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Qualifying
Report AMA Chevy Trucks Superbike Round 2
Date April 5, 2002
Circuit Fontana International
Speedway
California Cold winds brought temperatures way down to
the 60s for the first qualifying session of the AMA Superbike's
second round at Fontana Speedway. HMC Ducati rider Doug
Chandler finished the session in eighth position; his
first day riding on the California circuit. Chandler was
one of the few riders who didn't test here pre-season.
"It's not bad for the first day", said Chandler.
"The track's not as easy to learn as I expected.
The last half is okay but the first half has some difficult
corners, they're not blind but I can't see the apex of
the corner. Of course this will improve with more
laps. I chased Yates to try and learn his lines and let
Anthony [Gobert] by to take a look at his lines but ran
out of time. Tomorrow I'll fall in with a couple of the
guys and see what I can learn.
"The bike feels good but there are changes we need
to make. These will be easier once I get up to speed.
We're going to have to push tomorrow in the practice session
before the race."
Doug's long time crew chief, Gary Medley, is happy with
Doug's performance today and had nothing but praise for
the rider, team and bike. "Everything's going
good," smiled Medley. "Doug is doing fantastic
for the first time here. We have a few corners to
sort out and a few slight changes to make, but I know
we'll be ready for tomorrow's race. We made very few adjustments
to the bike today, but that may change tomorrow as Doug
gets faster."
The weather forecast is for warmer weather for tomorrow's
final qualifying and first race.
Qualifying results
1 Anthony Gobert
YAM 749 1'25.250
2 Aaron Yates
SUZ 750 1'25.628
3 Nicky Hayden
HON 999 1'26.007
4 Mathew Mladin
SUZ 750 1'26.127
5 Kurtis Roberts
HON 999 1'26.141
6 Eric Bostrom
KAW 750 1'26.465
7 Jamie Hacking
SUZ 750 1'25.659
8 DOUG
CHANDLER DUC 998
1'27.174
9 Miguel Duhamel
HON 1000 1'27.423
10 Pascal Picotte
DUC 998 1'27.631 |
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