Cardenas Wins at Roebling Road

CCS/ASRA/USPGRU

Roebling Road

Raceway – Bloomingdale, GA

March 9, 2014

Martin Cardenas was gridded at the back of the pack when he won the CCS Unlimited Grand Prix race at Roebling Road Raceway on his Suzuki GSX-R1000. The race was off with Stefano Mesa taking the holeshot lead into turn one on his DMS Kawasaki ZX-10R, and was quickly stopped when Rick Johnson crashed out in turn three before the first lap could be completed. Mesa was back out front again after the race was restarted with Andy White’s

Kawasaki ZX-10R in a close second by the end of the first completed lap. Bruno Silva, Cardenas, and Tim Bemisderfer had worked their way to the top five, chasing the leaders.

Cardenas maneuvered his way into second place at the end of the third lap, and then into the lead two laps later. The race was ended by a multi-bike, red flag incident a few laps after that with Cardenas in the lead and taking the victory. Mesa finished second, with Bemisderfer, White, and Silva rounding off the top five.

Cardenas also won the ASRA Superstock race presented by Pirelli Tire North America, after working his way from the back of the pack into a three way battle for the lead with Mesa and Jason Farrell.

Mesa was the early leader again with Farrell and Bemisderfer in hot pursuit. Cardenas worked his way up from the back of the field and was in third place with just a few laps to go. The top three swapped positions a few times during the last few laps of the race with Cardenas taking the advantage and claiming victory. Mesa finished second followed by Farrell, Bemisderfer, and White.

The 2014 season premier of the AMA sanctioned ASRA Team Challenge races presented by Michelin Tire opened with 44 team entries in three classes. Team TOBC 1000 was the overall winner, with Team Grease Monkey second, and Team KBR third. The overall leaders were also the top three in the GTO class, and the only teams to complete 70 laps in just under two hours. Team Triple Threat Racing won the GTU class, and Team Five Six Five won the GT Lights class.

Seth Starnes was the winningest expert CCS racer of the weekend with three first place finishes. Starnes won the Middleweight Grand Prix, Heavyweight Superbike and Middleweight Superbike races on his Moto Corse Performance Ducati 848. And, Ryan Cabrera dominated the amateur classes with five victories. Cabrera won the GTU, Middleweight Grand Prix, Middleweight Supersport, Heavyweight Superbike, and Middleweight Superbike classes on his Westside Performance Suzuki GSX-R600.

RESULTS

ASRA

TEAM CHALLENGE GTO: 1. Team TOBC 1000 (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Grease Monkey (BMS S1000RR); 3. KBR (BMW HP4); 4.

Martinez Racing (Kaw ZX-10R); 5. Barry Motosports (BMW S1000RR); 6. LB Sports (Suz GSX-R1000).

TEAM CHALLENGE GTU: 1. Triple Threat Racing (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Team TOBC 600 (Suz GSX-R600); 3. RnR Repsol Racing (Kaw ZX-6R); 4. MDM (Suz YZF-R6); 5. JR Racing (Tri 675); 6. Pure Action Sports (Yam YZF-R6).

TEAM CHALLENGE GT LIGHTS: 1. Five Six Five (Suz GSX-R600/565); 2. Faceplant (Duc 1100); 3. Mavros & Boy (Duc 1000); 4. Double Dutch (Duc 1000); 5. Eddy Foy (Suz SV650); 6. GTTF (Suz SV650).

SPORTBIKE EXPERT: 1. Joseph Giannotto (Yam YZF-R6); 2. James Cohrs (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Curtis Murray (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Nate Kern (BMW R1200S); 5. Christian Alvarado (Kaw ZX-6R); 6. Ray Hofman (Yam YZF-R6).

SPORTBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Christopher Kosan (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Jon Resinski (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Steven Bellamente (Tri 675); 4. Jasin Kania (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Jim McConville (Suz GSX-R600).

SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Stefano Mesa (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Jason Farrell (Kaw ZX-10R); 4. Timothy Bemisderfer (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Andy White (Kaw ZX-10R); 6. Chris Steele (Kaw ZX-10R).

SUPERSTOCK AMATEUR: 1. Jonathan Landwer, Jr. (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Jim McConville (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Jeremy Krasny (BMW S1000RR).

