Aaron Slight takes pole position

Aaron Slight takes pole position

JAKARTA (JP): Aaron Slight took the pole position for today's
World Superbike Championship race at the Sentul circuit, Bogor,
West Java despite his below par performance in the second
qualifying race yesterday.

Riding on Honda, the New Zealander clocked a lackluster time
of one minute 39.961 seconds to finish sixth in the second
qualifying race yesterday. Nobody, however, beat his best time of
1:28.028 he set in the first race on Friday.

Slight is now chasing a win to secure a consoling runner-up
place in the world championship standings. He collected 249
points to place third behind Australian Corser Troy who will
start from the third grid in today's race.

English world champion Carl Fogarty, on his Ducati, will start
behind Slight, but he remains a hot favorite to continue his
winning streak today.

Fogarty collected an unbeatable 420 points after the 11th race
to retain his crown.

Dadan Nugroho saved Indonesia from blushing when clocking
1:36.060 to become the only host rider to qualify for the world
championship race, the penultimate and 12th leg of the world
series. Dadan managed only the rear position among 23 riders who
will compare their skills today. (amd)