Dom's doin alright!!!!

[cowpoos]

AMA Superbike Championship Presented by Parts Unlimited
Barber Motorsports Park
Birmingham, Alabama
April 20, 2007
Provisional Qualifying Results:

1. Ben Spies (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:24.318
2. Mat Mladin (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:25.013
3. Tommy Hayden (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:25.071
4. Eric Bostrom (Yam YZF-R1), Dunlop, 1:25.831
5. Miguel Duhamel (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, 1:25.942
6. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:26.045*
7. Jason DiSalvo (Yam YZF-R1), Dunlop, 1:26.052
8. Jake Zemke (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, 1:26.401
9. Aaron Yates (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:26.434
10. Jamie Hacking (Kaw ZX-10R), Dunlop, 1:26.577
11. James Ellison (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, 1:27.020
12. Matt Lynn (MV Agusta F4-1000R 312), Dunlop, 1:27.450
13. Roger Hayden (Kaw ZX-10R), Dunlop, 1:27.475
14. Luca Scassa (MV Agusta F4-1000R 312), Dunlop, 1:27.673
15. Jordan Szoke (Kaw ZX-10R), Pirelli, 1:27.918
16. Kevin Lacombe (Yam YZF-R1), Pirelli, 1:28.027
17. John Haner (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:28.410*
18. Steve Crevier (Yam YZF-R1), Pirelli, 1:28.458
19. Doug Chandler (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, 1:28.475
20. Clint McBain (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:28.548
21. Francis Martin (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:28.707
22. Kurtis Roberts (Hon CBR1000RR), Dunlop, 1:28.720
23. Martin Cardenas (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:29.276
24. David Weber (Suz GSX-R1000), Dunlop, 1:29.516
25. Dean Mizdal (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:29.614
26. Robertino Pietri (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:30.509
27. Andrew Nelson (Yam YZF-R1), Pirelli, 1:30.644
28. Scott Jensen (Suz GSX-R1000), Pirelli, 1:30.727
29. Tristan Palmer (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:30.850
30. Dominic Jones (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:31.335*
31. James Stroud (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:31.370
32. Johnny Rock Page (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:31.489
33. Chuck Ivey (Yam YZF-R1), 1:32.021
34. Santiago Villa (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:32.455
35. Chad Rolland (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:32.577
36. James Kerker (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:32.870
37. Brendon Marshall (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:32.980
38. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:33.536
39. Marcin Biernacki (Yam YZF-R1), 1:35.183

* Superstock-spec machine

[onearmedbandit]

Good on Dom! Also good to see Christchurch racer and good friend of mine Brendon Marshall there as well, albeit in 37th.

[bistard]

Yes,great to see,I didnt pick up Brendans name
There are some bloody big names at the pointy end of the field!!!

[cowpoos]

Good on Dom! Also good to see Christchurch racer and good friend of mine Brendon Marshall there as well, albeit in 37th.
shit!!!! he is too!!

[Kickaha]

Good on Dom! Also good to see Christchurch racer and good friend of mine Brendon Marshall there as well, albeit in 37th.

And maybe Vaughan will be joining them next

[onearmedbandit]

Yeah, I thought he was heading over at the same time as Brendon, obviously not as I saw him at the HAGD last weekend. Currently NZ has two riders in AMA Superbikes, with a possble third to join them.

[steveyb]

I know Dom is there, cruising around in the van, but there is an American Dominic Jones who is/was racing. Is this one our one??

Enjoy ;-)

Steve

[Bren_chch]

Good on Dom! Also good to see Christchurch racer and good friend of mine Brendon Marshall there as well, albeit in 37th.

Note that Brendon is riding with a knee the size of a football after a crash last week.

[oyster]

Dom called up today, at California Raceway after Fri practice. Goin OK so hopes to qualify. Struggling a bit with knotty little flip/flop chicanes.
Barber went well last weekend, 22nd and 23rd. Good for the points and cash, so all happy. It was his first time on the 16.5inch wheels so, took a lot of dialling in, hampering his results.
A few travel stories: when traveling further south, they have border patrols, and he gets pulled over quite a bit. Something about being young, scummy old van etc. This time the dogs went nuts. "Have you got dope in there young man?" So they put him in a little room, while they pulled his van to bits. No dope found, but Dom tryin to keep cool in the knowledge the van was used over the winter by people who quite like the stuff. Not a happy prospect if they'd found something....
Then the old father / son stuff. Last year oyster notices he's doin thousands of miles with no spare tyre. Dom says no probs, the rim will cope till the nearest town.. So old fart says, next time we see a dead Chev Astro, we'll get a whell off it, only $10 you know... Lucky for me we did find just that, in a paddock, the last wheel on it. No tread, unless you count the perish cracks, a sealing plug poking out. The price sir? $10 yep, we win sometimes..
This year, on his way to Alabama, he gets a flatty and puts it on. Realises it pretty stuffed, but gets there, then 3000km all the way back to California.
He now thinks he's wrong, it was a good investment. Just to wind me up, he's not gonna fix the original punctured tyre. Why he asks?.......

[Buddha#81]

Its easy for the boy to talk tough when he's on the other side of the world. Still the clip behind the ear will still hurt when you next see him.

[steveyb]

So, if no time to fix tyre, I guess he hasn't had a haircut either!!!

Enjoy ;-)

Steve