Michelin ASRA Team Challenge Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida October 16, 2010
OVERALL RESULTS: 1. MacLean Racing Team (Barrett Long/Felipe MacLean/Nicolas MacLean), Duc 1098, GTO, 59 laps 2. Stiles Racing (Meghan Ryan/Scotty Ryan), Yam YZF-R6, GTU, 58 laps 3. Champion Racing Team (Calvin Martinez/Marco Martinez), Kaw ZX-10R, GTO, 57 laps 4. RNR Repsol Racing (Rick Beggs/Rachel Sasse), Kaw ZX-6R, GTU, 57 laps 5. A&G Shop (Edward Alvardo/Mauricio Roque), Hon CBR600RR, GTU, 56 laps 6. Grease Monkey Racing (Eric Helmbach/Alex Shaw), Suz SV650, GTL, 56 laps 7. Chris Sullivan Racing (Carl Cohen/Chris Sullivan), Duc 1000SS, GTL, 56 laps 8. Motocorse Performance (Jonathan Sredni/Kat Zimple), Bim DB5, GTL, 55 laps 9. Forza Racing (George Mayer/Kenny Strulovic/Luis Yaji), Duc 848, GTU, 55 laps 10. Radical Habits (Jonathan Martinez/Brett Probert), Suz GSX-R600, GTU, 53 laps 11. Bike Pass Racing (German Vacca), Suz GSX-R600, GTU, 52 laps 12. Daytonasportbikes.com (David Brichler/Kelly Daniels/Joe Fields/Jeff Hoffman), GTL, 50 laps 13. Team Turo (Mark Tenn/William Wissinger), Suz SV650, GTL, 50 laps 14. CJR Racing (Corey Rowe), Suz SV650, GTL, 48 laps 15. Born Cross Eyed (Ray Hofman/Jay Smith), Buell XB12R, GTL, 31 laps 16. Thrashed Bike Racing (Laird Canfield/Tim Ivanoff/Joel Spalding), Buell 1125R, GTO, 25 laps 17. KRM Racing (Chris Boy/Kevin Mendez), Bim DB5, GTL, 16 laps
CLASS RESULTS: GTO: 1. MacLean Racing, 59 laps 2. Champion Racing Team, 57 laps 3. Thrashed Bike Racing, 25 laps
GTU: 1. Stiles Racing, 58 laps 2. RNR Repsol Racing, 57 laps 3. A&G Shop, 56 laps 4. Forza Racing, 55 laps 5. Radical Habits, 53 laps 6. Bike Pass Racing, 52 laps
GT Lights: 1. Grease Monkey Racing, 56 laps 2. Chris Sullivan Racing, 56 laps 3. Motocorse Performance, 55 laps 4. Daytonasportbikes.com, 50 laps 5. Team Turo, 50 laps 6. CJR Racing, 48 laps 7. Born Cross Eyed, 31 laps 8. KRM Racing, 16 laps
More, from a press release issued by ASRA/CCS:
RNR Repsol Clenches Michelin Team Challenge GTU Championship, Grease Monkey Makes it a Perfect Season
October 16, 2010, Homestead, FL – Rick Beggs went solo on his Kawasaki 600 in the final round of the Michelin Team Challenge taking his RNR Repsol team to the win in the GTU class edging out Stiles Racing’s Meghan and Scotty Ryan. Although in the final race today at Homestead-Miami Speedway the Ryan’s finished second overall, besting Beggs in the race, they could not overcome the loss of points from missing the Carolina Motorsports round earlier in the year. Precious points lost in that round meant RNR Repsol scored the national championship by only 4 points.
Finishing first in today’s Team Challenge were MacLean Racing’s Felipe and Nicolas MacLean out of Key Biscayne, Florida aboard their Ducati 1098. Rounding out the podium were the Stiles Racing Yamaha R6 and Champion Racing’s Marco Martinez and Calvin Martinez on their Kawasaki 1000. The MacLeans also scored the GTO class top spot.
Champion Racing scoring the second place in GTO and Thrashed Bike Racing riders Tim Ivanoff and Joel Spalding claimed third for the class aboard Ivanoff’s Buell 1125. In GTU Stiles took the top class trophy with Beggs second on the RNR entry and A&G Shop riders Edward Alvarado and Mauricio Roque rounding out the GTU podium on their Yamaha R6.
