AMA Lockhart Phillips USA AMA Formula Xtreme Championship Presented by HMR VIRginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 17, 2007 Provisional Qualifying Results: 1. Ben Attard (Kaw ZX-6R), Pirelli, 1:26.809 2. Josh Hayes (Hon CBR600RR), Dunlop, 1:27.230 3. Marty Craggill (Duc 749/848R), Dunlop, 1:27.504 4. Larry Pegram (Duc 749/848R), Dunlop, 1:27.762 5. Steve Rapp (Kaw ZX-6R), Pirelli, 1:27.821 6. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR600RR), Dunlop, 1:27.894 7. Chaz Davies (Yam YZF-R6), Dunlop, 1:28.433 8. Cory West (Yam YZF-R6), Pirelli, 1:28.716 9. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R600), Pirelli, 1:28.760 10. Chris Peris (Yam YZF-R6), Dunlop, 1:28.807 11. Ryan Andrews (Hon CBR600RR), Dunlop, 1:28.832 12. Eric Wood (Yam YZF-R6), Dunlop, 1:28.890 13. Taylor Knapp (Yam YZF-R6), Pirelli, 1:28.984 14. Jeff Wood (Yam YZF-R6), Dunlop, 1:28.992 15. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR), Dunlop, 1:29.524 16. David Anthony (Yam YZF-R6), Pirelli, 1:29.767 17. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:30.075 18. Tony Meiring (Yam YZF-R6), Michelin, 1:30.433 19. Keith Marshall (suz GSX-R600), Pirelli, 1:30.613 20. Bobby Fong (Suz GSX-R600), Michelin, 1:30.821 21. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R600), Dunlop, 1:31.021 22. Chris Siebenhaar (Suz GSX-R600), 1:31.026 23. Nicky Moore (Kaw ZX-6R0, Pirelli, 1:31.446 24. Tyler McDonald (Yam YZF-R6), Michelin, 1:32.229 25. David Sadowski, Jr. (Suz GSX-R600), 1:32.823 26. C.R. Gittere (Suz GSX-R600), Michelin, 1:33.184 27. Scott Ryan (Suz GSX-R600), Michelin, 1:33.239 28. Skip Salenius (Suz GSX-R600), Pirelli, 1:33.442 29. Scotty Van Hawk (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.620 30. Walt Sipp (Buell XBRR), 1:34.329 31. Michael Morgan (Suz GSX-R600), 1:34.375 32. Brian Gibbs (Suz GSX-R600), 1:34.392 33. Misti Hurst (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:34.953 34. C. Moodie (Yam YZF-R6), no time More, from a press release issued by Pirelli: After trading the top times with Josh Hayes for much of the Formula Xtreme (FX) qualifying session at Virginia International Raceway, Attack Kawasaki rider Ben Attard ripped out a time unchallenged, earning the pole for Saturday’s FX final of the AMA Superbike series. Attard set a lap time of 1:26.809, making himself the only rider to break into the 1:26s during qualifying. In the crazy hot conditions of climate change at VIR, Attard’s time was more then four tenths faster than the next rider on the grid. Attard’s teammate, Pirelli’s 2007 Daytona 200 winner Steve Rapp, was fifth fastest on his Diablo Superbike Slicks, claiming the inside spot on row two for the FX race. Other top-qualifying Pirelli riders include Cory West on his Chuck Giacchetto tuned Team Hunter Yamaha YZF-R6 earning eighth on the grid, and Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Martin Cardenas grabbing ninth on the grid despite this being Cardenas’ first time ever racing at VIR. With a drought measuring out at eight inches of seasonal rain not yet having arrived, it rained at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) on Friday morning, forcing practice and qualifying for the third-from-last round of the 2007 AMA Superbike series to be on hold until 12:00 noon. According to AMA Superbike Series Media Manager Larry Lawrence, the ambient temperature at Virginia International Raceway went to 97-degrees during the afternoon’s practice and qualifying. Again running at the front of the Formula Xtreme field were Pirelli riders Ben Attard and Steve Rapp, riding Attack Kawasaki’s Daytona 200-winning ZX-6Rs. The front row times of the top four FX riders of the day only differed in total by less than nine tenths of a second, setting up a classic battle for the final grid Friday afternoon. (See above.) Superstock practice, which hit the track first at Virginia International Raceway following the rain delay, saw Pirelli shodden Geoff May ride his Team M4 EMGO Suzuki GSX-R1000 to fourth fastest in the session. Other Pirelli riders in the top ten include Chris Ulrich of the Roadracingworld.com Suzuki team at eighth fastest with his teammate Robertino Pietri right on Ulrich’s tail with the ninth-best time of the session. Leading the Pirelli riders in Supersport practice was Geoff May at fifth fastest on his M4 EMGO Suzuki GSX-R600. Regular top riders Ben Attard and Steve Rapp, both riding for Attack Kawasaki, finished the session at ninth and tenth fastest, using Pirelli’s standard Diablo Supercorsa DOT racing tires. Chris Ulrich was the fastest rider in Superbike practice on a Superstock-spec motorcycle, riding his Roadracingworld.com Suzuki to 12th fastest in the session, bettering the times of two factory Superbike riders and showing the abilities of the Pirelli Superbike Slicks on the technical VIR racecourse.