AMA Privateers Shine in WERA National at Miller TOOELE, Utah AMA privateers showed the fast way around Miller Motorsports Park’s 3.06-mile track during last weekend’s WERA National and Sportsman Series races, winning many of the National Challenge Series expert races. Saturday’s racing featured the WERA/Bridgestone National Endurance Series. Vesrah Suzuki’s Mark Junge, Chris Ulrich, John Jacobi and Tray Batey won their third consecutive race on a Suzuki GSX-R1000. After an early battle, Vesrah pulled ahead to take the overall and Heavyweight Superbike win by four laps. Team Velocity Racing/Team Moe’s took second overall, earning another Heavyweight Superstock class win. Chuck Ivey, Josh Day and James Stroud rode the Yamaha YZF-R1. Third overall and first in Mediumweight Superbike went to bp Concepts, with Ben Thompson, Brandon Parrish, Bo Lemastus and Andy Feuersthaler on a Suzuki GSX-R600. After six hours of racing, bp Concepts beat fourth-place finishers Suzuki Rider Development by just 47 seconds. Millnic Media Honda rounded out the top five, taking the Mediumweight Superstock win with Melissa Paris, Steven Breckenridge and Josh Hayes on a Honda CBR600RR. The Lightweight Superbike win went to Bad Rad Racing’s Joe Schoch and Aaron Aaronson on a Suzuki SV650. During Sunday’s WERA/Michelin National Challenge Series and WERA West Pirelli Sportsman Series sprint races, the expert classes were dominated by AMA privateers preparing for this weekend’s AMA Pro Racing round at Miller. Danny Eslick started the day with a win in Open Superstock, and Cory West won 600 Superstock with a slim 0.044-second lead over Chris Peris. In 750 Superbike, Peris was the one at the front of the pack when the checkered flag came out. Jason Perez had a narrow win in 600 Superbike, with only one-tenth of a second between himself and Josh Day. Blake Young won Formula 1, Dane Westby took the Lightweight Twins Superstock victory, and young hot shoe Cam Beaubier was the Formula 2 victor. Among the regular National Series riders, Lee Acree won 750 Superstock and Tray Batey dominated Heavyweight Twins Superstock. In the novice division, Russell Wikle continued to earn the first-place trophies, winning five events: 600 Superstock and Superbike, 750 Superstock and Superbike, and Open Superstock. Aaron Hartshorn won Formula 1 novice, Patrick McCord was at the front of Lightweight Twins, and Kevin Heiss earned the Formula 2 win. Round four of the WERA National Series will be during Cycle Jam at Road Atlanta, June 28-July 1. More information about WERA can be found online at ~http://www.wera.com~. More, from a press release issued by Cliff’s Cycle Revolution: Eric Wood and NCR Millona ‘One Shot’ Smash NHIS Record at Loudon Classic Loudon, NH Ducati enthusiasts rejoiced as veteran Eric Wood took the NCR Ducati Millona ‘One Shot’ to a record time for air-cooled twins at New Hampshire International Speedway during the 84th Loudon Classic weekend. During practice Eric was circulating NHIS with consistent upper 1:13 times. With the help of veteran tuner Bruce Meyers, Eric set to adjust the Ohlins suspension and Dunlop tire pressures to his liking. “It’s not my bike and I didn’t want to push too hard”, said Eric. “I was very happy with the times and excited about the potential the NCR showed early on”. Saturday hosted the Supertwins race and Eric ran away from the field holding strong from flag to flag. He covered the circuit with his fastest time of 1:13.455 breaking the track record that he himself had set. Eric noted, “This bike is simply amazing and so much fun to ride. The NCR acts like a 250GP bike. You can carry momentum into the corner, then just think and it turns! And the brakes, the brakes are phenomenal.” Sunday saw some debate as to which class to run. “Middleweight GP would be exciting but wouldn’t it be great to see how the NCR will run in Unlimited GP?” said Eric. Joe Ippoliti, NCR co-owner agreed and let Eric give Millona’s Ducati inspired 1000DS 2-valve engine a shot against the high horsepower bikes found in class. Eric was up for the challenge and used all of Millona’s 109 rear wheel horsepower and 270lb lightweight chassis to qualify front row. At the drop of the flag he found himself 5th into turn 1. Then, turn 3 saw Eric run uncharacteristically wide and at the end of the lap he was 7th. Eric would later comment that if he didn’t gain ground quickly, the leaders would horsepower away from him. “I hit the brakes very, very late and the bike got a little unstable”. By lap 4 Eric, with his head down, was challenging for 4th position. Then, on lap 5, he set a new record for air-cooled twins with a 1:12.878. Eric moved into podium position and there he stayed for the races 15 lap duration. “I really enjoyed riding the NCR this weekend”, said Eric atop the 3rd place slot. “It was a tremendous opportunity and a lot of fun. I want to thank Joe from NCR Corse, Chris from Cliff’s Cycle Revolution, and Jason from Ducati NA for putting this together so quickly. Bruce did a great job setting up the bike to run fast and I can’t wait to see what they bring next year!” “Eric did a fantastic job for us this weekend, said Joe Ippoliti. “We couldn’t have asked for a more talented rider and spokesperson to showcase NCR in our first visit to NHIS. NCR Corse is working on a 1200cc version of Millona at the factory and we are expecting some tremendous horsepower gains with the bigger engine and revised heads. We would love to have Eric ride again next year if he wants.” “It was great fortune to have Joe and Jason at our NCR/Ducati open house last weekend”, said Chris Kirkness, sales manager from Cliff’s Cycle Revolution in Danbury CT. “Joe brought Millona down for our NCR launch with New Blue and before the weekend was over, Jason had arranged for Eric to ride. Congratulations to Eric on some fantastic racing and a new lap record. I think he surprised a lot of people and gave the fans a show they will not soon forget”. NCR Millona, NCR ‘New Blue’ and NCR Corse race components are entirely hand built and sold through Cliff’s Cycle Revolution, New England’s exclusive NCR dealer. Anyone interested in the ‘NCR Millona Customer-Race’ program can contact Cliff’s to order their personal