CYCLE JAM BRIDGESTONE/WERA NATIONAL ENDURANCE R#6
Thursday at the WERA Cycle Jam running at VIR the WERA Vintage Series ran in between practice sessions and Robin Scudder won 250 GP; David Roper won 500GP; Eric Mercer took the V2 win; Tim Joyce won V3 and V4; Thad Stamper won V5; Jim Hinshaw won Formula 2-Stroke;McKee won V6 Lightweight.
Qualifying for Sunday’s Michelin/WERA National 600 Superstock Class concluded with minutes to spare before Mother Nature came in with a real gully washer Virginia storm”¦.PJ Jacobsen was the top qualifier with Garrett Gerloff, Benny Solis, Jr., Same Gaige and Justin Holdermann rounding out the top five. The field is 18 deep as of Thursday and should prove to be a very exciting race.
Round #6 of the Bridgestone/WERA National Endurance Series was part of the 2010 WERA Cycle Jam at VIR and ran on Friday for 4 hours with temperatures in the 90s. After 4 hours it was #3 Team Zyvax R1, riders were Ben Bostrom, Chris Clark and Jason DiSalvo with 155 laps taking the top spot on the podium followed by #72 BEi Racing with their first appearance in the 2010 Series with riders Billy Ethridge, Lee Acree and Taylor Knapp on the big Suzuki GSX-R 1000 with 151 laps and rounding out the podium was #99 Army of Darkness with Ben Walters, Sam Fleming and Scott Harwell on their YamahaR1. In the Mediumweight Superbike Class #7 Team Zyvax R6 with Dane Westby and Clint Sellers on their Yamaha 600 made a comeback after a crash in hour 2 to take the win in the Class with #14 CnR Motorsports on their Ducati 848 with Mark Crozier and Greg White taking second and #136 TVR 136 on their Yamaha 600 rounding out the podium with Shane Williams and Abraham Stacey sharing the riding duties.
The Lightweight Class saw #15 Cannoli Racing taking the win in their second endurance with Cassidy Heiser, Bobby Kim and West Coast Lightweight Ace Zoran Vujasivnovic taking the Suzuki SV to the lead; second went to #27 Team Kinetic with Luke Echols, Chris Parrish and Rob Turner on their Suzuki SV and third was #667 Neighbor of the Beast with Melissa Berkoff, Brian Kracget and Russell Masecar sharing duties they were in the lead but a crash near the end of the 4th hour with Kracget piloting the SV 650 put them 3rd .
For Cycle Jam the Trophy Class saw 3 entries and V7 All Stars took the win with their Hon 600 Ken Johnson, John Trautman and Alfred Cantu 2nd place was the all women’s team Striper Glitter on as Yamaha 600 with Virginie Massing, Katie Carney, Jane Holmes and West Coast WERA rider Krystyna Kubran, 3rd was #999 Team B.A.R. on their Honda 600, riding were Father and Son Adrian Brinkley and Chris Brinkley along with Daniel Wallace.
Saturday will see the Pirelli/WERA Sportsman riders taking the track and on Sunday the Michelin/WERA National Challenge riders will put on the show.
More, from a press release issued by Graves Motorsports:
Heated Racing and A High Side Leave Zyvax with Double Wins
Kennesaw, Georgia After taking first and second last weekend at Summit Point, Team Zyvax had high expectations heading into VIR’s WERA Cycle Jam 4-Hour endurance race. Battling the oppressive heat and a mid-race crash, the team and their machines logged a hard fought class win and a decisive overall win.
Despite an early race high side and crash-truck ride to the paddock, Clinton Seller and Dane Westby on their Team Zyvax / Graves Motorsports supported Yamaha R6 mounted a massive comeback, finishing only ten laps down from the overall winner. The lightning fast and always ready Team Zyvax crew took less time to repair the bike than track workers took to load and transport the bike back to the pits! Undaunted by the eleven lap deficit accumulated after the crash, the Zyvax R6 riders were able to hunt down the rest of their class and win the mediumweight division. Before Seller’s unfortunate high side-inducing missed shift, the quick little R6 was leading the entire race.
The heat proved to be a major hurdle for the team. Though the track offered good grip in the morning, as the day got hotter the track got more and more slippery. Still healing from recent surgery on his injured thumb, team rider Ben Bostrom managed to ride for an hour long stint. Due to the heat Bostrom lost four pounds of body water while on the bike! During the race Bostrom made the most of the slippery track; “It was a lot of fun, it felt like a fire road. I was spinning the tire everywhere.” Guest rider Jason Disalvo covered Bostrom’s second stint. “The heat was incredible,” said Disalvo of the steamy race day. Team rider Chris Clark ran first and last giving him the most time to cool off between runs.
Clark, Bostrom and Disalvo muscled past the competition to take the Overall win aboard their powerful Team Zyvax / Graves Motorsports prepped Yamaha R1, finishing an impressive four laps ahead of second place. The Zyvax R1 team set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:27.4, over a second faster than the fastest lap time from last year. Both Zyvax / Graves teams were the only ones to go below 1 minute 30 second lap times, again proving Yamaha’s dominance over the competition.
Team Zyvax is sponsored by Zyvax, Inc., Graves Motorsports and Dunlop. Check out www.teamzyvax.com for team news and details.
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