Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies, the 2005 AMA Superbike Championship runner-up, recorded the fastest time in Wednesday morning’s AMA Superbike practice at Daytona International Speedway. Spies turned a best of 1:38.378 (just off Mat Mladin’s 2005 lap record of 1:38.232) while testing Dunlop tires on his GSX-R1000. “We haven’t really messed with our race set-up yet,” Spies told Daytona’s public address announcer Richard Chambers. “We’ve been trying so many different tires we haven’t had much of chance to make changes to the bike. Right now we’re about a second off where we were when we tested here a couple of months ago, so we know there’s some time left in the bike.” Provisional Wednesday Morning AMA Superbike Practice Times: 1. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:38.378 2. Neil Hodgson (Duc 999F06), 1:38.834 3. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:38.900 4. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:39.097 5. Tommy Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:39.369 6. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:39.373 7. Ben Bostrom (Duc 999F06), 1:39.728 8. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:39.840 9. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:39.913 10. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.324 11. John Haner (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.852 12. Jason Pridmore (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.101 13. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.306 14. Larry Pegram (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:41.607 15. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.892 16. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.968 17. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:42.164 18. Eric Wood (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:42.538 19. Cory West (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:42.568 20. Marty Craggill (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:42.607 21. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:43.848 22. C.R. Gittere (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:44.981 23. Michael Sanchez (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:45.107 24. Norino Brignola (Duc 999R), 1:45.858 25. Akira Tamitsuji (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.045 26. Rodolfo Ramirez (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.207 27. Brad Hendry (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.224 28. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.437 29. Marco Martinez (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.527 30. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:46.908 31. James Kerker (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:47.145 32. Rory Rock (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:47.222 33. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:47.585 34. Simon Wright (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:47.644 35. Anthony Fania (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:48.489 36. Brian Boyd (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:48.535 37. Reno Karimian (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:49.066 38. Carlos Macias (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:49.104 39. Roberto Concepcion (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:49.740 40. Brian Stokes (Yam YZF-R1), 1:53.168