2011 WSBK

For the second time since Monza, the reigning World Superbike Champion, Max Biaggi, will start from the pole position.

The Alitalia Aprilia RSV4 pilot posted a 1:58.580 Saturday at Brno, giving him the best start for Round 8 of the 2011 WSBK Championship. Biaggi held off fellow Italian, Yamaha Superbike’s Marco Melandri, by 0.221 of a second.

2011 World Superbike

From the looks of things at qualifying practice and Superpole, tomorrow’s Motorland Aragon races are going to be a battle between three riders – series’ leader Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati), reigning World Superbike Champion Max Biaggi, and Marco Melandri (Yamaha Superbike).

2011 World Superbike

For the first time in the 2011 World Superbike Championship, the all-new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R will be on the pole with Tom Sykes at the controls.

2011 World Superbike

After complete domination at the opening round of the 2011 World Superbike Championship in Australia, Carlos Checa remains on top, qualifying on the pole Saturday for Donington Park.

Superpole Results

The first Superpole of the 2011 World Superbike Championship is in the history books in more ways than one. The Spaniard Carlos Checa not only set the pace for Sunday’s WSBK season opener at Phillip Island, he also broke the Australian circuit’s lap record.

Michael Jordan Motorsports (MJM) rider Aaron Yates and the #23 Jordan Suzuki team continue its second half surge with another top performance in AMA Pro Racing’s Superpole at Round 9 of the Championship at Heartland Park. Back on the calendar after nearly two decades, the Topeka raceway is playing host to another pair of great American Superbike races with four different brands represented on the front row for Saturday and Sunday’s 20 lap races.

Round 8 of the AMA Pro Racing National Guard American Superbike Championship kicked off today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Michael Jordan Motorsports (MJM) riders Aaron Yates and Geoff May capturing the teams’ highest combined qualifying positions of the season. During late Friday afternoon’s Superpole session, Yates and May set down the second and third fastest times, and for the second time this season give MJM two of the four front row positions.