custom Millona. ‘Customer-race members’ receive priority for all new products intrduced by NCR. About Cliff’s Cycle Revolution Incepted in 2003 as New England’s destination motorcycle store, Cliff’s is a full service BMW, Ducati, MV Agusta and NCR Corse shop focused on complete rider satisfaction. For more information call 203-798-279 or visit ~http://www.cliffsbmw.com~ More, from a press release issued by MotoSix: Aaron Clark puts MotoSix on the Podium with WERA at Miller Motorsports Park! Aaron Clark of MotoSix Motorsports rode to a spectacular third place finish in Open Supersport against stiff competition during the WERA National round at Miller Motorsports Park this past weekend. With air temperatures close to 100 degrees and a track temperature soaring to nearly 140 degrees Fahrenheit, Clarkie’s qualifying session went well as he put his 2007 Fay Myer’s sponsored Suzuki GSX-R1000 on the second row of the Open Supersport race. Aaron has always shined in the race however, and like many of his past races at Miller Motorsports Park he impressed everyone in attendance this weekend. With the likes of Tray Batey, Danny Eslick, Blake Young, and Jason Perez on the grid, Aaron had to put the hammer down right from the start of the race. “Normally it takes me a few laps before I do my best times, but with these guys we were going at 100 percent right from the start. Riding with these guys really forced me to elevate my game plan because they are just so good,” commented Aaron Clark. After six fast laps, Clarkie, Tray Batey and Danny Eslick checked out on a deep field of talented riders. At the checkered flag Aaron Clark took home a solid third place podium finish, and his first WERA National Podium of the 2007 season. “Those were some brutal conditions to race in, but once again I had a great time racing at this track and racing with WERA! Tray and Danny were really flying out there, although I am really pleased with how well my Fay Myer’s Suzuki GSX-R1000 worked this weekend and how close it was at the end. We have a very good baseline setup now, and the hotter it got the better my Pirelli tires worked. Just like last weekend, if it were not for Josh Bryan of Tigershark Racing/Pirelli tires I would not be on this podium and I really appreciate his support.” MotoSix rider”s Aaron Clark and David Gallant will compete next with the MRA at Motorsports Park Hastings July 7th and 8th. More, from a press release issued by Fasttrax: NELSONS LEDGES, Ohio Club racing legend Bill Bloom, 72, crashed during a Fasttrax sprint race Sunday at Nelsons Ledges, Ohio. Bill, running one of his vintage Kawasakis, ran off in Turn 1 and went down. Transported to St Joseph Health Center, Warren, Ohio, doctors determined Bill suffered several broken ribs and a broken shoulder blade. He was hospitalized overnight and and released late Monday. Fellow Fasttrax riders drove Bill and his wife in their motorhome back to Bill’s Wellsboro, PA home where he is recuperating. More, from another press release issued by Fasttrax: NELSONS LEDGES, Ohio Ryan Friday riding an 01 GXSR 600 tore through the novice class in every race he entered Sunday, June 17 in Fasttrax’s sprint series at Nelson’s Ledges, Ohio. Friday took first place novice in Unlimited Superbike, GTI and Superbike 600 running 1:11 laps in each of the features. Race 1: F40 Midweight Novice: 1st, Michael Farmer; 2nd, Eric Johnston: Super Twins Expert: Seven Boggs; 2nd, Fred Neumeyer; 3rd, Vincent Lorusso; Super Twins Expert: 1st, Dave Dispenza; 2nd, Price Todd; 3rd, Addison Tar; 4th, Michael Hall. Race 2: GTIII Expert: 1st, Patrick Kerns; 2nd Sam Williams; 3rd, Bill Bloom: Superbike Lite Expert: 1st, John Melich; 2nd, Eric Boettcher; 3rd, Tim Batton; 4th, Chris Draudt; Veterans B Lite, 1st, Sam Williams. Race 3: Unlimited Superbike Expert: 1st, Doug Duane; 2nd, Allan Pett; 3rd, Lee Luchette; 4th Jim Vaughn: DNF; Michael Molnar, Jason Etter, Steven Boggs, David Grey. Unlimited Superbike Novice: 1st, Ryan Friday; 2nd Robert Rowles; 3rd, Greg Massie; 4th, Aaron Hardiman; 5th Daniel Runion; 6th, Jim DiVittorio; 7th, Rich Lind; 8th, Donald Quallen; 9th, Aaron McFarland. Race 4: GTII Expert: 1st, Eric Boettcher; 2nd Todd Narduzzi; 3rd, John Melich. GTII Novice: 1st, Dave Dispenza; 2nd, David Ingram; 3rd, Gerald Kilka; 4h Bill Smith; 5th, John Noel Bartlett; 6th, Jeff Shall; 7th, Elwood Smith. Race 5: GTI Expert: 1st, Doug Duane; 2nd, Michael Molnar; 3rd, Vincent Lorusso; 4th, Allan Pett; 5th Jim Vaughn; 6th Lee Luchette; 7th, Dean Whittaker; 8th, Michael Farmer. GTI Novice: 1st, Ryan Friday; 2nd, Robert Rowles; 3rd, Greg Massie; 4th, Aaron Hardiman; 5th, Rich Lind; 6th, Donald Quallen. Race 6: F40 Lite Expert: Todd Narduzzi; 2nd, Tim Batton; 3rd Lewis Rochetti; 4th, Patrick Rochetti; 5th Chris Draudt. Veterans A: Randy Grove; Veterans B; 1st, Jim Sublet, 2nd Sam Williams. Race 7: Superbike 600 Expert: 1st, Allan Pett; 2nd, Lee Luchette; 3rd, Jim Vaughn; 4th Ron Ruppert; 5th, Cassidy Martin. Superbike 600 Novice: 1st, Ryan Friday; 2nd, Robert Rowles; 3rd, Aaron Hardiman; 4th, Daniel Runion; 5th, Michael Farmer; 6th, Jim DiVittorio; 7th, Addison Tar; 8th ,Aaron McFarland; 9th, Donald Quallen. Race 8: F40 Heavyweight Expert: 1st, Ron Ruppert; 2nd, Dean Whittaker; 3rd, Fred Neumeyer. F40 Heavyweight Novice: 1st, Greg Massie; 2nd, Kenneth Fischer. Race 9: Medium Twins Novice: 1st, Gerald Kilka; 2nd Bill Smith; 3rd, Jeff Shall; 4th, Elwood Smith; 5th, John Noel Bartlett. Veterans A Light: 1st, Eric Boettcher; 2nd, Patrick Rochetti; 3rd, Lewis Rochetti; 4th, Chris Draudt. 