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Tsujimura Wins Round Six Of All-Japan Superbike Series

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Tsujimura Wins Round Six Of All-Japan Superbike Series


Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Takeshi Tsujimura won round six of the eight-round All-Japan Road Race Series on Sunday, August 24 at the 2.9-mile Autopolis International Racing Course in Japan. Tsujimura won the 18-lap race by over two seconds on his JSB1000-spec F.C.C. TSR Honda CBR954RR.

Kenz JTrust Suzuki’s Keiichi Kitagawa turned the fastest lap of the race on his GSX-R1000 but could not match Tsujimura’s pace and finished second, 2.784 seconds back. Kitagawa did, however, extend his JSB1000 Championship point lead from 16 to 22 points over Atsushi Watanabe. Yoshimura Suzuki’s Watanabe, the defending JSB1000 Champion, finished fifth at Autopolis, 12 seconds back.

All-Japan Road Race Series
Round Six Results:

1. Takeshi Tsujimura (Hon CBR954RR), 34:18.830, 18 laps
2. Keiichi Kitagawa (Suz GSX-R1000), -2.784 seconds
3. Tatsuya Yamaguichi (Hon CBR954RR), -2.847 seconds
4. Osamu Deguichi (Hon CBR954RR), -12.158 seconds
5. Atsushi Watanabe (Suz GSX-R1000), -12.786 seconds
6. Nobuyuki Ohsaki (Yam YZF-R1), -13.007 seconds

DNF. Hitoyasu Itzutsu (Hon CBR954RR), -16 laps


Fastest Lap: Kitagawa, 1:53.439, Lap 3

Pole Position: Yamaguichi, 1:52.886 (New Track Record)

Hacking Versus Buckmaster In Supersport At VIR

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Hacking Versus Buckmaster In Supersport At VIR

From a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing:

AMA SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE DOWN TO TWO

Yamaha teammates Hacking and Buckmaster among favorites at VIR

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (Aug. 25, 2003) — After a long season of often intense and thrilling racing the 2003 Pro Honda Oils U.S. Supersport Championship presented by Shoei comes down to two riders – Yamaha teammates Jamie Hacking and Damon Buckmaster. Hacking leads the championship by 30 points coming into round 10 of the 11-race series Sunday, Aug. 31 at Virginia International Raceway. Hacking is in the catbird seat to win his first AMA National title, but he first has to get through VIR, a track where he’s had nothing but rotten luck.

Hacking has won four Supersport races this year while none of the other five winners this season has managed to win more than one race. That kind of dominance has put Hacking on the verge of winning his first AMA Championship and you can hear the tenseness in his voice about coming to VIR.

“I’m not going to say it’s one of my favorite tracks,” says Hacking who has suffered bad crashes at the circuit on Supersport bikes in the previous two visits. “I’ve had some bad luck there. Before I was pushing too hard on equipment that wasn’t up to the task, but this year is different. I have the best equipment out there and I’ve been able to have good results on several tracks this year where I had trouble before.”

Hacking admits that having a 30-point lead with just two races remaining changes his strategy for VIR. “I don’t have to go out there and prove anything,” he said. “I don’t have to run near the front, but I don’t want to run too far back and get mixed up in any kind of mess. If I feel comfortable and can get an early gap on the rest of the field I might go for the win, otherwise I’ll just lay back and see how the race plays out.”

Buckmaster does not have the luxury of picking how he will approach the VIR race. The Aussie veteran simply must try his best to win, or at the very least finish in front of Hacking, so he’ll have a better shot of catching his teammate in the final race in Birmingham, Ala., in September. Buckmaster finished fifth in the race last year.

Even though Hacking is in control of the championship, the series has been wide-open at times with six different winners on the year. That’s the highest number of winners in Supersport since 1998. One of those winners is Tommy Hayden, last year’s VIR Supersport victor. Hayden hopes to close out the season strong on his factory Kawasaki and defending his VIR win would help him do just that.

Veteran Honda rider Miguel Duhamel is another rider who has done well at VIR. In 2001 he finished runner-up in the Supersport race to Anthony Gobert. Duhamel is already the all-times wins leader in AMA Supersport history. He would love nothing better than to pad his incredible career win number that stands at 41, with a victory at VIR.

Virginia International Raceway is one of the most scenic road courses in America. It offers some spectacular vistas to view racing and is one of the favorites of many riders on the circuit. The race will be shown live on Speed Channel at 12 p.m. Eastern. For additional information on VIR’s Suzuki Lightning Nationals contact (434) 822-7700 or visit www.virclub.com.

More On Hayes And Pridmore Leading The Endurance World Championship

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More On Hayes And Pridmore Leading The Endurance World Championship

From a press release issued by Team Suzuki News Service:

SUZUKI GB PHASE ONE TAKE PODIUM FINISH

Sunday August 24th 2003

Suzuki GB Phase One took full advantage of the double points available at the Oschersleben 24 Hour round of the World Endurance Championship to secure a 23 point championship lead over rivals Zongshen.

After once again surviving a second lap incident which saw four of the major teams limping back to the pits for repairs, riders Jason Pridmore, James Ellison and Josh Hayes ran a smooth and consistent race to finish in a comfortable second place. They battled with eventual winners GMT94 for the lead through the night until a minor spill by Hayes forced a strategy rethink. With Zongshen 1 retired from the race, a second position finish was be enough to leave Phase One in a very strong position for the final round of the championship which takes place on the fifth of October at Vallelunga in Italy.

Suzuki GB Phase One team manager Russell Benney: “We came into this race second in the championship and we’re leaving it in the lead after a good second place. We’ve pulled a 23 point margin over Zongshen and we go to the final round as favourites, only needing 3 points. I think it should be an easy task to achieve. It’s great to be 24 hour racing – like coming back home. This team is all about 24 hour races; all our skills and techniques apply to long distance racing.”

Both the team’s Suzuki GSX-R1000s ran well over the full race distance; the Phase One Junior team finishing in eleventh place overall.

Championship Standings after 6 of 7 Races:


1. Suzuki GB – Phase One – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 139 points.

2. Zongshen 1 – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 116 points.

3. Yamaha GMT94 – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 109 points

4. Zongshen 2 – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 91 points

5. 22 Police Nationale – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 79 points.

Dunlop Prefers Slicks For 2004 AMA Superstock, Following Test At Daytona

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Dunlop Prefers Slicks For 2004 AMA Superstock, Following Test At Daytona


Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Following two hot days of testing at Daytona International Speedway, Dunlop officials would prefer to use slicks for the proposed 2004 AMA Superstock class, which would include 1000cc four-cylinder machines producing over 160 horsepower.

“If there’s a choice, slicks would be the way to go because overall it’s a safer prospect…an added measure of security,” said Dunlop National Road Race Manager Jim Allen in a August 25 telephone interview. “Whatever the rule is, we will race under that rule. We’re prepared either way.”

Allen said Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates tested a Superstock-spec GSX-R1000 exclusively during his recent test (August 19-20) at Daytona with surprising results. “It (bike) wasn’t far from stock and he did some 1:51s. It was remarkably fast. The lap times and the top speeds were impressive. It might not get there as quick as a Superbike, but it’s not far off it.”

In fact, Yates’ pace matched the testing pace of Honda RC51 Superbike-mounted Miguel Duhamel, winner of the 2003 Daytona 200, and Yates “got good lap times and good distance” out of both DOT-labeled and slick tires during the test, according to Allen.

“I think there was some concern (over using DOT-labeled tires for Superstock) at the AMA,” said Allen. “There’s some privateer guys who don’t have the same resources. They’re (AMA) afraid there may be some neglect further down the ranks.” Stretching tire life, as cash-strapped privateers have been known to do, could have disastrous results at the 180 mph speeds the new 1000cc Superstock bikes will be capable of at Daytona.

Although they don’t test at Daytona every August, Allen said it was good to test in the “stinking hot” conditions, 60 degrees Celsius track temperature. “In December (the date of the annual Dunlop test at Daytona) and March, you may or may not get good weather. It may rain or be cold or whatever. But it’s usually good weather when we race,” said Allen.

Yates’ teammate Mat Mladin turned the fastest unofficial lap time of the test, a hand-timed 1:48.2, according to Allen. “He did several 1:48s and lots of 1:49s. Ben (Bostrom) did a 1:49 but mostly did 1:50s. Miguel did 1:51s. Ben and Miguel both did long distance runs, over one pit-stop-distance. Ben was doing 1:50-1:51s the whole way.”

Allen said the riders tested and/or confirmed six new tire compounds, several different tire constructions and two different sizes (one of which was completely new) at the money-saving event. “It’s expensive to try and test everything with all the riders we have in December. Now when we go back in December, we will have eliminated some things.” The test went so well that the Dunlop men were able to cancel the final day they had scheduled and go home early.

Most of the factory AMA teams tested at Barber Motorsports Park for several days prior to the Daytona test and found the new Alabama track to be hard on front tire wear. “If you look at a map of the place, you’re leaned over on the right side with the front tire heavily weighted about 25 percent of the lap,” said Allen. “It was a cause for concern for Superbike and Supersport riders.

