Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

The 80th running of the Loudon Classic Sunday featured wins by Scott Greenwood, Dave Estok and Jeff and Eric Wood in the Formula USA National classes at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Estok started the day by riding his Buell Firebolt XB9R to victory in the 15-lap Thunderbike final. Harding H-D/Buell’s Bryan Bemisderfer battled with Estok early-on but slipped backward into a fight for second with Suzuki SV650-mounted Rick Doucette and Ducati SuperMono rider Jerry Wood. Doucette passed Bemisderfer late to take second. Bemisderfer held on for third with Wood a close fourth.

Hoban Brothers Racing/Daytona H-D/Buell’s Richie Morris crashed in turn two at the original start of the Thunderbike final causing the race to be stopped. Morris suffered a broken right collarbone and broken ribs, was treated and released from Concord Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire and planned to have the fracture pinned when he returned to his home in Wisconsin.

Eric Wood ran away with the Expert Unlimited Grand Prix 15-lapper on his Woodcraft/Barden Bearings Suzuki GSX-R750. Wood won the red-flag-interrupted event by two seconds over Ducati-998-mounted Eric Gulbransen, Andrew Nelson on his Honda 600 and Doucette on a Suzuki GSX-R750.

Jeff Wood held off a determined challenge from his Bettencourts/Argo Cycles teammate Greenwood to win the first, red-flag-interrupted Sportbike race. Celtic Racing’s Des Conboy finished a lonely third on a Suzuki GSX-R600.

The first Sportbike race was stopped on lap six of 18 for David Cormier who had crashed in turn one and needed medical attention. Earlier in the race, Brian Kent highsided exiting turn six, the Bowl turn, and was hit by Arclight Suzuki’s Dave Stanton, who also crashed. Stanton’s teammate Scott Harwell also crashed during the race and suffered what Harwell believed to be a broken right hand. Nelson DNF when his Honda dropped a cylinder, forcing him to retire from the race.

The second Sportbike race was a virtual copy of the first only with Greenwood returning the favor by beating teammate Jeff Wood after a race-long battle. Conboy took another third.

First-year Expert Carlo Gagliardo, who finished fourth in Sportbike race one, highsided out of Sportbike race two while running fourth. Gagliardo was uninjured in the fall.

Greenwood came back later to win the Superbike race on the same Sportbike-spec, Dunlop-DOT-shod Suzuki GSX-R600. Jeff Wood gambled with a set-up change to his Honda, which turned out to be wrong, and had to settle for a distant second. Conboy made it three for three with another third place.

Jerry Wood, father of Jeff and Eric Wood, won the Rising Sun Cycle 250cc Grand Prix over Chris Reynolds and Jason Routhier.

Dale Greenwood, brother of Scott Greenwood, won the Diablo Can-Am/USGPRU 125cc Grand Prix race over Corey Sherman and Zack Courts.

Both Brian Kcraget and Stuart Nodell crashed out of the lead in separate incidents during the 125cc GP event. Kcraget and Nodell were reported to be relatively uninjured.

Sportbike Race One Results:

1. Jeff Wood, Honda CBR600RR, 15 laps
2. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki GSX-R600, -0.24 second
3. Des Conboy, Suzuki GSX-R600
4. Carlo Gagliardo, Yamaha YZF-R6
5. Eric Wood, Buell XB9R
6. Nate Wait, Kawasaki ZX-6R
7. Joseph Arico, Honda CBR600F4i
8. Chris Rankin (of Maryland), Suzuki GSX-R600
9. Michael Niksa, Suzuki GSX-R600
10. Michael Himmelsbach, Suzuki GSX-R600
11. Jason Smith, Kawasaki ZX-6RR
12. Michael Martire, Kawasaki
13. Gus Holcomb, Honda CBR600RR
14. Rob Pearson, Kawasaki ZX-6R
15. Michael Shaun Fields, Yamaha YZF-R6
16. Peter Douvris, Honda CBR600
17. Michael Paris, Yamaha YZF-R6
18. Nicky Cummings, Honda CBR600RR
19. Adam Adrusia, Suzuki GSX-R600
20. Peter Kimball

25. John Scheehser, Honda CBR600RR, -2 laps, DNF, crash
26. Jim Lester, Honda CBR600F4i, -3 laps, DNF, crash
27. Mike Ciccotto, Buell XB9R, -11 laps, DNF, mechanical

