World Superbike - U.S. Superpole Results

American Ben Spies took his seventh consecutive Superpole in the World Superbike Championship round at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah yesterday. Spies has been the fastest qualifier at every event in this his rookie year, and with his latest pole he has surpassed the record for consecutive poles that was set by American Doug Polen in 1991.

Spies always finds a way to come out on top, and this time he beat the Honda of Spaniard Carlos Checa by .564 of a second in the third and final session of Superpole. American Jamie Hacking has performed well here in a wild card ride, making it to the third round of Superpole and finishing eighth overall. Jake Zemke, the other American wild card, hasn’t fared so well. He’ll be starting twenty-third in the two races on Sunday.

Championship leader Noriyuki Haga had a less than stellar day on his Ducati, crashing in an early qualifying session and finishing Superpole in ninth position. The crashed left him with severe bruising, but he’ll be on starting grid when the field takes the green.

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Haga comes into this race leading the championship with an 85 point lead over his Xerox Ducati teammate Italian Michel Fabrizio. Fabrizio qualified fourth, and holds a meager three point lead over Spies in the season standings. Spies will be looking to move back into second place, and gained ground on the injured Haga.

More pictures from this year's WSBK round at Miller Motorsports Park from the boys over at www.superbikeplanet.com:

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http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2009/wsbk/miller/2/

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2009/wsbk/miller/1/

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2009/wsbk/miller/aprilia/