From a press release issued by LRRS:

August 22, 2004:
LRRS Round 6, Noah’s Revenge

Saturday saw racers take their grids amid severe rainstorms. The infield tunnel was flooded, rendering it impassable to all but trucks. Loudon’s “bowl” was knee-deep at the apex. Turn 12 was deep as well. Yet the racing went nearly on schedule.

After starting with a passable track, the rain intensified causing flooding by race three (Expert GTL). Branch Worsham demonstrated his street-stock Kawasaki EX500 was the fastest submersible in the paddock, by soundly defeating a strong field of much larger machines. Worsham lapped everybody up to sixth place on his little EX.

GP Singles revealed the favored motorcycle for the conditions. Many 125cc GP machines struggled to keep their fires lit, while the Motard machines seemed to get around handily. Joe Kessler paddled his YZ450F to a stylish victory. Soon every grid featured Motards as racers swapped rides.

Asked about racing conditions, Seacoast Sport Cycles’ Jesse Sandoz, remarked, “It was crazy out there. The bowl was half full. You had to take turn 12 straight up to get through. Then the bow wake of the bike ahead would grab your tire…” BJ Worsham referred to his GTL race as “Unlimited Hydroplane”… Racer Kevin Glick, remarked that while spectating in his van outside the fence of turn three, his buddy crashed a Ducati on the brakes. Sliding into the flooded turn, the Duc sent a “wall of water” over the fence and into his lap through his open window…

Michelin Dash for Cash-
The rain softened as the afternoon wore on. The last race of the day was the Motorace/Goldfren/Michelin “Dash for Cash” feature event. As a Middleweight GP race, the Dash is wide open to everything but big-bore machines. Jeff Wood and Scott Greenwood gridded their converted dirtbikes, along with Joe Kessler on his YZ. Meanwhile, championship contenders John Scheehser and Steve Giacomaro took the grid on their 600s.

Taking the holeshot, Jason Carter took the early lead aboard his GSX-R600, followed by Joe Kessler, Jeff Wood and Scott Greenwood. Scheehser was running back in the pack on his Boccarossa/Michelin CBR600RR, and being trailed by Giacomaro on his R6.

Wood took over after a few turns, but Scheehser was coming fast out of the pack. By lap four, the CBR600 was all over Wood’s CRF450, pulling by on the chutes only to be re-passed on the brakes by the Motard. He took Wood for the good on lap six. Meanwhile, Greenwood and Kessler both crashed in turn two, but remounted quickly. Then Scheehser crashed out of the lead, but it was ruled the race was red-flagged for oil as he went down. The race reverted to lap five, giving Wood the win followed by Scheehser, Giacomaro, Greenwood and Carter.

Dry and Fast-
Sunday weather was perfect. The track was green, but looking fast in practice. It was also a big contingency payday for Suzuki, Honda and Kawasaki riders. Eric Wood, Jeff Wood and Scott Greenwood showed in the money races aboard their Suzukis. Meanwhile, championships were at stake for the regulars.

Heavyweight Supersport proved all Wood, with Eric and Jeff battling to the very end, trailed by Scott Greenwood. Eric prevailed over Jeff by a tenth aboard their matching Bettencourt’s/Dunlop GSX-Rs with Greenwood a couple seconds back on his Argo/Dunlop GSX-R750. The pace was mid-1:12s, so the boys were on the gas. Bob Blanchette extended his championship lead aboard his Mototech GSX-R750 with a 5th behind Mike Niksa, who is coming back from injuries.

Jeff Wood led every lap of Middleweight Supersport, leaving Steve Giacomaro and John Scheehser to battle it out for second. Giacomaro stretched an early gap, but came under tremendous pressure from Scheehser at the half flags. Seeing a Honda wheel every few turns, Giacomaro defended to the flag by 8/100ths.

Lightweight Superbike saw the #6 Plaistow/Dunlop Suzuki SV650 of Rick Doucette take the holeshot. Out of the pack, a charging Robby Nigl was coming fast aboard his BCM/Peachpit Ducati 1000DS, running on Michelin slicks. On lap two, Nigl showed a power move going over the hill and took the point. With Suzuki money at stake, Doucette was not giving up. He shadowed the Desmo for the next four laps, finally re-taking the lead on the penultimate lap. Nigl came back to pull alongside the Suzuki twice, but Doucette held him off at the stripe by 3/10ths.

The big Kawasaki money winner was Mike Martire aboard his GMD New York/Dunlop equipped ZX-6R. In MW Superbike, Martire claimed $3000 for his flag to flag win over point-leader John Scheehser. Also going for contingency purse, Sheehser tried every trick to get by, but on this day the ZX-6R had the power, and Martire put it all to the ground.

