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started off a little bit frustrated
yesterday but we found some
better direction today. I feel like
it's going to be a long couple of
weeks before we come back
here because I want to keep
working. Fortunately, with the
MotoAmerica format we're going
to have a bit more time to where
we can sort out the motorcycles
rather than racing on the very
first day that we show up."
Yoshimura Suzuki's Roger
Hayden also set his fastest time
in the final session. While the
Owensboro native was pleased
at the progress he'd made dur-
ing the test, he wasn't happy at
being third and looks forward to
some redemption at the season
opener.
"For the most part, I'm happy,"
Hayden said. "I got going pretty
quick this afternoon and consis-
tently and we got the tire life a
little bit longer too. You're never
happy when you're a half a sec-
ond off, but at the same time,
yesterday we were a lot farther
off than that. And I could do
those times now by myself. As
always we could be a little better,
but I think we have a good setup
for when we come back here for
the race. I'm not fighting any big
problems. Overall we're happy,
but you never leave a test com-
pletely happy when you're third
quickest."
Yamalube/YES Graves Ya-
maha's Garrett Gerloff was the
fastest of the 600 classes on
both days in his home state of
Texas.
"I'm really happy we got to
come test here with everybody
and see everybody on the same
track, in the same weather
conditions," Gerloff said. "We
can see where everybody stacks
up so that was really good. It's
also really cool being so close
to my hometown of Houston,
so it's all good things. I think we
worked a lot and hopefully we'll
come back here with some more
speed."
The fastest of the Superstock
1000 riders was Yamalube/
Westby Racing's Dane Westby,
the Oklahoman putting his
Yamaha R1 fourth overall in the
combined Superbike/Super-
stock sessions.
The Superstock 600 class
was led by Meen Motors-
ports' Joe Roberts with a lap
that would have put him fifth
overall in the combined 600
timesheets.
Fellow Yamaha rider Garrett Gerloff fastest of the 600s.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
BRIAN
J
NELSON
