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AMA Pro Superbike
AMA SBK: Hayden Snaps Hayes’ Pole Streak
Roger Hayden snapped Josh Hayes' pole streak at Homestead-Miami but Hayes has a bigger prize in his sights this afternoon.
National Guard Jordan Suzuki's Roger Hayden (Photo: Brian J Nelson)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: This weekend's AMA Pro Road Racing race action from Homestead-Miami Speedway will air on SPEED Saturday and Sunday evening starting at Midnight ET.
Soon-to-be-three-time AMA Pro Superbike champ Josh Hayes is going to have to be content with tying Mat Mladin's record of eleven consecutive poles. Hayes' year-plus run was finally put to an end this morning at Homestead-Miami Speedway as continued wet conditions prevented any improvement on Saturday's times, handing the honor over to provisional poleman Roger Hayden.
The pole is a career first for the National Guard Jordan Suzuki pilot, who is desperate to translate that starting position into a first-career premier class victory.
Afterward, Hayden admitted that he would preferred that the breakthrough pole came under different circumstances: "It was… It doesn't really feel that good because it was a 20-minute session (yesterday) and then today it was wet. I don't really feel like I earned it, but I'm glad to be on the front row nonetheless.
"I was really hoping for a dry track this morning because we made some changes yesterday afternoon to get some rear grip and it really worked a lot. We were going to go another step in that direction but we didn't get to try it. I'm pretty confident it would have worked and that's what we tried here at the test to get more grip. I think we could have went a little bit quicker so we'll just try that for the race. My pace feels pretty good and it's going to be a long race. I just hope it's dry and I'm looking forward to it."
Hayes' streak began at Laguna Seca last season. However, any minor disappointment associated with the end of that record-tying performance can be wiped away in hours as Hayes stands in good position of locking up the '12 crown this afternoon. If rival Blake Young doesn't gain at least five points on the Yamaha star in today's race, the championship battle is officially over.
Hayes likely had the pace to extend his streak but didn't go out on a fresh tire to start Friday's QP. The skies opened relatively early in the session and the Superbike riders never saw dry track for the remainder of either day's qualifying session.
"It's going okay," Hayes said. "I'm not doing too bad. If I had a crystal ball or maybe was even watching the radar yesterday I wouldn't have tried to get up to speed on a used tire (yesterday). But that's how you play the game sometimes. I've won out on a lot of those and you lose on them sometimes. These boys did a good job; they got up to speed quickly so big congrats to them.
Young had a similar experience to Hayes but was happy just to end a streak of his own -- a lack of front row starts since he last did it at his home round at Road America.
He said, "It went pretty good. If I had it to do all over, I would have rolled out on a new tire (yesterday). But we were working on some race set-up and I'm pretty happy with my bike. I think it should be a good race, and it's good to be back on the front row."
Jordan Suzuki's Ben Bostrom will line up second after posting the fastest time here earlier in the year during testing.
Bostrom expressed hesitation over the prospect of racing in the rain. He said, "The track is really fun; it's a great track. It's too bad it feel like Tron out there (in the wet)… I wish the rain would stay away. It's a bummer -- M1 and the AMA have done a great job of promoting the event, and I hate to see the fans stay away because of the chance of rain."
Today's race is scheduled to get underway at 3:15pm ET.
SPEED.com Motorcycle Racing Editor Chris Martin saw Eddie Lawson win aboard a Kawasaki the first time he attended an AMA Superbike race and witnessed Ben Bostrom win a World Superbike race aboard a V&H Ducati the first time he worked one. He has written about AMA SBK, WSBK, and MotoGP for SPEED.com since 2003. Chris is now on Twitter.
Soon-to-be-three-time AMA Pro Superbike champ Josh Hayes is going to have to be content with tying Mat Mladin's record of eleven consecutive poles. Hayes' year-plus run was finally put to an end this morning at Homestead-Miami Speedway as continued wet conditions prevented any improvement on Saturday's times, handing the honor over to provisional poleman Roger Hayden.
The pole is a career first for the National Guard Jordan Suzuki pilot, who is desperate to translate that starting position into a first-career premier class victory.
Afterward, Hayden admitted that he would preferred that the breakthrough pole came under different circumstances: "It was… It doesn't really feel that good because it was a 20-minute session (yesterday) and then today it was wet. I don't really feel like I earned it, but I'm glad to be on the front row nonetheless.
"I was really hoping for a dry track this morning because we made some changes yesterday afternoon to get some rear grip and it really worked a lot. We were going to go another step in that direction but we didn't get to try it. I'm pretty confident it would have worked and that's what we tried here at the test to get more grip. I think we could have went a little bit quicker so we'll just try that for the race. My pace feels pretty good and it's going to be a long race. I just hope it's dry and I'm looking forward to it."
Hayes' streak began at Laguna Seca last season. However, any minor disappointment associated with the end of that record-tying performance can be wiped away in hours as Hayes stands in good position of locking up the '12 crown this afternoon. If rival Blake Young doesn't gain at least five points on the Yamaha star in today's race, the championship battle is officially over.
Hayes likely had the pace to extend his streak but didn't go out on a fresh tire to start Friday's QP. The skies opened relatively early in the session and the Superbike riders never saw dry track for the remainder of either day's qualifying session.
"It's going okay," Hayes said. "I'm not doing too bad. If I had a crystal ball or maybe was even watching the radar yesterday I wouldn't have tried to get up to speed on a used tire (yesterday). But that's how you play the game sometimes. I've won out on a lot of those and you lose on them sometimes. These boys did a good job; they got up to speed quickly so big congrats to them.
Young had a similar experience to Hayes but was happy just to end a streak of his own -- a lack of front row starts since he last did it at his home round at Road America.
He said, "It went pretty good. If I had it to do all over, I would have rolled out on a new tire (yesterday). But we were working on some race set-up and I'm pretty happy with my bike. I think it should be a good race, and it's good to be back on the front row."
Jordan Suzuki's Ben Bostrom will line up second after posting the fastest time here earlier in the year during testing.
Bostrom expressed hesitation over the prospect of racing in the rain. He said, "The track is really fun; it's a great track. It's too bad it feel like Tron out there (in the wet)… I wish the rain would stay away. It's a bummer -- M1 and the AMA have done a great job of promoting the event, and I hate to see the fans stay away because of the chance of rain."
Today's race is scheduled to get underway at 3:15pm ET.
SPEED.com Motorcycle Racing Editor Chris Martin saw Eddie Lawson win aboard a Kawasaki the first time he attended an AMA Superbike race and witnessed Ben Bostrom win a World Superbike race aboard a V&H Ducati the first time he worked one. He has written about AMA SBK, WSBK, and MotoGP for SPEED.com since 2003. Chris is now on Twitter.
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