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Eric Wood will race a Buell XB9R in the Sportbike class during the F-USA National at Loudon, New Hampshire June 14-16.

Wood won the AMA Pro Thunder race at Loudon last year and is a past F-USA Sportbike Champion.

In related news, the New Hampshire International Speedway is now equipped with 135 soft barrier sections, 85 more than last year, and the recent redesign of the NASCAR oval has eliminated the transition bumps where the road course crosses the oval, according to racer and NHIS motorcycle safety director Jerry Wood, father of Eric Wood.

Formula USA will bring an additional 20 sections (about 560 linear feet) of inflatable Air Fence, provided by the Roadracingworld.com Action Fund, to the track.

An LRRS race at the track last weekend drew 970 entries despite snow flurries on Saturday.