Saturday morning’s AMA Pro American Superbike Final Qualifying session at Mid-Ohio was led by Tommy Hayden, who turned a lap of 1:26.435 on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9. Hayden’s lap time was significantly slower than the 1:25.054 he turned in Friday morning practice, but that is a result of Friday afternoon’s rain washing away the rubber and grip from Mid-Ohio’s racing surface. Yamaha’s Josh Hayes, who earned his first-ever AMA American Superbike pole position during Superpole on Friday, continued his strong run with the second-fastest time, a 1:26.545, on his factory YZF-R1. Privateer David Anthony was third on the timing screen with a 1:26.613 with just over two minutes remaining in the session when he crashed his Aussie Dave Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 coming out of the Carousel, causing a red flag. Anthony was seen sitting up at the scene, but he was taken away in an ambulance with a possible injury to his right leg. Hayden’s teammate Mat Mladin continued to work on the chassis set-up of his 2009-model GSX-R1000 and was eighth in the session with a 1:28.992. The top 10 grid positions in American Superbike were locked in by Superpole. Saturday morning’s Final Qualifying session decided who would get grid positions 11 and higher. AMA Pro National Guard American Superbike Presented by Parts Unlimited Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 18, 2009 Final Combined Qualifying Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), 1:26.303 2. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000 K9), 1:26.469 3. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000 K9), 1:26.564 4. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000 K9), 1:26.741 5. Michael Laverty (Suz GSX-R1000 K9), 1:26.753 6. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000 K9), 1:26.808 7. Ben Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), 1:26.898 8. Larry Pegram (Duc 1098R), 1:27.050 9. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000 K9), 1:27.457 10. Jake Holden (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:27.835 Top 10 From Superpole 11. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R1000 K8), 1:26.613 12. Taylor Knapp (Buell 1125RR), 1:26.810 13. Neil Hodgson (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:27.243 14. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000 K9), 1:28.075 15. Matt Lynn (Suz GSX-R1000 K8), 1:28.146 16. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000 K8), 1:28.451 17. Russell Holland (Yam YZF-R1), 1:29.325 18. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000 K8), 1:29.358 19. Shawn Higbee (Buell 1125R), 1:29.533 20. Barrett Long (Duc 1098R), 1:29.869 21. Dominic Jones (Suz GSX-R1000 K8), 1:30.102 22. Mark Crozier (Suz GSX-R1000 K8), 1:30.385 23. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:30.650 24. Johnny Rock Page (Yam YZF-R1), 1:30.958 25. Greg Winslow (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:31.044 26. James Kerker (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:31.777