29. Andrew Nelson, Honda CBR600RR, -14 laps, DNF, mechanical
30. Scott Harwell, Suzuki GSX-R600, -16 laps, DNF, crash
31. Brian Kent, -16 laps, DNF, crash
32. Dave Stanton, Suzuki GSX-R600, -16 laps, DNF, crash

Sportbike Race Two Results:

1. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki GSX-R600, 15 laps
2. Jeff Wood, Honda CBR600RR, -6.7 seconds
3. Des Conboy, Suzuki GSX-R600
4. Nate Wait, Kawasaki ZX-6R
5. Chris Rankin (of Maryland), Suzuki GSX-R600
6. Michael Himmelsbach, Suzuki GSX-R600
7. Joseph Arico, Honda CBR600F4i
8. Michael Niksa, Suzuki GSX-R600
9. Jason Smith, Kawasaki ZX-6RR
10. Mike Ciccotto, Buell XB9R
11. Michael Shaun Fields, Yamaha YZF-R6
12. Dave Stanton, Suzuki GSX-R600
13. Michael Martire, Kawasaki, -1 lap
14. Rob Pearson, Kawasaki ZX-6R, -1 lap
15. Gus Holcomb, Honda CBR600RR, -1 lap
16. Peter Douvris, Honda CBR600, -1 lap
17. Nicky Cummings, Honda CBR600RR, -1 lap
18. Michael Paris, Yamaha YZF-R6, -1 lap
19. Peter Kimball, -1 lap
20. David Dalzell, Yamaha YZF-R6, -1 lap

25. Eric Wood, Buell XB9R, -11 laps, DNF, mechanical
26. Carlo Gagliardo, Yamaha YZF-R6, -12 laps, DNF, crash

Superbike Race Results:

1. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki GSX-R600, 15 laps
2. Jeff Wood, Honda CBR600RR, -10 seconds
3. Des Conboy, Suzuki GSX-R600
4. Carlo Gagliardo, Yamaha YZF-R6
5. Mike Himmelsbach, Suzuki GSX-R600
6. Chris Rankin (of Maryland), Suzuki GSX-R600
7. Michael Niksa, Suzuki GSX-R600
8. David Stanton, Suzuki GSX-R600
9. Jason Smith, Kawasaki ZX-6RR
10. Michael Shaun Fields, Yamaha YZF-R6
11. Tom Fournier, Ducati 748
12. Timothy Stanton, -1 lap
13. Adam Vella, Suzuki GSX-R600, -1 lap
14. Tom Bibeau, Suzuki GSX-R600, -1 lap
15. Daniel Convertino, Kawasaki, -1 lap
16. Jim Lester, Honda CBR600F4i, –9 laps, DNF, retired

Thunder Race Results:

1. Dave Estok, Buell XB9R, 15 laps
2. Rick Doucette, Suzuki SV650
3. Bryan Bemisderfer, Buell X1
4. Jerry Wood, Ducati SuperMono
5. Bob Poetzsch, Suzuki SV650
6. Ray Bowman, Suzuki GSX-R750
7. Arthur Wagner, Honda CBR600F2
8. Jeff Johnson, Buell X1
9. Shane Gonyea, Suzuki SV650
10. Vahan Buchakjian, Ducati 750
11. David White, Suzuki SV650
12. Sam Rozynski, Buell X1
13. Jonathan Burbank, Suzuki SV650
14. Rick Patrolia, Suzuki SV650
15. Charles Sipp, Ducati X1, -1 lap
16. Chris Rau, Yamaha 400, -1 lap
17. Richard Gosselin, Suzuki SV650, -1 lap
18. Thomas Barry, Honda, -1 lap
19. Ted Norton, Kawasaki EX500, -1 lap
20. Stephen Perkins, Ducati 750, -1 lap
21. Carlton, Sargent, -1 lap
22. Jeff Harding, Buell X1, -2 laps
23. Jonathan Martel, Buell X1, -2 laps
24. Brian Cushing, Suzuki SV650, -2 laps
25. Nicholas Rockwell, Muz 720, -2 laps
26. Bill Ormerod, Duc 620, -2 laps
27. Anthony Caligiuri, Buell X1, -2 laps
28. Paul Conley, MuZ 720, -2 laps
29. Rhiannon Lucente, Honda CBR600F2, -2 laps
30. Jason Kosco, Buell XB9R, -3 laps
31. Kevin Kennedy, MuZ 720, -3 laps
32. Charles Berube, Honda 400, -3 laps
33. Scott Korol, Buell XB9R, -4 laps
34. Joe Rozynski, Buell X1, -4 laps, DNF, crash
35. Dan Bilansky, Buell XB9R/1200, -6 laps, DNF
36. Peter Kolodziej, Suzuki SV650, -4 laps
37. Patrick Wakefield, Buell X1, -10 laps
38. Richie Morris, Buell X1, -15 laps, DNF, crash
39. Galen Miller, MuZ 660, -15 laps, DNF, crash
40. Peter Baum, Buell X1, DNF, crash