“We’re looking at getting some new compounds built and brought in for the race. My experience is things will get better as more rubber gets built up. I think it’ll get better, but we’ll definitely bring some alternate compounds for the race.”


Former Racer Mike Monroe, RIP

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Former Racer Mike Monroe, RIP

FIRST PERSON/OPINION

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At an age when most motorcycle racers would be hanging up their helmets, Mike Monroe was just putting his on. In 1979, well into his mid-30s, he started road racing a small four-cylinder Honda. In 1980, Mike put together a deal with Merry and Perry Bushong of BMW of Fort Worth with help from Butler and Smith to endurance race a BMW R65. Typically Monroe: No one in their right mind would consider actually racing the marque, long known for its sedate touring qualities, but rarely seen on modern racetracks.

For the next two years, Monroe’s team raced at road race tracks across Texas and Oklahoma in grueling contests that lasted from four to 12 hours. They raced against bikes that were decades more advanced, with riders a decade or more younger. And won. Twice. The 1980 and 1981 WERA South Central Region/CRRC Lightweight Superbike Endurance Championships.

In the post-race pits of the last race in 1981, three young riders from the team that finished second in points for the season came over to congratulate Monroe’s team. One of them wondered out loud, “How’d those old guys beat us on that old crock of a bike?” Waving a bottle of cheap champagne, Monroe replied, “It is not so amazing that the dog quotes Shakespeare, but that he can speak at all!”

His full name was Michael Morris Monroe; most knew him either as MONroe or M3. And M3 was his call sign in the Air Force in Viet Nam.

M3 died Thursday, August 14 of a heart attack. Memorial services were held at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth on August 20.

He was survived by his wife, Sally, in Fort Worth and by his father Morris in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He was 61.

I mourn the loss of a teammate and of a true friend of over 30 years. Please raise a glass or cup in his memory.

Photo at http://home.ix.netcom.com/~bdickey1/id1.html

A contribution to the Action Fund in Mike’s memory is on its way.

Bob Dickey
Fort Worth, Texas

Former 500cc World Champion Schwantz Wins SuperMoto Race In Colorado

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Former 500cc World Champion Schwantz Wins SuperMoto Race In Colorado

From a press release issued by American Suzuki’s PR agency:

World Champion Kevin Schwantz’s Supermoto Victory to be Shown on SpeedChannel

BREA, Calif., Aug. 25, 2003 – American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) congratulates former World Champion Kevin Schwantz on his victory in the Fay Myers Suzuki Supermoto Classic. ASMC also congratulates Mark Avard, who rode his Corona Extra Suzuki DR-Z400 to second place overall. The race was a part of the inaugural Motorcyclist and Dirt Rider CycleFest Presented by Suzuki at Copper Mountain, Col., this past weekend.

The extremely popular Schwantz recently came out of racing retirement to campaign a 2003 Suzuki DR-Z400 in the AMA’s new Supermoto series. His victory at Copper Mountain – where he was crowned “Big Kahuna” as the overall winner after a sixth-place finish on the first day and a first-place on the second – marks the former Grand Prix Champion’s first win in this growing form of racing.

“It feels great to be racing and winning again,” said Schwantz, who currently consults for the Yoshimura Suzuki factory road race team and runs the successful Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School at Road Atlanta. “And Supermoto is an excellent form of racing because it’s inexpensive for the privateers and exciting for the spectators.”

The Fay Myers Suzuki Supermoto Classic, and other events from the Motorcyclist and Dirt Rider CycleFest Presented by Suzuki, will be broadcast on SpeedChannel’s “Two Wheel Tuesday” at 10:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003.


See related posts:

7/28/2003 Televised Supermoto Race With $20,000 Purse Replaces Cancelled AMA Event In Colorado

7/25/2003 AMA Supermoto Race In Colorado Cancelled


GMT94 Wins Oschersleben 24-hour World Endurance Race, Pridmore, Hayes Finish Second And Take Points Lead

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GMT94 Wins Oschersleben 24-hour World Endurance Race, Pridmore, Hayes Finish Second And Take Points Lead

Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

GMT94 won the 24-hour Endurance World Championship race at Oschersleben in Germany on a Yamaha YZF-R1.

GMT94’s Sebastian Scarnato, Serafino Foti and David Checa came back from a lap-two, oil-caused pile-up to win the long race with a two-lap margin of victory.

GMT94 caught race leaders Suzuki GB Phase One, which includes American riders Jason Pridmore and Josh Hayes, in the middle of the night, and, according to the official website of the Endurance World Championship, a battle ensued. Suzuki GB Phase One’s riders upped their speed on the track to match GMT94’s quicker pace, while the teams’ pit crews matched each other stop-for-stop. Then Suzuki GB Phase One’s Hayes encountered probems in the early morning hours, which cost the team two laps in the pits for minor repairs, but the damage was done. GMT94 gained a two-lap lead, and Suzuki GB Phase One had to consolidate for second place.

Suzuki GB Phase One now, unofficially, takes the FIM Endurance World Championship point lead 139 to 116 over Zongshen Suzuki 1, which retired early in the 24-hour after a crash. Suzuki GB Phase One should be able to win the World Championship with a 13th or better finish at the final round of the series October 5.

Endurance Moto 38, winners of last year’s Oschersleben 24-hour and another victim of the second-lap crash, came back to score third in front of Zongshen Suzuki 2 and Team Bolliger Kawasaki.


More, from a press release issued by FGSport Group:

Yamaha GMT94 Win Oschersleben 24 Hour

Significant Yamaha Victory and First Italian and Spaniard Win in Recent Years

The Oschersleben 24 Hour round of the FIM World Endurance Championship has been won by the French Yamaha GMT94 YZF-R1 ridden by Frenchman Sebastien Scarnato, Italian Serafino Foti and and Spaniard David Checa.

GMT94 were involved in the second lap incident that claimed several of the top teams, but quick pitwork got them back out on the track and racing again in record time. The three riders then put in one of the best performances of the season to climb back through the field to challenge for second place during the night, eventually passing and pulling clear of second place finishers Suzuki GB Phase One after the British team had a minor crash.

Third place went to another Yamaha, in the hands of last years’ Oschersleben winners, Endurance Moto 38. They were another team who were involved in the second lap crash and then managed to claw back a great result. Fourth placed Suzuki Zongshen No.2 had led the race after the Zongshen No.1 bike crashed out of the race, but brake pad and then clutch problems dropped them down the standings. Fifth place went to the Swiss Kawasaki Bolliger team who put in a classic consistent endurance performance to finish the race in the top five with very little drama.

The 24 Hour race was incident packed from the moment it started, with Zongshen 1, GMT94, Police Nationale, Endurance Moto 38 and Yamaha Austria crashing on oil on lap 2. The pace car was called out for the only time in the race while the track was cleared, and the bikes were able to return to the pits for repairs.

Championship leading Zongshen No.1 were one of the last to rejoin the race, compounding their bad luck with a stop-go penalty and then a crash which injured Igor Jerman and ruled them out of the race. This put the pressure on the remaining teams to make the most of the double points available at a 24 hour race, with Suzuki GB Phase One setting off after Zongshen No.2 while GMT94, Endurance Moto 38, Police Nationale and Yamaha Austria forced their way through the back markers.

GMT94’s David Checa set a blistering pace and it was inevitable that they would catch the leaders. An overnight battle with Phase One was one of the high points of the weekend, the two teams trading lap times and pit stops until Phase One’s Josh Hayes ran off the track and had to pit for repairs. He was able to rejoin the race but GMT94 proved to be un-catchable, forcing Phase One to settle for second place. This is the best result of the year for Yamaha, two bikes on the podium prove that the R1 is now competitive with Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 in World Endurance. Kawasaki also did well with Bolliger’s fifth place. Ducati finished in thirteenth place, Honda in twenty first and Triumph in thirty first place. Just completing this most challenging of all 24 hour races is a real achievement.


Updated Post: Acree, Barnes, Harwell Win In WERA Regional At VIR

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Updated Post: Acree, Barnes, Harwell Win In WERA Regional At VIR

Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Harwell Nips Weber At Finish Line For WERA B Superstock Win

Cagy veteran Scott Harwell and his Arclight Suzuki GSX-R750 snagged a B Supersport Expert victory away from rising WERA star David Weber at the last split second and by less than two feet in Sunday’s final race of the WERA Sportsman Series weekend at VIRginia International Raceway. Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Chris Ulrich finished third, coming from row five on the grid and rapidly closing in on the top two riders during the final exciting lap.

Harwell, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, grabbed the lead at the beginning of the short, 6-lap race and held on relatively comfortably until two laps to go when a hard-pressing Weber moved within striking distance. In the middle of turns one and two on the final lap, Weber finessed his XT Racing Suzuki GSX-R750 by Harwell on the outside and held onto a lead until the last two feet from the finish line.

