Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Scott Greenwood won the CCS Middleweight Supersport sprint race and went under the track record on a 2003-model Yamaha YZF-R6 Saturday at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas.

Greenwood crashed his 2001 Suzuki GSX-R600 “A-bike” in the last round of the Formula USA series June 27 at Virginia International Raceway. He then crashed his back-up GSX-R600 at his home track, New Hampshire International Speedway (NHIS), two weeks ago while racing in the Loudon Road Race Series (LRRS).

Greenwood’s A-bike was straightened by sponsor G.M.D. Computrack – Boston, but he needed a second bike and the new Yamaha YZF-R6 looked very attractive. “I looked at what was available,” said Greenwood Saturday at Heartland Park. “Instead of buying another old Suzuki and having them come out with a new bike next year, I thought I’d go with the Yamaha. Just from watching everything going on in racing this year and seeing what Lee (Acree) did on a brand new (Yamaha) at VIR was what convinced me.”

Greenwood acquired a salvaged Yamaha R6 from his team’s main sponsor Argo Cycles and brought it to Kansas to finish prepping. He missed half of a track day Thursday to finish installing new valving in the forks, a Penske shock, a Hindle pipe, Dynojet Power Commander, Sharkskinz bodywork, Woodcraft clip-ons and rearsets and Dunlop race tires. The New Hampshire rider rode the bike during Friday’s practice and in a few sprint races, then made more adjustments Friday night before lining up for Saturday’s Middleweight Supersport eight-lapper.

Greenwood took the lead early, had a one-second advantage over teammate Jeff Wood and teenager Nicky Cummings (both on Honda CBR600RRs) by the end of lap one and won by a large margin over Cummings and Larry Denning. Wood pitted during the race to make suspension adjustments.

CCS timing and scoring had Greenwood at a 1:28.20 during the race, which is unofficially under the existing track record of 1:28.68, set by Denning in 1999 on a Yamaha YZF-R1. CCS officials said they needed to check their records and therefore could not confirm the lap record at post time.

Greenwood was quick to point out that several other riders had gone under the existing lap record (including Matt Wait who did a 1:27.8 in practice) and said his lap record, if made official, would most likely be bettered during Formula USA qualifying and racing on Sunday.

“I don’t know where the Yamaha is better than all the other bikes,” said Greenwood when asked about the Yamaha’s advantages. “It has a totally different feel. It’s rigid and narrow. It accelerates well and has good speed. I really can’t draw a good comparison until I get back to Loudon. Right now I’m shooting in the dark for a suspension set-up and just out there motocrossing the bumps like everyone else. Overall, it’s a good bike.”

Saturday’s biggest winner was Motorcycle Performance’s Ed Key, who took wins in Lightweight Supersport, Lightweight Superbike and Lightweight GP on his Pirelli-equipped Suzuki SV650. Other CCS winners Saturday included Eric Wood in the Suzuki contingency-paying Heavyweight Supersport, Jeff Wood in Middleweight Superbike, Denning in Unlimited Supersport, Jason Swan in Unlimited GP and Dave Rosno on his new Yamaha YZF-R6 in Sportbike.

Saturday’s Provisional CCS Race Results:

Expert Formula 40:
1. Calvin Martinez (Suz GSX-R600)
2. Keith Brewer (Hon CBR600)
3. Edward Bingham (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Brian Lacy (Suz SV650)
5. Steve Haesemeyer (Hon CBR600)
6. Chris Onwiler (Kaw ZX-6)

Amateur Formula 40:
1. Kevin Clark (Suz GSX-R600)
2. James Swan (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Sergio Zaderenko (Duc 916)
4. Mike Peters (Hon CBR600)
5. Craig Schock (Hon CBR600)
6. John Foster (Yam FZR400)

Expert Lightweight Supersport:
1. Ed Key (Suz SV650)
2. Aaron Stein (Suz SV650)
3. Jason Jenkins (Suz SV650)

Amateur Lightweight Supersport:
1. Tom Short (Suz SV650)
2. Jeremy Bentz (Suz SV650)
3. David Rising (Hon 650)
4. Paul Buxton (Suz SV650)
5. Craig Schock (Suz SV650)

Expert Unlimited Grand Prix:
1. Jason Swan (Suz)
2. Dr. Jeffrey Purk (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Calvin Martinez (Suz GSX-R750)
4. David Vaughn (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Chris Onwiler (Suz GSX-R750)
6. Aaron Stein (Suz SV650)

Amateur Middleweight Supersport:
1. J.J. Zehr (Suz GSX-R600)
2. Kenny Oyen (Hon CBR600)
3. Josh Lenz (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Brian Johnson (Yam YZF-R6)
5. John Roop (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Alfredo Cantu, Jr. (Suz GSX-R600)

Expert Middleweight Supersport:
1. Scott Greenwood (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Nicky Cummings (Hon CBR600RR)
3. Larry Denning (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Dave Rosno (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Jason Scott (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Michael Himmelsbach (Suz GSX-R600)

Expert Heavyweight Supersport:
1. Eric Wood (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Shane Clarke (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Daniel Doty (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Kevin Gordon (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Michael Jensen (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Aaron Stein (Suz SV650)

Amateur Heavyweight Supersport:
1. Shawn Jones (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Michael Shallcross (Suz GSX-R750)
3. John Roop (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Michael Casey (Suz GSX-R750)
5. Rob Dearden (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Robert Collins (Yam YZF-R6)

Expert Sportbike:
1. Dave Rosno (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Scott Stevens (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Dr. Jeffrey Purk (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Aaron Stein (Suz SV650)
5. Kevin Gordon (Suz GSX-R1000)

Amateur Sportbike:
1. Jeff Harris (Hon CBR600)
2. Walter Kugler (Hon CBR600)

Expert Unlimited Supersport:
1. Larry Denning (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Wes Good (Suz GSX-R1000)
3. Jason Swan (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Dave Ebben (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Kevin Gordon (Suz GSX-R1000)
6. Matt Malterer (Suz GSX-R750)

Amateur Unlimited Supersport:
1. Robert Collins (Yam YZF-R1)
2. Michael Shallcross (Suz GSX-R750)
3. Henry Chin (Suz GSX-R1000)
4. Rob Dearden (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Tony Kerr (Kaw ZX-6)

Expert Lightweight Grand Prix:
1. Ed Key (Suz SV650)
2. Derek Keyes (Suz SV650)
3. Brian Lacy (Suz SV650)
4. Mark Stiles (Yam TZ250)
5. Aaron Stein (Suz SV650)
6. Jeff Johnson (Buell 1200)

Amateur Lightweight Grand Prix:
1. Matt Hall (Yam TZ250)
2. Andrew Surber (Yam TZ250)
3. Tom Short (Suz SV650)
4. Jeremy Bentz (Suz SV650)
5. Sean Wyatt (Yam TZ250)
6. Craig Shock (Suz SV650)

Expert Middleweight Superbike:
1. Jeff Wood (Honda CBR600RR)
2. Michael Himmelsbach (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Dave Rosno (Yam YZF-R6)
4. Daniel Doty (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Des Conboy (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Michael Jensen (Yam YZF-R6)

Amateur Middleweight Superbike:
1. Shawn Jones (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Kenny Oyen (Hon CBR600)
3. Ryan Sohn
4. Nic Piekarski (Yam YZF-R6)
5. John Roop (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Rob Dearden (Suz GSX-R600)