Hooters Suzuki’s Mike Ciccotto won the first F-USA Unlimited Superbike race at VIR, crashed out of the second race just as rain started to fall, then angerly denounced F-USA officials and the series afterward, saying he would never race with F-USA again. Ciccotto said that late deployment of the red flag caused him to crash. F-USA Director of Road Racing Bill Syfan said that rain flags were displayed prior to Ciccotto’s crash and prior to the rain getting bad enough to justify the red flag. Despite Ciccotto’s harsh–and quite profane–words, loudly expressed to every press person he could find, F-USA officials were not interested in fining or sanctioning Ciccotto. “That’s not our series,” said one. Officials red-flagged the second race and scored it on the 14th lap (of a scheduled 18), with Lee Acree passing Arclight Suzuki teammate Brian Parriott to take first just as the rain started and Parriott slowed. Milennium Technologies’ Shawn Higbee, who crashed in the first race, came from the back of the grid to take third. Australian Craig Connell, riding an AMS Ducati, finished seventh and sixth, increasing his points lead to eight, ahead of Acree, Higbee and Grant Lopez; Lopez finished fourth in the first race but crashed out of the second race on the second lap when he hit his bike’s engine cases on a curb. Asked about the race-two rain situation, Connell said that he would have personally been happy to keep going, and that the race was stopped soon enough. Lockhart Phillips Unlimited Superbike Results, Race One 1. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki 2. Brian Parriott, Suzuki 3. Lee Acree, Suzuki 4. Grant Lopez, Suzuki 5. Tray Batey, Aprilia 6. Paul Harrell, Yamaha 7. Craig Connell, Ducati 8. Eric Wood, Suzuki 9. Chuck Chouinard, Suzuki 10. Gabriel Henning, Suzuki 11. Mike Himmelsbach, Aprilia 12. John Haner, Suzuki 13. Roland Williams, Suzuki 14. Anthony Fania Jr., Suzuki 15. Marc Palazzo, Honda 16. Aaron Clark, Aprilia 17. Chris Rankin, Suzuki 18. Mark Ledesma, Aprilia 19. Byron Barbour, Suzuki 20. Scott Carpenter, Suzuki 21. Fritz Kling, Kawasaki 22. Russell Masecar, Suzuki, 17 laps 23. Ray Yoder Jr., Kawasaki, 17 laps 24. Joseph Spina, Suzuki, 17 laps 25. Shawn Higbee, Suzuki, crash, 17 laps 26. Brian Baker, Suzuki, 17 laps 27. Peter Friedman, Suzuki, 17 laps 28. Tim Bemisderfer, Suzuki, 16 laps 29. Brian Boyd, Yamaha, 14 laps 30. Mike Fitzpatrick, Suzuki, 13 laps 31. Ken Synder, Suzuki, 12 laps 32. Brian Stokes, Suzuki, 12 laps 33. Ken Chase, Suzuki, 6 laps, DNF, crash 34. Brett Boyd, Suzuki, 6 laps, DNF 35. Joe Prussiano, Yamaha, 1 lap, DNF, crash Lockhart Phillips Unlimited Superbike Results, Race Two 1. Acree 2. Parriott 3. Higbee 4. Batey 5. Harrell 6. Connell 7. Wood 8. Chouinard 9. Himmelsbach 10. Williams 11. Haner 12. Henning 13. Fania 14. Palazzo 15. Chase 16. Clark 17. Ledesma 18. Barbour 19. Carpenter 20. Rankin 21. Kling 22. Yoder 23. Fitzpatrick, 13 laps 24. Friedman, 13 laps 25. Ciccotto, 12 laps, DNF, crash 26. Bemisderfer, 7 laps, DNF, mechanical 27. Masecar, 6 laps, DNF 28. Lopez, 1 lap, DNF, crash Series Points 1. Connell, 75 2. Acree, 68 3. Higbee, 67 4. Lopez, 65 5. Parriott, 61 6. Chase, 47 7. Ciccotto, 43 8. Batey, 39 9. Harrell, 37 10. Jimmy Moore, 26.