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SBK MIller Park, team Althea Honda preview

In SBK

26 maggio 2009

The seventh round of the Superbike and Supersport World Championship will take place over the weekend of May 29-31, 2009, in Miller Motorsports Park circuit. The circuit is a state-of-the-art road racing facility for automobiles, motorcycles and karts located just 35 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City in Tooele, Utah. USA. It is considered the finest facility of its type in North America.

Opened in 2006, Miller Motorsports Park hosts many of the world's most significant racing series. Safety was a major consideration in the design philosophy of Miller Motorsports Park who enjoys a reputation as one of the safest racing facilities in the world.

Circuit main characteristics :
Length : m.4.907
Pole Position : right
Corners : 15
Race distance: 21 laps (103.047 km)
Superbike – best lap : Carlos Checa (Honda) – 2008 – 1,48,193
Superbike – Superpole record : Carlos Checa (Honda) – 2008 – 1,48,193
Superbike – race lap record : Carlos Checa (Honda) – 2008 – 1,49,703

Tommy Hill – Superbike: "I came away from the last round in Kyalami extremely disappointed and so I'm hoping to have a much more positive weekend now in Miller Motorsports Park. This is another track that I don't know at all, so again we will have to learn as we progress through the weekend in order to arrive at the best set-up for the races. Hopefully both my team and I will have a good weekend and we can fight for some points”.

Mark Aitchison – Supersport: "I am really looking forward to getting started this weekend and leading off from where I left off in South Africa. Obviously it's a new track, so it is very important for us to work hard during the practice sessions to make me as comfortable as possible heading into qualifying and then for the race. I am looking once again for valuable points and this is my main aim, but also I would love another podium".

Matthieu Lagrive – Supersport: “The Miller track will be a completely new experience for me, I’ve heard it is a very fast track and this is the kind of circuit that I like. It's a new track for everyone in Supersport and I hope to be able to learn the track quickly and be competitive very soon. I wasn't happy with the result at Kyalami so I want to have a really good race result in the U.S.A. this weekend”.