“Well, he got by me there (in turn one) but I knew I had the motor on him, so I just kind of let him have it around the backside of the track and to the front stretch where I felt I could re-take the lead,” Harwell pointed out. “There was a (lapped) bike there with us and I just gave it all there at the end and made it by just in time.”

Weber was on a VIR consistency streak all weekend and earlier on Sunday recorded a win in B Superbike Expert. The near-win in B Superstock was tantalizingly close but gave the Roswell, Georgia resident a hefty dose of confidence for his venture into the AMA Nationals at Barber next month. He’ll be racing in the WERA Nationals next weekend at Hallett instead of riding in the AMA races at VIR.

“Towards the end of the race, I started trying to make some passes on him (Harwell) and I got by him in turn one, but he’d just get me coming on the front straightaway with some horsepower, getting a little better drive,” explained Weber. “On that last straight, I just didn’t get the drive I wanted and with his horsepower combined with his drive, he got me there at the end…those last two feet.”

The B Superstock race had a solid field of competitors, including several riders garnering track time and fine-tuning their bikes for the AMA weekend. Finishing fourth was Scott Carpenter on the RonAyers.com Suzuki with Vincent Haskovec of Lake Elsinore, California rounding out the top five. Haskovec was riding a Tapeworks Suzuki GSX-R600 borrowed from Russ Masecar of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Young Steve Atlas, also from Lake Elsinore, California, brought his Suzuki GSX-R750 to sixth. One of the favorites to be dicing for the lead at race’s end was Georgia’s Chris “Opie” Caylor, but he blew an engine early in the race and recorded a disappointed DNF.

A surprise in the race was Lake Elsinore’s Ulrich, who had to overcome an untimely false neutral right after what he felt was a good start. “A bunch of guys got by me, so I had to work my way through and I did some pretty hairball passes, including one on Steve (Atlas) that was pretty close right before you get to the esses on the back of the track,” Ulrich said. “I got by Haskovec and the bike felt good…like the harder I rode it, the better it was.

“I just feel real good right now because I have a good base going into next week and I’ve got a track day here tomorrow,” Ulrich said. “I made some huge set-up changes today going in the same direction…drastic changes that I never would have done if I hadn’t been here. I got off the bike smiling from ear-to-ear. I feel like I’m back.”

Second Day of Acree-Haskovec Show

After a thrilling Lee Acree-Vincent Haskovec side-by-side battle on Saturday in the Mediumweight Solo 20, the two racers rekindled their friendly rivalry at VIRginia International on Sunday with another close Acree win over Haskovec in a six-lap WERA C Superbike Expert sprint. Michael Garofalo rounded out the podium with a third, while Shaun Fields came in fourth and David Weber finished finished fifth.

“I was gridded on the fifth row and I knew Vincent was on the sixth row and I knew that he was going to be the one to want to push me,” Acree said. “I got a fairly good start, but I had to try to weave through traffic and I was hoping to get a few more positions up before turn one. I think I was in fourth.

“I was just trying to make sure I didn’t get into trouble and I’m sure Vincent was doing the same thing…he was probably looking at the back of me, following through traffic,” the Triad Powersports Yamaha rider continued. “I was trying to run a quick enough pace to stay out front, but with a comfortable enough one where I wasn’t staying on the edge to risk any more than I had to.”

Late in the sprint, Acree had to suddenly move towards that uncomfortable edge. “I was just watching my pitboard after I got out front and it was point four, point four, and I came around for the last lap and another point four, so I figured as long as I maintained, I would be OK,” reflected Acree. “But when I came around to take the checkered flag, I got a point one and I was like ‘Ohhh, man, here comes Vincent!’ I just tucked in real tight and luckily I think I had a little bit of horsepower on him. He rode a great race.”

Less than a bikelength separated the two as they roared through the VIR finish-line kink.

“I’m here to have fun and get some track time and like yesterday with Lee, I had some real fun out there today,” Haskovec said. “Lee is definitely a great rider, one of the smoothest I know. So, it is always a pleasure to race with him.”

Acree also recorded another win on Sunday in C Superstock Expert, finishing ahead of Fields, Weber and Garofalo, with Matt Elliott, a young participant in the Team Hammer Talent Search Presented By Alpinestars, rounding out the top five.

What J.J. Roetlin did to Scott Harwell in the A Superstock Expert class foreshadowed what Harwell would later on do to David Weber in the B Superstock race: Grabbing the lead at the very end of the race. Shaking the cobwebs out from not racing for nearly a month, Roetlin and his Twin County Dairy Suzuki GSX-R750 won the A Superstock sprint, besting an impressive array of riders in WERA’s 10th race of the day.

Scott Carpenter was third, while Vincent Haskovec came in fourth and Roger Bell rounded out the top five.

“On that last lap, I gained on him (Harwell) in turn one, and I was just waiting for a place to get around him or at least show him a wheel,” Roetlin said. “I figured coming down the hill that I could get up close enough to maybe try to draft by him at the finish. When we got to the finish line, I think Scott had to back off just a little bit to get by another rider and I just took the inside.”

Roetlin was using the WERA Sportsman Series as a tuneup for the Suzuki Lightning Nationals at VIR this coming weekend. He will compete in 750cc Superstock and the AMA Superbike races after he returns from two days of classes as a journalism major at the University of Iowa.

WERA Regional at VIR Sunday race results In chronological order

FORMULA TWO EXPERT: 1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125) 2. Lance Yeager (Yam TZ250) 3. Kent Larson (Suz SV650) 4. John Klaras (Hon RS125) 5. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250) 6. David Deggendorf (Hon RS125)

FORMULA TWO NOVICE: (All Suzuki SV650) 1. Mark Biletnikoff 2. Brent Hackney 3. David Wheeler 4. Bart Ruppenthal 5. Kevin Hamilton 6. Harry Woole

C SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Michael Garofalo (Suz GSX-R600 4. Shawn Fields (Yam YZF-R6) 5. David Weber (Suz GSX-R600) 6. John Lemak (Suz GSX-R600)

C SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Kirk Downs (Hon CBR600) 3. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600) 4. Derrick Jones (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600)

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT: 1. Russ Masecar (Suz TL1000R) 2. Craig Hughes (Hon RC51) 3. Fred Farzanegan (Suz TL1000R) 4. Lance Yeager (Yam TZ250) 5. Kent Larson (Suz SV650) 6. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250)

FORMULA ONE EXPERT: 1. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Roger Bell (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Doug Duane (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. J.J. Roetlin (Suz GSX-R750)

FORMULA ONE NOVICE: 1. Jeff Floyd (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600) 3. Thomas Hughey (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Steve Gould (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Dan Burnette (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Nick Carney (Yam YZF-R6)

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT: 1. Phillip Chapin (Suz SV650) 2. Nate Kern (BMW R1100) 3. Kent Larson (Suz SV650) 4. Shawn Romano (Suz SV650) 5. Paul Sluss (Suz SV650) 6. Don Kinsey (Suz SV650)

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS NOVICE: (All Suzuki SV650) 1. Mark Biletnikoff 2. William Baragona 3. Brent Hackney 4. Bart Ruppenthal 5. Kevin Hamilton 6. David Wheeler

B SUPERBIKE EXPERT: (All Suzuki GSX-R750) 1. David Weber 2. Opie Caylor 3. J.J. Roetlin 4. Doug Duane 5. Steve Atlas 6. Chuck Juhasz

VINTAGE 6: 1. Scott Williams (Yam 600) 2. Ken Kitt (Hon 700) 3. Joseph Garboski (Hon 700) 4. George Mood (Yam 600) 5. Russell Bigley (Yam 750) 6. Randall Shank (Hon 900)

B SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Jeff Floyd (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Derrick Jones (Suz GSX-R600) 5. George Lingwall (Suz) 6. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600)

D SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. William Baragona (Suz SV650) 2. Brent Hackney (Suz SV650) 3. Bart Ruppenthal (Suz SV650) 4. David Wheeler (Suz SV650) 5. Michael Shafer (Apr RS250) 6. John Ince (Suz SV650)

D SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Phillip Chapin (Suz SV650) 2. Paul Sluss (Suz SV650) 3. Scott McKee (Yam 400) 4. Matt Blashfield (Suz SV650)

A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. J.J. Roetlin (GSX-R750) 2. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Roger Bell (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Russ Masecar (Suz GSX-R1000)

VINTAGE 7 HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Aaron Brown (Duc 916) 2. Lawrence Dinmore (Yam YZF750R) 3. Buford Scott (Suz GSX-R750) 4. George Mood (Yam 600)

VINTAGE 7 MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Lance Yeager (Yam TZ250) 2. Jeff Johnson (Yam TZ250) 3. Louis Schalow (Kaw 600) 4. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250) 5. Pat Bartlett (Yam TZ250) 6. Joseph Wood (Kaw 600)

CORC EXPERT (Crusty Old Racer Class, age 40+): 1. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Roger Shelton (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250) 4. Scott McKee (Yam 400) 5. Buford Scott (Suz GSX-R750)

