De Gea Beats Cardosa To Win Spanish FX Race At Albacete, And We Learn That A Spanish Series Has Dunlop Spec Tires!

De Gea Beats Cardosa To Win Spanish FX Race At Albacete, And We Learn That A Spanish Series Has Dunlop Spec Tires!

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From a press release issued by Team Troll Honda BQR:

Report on today’s third round of the Spanish National Formula Extreme Championship race at Albacete, Spain.

Date: July 20, 2003

Noyes 12th in Albacete

Kenny Noyes (Honda CBR954RR), one of two American road racers currently participating in the Spanish National Championship, finished 12th today at sweltering Albacete, Spain, eventually getting the better of a five machine scrap for the position that lasted the entire race.

“We had a problem in the warm-up and couldn’t try the gearing that looked good on the computer. After the warm-up I decided to take add two teeth to the rear to try and get a better run out of the final corner. It looked good on screen but with wheelspin in the real race it turned out to be a mistake. The guys at the front ran high 1:33s and 34s. I ran 34s in the final qualifying session but I was trying to find the gearing to do 33s and ended up being stuck in the 35s,” said Noyes, who was the first Honda rider home behind ten Suzukis and a Yamaha.

The race was won by current MotoGP rider José David de Gea (Alestar Coronas Suzuki GSX-R1000) from former GP 500 regular José Luis Cardoso (D’Antin Yamaha R1) and former Spanish Supersport Champion Oriol Fernandez (Reposl Suzuki GSX-R1000).

Noyes (24) from California, was 8th in the opening round of the Formula Extreme Series at the Circuit of Catalunya, retired at Jarama with a flat front tire and is now 11th in the nationally televised Formula Extreme series, which is Spain’s top championship, having replaced the Superbike class.

The other American racing in the Spanish Nationals is Cory West (19) of Arkansas. He was 20th in Albacete on his Monllau Racing Honda CBR600RR. Cory will return to the United States and ride at a few Formula USA events before returning in September to ride the final four races of the Spanish series. The Albacete Supersport round was won by Ivan Silva (Yamaha R6) who rides for the D’Antin Yamaha team that enters Shinya Nakano in MotoGP.

Noyes, now residing permanently in Spain, rides for the Troll Honda BQR team that enters Alex Debón and Eric Bataille in the World 250 Championship. He will make his next ride in late August at Jerez de la Frontera in the Bancaja Fórmula de Campeones series in the Superstock class (on spec Dunlop slicks).

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