Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Robert Jensen, Vincent Haskovec, Steve Rapp and David Yaakov each won a Formula USA National race Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.

Butler Machinery’s Robert Jensen won the closest race of the day, narrowly beating Corona Extra Suzuki’s Ben Attard in the 17-lap Sportbike race.

Attard erased Jensen’s early two-second advantage and took the lead briefly, but Jensen fought back to re-take the lead and win the race by three bikelengths over Attard.

Matt Wait, riding for his former team Kneedraggers.com Yamaha, crossed the finish line third but was docked one lap after the race for lining up in the wrong grid spot and ignoring signals to come into the pits to serve a stop-and-go penalty.

Arclight Suzuki’s Jeff Wood was credited with third, which extended his Sportbike Championship point lead over Scott Greenwood (fourth in the Sportbike race) from 12 to 15 points. Chris Ulrich finished fifth on his Arclight Suzuki GSX-R600.

Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Haskovec patiently waited until lap four of the Superbike race to pass Jensen for the lead, before pulling away to win by 22 seconds on his Michelin-fitted GSX-R600 AMA Formula Xtreme bike.

Extending his Superbike Championship lead from one to 10 points, Jensen finished a lonely second. Attard recovered from a poor start (which saw him eighth after the first lap) to finish third. Greenwood came out ahead of Ulrich and Wood in their race-long battle for fourth.

Haskovec’s teammate Rapp did much the same in the Formula Sportbike race. He led the first lap by 1.7 seconds and steadily pulled away to win by 14 seconds on his Michelin-sponsored GSX-R750.

Jensen was forced to switch from his Suzuki GSX-R750 to his Yamaha YZF-R6 due to mechanical troubles but still finished a strong second.

Vesrah Suzuki’s Brian Stokes repassed Arclight Suzuki’s Scott Harwell for third on the last lap, earning the second spot on the three-rider American GSX-R World Cup team and reducing his Championship points deficit to Harwell from 42 to 39 points. Ulrich finished fifth, just behind Harwell, after racing Stokes for third for most of the race and then letting his teammate Harwell by with four laps to go.

CAD Racing’s Yaakov took his second F-USA Thunderbike win of the season, topping the large field by 14 seconds on his 72-horsepower, Pirelli-tired Suzuki SV650. The win moved Yaakov from fourth to second in the Championship standings, 18 points behind Harding Harley-Davidson’s Bryan Bemisderfer, who suffered a mechanical DNF in Sunday’s race.

Hoban Brothers/Appleton Buell’s Jeff Johnson finished second on his XB9R Firebolt, in front of similarly-mounted Harley-Davidson of Bloomington’s Josh Guyer.

Thunderbike Championship contenders Dave Estok and Dan Bilansky retired from Sunday’s race with mechanical problems.

In USGPRU action at Barber Motorsports Park, Longevity Racing’s Barrett Long rode his 2003-model Yamaha TZ250 to victory in the 250cc Grand Prix race, his first National race back since badly breaking his right middle finger this past Spring at Daytona. Brian Kcraget took second on a Honda RS250R, well ahead of Yamaha-mounted 55-year-old Bill Himmelsbach.

Kcraget survived an early challenge from 18-year-old Will Gruy to win the 125cc Grand Prix on a Honda RS125. Gruy crashed halfway through the race, resulting in 15-year-old Garrett Carter taking second over Scott Moxey and close fourth J.D. Schendel.

Sunday’s CCS and Formula USA race schedule ended early, at 4:10 p.m. local time.

Provisional Formula USA and USGPRU Race Results:

Sportbike:
1. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), 17 laps
2. Ben Attard (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600)
4. Scott Greenwood (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Simon Turner (Yam YZF-R6)
7. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600)
8. Logan Young (Suz GSX-R600)
9. Brian Stokes (Suz GSX-R600)
10. William Meyers, III (Yam YZF-R6)
11. Des Conboy (Yam YZF-R6)
12. Brian Johnson (Yam YZF-R6)
13. Joseph Arico (Yam YZF-R6)
14. Justin Filice (Hon CBR600RR)
15. Jason Smith (Yam YZF-R6)
16. Nick Cummings (Hon CBR600RR)
17. Derek Keyes (Yam YZF-R6)
18. Carlo Gagliardo (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap, crash
19. Ned Brown (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap
20. Chad Bakkene (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap
21. Jason Peterson (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap
22. Matt Wait (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap*
23. Kevin Brown (Yam YZF-R6), -2 laps
24. Leighton Patrick (Suz GSX-R600), -10 laps, DNF
25. Trey Yonce (Yam YZF-R6), -13 laps, DNF, mechanical
26. John Roop (Suz GSX-R600), -13 laps, DNF
27. Michael Himmelsbach (Yam YZF-R6), -16 laps, DNF, mechanical

