Arclight Suzuki’s Jeff Wood took three pole positions during Formula USA qualifying Saturday at New Hampshire International Speedway (NHIS), in Loudon, New Hampshire.

Riding his Dunlop-shod GSX-R750, Wood was fastest in Formula Sportbike qualifying with a 1:12.201. Wood then went even faster on his GSX-R600, which was fitted with 16.5-inch slicks, in Superbike qualifying, 1:11.579, a new F-USA class lap record. Wood completed his qualifying hat trick by claiming the Sportbike pole position with a new class lap record of 1:12.044.

The bonus point that comes with each F-USA pole position extends Wood’s Championship lead in each class.

“We’re feeling good. We’re happy right now,” said Wood. “I’m sure Scotty Greenwood and Robert Jensen will go faster. I hope we do, too.”

Argo Cycles’ Jesse Janisch was second-fastest in Formula Sportbike qualifying even though he is a new-comer to NHIS. Prior to the F-USA event, however, Janisch participated in three Penguin Roadracing School days and the Loudon Road Racing Series (LRRS) races June 11-12.

Janisch’s team owner Scott Greenwood was second-fastest in Superbike, turning a 1:12.509, his best performance so far on his new 636cc Kawasaki ZX-6R, which has new Ohlins fork internals.

Kneedraggers.com Yamaha’s Robert Jensen (1:12.523) was second-fastest in Sportbike in spite of not turning any laps of practice (which was mostly wet), on any of his bikes, prior to the start of Saturday afternoon qualifying. That strategy may have cost Jensen a set of bodywork, as he said his less-than-ideal chassis set-up resulted in him crashing in turn three during the Sportbike qualifier.

Local ace Rick Doucette will start the F-USA Thunderbike final from pole position thanks to a time of 1:15.706 on his Plaistow Powersports Suzuki SV650 Superbike.

Eric Wood, older brother of Jeff Wood, recorded the fastest lap time in Thunderbike qualifying, a 1:15.348, but Eric Wood had the wrong competition number on his Penguin Roadracing School Ducati 1000 SS and his times were disallowed.

Defending Thunderbike Champion Bryan Bemisderfer (1:16.685) also had his qualifying times disallowed when his Buell XB12R locked up its engine during the session and was unable to complete the mandatory post-qualifying dyno test.

Harding Buell’s Dave Estok (1:16.196) was officially second-fastest in Thunderbike qualifying, fastest of the National series regulars, on his Pirelli-shod XB12R.

Sunday’s weather forecast for the Loudon area does not call for rain.

Formula USA Qualifying Results From New Hampshire International Speedway:

Sportbike (600cc):

1. Jeff Wood, Suz GSX-R600, 1:12.044* 2. Robert Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:12.523 3. Scott Greenwood, Kaw ZX-6R, 1:12.982 4. Carlo Gagliardo, Yam YZF-R6, 1:13.498 5. Joseph Arico, Yam YZF-R6, 1:13.697 6. Scott Harwell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:14.000 7. Michael Himmelsbach, Yam YZF-R6, 1:14.525 8. Andrew Nelson, Hon CBR600RR, 1:14.589 9. Hector Jimenez, Yam YZF-R6, 1:15.471 10. David Hudson, 1:15.502 11. Adam Dolney, Yam YZF-R6, 1:15.592 12. John Malinosky, 1:15.915 13. Thor Verdonk, 1:16.661 14. Brandon Parrish, Suz GSX-R600, 1:16.664 15. Adam Carpinello, 1:16.810 16. David Dalzell, Yam YZF-R6, 1:17.714 17. Steve Cooke, 1:19.188 18. Mike Alexander, 1:19.402 19. Peter Kimball, 1:21.274 20. Orlando Gonzalez, 1:40.875

Superbike (600cc):

