Greenwood, Rapp, Meyers Star In Friday’s CCS Races At Daytona International Speedway

Greenwood, Rapp, Meyers Star In Friday’s CCS Races At Daytona International Speedway

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Scott Greenwood, Steve Rapp and William Meyers were the big winners Friday at the 20th annual Race of Champions at Daytona International Speedway.

Greenwood came back from a crash in Friday morning practice to score wins in Expert GTU and Expert Middleweight Supersport on his Dunlop-shod Argo Cycles Yamaha YZF-R6. In the red-flag-shortened GTU race, Greenwood took a big lead on the opening lap and pulled away to beat Arclight Suzuki’s Scott Harwell and young Canadian Chris Peris. Dave Ebben drafted by 16-year-old Jesse Janisch to take fourth by a tire. Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Matt Furtek came from 40th on the grid to sixth on a GSX-R600 built according to 2004 AMA Formula Xtreme rules and running Michelin DOT-labeled tires.

Greenwood got another strong start and ran more 1:55 laps in the Expert Middleweight Supersport five-lapper to beat Triad Powersports’ Lee Acree and Bettencourt’s Jeff Wood. Janisch finished fourth ahead of Heath Small.

Steve Rapp rode a 2004 AMA Superstock-spec GSX-R1000 on Michelin DOT-labeled tires to win the GTO Expert race. Rapp started 29th on the grid, ran a string of 1:52 laps (including the fastest lap of the day, 1:52.203), took the lead from Marco Martinez on lap three and went on to win the 11-lap event by 15 seconds. John Haner, riding a Hooters Suzuki GSX-R1000, chased Rapp to the front but DNF when his bike’s engine blew coming into the tri-oval on lap eight. Martinez finished second ahead of Haner’s teammate-for-the-weekend Jake Holden. Arclight Suzuki’s Dave Stanton finished fourth in front of Robert Jensen and Peris.

Champion Motorcycles’ Martinez came back to beat Holden, Denning and Jensen in Expert Unlimited Grand Prix.

Each year one Amateur racer stands out at the CCS Race of Champions, and this year that standout rider appears to be Riviera Country Club’s William Meyers, II. Meyers won all four races he entered Friday at Daytona. Originally from nearby Ormond Beach, Florida, the 26-year-old rode his Kawasaki ZX-6R to wins in GTU and Middleweight Supersport and used a 2003-model Suzuki GSX-R1000 to victories in GTO and Unlimited Grand Prix.

The action at Daytona continues with 15 five-lap sprint CCS races Saturday with the five Formula USA National classes taking center stage Sunday.

Friday’s Provisional CCS Race Results:

Expert Unlimited Grand Prix:

1. Marco Martinez (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Larry Denning (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R1)
5. John Ashmead (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. John McGarity (Suz GSX-R750)

Amateur Unlimited Grand Prix:

1. William Meyers, II (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Michael Shallcross (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Jay Scott Quick (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Brian Hall (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Kevin Mays (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R750)

Expert Middleweight Supersport:

1. Scott Greenwood (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Jeff Wood (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Jesse Janisch (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Heath Small (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Trey Younce (Yam YZF-R6)

Amateur Middleweight Supersport:

1. William Meyers, II (Kaw ZX-6R)
2. Greg Melka (Kaw ZX-6R)
3. Benjamin Thornton (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Ned Brown (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Ryan Patterson (Kaw ZX-6)
6. Jorge Rodriguez (Suz GSX-R600)

Expert Lightweight Supersport:

1. Ed Key (Suz SV650)
2. Alex Ferreira (Suz SV650)
3. John Linder (Suz SV650)
4. Danny Tackett
5. Vero Anderson (Suz SV650)
6. Gerald Young, III (Suz SV650)

Amateur Lightweight Supersport:

1. Bill Davenport (Suz SV650)
2. Stephen Servis (Suz SV650)
3. Tom Short (Suz SV650)
4. Matthew Walker (Suz SV650)
5. Juan Santana (Suz SV650)
6. Daniel Riter (Suz SV650)

Expert Middleweight Sportsman:

1. Vahan Buchakjian (Duc 750)
2. Paul James (Buell XB9R)
3. Rodney Burr (Apr RS250)
4. Doug Weaver (Yam FZR400)
5. Andrew Hamblin (Buell XB9R)
6. Steve Larochelle (Duc 800)

Amateur Middleweight Sportsman:

1. Miki Espiritu (Apr RS250)
2. Daniele Lenarduzzi
3. Michael Humphries
4. Rob Stewart (Yam FZR400)
5. John Neal Foster
6. Peter Willemse (Yam FZR400)

Expert Lightweight Sportsman:

1. Kevin Weir (MuZ 720)
2. John Aksel (MuZ 720)
3. Eric Mercer (MuZ 762)
4. Kevin Kennedy (MuZ 720)
5. Daniel Dominguez (Hon 400)
6. Harold Jordan (Yam FZR400)

Amateur Lightweight Sportsman:

1. Jameson White (MuZ 660)
2. Dave Gabert (Hon 400)
3. Bruce Wagner (MuZ 660)
4. Shannon Manderfield (Kaw EX500)
5. Elaine Seasly (MuZ 686)
6. John Neal Foster

Ultra-Lightweight Sportsman:

