LOUDON, N.H. – The 2019 Loudon Road Race Series season, which featured 174 expert riders, 134 amateur riders and 60 novice riders, closed with the completion of round seven as the riders took on the 1.6-mile road course this past weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Many competitors ended their season adding a few more achievements and milestones to their personal records.
“It was probably one of the greatest feelings I think I’ll ever feel,” said Daniel Weems reflecting on his first career expert win, which included beating veteran expert rider Scott Greenwood, in round six’s Heavyweight Supersport. “Not very many people beat old Scotty, but I got the jump on him from the start, and it was kind of like waiting for a shark attack. The halfway point came, then the white flag came and I was screaming at myself, ‘brake, apex, gas.’ I was sliding absolutely everywhere, and then I hit the checkered flag. I haven’t felt that since I won my first amateur race two years ago.”
Abington, Mass. native Weems, who started racing with the Loudon Road Race Series in 2017 as an amateur, completed his second expert season this past weekend taking home a top five and a top 15. Now that he’s beaten Greenwood in the wet, he has shifted his focus to beating him in the dry in, what he’s hoping, the 2020 season.
Many riders improved their skills enough to jump up a class during the 2019 season, landing in a whole new starting grid as they eagerly awaited the green flag on the front stretch. More than 20 riders earned amateur level credentials after successfully exceeding the requirements of novice level riding, and a few, like 13-year-old Brianna McHugh, who was a first-time LRRS competitor this season, improved exponentially well, earning them expert status.
“I’m part of the Penguin Roadracing School mentor program,” said McHugh, a Rindge, N.H. native who achieved two top fives and two top tens in round seven. “Eric, John and everyone on the team really helped me out a ton, and I can’t thank them enough. I’ve made so much improvement just because of them.”
After a successful 2018 season, Milton, Vt. native Tyler Wasserbauer made the leap from amateur to expert to begin his second season with LRRS and managed to secure the 2019 expert GTO championship.
“Cory [Hildebrand] kind of gave the GTO championship to me,” said Wasserbauer. “He’s faster than me and I have yet to beat him, but he didn’t go out in the rain, so that was the difference in the championship. The transition from a 600 to a 1,000 was a big step, and then also going from amateur to expert was a big step, so it was a lot of change at once. I’m lucky more than anything.”
A little bit of luck may have been on his side in earning the title of 2019 expert GTO champion, but nonetheless, Wasserbauer’s achievements in his first year as an expert rider landed him on the podium 17 out of a possible 28 times, proving he more than deserves a championship title. He closed out round seven with two podium finishes, a top five and a top 10.
The awards banquet honoring the 2019 champions from the Loudon Road Race Series, MOAT Mountain Road Course Series and J&J’s Yolk & Co. Oval Series is on November 16 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. The Loudon Road Race Series will return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the spring to kick off the 2020 season.
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Round Seven Results (Top Three):
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Expert |
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Class |
First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
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Formula 40 Lights |
Charles “Jesse” Sandoz |
Rick Doucette |
Steven Heider |
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Formula 40 Unlimited |
Eric Wood |
Robert S. Briody |
David Dayon |
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Formula 50 Lights |
Gerald Randall |
John Grush |
John Donald |
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GTL |
Charles “Jesse” Sandoz |
Rick Doucette |
Brett Guyer |
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GTO |
Cory Hildebrand |
Tyler Wasserbauer |
Robert S. Briody |
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GTU |
Scott Greenwood |
Alex Guilbeault |
Paul Duval |
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Heavyweight Superbike |
Samuel Greenwood |
Rick Doucette |
Alex Guilbeault |
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Heavyweight Supersport |
Scott Greenwood |
Samuel Greenwood |
Kip Peterson |
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Lightweight Grand Prix |
Charles “Jesse” Sandoz |
Rick Doucette |
Brett Guyer |
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Lightweight Sportsman |
Elijah Block |
Brett Guyer |
Kevin Allen |
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Lightweight Superbike |
Charles “Jesse” Sandoz |
Harlan Hildebrand |
Peter Gaboriault |
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Lightweight Supersport |
Steven Heider |
Peter Gaboriault |
Brian Faucher |
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Motard |
Elijah Block |
Gunnar Ouellette |
Kevin Allen |
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Moto 3 |
Shawn Spear |
Christopher Woodman |
N/A |
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Middleweight Formula 40 |
Scott Greenwood |
Paul Duval |
Adam Andrusia |
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Middleweight Grand Prix *Dash for Cash* |
Scott Greenwood |
Samuel Greenwood |
Rick Doucette |
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Middleweight Superbike |
Scott Greenwood |
Rick Doucette |
Alex Guilbeault |
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Middleweight Supersport |
Scott Greenwood |
Samuel Greenwood |
Ian Beam |
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Super Singles |
Brett Guyer |
Adam Clark |
Gunnar Ouellette |
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Thunderbike |
Charles “Jesse” Sandoz |
Harlan Hildebrand |
Tim Hogan |
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Ultralight GP |
Brett Guyer |
Gregory Wolf |
N/A |
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Ultralight Superbike |
Peter Gaboriault |
Steven Heider |