The final money race of the weekend was Unlimited GP and featured Eric Wood, Scott Greenwood, and Rick Doucette. Greenwood took the holeshot, but Wood was on his game, and took the lead during the opening lap. Wood steadily stretched an advantage over Greenwood and Doucette, reaching 2.0 seconds at the halfway flags. Greenwood ran comfortable in second while a rapidly improving Mike Niksa was on the gas and coming hard from the back.

With two laps to go, Wood went down in turn 11, handing the win to Greenwood. Doucette was second followed by Niksa, Chris Rockwell and Jesse Sandoz.

Round 7 will be run Labor Day weekend. It is the traditional “Fall Round-Up” and features many special events. This year, it will host an exciting raffle to benefit the Bryan Paquette family. The word is that many hot items are up for grabs including signature goodies from the stars of the AMA Chevy Superbike Series.

Podium results among the Championship classes:

Michelin Dash for Cash by-
Motorace/Goldfren GMD Computrak,
BCM Ducati, Dunbar Eurosports,
New England Performance, VP Fuels,
Street & Comp, Robs Dyno Service
(Pays to 8th)
1. Jeff Wood, Hon CRF450
2. John Scheehser, CBR600RR
3. Steve Giacomaro, R6
4. Scott Greenwood, Hon CRF450
5. J. Carter, GSX-R600
6. Michael Niksa GSX-R600
7. J. Kessler, Yam YZ450F
8. J. Leonard, R6

GTO
1. J. Carter, GSX-R1000
2. C. Rockwell, Duc 998

GTU
1. P. Douvris, CBR600RR
2. T. Lucchet, ZX6
3. D. Dalzell, R6

GTL
1. BJ Worsham, Kaw EX500
2. B. Obara, SV650
3. Rick Doucette, SV650
4. D. Fogg, SV650
5. J. Burbank, SV650

125GP
1. J. Kessler, YZ450F
2. Z. Courts, RS125
3. P. Duvall, RS125

HWSB
1. D. Ruocco, GSX-R750
2. Mike Martire, Hon CRF450
3. C. Rockwell, Duc 998
4. Steve Giacomaro, R6
5. W. Allwine, Apr 1000

LWGP
1. Rick Doucette, SV650
2. C. Bruno, Apr RS250
3. J. Routhier, Hon CRF450
4. D. Fogg, SV
5. A. Timpano, SV

LWSS
1. Rick Doucette, SV650
2. D. Fogg, SV650
3. P. Kolodziej, SV650
4. S. Mullin, SV650

LWSP
1. Jeff Wood, Hon CRF450
2. J. Kessler, YZ450F
3. G. Piro, Hon CRF450
4. B. Worsham, EX500
5. M. Herbert, KTM520

USB
1. C. Carter, GSX-R1000
2. Jesse Sandoz, Apr 1000
3. R. Kessell, GSX-R750

Thunderbike
1. Rick Doucette, SV
2. A. Timpano, SV
3. T. Lucchet, SV
4. J. Burbank, SV

HWSS
1. Eric Wood, GSX-R750
2. Jeff Wood, GSX-R600
3. Scott Greenwood, GSX-R750
4. Michael Niksa, GSX-R750

Supertwins
1. C. Rockwell, Duc 998
2. R. Nigl, Duc 998
3. Jesse Sandoz, Apr 1000

Ultralite SB
1. Jerry Wood, Duc Supermono
2. V. Buchakjian, Duc 750SS
3. B. Poetzsch, MZ720
4. C. Bruno, Apr RS250
5. T. Barry, Hon 650

SSIN
1. Jeff Wood, Hon CRF450
2. J. Routhier, Hon CRF450
3. J. Kessler, Yam YZ450F
4. Mike Martire, Hon CRF450

Prod. Twns
1. T. Babcock. EX500
2. B. Stewart, EX500
3. T. Dorr, EX500
4. S. Heider, EX500

MWSS
1. Jeff Wood, GSX-R600
2. Steve Giacomaro, R6
3. John Scheehser, CBR600RR
4. D. Fett GSX-R600

LWSB
1. Rick Doucette, SV650
2. R. Nigl, Duc 1000SS
3. D. Scheer, SV650
4. B. Poetzsch, SV650
5. A. Timpano, SV650

USS
1. Eric Wood, GSX-R750
2. Scott Greenwood, GSX-R750
3. Rick Doucette, GSX-R1000

MWSB
1. Mike Martire, Kaw ZX6
2. John Scheehser, CBR600RR
3. D. Fett, GSX-R600

F-40
1. D. Fett, GSX-R600
2. B. Blanchette, GSX-R750
3. R. Kessel, GSX-R750
4. Tim O’Connor, Yam TZ250

F-40 Lights
1. Jerry Wood, Duc Supermono
2. B. Poetzsch, SV
3. A. Timpano, SV
4. B. Kent, SV

UGP
1. Scott Greenwood, GSX-R750
2. Rick Doucette, GSX-R1000
3. Michael Niksa, GSX-R750

Complete results including best lap times posted on lrrsracing.com