1. Kevin Kennedy (MuZ 720)
2. Duane Francis (Yam 250)
3. Victor Hyman (Hon 250)

SuperSingles:

1. Jerry Wood (Duc 570)
2. Eric Mercer (MuZ 762)
3. Kevin Weir (MuZ 720)
4. John Aksel (Tigcraft 720)
5. Elaine Seasly (MuZ 686)
6. Mark Alan Rubin (MuZ 660)

GP Singles:

1. Steve Wenner (Hon RS125)
2. Dale Greenwood, Jr. (Hon RS125)
3. Scott Coccoli (Hon RS125)
4. Joe Bennardi, Jr. (Hon RS125)
5. Federeco Cortes (Yam TZ125)
6. Edward Chirino (Yam TZ125)

Expert GTO:

1. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Marco Martinez (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Jake Holden (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. David Stanton (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Chris Peris (Hon CBR600RR)

Amateur GTO:

1. William Meyers, II (Suz GSX-R1000)
2. Jay Scott Quick (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Brian Shaw (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Michael Shallcross (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Brian Hall (Suz GSX-R750)

Expert GTU:

1. Scott Greenwood (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Chris Peris (Hon CBR600RR)
4. Dave Ebben (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Jesse Janisch (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Matt Furtek (Suz GSX-R600)

Amateur GTU:

1. William Meyers, II (Kaw ZX-6R)
2. Mark Delano (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Greg Melka (Kaw ZX-6R)
4. Benjamin Thornton (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Ryan Patterson (Kaw ZX-6)
6. Brenden Hafner (Hon CBR600)

Expert GT Lights:

1. Ed Key (Suz SV700)
2. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB9R)
3. Derek Keyes (Suz SV650)
4. Alex Ferreira (Suz SV650)
5. Randy Rega (Buell XB9R)
6. Scott Levine (Suz 684)

Amateur GT Lights:

1. Michael Mills (Suz SV650)
2. Ron Belisle (Suz SV650)
3. Brenden Hafner (Suz SV650)
4. Stephen Servis (Suz SV650)
5. Dave Ellis Maney (Duc 900)
6. Tom Short (Suz SV650)

More, from a press release issued by Daytona International Speedway:

Fall Cycle Scene Day 2: Rick Shaw Turns More Laps; William Meyers Goes 4-for-4

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., (Oct. 17, 2003) – For the first time since setting the Daytona 200 by Arai mileage record this past March, Rick Shaw returned to the 3.56-mile road course at Daytona International Speedway to participate in Fall
Cycle Scene.

After having a couple of months to let the mileage record sink in, Shaw is now able to reminisce about the feat.

“(The record) is such an honor,” said Shaw, who has raced 3,365 miles in the Daytona 200 By Arai. “When I started (racing in the Daytona 200 by Arai) 20 years ago, I never expected it. Just to think that my name would be listed with
all the greats that passed, what can I say, it’s just an honor.”

Shaw, a native of Miami, Fla., where he is a police officer, kicked off his return to “The World Center of Racing” by pairing up with his nephew, Brian Shaw and taking first place in Thursday’s Team Challenge. Motorcycle racing will become a family affair next March, with Rick’s son, Dale, racing in a few Championship Cup Series (CCS) events.

Looking ahead to next March, Shaw is eager to return and continue to build upon his record. He’s also aware of what it is going to take to make the race.

“I would really like to keep on coming back and making (the record) so far out of sight that no one gets it,” Shaw said. “That’s the way that I’d like to do it — as long as I’m enjoying racing and having fun. If I’m competing at a
relatively high level where I’m not a hazard to anybody on the track or a hazard to myself, and I can finish in the Top 20, I’m happy. I love coming here. A lot of guys have been going really fast with this equipment. The deciding
factor is going to be tires.”

For Shaw, every return to historic Daytona International Speedway is a memorable experience. Besides extending his mileage record next March, he will also be celebrating his 30th anniversary of racing at Daytona.

He’s also excited about Friday’s announcement that the 2004 Daytona Supercross by Honda will be raced under the lights and the 63rd Daytona 200 by Arai will be moved to Saturday afternoon.

“I thought it was such a beautiful idea when you guys shifted the cars to running at night and made it a spectacle,” Shaw said. “I think the Supercross is one of your premier events and running it at night would be a beautiful, beautiful thing. The (Daytona) 200 on Saturday would be wonderful.”

No matter how many more years Shaw continues to return to Daytona and build on his mileage record, when he does decide to retire, he hopes people remember how much he loved to race.

“I just hope that through the years that people will say ‘I watched him race and he wasn’t the fastest out there, but he was out there all the time and he had a good time doing it.’ “

Friday’s races: William Meyers, a native of Ormond Beach, Fla., and Jacksonville, Fla., resident was the big winner during Friday’s Fall Cycle Scene activities, capturing all four races he was entered in.

Meyers posted victories in the Amateur GTO, Acropovic GTU Amateur, Amateur Speedscreen Unlimited GP and the Amateur Middleweight Supersport.

Meyers will race in two more events on Saturday and compete in Sunday’s Amateur Unlimited Grand Prix.

“It builds your confidence,” Meyers said. “Everything is working right. We’ve got a couple of issues on the Suzuki 1000 but we’ll get it dialed in right and get it going fast.”

Fall Cycle Scene continues on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available at the gate. For more information, call the Speedway ticket office at (386) 253-RACE.

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