For the second day in a row, Joey Pascarella is on the top of the time sheets. Pascarella won the first qualifying session in the AMA Supersport in New Jersey, and now he has successfully claimed the pole position for tomorrow's race.
Joey wasn't the only rider to carry over identical results from the first qualifying. The top five riders remained unchanged from Q1.
Pascarella was expected to do big things this season, but a mid-season team switch seemed to slow his progress. Pascarella was still able to lock down the West title, but not in the dominant form that was expected.
"At the beginning of the year I had all the confidence in the world and I was winning," Pascarella said. "And we switched teams and we switched bikes and it played with my head a little bit. But my team is behind me 100% and they give me no pressure -- there's pressure, but no pressure from them. It's a really friendly environment and that helped my confidence a lot. There for a while my confidence was really low. I was just trying too hard and it just wasn't working. And now I think I'm back up to speed.
"I wish J.D. was here to race with me because I know it would be a good race. I think the old Joey Pascarella is back for sure."
AMA Supersport – New Jersey - 2nd Qualifying
| Pos | No. | Rider(s) | Bike | |||||
| 1 | 25 | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1:24.358 | |||||
| 2 | 75 | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1:26.054 | |||||
| 3 | 77 | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1:26.268 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 1:26.376 | |||||
| 5 | 12 | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1:26.605 | |||||
| 6 | 56 | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1:26.882 | |||||
| 7 | 17 | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 1:26.982 | |||||
| 8 | 24 | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1:27.204 | |||||
| 9 | 72 | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1:27.480 | |||||
| 10 | 21 | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 1:27.669 |
