Magruder takes stock Daytona 675 to the podium

Rosamond, CA The Pirate Motorsport Race Team’s third weekend with the Willow Springs Motorcycle Club’s Streets of Willow Race Series, went extremely well with multiple podium finishes. Lloyd Magruder finished 2nd in all three races he entered, but the surprise came in the 750 Modified Production race. Riding a bone stock (including California emissions) 2006 Dunlop shod, Triumph Daytona 675 against race prepped 636’s and Suzuki 750’s, Lloyd was able to sweep through the field clicking off consistent 1 minute 20 second lap times, with a best of 1:20.414. After starting dead last, and catching eventual winner Ricky Herd, Lloyd finished just 2 tenths of a second behind, as a red flag stopped the race on lap 6. 

 “I didn’t know what to expect from the Triumph, having never ridden it before this weekend, but the Triumph is a really amazing bike right out of the crate! We just safety wired the bike, threw some white duct tape and numbers on it, and used the stock bodywork with a turkey baster pan as our belly pan. Unfortunately, we ran into an issue on Sunday morning when we were forced to use a 195 rear slick, as Dunlop was out of 180 rear tires. We had been using a 180 rear for Saturday practice, so this meant a complete crap shoot with setup for the race. My mechanic Blair Ramey with guidance from my crew chief Craig Ramey, and input via phone from Robert Ward of Wilson’s Motorcycles in Fresno, CA, we were able to create a setup that really worked well for the race. I can’t thank my team enough for getting this bike race prepped in such a short amount of time and Robert Ward for his insight on geometry setup. We will be racing the Triumph in more 750 classes next month and then racing it full time in 2008.” 

The Pirate Motorsports Team will be finishing off the Streets of Willow Championship season November 2nd through the 4th, looking to wrap up the 600 Modified Production and Formula II series championship on their 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6RR, and take wins in 750 Superbike and 750 Modified Production on the Triumph Daytona 675.

More, from a press release issued by Fasttrax:

NELSONS LEDGES, Ohio CamCool Racing placed first overall in the final race of the 2007 Fasttrax 3-hour endurance series held at Nelsons Ledges on Saturday.

CamCool’s finish gave them the hotly contested mid-weight season championship, beating out team Two Goofs who were hampered by tire failures Saturday.

CamCool riders Rob Campbell, Brett Campbell and Sammy Snellenberger (Rob McNeel filled in for an injured Snellenberger in a mid-season race) were locked in a tight season-long battle with Pete Smakula and Mark Jordan of Two Goofs for the season’s mid-weight honors.

Smakula and Jordan who led during the first hour Saturday were forced into the pits twice during the final two hours with tire failures. CamCool lost an exhaust can in the race, allowing them to loudly announce their victory run.

A second place finish in the lightweight division and fifth overall sealed the season lightweight championship for Team TDC riders Dan Chrystal, Tim Batten and Chad Eiring.

Team R&D Mike Molnar, Ron Ruppert, Dean Whittaker and John Blike finished second overall and first in heavyweight to take the seasonal heavyweight championship.

Sam Williams as SCVR Racing took the season Iron-Butt solo championship, but sat out Saturday’s race due to a shoulder injury. Nicholas Van Goor took the first-place Iron Butt trophy on Saturday.

In Saturday’s 30-minute mini-endurance races Andew Sexton took first place in the heavyweight race, Ron Ruppert in the mid-weight and Sammy Snellenberger in the lightweight. However, the season championships go to Dan Shetler in Heavyweight, Ron Rupert in Middleweight and Todd Narduzzi in Lightweight.

Three Hour Endurance Results: 1st CamCool Racing (middleweight) SV 650, 142 laps; 2nd, Team R&D (heavyweight) Yamaha R-1, 142 laps; 3rd, Team Road Rage (middleweight) Yamaha R-6, 141 laps; 4th, Team BAC St. Louis (lightweight) SV650, 139 laps; 5th, TDC Racing (lightweight) SV 650, 138 laps; 6th; Racer RX (lightweight) Suzuki SV 650, 136 laps; 7th, Crooked River Racing (heavyweight) Ducati 999s, 135 laps; 8th, Team LLC (lightweight) Suzuki SV650, 135 laps; 9th Team TNT (lightweight) Suzuki SV650; 133 laps; 10th, Team Two Goofs (middleweight) Honda CBR600, 132 laps; 11th, Mike and the Iceholes (lightweight) Suzuki SV650, 130 laps; 12th Nicholas VanGoor (Iron Butt) Yamaha R-6, 129 laps; 13th, BLT Racing (middleweight) Yamaha R-6, 125 laps; 14th, Larry Mackoskie (Iron Butt) Honda CBR 600, 124 laps; 15th, 2 Men & A Bike (lightweight) Suzuki GS500, 122 laps; 16th, Rush Hour Racing (middleweight) Yamaha R-6, 104 laps; 17th, NES Racing (heavyweight) Aprilia 250, 45 laps.

Lightweight Mini-Endurance Results: 1st, Sammy Snellenberger, Suzuki SV650; 2nd, Robert McNeel, Suzuki SV650; 3rd, Jeff Manley, Suzuki SV650; 4th Shawn Strawser, Buell XB9R; 5th, Elwood Smith, Suzuki SV650; 6th William Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500; 7th Dorjan Scott, Suzuki SV650; 8th, Daniel Missig, Suzuki SV650; 9th, Lewis Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500; 10th Todd Narduzzi, Suzuki SV650.

Middleweight Mini-Endurance Results: 1st, Ron Ruppert, Suzuki GSXR600; 2nd, Lee Luchette, Yamaha R-6; 3rd Kenneth Fischer, Yamaha R-6; 4th, Donald Quallen, Suzuki GSXR600; 5th Mark Gainer, Buell; 6th,Dean Bosch, Honda CBR600; 7th, Leanne Werneke, Yamaha R-6; 8th, Siu Yan Scott, Suzuki SV650.

Heavyweight Mini-Endurance Results: 1st, Andrew Sexton, Ducati 999; 2nd, Greg Massie, Suzuki GSXR1000; 3rd, Rick Lind, Suzuki GSXR750; 4th, Dean Whittaker, Yamaha R-1; 5th, Michael Hall, Ducati 999; 6th, Donald Quallen, Suzuki GSXR600; 7th, Daniel Shettler, Honda RC-51.

Fasttrax is a family-oriented club racing organization with its home track at Nelsons Ledges, Ohio. For information on all of Fasttrax’s events and programs visit www.Fasttraxlive.com