Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Jeff Wood, Scott Greenwood, Dave Ebben, Shawn Conrad and Dave Estok each won a CCS sprint race in variable conditions Saturday at Mid-America Motorplex in Pacific Junction, Iowa. Bettencourts/Argo Cycles’ Jeff Wood and teammate Greenwood lined up against a sparce field of riders in the Middleweight Supersport race. Wood got the holeshot and immediately asserted his dominance in the wet conditions by pulling out a three-second lead by the end of the first lap. From there, Wood steadily pulled away on his new, 2003 Honda CBR600RR to win the race by over nine seconds and win $1500 in Honda contingency money. Greenwood, who rode a Suzuki GSX-R600, was alone in second from the second lap to the checkered flag. James Milroy, Jr., an instructor with the Mid-America Motorplex Rider School, passed Darrin Mitchell on the third lap and came home in the show position. Greenwood remembered at the last moment that there was Suzuki contingency money available in the CCS sprints at Mid-America and pulled his GSX-R750 out of the trailer and entered the Heavyweight Supersport class. Riding on Dunlop rain tires on a drying track, Greenwood pulled a big lead within the first 2.23 miles and cruised home to win by over 12 seconds with a best lap time of 1:46.18. After the race, Greenwood said his rain tires “were destroyed” by the drying track. Daniel Doty and David Lacavich fought over second place from the green flag until the final corner. Lacavich had led most of the way but spun up on a wet patch at the exit of turn 10, the final corner, and Doty was able to drive past to take second. After the race, however, Doty failed to report to post-race technical inspection and was disqualified. Lacavich got second and Steven Diver was promoted to third. National Precious Metals’ Dave Ebben ran away with the Unlimited Supersport race win on his GSX-R1000, winning the seven-lap race by nearly 20 seconds. Ebben also took fifth in the Middleweight Supersport contest. Shawn Conrad missed the warm-up lap for the dry Middleweight Superbike race, allowing Smith Brothers’ Harley-Davidson’s Jason Smith to take the early lead on his Kawasaki ZX-6RR. Smith chose to run used Pirelli tires to get a feel for riding on worn tires in preparation for the long, 28-lap Formula USA Sportbike race on Sunday. Still, Smith held the lead over the racing dentist Dr. Jeffrey Purk and slow-starting Conrad after three laps and looked to be riding very well. Conrad pushed forward on lap four of seven, passed Purk in turn one and got by Smith going into the turn six double-apex right-hander. Conrad extended his lead with low-1:35 lap times and won by nearly four seconds. Smith held off Purk for second. After the race, Conrad said he was riding injured after a crash the previous weekend at Grattan. He said he thought his left collarbone was cracked and his right thumb was broken. Dave Estok checked out from the Lightweight Grand Prix field on his Kosco Harley-Davidson/Buell X-1 tube-framed bike, winning the seven-lap sprint by 25 seconds. Behind Estok, Mark Stiles, riding a Yamaha TZ250; Key, riding a Suzuki SV650; Jesse Janisch, on a Suzuki SV650; Brian Lacy, on another Suzuki 650; and Harding H-D’s Bryan Bemisderfer, on his new Buell Firebolt XB9R, had a terrific battle. At the front of the pack, Stiles and Key exchanged second whenever Key wasn’t fighting off Janisch’s advances in the tight turn 10 leading onto the start/finish straight. At the back of the group, Bemisderfer worked hard in the corners to make up for his bike’s power disadvantage to Lacy’s Suzuki. The action-packed five-way battle came down to the final lap with Bliss Machines’ Stiles taking second place in front of Motorcycle Performance’s Key, 4&6 Racing’s Janisch, Bemisderfer and Lacy. Bemisderfer won the full-wet Lightweight Supersport race over Jason Jenkins, Janisch and Key, but Bemisderfer was disqualified when, in post-race technical inspection, he was found to not have an airbox or air filter in his Buell. After his rider was disqualified, Bemisderfer’s team owner Jeff Harding said they were having trouble getting horsepower out of the new bike and were testing some things in the race and didn’t think about the class rules. The Lightweight Supersport win went to Jenkins. Janisch later won the SuperTwins race on his Suzuki SV650. Westminster, Colorado’s Rich Deeming won the wet Unlimited Grand Prix on a 2003-model Suzuki GSX-R1000 over Purk. Saturday’s CCS Race Results: Expert Unlimited Grand Prix: 1. Rich Deeming (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Dr. Jeffrey Purk (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Matt Malterer (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Daniel Doty (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Steven Diver (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Aaron Stein (Yam YZF-R6). Expert Unlimited Supersport: 1. Dave Ebben (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Matt Malterer (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Rich Deeming (Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Jason Swan (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Matt Drucker (Suz GSX-R1000); 6. Steve Koebernick (Suz GSX-R750). Amateur Unlimited Supersport: 