AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Subway Superbike Doubleheader Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 3 Provisional Qualifying Session One Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), 2:12.869 2. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:13.321 3. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:13.462 4. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:13.607 5. Larry Pegram (BMW S1000RR), 2:14.660 6. Chris Peris (BMW S1000RR), 2:14.681 7. Ben Bostrom (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:15.046 8. Chris Clark (Yam YZF-R1), 2:15.279 9. Roger Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:15.553 10. Steve Rapp (BMW S1000RR), 2:16.171 11. Jason Farrell (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:16.501 12. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:16.562 13. Geoff May (Buell 1125RR), 2:16.832 14. J.D. Beach (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:16.899 15. Tony Kasper (BMW S1000RR), 2:19.477 16. Jordan Burgess (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:20.228 17. Brian Hall (Kaw ZX-10R), 2:20.980 18. Reese Wacker (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:21.525 19. Trent Gibson (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:22.070 20. Eric Haugo (Suz GSX-R1000), 2:23.511 21. Eric Pinson (BMW S1000RR), 2:23.521 More, from a press release issued by Team M4 Suzuki: M4 SUZUKI CHARGES BACK INTO ACTION AT ROAD AMERICA M4 Suzuki opened the Road America AMA Pro Road Racing weekend in impressive fashion on Friday with riders Martin Cardenas, Dane Westby, and Santiago Villa all encouraged by their provisional qualifying performances. Superbike newcomer Cardenas continued his steep learning curve on the powerful GSX-R1000, running second fastest in the day’s free practice. He then proceeded to cut 0.999 seconds off his practice best in qualifying to secure a place on the provisional front row with the session’s fourth best time at 2:14.606. “Today I was feeling good on the bike from the start,” Cardenas said. “After Miller the guys changed some things on the bike and it’s feeling better for me. We didn’t have to change anything for qualifying or anything. “On the front straight and in some other spots today’s wind was a factor. The 1000 wants to wheelie a lot and the wind upsets the bike a little bit when that happens. But it wasn’t a huge deal and I was able to do a fast lap time. I’ll try to go a little bit quicker, but fourth is okay. The front row is what we want and we’ll try to improve on Saturday.” Daytona SportBike contender Dane Westby was also up near the front coming off of his strong outing in the wet at Miller Motorsports Park. Westby was excited to be showing similarly competitive form in the dry as he continues to adapt to the team’s GSX-R600 and further hone his craft. Westby was fifth best on Friday with a best lap of 2:21.555. “It’s good — it’s better than we have been doing,” Westby commented. “We went good in the race at Miller but the wet races I kind of discount. It’s a whole different game. It was good to run with those guys but it doesn’t give you anything in the dry, but we finally found something today in the dry. “I tried some things. I held the rear brake against the gas and I hadn’t really done that before and that was a few tenths right there. It’s hard to find real gains at this level until you’re at a zillion-billion percent. You have to be at race pace, and it’s hard to get up there. “We’re going to go over the track map tonight and see what else we can find for tomorrow.” Colombian Villa was on the pace in SportBike as well, clocking a top-ten time in practice and following that up with a provisional third row qualifying performance. While Villa was thrilled with running 11th best at 2:22.744, his day ended on a sour note as he was the victim of an incident during the cool down lap following qualifying, which could make for some drama going forward. Villa explained, “This is my best qualifying so far. I’m on the third row and really, really happy. The idea is to improve even more for tomorrow but we had an incident on the cool off lap where another rider took me out and I crashed. My bike is really messed up and the forks are bent. If we can get it back together, I think there is more time for me to make and go even faster. “That’s the name of the game. You have to always go faster to keep with these guys. I’m picking up my speed and starting to run with the frontrunners now.” Superbike pilot Chris Ulrich remains out this weekend as he continues to recover from his Infineon Raceway crash. On Saturday M4 Suzuki will claim their final grid positions and subsequently compete in the day’s Superbike and SportBike contests.