2009 World Superbike Round 7 - Salt Lake City (Race Spoilers)

[DanTheMan]

Hacking with the fastest lap in SP1 

[Spidey]

SP1

1  Jamie Hacking  39  1'49.216
2  Ben Spies  36   1'49.330
3  Jakub Smrz  37   1'49.383
4  Michel Fabrizio  38  1'49.408
5  Carlos Checa  39  1'49.497
6  Noriyuki Haga  37  1'49.549
7  Jonathan Rea  38  1'49.624
8  Ryuichi Kiyonari  38  1'49.718
9  Leon Haslam  39  1'49.721
10  Shinya Nakano  32  1'49.724
11  Shane Byrne  38  1'49.766
12  Fonsi Nieto  43  1'49.885
13  Broc Parkes  34  1'49.994
14  Max Biaggi  45  1'50.020
15  Yukio Kagayama  36  1'50.025
16  Luca Scassa  37  1'50.172

[Spidey]

Superpole 2

1 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'48.319  2
2 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'48.594 0.275 2
3 9 Kiyonari R JPN Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'48.659 0.340 2
4 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'48.870 0.551 3
5 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'49.118 0.799 2
6 23 Parkes B AUS Kawasaki ZX 10R PIT IN 1'49.326 1.007 2
7 2 Hacking J USA Kawasaki ZX 10R PIT IN 1'49.405 1.086 3
8 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'49.510 1.191 5
9 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R  1'49.516 1.197 
10 56 Nakano S JPN Aprilia RSV4 Factory  1'49.528 1.209 
11 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR  1'49.541 1.222 
12 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR  1'49.765 1.446 
13 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9  1'50.114 1.795 
14 10 Nieto F ESP Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9  1'50.488 2.169 
15 99 Scassa L ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R  1'50.987 2.668 
16 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory  1'51.351 3.032 
17 36 Lavilla G ESP Ducati 1098R     
18 25 Salom D ESP Kawasaki ZX 10R     
19 57 Lanzi L ITA Ducati 1098R     
20 31 Muggeridge K AUS Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9

Haga's out for SP3! 

[DanTheMan]

Spies does it again!

[Spidey]

Utah USA Round 29-30-31 May 2009 Superbike
Superpole 3 Session Complete

Pos # Rider Nat Bike Last Lap Best Lap Gap Laps

1 19 Spies B USA Yamaha YZF R1 PIT IN 1'48.344 2
2 7 Checa C ESP Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'48.908 0.564 4
3 9 Kiyonari R JPN Honda CBR1000RR PIT IN 1'49.243 0.899 3
4 84 Fabrizio M ITA Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'49.434 1.090 3
5 96 Smrz J CZE Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'49.658 1.314 2
6 67 Byrne S GBR Ducati 1098R PIT IN 1'49.982 1.638 4
7 23 Parkes B AUS Kawasaki ZX 10R PIT IN 1'51.328 2.984 3
8 2 Hacking J USA Kawasaki ZX 10R PIT IN 1'51.438 3.094 2

9 41 Haga N JPN Ducati 1098R
10 56 Nakano S JPN Aprilia RSV4 Factory
11 65 Rea J GBR Honda CBR1000RR
12 91 Haslam L GBR Honda CBR1000RR
13 71 Kagayama Y JPN Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
14 10 Nieto F ESP Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9
15 99 Scassa L ITA Kawasaki ZX 10R
16 3 Biaggi M ITA Aprilia RSV4 Factory
17 36 Lavilla G ESP Ducati 1098R
18 25 Salom D ESP Kawasaki ZX 10R
19 57 Lanzi L ITA Ducati 1098R
20 31 Muggeridge K AUS Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9

[Spidey]

Spies is epic.  7 in a row.  Congrats on the record, Ben.  Now turn it into some points.   

Hacking must have used his qualifiers to get into SP3.  Not a bad strategy.  However, his 49.2 would have put him in 3rd.   

[gm2]

unreal.  i've run out of superlatives. 

hope this shows the paul bird folks that they need hacking...

[Triple J]

OK...I'd never seen it before...Superpole is AWESOME!!

We watched it from the grandstands at the end of the main straight. The format is cool in itself, as there is quite a bit of suspense. The weather made it even more exciting as there were thunderstorms moving in, so the track was kinda wet for SP3...maybe a tad for SP2...and the rain was threatening for all 3. Not sure how wet the track was(hardly at all I think), but they had the wet flags out...and it really added some drama to the whole superpole process.  I hated to see it, but Shakey knocking Haga out of SP3 at the last minute was pretty cool.

Can't wait for tomorrow! 

[derby]

OK...I'd never seen it before...Superpole is AWESOME!!

there's a reason i tell people to avoid the results until they can download it from racing-underground. 

[gm2]

Ben Spies: F%^K YEAH!


 

[Cynic]

I know it's cliche to complain about the American speed commentators.. but wtf... so annoying during the first race.  Second race seemed better or maybe I was just numb.

Grats to Ben. Hopefully Haga can continue the fight after he's healed up.

[gm2]

...as if Kiyonari is so hard to pronounce.

[Some Dude]

...as if Kiyonari is so hard to pronounce.

He also missed on Ten Kate.  I didn't know it was possible but according to them Fabrizio was drafting Spies from 1.5 seconds behind.

It was horrible coverage 

[gm2]

then again, i think it was scott russell who said that jonathan rae and kiyo are on different teams...

[Grampa]

hey..... it's still better than GW in the booth