1. Robert Collins (Yam YZF-R1); 2. Michael Shallcross (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Mike Roeser (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Rob Dearden (Suz GSX-R750); 5. Henry Chin (Suz GSX-R1000); 6. Todd Bohnsack (Suz GSX-R750). Expert Heavyweight Supersport: 1. Scott Greenwood (Suz GSX-R750); 2. David Lacavich (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Steven Diver (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Aaron Stein (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Mike Williams (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Robert Borowicz (Hon CBR600). Amateur Heavyweight Supersport: 1. Benjamin Thornton (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Kyan Liu (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Michael Shallcross (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Randy Frost (Hon CBR600); 5. Robert Collins (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Alfredo Collins (Yam YZF-R6). Expert Middleweight Supersport: 1. Jeff Wood (Hon CBR600RR); 2. Scott Greenwood (Suz GSX-R600); 3. James Milroy, Jr. (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Darrin Mitchell (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Dave Ebben (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Brian Baker (Suz GSX-R600). Amateur Middleweight Supersport: 1. Michael Pruitt (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Corey Schweich (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Corey Vuagniaux (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Benjamin Thornton (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Josh Lenz (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Randy Frost (Hon CBR600). Expert Lightweight Supersport: 1. Jason Jenkins (Suz SV650); 2. Jesse Janisch (Suz SV650); 3. Ed Key (Suz SV650); 4. Aaron Stein (Suz SV650). Amateur Lightweight Supersport: 1. Paul Buxton (Suz SV650); 2. Tom Short (Suz SV650); 3. Robert Heege (Hon 650); 4. Brian Shear (Suz SV650); 5. Craig Schock (Suz SV650). Expert Sportbike: 1. Adam Dolney (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Scott Ackerman (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Dr. Jeffrey Purk (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Aaron Stein (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Jason Jenkins (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Robert Borowicz (Hon CBR600). Amateur Sportbike: 1. Omar Deida (Hon CBR600); 2. Simon Kowalski (Suz GSX-R600). Expert Heavyweight Superbike: 1. James Milroy, Jr. (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Matt Malterer (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Ray Bowman (Hon CBR600); 4. Kyle Knutson (Kaw ZX-6); 5. Jessica Zalusky (Suz GSX-R750); 6. Aaron Stein (Yam YZF-R6). Amateur Heavyweight Superbike: 1. Michael Shallcross (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Michael Pruitt (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Rob Dearden (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Edward Nash (Suz GSX-R750); 5. Benjamin Thornton (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Mike Roeser (Suz GSX-R750). Expert Middleweight Superbike: 1. Shawn Conrad (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Jason Smith (Kaw ZX-6RR; 3. Dr. Jeffrey Purk (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Brett Johnson (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Daniel Doty (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Brian Baker (Suz GSX-R600). Amateur Middleweight Superbike: 1. Michael Pruitt (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Corey Vuagniaux (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Josh Lenz (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Rob Dearden (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Ryan Sohn (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Robert Collins (Yam YZF-R6). Expert Lightweight Grand Prix: 1. Dave Estok (Buell 1200); 2. Mark Stiles (Yam TZ250); 3. Ed Key (Suz SV650); 4. Jesse Janisch (Suz SV650); 5. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB9R); 6. Brian Lacy (Suz SV650). Amateur Lightweight Grand Prix: 1. Matt Hall (Yam TZ250); 2. Tom Short (Suz SV650); 3. Craig Schock (Suz SV650). Expert SuperTwins: 1. Jesse Janisch (Suz SV650); 2. Josh Guyer (Apr RSV1000); 3. Christopher Kinman (Duc 998); 4. Christopher Merklein (Hon 1000); 5. Michael Schock (Hon 1000). Amateur SuperTwins: 1. Robert Oliva (Hon 1000); 2. Finbar Gilsenas (Duc 916); 3. Aaron Gerlach (Hon 1000); 4. Brian Shear (Suz SV650); 5. Kris Younger (Hon 1000); 6. Craig Schock (Suz SV650). Expert Formula 40: 1. Edward Bingham (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Brian Lacy (Suz SV650); 3. Michael Schock (Hon 1000); 4. Chris Onwiler (Kaw ZX-6); 5. Ron Springfloat (Hon CBR600); 6. Christopher Kinman (Duc 998). Amateur Formula 40: 1. James Swan (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Kevin Clark (Suz GSX-R600); 3. Mike Peters (Hon CBR600); 4. Craig Schock (Hon CBR600).
Jeff Wood, Greenwood, Ebben, Conrad, Estok Win CCS Races At Rainy Mid-America Saturday
Jeff Wood, Greenwood, Ebben, Conrad, Estok Win CCS Races At Rainy Mid-America Saturday
© 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By David Swarts.