Yamaha’s Eric Bostrom took his first race win of the season in Saturday’s 17-lap AMA Formula Xtreme final at California Speedway, in Fontana, California. Bostrom narrowly avoided a collision with Erion Honda’s Josh Hayes going into the first corner and from there had clear sailing to the checkered flag. Turning lap times faster than his qualifying time, Bostrom rode his YZF-R6 to a 7.991-second margin of victory. As they did at Barber Motorsports Park last week, Hayes and Bostrom’s teammate Jason DiSalvo, the pole-sitter, had an entertaining back-and-forth battle for position. The battling, however, helped Bostrom get away. DiSalvo was finally able to get away from Hayes when Hayes got into a massive tank slapper on the infield straightaway mid-race. DiSalvo, however, was unable to make up any ground on Bostrom and finished second. Hayes held on for a lonely third. Hayes’ teammate Aaron Gobert fought off Danny Eslick all race to finish fourth. Matsushima Performance Suzuki’s Eslick placed fifth. Rockwall Honda’s Ryan Andrews and Ty Howard, Eslick’s teammate Blake Young, Moore Power Racing’s Nicky Moore and Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Kurtis Roberts filled the rest of the top 10 places. Lockhart Phillips USA AMA Formula Xtreme Championship California Speedway Fontana, California April 29 Provisional Race Results: 1. Eric Bostrom (Yam YZF-R6), 17 laps 2. Jason DiSalvo (Yam YZF-R6), -7.991 seconds 3. Josh Hayes (Hon CBR600RR), -12.161 seconds 4. Aaron Gobert (Hon CBR600RR), -16.855 seconds 5. Danny Eslick (Suz GSX-R600), -17.466 seconds 6. Ryan Andrews (Hon CBR600RR), -31.253 seconds 7. Ty Howard (Hon CBR600RR), -36.967 seconds 8. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R600), -39.370 seconds 9. Nicky Moore (Yam YZF-R6), -50.394 seconds 10. Kurtis Roberts (Suz GSX-R600), -52.745 seconds 11. Tony Meiring (Suz GSX-R600), -64.412 seconds 12. Ryan Elleby (Hon CBR600RR), -64.547 seconds 13. Chris “Opie” Caylor (Suz GSX-R600), -78.687 seconds 14. Grant Riggs (Suz GSX-R600), -79.071 seconds 15. Armando Ferrer (Kaw ZX-6RR), -81.117 seconds 16. Jack Pfeifer (Kaw ZX-6RR), -88.986 seconds 17. Victor Chirinos (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap 18. M. Ivan Garza (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap, 27.244 seconds 19. James Kerker (Hon CBR600RR), -4 laps 20. Kenny Carlotta (Suz GSX-R600), -14 laps Lockhart Phillips USA AMA Formula Xtreme Championship Point Standings (after 3 of 12 events): 1. DiSalvo, 100 points 2. Hayes, 93 points 3. Gobert, 79 points 4. Bostrom, 73 points 5. Young, 67 points 6. Elleby, 60 points 7. Meiring, 55 points 8. Eslick, 52 points 9. Roberts, 50 points 10. Andrews, 49 points More, from a press release issued by M4 EMGO Suzuki: BARNES ON SUPERSPORT FRONT ROW AT FONTANA Team M4 EMGO Suzuki picked up a front row grid position and a top-ten race result on Saturday at California Speedway. Carrying in the momentum of last weekend’s double podium performance in Alabama, the squad has continued to regularly challenge at the top of the charts. Michael Barnes impressed once again aboard his Pirelli-shod GSX-R600 Supersport machine on Saturday. After posting the fastest time in the class during Friday’s free practice, the Floridian proved that he could post hot laps in qualifying as well, claiming a spot on the front row for Sunday’s 17-lap final. Barnes clocked the third best time of the session with a fast lap of 1: 26.959. Geoff May shot out of the blocks on Saturday morning. The Georgian battled for the top spot on the timing sheets in the Superstock and Supersport practice sessions, posting the second best time (1:25.438) in the big-bore class and the third best time (1: 27.227) in the middleweight class. May went on to post solid times in the afternoon qualifying sessions as well, despite a spike in the track surface temperature. Geoff will look to rejoin the fight for first place in tomorrow’s finals. He’ll start the Supersport race from the second row, qualifying sixth fastest with a lap of 1: 27.357. He’ll open the Superstock final from the third row, qualifying in tenth at 1:26.183. May said, “We’re trying to run down these factory guys and they’re going so fast. It’s hard work but we keep inching up on them every weekend and we continue to make progress. A lot of that has to do with Pirelli’s tire development because of all the work we did at the beginning of last year, sorting out a lot of stuff: the profile, the shape, the carcass, the compounds. Everything is different this year because of what we figured out last year. We’re really reaping the benefits from last year now.” After picking up a podium result in his first ride aboard the team’s FX machine, two-time class champion Kurtis Roberts put in a hard day’s work in Saturday’s 17-lap affair. Despite a small technical problem, Roberts still managed to finish in the tenth position even though an abrupt change in weather conditions left the team with a less than ideal tire situation. Developmental rider Shea Fouchek qualified in 18th for the Supersport race with a quick time of 1:31.120. The former motocrosser hopes to fare better in the race after lapping considerably quicker during the free practice. During the morning session he ranked 14th overall with a lap time of 1: 30.510. Team M4 EMGO Suzuki has big expectations for Sunday’s Superstock and Supersport finals where the squad should be in contention to add to their 2006 trophy haul.