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 ~http://www.Fasttraxlive.com~ More, from a press release issued by the California Superbike School: 6 Race Wins for Young Gun Peter Lenz Glendale, California – How much is coaching worth? If you ask California Superbike School sponsored racer Peter Lenz this weekend he would tell you two seconds off his lap times and six race wins. The California Superbike School’s founder Keith Code along with riding coach Misti Hurst have been coaching Lenz for several years. This past week Code and Hurst provided an updated curriculum for Lenz to work on to ensure the skills he had been taught were applied consistently and correctly”¦what resulted was nothing less than incredible. “The simple truth is that good techniques, that are flawlessly applied, build a solid foundation under any rider, young or old,” says Code. “The single digit age bracket isn’t immune to the identical problems that adults battle with. The rider is smaller, everything else is the same.” Once Lenz was able to apply the skills consistently he decreased his overall riding fatigue and dramatically improved his already track record setting times. Prior to the weekend Peter’s fastest time at the MAC (PKA Kart Track in McMinville, Oregon) was a 48.5, good enough for the 65cc class record. After spending a couple days applying the skills he learned through coaching he was able to take two full seconds off that time. “I think the coaching has really improved my riding. Changing my body position allowed me to carry more speed through the corners,” said Lenz. “My weekend went great. I had a really good race with my FNB Racing teammate Bennie Taylor and I turned my fastest lap while racing against his RS85. My 65 had a whole bunch of chatter but we were able to get rid of most of it. I was able to get on the throttle early enough to get a great drive and win.” The resulting improvements in riding skill carried across all three of his bikes and culminated in a dominating performance from Lenz as he took overall wins in all six of his classes. Racing success isn’t something new to him, he is currently leading the points in two mini road racing national championships and will be coached by Hurst at an upcoming mini road racing national. For more information on Peter Lenz please visit ~http://www.peterlenz.com~ and for information on the California Superbike School visit ~http://www.superbikeschool.com~ or call the office toll-free at 1-800-530-3350. More, from a press release issued by TVR/Team Moe’s: Team Moe’s/TVR Uses Teamwork and Experience to Win at Miller Motorsports Park TOOELE, Utah Chuck Ivey, James Stroud and Josh Day were more than just the Team Moe’s/TVR riders during Saturday’s WERA National Endurance Series round at Miller Motorsports Park they were also the pit crew. Solid teamwork helped the skeleton crew take another Heavyweight Superstock victory and second overall. Ivey made the trek across the country with the Team Moe’s Yamaha YZF-R1 and equipment, driving from the team’s base in Augusta, Georgia. The bike was setup early in the weekend and the team was ready for the six-hour race. Day took the start for Team Moe’s, taking the lead even though it was his first time on Miller’s 3.06-mile track configuration. “I led for four or five laps, then Danny Eslick came by me on the front straight. I wasn’t worried about him because that team isn’t looking for a championship. I just kept riding my own race and tried to put pressure on Vesrah’s Tray Batey.” The real challenge began on the first pit stop. With only two crew members, the entire team had to pitch in: often, the rider getting off the bike had to change one wheel while the rider about to begin a stint had to change the other. “Our goal for the weekend was to be responsible and to do everything right, from riding to crewing,” said Ivey. “We have to thank Chris Cutright and Ray Turman for their invaluable help in the pits. Everyone really did double duty this weekend.” Although several local fast riders came out to challenge the endurance series at Miller, they were no match for an established team like Team Moe’s. “I think we have one of the best teams in the paddock,” said Ivey. “We might be small, but everyone works together and pitches in wherever they’re needed.” Stroud echoed the sentiment, saying, “We just took back the points lead during the last round and we want to hang onto it. We all felt confident on the bike, and the pit stops were amazing. There was really a lot of teamwork involved in our success this weekend, and our experience as an endurance team was vital.” Moe’s Southwest Grill serves fresh, healthy Mexican food with an emphasis on fast service and a fun atmosphere. The group of restaurants began in the Southeast U.S. and explosive growth over the past few years has made Moe’s Southwest Grill a household name. Moe’s locations can be found online at www.Moes.com. Fans can follow Team Moe’s quest for the Heavyweight Superstock title at www.TeamVelocityRacing.com. More, from a press release issued by West Coast GP Cycles: WEST COAST GP CYCLES RIDERS SWEEP UP TROPHIES AT WSMC West Coast GP Cycles racers took home an armful of trophies at the most recent round of Willow Springs Motorcycle Club racing on June 17, and a new rider flying the shop’s colors made an impressive debut. Chris Rogers took his West Coast GP Cycles-tuned Suzuki SV650 to a third place spot in the Golden Cantina 550cc Superbike race, and backed that up with a third in the West Coast GP Cycles Formula Twins Lightweight event. Tony Moniz took his KTM SMC625 supermotard to a pair of wins in Formula Singles and 660cc Singles, while Christopher Mackin took third place in the Formula 40 Lightweight and the Golden West Trailer Formula 2 races on his Kawasaki ZX-6RR. Riding a TwinWorks Factory-built, West Coast GP Cycles-developed Suzuki SV500, Michael Gougis took a third in 500cc Modified Production and a second in the Battle of the Twins Lightweight race. But one of the most impressive rides on the weekend was from West Coast GP Cycles newcomer Andrew Price. Selected last year for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup tryouts, the 16-year-old from Redondo Beach, California, who won the Southern California Mini Gran Prix Rookie of the Year Award in 2006 and that organization’s NSR Cup title in 2006, entered his first race ever on a four-stroke motorcycle this past weekend, riding a West Coast GP Cycles-prepped Suzuki SV650. From 18th dead last on the 501-650cc Novice grid, Price drove his twin up through the four-cylinder 600s to run as high as third before finishing in fifth an impressive debut on a big bike. West Coast GP Cycles is a West Los Angeles shop specializing in high-performance parts and tuning for road racing and street motorcycles. Located at 11900 West Pico Boulevard, the shop can be reached at (310) 477-0997.