CORC NOVICE (Crusty Old Racer Class, age 40+): 1. Stephen Maurer (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Kevin Hamilton (Duc 748) 3. Randy Hills (Duc 998) 4. Keith Hamilton (Hon RC51) 5. Scott Powers 6. David Civit (Sus GSX-R600)

C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600) 3. Kirk Downs (Hon CBR600) 4. Brandon Parrish (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Dan Burnetter (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6)

C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Shaun Fields (Yam YZF-R6) 3. David Weber (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Michael Garofalo (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Matt Elliott (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Heath Small (Yam YZF-R6)

125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125) 2. David Deggendorf (Hon RS125) 3. John Klaras (Hon RS125) 4. Glen Pison (Hon RS125) 5. Brian Roach (Yam TZ125) 6. David Cecento (Yam TZ125)

CLUBMAN EXPERT: 1. Eric Mercer (MZ 762) 2. Steve Long (Hon 250) 3. Shawn Romano (MuZ 650) 4. Wayne Shelton (Yam 550) 5. Ken Lehman (Suz 500)

CLUBMAN NOVICE: 1. Peter Kirsch (Kaw 500) 2. Mike Macek (MuZ 650) 3. Jeff Stewart (Yam 600) 4. Chris Mann (Kaw 500) 5. Rick Young (Kaw 500)

B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Rim Francis (Hon CBR600) 3. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Dan Burnette (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Steven Gould (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Terrence Johnson (Suz GSX-R600)

B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R750) 2. David Weber (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Steve Atlas (Suz GSX-R750)

Another Stolen Trailer And TZ250!

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Another Stolen Trailer And TZ250!

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FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

Unfortunately it looks like it’s been a bad month for stolen racebikes. Last Thursday, while I was at work, somebody nicked my trailer from outside my house. I had not yet unpacked from the previous weekend’s races, so the trailer contained my racebike (’99 Yamaha TZ250), spares, tools, worktable, riding gear (leathers, helmet, boots, etc.), and race fuel.

The trailer is a 15-foot enclosed toy box style trailer, license plate # 1KB6835. I don’t have the serial number off the frame of the bike (let that be a lesson to everyone else…have the frame # written down somewhere other than in the trailer with the bike).

I’m assuming that the thieves probably have no idea what this bike is, and what to do with all the spares, and will start asking around. I’ve sent pictures to a few local dealers, but perhaps you guys can help it reach a broader audience.

The bike is yellow with a little black at the bottom of the lower fairing, with Jupiter Eight logos on both sides and 333 on the numberplates.

Pictures of the stolen bike:


Many thanks to Ed at PowerSports Photography…if it weren’t for him sending me these pictures, I wouldn’t have any that show the bike with it’s current paint job.

If any information regarding the whereabouts of this bike surfaces, please contact me:

Rob Clark
CCS, WSMC #333
3183 Kalmia St.
San Diego, CA 92104
phone 619-300-9661
[email protected]

Caylor, Acree Win WERA Solo 20s At VIR

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Caylor, Acree Win WERA Solo 20s At VIR

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By Bruce Wilkins

VIRginia International Raceway may be the focal point of the AMA Superbike and support teams for next weekend’s Suzuki Lightning Nationals, but this weekend the rural Southside Virginia road course belonged to WERA, and more specifically, to regular winners at the track, Chris “Opie” Caylor and Lee Acree.

Caylor completely dominated the Heavyweight Solo 20 Expert race on his Suzuki GSX-R750, grabbing the holeshot despite starting from the third row. He roared to a commanding lead for the remainder of the race, while Acree on a Yamaha YZF-R6 finished second and WERA star David Weber on a Suzuki GSX-R750 rounded out the podium. Michael Barnes, piloting a Suzuki GSX-R1000, finished fourth and Vincent Haskovec came home fifth on a borrowed GSX-R600.

“A weakness of mine has always been getting good starts, but I got a real good start in this one,” commented Caylor of Marietta, Georgia, who rides for EMGO Fastlap Suzuki.

“The bike was awesome and it was really fun out there today. Lee’s always tough here, but in this race, I did have the 750 instead of a 600 like he did, so that helped, too,” Caylor added with a smile.

Earlier in the day, it was a race-long, see-saw battle between Acree and Vincent Haskovec in the Mediumweight Solo 20 Expert race, with Acree’s Triad Powersports Yamaha YZF-R6 edging ahead on the last lap to take the win. Haskovec, of Lake Elsinore, California, and Acree, of nearby Jamestown, North Carolina, put on a breath-taking show that caused many in the paddock to turn their attention away from preparing their own bikes to watch a classic matchup on VIR’s North Course.

“Oh, I learned a lot out there with Vincent and I had a great time doing so,” Acree said. “I’m really happy about how this new bike has done today. First race it’s been in and we won.”

For many of the 16 laps, Acree and Haskovec leaned into the famed front-stretch kink at the start-finish line side-by-side. Haskovec led for most of the race, but with Acree always only a few feet away, the last lap became a toss-up, with Acree winning the toss.

“That was really a good time out there racing with Vincent today,” reflected Acree. “I really enjoy VIR and I’m really looking forward to next weekend.”

WERA Regional races at VIR
Results
(In chronological order)

VINTAGE F2 TWO-STROKE:
1. Joe Pomeroy (Yam 350)
2. Lawrence Denmore (Yam TZ250)
3. David Keeley (Yam RD350)
4. Gene Lucas (Yam RD400)
5. Harold Hudnell (Yam RD400)

VINTAGE 4:
1. Eric Mercer (Yam 620)
2. Buckey Sexton (BMW 750)
3. Wayne Shelton (Yam 550)
4. Mark Mitchell (BMW 750)
5. Barry Crowe (BMW 750)

VINTAGE 2:
1. Buff Harsh III (Hon 362)
2. Eric Cook (Hon 350)
3. David Cornelison (BSA 499)
4. Rick Fogarty (Hon 350)
5. Pete Halko (Hon 350)

MEDIUMWEIGHT SOLO 20 NOVICE:
1. Kirk Downs (Hon CBR600)
2. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600)
4. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Brandon Parrish (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Casy Matthews (Hon CBR600)

MEDIUMWEIGHT SOLO 20 EXPERT:
1. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Shaun Fields (Yam YZF-R6)
4. John Lemak (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Myron Bell (Hon CBR600)
6. John Sign (Suz GSX-R600)

VINTAGE 3:
1. Buff Harsh III (Hon 362)
2. Mark Mitchell (BMW 750)
3. David Keeley (Hon 400)
4. Buckey Sexton (BMW 750)
5. Barry Crowe (BMW 750)

VINTAGE 5:
1. Joe Pomeroy (Yam 350)
2. Eric Mercer (Yam 620)
3. Lawrence Denmore (Yam TZ250)
4. Ken Lehman (Suz 500)
5. Joey Naval (Kaw 500)
6. Rick Young (Kaw 500)

LIGHTWEIGHT SOLO 20 EXPERT:
1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125)
2. Nate Kern (BMW R1100)
3. Phillip Chapin (Suz SV650)
4. Kent Larson (Suz SV650)
5. Shane Ramano (Suz SV650)
6. Paul Sluss (Suz SV650)

LIGHTWEIGHT SOLO 20 NOVICE:
1. Mark Biletnikoff (Suz SV650)
2. William Baragona (Suz SV650)
3. Bart Ruppenthal (Suz SV650)
4. David Wheeler (Suz SV650)
5. Kevin Hamilton (Suz SV650)
6. Frank Fanning III (Suz SV650)

VINTAGE 250 GP:
1. Chris Marshall (Hon 250)
2. Robin Scudder (Duc 250)
3. Chris Stupak (Hon 250)
4. Douglas Shackelford (Duc 250)

VINTAGE 500 GP:
1. David Cornelison (BSA 499)
2. Michael Ewer (Hon 350)

VINTAGE FORMULA RD:
1. Bucky Sexton (Yam RD400)
2. Richard Lucas (Yam RD350)
3. Harold Hudnell (Yam RD400)
4. Thad Stamper (Yam RD350)

HEAVYWEIGHT SOLO 20 NOVICE:
1.Jeff Floyd (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Greg Winslow (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Brandon Parrish (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Bart Francesco (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Phillip Doyle (Suz GSX-R750)

HEAVYWEIGHT SOLO 20 EXPERT:
1. Opie Caylor (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6)
3. David Weber (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R750)

VINTAGE FORMULA 500:
1. Gene Lucas (Yam RD400)
2. David Keeley (Hon 400)
3. Richard Lucas (Yam 350)
4. Harold Hudnell (Yam RD400)
5. Thas Stamper (Yam 350)

VINTAGE 1:
1. Buff Harsh III (Hon 362)
2. Eric Cook (Hon 350)
3. Pete Halko (Hon 350)
4. Rick Fogarty (Hon 350)
5. Douglas Shackelford (Duc 250)

Tsujimura Wins Round Six Of All-Japan Superbike Series


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Takeshi Tsujimura won round six of the eight-round All-Japan Road Race Series on Sunday, August 24 at the 2.9-mile Autopolis International Racing Course in Japan. Tsujimura won the 18-lap race by over two seconds on his JSB1000-spec F.C.C. TSR Honda CBR954RR.

