From a press release issued by Proforma:

MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGIES SUZUKI AT MID-OHIO THIS WEEKEND

The Millennium Technologies Suzuki team of Danny Eslick and Shawn Higbee will race this weekend, July 23-25, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, site of round nine of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship.

Danny Eslick
“Since Laguna, we went home for two days, took care of some things, then went to a dirt track in Davenport, Iowa,” said Danny. “We did the 505 AMA Sport race. I made the main event and finished 14th in that, the only Suzuki there. Drove straight from there to Ohio. I’ve just been hanging out and watching the amateur racing for the last couple of days. I like Mid-Ohio, so hopefully this will be a good weekend, be able to make up some points on a few guys, so we can finish well in the points for the season.”

Shawn Higbee
Shawn finished seventh and eighth in last year’s Superbike doubleheader at Mid-Ohio. “I didn’t qualify that well last year, but things really came together in the two races,” said Higbee. “I like the track, the layout, I just hope that the surface is okay after they’ve worked on it. This is more of a regular schudule this weekend, so it should give us enough time to get the bike sorted out for the track.”

More, from another press release issued by Proforma:

HEATH SMALL GEARS UP FOR MID-OHIO

HAS/Shogun Racing rider Heath Small and his team will race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio this weekend, July 23-25, during round nine of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship. Heath participated in Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s AMA Sports Grand Championships at Mid-Ohio, as a warm-up to the AMA Pro Racing weekend.

“Since Laguna Seca, we did some Motard riding up in Stockton (California), came down and watched Danny (Eslick) do an AMA dirt track race in Iowa, and got to Mid-Ohio on Sunday” said Small. “I got on track on Monday for the track day, first time I’ve been here in a couple of years. The track surface plays with your head more than it does anything else. There used to be a lip from the asphalt to the concrete patches, now it’s smooth across, but it has grooves in it. It’s better from a safety point of view. I don’t know if the track is any faster or any slower.”

Heath had a variety of good finishes over the two days of AMA Sports racing. On Tuesday, he won the Middleweight Superbike race and finished sixth in the Superstock event. On Wednesday, Heath finished 10th in Formula Xtreme, 13th in Supersport, and finished a close second to fellow Texan Ty Howard in the Superbike final.