From a press release issued by Proforma:

MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGIES SUZUKI READY FOR “LOCAL” RACE

Shawn Higbee, Danny Eslick and the Millennium Technologies Suzuki team head to round six of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship this weekend, June 4-6, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. For Shawn and the owners of title sponsor Millennium Technologies, it will be a short drive. Millennium Technologies is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, just 15 minutes from the track. Shawn lives in Big Bend, Wisconsin, a little over an hour from Road America. The Suzuki bikes are tuned and maintained at KWS Motorsports in North Charleston, South Carolina, and will travel to Wisconsin while Danny Eslick will make the drive from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa.

Shawn Higbee
While Shawn considers Road America his “home” track, it’s not a place that he gets to ride on a regular basis. “Like everyone else, I really like the track,” said Shawn, who finished seventh in both Superbike races in 2003, Saturday’s race in the dry and Sunday’s race in the rain. “If it rains, it’ll be to our advantage. I ran as high as fourth last year in the rain. Kevin (Hunt, team owner) and the boys are supposed to be building me a hotter motor, similar to what I ran last year, so that’ll help out a lot on the long straights. Up to now, we’ve been running a Superstock-legal motor.”

Danny Eslick
Danny turned 18 on May 29th, and rode at the Springfield TT for a bit of fun on his birthday weekend. “I rode my own DR-Z400 at Springfield, it’s just a stocker,” said Danny, who missed making the show by one position in his scratch semi. “My buddy John Haner showed up with his Hooters mechanic Mike Goden. Mike helped me out a lot, it was good to work with him. There were over 90 guys there trying to make the main, so I didn’t feel too bad about not making it on a stock bike.” This will be Danny’s first trip to Road America’s four-mile road course. “I’m lucky that there’s promoter practice on Thursday, so I’ll be able to learn the track,” Danny said. “But with lap times so long, I won’t get as many laps as I would at a shorter track, so I’m gonna have to make the most of it. I’ll be okay.”



More, from another press release issued by Proforma:

HAS/RACING HEADS TO THE LAND OF CHEESE

The HAS/Shogun Racing team heads to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for round six of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship this weekend, June 4-6. Team rider Heath Small is healthy and ready to ride after mishaps earlier in the season saw him riding injured at certain rounds.

“I’m in shape and ready to go,” said Heath, who spent the Memorial Day weekend grading a practice dirt track on property behind the team’s race shop in Waller, Texas. “I got fifth at Road America in 2002 in Pro Thunder on the (Ducati) 748. I wasn’t able to go last year because of my hand injury at Pikes, so I’m looking forward to this year because I like the track.” Heath will again be racing in both the Pro Honda Oils Supersport and Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme classes at the four-mile Wisconsin track. With more power, better chassis components and a better selection of Pirelli tires for the 16.5″ wheels, Heath is anticipating good results on the team’s Yamaha R6-based Formula Xtreme machine. “The Xtreme bike will be a lot of fun,” Heath commented. “It’s not dramatically faster (than the Supersport bike), it just does everything a little bit better.”