NELSONS LEDGES, Ohio — Team R & D took first overall and first in the Heavyweight class in the Fasttrax 3-hour endurance race series on Saturday, June 16 at Nelsons Ledges Ohio. However, Team Backlash Caret which took first in middleweight turned the fastest lap time of the day with a 1:10.826. Team TDC took first in the lightweight class, while Sam Williams of Team SCVR took first place in the Iron-Butt solo ride division. Heavyweight results: 1st Team R & D; 2nd, Crooked River; 3rd Motor Mayham. Middleweight: 1st, Backlash Caret; 2nd, CamCool Racing; 3rd Two Goofs; 4th, Knee Deep; 5th, Rush Hour; 6th Road Rage, 7th BLT Racing; 8th, Flat Black Racing. Lightweight: 1st, TDC Racing; 2nd Team LLC; 3rd, Team Racer RX; 4th, Team MPH; 5th, Black Ops Racing. In the 30 minute mini-endurance races Doug Duane placed first in both the lightweight race and the heavyweight race while David Grey took first in the middleweight race. Heavyweight mini-endurance results: 1st, Doug Duane; 2nd, Jason Etter; 3rd Allan Pett; 4th Vincent Lorusso; 5th Robert Rowles; 6th, Andrew Sexton; 7th, Dean Whittaker; 8th, Robert Layko; 9th, Fred Neumeyer; 10th, Daniel Shetler III; 11th Douglass Shelfoon. Middleweight mini-endurance results: 1st, David Grey; 2nd, Robert Rowles; 3rd Ross Lubrani; 4th Ron Ruppert; 5th, Neil Barker; 6th, Aaron Hardiman; 7th, Addison Tar; 8th, Shannon Bates; 9th, Dorian Scott; 10th Ryan Friday; 11th, Cassidy Martin; 12th Eric Johnston. Lightweight mini-endurance results: 1st Doug Duane; 2nd, Randy Grove; 3rd, Todd Narduzzi; 4th, Chad Eiring; 5th Jeff Manley; 6th Michael Gillian; 7th Bill Smith; 8th, Elwood Smith; 9th, John Noel Bartlett; 10th Phillip Sibila; 11th Dan Missig; 12th Siu Yan Scott. 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

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DUCATI CORSE RIDERS AT 2007 WORLD DUCATI WEEK Numerous activities in the circuit for the Ducati Corse MotoGP, Superbike and Superstock factory riders during the 2007 edition of Ducati’s world meeting. Bologna, June 19, 2007: Preparations are gearing up feverishly for the fifth edition of the international meeting organized by the Italian manufacturer which will be held from June 28 to July 1 at the revamped “Misano World Circuit”. As is tradition, all the Ducati Corse factory riders will be involved in the big red Ducati party on Italy’s Adriatic Riviera. Friday and Saturday will be dedicated entirely to the riders of the Ducati Xerox Team that takes part in the World Superbike Championship. Two-times world champion Troy Bayliss and his team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi will be present in the circuit for a series of initiatives that will see them involved both on the track with their Ducati 999F07 machines and off-track with the numerous public present in the paddock. The first opportunity to meet them will be during the popular “Ducati University”, a sort of ‘virtual’ lap of the Misano circuit, illustrated by the two riders, who raced there a couple of weeks previously in the San Marino Round of the World Superbike Championship, but it will above all be a fabulous opportunity for the WDW public to meet and greet their heroes. Other appointments at the Ducati University are scheduled with the ‘father’ of the Desmosedici MotoGP and Ducati Corse Director General Filippo Preziosi, Ruben Xaus, always a Ducati crowd-pleaser, the official test rider for Ducati Corse Vittoriano Guareschi and the young Ducati Xerox Junior Team riders in the world Superstock championships, Niccolò Canepa and Domenico Colucci. As well as autographs and photo sessions for the riders and pit-walks to see the various teams and garages, the WDW public will also have an opportunity to see all the Ducati Superbike and Superstock riders in track action as they complete a few laps of honour on Friday and Saturday afternoon. Another activity involving the Ducati Xerox Team is the 999 Two-Seater ridden by Dario Marchetti. 30 lucky VIPs and guests will have a chance to live a unique experience, all the excitement of a lap as pillion passenger aboard a 999 Superbike during the event. Saturday’s activities will reach a high point during the evening when all the riders will be called onto the main stage for the official presentation of the teams competing in the various championships. On Saturday afternoon meanwhile, the MotoGP Dutch TT Race from Assen will also be broadcast live on the two giant screens set up in the Misano paddock. This will be an unforgettable opportunity for the WDW fans to cheer on Ducati: thousands of people united with the same passion. Forza Ducati! Then on Sunday the MotoGP riders, Loris Capirossi and world championship leader Casey Stoner, will arrive at Misano in the morning directly from Assen. Autograph sessions, photographs and laps of honour with the legendary Desmosedici GP7 machines will wrap up the appointments for the MotoGP team, while during the final day Randy Mamola will have the task of taking several lucky pillion passengers around a lap of the Misano track on the awesome Desmosedici Two-Seater, the proceeds of which will go to the Riders For Health charity.

