Superpole three
Leon Camier 1'35.657
Stuart Easton 1'35.976
Karl Harris 1'36.087
Airwaves Yamaha's Leon Camier seized British Superbike pole position at Oulton Park this afternoon with his last lap in qualifying, nudging Stuart Easton off the top of the timesheets by just over three-tenths of a second.
The Hydrex Honda man was the first rider to go under the 1'36s barrier this weekend and looked certain to hold the top spot but Camier's final flier of 1'35.657 was good enough to demote him.
Karl Harris takes third, just under half a second off the pace with Sylvain Guintoli rounding out the front row. Simon Andrews was a high as second early in the session but was bumped to the head of row two.
James Ellison, Glen Richards and Ian Lowry round out the second row while Vhris Walker and Josh Brookes took ninth and tenth.
Superpole two
Leon Camier 1'36.445
Simon Andrews 1'36.580
Glen Richards 1'36.685
Guintoli opened the action with a 1'37.332 which was quickly swallowed up by Leon Camier and then Richards. Harris crashed at Shell Oil Hairpin but re-mounted and got out on his second bike, making into the last ten.
Ellison had a technical problem halfway through the session but had done enough to move through into the final session while Andrews put in a coupe of blistering times to finish in second, his last lap knocking Richards into third. Easton made a late lunge to make it through.
ELIMINATED
Jason O'Halloran
Gary Mason
Jon Kirkham
Tristan Palmer
John Laverty
Atsushi Watanabe
Julien Da Costa
Kenny Gilbertson
David Johnson
Martin Jessopp
Superpole one
Karl Harris 1'36.504
Stuart Easton 1'36.537
Leon Camier 1'36.595
Harris and Easton dominated the first session swapping places between themselves after early charges from Lowry and Oulton Park debutant Brookes. Camier left it until half way through the session to make his charge towards the top, eventually claiming third fastest, just in front of Guintoli.
Andrews was the last man to put in a quick run and hauled himself out of the danger zone into eighth and then fifth but there will be head-scratching in the NW200 garage as Michael Rutter was eliminated and Graeme Gowland crashed on his out-lap, as did team-mate Walker but he still qualified for the second session.
ELIMINATED
Peter Hickman
Michael Rutter
Aaron Zanotti
Tom Tunstall
Dan Stewart
Alastair Fagan
Matt Bond
Kenny McCormack
Graeme Gowland
Victor Cox