Lockhart Phillips AMA Formula Xtreme Championship Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California July 21 Qualifying Results: 1. Jason DiSalvo (Yamaha) 1:28.048 2. Aaron Gobert (Honda)1:28.171 3. Josh Hayes (Honda) 1:28.276 4. Eric Bostrom (Yamaha) 1:28.869 5. Michael Barnes (Suzuki) 1:29.580 6. Danny Eslick (Suzuki) 1:29.772 7. Ty Howard (Honda) 1:29.916 8. Ryan Andrews (Honda) 1:29.939 9. Blake Young (Suzuki) 1:31.025 10. Chris “Opie” Caylor (Suzuki) 1:31.733 11. Tony Meiring (Suzuki) 1:31.902 12. Bobby Fong (Yamaha) 1:32.144 13. Ryan Elleby (Honda) 1:32.146 14. Jeremy McWilliams (Buell) 1:32.199 15. Garrett Carter (Yamaha) 1:32.898 16. Brian Stokes (Yamaha) 1:33.327 17. Grant Riggs (Suzuki) 1:33.737 18. Jeffrey Tigert (Honda) 1:34.851 19. Chris Siebenhaar (Suzuki) 1:34.902 20. Kenny Carlotta (Suzuki) 1:35.126 21. Victor Chirinos (Kawasaki) 1:35.163 22. Dr. Jeff Purk (Yamaha) 1:35.285 22. Dirk Sanchez (Kawasaki) 1:35.525 23. Gustavo Laya (Kawasaki) 1:35.598 24. David Glenn (Suzuki) 1:35.608 25. Mike Hale (Buell) 1:35.932 26. Berto Wooldridge (Suzuki) 1:36.164 27. Jeremiah Johnson (Suzuki) 1:36.594 28. Kim Nakashima (Suzuki) 1:36.675 29. Armando Ferrer (Kawasaki) 1:36.747 30. James Kerker (Honda) 1:36.912 31. Morgan Murphy (Suzuki) 1:37.073 32. Darren Murrey (Ducati) 1:37.193 33. Johnny Rock Page (Yamaha) 1:38.638 34. Craig Mason (Yamaha) 1:38.729 35. Simon Kowalski (Yamaha) 1:39.748 36. Jessica Zalusky (Kawasaki) 1:40.047 37. Tamer Kehkia (Yamaha) 1:49.167 More, from a press release issued by Team M4 EMGO Suzuki: BARNES IN TOP FIVE AT LAGUNA SECA Team M4 EMGO Suzuki got out of the gates quickly on the opening day of action at Laguna Seca with Michael Barnes registering a pair of top-five performances on Friday. Sharing the track with the MotoGP World Championship this weekend, Barnes put on a solid display in front of the huge international audience, first logging the fourth fastest time of the morning’s opening Supersport free session (1: 29.918) and then qualifying his Pirelli-slick shod GSX-R600 FX racer on the inside of the second row for Saturday’s 15-lap Formula Xtreme race. The Floridian was fifth fastest in the afternoon qualifying session with a fast time of 1: 29.580. He’ll be looking to take full advantage of his strong starting position and contest for a spot on the podium. Geoff May had a more difficult start to his weekend than his teammate on the bumpy circuit but he remains optimistic that he’ll rise to his typical placing higher up the charts as the weekend progresses. The Georgian was sixth quickest in Supersport at 1: 30.455 and an uncharacteristic ninth best in Superstock at 1:28.271. May, who has finished no worse than fourth in the Superstock class this year, expects to be up fighting for the podium before the weekend is out. He said, “We’re not used to being this far down the order. We kind of had to do our homework today. We used both of my bikes to find a direction for tomorrow. I think we’re on the right path now even though we weren’t able to go out and throw down some fast laps. We had to sort some stuff out but we’re on the right track. It’s just going to get better and better as the weekend goes on.” “We sorted out our tires,” May continued. “That was a big question mark coming into the weekend with the new asphalt. We had a lot of choices to choose from that Pirelli brought here. Luckily we used that session to narrow it down to what we think will be the race tire. We also figured the chassis and the gearing out by riding the two different bikes. We’ll go into qualifying tomorrow and throw some sticky tires at it and try to get on the front row.” The team’s developmental rider, Shea Fouchek, is also looking to improve throughout the weekend. The Texan was 27th on the day in Supersport, posting a best time of 1:36.656.