From a press release issued by LRRS:

Elvis is Everywhere: Takes 6 LRRS Championships!

The final round of the 2004 Loudon Road Racing Series saw Rick Doucette win a season record 6 championships aboard three different Dunlop equipped Suzuki’s. Racing for New Hampshire’s Plaistow Powersports aboard GSX-R and SV machines, Doucette claimed championships in Unlimited GP, Unlimited Supersport, Thunderbike, Lightweight Superbike, Lightweight Supersport and GT Lights.

Nicknamed ‘Elvis’ for his long black sideburns, Doucette has been collecting championships for as long as most can remember. In the fading light of the last race of the season, he also cut his personal best lap time with a 1:12.6. It was the fastest race lap of the weekend.

The consummate club racer, Doucette races purely for the fun of it. Over the years he has shunned opportunities to take his racing career further, preferring to keep it low key. And his style of racing reflects it. While blindingly fast when the opportunity presents, his racing signature is patience. Even with a win on the line, Doucette is quick to check up for slower riders, picking the safest place to make a clean pass. He is widely considered to have the best control touch in the paddock. As a result, he rarely finds the ground or fails to finish a race. Meanwhile, his championships keep on coming.

Hanging in the Balance-

The Supertwins Championship has been about attrition with the crown seemingly in hand for Rockwell Cycle’s Chris Rockwell over BCM’s Robbie Nigl. With 6 points between them, Nigl needed the win.

Rockwell took the holeshot aboard his Michelin equipped Duc 998, but took Jesse Sandoz with him aboard the Seacoast Sportcycle Dunlop-shod Aprilia ‘Factory’. Meanwhile Nigl was mired back in 4th riding a back-up Ducati 748. Sandoz soon took the point and began to stretch out a gap. Rockwell seemed to be riding for the championship letting Sandoz go, but soon came under pressure from Brett Guyer aboard a Honda RC51. On the penultimate lap, Rockwell went down after contact with lapped traffic, stopping the race. It was ruled complete with the order backing up one lap. It is unclear if Rockwell is officially scored with a 2nd or DNF. If he is scored with a DNF, Nigl wins the championship. If he is scored 2nd, Rockwell wears the crown.

Michelin/Motorace Dash for Cash Middleweight GP-

3 points separated Steve Giacomaro, Jeff Wood and John Sheehser for the championship. Wood had the fewest races, but the most wins and trailed Giacomaro by a point. Sheehser was 1 point further back.

Jeff Wood took the holeshot aboard his Bettencourt’s/Dunlop GSX-R600 with Mike Martire a wheel back aboard his GMD ZX6. Martire attempted a move around the #9 on the outside of turn 1, but Wood blocked as if to say ‘what are you thinking?!’ Giacomaro’s Dunlop mounted R6 ran 3rd with lone Michelin rider, John Sheehser, making a poor start on his Boccarossa Honda. By the 4th lap, Wood stretched out a gap with Giacomaro in 2nd but coming under pressure from Scheehser who had raced through the pack to 3rd. On lap 6, Sheehser was trying set up Giacomaro in turn 12 when he lost the front on the pavement transition and crashed. Meanwhile the red flag was thrown elsewhere and the race readied for an 8-lap dash.

On the restart, Wood got away cleanly and brought Giacomaro with him. Meanwhile, Sheehser started from the back row and was fighting his way to the front. With four to go, he broke into 3rd and attempted to run down Giacomaro. At the flag it was Wood, Giacomaro and Sheehser separated by 3 seconds each. Martire, Mike Niksa, David Fett, Jason Carter and Dave Dalzell rounded the top eight money places. Wood took the Championship.

Mix and Match-

Vahan Buchakjian had long sealed the championship in Ultralite Superbike aboard his Michelin-equipped Ducati 750. For the final round, Jerry Wood rolled out his 1993 Ducati 570 Supermono and put it on the grid. Meanwhile Joe Kessler gridded his YZ Supermoto alongside Sliderule Racing’s Chris Bruno aboard a Dunlop-shod Aprilia RS250. 40 others filled out what was one of the biggest and most diverse fields of the weekend.

Wood led them into turn 1 with Kessler 2nd and Tom Barry following aboard his venerable Honda Hawk. With a surprisingly strong start, Bruno ran 4th trailed by Buchakjian and Russ Dancho aboard another Duc 750. Wood pulled out a quick gap, but by the half-flags, the fastest bike on the track was Bruno’s little Aprilia running at class record pace in the high 1:16 second bracket. After studying the Motard’s odd lines for a couple laps, Bruno took Kessler on the brakes up the inside entering turn one, and quickly set out after Jerry Wood. With one to go, he nearly threw it away, allowing Kessler to close back up at the stripe. Buchakjian and Barry rounded the top 5.

Other Action-

From the back, Scott Greenwood took his Dunlop equipped Argo Cycles R6 carefully through the pack to win both Heavyweight Supersport and Unlimited GP. David Fett won Formula 40 aboard his GSX-R600 and Jerry Wood won Formula 40 Lights aboard his Penguin School Ducati 1000DS. Zack Courts won over Todd Puckett by a tenth in 125GP, and Jeff Wood took a close win over Doucette in LW Superbike, riding a Penguin School Duc 900SS.

Special mention should be made of newly minted Experts, Peter Kimball and Michael Jaques. Both came up to speed in the last round waging a race-long dogfight for the final podium spot in Middleweight Superbike. Both ran mid 1:15 second lap times with Jaques coming out on top. 2005 should see a lot more of these two.