HAYES LOOKING FOR FORMULA XTREME REPEAT IN UTAH Spies in firm control of AMA Superstock PICKERINGTON, Ohio (June 19, 2007) Josh Hayes has the distinction of being the rider to win the very first AMA professional race at Miller Motorsports Park when the state-of-the-art track opened last June. This Saturday, June 23, Hayes hopes to become the track’s first repeat winner as he rides his Erion Honda CBR600RR in the Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Series presented by HMR. Chances are good for Hayes, who is riding the crest of a four-race Formula Xtreme winning streak coming into Tooele. He’s built a 25-point lead over Attack Kawasaki’s Steve Rapp. If Hayes wins this weekend it would mark the longest Formula Xtreme winning streak in seven years. Hayes is coming off one of his hardest fought victories ever, edging out rival Rapp at Road America. “I had to pull out every trick in the book to get that win,” Hayes said. Rapp, who won the series opener in Daytona, hopes he and his team can finally figure out a way to stop the Hayes/Honda juggernaut at Miller. “Since Daytona the team has been playing catch up all season since this is our first year in the championship,” Rapp said. “We’re making a lot of progress. I think we have a good package and hopefully in the second half of the season we’ll continue to improve and be able to put our bike up front.” In the AMA Superstock Series presented by Dynojet Ben Spies has taken firm control of the championship chase with an impressive four wins in five races. Spies, who rides for the factory Yoshimura Suzuki squad, is 33 points ahead of M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May and Graves Yamaha’s Ben Bostrom, who are tied for second in the standings with 144 points each. Jordan Suzuki’s Aaron Yates is just a whisper behind with 141 points. So while Spies has set himself apart from the rest of the field, the battle for second right now in Superstock is as intense as it gets. Spies could be in rare territory at Miller. If he wins his fourth straight Superstock race, it would mark only the second time that has happened in the last eight years. Tom Kipp pulled off that feat back in 1999 when the class was called 750 Supersport and Aaron Yates did it again in 2005. Scott Jensen earned his first podium result in the last round at Road America, pushing his HALOF Racing Suzuki to third. I don’t know if we can do this again, the competition in this class is really tough” Jensen said. “Hopefully I can get up here again and this can be the start of some good things.” SPEED will provide broadcast coverage of each class on Tuesday, June 26 at 1:00 pm Eastern. AMA Formula Xtreme and AMA Superstock are part of the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited and Miller Motorsports Park’s Honda Summit of Speed doubleheader round on June 22-24. Tickets are available for the event via Ticketmaster. You can also visit www.millermotorsportspark.com for additional ticket and schedule information. About AMA Racing AMA Racing is the competition arm of the American Motorcyclist Association and is the leading sanctioning body for motorcycle sport in the United States. Its professional properties include the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF, the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship, the AMA Supermoto Championship and the AMA Pro ATV Championship. In amateur and pro-am competition, AMA Racing sanctions over 4000 events in 24 different disciplines and supports over 110 thousand active members. For more information about professional racing, visit www.amaproracing.com.

Bridgestone GP Briefing Round 8: Great Britain Tuesday 19 June 2007 Bridgestone Motorsport faces one of its biggest challenges of the season at Donington Park this weekend, home to the British Grand Prix, round eight of this year’s MotoGP championship. Along with Turkey and Portugal, the British GP was one of Bridgestone’s least successful tracks last season with John Hopkins the highest ranked Bridgestone-shod rider in eighth place. With five wins on its tyres in the opening seven rounds of this year’s championship, including a strong performance also at the previously awkward Catalunya circuit, Bridgestone is hopeful of a significantly improved year-on-year result in Donington. The introduction of new tyre regulations this season, coupled with the birth of the 800cc machines, has resulted in an extremely fierce competition among the three tyre manufacturers in MotoGP. Bridgestone is continuing its aggressive development programme and recently offered its teams the chance to test a new 16” rear tyre at the post Catalunya test session. Teams will have this latest batch of tyres at their disposal this weekend, along with latest generation 16.5” rears. The final selection of 31 tyres for each rider will be made as usual on Thursday after the customary meeting between teams, riders and their appointed Bridgestone field technician. Tyre Talk with Hiroshi Yamada Bridgestone Motorsport – Manager, Motorcycle Sport Department What are the characteristics of the Donington Park circuit that are most critical for tyre manufacturers? “Like Turkey and Catalunya,Donington Park is one of the slippery circuits with smooth asphalt that has previously been a real challenge for Bridgestone. There are numerous right-hander corners which are mainly slow speed, demanding good traction grip on the right-hand side of the tyres. With only a few left-hand corners, we need to make sure that we have a good warm-up performance on the left-hand side of the tyre.” Do the positive race performances in Qatar, Turkey, Catalunya indicate that Bridgestone tyres could better suit the Donington Park circuit in 2007? “We are a bit more optimistic heading into this year’s British GP based on the good results we have achieved at other difficult tracks for us this year, but at the same time, we can never be complacent because asphalt characteristics differ from track to track and each circuit has its own unique demands, so we must work hard at every race weekend. The competition in MotoGP is fiercer than ever and the tyre performance in the last few races has been quite evenly matched, something that in itself we are very proud of. We have been able to raise our performance level to compete with our more experienced rivals at the front of the field which ultimately creates thrilling battles like we saw in Catalunya two weeks ago. I hope we can enjoy the same level of competition this weekend because it is great for the sport.” What tyre constructions, shapes, compounds will Bridgestone be making available for its teams? “In the post-race test in Le Mans last month, we obtained good results from evaluations of new rear shape and compound, which we will be supplying to our teams in Donington this weekend. As part of our technical development plan, we also tried 16” rear tyres in the test after Catalunya which appear to give some of our teams better handling, stability and grip. Some teams will be trying the 16” rears in Donington practice to see whether it could offer an advantage in the race, but tyre performance is circuit dependent, so we will have to see if the results from Catalunya test translate to Donington. This area of development is not a new concept for Bridgestone, though, since we ran 16” rear tyres with the Kawasaki team in Mugello last year, so it is more of a natural progression with the 800cc bikes.” Riding Perspective with Suzuki’s John Hopkins “From a personal point of view, Donington is one of my favourite tracks, the corners there will suit the 800cc machines and I am sure they will create a lot of possibilities for us. The 800cc bikes are so much smoother on and off the throttle I think it is going to make the racing much more fun for us riders. Also, the 800s do not appear to be so abrasive on the tyres, something that unfortunately conditioned our work at Donington last season. One of the biggest things we need to worry about at Donington is basically corner entry and mid corner speed but I think with the 800s we are going to be carrying more corner speed this year on the right hand side of the tyre especially but the engine management of the 800s is a lot better so coming out of there the bike is going to be a lot more forgiving on the tyre. The most important thing we will be looking for is tyre durability and on extracting as much edge grip as we can over the complete race distance, but the way things have been going with Bridgestone this year, I can only see good things for this race.” 2006 Flashback Race Winner Dani Pedrosa Honda 44m54.878s Top Rider on Bridgestone (8th) John Hopkins Suzuki 45m23.912s Qualifying Pole Position Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m27.676s Top Rider on Bridgestone (2nd) Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1m28.158s

