Paul Carruthers | July 3, 2009
Monster Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden led the first practice session of the weekend for the Daytona SportBike class at Mazda Raceway Lagun Seca, the Kentuckian ending up as the only rider to crack the 1:29 barrier on a sunny day on the Monterey Peninsula.Hayden’s 1:28.932 bettered the 1:29.037 turned in by championship points leader Martin Cardenas, the Colombian ending up just a fraction better than Erion Honda’s Jake Zemke. Cardenas’ teammate Jason DiSalvo ended the session fourth with Yamaha’s Ben Bostrom fifth. The Laguna race marks Bostrom’s second outing on the Yamaha R6 after the Californian won the Daytona round back in March. He also won the now defunct Supersport class championship on the bike last year.Bobby Fong ended up sixth on his R6, besting the factory bikes of Josh Herrin and Josh Hayes. Steve Rapp rounded out the top 10.
Daytona SportBike1. Roger Lee Hayden (Kawasaki) 1:28.9322. Martin Cardenas (Suzuki) 1:29.0373. Jake Zemke (Honda) 1:29.0684. Jason DiSalvo (Suzuki) 1:29.1915. Ben Bostrom (Yamaha) 1:29.1926. Bobby Fong (Yamaha) 1:29.2897. Josh Herrin (Yamaha) 1:29.3148. Jamie Hacking (Kawasaki) 1:29.3879. Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 1:29.52810. Steve Rapp (Yamaha) 1:29.543
Paul Carruthers | Editor
Paul Carruthers took over as the editor of Cycle News in 1993 after serving as associate editor since starting his career at the publication in 1985. Carruthers has covered every facet of the sport in his near-28-year tenure at America's Daily Motorcycle News Source.
