Reigning AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies has set pole for tomorrow's
final round at Laguna Seca in California ahead of team mate Mat Mladin.
The Yoshimura Suzuki rider, who trails the six-time champion by three
points in the series with one race remaining, lapped at 1:23.104
compared to Mladin's 1:23.410.
Texan Spies has won twice at the circuit in 2005 and 2006 compared to
Australian Mladin's one victory in 2003.
Third place on the grid is Honda's Jake Zemke with Aaron Yates (Suzuki)
fourth.
Superbike Qualifying: 1 Ben Spies
(Yoshimura Suzuki) 1:23.104, 2 Mat Mladin
(Yoshimura Suzuki) 1:23.410, 3 Jake Zemke (Honda) 1:24.196,
4 Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 1:24.267, 5 Roger Hayden
(Kawasaki) 1:24.389.
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