Miracle milestone for Randy Krummenacher Randy Krummenacher’s podium finish in Barcelona may have had almost miracle qualities for some observers, but for the Swiss teenager, currently engaged in rapid career advancement, his first big success in Grand Prix racing was just another milestone. Randy Krummenacher’s third place at the Grand Prix of Catalunya did catch him – and others – unaware, in fact the young rider barely got any rest when he returned home to Zurich. Life has been full for the 17-year-old Red Bull KTM 125 rider in the week’s break leading up to British Grand Prix this weekend. He has rushed from newspaper interviews to autograph sessions and was featured in two lengthy television specials. The whole of Switzerland took note of a very special sports moment when this young talent burst into the world’s elite with style and flourish. Randy had been 13th in the two previous races, his best results to that point in time and when he started in Barcelona from 15th position on the grid, nobody expected him to go out and take on the front runners – let alone take the lead. Three laps from the end, the young Grand Prix rookie was riding high, he had fended off even his fiercest competitors from Spain and Italy, and stormed along the main straight of the Catalunya circuit into first position. “To be leading the world’s best was a completely new experience for me,” the young Swiss reflected. “My heart was racing at 200 beats per minute. I didn’t think of winning, I just told myself: Stay concentrated, keep your own rhythm, don’t make any mistakes – and don’t think of the names you are racing against.” Red Bull KTM team-mate Tomoyoshi Koyama and world championship leader Gabor Talmacsi took advantage of their greater experience and edged past Krummenacher in the final slipstream battles of the race, but for the rookie, the sweet taste of glory lingered on. “Leading the field, celebrating third place in front of 112,000 fans and climbing a Grand Prix podium for the first time was an unbelievable experience,” the still glowing Krummenacher remembers. Unbelievable maybe, and for some, even a small miracle but when you look at the personal history of the 17-year-old it was certainly just another milestone. Randy’s dad Peter, a successful Superbike racer of his time, took his little son to the races before he could even walk. A pocket bike in 1993 was the greatest gift the toddler could imagine even though he was only able to push it round until he had grown enough to ride it properly. Pocket-bike racing didn’t exist in Switzerland at the time, but Randy still didn’t hesitate and started to compete in mini-cross series. His passion grew, and Randy recalls a motocross world championship race in Switzerland in 1998, where he walked up to his heroes, Stefan Everts and Pit Beirer to ask for an autograph. Today, the roles are now somewhat reversed. Former vice-world champion Beirer is now Offroad Sports Director for the KTM factory and 10-times world champion Stefan Everts is team boss of the KTM Red Bull motocross factory teams. Meanwhile Krummenacher has launched himself on the road to becoming one of the great heroes on two wheels. An accident with a collarbone injury stopped his motocross career in 2000, so Randy focussed on mini-bike road racing instead and took his first title when he became Swiss Champion in 2001. In 2003, he wanted to race real motorcycles on real race tracks, and signed up for the German Pro-Junior-Cup, an initiative not unlike today’s Red Bull Rookies Cup being run in conjunction with selected MotoGP events. Krummenacher had secured victory in this Junior Cup before the season was finished, setting himself on the career path of professional racing. In 2004 and 2005 he rode the German 125 cc championship, his first experience on a full-sized GP machine. It was then that he got to know Konrad Hefele, then crew chief of KTM’s German Championship junior team. Then 2006 was the turning point in his career; a magic year for Krummenacher. Half way through the season he was given the chance to step in for the injured Julian Simon and to compete in his first ever Grand Prix. “Riding in the World Championship for the first time was nothing like the national categories – or even like the Spanish Open where I had started before. It was breathtaking to see how fast everyone went, not only the top guys, but everybody in the class,” recalls Randy. “The first three laps of the race were unforgettable. The riding was so hard, with everybody aiming at the smallest gap, squeezing past inside and outside at each and every corner, no matter how. I dropped back to 29th in the first lap, but then pulled myself together and rode to 20th place.” This race and a number of other strong rides before Spaniard Simon resumed racing opened the doors for Randy’s first full Grand Prix season this year. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Later in the year, Krummenacher broke his ankle in a German Championship race at the Austrian Salzburgring, and even though it took him only two and a half months to bounce back from his injury with third place at a Spanish Open race in Barcelona, he still hasn’t completely recovered. With a talent and enthusiasm for athletics that has always been as big as his passion for racing, Krummenacher had trained and competed in triathlons all his life, since his first kid’s triathlon with 200 metres of swimming, five kilometres of cycling and 1.2 kilometres of running at only six years of age. But since his crash on the Salzburgring, Randy still can’t run long distances the way he used to and completes most of his training either in the Red Bull Diagnostics and Training Centre in Bad Fuschl or on his KTM bicycle. The start into the 2006 season also didn’t measure up to expectations. “We didn’t have the time and material for extensive pre-season testing, which would have been really good for me,” says Randy. Consequently the first Grands Prix were used to sort out initial teething trouble with the new motorcycles, such as chattering in mid-corner, or power delivery at the corner exits. It was not until back on the track at Catalunya, a place where Randy also celebrated his very first podium in the Spanish Open last year that he and his team got it all together. “We had big problems on Friday, then we improved the bike on Saturday, and the icing on the cake came with some small changes that technical director Harald Bartol made for the race,” says Randy. “All the guys in the team have done a marvellous job. I can’t thank them enough.” Nobody knows if Randy’s Red Bull KTM 125 will work as flawlessly in England this weekend, because the track characteristics of the Donington Park raceway are completely different. But one thing is certain: From now on, the young Swiss rider is a force to reckon with. “Before the race in Barcelona, a victory or even a podium finish seemed far away, almost out of reach,” says Randy. “But now, the possibility is there. I led the pack and I want to do it again – preferably in each and every race!”

