From a series of press releases issued by Proforma:

HEATH SMALL TO DEBUT IN SUPERBIKE AT ROAD ATLANTA

Heath Small and his HAS/Shogun Racing team head to Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia this weekend, September 3-5, for round ten of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship. Heath will make his debut in the Chevrolet Superbike class this weekend on a 2004 Yamaha R1, while also defending or improving his seventh place position in the Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme season point standings.

“Since Mid-Ohio, we tested the R1 at No Problem Raceway in Louisiana, and we got the suspension pretty well sorted out, a good baseline for Road Atlanta,” said Small. “I love the bike, it handles just like the R6, it just has more power. We’re gonna focus on FX and Superbike this weekend. Three classes is too many, plus my crew chief Dave Sanders broke his leg doing some dirt track, so he’s not gonna make it this weekend. I want to try to move up in the FX point standings. I’m only six points behind Jason Pridmore. We’ll see what happens.”


MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGIES SUZUKI TO ROAD ATLANTA THIS WEEKEND

The Millennium Technologies Suzuki team of Shawn Higbee and Danny Eslick head to Road Atlanta this weekend, September 3-5, for round ten of the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship. Shawn has steadily moved up in the Chevrolet Superbike point standings, now in 14th place, after not running the class at the beginning of the year. Danny sits 11th in the Pro Honda Oils Supersport point standings, six points behind Aaron Yates and eight points behind Ben Attard. Danny also holds down 10th place in the Lockhart Phillips Formula Xtreme class after running only a handful of events.

Shawn Higbee
Shawn finished tenth in both of last year’s Superbike doubleheader races at Road Atlanta. “I qualified horrible last year, we had some issues with the bike, but we figured them out for the races,” said Higbee. “Road Atlanta is a great track, I like it a lot. We’ve got the bike working pretty well now, so I think we’ll be able to do well this weekend.”

Danny Eslick
“I’ve been taking it easy since Mid-Ohio, just working out and catching up on a lot of stuff,” said Danny, who will race at Road Atlanta for only the second time after finishing 8th in the GSX-R600 Suzuki Cup Final at Road Atlanta in October of 2002. “I like Road Atlanta. I did pretty well two years ago there. I’m only planning on doing the Supersport class at Road Atlanta and VIR. My goal is to finish in the top ten in the Supersport point standings by the end of the year.”