David Pillar takes an early lead and rides away with the ULGP win at the Sandia Motorcycle Road Racing Incorporated (SMRI) 2005 Race #2
Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 22/23, 2005: David Pillar pushed his Vanmar Racing, Cycle Gear, and High Velocity sponsored GSXR1000 to the front early during the 2nd ULGP money race of the SMRI 2005 season. Since David was well on his way to win his first SMRI premier ULGP event of 2005, Mike Shreve and Ray Thornton battled it out every lap to see who would claim the runner up spot. When the checkered flag was shown, it was David Pillar, Mike Shreve, Ray Thornton, Daryl Wichern, and Troy Runck rounding out the top 5 positions.
The SuperMoto race treated the SMRI fans to an epic battle of youth vs. experience, as young Sean Butterman battled with experienced supermoto rider Stefan Liebert and superbike rider Dave Dikitolia. These men swapped the lead multiple times on every lap. Dave Dikitolia lost traction and crashed after the tabletop jump in the dirt infield section while Sean and Stefan continued to battle. Once the dust settled, the teen phenomenon Sean Butterman collected the win with Stefan close behind in 2nd place.
After a morning full of plastic vs. concrete battles, the novice riders composed themselves enough to thrill race fans with an action packed Novice Open Race late in the afternoon. Rodney James, Drew Reid, Brett Cole, Daniel Franchino, and Andrew Van Vossen emerged from the early morning crash fest to race one last time before the sun set on SMRI’s 2nd event of 2005. When the checkered flag was waved, it was Reid in 1st, Van Vossen in 2nd, and James in 3rd.
Race Results:
ULGP
1st Dave Pillar
2nd Mike Shreve
3rd Ray Thornton
4th Daryl Wichern
5th Troy Runck
Supermoto Open
1st Sean Butterman
2nd Stefan Liebert
3rd Dave Dikitolia
Novice Open
1st Drew Reid
2nd Andrew Van Vossen
3rd Rodney James
4th Daniel Franchino
5th Brett Cole
Novice Endurance GTO
1st Drew Reid
2nd Chris Reynolds
3rd Guy Jones
4th Mark Mitchell
5th Brett Cole
Novice Endurance GTU
1st Daniel Franchino
2nd Craig Mobley
3rd Jamie Bishop
4th Fred Hawkins
5th Davinia Chism
Expert Endurance GTU
1st Mike Shreve
2nd Ray Thornton
3rd Brad Tinker
4th Scott Crowl
5th Troy Runck
Novice GTO
1st Drew Reid
2nd Rodney James
3rd Chris Reynolds
4th Brett Cole
5th Dave Robbins
Novice GTU
1st Daniel Frenchino
2nd Troy Gammill
3rd Jason Rizzo
4th Dugan Uekert
5th David Robbins
Novice 40+
1st Daniel Franchino
2nd Dugan Uekert
3rd Craig Mobley
4th Guy Jones
5th Mark Mitchell
HW Super Bike
1st Brad Tinker
2nd Mike Shreve
3rd Ray Thornton
4th Troy Runck
5th Phil Brown
Expert 40+
1st Daryl Wichern
2nd Scott Crowl
Novice Club Sport
1st Nick Pelhan
2nd Shana Hyer
Expert Club Sport
1st Kirk Potter
2nd Scott Crowl
3rd Steve Brown
4th Jayson Webb
SuperMoto Lightweight
1st Ryan Boyce
Historic Vintage Lightweight
1st Hurley Wilvert
Historic Vintage Heavyweight
1st Dennis Parrish
2nd Tracy Rifle
Super Vintage
1st Dennis Parrish
2nd Tracy Rifle
Supertwins
1st Kirk Potter
2nd Scott Crowl
3rd Jayson Webb
Open Superbike
1st Brad Tinker
2nd Dave Pillar
MW Superbike
1st Mike Shreve
2nd Ray Thornton
3rd Brad Tinker
4th Troy Runck
5th Phil Brown
Open Beginner
1st Craig Mobley
2nd Brett Cole
3rd Dugan Uekert
4th Shana Hyer
5th Davinia Chism