Expert Unlimited Grand Prix Race Results:

1. Eric Wood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 15 laps
2. Eric Gulbransen, Ducati 998
3. Andrew Nelson, Honda CBR600RR
4. Rick Doucette, Suzuki GSX-R750
5. Michael Niksa, Suzuki GSX-R750
6. Chris Rankin (of Maryland), Suzuki GSX-R600
7. Chris Rockwell, Ducati 998
8. Timothy Stanton, Yamaha YZF-R6
9. Arthur Wagner, Suzuki GSX-R750
10. Aaron Whitney, Yamaha YZF-R6
11. Jeff Leonard, Yamaha YZF-R6
12. Jim Bonner, Yamaha YZF-R1
13. Brian Mitchell, Yamaha YZF-R6, -1 lap
14. David Peloquin, Suzuki GSX-R600, -1 lap
15. Tom Bibeau, Suzuki GSX-R600, -5 laps
16. Alex Barrera, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -6 laps
17. Todd Widli, Yamaha YZF-R6, -8 laps

250cc Grand Prix Race Results:

1. Jerry Wood, Yamaha TZ250, 15 laps
2. Chris Reynolds, Honda RS250, -2.6 seconds
3. Jason Routhier, Yamaha TZ250
4. Tony Iannarelli
5. Dale Greenwood, Jr., Honda RS125
6. Dan Frisbie, Yamaha TZ250
7. Jim Bonner, Yamaha TZ250
8. William Greenwood, Honda RS125
9. Rick Moreau, Yamaha TZ250
10. James Gustafson, Yamaha TZ250, -2 laps
11. Scott Chatigny, Aprilia RS250, -9 laps
12. Jay Carpenter, Aprilia RS250, -11 laps
13. John Abell, Aprilia RS250, -12 laps

Can-Am/USGPRU 125cc Grand Prix Race Results (all on Honda RS125 unless noted):

1. Dale Greenwood, 15 laps
2. Corey Sherman
3. Zack Courts
4. Eric Yoo
5. Jim Struke
6. Gus Holcomb
7. John Dempsey
8. Yvan Desy
9. Scott Moxey
10. Christian Rose
11. Paul Duval
12. Matthew Dennie
13. Tim Courts
14. James Lovejoy
15. Frank Guadagnino
16. Debra Kuick, Yamaha TZ125
17. Chris Cosentino
18. Reet Das
19. Craig Derosa, -1 lap
20. Angela Hiba, -1 lap
21. Brian Yoo, -1 lap
22. Marshall Young, -1 lap
23. Richard Martin, -1 lap
24. Errol Tucker, -1 lap
25. Mark Johnson, -1 lap
26. Joseph Melchionda, -1 lap
27. Turu Illgen, -1 lap
28. Tom Pedzewick, -1 lap
29. Jesse Herrera, -1 lap
30. Bob Demetrius, -1 lap
31. Samantha Cotter, -2 laps
32. John Barbleri, -2 laps
33. Richard Demetrius, -3 laps
34. Stuart Nodell, -10 laps, DNF, crash
35. Judy Mirro, -11 laps, DNF
36. William Greenwood, -13 laps, DNF
37. Brian Kcraget, -14 laps, DNF, crash

Amateur Unlimited Grand Prix Race Results:

1. Kevin Puopp, Yamaha YZF-R6, 12 laps
2. Hector Jimenez, Honda CBR600
3. Bruce Villerup, Yamaha YZF-R6
4. Bentley Squires, Honda 1000
5. Quintin Beckett, Honda CBR600
6. Gil Duquette, Honda CBR600
7. Frank Giles, Honda CBR600
8. Felisberto Pereira
9. Adam Dolbec, Suzuki
10. Michael Petrarca, Suzuki GSX-R750