Gunnar Ouellette |
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Unlimited Grand Prix |
Eric Wood |
Cory Hildebrand |
Tyler Wasserbauer |
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Unlimited Superbike |
Eric Wood |
Scott Mullin |
David Dayon |
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Unlimited Supersport |
Eric Wood |
Cory Hildebrand |
David Dayon |
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Amateur |
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Class |
First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
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Formula 40 Lights |
Kevin Fogg |
Bruce Marshall |
Rick Kaeser |
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Formula 40 Unlimited |
Michael Newton |
John Murray |
Lloyd Palmer |
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Formula 50 Lights |
Rick Kaeser |
Michael Dimond |
Stephen Biehl |
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GTL |
Nick Leighton |
Drew Bailey |
Stephen Biehl |
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GTO |
Michael Defrancesco |
Thomas Hynes IV |
N/A |
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GTU |
Vicente Frontinan |
Anthony DiCecca |
Michael Newton |
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Heavyweight Superbike |
Anthony DiCecca |
Vicente Frontinan |
David Caldwell |
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Heavyweight Supersport |
Michael Guarino |
Paul Hosue |
Jason Fairclough |
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Lightweight Grand Prix |
Nick Leighton |
Charles Blumberg |
Drew Bailey |
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Lightweight Sportsman |
Anthony Franco |
Brooks Saunders |
Daniel Zimmer |
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Lightweight Superbike |
Nick Leighton |
Kevin Fogg |
Kerry Smith |
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Lightweight Supersport |
Nick Leighton |
Charles Blumberg |
Kerry Smith |
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Motard |
Brooks Saunders |
Michael Dimond |
Daniel Zimmer |
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Moto 3 |
Jeff Vader |
N/A |
N/A |
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Middleweight Formula 40 |
Vicente Frontinan |
Christopher Bouchard |
Jane Kennedy |
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Middleweight Grand Prix *Dash for Cash* |
David Caldwell |
Vicente Frontinan |
Michael Guarino |
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Middleweight Superbike |
Brian Fernald |
Vicente Frontinan |
David Caldwell |
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Middleweight Supersport |
Vicente Frontinan |
LeRoy Cort |
Michael Guarino |
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Super Singles |
Brooks Saunders |
Anthony Franco |
Michael Dimond |
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Thunderbike |
Rick Kaeser |
Kevin Fogg |
N/A |
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Ultralight GP |
John Lear |
Michael Zoner |
Jeff Vader |
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Ultralight Superbike |
Brooks Saunders |
Kevin Fogg |
Michael Dimond |
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Unlimited Grand Prix |
David Caldwell |
Brian Fernald |
Jason Fairclough |
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Unlimited Superbike |
Nick Leighton |
David Caldwell |
Bryan Wardius |
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Unlimited Supersport |
Brian Fernald |
David Caldwell |
Anthony DiCecca |
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Combined (Expert & Amateur) |
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Class |
First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
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300 Superbike |
Rick Doucette |
Daniel Rosato |
Christopher Woodman |
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300 Supersport |
Shawn Barron |
Rick Doucette |
Daniel Rosato |
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500 Superbike |
Benjamin Gloddy |
Joseph LiMandri Jr. |
Daniel Rosato |
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500 Supersport |
Benjamin Gloddy |
Elijah Block |
Shane Lewis |
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SuperTwins |
Charles “Jesse” Sandoz |
Tim Hogan |
Christopher Bouchard |
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Novice |
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Class |
First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
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Formula 1 |
Tsuyoshi Honjo |
David Mink |
Dennis Metzler |
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Formula 2 |
David Mink |
Pierce Ballantyne |
Jeff Schreiber |
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Formula 3 |
Christopher Szarek |
Pierce Ballantyne |
Jeff Schreiber |
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Formula 4 |
Christopher Szarek |
Renee Franco |
Joel Bryan |
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Rookie 1 |
Tsuyoshi Honjo |
David Mink |
Benjamin Claman |
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Rookie 2 |
Pierce Ballantyne |
Dennis Metzler |
N/A |
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Rookie 3 |
Pierce Ballantyne |
Rick Ma |
Mark Bierschied |
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Rookie 4 |
Christopher Szarek |
Renee Franco |
N/A |
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Starter 1 |
Tsuyoshi Honjo |
David Mink |
N/A |
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Starter 2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Starter 3 |
Rick Ma |
Mark Bierschied |
N/A |
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Starter 4 |
Renee Franco |
N/A |
N/A |
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Rookie |
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Class |
First Place |
Second Place |
Third Place |
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Heavyweight 1 & 2 |
Benjamin Claman |
N/A |
N/A |
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Lightweight 3 & 4 |
Christopher Szarek |
Jeff Schreiber |
Mohammad Nourmohammadi |
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Wave 1 |
Tsuyoshi Honjo |
Dennis Metzler |
Pierce Ballantyne |