Josh Hayes Tops Mid-Ohio Practice

Larry Lawrence | July 19, 2014
  Josh Hayes joined Roger Hayden and Cameron Beaubier as AMA Pro SuperBike pole winners in 2014. Hayes won the pole Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park pushing his Monster Energy Graves Yamaha to a time of 1:25.063.

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LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 19, 2014) — Josh Hayes topped the one and only practice session before this afternoon’s AMA Pro Superbike race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Because of rain this morning there will be no qualifying session. Instead riders will be gridded by points, meaning Hayes will start from the pole.

Hayes clocked a 1:31.889 on his Monster Energy/Graves Motorsports Yamaha R1. That was 1.197 seconds better than David Anthony (1:33.086), who was second on his ADR Motorsports Honda. Cameron Beaubier was third on the second factory Yamaha with a time of 1:33.133. Martin Cardenas and Frankie Babuska rounded out the top five.

The track still has damp sections and that’s why the times are so far off the times that might be expected from a totally dry track.

A total of 15 riders clocked time in the session.

AMA Pro Superbike practice session from Mid-Ohio – July 19, 2014
1 4 Josh Hayes Monster Energy Graves Yamaha Yamaha R1 1:31.889 22
2 25 David Anthony ADR Motorsports, Sic, Motul Fly Racin Suzuki GSX-R1000 1.197 1.197 1:33.086 22
3 2 Cameron Beaubier Monster Energy Graves Yamaha Yamaha R1 1.244 0.047 1:33.133 15
4 36 Martin Cardenas Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 1.624 0.380 1:33.513 15
5 16 Frankie Babuska Babuska Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 2.940 1.316 1:34.829 13
6 95 Roger Hayden Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 3.347 0.407 1:35.236 13
7 11 Chris Fillmore KTM/HMC Racing KTM RC8R 3.774 0.427 1:35.663 14
8 72 Larry Pegram Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing EBR 1190RS 4.567 0.793 1:36.456 12
9 18 Chris Ulrich GEICO Motorcycle Racing Honda CBR1000RR 5.059 0.492 1:36.948 17
10 13 Cory West Team AMSOIL Hero EBR 1190RS 6.439 1.380 1:38.328 17
11 76 Bernat Martinez Proto-Tech Spain Yamaha R1 6.646 0.207 1:38.535 17
12 6 Chris Clark Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 7.549 0.903 1:39.438 12
13 44 Taylor Knapp TOBC Racing II Suzuki GSX-R1000 8.372 0.823 1:40.261 12
14 24 Mathew Orange Orange Construction Racing BMW S1000RR 12.832 4.460 1:44.721 14
15 269 Johnny Rock Page United America All Nations Suzuki GSX-R1000 13.663 0.831 1:45.552 20

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