AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey September 4 Provisional Race Results (all using Harley-Davidson XR1200s and Dunlop tires): 1. Chris Fillmore, 12 laps 2. Michael Beck, -0.134 second 3. Kyle Wyman, -13.789 seconds 4. Tyler O’Hara, -14.085 5. Chase McFarland, -21.056 6. Steve Rapp, -21.265 7. Shane Narbonne, -21.315 8. Gerry Signorelli, -35.898 9. Michael Morgan, -39.016 10. Michael Corbino, -45.062 11. Josh Chisum, -67.375 12. Jeremiah Johnson, -70.147 13. Pete Demas, -70.284 14. Paul James, -85.466 15. Thomas Montano, -4 laps, DNF, crash 16. Michael Barnes, -12 laps, DNF, crash Championship Point Standings (after 9 of 9 races): 1. Fillmore, 231 points 2. Rapp, 202 3. O’Hara, 153 4. Beck, 135 5. Kyle Wyman, 132 6. Barnes, 131 7. Corbino, 118 8. McFarland, 90 9. James, 65 10. Morgan, 64 More, from a press release issued by AMA Pro Racing: Fillmore Claims 2011 AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Championship MILLVILLE, NJ (September 4, 2011) – Chris Fillmore ended the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 season with style at New Jersey Motorsports Park’s AMA Pro Road Racing Championship Weekend by Pro-Motion, where the Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing GEICO Revolution Performance rider took his fifth win of the season en route to the class championship. Starting from pole position, Fillmore led flag-to-flag while holding off challenges from Tyler O’Hara and a determined Michael Beck. “I feel really good,” said Fillmore. “The XR1200 series … now that I went through the year and got used to the bikes, I think I learned a lot. It’s a great series, I had a lot of fun with it. I stayed in it and learned a lot about lines, and I’m really glad that at the end of it, Richie [Morris] and I hooked up and I got the opportunity to ride with him. What AMA Pro and Vance & Hines have done with this series gave guys like us — guys who haven’t really had a chance to develop a name — a place to go to develop our names and learn the tracks. It’s been great.” Beck (Vance & Hines J&P Cycles) crossed the line just .135 of a second behind Fillmore, and he was joined on the podium by Kyle Wyman (RMR Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing), who took third place after working his way past O’Hara on the last lap. “For sure I gave it my all,” said Beck, who placed fourth in the overall championship. “It was a fun race. I got a little bit of a lazy start and a couple of the guys got by me, but I never gave up and reeled ’em in. I had a little bit of back-and forth with O’Hara, but didn’t want to let Fillmore go because I knew he’d be running away with it. I saw that O’Hara ran off halfway through, but Fillmore was still right there and he had a good pace today. I gave it all I had.” Today’s third-place finish earned Wyman, who ended the 2011 season in fifth overall, his career third AMA Pro podium. “I was struggling all weekend,” said Wyman. “I didn’t qualify that well and just wasn’t finding the feeling I was looking for. It just kind of clicked as soon as I got a carrot out in front of me in the race, though, once I saw Tyler. These Harleys have been so much fun … I had a little bit of bad luck in some of the rounds, but it’s good to end [the season] on a high note.” Fillmore’s closest championship rival, Parts Unlimited’s Steve Rapp, finished sixth after starting the race from the back of the grid. Rapp’s team reported suspecting a mechanical problem following the warm-up lap, which resulted in their decision to forego Rapp’s front-row starting position rather than put the entire field at risk. After using the first few laps to ensure that his XR1200 was in good shape, Rapp put his head down and began a steady march through the field that netted him second overall in the championship. Just behind Rapp in final standings was O’Hara, with Beck and Wyman completing the top five. Michael Barnes (Drag Specialties), Michael Corbino (RMR Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing), Chase McFarland (Latus Motors Racing), Paul James, and Michael Morgan rounded out the top ten. Today’s AMA Pro action from New Jersey Motorsports Park airs tonight at 10 p.m. ET on SPEED. Chris Fillmore — along with the series’ other 2011 champions – will collect his #1 plate at tomorrow’s AMA Pro Road Racing Awards Banquet in Atlantic City. More, from a press release issued by Geiger Media on behalf of GEICO: Fillmore clinches AMA XR1200 series championship with fifth win of season MILLVILLE, N.J. GEICO Harley-Davidson rider Chris Fillmore locked up the Vance & Hines AMA XR1200 series championship at New Jersey Motorsports Park by winning Sunday’s race. “I was excited to be going into the XR1200 series; I wanted to be in one of the main classes,” Fillmore said. “Now that I went through the year and got used to the bikes I think I learned a lot. It has been a great series; I have had a lot of fun learning about the lines and learning how to slow everything down. “I’m very happy that Richie Morris and I hooked up and that I got the opportunity to ride for him and compete in this series. My thanks to GEICO, Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing, Revolution Performance and everyone else that made this happen.” It was Fillmore’s fifth win of the season and he finished on the podium in every race but one this season. Steve Rapp, Fillmore’s closest competitor in the championship chase, finished sixth on Sunday, 21.265 seconds off Fillmore’s torrid pace. Fillmore’s teammate Kyle Wyman also finished on the podium for the third time this season with a third-place finish. “I just clicked today, I kind of fell back at first and what I expected to be a lonely race turned out differently,” Wyman said. “Tyler (O’Hara) ran off and he was about a second in front of me and I didn’t want to let him get away from me again. “I just put my head down and dropped a lot of time. It just clicked for me.” GEICO rider Michael Corbino finished seventh. “I have really been feeling under the weather the past few days so I knew as far as the points championship was concerned, I could only move forward, not backwards,” Corbino said. “I had two guys I had to beat if I wanted to move forward and that was Michael Beck and Kyle Wyman who both podiumed, so that didn’t exactly go as planned. I rode as hard as I could and I’m happy with that.”