USGPRU

250 GP: 1. Geoff Maloney (Yam 250); 2. Stuart Aitkin-Cade (Hon 125); 3. Adrian Jasso (Yam 250); 4. Brandon Paasch (Mor 250); 5. A. David Rhodes (Yam 250); 6. JP Bartlett (Hon 125).

MOTO 3: 1. Stuart Aitkin-Cade (Hon 125); 2. Adrian Jasso (Yam 125); 3. Brandon Paasch (Mor 250); 4. Matthew Wallace (Hon 125); 5. JP Bartlett (Hon 125); 6. Geoff Maloney (GPT 250).

CCS

UNLIMITED GRAND PRIX EXPERT: 1. Martin Cardenas (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Stefano Mesa (Kaw ZX-10R); 3. Timothy Bemisderfer (Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Andy White (Kaw ZX-10R); 5. Bruno Silva (Kaw ZX-10R); 6. Eric Helmbach (BMW S1000RR).

UNLIMITED GRAND PRIX AMATEUR: 1. Anthony Giangrasso (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Samuel Smathers (Yam YZF-R1); 3. Richard Hensley (Yam YZF-R1); 4. Diego Gallo (Kaw ZX-10R); 5. Jermaine White (Hon CBR1000RR); 6. Jonathan Landwer, Jr. (Yam YZF-R1).

More, from a press release issued by Jason Duplantis Racing:

Jason Duplantis Racing finishes in the Top Ten at the first race weekend of 2014.

Pooler, GA – Jason Duplantis achieve a best result of 6^th place in the Championship Cup Series GTU race at Roebling Road this weekend. Despite some initial set-up issues at the first event of the year, Duplantis ran competitive lap times and was in contention for a podium finish in several races.

Roebling Road Raceway is Jason’s home track and hopes were high for podium finishes despite extremely tough competition from several AMA Pro riders attending before the Daytona weekend on March 13^th – 15^th. Jason was fast from the first practice and was always in the top five in practice times.

The first race was the 25 minute GTU race. Although Jason had done some pre-season testing at Jennings, he had not done a practice start. The GTU race was the first time Jason had an opportunity to launch the bike in its latest configuration. The bike bogged at the start and Jason was pushed back to 18^th going into turn one. Duplantis put on his “hard hat” and went to work, passing 12 riders to finish 6^th.

The next race of the weekend was the Middle Weight GP event. The day had run long for CCS and the MWGP race was held at almost 6 pm in near dark conditions. Jason assumed that the bad launch was his fault and was determined to make up for it at the start of the MWGP race. This determination turned into over exuberance and Jason jumped the start, and thus acquired a rider through penalty. Jason knew he threw away a good result, but wanted to run with the leaders until the end. Jason ran in the middle of the lead pack throughout the entire race and pulled in on the last lap to serve his penalty. The ride through put him 14^th in the end. You can’t win the race on the first lap, but you sure can lose it on the first lap. Lesson learned. Duplantis went to work trying to solve the launch issue and prepare for the next day.

The last race of the weekend and last race of the day on Sunday was the Middle Weight Superbike race. Jason waited all day to test the new launch settings only to find that the new setting was worse. The bike bogged at the start and Jason was pushed back to outside the top 20 going into turn one. The bike was running worse so in the interest of safety for himself and his fellow competitors, Duplantis pulled in to fight another day.

Jason Duplantis – “This was not the results we were looking for this weekend, but we came away with a lot of positives. We were as fast as anybody out there this weekend. We proved that we can run upfront and challenge some of the fastest experts in the country. We will be taking the bike to KWS Motorsports and we know that they will get us sorted out for the event next weekend with WERA. I want to thank Millennium Technologies, KWS Motorsports, Velocity Powersports, Ballistic Performance Components, my wife Emily, and all of the sponsors for their support. I promise I will turn the speed we showed into results next weekend!”

Jason Duplantis is proudly sponsored by:

Millennium Technologies, KWS Motorsports, Velocity Powersports, Ballistic Performance Components, Arai Americas, BG Oils, RPM Motorsports, Hazardous Racing, VP Fuels, Alex Rata Designs, Worldwide Bearing, and Emily.

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