Aaron Yates earned Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki its first-ever AMA American Superbike pole position during qualifying Thursday at Daytona International Speedway. Yates lapped the 2.9-mile infield road course in 1:38.324 on his GSX-R1000, which just held off Foremost Insurance Pegram Racing’s Larry Pegram, who led every practice so far at the event but qualified second with a 1:38.372 on his Ducati 1098R. “We’re real happy to get the Jordan Suzuki up on pole position, for sure. It’s our first time ever for the team in the Superbike class,” said Yates, who has been on the Superbike pole position six other times in his career but could not immediately remember exactly when he last started a Superbike race from the pole. “For sure the conditions weren’t really ideal out there to go real fast. We were working on setup the whole time, the whole session, all sessions, just making real small adjustments trying to get the bike ready for the race. We had our tire strategy planned out pretty good, and it worked out for us.” Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Tommy Hayden (1:38.715) and Blake Young (1:38.783) captured the third and fourth starting spots, respectively, on the front row. Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Josh Hayes (1:39.334), National Guard Suzuki’s Jake Zemke (1:39.533), Pat Clark Motorsports’ Ben Bostrom (1:39.598) and Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki’s Chris Ulrich (1:40.140) earned starting spots on row two of the grid. AMA Pro National Guard American Superbike Championship Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida March 4, 2010 Provisional Combined Qualifying Results (2.9-mile course, all on Dunlop tires): 1. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:38.324 2. Larry Pegram (Duc 1098R), 1:38.372 3. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:38.715 4. Blake Young (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:38.783 5. Josh Hayes (Yam YZF-R1), 1:39.334 6. Jake Zemke (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:39.533 7. Ben Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), 1:39.598 8. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.140 9. Brett McCormick (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.259 10. John Hopkins (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.495 11. David Anthony (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:40.560 12. Jeff Tigert (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:41.211 13. Taylor Knapp (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:41.711 14. Shawn Higbee (Duc 1098), 1:42.550 15. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:42.640 16. Chris Clark (Yam YZF-R1), 1:43.015 17. Eric Haugo (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:43.419 18. Barrett Long (Duc 1098R), 1:43.451 19. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:43.705 20. Eric Pinson (BMW S1000 RR), 1:44.495