*docked one lap for a grid infraction

Superbike:
1. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600), 17 laps
2. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), -22.432 seconds
3. Ben Attard (Suz GSX-R600), -28.629
4. Scott Greenwood (Yam YZF-R6), -29.677
5. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R600), -30.054
6. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), -30.095
7. Michael Himmeslbach (Yam YZF-R6), -44.847
8. Matt Wait (Yam YZF-R6), -46.916
9. Carlo Gagliardo (Yam YZF-R6), -59.036
10. Logan Young (Suz GSX-R600), -62.451
11. Justin Filice (Hon CBR600RR)
12. Des Conboy (Yam YZF-R6)
13. William Meyers, III (Yam YZF-R6)
14. Brian Johnson (Yam YZF-R6)
15. Nick Cummings (Hon CBR600RR)
16. Jason Smith (Yam YZF-R6)
17. Barrett Long (Yam YZF-R6)
18. Kevin Gordon (Suz GSX-R600)
19. Joseph Arico (Yam YZF-R6)*
20. Dan Ortega (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap
21. Brian Baker (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap
22. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap, crash
23. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6), -9 laps, DNF
24. Ned Brown (Yam YZF-R6), -9 laps, DNF
25. Simon Turner (Yam YZF-R6), -11 laps, DNF, crash
26. Shane Kuehler (Yam YZF-R6), -12 laps, DNF
27. Trey Yonce (Yam YZF-R6), -14 laps, DNF, crash

*docked one lap for a grid infraction

Formula Sportbike:
1. Steve Rapp (Suz GSX-R750), 17 laps
2. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), -15.026 seconds
3. Brian Stokes (Suz GSX-R750), -17.675
4. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R750), -17.863
5. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R750), -23.945
6. Logan Young (Suz GSX-R750), -38.702
7. Dave Ebben (Suz GSX-R750), -70.998
8. Kevin Gordon (Suz GSX-R750), -83.032
9. Brian Baker (Suz GSX-R750), -94.189
10. Todd Smith (Suz GSX-R750)
11. Joe Ribeiro (Suz GSX-R750), -1 lap
12. Matt Malterer (Suz GSX-R750), -1 lap
13. Eddie Bingham (Suz GSX-R750), -1 lap
14. John Farrell (Suz GSX-R750), -2 laps
15. David Dalzell (Suz GSX-R750), -15 laps, DNF, crash
16. Scott Greenwood (Suz GSX-R750), -16 laps, DNF, crash

Thunderbike:
1. Dave Yaakov (Suz SV650), 12 laps
2. Jeff Johnson (Buell XB9R), -19.074 seconds
3. Josh Guyer (Buell XB9R), -22.524
4. Brian Lacy (Suz SV677), -28.324
5. Michael Niksa (Suz SV650), -29.443
6. Joseph Rozynski (Buell XB9R), -29.506
7. Darren Danilowicz (Suz SV650), -29.673
8. Walt Sipp (Buell XB9R), -48.015
9. John Linder (Suz SV650), -56.420
10. Sam Rozynski (Buell XB9R), -64.911
11. Paul James (Buell XB12R)
12. Joey Thomas (Suz SV650)
13. Lee Davis, Jr.
14. Chris Consentino (Ruta 608)
15. Bryan Nelson (Hon CBR600)
16. Chris Carr (Buell XB9R)
17. Barry Savoie (Suz SV650), -1 lap
18. Brian McLaughlin (Suz SV650), -1 lap
19. Edward Repkoe (Suz SV650), -6 laps, DNF
20. Dave Estok (Buell XB9R), -8 laps, DNF, mechanical
21. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB9R), -8 laps, DNF, mechanical
22. Jeff Harding (Buell XB9R), -8 laps, DNF, mechanical
23. Kurt Miller (Buell XB9R), -9 laps, DNF, mechanical
24. Eric Bozell (Suz GSX-R750), -9 laps, DNF
25. Dan Bilansky (Buell XB9R), -10 laps, DNF, mechanical

