Wood Brothers Win CCS Races Saturday At VIR

Wood Brothers Win CCS Races Saturday At VIR

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Brothers Jeff and Eric Wood won three CCS races between them Saturday at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virgina.

Jeff Wood started the day by running away with the Middleweight Supersport seven-lap sprint on his Bettencourts/Argo Cycles Honda CBR600RR. The 28-year-old second-generation racer won by seven seconds over Yamaha-mounted David Rose and Wood’s teammate Scott Greenwood.

Still searching for the optimum suspension set-up for the Formula USA races Sunday, Jeff Wood came back to take another dominant victory in Middleweight Superbike with a best lap time of 1:31.04.

Riding his Kosco Harley-Davidson/Buell XB9R Superbike, Eric Wood finished second to brother Jeff in Middleweight Superbike with Shenandoah Honda’s Tim Bemisderfer third, Hooters Suzuki’s Michael Himmelsbach fourth and 16-year-old Nicky Cummings fifth.

Taking the win in Heavyweight Supersport was a tougher chore for Eric Wood, who battled with Maryland’s Chris Rankin closely for all seven laps. Both Rankin and Wood rode Dunlop-equipped Suzuki GSX-R750s.

MRP Motorsports’ Rankin passed Wood for the lead with top speed at the end of the front straight to start the last lap, but Wood quickly passed Rankin back through the middle of turn one. Wood was able to keep his Barden Bearings/Woodcraft-sponsored machine in front of Rankin for the remainder of the last lap and took the win by one bikelength. Rankin finished second despite his machine overheating and overflowing the radiator into the belly pan during the race. Greenwood finished third on another Suzuki 750.

Bemisderfer won the Unlimited Supersport race handily on his Honda CBR954RR over Dave Ebben and Russell Masecar, both on Suzuki GSX-R1000s.

Nelson earned the Unlimited Grand Prix win on his Z Tech cycle-sponsored Honda CBR600RR.

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