Kenz JTrust Suzuki’s Keiichi Kitagawa turned the fastest lap of the race on his GSX-R1000 but could not match Tsujimura’s pace and finished second, 2.784 seconds back. Kitagawa did, however, extend his JSB1000 Championship point lead from 16 to 22 points over Atsushi Watanabe. Yoshimura Suzuki’s Watanabe, the defending JSB1000 Champion, finished fifth at Autopolis, 12 seconds back.

All-Japan Road Race Series
Round Six Results:

1. Takeshi Tsujimura (Hon CBR954RR), 34:18.830, 18 laps
2. Keiichi Kitagawa (Suz GSX-R1000), -2.784 seconds
3. Tatsuya Yamaguichi (Hon CBR954RR), -2.847 seconds
4. Osamu Deguichi (Hon CBR954RR), -12.158 seconds
5. Atsushi Watanabe (Suz GSX-R1000), -12.786 seconds
6. Nobuyuki Ohsaki (Yam YZF-R1), -13.007 seconds

DNF. Hitoyasu Itzutsu (Hon CBR954RR), -16 laps


Fastest Lap: Kitagawa, 1:53.439, Lap 3

Pole Position: Yamaguichi, 1:52.886 (New Track Record)

Hacking Versus Buckmaster In Supersport At VIR

From a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing:

AMA SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE DOWN TO TWO

Yamaha teammates Hacking and Buckmaster among favorites at VIR

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (Aug. 25, 2003) — After a long season of often intense and thrilling racing the 2003 Pro Honda Oils U.S. Supersport Championship presented by Shoei comes down to two riders – Yamaha teammates Jamie Hacking and Damon Buckmaster. Hacking leads the championship by 30 points coming into round 10 of the 11-race series Sunday, Aug. 31 at Virginia International Raceway. Hacking is in the catbird seat to win his first AMA National title, but he first has to get through VIR, a track where he’s had nothing but rotten luck.

Hacking has won four Supersport races this year while none of the other five winners this season has managed to win more than one race. That kind of dominance has put Hacking on the verge of winning his first AMA Championship and you can hear the tenseness in his voice about coming to VIR.

“I’m not going to say it’s one of my favorite tracks,” says Hacking who has suffered bad crashes at the circuit on Supersport bikes in the previous two visits. “I’ve had some bad luck there. Before I was pushing too hard on equipment that wasn’t up to the task, but this year is different. I have the best equipment out there and I’ve been able to have good results on several tracks this year where I had trouble before.”

Hacking admits that having a 30-point lead with just two races remaining changes his strategy for VIR. “I don’t have to go out there and prove anything,” he said. “I don’t have to run near the front, but I don’t want to run too far back and get mixed up in any kind of mess. If I feel comfortable and can get an early gap on the rest of the field I might go for the win, otherwise I’ll just lay back and see how the race plays out.”

Buckmaster does not have the luxury of picking how he will approach the VIR race. The Aussie veteran simply must try his best to win, or at the very least finish in front of Hacking, so he’ll have a better shot of catching his teammate in the final race in Birmingham, Ala., in September. Buckmaster finished fifth in the race last year.

Even though Hacking is in control of the championship, the series has been wide-open at times with six different winners on the year. That’s the highest number of winners in Supersport since 1998. One of those winners is Tommy Hayden, last year’s VIR Supersport victor. Hayden hopes to close out the season strong on his factory Kawasaki and defending his VIR win would help him do just that.

Veteran Honda rider Miguel Duhamel is another rider who has done well at VIR. In 2001 he finished runner-up in the Supersport race to Anthony Gobert. Duhamel is already the all-times wins leader in AMA Supersport history. He would love nothing better than to pad his incredible career win number that stands at 41, with a victory at VIR.

Virginia International Raceway is one of the most scenic road courses in America. It offers some spectacular vistas to view racing and is one of the favorites of many riders on the circuit. The race will be shown live on Speed Channel at 12 p.m. Eastern. For additional information on VIR’s Suzuki Lightning Nationals contact (434) 822-7700 or visit www.virclub.com.

More On Hayes And Pridmore Leading The Endurance World Championship

From a press release issued by Team Suzuki News Service:

SUZUKI GB PHASE ONE TAKE PODIUM FINISH

Sunday August 24th 2003

Suzuki GB Phase One took full advantage of the double points available at the Oschersleben 24 Hour round of the World Endurance Championship to secure a 23 point championship lead over rivals Zongshen.

After once again surviving a second lap incident which saw four of the major teams limping back to the pits for repairs, riders Jason Pridmore, James Ellison and Josh Hayes ran a smooth and consistent race to finish in a comfortable second place. They battled with eventual winners GMT94 for the lead through the night until a minor spill by Hayes forced a strategy rethink. With Zongshen 1 retired from the race, a second position finish was be enough to leave Phase One in a very strong position for the final round of the championship which takes place on the fifth of October at Vallelunga in Italy.

Suzuki GB Phase One team manager Russell Benney: “We came into this race second in the championship and we’re leaving it in the lead after a good second place. We’ve pulled a 23 point margin over Zongshen and we go to the final round as favourites, only needing 3 points. I think it should be an easy task to achieve. It’s great to be 24 hour racing – like coming back home. This team is all about 24 hour races; all our skills and techniques apply to long distance racing.”

Both the team’s Suzuki GSX-R1000s ran well over the full race distance; the Phase One Junior team finishing in eleventh place overall.

Championship Standings after 6 of 7 Races:


1. Suzuki GB – Phase One – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 139 points.

2. Zongshen 1 – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 116 points.

3. Yamaha GMT94 – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 109 points

4. Zongshen 2 – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 91 points

5. 22 Police Nationale – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 79 points.

Dunlop Prefers Slicks For 2004 AMA Superstock, Following Test At Daytona


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Following two hot days of testing at Daytona International Speedway, Dunlop officials would prefer to use slicks for the proposed 2004 AMA Superstock class, which would include 1000cc four-cylinder machines producing over 160 horsepower.

“If there’s a choice, slicks would be the way to go because overall it’s a safer prospect…an added measure of security,” said Dunlop National Road Race Manager Jim Allen in a August 25 telephone interview. “Whatever the rule is, we will race under that rule. We’re prepared either way.”

Allen said Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates tested a Superstock-spec GSX-R1000 exclusively during his recent test (August 19-20) at Daytona with surprising results. “It (bike) wasn’t far from stock and he did some 1:51s. It was remarkably fast. The lap times and the top speeds were impressive. It might not get there as quick as a Superbike, but it’s not far off it.”

In fact, Yates’ pace matched the testing pace of Honda RC51 Superbike-mounted Miguel Duhamel, winner of the 2003 Daytona 200, and Yates “got good lap times and good distance” out of both DOT-labeled and slick tires during the test, according to Allen.

“I think there was some concern (over using DOT-labeled tires for Superstock) at the AMA,” said Allen. “There’s some privateer guys who don’t have the same resources. They’re (AMA) afraid there may be some neglect further down the ranks.” Stretching tire life, as cash-strapped privateers have been known to do, could have disastrous results at the 180 mph speeds the new 1000cc Superstock bikes will be capable of at Daytona.

Although they don’t test at Daytona every August, Allen said it was good to test in the “stinking hot” conditions, 60 degrees Celsius track temperature. “In December (the date of the annual Dunlop test at Daytona) and March, you may or may not get good weather. It may rain or be cold or whatever. But it’s usually good weather when we race,” said Allen.

Yates’ teammate Mat Mladin turned the fastest unofficial lap time of the test, a hand-timed 1:48.2, according to Allen. “He did several 1:48s and lots of 1:49s. Ben (Bostrom) did a 1:49 but mostly did 1:50s. Miguel did 1:51s. Ben and Miguel both did long distance runs, over one pit-stop-distance. Ben was doing 1:50-1:51s the whole way.”

Allen said the riders tested and/or confirmed six new tire compounds, several different tire constructions and two different sizes (one of which was completely new) at the money-saving event. “It’s expensive to try and test everything with all the riders we have in December. Now when we go back in December, we will have eliminated some things.” The test went so well that the Dunlop men were able to cancel the final day they had scheduled and go home early.

Most of the factory AMA teams tested at Barber Motorsports Park for several days prior to the Daytona test and found the new Alabama track to be hard on front tire wear. “If you look at a map of the place, you’re leaned over on the right side with the front tire heavily weighted about 25 percent of the lap,” said Allen. “It was a cause for concern for Superbike and Supersport riders.

“We’re looking at getting some new compounds built and brought in for the race. My experience is things will get better as more rubber gets built up. I think it’ll get better, but we’ll definitely bring some alternate compounds for the race.”


