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Hodgson Qualifies 3rd at Barber Motorsports Park Circuit.

Author: Ducati Press Release
Posted on: Saturday, Apr 23 2005



"They decided to drop the green flag about ten minutes early, and the people that were ready got to go. We were thinking of the schedule, so we got left out," says Eric Bostrom. "Neil and I both made one circulation, but not a lap at speed. Then the red flag came out."

While the AMA would not rule the session times invalid, they did refuse to award any rider the provisional pole position.

"It's not the end of the world, it's just frustrating," says Hodgson, who will have the opportunity to qualify tomorrow morning for the Barber races. "As a rider, you've come here with some built-up nerves and anticipation of a good day. This race is what I call the real beginning of the season and you just want to get started after all the time off since Daytona. And you get here and this develops."

Hodgson says the lack of track time hasn't helped any with his acclimation to the AMA-style doubleheader with one race on Saturday and one on Sunday. "What seems weird to me now is knowing that I'll be racing tomorrow afternoon. In all my years racing, I've always had four hours of total practice before the races. Thankfully, we tested here, and the situation (with the weather) is pretty much the same for everyone else."

In a rainy AM practice, Hodgson was a fine third quickest with a time of 1:39.502. Bostrom was clocked at 1:43.579, which was 14th place in the session standings.

Tomorrow's morning qualifying will set the grid for the two 28-lap, 100 kilometer Superbike races, the first of which is to be held at 3:50 PM local time on Saturday.

Times
1. Spies (Suzuki) 1:37.966
2. Mladin (Suzuki) 1:39.098
3. NEIL HODGSON (DUCATI) 1:39.502
4. Matthew McBride (Kawasaki) 1:40.153
5. Aaron Yates (Suzuki) 1:40.460
6. Miguel DuHamel (Honda) 1:41.174
14. ERIC BOSTROM (DUCATI) 1:43.579


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