1. Jeff Wood, Suz GSX-R600, 1:11.579* 2. Scott Greenwood, Kaw ZX-6R, 1:12.509 3. Robert Jensen, Yam YZF-R6, 1:12.994 4. Michael Himmelsbach, Yam YZF-R6, 1:13.997 5. Andrew Nelson, Hon CBR600RR, 1:14.318 6. Joseph Arico, Yam YZF-R6, 1:14.377 7. Scott Harwell, Suz GSX-R600, 1:14.498 8. Carlo Gagliardo, Yam YZF-R6, 1:14.532 9. Steve Giacomora, Yam YZF-R6, 1:14.599 10. Michael Martire, Kaw ZX-6R, 1:15.599 11. John Malinosky, Yam YZF-R6, 1:16.010 12. Adam Dolney, Yam YZF-R6, 1:16.076 13. John Scheeser, 1:16.817 14. Hector Jimenez, Yam YZF-R6, 1:16.854 15. Brandon Parrish, Suz GSX-R600, 1:17.389 16. Ryan Patterson, Yam YZF-R6, 1:18.377 17. Robert Lombardi, Suz GSX-R600, 1:21.687 18. Roy J. Cadoo, Jr., Kaw ZX-6, 1:23.874

DQ. Chris Rockwell, 1:16.600

Formula Superbike (750cc):

1. Jeff Wood, Suz GSX-R750, 1:12.201 2. Jesse Janisch, Suz GSX-R750, 1:12.569 3. Robert Jensen, Suz GSX-R750, 1:13.814 4. Des Conboy, Suz GSX-R750, 1:13.829 5. Scott Harwell, Suz GSX-R750, 1:14.608 6. Michael Jacques, Suz GSX-R750, 1:15.478 7. Joseph Spina, Suz GSX-R750, 1:15.550 8. Jason Carter, Suz GSX-R750, 1:15.877 9. Brandon Parrish, Suz GSX-R750, 1:17.434 10. Mike Selpe, Suz GSX-R600, 1:17.797 11. David Dalzell, Yam YZF-R6, 1:18.221 12. Jeffrey Leonard, Yam YZF-R6, 1:18.580 13. Tom Bibeau, Suz GSX-R750, 1:19.012 14. Ronald Burmester, Suz GSX-R600, 1:19.535 15. Joe Ribeiro, Suz GSX-R750, 1:19.627

Thunderbike:

1. Richard Doucette, Suz SV650, 1:15.706 2. Dave Estok, Buell 1200, 1:16.196 3. David Yaakov, Suz SV650, 1:16.570 4. Douglas Scheer, Suz SV650, 1:16.715 5. Todd Babcock, Suz SV650, 1:16.979 6. Randy Rega, Buell 1200, 1:17.601 7. Tommy Eckfeldt, Duc 1000, 1:18.389 8. Todd Puckett, Rotax 608, 1:18.469 9. Brett Guyer, Duc, 1:18.650 10. Joe Romano, Duc 748, 1:19.076 11. Sam Rozynski, Buell 1200, 1:19.193 12. Brian Kent, Suz SV650, 1:19.198 13. Ted Temple, Suz SV650, 1:19.355 14. Walt Sipp, Buell 1200, 1:19.380 15. Bob Poetzsch, Suz SV650, 1:19.551 16. Darren Danilowicz, Suz SV650, 1:19.693 17. Glenn Coolbeth, Suz SV650, 1:20.112 18. Clint Brotz, Buell 1200, 1:20.169 19. John Cadreact, Suz SV650, 1:20.238 20. Andrew Hamblin, Buell 1200, 1:20.413 21. Robert Ruggiero, Buell 984, 1:22.402 22. Matthew Buck, Suz SV650, 1:25.383 23. Jon Leonard, Hon CBR600, 1:27.185 24. Joe Rozynski, III, Buell 1200, no time 25. Michael Dube, Duc 800, no time

DQ. Eric Wood, Duc 1000SS, 1:15.348 DQ. Bryan Bemisderfer, Buell 1200, 1:16.685

* new F-USA class lap record