28. Nick Grive (Yam YZF-R6), 2:14.237 29. Garrett Kunkel (Buell 1125R), 2:15.908 30. Jennifer Lauritzen (Yam YZF-R6), 2:18.288 31. Brian Brewer (Yam YZF-R6), 2:26.638

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