WERA racer Mark Brereton married girlfriend Sam Pitts June 8 at the Shepard Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Brereton suffered paralyzing injuries in a crash April 29 during a track day at Barber Motorsports Park and is currently undergoing therapy and rehabilitation at the Shepard Center. The couple plans to renew their vows during a WERA regional race September 22 at Barber Motorsports Park.

Jacobsen and Brunet Dominate at NHIS ODENTON, MD PJ Jacobsen and Eddy Brunet each won their race during round three of the USGPRU National Grand Prix Racing Series Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway, in Loudon, NH. Jacobsen rode his Celtic Racing Honda RS125 to a dominating victory in the 125GP race. While he unofficially set a new 125GP track record of 1:15.3 in practice, the high temperatures during the race were enough to keep him in the mid 1:16’s at best. That was still fast enough to beat PJ’s championship rival, Nobi Iso, who fought through a very uncharacteristic electrical problem with his Aprilia RS125. Local young-guns, Brent Lyskawa and Cory Hildebrand swapped paint for the entire 15-lap event, but in the end young Lyskawa took third place by a tenth of a second. Canadian, Eddy Brunet, beat a talented field of 23 riders in the Rising Sun Cycle 250GP event. His last lap sprint in qualifying was enough to claim the pole position, and he used it to his advantage as he charged to lead the field into turn 1. Brunet worked extremely hard all weekend and it showed as he decimated the field to finish with a 15-second lead over Des Conboy on his Celtic-tuned Honda RS250. Conboy and local favorite, Chris Reynolds battled all race long, and it appeared that Reynolds was stalking Conboy for a last-lap pass. That turned into a last turn attempt, which then turned into a last turn crash as Reynolds watched Conboy ride away to the checkered flag. Sean Wray had 15 laps to overcome a terrible start, and was able to work his way all the way up 4th place when Reynolds crash handed Wray the final podium spot. The fourth round of the 125GP Western Region is this coming weekend at Miller Motorsports Park. Currently, PJ Jacobsen and Benny Solis are tied at 150 points each in the 125GP class. PJ Jacobsen is expected to be attending this event to try and claim the win and the National points lead. The 250GP class is almost as close as the 125 class, as Ryan Ferris maintains a slim 10 point lead over Eddy Brunet. 125GP race results 1. Patrick Jacobsen Honda RS125 2. Nobi Iso Aprilia RS125 3. Brent Lyskawa Honda RS125 4. Cory Hildebrand Honda RS125 5. David Celento Honda RS125 6. Alex Guilbeault Honda RS125 7. Hardy Kornfeld Honda RS125 8. Mike Orien Honda RS125 9. Crystal Campagna Honda RS125 10. Debra Barton Yamaha TZ125 11. Nick Jakubowski Honda RS125 12. Richard Martin Honda RS125 13. Neal Mulcahy Honda RS125 14. Richard Demetrius Honda RS125 15. Robert Demetrius Honda RS125 16. Sam Clark Yamaha TZ125 17. Bob Poetzsch Honda RS125 18. Troy Estabrook Honda RS125 19. Ryan Keenan Honda RS125 20. Gianpaolo Gentle Honda RS125 21. Alex Lyskawa Honda RS125 22. Yukio Hamasaki Yamaha TZ125 23. Connor LeFrance Honda RS125 24. Zack Courts Honda RS125 DNS Bruce Lind Yamaha TZ125 DNS Stewart Aitken-Cade Honda RS125 DNS Lloyd Ramsey Honda RS125 DNS Celso Barros Honda RS125 250GP race results 1. Eddy Brunet Honda RS250 2. Des Conboy Honda RS250 3. Sean Wray Yamaha TZ250 4. Mark ‘Big Man’ Kelly Honda TSR250 5. Brent Lyskawa Honda RS250 6. Alex Welsh Honda RS250 7. Thomas Fournier Yamaha TZ250 8. Tim O’Connor Yamaha TZ250 9. Cory Hildebrand Honda RS250 10. Mark Stiles Yamaha TZ250 11. David Celento Honda RS125 12. Bob Poetzsch Yamaha TZ250 13. Jim Bergey Honda RS250 14. David Kilcullen Honda RS250 15. Alex Guilbeault Honda RS125 16. Paul Conley Aprilia RS250 17. Ofir Abergal Aprilia RS250 18. Michael Danielson Yamaha TZ250 19. Jon Cone Aprilia RS250 20. Chris Reynolds Honda RS250 21. Daniele Lenarduzzi Yamaha TZ250 22. Michael Rajotte Honda RS250 23. Bruce Lind Yamaha TZ250 DNS Patrick Jacobsen Honda RS125 DNS Chris Manfrin Yamaha TZ250 DNS Matthew Cooper Honda RS250

Millnic Media Honda Wins at Miller! – June 18th, 2007 Salt Lake City, Utah The Millnic Media Honda Team of Melissa Paris, Greg White and Steven Breckenridge has accomplished a season long goal in only their third time on the track. On Saturday June 16th in the WERA/AMA National Endurance Series Millnic Media Honda notched its first win of their freshman season. Competing in the Mediumweight Superstock class the 2007 Honda CBR600RR mounted team completed 157 laps around the 3.02 mile Miller Motorsports Park Circuit. Not only did the Millnic Media Honda Team win their class, but were able to complete enough laps to finish 5th overall. Millnic Media Honda’s weekend did not start the way they had hoped when team rider Greg White had an unfortunate incident with another rider during Miller Motorsports Park open track day on Thursday before the race. Greg was transported to the University of Utah’s Trauma center and was out of racing competition for the weekend. Although Greg is OK and expected to return for the next round at Road Atlanta the team needed a replacement rider. Who better than 2006 Formula Xtreme Champion Josh Hayes? Luckily the Honda CBR600RR made it out with only minor damage. A quick change of Vortex Foot pegs, some Honda Genuine Parts and the bike was back on the track by mid days practice. On race day the largest stories were the heat and wind. With temperatures reaching 100 degrees and the wind howling both motorcycle and tire temperatures were a concern. Ultimately the team decided one Dunlop DOT front would do the six hour distance and one rear tire change was all they needed. The strategy worked as the team was able to win their class by some four laps over second placed Team Westby. Once again the Mediumweight Superstock (MSS) class had the highest number of entries. Fourteen of the races thirty six motorcycles (39% of bikes on track) were competing in the hotly contested MSS class. The Endurance stints were divided up equally amongst the three riders with Steven starting for the team, Melissa doing the pull in the middle and Josh the anchor. At the end of the day Millnic Media Honda was just one lap and two positions away from finishing in the top three. There were slight modifications done to the CBR600RR since round two of the series. Millnic Media Honda installed a new LeoVince Corsa Ti exhaust, DynoJet Power Commander and quick shifter for more