Vermy gets his first pole of the season BBoz had a bit of an improvement and qualified 14th.

1 Chris Vermeulen Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000RR 1:27.508
2 Troy Corser K5 Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSXR1000 1:27.539
3 Régis Laconi Team Ducati XEROX Ducati 999R 1:27.578
4 James Toseland Team Ducati XEROX Ducati 999R 1:27.627
5 Max Neukirchner Team Klaffi Honda Honda CBR 1000RR 1:27.641
6 Yukio Kagayama K5 Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSXR1000 1:27.649
7 José LuisCardoso D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF R1 1:27.854
8 Chris Walker Team PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX10 1:27.936
9 M. Roccoli Yamaha YZF R1 1:28.020
10 Karl Muggeridge Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000RR 1:28.099

 

I missed the races because I had to do some yard work. Anyone else catch it?

Anyway, results. Ducati is back in a big way with the double. Amazing how much slower they are than the Japanese bikes :sarcasm: In other news it seems like the Yammies took a big step forward in development. This is the first time they've been a factor all season

Race 1

1 Régis Laconi Team Ducati XEROX Ducati 999R
2 Troy Corser K5 Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSXR1000
3 James Toseland Team Ducati XEROX Ducati 999R
4 Chris Vermeulen Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000RR
5 Pierfrancesco Chili Team Klaffi Honda Honda CBR 1000RR
6 Chris Walker Team PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX10
7 Max Neukirchner Team Klaffi Honda Honda CBR 1000RR
8 Giovanni Bussei Team Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX10
9 José LuisCardoso D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF R1
10 Karl Muggeridge Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000RR

Race 2

1 James Toseland Team Ducati XEROX Ducati 999R
2 Troy Corser K5 Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSXR1000
3 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1
4 Chris Vermeulen Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000RR
5 Pierfrancesco Chili Team Klaffi Honda Honda CBR 1000RR
6 Chris Walker Team PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX10
7 Yukio Kagayama K5 Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSXR1000
8 Norik Abe Yamaha Motor France - IPONE Yamaha YZF R1
9 Andrew Pitt Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF R1
10 Karl Muggeridge Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000RR

 

I watched it. No real big moments but I'm glad to see the Ducs doing better. Oh and just another weekend proving that Bostrom ******* sucks

The racing is definitely better then AMA

 

Excellent races, Haga could have had a podium finish in the first race as well if his fuel pump didn't malfunction.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RebornGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I watched it. No real big moments but I'm glad to see the Ducs doing better. Oh and just another weekend proving that Bostrom ******* sucks

The racing is definitely better then AMA </TD></TR></TABLE>

I was just thinking that today. There is a ton more dicing and slashing in WSBK than in AMA. It sucks that there are only 3 factory teams in AMA right now. Well, maybe 2.5 because American Honda's effort thus far has looked half-assed.

At about the first race of the season I kept thinking that BBoz was making a stupid decision by leaving a factory ride in the US for a disorganized privateer ride in WSBK. I still think it was stupid but he wouldn't have been doing much better here seeing how American Honda has been doing so poorly. Who knows maybe Renegade Koji will get their act together but I rather doubt it. They've been improving a little bit but so has everyone else.

 

Honda tore up the 600cc class ... 1st, 3rd, and 4th place went to the RR

 

Good race today.

Nice to see five different manufacturers in the top eight.

 

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How many manufactures have factory teams?

 

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i really have no idea. I'm just starting to get into the whole AMA, Superbike racing, etc ... so ya, i dunno. I just saw that Honda, placed well in the 600cc class. I dont know much about teams though .. so hah .. i'm just repin honda, that's all!