Almost always at the top of GT Lights points for 2010 Eric Helmbach and Alex Shaw’s Grease Monkey Racing nailed the class national victory as well as the final round. Grease Monkey went 8 for 8 on the season, the first time a Team Challenge team scored the win in every round.
Chris Sullivan Racing’ Chris Sullivan and Carl Cohen finished second in the race on a Ducati 1000 and Kat Zimpel, Sean Dwyer and Chris Boy teamed up to put the Motocorse Performance Bimota 1000 entry on the third step. Team Challenge Championship Points Championship With this final round complete, the top five by class for the Team Challenge championship are as follows:
OVERALL Pos Points
1 213 CHESTER AUTO REPAIR – CALIFON, NJ. Eric Helmbach, Alex Shaw 2 165 STILES RACING – DELAVAN, WI. Meghan Ryan, Scotty Ryan, Mark Stiles 3 150 GREASE MONKEY RACING – CALIFON, NJ. Eric Helmbach, Alex Shaw, Joey Thomas 4 136 RNR REPSOL RACING – ANNISTON, AL. Rachel Sasse, Krishna Pribadi, Jason Gibbens 5 117 THRASHED BIKE RACING – BROUSSARD, LA. Tim Ivanoff, Laird Canfield, Joel Spalding
GTO Pos Points
1 231 CHESTER AUTO REPAIR – CALIFON, NJ. Eric Helmbach, Alex Shaw 2 190 THRASHED BIKE RACING – BROUSSARD, LA. Tim Ivanoff, Laird Canfield, Joel Spalding 3 113 GPG RACING – COLUMBUS, OH. Gene Paul Gilchrist 4 98 MID CITIES Motorsports – SLINGER, WI. Calvin Martinez, Dave Ebben 5 62 J&S RACING – FRANKSVILLE, WI. – Thomas Michels
GTU Pos Points
1 199 RNR REPSOL RACING – ANNISTON, AL. Rachel Sasse, Krishna Pribadi, Jason Gibbens 2 195 STILES RACING – DELAVAN, WI. Meghan Ryan, Scotty Ryan, Mark Stiles 3 149 PREMIER RACING – MONROVIA, MD. Daniel Dougherty, Adam Horton, Craig Moodie, Nick Killen 4 81 RNR RACING – FALLS CHURCH, VA. Jonathan Elias, Jason Gibbens, RnR Cycles, 5 58 SRT – DES MOINES, IA. Jeff Purk, Garrick Schneiderwa
GTL Pos Points
1 280 GREASE MONKEY RACING – CALIFON, NJ. Eric Helmbach, Alex Shaw, Joey Thomas 2 190 BORN CROSS EYED – MACHESNEY PARK, IL. Jay Smith, Ray Hoffman 3 82 MOTOCORSE PERFORMANCE – FL. Kat Zimpel, Sean Dwyer, Chris Boy 4 51 ITS ONLEY RACING – ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL. Paul Onley, Mitch Stein 5 46 DAYTONASPORTBIKES – ORMOND BEACH, FL. D. Brichler, J. Hoffman, J. Fields, K. Daniels
CCS Championships Decided
In Championship Cup Series action today six different national championships were settled as follows: CCS GTU expert class championship goes to Santiago Villa of Hollywood, Florida, and the amateur championship went to Miami’s own Bruno Silva on an R6.
In GTO Sean Dwyer wrapped up the expert class on a GSXR1000 and Joe Schweigart took the amateur class victory.
In GT Lights Kevin Mendez continued his winning ways by taking the win in expert on a Bimota, while Sean Cassell of Altamonte Springs, Florida took the amateur on an SV650.
In Middleweight SuperSport Stefano Mesa and Guilherme Berg both piloted Yamaha R6’s to Middleweight SuperSport national titles, Mesa as an expert and Berg as amateur.
The new CCS expert ThunderBike champion is Chris Boy, and Chris Dodd finished at the top of the amateur ranks, both competitors aboard Ducatis.
Finally, in CCS Unlimited SuperSport Sean Dwyer, winner of the GTO title, completed eight laps of the Homestead facility in front of the field adding the expert win.
David Ur of Blairstown, New Jersey scored the amateur Unlimited SuperSport title on his BMW 1000.
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