By John Hopkins
Miguel Duhamel claimed his second consecutive Daytona 200 pole in qualifying at Daytona International Speedway today.
The Montreal rider waited until the final two minutes to set a time of one minute, 40.928 seconds on his Honda CBR600RR, edging the Yamaha YZF-R6 of Jason DiSalvo. DiSalvo, the pacesetter in practice, managed a best lap of 1:41.015.
DiSalvo's factory Yamaha teammate Eric Bostrom will start third in Saturday's feature race while Jake Zemke completes the front row on the second factory Honda CBR600RR.
Next best Canadian after Duhamel was Granby, QC's Pascal Picotte, who was 13th fastest with a time of 1:44.332 aboard the Picotte Performance Yamaha YZF-R6. Picotte's Buell entry, in the hands of Steve Crevier, qualified 16th at 1:44.604.
Wellesley, ON's Bill Card will start Saturday's 200 in the 29th grid slot after setting a fastest lap of 1:46.801 on another Yamaha YZF-R6. Oliver Jervis was 37th fastest at 1:47.302 and Jean Paul Tache 59th with a 1:49.825, both riding Kawasaki ZX-6RRs.
In other Daytona action today, Mat Mladin started off defence of his AMA Superbike title in style by claiming pole for Saturday's race with a time of 1:37.075 on the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. Teammate Ben Spies was second, Parts Unlimited Ducati rider Ben Bostrom third on a Ducati 999R and Duhamel fourth aboard his Honda CBR1000RR.
In Daytona race action, Jamie Hacking outduelled Yamaha teammate DiSalvo to take the Superstock win aboard his YZF-R1. Aaron Yates completed the podium on his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000.
Roger Lee Hayden took his Kawasaki ZX-6RR to the Supersport win ahead of Hacking and teammate Tommy Hayden. Picotte was eighth and Card 26th.
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