Yamaha’s Bostrom Posts Top Time at Infineon Raceway Test Session
SONOMA, Calif. (April 20, 2009) - Although official AMA Pro Road Racing times were not recorded, trackside reports unofficially had Yamaha's Ben Bostrom
posting the best time on Monday as nearly 20 riders hit the track for an AMA Pro
Road Racing Test Session at Infineon Raceway.
Bostrom, a graduate of nearby Petaluma High School, recorded the top time on
Monday over the 12-turn, 2.22-mile road course at 1 minute, 37.19 seconds.
The teams are testing in advance of the
Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, May 15-17, in the Sonoma Valley.
Nineteen riders from
11 teams, including Attack Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati and Corona Extra
Honda, attended the test, which concludes on Tuesday. This marks the
first of three AMA Pro Road Racing sanctioned tests during the 2009 season.
Bostrom, a native of Redding
in Northern California, was followed Monday by
teammate Josh Hayes (1:37.6) and Suzuki's Mat Mladin (1:37.63). Mladin
was onboard a brand-new 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 for the first time at Infineon
Raceway.
Attack Kawasaki's
Jamie Hacking posted the top time among the Daytona SportBike riders (1:39.4),
followed by Graves Yamaha teammates Josh Herrin (1:40.1) and Tommy Aquino
(1:41.07).
Testing continues on
Tuesday, as the track opens its gates for free to race fans for Two-Wheel
Thunder. In addition to testing, the day will also feature a
question-and-answer session with riders during the lunch break, as well as
Supermoto USA
and SB Freaks Street Freestyle demonstrations in the main paddock.
For ticket information to the Kawasaki AMA
Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, in May visit www.infineonraceway.com or call
800-870-RACE.
AMA
Pro Road Racing Series Test Session (ALL TIMES UNOFFICIAL)
Infineon
Raceway, Sonoma
The
top times from Monday's test session over the 12-turn, 2.22-mile road course at
Infineon Raceway. All times were reported by individual race teams:
AMERICAN
SUPERBIKE
Ben
Bostrom (Yamaha) 1:37.19
Josh
Hayes (Yamaha) 1:37.6
Mat
Mladin (Suzuki) 1:37.63
Jake Holden (Honda) 1:37.68
Tommy Hayden (Suzuki) 1:37.81
Larry
Pegram (Ducati) 1:38.2
Blake
Young (Suzuki) 1:38.2
Kevin
Boisvert (Suzuki) N/A
DAYTONA
SPORTBIKE
Jamie
Hacking (Kawasaki)
1:39.4
Josh
Herrin (Yamaha) 1:40.1
Tommy
Aquino (Yamaha) 1:41.07
Steve
Rapp (Yamaha) 1:41.2
Roger Hayden (Kawasaki) 1:41.6
Tyler Odom (Honda) 1:45.9
Chris
Clark (Yamaha) 1:46.7
Chip
Yates (Suzuki) 1:47.42
Michael
Beck (Yamaha) 1:52.5
SUPERSPORT
Leandro
Mercado (Kawasaki)
1:42.5
Ezequiel
Iturrioz (Yamaha) 1:45.4
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