USGPRU 250cc Grand Prix:
1. Barrett Long (Yam TZ250), 12 laps
2. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS250)
3. Bill Himmelsbach (Yam TZ250)
4. Sean Wray (Yam TZ250)
5. Scott McNew (Hon RS250)
6. Steve Wenner (Hon RS250)
7. Bruce Lind (Yam TZ250)
8. Mark Stiles (Yam TZ250)
9. Nobi Iso (Yam TZ250)
10. John Long (Yam TZ250)
11. Garrett Carter (Hon RS125)
12. Josh Herrin (Hon RS125)
13. Andrew Brown (Hon RS125)
14. Patrick Dowd (Yam TZ250)
15. Stewart Aitken-Cade (Hon RS125)
16. Jonathan Schendel (Yam TZ125)
17. Tyler Reiswig (Hon RS125)
18. Kory Gill (Yam TZ250)
19. Ryan Clay (Apr RSV125)
20. Matt Hall (Yam TZ250)
21. Justin Long (Yam TZ250)
22. James Hillis (Apr RS250)
23. J. Pat Bartlett (Yam TZ250)
24. Ryan Ferris (Yam TZ125)
25. David Celetino (Yam TZ125)
26. Dennis Woods (Hon RS125)
27. Jonathan Giddens (Hon RS125), -1 lap
28. Mike Wright (Yam TZ250), -1 lap
29. Chris Doktor (Yam TZ125), -1 lap
30. Meghan Stiles (Yam TZ250), -1 lap
31. Chad Hinton (Apr RS250), -1 lap
32. Charles Cofer (Hon RS250), -4 laps
33. Frank Pate (Hon RS125), -4 laps
34. Andrew Surber (Yam TZ250), -6 laps
35. Scott Martin (Hon RS125), -9 laps, DNF
36. Philip Bangle (Hon RS125), -10 laps, DNF

USGPRU 125cc Grand Prix:
1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125), 12 laps
2. Garrett Carter (Hon RS125)
3. Scott Moxey (Hon RS125)
4. Jonathan Schendel (Yam TZ125)
5. Josh Herrin (Hon RS125)
6. Todd Puckett (Hon RS125)
7. James Boudreau (Hon RS125)
8. John Hjelm (Hon RS125)
9. Steve Wenner (Hon RS125)
10. Stewart Aitken-Cade (Hon RS125)
11. Gregor Halenda (Hon RS125)
12. Andrew Brown (Hon RS125)
13. Tyler Reiswig (Hon RS125)
14. Chris Consentino (Hon RS125)
15. Ryan Ferris (Yam TZ125)
16. Scott McNew (Hon RS125)
17. Michael Santelia (Hon RS125)
18. Dale Greenwood, Jr. (Hon RS125)
19. Tyler McDonald (Hon RS125)
20. John Klaras (Hon RS125)
21. Dennis Woods (Hon RS125)
22. Turu Illgen (Hon RS125)
23. Jonathan Giddens (Hon RS125)
24. Mark Johnson (Hon RS125)
25. Chris Doktor (Yam TZ125), -1 lap
26. Joanne Sawyer (Hon RS125), -1 lap
27. Mark Dennis (Hon RS125), -1 lap
28. Miguel Chirino (Hon RS125), -1 lap
29. Frank Pate (Hon RS125), -1 lap
30. Rebecca Henn (Yam TZ125), -1 lap
31. Ayrton Arwood (Hon RS125), -1 lap
32. Lee Hollimon (Hon RS125), -1 lap
33. Don Roberts (Yam TZ125), -2 laps
34. James Lovejoy (Hon RS125), -5 laps
35. David Celento (Yam TZ125), -5 laps
36. Will Gruy (Hon RS125), -6 laps, DNF, crash
37. Ryan Clay (Apr RSV125), -6 laps, DNF
38. Hector St. John (Yam TZ125), -7 laps, DNF
39. Philip Bangle (Hon RS125), -9 laps, DNF
40. Scott Smallwood (Hon RS125), -10 laps, DNF