Former Racer Mike Monroe, RIP

FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Vie e-mail:

At an age when most motorcycle racers would be hanging up their helmets, Mike Monroe was just putting his on. In 1979, well into his mid-30s, he started road racing a small four-cylinder Honda. In 1980, Mike put together a deal with Merry and Perry Bushong of BMW of Fort Worth with help from Butler and Smith to endurance race a BMW R65. Typically Monroe: No one in their right mind would consider actually racing the marque, long known for its sedate touring qualities, but rarely seen on modern racetracks.

For the next two years, Monroe’s team raced at road race tracks across Texas and Oklahoma in grueling contests that lasted from four to 12 hours. They raced against bikes that were decades more advanced, with riders a decade or more younger. And won. Twice. The 1980 and 1981 WERA South Central Region/CRRC Lightweight Superbike Endurance Championships.

In the post-race pits of the last race in 1981, three young riders from the team that finished second in points for the season came over to congratulate Monroe’s team. One of them wondered out loud, “How’d those old guys beat us on that old crock of a bike?” Waving a bottle of cheap champagne, Monroe replied, “It is not so amazing that the dog quotes Shakespeare, but that he can speak at all!”

His full name was Michael Morris Monroe; most knew him either as MONroe or M3. And M3 was his call sign in the Air Force in Viet Nam.

M3 died Thursday, August 14 of a heart attack. Memorial services were held at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth on August 20.

He was survived by his wife, Sally, in Fort Worth and by his father Morris in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He was 61.

I mourn the loss of a teammate and of a true friend of over 30 years. Please raise a glass or cup in his memory.

Photo at http://home.ix.netcom.com/~bdickey1/id1.html

A contribution to the Action Fund in Mike’s memory is on its way.

Bob Dickey
Fort Worth, Texas

Former 500cc World Champion Schwantz Wins SuperMoto Race In Colorado

From a press release issued by American Suzuki’s PR agency:

World Champion Kevin Schwantz’s Supermoto Victory to be Shown on SpeedChannel

BREA, Calif., Aug. 25, 2003 – American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) congratulates former World Champion Kevin Schwantz on his victory in the Fay Myers Suzuki Supermoto Classic. ASMC also congratulates Mark Avard, who rode his Corona Extra Suzuki DR-Z400 to second place overall. The race was a part of the inaugural Motorcyclist and Dirt Rider CycleFest Presented by Suzuki at Copper Mountain, Col., this past weekend.

The extremely popular Schwantz recently came out of racing retirement to campaign a 2003 Suzuki DR-Z400 in the AMA’s new Supermoto series. His victory at Copper Mountain – where he was crowned “Big Kahuna” as the overall winner after a sixth-place finish on the first day and a first-place on the second – marks the former Grand Prix Champion’s first win in this growing form of racing.

“It feels great to be racing and winning again,” said Schwantz, who currently consults for the Yoshimura Suzuki factory road race team and runs the successful Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School at Road Atlanta. “And Supermoto is an excellent form of racing because it’s inexpensive for the privateers and exciting for the spectators.”

The Fay Myers Suzuki Supermoto Classic, and other events from the Motorcyclist and Dirt Rider CycleFest Presented by Suzuki, will be broadcast on SpeedChannel’s “Two Wheel Tuesday” at 10:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003.


See related posts:

7/28/2003 Televised Supermoto Race With $20,000 Purse Replaces Cancelled AMA Event In Colorado

7/25/2003 AMA Supermoto Race In Colorado Cancelled


GMT94 Wins Oschersleben 24-hour World Endurance Race, Pridmore, Hayes Finish Second And Take Points Lead

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GMT94 won the 24-hour Endurance World Championship race at Oschersleben in Germany on a Yamaha YZF-R1.

GMT94’s Sebastian Scarnato, Serafino Foti and David Checa came back from a lap-two, oil-caused pile-up to win the long race with a two-lap margin of victory.

GMT94 caught race leaders Suzuki GB Phase One, which includes American riders Jason Pridmore and Josh Hayes, in the middle of the night, and, according to the official website of the Endurance World Championship, a battle ensued. Suzuki GB Phase One’s riders upped their speed on the track to match GMT94’s quicker pace, while the teams’ pit crews matched each other stop-for-stop. Then Suzuki GB Phase One’s Hayes encountered probems in the early morning hours, which cost the team two laps in the pits for minor repairs, but the damage was done. GMT94 gained a two-lap lead, and Suzuki GB Phase One had to consolidate for second place.

Suzuki GB Phase One now, unofficially, takes the FIM Endurance World Championship point lead 139 to 116 over Zongshen Suzuki 1, which retired early in the 24-hour after a crash. Suzuki GB Phase One should be able to win the World Championship with a 13th or better finish at the final round of the series October 5.

Endurance Moto 38, winners of last year’s Oschersleben 24-hour and another victim of the second-lap crash, came back to score third in front of Zongshen Suzuki 2 and Team Bolliger Kawasaki.


More, from a press release issued by FGSport Group:

Yamaha GMT94 Win Oschersleben 24 Hour

Significant Yamaha Victory and First Italian and Spaniard Win in Recent Years

The Oschersleben 24 Hour round of the FIM World Endurance Championship has been won by the French Yamaha GMT94 YZF-R1 ridden by Frenchman Sebastien Scarnato, Italian Serafino Foti and and Spaniard David Checa.

GMT94 were involved in the second lap incident that claimed several of the top teams, but quick pitwork got them back out on the track and racing again in record time. The three riders then put in one of the best performances of the season to climb back through the field to challenge for second place during the night, eventually passing and pulling clear of second place finishers Suzuki GB Phase One after the British team had a minor crash.

Third place went to another Yamaha, in the hands of last years’ Oschersleben winners, Endurance Moto 38. They were another team who were involved in the second lap crash and then managed to claw back a great result. Fourth placed Suzuki Zongshen No.2 had led the race after the Zongshen No.1 bike crashed out of the race, but brake pad and then clutch problems dropped them down the standings. Fifth place went to the Swiss Kawasaki Bolliger team who put in a classic consistent endurance performance to finish the race in the top five with very little drama.

The 24 Hour race was incident packed from the moment it started, with Zongshen 1, GMT94, Police Nationale, Endurance Moto 38 and Yamaha Austria crashing on oil on lap 2. The pace car was called out for the only time in the race while the track was cleared, and the bikes were able to return to the pits for repairs.

Championship leading Zongshen No.1 were one of the last to rejoin the race, compounding their bad luck with a stop-go penalty and then a crash which injured Igor Jerman and ruled them out of the race. This put the pressure on the remaining teams to make the most of the double points available at a 24 hour race, with Suzuki GB Phase One setting off after Zongshen No.2 while GMT94, Endurance Moto 38, Police Nationale and Yamaha Austria forced their way through the back markers.

GMT94’s David Checa set a blistering pace and it was inevitable that they would catch the leaders. An overnight battle with Phase One was one of the high points of the weekend, the two teams trading lap times and pit stops until Phase One’s Josh Hayes ran off the track and had to pit for repairs. He was able to rejoin the race but GMT94 proved to be un-catchable, forcing Phase One to settle for second place. This is the best result of the year for Yamaha, two bikes on the podium prove that the R1 is now competitive with Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 in World Endurance. Kawasaki also did well with Bolliger’s fifth place. Ducati finished in thirteenth place, Honda in twenty first and Triumph in thirty first place. Just completing this most challenging of all 24 hour races is a real achievement.


Updated Post: Acree, Barnes, Harwell Win In WERA Regional At VIR

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Harwell Nips Weber At Finish Line For WERA B Superstock Win

Cagy veteran Scott Harwell and his Arclight Suzuki GSX-R750 snagged a B Supersport Expert victory away from rising WERA star David Weber at the last split second and by less than two feet in Sunday’s final race of the WERA Sportsman Series weekend at VIRginia International Raceway. Valvoline EMGO Suzuki’s Chris Ulrich finished third, coming from row five on the grid and rapidly closing in on the top two riders during the final exciting lap.

Harwell, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, grabbed the lead at the beginning of the short, 6-lap race and held on relatively comfortably until two laps to go when a hard-pressing Weber moved within striking distance. In the middle of turns one and two on the final lap, Weber finessed his XT Racing Suzuki GSX-R750 by Harwell on the outside and held onto a lead until the last two feet from the finish line.

“Well, he got by me there (in turn one) but I knew I had the motor on him, so I just kind of let him have it around the backside of the track and to the front stretch where I felt I could re-take the lead,” Harwell pointed out. “There was a (lapped) bike there with us and I just gave it all there at the end and made it by just in time.”

Weber was on a VIR consistency streak all weekend and earlier on Sunday recorded a win in B Superbike Expert. The near-win in B Superstock was tantalizingly close but gave the Roswell, Georgia resident a hefty dose of confidence for his venture into the AMA Nationals at Barber next month. He’ll be racing in the WERA Nationals next weekend at Hallett instead of riding in the AMA races at VIR.

