From a press release issued by Proforma:

MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGIES SUZUKI HOPE TO MOVE UP IN POINTS AT VIRGINIA

The Millennium Technologies Suzuki team of Danny Eslick and Shawn Higbee will be at Virginia International Raceway this weekend, October 9-10, for the final round of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship. Danny now sits 10th in the 2004 Pro Honda Oils Supersport point standings in his first full season of AMA Pro road racing, only eleven points behind fellow Suzuki rider Ben Attard and five ahead of Chris Peris. Danny also holds down 11th place in the Lockhart Phillips Formula Xtreme class after only running five events. Higbee has moved up to 12th overall in the Chevrolet Superbike point standings after not running the class at the beginning of the year.

Danny Eslick
“I’ve been hanging out in Houston with John Haner, riding bicycles, minibikes and going to the gym everyday,” said Danny. “I’d really like to move up another place in Supersport points. I’m only 11 points behind Ben (Attard), and you never know what might happen. Like him, I’m only focused on the one class, so I’m gonna give it all I’ve got at VIR.”

Shawn Higbee
Shawn finished seventh and eighth in last year’s Superbike doubleheader races at VIR, which helped him solidify sixth overall in the 2003 Superbike point standings and earn him the 2003 AMA Top Superbike Privateer award. “I qualified ninth last year and I was able to put together some good laps in the races,” said Higbee. “I’ve always gone well at VIR, I like it a lot. One long straightaway, but the rest is up to the rider.”


More, from a press release issued by Proforma:

HEATH SMALL LOOKING FOR POINTS IN VIRGINIA

Heath Small and his HAS/Shogun Racing team head to Virginia International Raceway this weekend, October 9-10, for the re-scheduled final round of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship. Severe weather from Hurricane Ivan forced the postponement of the event from its original date of September 17-19. This weekend’s event will be a condensed two-day schedule, with all of Heath’s final events on Sunday afternoon.

Heath will focus on solidifying his seventh place position in Formula Xtreme season point standings, and will also compete in the Chevrolet Superbike class again on the 2004 Yamaha R1 he debuted at Road Atlanta, where an overheating problem sidelined the bike in the first race. The HAS/Shogun crew were able to diagnose the cause of the overheating, and Heath will be able to get more time on the machine at VIR.

“We got all the way to Atlanta when we found out that the race had been postponed,” said Heath. “That’s okay, it gave us more time to do some things to the Formula Xtreme bike. I’m sixteen points behind Jason Pridmore in Xtreme points. I’d like to move up to sixth, but we’ll have to see what happens. We’ll do promoter practice on Friday and work on getting a good set-up for the weekend.”