Trophy results for Championship Classes:

Michelin/Motorace/Goldfren/ Dunbar/
New England Performance/BCM/VP/
Street&Comp/Rob’s Dyno
Dash for Cash (pays to 8th)
1. Jeff Wood, Suz GSX-R600
2. Steve Giacomaro, Yam YZF-R6
3. John Scheehser, Hon CBR600RR
4. Mike Martire, Kaw ZX-6R
5. Mike Niksa, Suz GSX-R600
6. David Fett, Suz GSX-R600
7. Jason Carter, Suz GSX-R600
8. Dave Dalzell, Yam YZF-R6

GTO
1. Mike Niksa, Suz GSX-R750
2. Brett Guyer, Hon RC51
3. Chris Rockwell, Duc 998

GTU
1. Steve Giacomaro, YZF-R6
2. Chris Reynolds, Hon RS250
3. Peter Douvris, Hon CBR600F4i

GTL
1. David Hudson, Suz SV650
2. Eric Yoo, Hon RS125
3. Ted Temple, Suz SV650
4. Brian Kent, Suz SV650
5. Michael Alexander, Suz SV650

125GP
1. Zack Courts, Hon RS125
2. Todd Puckett, Hon RS125
3. Joe Kessler, Yam TZ125
4. Eric Yoo, Hon RS125

HWSB
1. Steve Giacomaro, Yam YZF-R6
2. Jesse Sandoz, Apr RSV1000
3. Chris Rockwell, Duc 998
4. Mike Martire, Kaw ZX-6R
5. Dave Ruocco, Suz GSX-R750

LWSB
1. Chris Reynolds, Hon RS250
2. Zack Courts, Hon RS125
3. Tom O’Connor, Yam TZ250
4. Victor Landau, Yam TZ250
5. Eric Yoo, Hon RS125

LWSS
1. Mike Niksa, Suz SV650
2. Rick Doucette, Suz SV650
3. Peter Kolodziej, Suz SV650
4. Edgar Velloso, Suz SV650
5. Scott Mullin, Suz SV650

LW Sportsman
1. Jason Routhier, Hon CRF450
2. Bart Chamberlain, Kaw EX500
3. Bob Poetzsch, MZ 720
4. Robert Raver, Hon CRF450
5. Jeff Wood, Hon CRF450

USB
1. Rick Doucette, Suz GSX-R1000
2. Jesse Sandoz, Apr RSV1000
3. Dave Ruocco, Suz GSX-R750
4. Jason Carter, Suz GSX-R1000
5. Kip Peterson, Suz GSX-R750

Thunderbike
1. Ted Temple, Suz SV650
2. Doug Scheer, Suz SV650
3. Angelo Timpano, Suz SV650
4. Bob Poetzsch, Suz SV650

HWSS
1. Scott Greenwood, Yam R6
2. Mike Niksa, Suz GSX-R750
3. Kip Peterson, Suz GSX-R750
4. Tom Bibeau, Suz GSX-R750

STWN
1. Jesse Sandoz, Apr RSV1000
2. Chris Rockwell, Duc 998
3. Brett Guyer, Hon RC1000
4. Rob Nigl, Duc 748
5. Walter Allwine, Apr RSV1000

Ultra Lite SBK
1. Jerry Wood, Duc 570 Supermono
2. Chris Bruno, Apr RS250
3. Joe Kessler, Yan YZ450F
4. Vahan Buchakjian, Duc 750SS
5. Tom Barry, Hon Hawk 650

Proddy Twins
1. Todd Babcock, Kaw EX500
2. Branch Worsham, Kaw EX500
3. Michael Curry, Duc M620
4. Russ Dancho, Kaw EX500

Supersingles
1. Jeff Wood, Hon CRF450
2. Jason Routhier, Hon CRF450
3. Mike Martire, Hon CRF450
4. Joe Kessler, Yam YZ450F
5. Bob Poetzsch, MZ 720

MWSS
1. John Scheehser, Hon CBR600RR
2. Steve Giacomaro, Suz GSX-R600
3. David Fett, Suz GSX-R600
4. Michael Jaques, Suz GSX-R600
5. Peter Kimball, Kaw ZX-6R

LWSB
1. Jeff Wood, Duc 900
2. Rick Doucette, Suz SV650
3. Bob Poetzsch, Suz SV650
4. Doug Scheer, Suz SV650
5. Jon Burbank, Suz SV650

Unlimited SS
1. Mike Niksa, Suz GSX-R750
2. Rick Doucette, Suz GSX-R1000
3. John Scheehser, Hon CBR1000RR
4. Brett Guyer, Hon RC1000
5. Jason Carter, Suz GSX-R1000

MWSB
1. John Scheehser, Hon CBR600RR
2. Mike Martire, Kaw ZX-6R
3. Michael Jaques, GSX-R600RR
4. Peter Kimball, Kaw Z-X6R

Formula 40
1. David Fett, Suz GSX-R600
2. Bob Blanchette, Suz GSX-R750
3. Neal Garvin, Suz GSX-R600
4. Dave Dalzell, Yam YZF-R1
5. Tim O’Connor, Yam TZ250

Formula 40 Lites
1. Jerry Wood, Duc 1000DS
2. Angelo Timpano, Suz SV650
3. Bob Poetzsch, Suz SV650
4. Brian Kent, Suz SV650
5. Jon Burbank, Suz SV650

Unlimited GP
1. Scott Greenwood, Yam YZF-R6
2. Rick Doucette, Suz GSX-R1000
3. Mike Niksa, Suz GSX-R750

Complete results including best lap times are posted on www.lrrsracing.com

The 2004 Championship Banquet will be held in Stamford, CT in January.