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Title: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: fastwin on May 28, 2012, 10:27:12 AM Superpole results...
http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/05/27/smrz-steals-miller-pole/ (http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2012/05/27/smrz-steals-miller-pole/) Should be interesting. Checa loves Miller!! [popcorn] [Dolph] Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: zooom on May 29, 2012, 03:10:31 AM was a very interesting pair of races....the BMW is a ferocious beast on that main straight in terms of trap speed...but 200mph was NOT reached...
Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: gm2 on May 29, 2012, 05:31:52 AM was a very interesting pair of races....the BMW is a ferocious beast on that main straight in terms of trap speed...but 200mph was NOT reached... ..altitude. great couple of races. race 1 really illustrated the ducati's strengths & ..trade-offs, not necessarily weaknesses. when in the right hands anyway. stoked for marco. kawi still hasn't quite figured out how to conserve tires... Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: zooom on May 29, 2012, 07:40:30 AM here is an interesting comparo...AMA-SBK and WSBK qualy times...AMA bikes/riders in italics
Combined Results from AMA Superbike’s Qualifying Session and World Superbike’s Qualifying Practice 2 – Sunday May 27th, 2012 Pos. Rider Team Bike Time Diff. 1 Jakub Smrz Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 1’48.517 - 2 Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1’48.789 0.272 3 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1’49.009 0.492 4 Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1’49.079 0.562 5 Eugene Laverty Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’49.175 0.658 6 Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1’49.243 0.726 7 John Hopkins FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’49.531 1.014 8 Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’49.584 1.067 9 Leon Haslam BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1’49.634 1.117 10 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’49.636 1.119 11 Michel Fabrizio BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 1’49.654 1.137 12 Josh Hayes Monster Energy Graves Yamaha Yamaha R1 1’49.729 1.212 13 Chaz Davies ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’49.968 1.451 14 Maxime Berger Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 1’49.980 1.463 15 Lorenzo Zanetti PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R 1’50.014 1.497 16 Niccoló Canepa Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R 1’50.031 1.514 17 Blake Young Yoshimura Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’50.141 1.624 18 Geoff May Team Amsoil/Hero EBR 1190RS 1’50.219 1.702 19 Davide Giugliano Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 1’50.280 1.763 20 Danny Eslick Team Hero EBR 1190RS 1’50.355 1.838 21 Roger Hayden National Guard Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’50.358 1.841 22 Loris Baz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’50.424 1.907 23 Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 1’50.427 1.910 24 David Salom Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’50.504 1.987 25 Ben Bostrom Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’50.511 1.994 26 Leon Camier FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’50.520 2.003 27 Josh Herrin Monster Energy Graves Yamaha Yamaha R1 1’50.676 2.159 28 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1’50.963 2.446 29 Chris Clark Yoshimura Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’51.177 2.660 30 Larry Pegram Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing BMW S1000RR 1’51.547 3.030 31 Steve Rapp Attack Performance Kawasaki ZX-10 1’51.796 3.279 32 Leandro Mercado Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’51.843 3.326 33 David Anthony Kneedraggers.com Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’51.996 3.479 34 Jake Holden Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR 1’52.108 3.591 35 Robertino Pietri Team Venezuela Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’52.290 3.773 36 Taylor Knapp EvanSteelPerformance.com BMW BMW S1000RR 1’52.565 4.048 37 Chris Fillmore KTM/HMC Racing KTM RC8R 1’52.587 4.070 38 Chris Ulrich M4 Lucas Oil Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’53.397 4.880 39 Shane Turpin Boulder Motor Sports Ducati 1098R 1’54.399 5.882 40 Jordan Burgess Kneedraggers.com Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’55.174 6.657 World Superbike 107% Qualifying Cut Off 41 Reno Karimian Team Air Kawasaki ZX-10 1’56.743 8.226 42 Trent Gibson Seven Sports Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’57.116 8.599 43 Chris Siglin FastLine… BMW S1000RR 1’57.421 8.904 44 Tony Porter EDR Kawasaki ZX-10 2’00.372 11.855 Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: desmoquattro on May 29, 2012, 08:04:11 AM here is an interesting comparo...AMA-SBK and WSBK qualy times...AMA bikes/riders in italics Are they running the same course now? Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: zooom on May 29, 2012, 08:31:30 AM Are they running the same course now? I believe so...only difference it seems is there are more restrictions on the SBK's in AMA IIRC... derby...care to correct me if I am wrong? Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: fastwin on May 29, 2012, 08:46:41 AM Yeah, poor Sykes just seems to have his donuts wear out sooner than other riders. Am I seeing that right? He's pounding away at the front then in a heartbeat tends to go backwards through the pack. Doesn't seem like it's him or the bike per se... just seems like he looses the tire grip.
Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: thought on May 29, 2012, 02:10:48 PM Sykes seems like he's having the same teething issues that the BMW had. Great engine, but TC prob needs work to keep it from eating those tires up. Corser was doing the same thing to his tires last year IIRC... would be up there in the front of the pack and then drop back off midway through the race.
Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: fastwin on May 29, 2012, 03:36:05 PM Good point.
Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: gm2 on May 30, 2012, 05:43:08 AM the kawi GP team is now the kawi WSBK team.. the biggest focus has been electronics. the engine was already very strong, always has been. but the bike has always eaten tires even a lot (lot!) faster than it is now. they're getting there...
also the way tom rides may be part of the issue. some are really hard on tires, some aren't. i wonder how that bike would place if you put melandri on it. Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: gm2 on May 30, 2012, 05:53:45 AM oh btw: HELL YEAH CHAZ! [thumbsup] Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: fastwin on May 30, 2012, 09:16:45 AM the kawi GP team is now the kawi WSBK team.. the biggest focus has been electronics. the engine was already very strong, always has been. but the bike has always eaten tires even a lot (lot!) faster than it is now. they're getting there... also the way tom rides may be part of the issue. some are really hard on tires, some aren't. i wonder how that bike would place if you put melandri on it. Another good point. Some riders are hard on tires. Some riders in WSBK (like Spies in his day) are easier on them. Electronics help but so does the guy twisting the throttle. And yes, +1 on Davies!! [thumbsup] [clap] [bow_down] Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: ducpainter on May 30, 2012, 12:11:17 PM the kawi GP team is now the kawi WSBK team.. the biggest focus has been electronics. the engine was already very strong, always has been. but the bike has always eaten tires even a lot (lot!) faster than it is now. they're getting there... If it handles like the Kwaks I've ridden...also the way tom rides may be part of the issue. some are really hard on tires, some aren't. i wonder how that bike would place if you put melandri on it. Marco would be slower. ;D Title: Re: 2012 WSBK round #6 at Miller SPOILERS!!!!!! Post by: MadDuck on May 31, 2012, 08:48:29 AM If it handles like the Kwaks I've ridden... Marco would be slower. ;D The new ones are "supposed" to be much better. One of these days I'm going to fanagle a test ride on one just to see. |