AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Presented by AMSOIL Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 18, 2009 Combined Qualifying Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Danny Eslick (Buell 1125R), 1:28.508 2. Jamie Hacking (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:28.647 3. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R600), 1:28.691 4. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR600RR), 1:28.748 5. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), 1:28.770 6. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:28.839 7. Tommy Aquino (Yam YZF-R6), 1:29.077 8. Steve Rapp (Yam YZF-R6), 1:29.277 9. Chaz Davies (Apr RSV1000R), 1:29.376 10. Chris Peris (Hon CBR600RR), 1:29.380 11. Jason DiSalvo (Suz GSX-R600), 1:29.463 12. Taylor Knapp (Buell 1125R), 1:29.677 13. Michael Barnes (Buell 1125R), 1:29.808, crash 14. Aaron Gobert (Apr RSV1000R), 1:30.359 15. Robertino Pietri (Yam YZF-R6), 1:30.881 16. Shawn Higbee (Buell 1125R), 1:30.931 17. Garrett Carter (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.066 18. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.131 19. Damian Cudlin (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.134 20. Ricky Parker (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.279 21. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:31.619 22. Matt Lynn (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.767 23. Tyler Odom (Hon CBR600RR), 1:32.165 24. Barrett Long (Duc 848), 1:32.173 25. Russ Wikle (Suz GSX-R600), 1:32.234 26. Santiago Villa (Suz GSX-R600), 1:32.238 27. Marcos Reichert (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.316 28. Zac Chapman (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:32.405 29. Dane Westby (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.763 30. Ty Howard (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.978 31. Josh Day (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.090 32. Alex Lazo (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.566 33. Jonathan Lawrence (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.589 34. Melissa Paris (Yam YZF-R6), 1:34.027 35. Reese Wacker (Suz GSX-R600), 1:34.317 36. Chris Clark (Yam YZF-R6), 1:34.978 37. Michael Morgan (Suz GSX-R600), 1:35.673 38. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.729 39. Josh Galster (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:35.943 40. James Pooler (Buell 1125R), 1:35.971 41. Raymond Jones (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:36.794 110% of Fast Time: 1:37.359 42. Darren Martin (Hon CBR600RR), 1:45.463 More, from a press release issued by Buell: Eslick Scores First Career Pole in Daytona SportBike at Mid-Ohio Knapp Debuts 1125RR 12th in American Superbike East Troy, Wis. (July 18, 2009) Regaining his early season form, Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing/RMR/GEICO Powersports rider Danny Eslick took his first career pole position for the start of Saturday’s AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike double-header race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, OH. Eslick was leading the class with a 1:28.508 lap time as the clock wound down to the final two minutes of Saturday’s final qualifying, which was used to set the full grid for the field after Friday’s basic qualifying and Superpole were cancelled due to heavy rain in the afternoon. The red flag was caused by Eslick’s GEICO/RMR teammate Michael Barnes, who hitched a ride back to the pit lane on the back of Eslick’s 1125R. “I didn’t even know it was qualifying. I guess I wasn’t paying attention,” Eslick quipped in the post-race press conference. “I came in and the guys said ‘Good job.’ It’s a big bonus. Now I just have to figure out how to start the race from pole. It’s definitely where we need to be because it’s tough to pass here. Hopefully I can make a break with a few guys and we’ll settle it at the end.” Eslick credited his fast pace to improvements made during the official AMA test at Mid-Ohio in June. “We made a lot of progress when we tested here a few weeks ago, and we haven’t had to change many things since we took it off the trailer,” Eslick said. “This is one of those weekends where everything is just working.” In other Daytona SportBike results, Latus Motor’s Taylor Knapp qualified 12th, while Barnes, who was uninjured in his qualifying crash, will start right behind him in 13th. Bartel’s H-D/Higbee-racing.com’s Shawn Higbee will start 16th and James Pooler will start 40th. In American Superbike results, Taylor Knapp, riding the new Buell 1125RR in its competition debut, narrowly missed out making Friday’s Superpole, finishing 11th in the basic qualifying session. In Saturday’s final qualifying session, he was bumped to 12th on the grid by the Suzuki of David Anthony, and will start on the third row with a lap of1:26.810. “Yesterday we almost had Superpole. We missed it by a couple of tenths, and the track wasn’t as good this morning, but it’s still a good, solid spot on the grid,” Knapp said. “The bike is really handling well in the back part of the track, and really puts the power down well, so I hope I can get a good start and take advantage of that. It’s definitely going to be tough keeping the 1000s behind us on the straight.” Higbee will start the American Superbike race in 19th position on his Buell 1125R. 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