“Towards the end of the race, I started trying to make some passes on him (Harwell) and I got by him in turn one, but he’d just get me coming on the front straightaway with some horsepower, getting a little better drive,” explained Weber. “On that last straight, I just didn’t get the drive I wanted and with his horsepower combined with his drive, he got me there at the end…those last two feet.”

The B Superstock race had a solid field of competitors, including several riders garnering track time and fine-tuning their bikes for the AMA weekend. Finishing fourth was Scott Carpenter on the RonAyers.com Suzuki with Vincent Haskovec of Lake Elsinore, California rounding out the top five. Haskovec was riding a Tapeworks Suzuki GSX-R600 borrowed from Russ Masecar of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Young Steve Atlas, also from Lake Elsinore, California, brought his Suzuki GSX-R750 to sixth. One of the favorites to be dicing for the lead at race’s end was Georgia’s Chris “Opie” Caylor, but he blew an engine early in the race and recorded a disappointed DNF.

A surprise in the race was Lake Elsinore’s Ulrich, who had to overcome an untimely false neutral right after what he felt was a good start. “A bunch of guys got by me, so I had to work my way through and I did some pretty hairball passes, including one on Steve (Atlas) that was pretty close right before you get to the esses on the back of the track,” Ulrich said. “I got by Haskovec and the bike felt good…like the harder I rode it, the better it was.

“I just feel real good right now because I have a good base going into next week and I’ve got a track day here tomorrow,” Ulrich said. “I made some huge set-up changes today going in the same direction…drastic changes that I never would have done if I hadn’t been here. I got off the bike smiling from ear-to-ear. I feel like I’m back.”

Second Day of Acree-Haskovec Show

After a thrilling Lee Acree-Vincent Haskovec side-by-side battle on Saturday in the Mediumweight Solo 20, the two racers rekindled their friendly rivalry at VIRginia International on Sunday with another close Acree win over Haskovec in a six-lap WERA C Superbike Expert sprint. Michael Garofalo rounded out the podium with a third, while Shaun Fields came in fourth and David Weber finished finished fifth.

“I was gridded on the fifth row and I knew Vincent was on the sixth row and I knew that he was going to be the one to want to push me,” Acree said. “I got a fairly good start, but I had to try to weave through traffic and I was hoping to get a few more positions up before turn one. I think I was in fourth.

“I was just trying to make sure I didn’t get into trouble and I’m sure Vincent was doing the same thing…he was probably looking at the back of me, following through traffic,” the Triad Powersports Yamaha rider continued. “I was trying to run a quick enough pace to stay out front, but with a comfortable enough one where I wasn’t staying on the edge to risk any more than I had to.”

Late in the sprint, Acree had to suddenly move towards that uncomfortable edge. “I was just watching my pitboard after I got out front and it was point four, point four, and I came around for the last lap and another point four, so I figured as long as I maintained, I would be OK,” reflected Acree. “But when I came around to take the checkered flag, I got a point one and I was like ‘Ohhh, man, here comes Vincent!’ I just tucked in real tight and luckily I think I had a little bit of horsepower on him. He rode a great race.”

Less than a bikelength separated the two as they roared through the VIR finish-line kink.

“I’m here to have fun and get some track time and like yesterday with Lee, I had some real fun out there today,” Haskovec said. “Lee is definitely a great rider, one of the smoothest I know. So, it is always a pleasure to race with him.”

Acree also recorded another win on Sunday in C Superstock Expert, finishing ahead of Fields, Weber and Garofalo, with Matt Elliott, a young participant in the Team Hammer Talent Search Presented By Alpinestars, rounding out the top five.

What J.J. Roetlin did to Scott Harwell in the A Superstock Expert class foreshadowed what Harwell would later on do to David Weber in the B Superstock race: Grabbing the lead at the very end of the race. Shaking the cobwebs out from not racing for nearly a month, Roetlin and his Twin County Dairy Suzuki GSX-R750 won the A Superstock sprint, besting an impressive array of riders in WERA’s 10th race of the day.

Scott Carpenter was third, while Vincent Haskovec came in fourth and Roger Bell rounded out the top five.

“On that last lap, I gained on him (Harwell) in turn one, and I was just waiting for a place to get around him or at least show him a wheel,” Roetlin said. “I figured coming down the hill that I could get up close enough to maybe try to draft by him at the finish. When we got to the finish line, I think Scott had to back off just a little bit to get by another rider and I just took the inside.”

Roetlin was using the WERA Sportsman Series as a tuneup for the Suzuki Lightning Nationals at VIR this coming weekend. He will compete in 750cc Superstock and the AMA Superbike races after he returns from two days of classes as a journalism major at the University of Iowa.

WERA Regional at VIR Sunday race results In chronological order

FORMULA TWO EXPERT: 1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125) 2. Lance Yeager (Yam TZ250) 3. Kent Larson (Suz SV650) 4. John Klaras (Hon RS125) 5. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250) 6. David Deggendorf (Hon RS125)

FORMULA TWO NOVICE: (All Suzuki SV650) 1. Mark Biletnikoff 2. Brent Hackney 3. David Wheeler 4. Bart Ruppenthal 5. Kevin Hamilton 6. Harry Woole

C SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Michael Garofalo (Suz GSX-R600 4. Shawn Fields (Yam YZF-R6) 5. David Weber (Suz GSX-R600) 6. John Lemak (Suz GSX-R600)

C SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Kirk Downs (Hon CBR600) 3. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600) 4. Derrick Jones (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600)

HEAVYWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT: 1. Russ Masecar (Suz TL1000R) 2. Craig Hughes (Hon RC51) 3. Fred Farzanegan (Suz TL1000R) 4. Lance Yeager (Yam TZ250) 5. Kent Larson (Suz SV650) 6. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250)

FORMULA ONE EXPERT: 1. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Roger Bell (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Doug Duane (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. J.J. Roetlin (Suz GSX-R750)

FORMULA ONE NOVICE: 1. Jeff Floyd (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600) 3. Thomas Hughey (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Steve Gould (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Dan Burnette (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Nick Carney (Yam YZF-R6)

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS EXPERT: 1. Phillip Chapin (Suz SV650) 2. Nate Kern (BMW R1100) 3. Kent Larson (Suz SV650) 4. Shawn Romano (Suz SV650) 5. Paul Sluss (Suz SV650) 6. Don Kinsey (Suz SV650)

LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS NOVICE: (All Suzuki SV650) 1. Mark Biletnikoff 2. William Baragona 3. Brent Hackney 4. Bart Ruppenthal 5. Kevin Hamilton 6. David Wheeler

B SUPERBIKE EXPERT: (All Suzuki GSX-R750) 1. David Weber 2. Opie Caylor 3. J.J. Roetlin 4. Doug Duane 5. Steve Atlas 6. Chuck Juhasz

VINTAGE 6: 1. Scott Williams (Yam 600) 2. Ken Kitt (Hon 700) 3. Joseph Garboski (Hon 700) 4. George Mood (Yam 600) 5. Russell Bigley (Yam 750) 6. Randall Shank (Hon 900)

B SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. Jeff Floyd (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 3. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Derrick Jones (Suz GSX-R600) 5. George Lingwall (Suz) 6. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600)

D SUPERBIKE NOVICE: 1. William Baragona (Suz SV650) 2. Brent Hackney (Suz SV650) 3. Bart Ruppenthal (Suz SV650) 4. David Wheeler (Suz SV650) 5. Michael Shafer (Apr RS250) 6. John Ince (Suz SV650)

D SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Phillip Chapin (Suz SV650) 2. Paul Sluss (Suz SV650) 3. Scott McKee (Yam 400) 4. Matt Blashfield (Suz SV650)

A SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. J.J. Roetlin (GSX-R750) 2. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Roger Bell (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Russ Masecar (Suz GSX-R1000)

VINTAGE 7 HEAVYWEIGHT: 1. Aaron Brown (Duc 916) 2. Lawrence Dinmore (Yam YZF750R) 3. Buford Scott (Suz GSX-R750) 4. George Mood (Yam 600)

VINTAGE 7 MIDDLEWEIGHT: 1. Lance Yeager (Yam TZ250) 2. Jeff Johnson (Yam TZ250) 3. Louis Schalow (Kaw 600) 4. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250) 5. Pat Bartlett (Yam TZ250) 6. Joseph Wood (Kaw 600)

CORC EXPERT (Crusty Old Racer Class, age 40+): 1. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Roger Shelton (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Jimmy Clark (Hon RS250) 4. Scott McKee (Yam 400) 5. Buford Scott (Suz GSX-R750)

CORC NOVICE (Crusty Old Racer Class, age 40+): 1. Stephen Maurer (Suz GSX-R750) 2. Kevin Hamilton (Duc 748) 3. Randy Hills (Duc 998) 4. Keith Hamilton (Hon RC51) 5. Scott Powers 6. David Civit (Sus GSX-R600)

C SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600) 3. Kirk Downs (Hon CBR600) 4. Brandon Parrish (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Dan Burnetter (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6)

C SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Shaun Fields (Yam YZF-R6) 3. David Weber (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Michael Garofalo (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Matt Elliott (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Heath Small (Yam YZF-R6)

125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125) 2. David Deggendorf (Hon RS125) 3. John Klaras (Hon RS125) 4. Glen Pison (Hon RS125) 5. Brian Roach (Yam TZ125) 6. David Cecento (Yam TZ125)

CLUBMAN EXPERT: 1. Eric Mercer (MZ 762) 2. Steve Long (Hon 250) 3. Shawn Romano (MuZ 650) 4. Wayne Shelton (Yam 550) 5. Ken Lehman (Suz 500)

CLUBMAN NOVICE: 1. Peter Kirsch (Kaw 500) 2. Mike Macek (MuZ 650) 3. Jeff Stewart (Yam 600) 4. Chris Mann (Kaw 500) 5. Rick Young (Kaw 500)

B SUPERSTOCK NOVICE: 1. Chad Larsen (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Rim Francis (Hon CBR600) 3. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600) 4. Dan Burnette (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Steven Gould (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Terrence Johnson (Suz GSX-R600)

B SUPERSTOCK EXPERT: 1. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R750) 2. David Weber (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Steve Atlas (Suz GSX-R750)

Another Stolen Trailer And TZ250!

Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

Unfortunately it looks like it’s been a bad month for stolen racebikes. Last Thursday, while I was at work, somebody nicked my trailer from outside my house. I had not yet unpacked from the previous weekend’s races, so the trailer contained my racebike (’99 Yamaha TZ250), spares, tools, worktable, riding gear (leathers, helmet, boots, etc.), and race fuel.

The trailer is a 15-foot enclosed toy box style trailer, license plate # 1KB6835. I don’t have the serial number off the frame of the bike (let that be a lesson to everyone else…have the frame # written down somewhere other than in the trailer with the bike).

I’m assuming that the thieves probably have no idea what this bike is, and what to do with all the spares, and will start asking around. I’ve sent pictures to a few local dealers, but perhaps you guys can help it reach a broader audience.

The bike is yellow with a little black at the bottom of the lower fairing, with Jupiter Eight logos on both sides and 333 on the numberplates.

Pictures of the stolen bike:


Many thanks to Ed at PowerSports Photography…if it weren’t for him sending me these pictures, I wouldn’t have any that show the bike with it’s current paint job.

If any information regarding the whereabouts of this bike surfaces, please contact me:

Rob Clark
CCS, WSMC #333
3183 Kalmia St.
San Diego, CA 92104
phone 619-300-9661
[email protected]

Caylor, Acree Win WERA Solo 20s At VIR

Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By Bruce Wilkins

VIRginia International Raceway may be the focal point of the AMA Superbike and support teams for next weekend’s Suzuki Lightning Nationals, but this weekend the rural Southside Virginia road course belonged to WERA, and more specifically, to regular winners at the track, Chris “Opie” Caylor and Lee Acree.

Caylor completely dominated the Heavyweight Solo 20 Expert race on his Suzuki GSX-R750, grabbing the holeshot despite starting from the third row. He roared to a commanding lead for the remainder of the race, while Acree on a Yamaha YZF-R6 finished second and WERA star David Weber on a Suzuki GSX-R750 rounded out the podium. Michael Barnes, piloting a Suzuki GSX-R1000, finished fourth and Vincent Haskovec came home fifth on a borrowed GSX-R600.

“A weakness of mine has always been getting good starts, but I got a real good start in this one,” commented Caylor of Marietta, Georgia, who rides for EMGO Fastlap Suzuki.

“The bike was awesome and it was really fun out there today. Lee’s always tough here, but in this race, I did have the 750 instead of a 600 like he did, so that helped, too,” Caylor added with a smile.

Earlier in the day, it was a race-long, see-saw battle between Acree and Vincent Haskovec in the Mediumweight Solo 20 Expert race, with Acree’s Triad Powersports Yamaha YZF-R6 edging ahead on the last lap to take the win. Haskovec, of Lake Elsinore, California, and Acree, of nearby Jamestown, North Carolina, put on a breath-taking show that caused many in the paddock to turn their attention away from preparing their own bikes to watch a classic matchup on VIR’s North Course.

“Oh, I learned a lot out there with Vincent and I had a great time doing so,” Acree said. “I’m really happy about how this new bike has done today. First race it’s been in and we won.”

For many of the 16 laps, Acree and Haskovec leaned into the famed front-stretch kink at the start-finish line side-by-side. Haskovec led for most of the race, but with Acree always only a few feet away, the last lap became a toss-up, with Acree winning the toss.

“That was really a good time out there racing with Vincent today,” reflected Acree. “I really enjoy VIR and I’m really looking forward to next weekend.”

WERA Regional races at VIR
Results
(In chronological order)

VINTAGE F2 TWO-STROKE:
1. Joe Pomeroy (Yam 350)
2. Lawrence Denmore (Yam TZ250)
3. David Keeley (Yam RD350)
4. Gene Lucas (Yam RD400)
5. Harold Hudnell (Yam RD400)

VINTAGE 4:
1. Eric Mercer (Yam 620)
2. Buckey Sexton (BMW 750)
3. Wayne Shelton (Yam 550)
4. Mark Mitchell (BMW 750)
5. Barry Crowe (BMW 750)

VINTAGE 2:
1. Buff Harsh III (Hon 362)
2. Eric Cook (Hon 350)
3. David Cornelison (BSA 499)
4. Rick Fogarty (Hon 350)
5. Pete Halko (Hon 350)

MEDIUMWEIGHT SOLO 20 NOVICE:
1. Kirk Downs (Hon CBR600)
2. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Tim Francis (Hon CBR600)
4. Ernie Dix (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Brandon Parrish (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Casy Matthews (Hon CBR600)

MEDIUMWEIGHT SOLO 20 EXPERT:
1. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6)
2. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600)
3. Shaun Fields (Yam YZF-R6)
4. John Lemak (Suz GSX-R600)
5. Myron Bell (Hon CBR600)
6. John Sign (Suz GSX-R600)

VINTAGE 3:
1. Buff Harsh III (Hon 362)
2. Mark Mitchell (BMW 750)
3. David Keeley (Hon 400)
4. Buckey Sexton (BMW 750)
5. Barry Crowe (BMW 750)

VINTAGE 5:
1. Joe Pomeroy (Yam 350)
2. Eric Mercer (Yam 620)
3. Lawrence Denmore (Yam TZ250)
4. Ken Lehman (Suz 500)
5. Joey Naval (Kaw 500)
6. Rick Young (Kaw 500)

LIGHTWEIGHT SOLO 20 EXPERT:
1. Brian Kcraget (Hon RS125)
2. Nate Kern (BMW R1100)
3. Phillip Chapin (Suz SV650)
4. Kent Larson (Suz SV650)
5. Shane Ramano (Suz SV650)
6. Paul Sluss (Suz SV650)

LIGHTWEIGHT SOLO 20 NOVICE:
1. Mark Biletnikoff (Suz SV650)
2. William Baragona (Suz SV650)
3. Bart Ruppenthal (Suz SV650)
4. David Wheeler (Suz SV650)
5. Kevin Hamilton (Suz SV650)
6. Frank Fanning III (Suz SV650)

VINTAGE 250 GP:
1. Chris Marshall (Hon 250)
2. Robin Scudder (Duc 250)
3. Chris Stupak (Hon 250)
4. Douglas Shackelford (Duc 250)

VINTAGE 500 GP:
1. David Cornelison (BSA 499)
2. Michael Ewer (Hon 350)

VINTAGE FORMULA RD:
1. Bucky Sexton (Yam RD400)
2. Richard Lucas (Yam RD350)
3. Harold Hudnell (Yam RD400)
4. Thad Stamper (Yam RD350)

HEAVYWEIGHT SOLO 20 NOVICE:
1.Jeff Floyd (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Scott Collins (Yam YZF-R6)
3. Greg Winslow (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Brandon Parrish (Yam YZF-R6)
5. Bart Francesco (Yam YZF-R6)
6. Phillip Doyle (Suz GSX-R750)

HEAVYWEIGHT SOLO 20 EXPERT:
1. Opie Caylor (Suz GSX-R750)
2. Lee Acree (Yam YZF-R6)
3. David Weber (Suz GSX-R750)
4. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R1000)
5. Vincent Haskovec (Suz GSX-R600)
6. Chris Ulrich (Suz GSX-R750)

VINTAGE FORMULA 500:
1. Gene Lucas (Yam RD400)
2. David Keeley (Hon 400)
3. Richard Lucas (Yam 350)
4. Harold Hudnell (Yam RD400)
5. Thas Stamper (Yam 350)

VINTAGE 1:
1. Buff Harsh III (Hon 362)
2. Eric Cook (Hon 350)
3. Pete Halko (Hon 350)
4. Rick Fogarty (Hon 350)
5. Douglas Shackelford (Duc 250)

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