Suzuki's Mat Mladin gets the point. "We were trying pretty hard to get the point. I didn't use a qualifier yesterday. The first one I went out and did a 54.44, so I came in and thought we better put the other one on. As I was going out I saw 54.3 on my board, with a number 20. I thought, 'we can go a little faster than that'. Fortunately we did a 54.2. On an absolutely perfect lap we could have only gone .2 quicker. It was cooler last year, so I am pretty happy."
Aaron Yates knows who signs his checks. "I was out there for about thirty minutes running in a race tire just like yesterday, seeing what it was going to do. We have the GSX-R750 running well and we were just making some fine changes. The tires we use here are so hard on the left side the bike has to slide and be stable and drive forward. I noticed I was on top. We stuck on a qualifier on at the end and it hung on pretty well. After a while I thought 'hey it's Mat up there' so I said what they hell and let him get the point."

Kawasaki's Eric Bostrom qualified in third position. "We didn't put on a qualifier (yesterday) so we had two toady. I am really happy to be on the front row. At Brainerd we were but couldn't do anything on the race, but this time maybe it will be different."

Ducati's John Kocinski decided to skip the press conference after the last one at Brainerd.

Honda's Nicky Hayden was seventh, and looking very uncomfortable entering turn one. At the end of the session his pace quickened, but he couldn't keep up with the faster riders. A very bad session for a rider trying hard for the AMA Superbike championship.

Harley's Pascal Picotte crashed in turn three when he hit the ripples and lost the front. He picked the bike back up and rode it to the pits. This morning's Colorado Springs paper has an interview with Picotte in which he is fairly critical of the Harley team.