AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Presented by AMSOIL Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia April 3, 2009 Provisional Combined Qualifying Results (before Superpole, all on Dunlop tires): 1. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR600RR), 1:29.534 2. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R600), 1:29.872 3. Jason DiSalvo (Suz GSX-R600), 1:29.905 4. Jamie Hacking (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:30.131 5. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:30.657 6. Michael Barnes (Buell 1125R), 1:30.741 7. Josh Herrin (Yam YZF-R6), 1:30.771 8. Tommy Aquino (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.036 9. Danny Eslick (Buell 1125R), 1:31.040 10. Chaz Davies (Apr RSV1000R), 1:31.104 11. Michael Beck (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.203 12. Taylor Knapp (Buell 1125R), 1:31.233 13. Robertino Pietri (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.311 14. Chris Peris (Hon CBR600RR), 1:31.417 15. Leandro Mercado (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:31.680 16. Chris Fillmore (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.735 17. Ben Thompson (Apr RSV1000R), 1:31.748 18. Dane Westby (Yam YZF-R6), 1:31.827 19. Steve Rapp (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.092 20. Kris Turner (Suz GSX-R600), 1:32.628 21. Barrett Long (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.665 22. Marcos Reichert (Yam YZF-R6), 1:32.995 23. Garrett Carter (Yam YZF-R6), 1:33.141 24. Russ Wikle (Suz GSX-R600), 1:33.369 25. Mark Crozier (Suz GSX-R600), 1:33.591 26. Daniel Parkerson (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:33.766 27. Scott Jensen (Apr RSV1000R), 1:33.835 28. Bobby Fong (Tri Daytona 675), 1:35.017 29. Ricky Parker (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.099 30. Fernando Amantini (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:35.180 31. Andres Londono (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.383 32. Santiago Villa (Suz GSX-R600), 1:35.434 33. J.B. Layman (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.609 34. Tyler Odom (Hon CBR600RR), 1:35.848 35. C.R. Gittere (Yam YZF-R6), 1:35.968 36. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell 1125R), 1:36.014 37. Robert Michael (Yam YZF-R6), 1:36.154 38. Eric Haugo (Yam YZF-R6), 1:36.159 39. Shane Narbonne (Yam YZF-R6), 1:36.175 40. Michael Morgan (Suz GSX-R600), 1:36.334 41. Larry Myers (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:36.983 42. Dylon Husband (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:37.736 43. Alistair Douglas (Suz GSX-R600), 1:38.418 110% of Fast Time: 1:38.488 Did Not Qualify: 44. Jason Quillman (Yam YZF-R6), 1:39.226 45. Josh Bryan (Buell 1125R), 1:39.650 46. Rodney Vest (Suz GSX-R600), 1:40.879 More, from a press release issued by Team ESP/Venemotos Yamaha: TEAM ESP/ VENEMOTOS YAMAHA ENJOY PRODUCTIVE FIRST DAY AT ROAD ATLANTA April 3, 2009 (Braselton, GA)”” Team ESP/ Venemotos Yamaha had a productive first day at Road Atlanta. The team is running a slightly leaner operation this weekend, Robertino Pietri in Daytona Sportbike and Josh Day in Supersport. Damian Cudlin was forced to sit out this weekend after a sponsor that was supposed to fund the Cudlin side of the garage pulled out. The team continues working on finding a sponsor solution for the Cudlin side of the garage and are confident the hard-charging Australian AMA rookie will be back for Barber. After waking up to a wet racetrack, the team sent out Josh Day for a couple of exploratory laps to check out the conditions. Day ended up parking the ESP/ Venemotos R6 for most of the session, concluding that there was nothing to be gained in the tricky conditions. The first Daytona Sportbike session was a little better with a distinct dry line forming where Robertino Pietri was able to get some decent times that put him in thirteenth overall. The second Supersport session proved more productive for Day where he ended the session in third overall with a time of 1:33.9. The second Daytona Sportbike session was equally productive for Pietri where he was able to improve his time by two seconds, good enough for thirteenth overall in the highly competitive class. Robertino Pietri: “Overall the first day went well even though I just missed out on Superpole by two tenths”¦again. The first session was still a little damp off the racing line and I did a 1:33.689 which was good enough for thirteenth place. The second session I picked up over two seconds, unfortunately the rest of the field got faster also. I ended the second session in thirteenth place with a 1:31.311. Tonight the ESP/ Venemotos crew will make a few changes to the front end to get more feeling, and I’ll try and better the lap time tomorrow and find a good race setup.” Josh Day: “We decided to sit out this morning’s half wet, half dry session. It wasn’t wet enough to get a good wet setup and it wasn’t dry enough to set a good lap time. I did a lap to check out the conditions and set a blistering nine minute lap time! Luckily, the conditions were better for the afternoon session and I was able to drop my time down to a 1:33.9, good enough for third position. It was the first time I have ridden this particular R6 and we are going to make some suspension changes tonight and see if I can pick up some time tomorrow. I liked being on pole at Daytona and that is my goal for tomorrow’s qualifying.” Evan Steel: “All in all, we are pretty happy with how today went. I’m disappointed that sponsor issues have kept us from running Damian here, but I’m confident we can get him back on track at Barber. Tino just missed Superpole by two tenths and Josh was third overall in the second practice session. We’ll make some changes tonight and look to improve on our positions for tomorrow.” For Sponsorship inquiries contact Murph at Syndicate Motorsport Management, LLC: (+1) 831 464 3458 or email: [email protected] Team ESP/ Venemotos Yamaha: Evan Steel Performance is a small, personal, specialized shop located in Tucson, Arizona that deals with all aspects of motorcycle road racing. ESP bikes have had some of the highest trap speeds in their classes at AMA Nationals, as well as the highest top speed at start/finish at the 50th annual Macau Grand Prix. In 2008, ESP scored a very rare privateer podium at the VIR AMA National in the Superstock class with Chris Peris. ESP is open to any level of racing, from basic race prep to planning a season at the Nationals. ESP can be reached at (520) 294 3050 or www.evansteelperformance.com