power and less time shifting. At the time of publication for this press release current points were not available; however, going into round 3 Millnic Media Honda was 5th in class points. Without question the win by MMH Racing will shake things up in the upper echelon of the points system. It was noted that the success of the team was due in large part to all those who participated this weekend. Thanks to Stacey and Wyatt Foster for the help as well as Josh Hayes for filling in as rider. Also Greg would like extend a special thank you to all the corner workers, and ambulance staff at Miller Motorsports Park and the good folks at Air Med and University of Utah’s Trauma Unit. “All of those folks made the three day stay in the hospital a true delight.” The next round for the WERA/AMA National Endurance Series is Road Atlanta’s Cycle Jam June 29 & 30th. Make sure to stop by and say hello to Melissa, Greg, Steven and Josh. More, from a press release issued by LOC Endurance: L.O.C. Endurance took third place aboard a 2007 Yamaha R6 in the hotly contested Middleweight Superstock class of the WERA National Endurance series after a nerve racking 6 hour race at the beautiful Miller Motorsports Park. The L.O.C made the long trip out to Utah spending extra time running a full day of practice on Thursday to ensure all riders were up to speed. The seat time paid off as the green flag dropped Team L.O.C number one rider Jimmy Vanderhaar ran a pace that put the team in a dead heat with Millnic Media Honda and put several laps on the rest of the field as the first pit stops were signaled. Quick work in the pits put number two rider Dan Carr back on track with the class lead and 10 laps into his stint steady times stretched the lead to more than a lap on second position Millnic Media. After a stop for fuel and a fresh rear tire, J.B Layman set out with a slight lead only giving away a few seconds a lap to substitute Millnic rider AMA Champion Josh Hayes. Layman showed impressive speed for his second race aboard the Bridgestone shod Yamaha R6 and got progressively faster throughout his shift moving the team ahead a full lap in class again and into 5th overall after Hayes pitted. Disaster struck however 55 minutes into Layman’s ride when he lost the front and went down. Frantic pit repairs cost 4 laps and moved the dejected team into 12th overall and 4th in class. Vanderhaar climbed aboard a roughed up R6 and showed his resolve yet again by passing Dalke Motorsports to climb back into 3rd in class. Pit strategy revealed that there was a possibility of catching 2nd in class Team Westby and with thirty minutes left Dan Carr brought the bike in for fuel and to hand over the bike to Vanderhaar again. Eyes were glued to the pit monitors as Vanderhaar, shown 37+ seconds back of Team Westby’s 213 bike started eating away at the lead. Running consistent 2:03 lap times, Vanderhaar setup a dramatic end catching Westby with less than two minutes to go. After almost 6 hours Vanderhaar set the team’s fastest lap of the race on the last lap a 2:02.6, once again showing the Bridgestone front tire’s superiority in endurance racing. Unfortunately time ran out before Vanderhaar was able to make the pass stick and the results went back to the previous lap showing L.O.C Third in class half a second back of Team Westby and 9th overall after close to six hours of racing. The team leaves Miller with mixed emotions, having been in good shape to take the win, and the points lead with a probable third place finish by Westby. But it was not to be and we were lucky to have a podium finish and valuable points having crashed in the ultra competitive Middleweight Superstock class. Congratulations to a well ridden victory by both Millnic Media Honda and Team Westby.We look forward to the next round at team favorite Road Atlanta in two weeks. The team would like to wish Greg White a speedy recovery and return to competition, and a heartfelt wish that Josh Hayes goes back to his day job. More, from a press release issued by Bp Concepts: WERA Middleweight Superbike endurance team bp concepts backed up their 1st in class and 4th overall finish from Barber, to an exciting 1st in class and 3rd overall during round 3 at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah aboard their Crosley 2007 GSXR 600, placing them 1st in class points and 3rd overall in points behind Vesrah Suzuki and Team Velocity. Brandon Parrish comments: “It was an up and down weekend. We started off with mapping problems due to the change in altitude and struggled to get good clean power off the bottom of our NPSracing.com motor. We finally got it dialed in during the last practice session on Saturday morning swapping maps all around and changing them back and fourth. As usual riders Bo LeMastus, and Andy Feuersthaler were in attendance and for round 3 our fourth rider Ben Thompson was able to make it out to Miller to help us with the first 6 hour event. I started off the race maintaining a good pace, placing us 4th overall and 1st in class with a little over an hour for the first stint. Next out was Ben who had a solid stint maintaining our position and bringing it back in for Bo. Bo went out and rode the best stint of his season thus far also maintaining position and staying on the track for a little over an hour. Andy went out for the fourth stint and after two laps the race was red flagged. We were slightly bummed because we had a fairly good lead over our competitors Suzuki Rider Development and we knew if there were no red flags we could finish up with two more pit stops and they would have 3. However during the restart Suzuki Rider development got ahead of us and Andy rode an awesome stint to stay close to them on a 3 and a half hour old rear tire which he chose to run on because he wanted Ben and I to have a new rear for the last two hours. Andy came in and I put a new rear on with a super fast stop to put Ben out with an hour and a half to go. Ben rode awesome setting the fastest time in our class and pulling about a one minute and forty second lead over the Suzuki Rider Development team leaving me with about 20 minutes to finish it up. Ben came in and we put about two gallons of fuel in and I went out to maintain our 3rd overall and 1st in class finish. We are excited that so far our team has ridden flawlessly, our bike has performed perfect, and we are sitting in 3rd overall in points and 1st in class points. We can’t thank our sponsors enough for the opportunity to have the best equipment on the market.”