Ben Spies' Sterilgarda Yamaha crew chief Tom Houseworth says getting a good start at Miller Motorsport Park World Superbike round is vital because the straight is very long and speed into the fast first corner is crucial.

Houseworth, who has been with Spies for a majority of his Superbike career, has revealed that his rider will be doing as many practice starts as possible as the Yamaha has, so far, been difficult to get off the line.

"The start is very important at Miller. After the lights go off there is a very long straight to deal with so we will have to try many starts during practice and hope all the settings are correct to be near the front entering turn one. It's a long race however so there is time to make our way to the front depending on the type of start we get," said Houseworth.

"Miller is a circuit where Ben and I have quite a bit of experience, it's fast and flowing with just a couple tight corners and a very long straight. The only thing it has in common with Kyalami is elevation which reduces the engine power a bit. The setup we're going to use will be a compromise between good corner entry speed and maximum grip, stable but quick transitions will be important in the fast first sector of the track. If we can get this area correct then the rest of the lap is usually good.

"The bikes will be set up just a bit different to Kyalami, bike one will use our standard base settings while bike two will have a different link to determine if we can achieve better grip which is always wanted. Our gearing set-up should be nearly there with just some fine tuning required. Once setup is close we'll fine tune, you guessed it, the traction control."