A press release issued by Team America Grand Prix Racing:
DISALVO READY TO BREAK OUT
Team America Grand Prix Racing’s Jason DiSalvo saw his AMA racing season continue to pick up momentum, capped with a trio of top finishes at the AMA Big Kahuna national at Road Atlanta, May 18th & 19th. The eighteen-year-old from Batavia, New York brought home a seventh place finish in his first ever Superbike race, also finishing as the top privateer.
Superbike Race Two Final:
1. Nicky Hayden Honda RC51
2. Eric Bostrom Kawasaki ZX-7RR
3. Miguel DuHamel Honda RC51
4. Aaron Yates Suzuki GSX-R750
5. Pascal Picotte Ducati 998RS
6. Mat Mladin Suzuki GSX0R750
7. Jason DiSalvo Team America Suzuki GSX0R750
An extremely busy young man over the weekend, Jason also had to contend with the 750 Superstock race as well as the 250 Grand Prix race. Jason’s week started off strong with a third place qualifying effort in 750 Superstock, placing him on the front row for Saturday’s race. Jason backed up his performance with a dramatic last minute pole position lap in the waning moments of the 250 Grand Prix qualifying session.Things only got better during the races. Jason battled back from a slow start in the Superstock final to claim fourth place after running as low as thirteenth in the early laps. The three leaders were able to make an early breakaway while Jason worked his way through the pack, leaving him unable to close the gap. Jason’s Mike Earnhardt tuned, Team America Suzuki served him well as he moved up position after position, to catch and pass defending series champion Jimmy Moore in a last lap outbraking maneuver into the final chicane.
750 Superstock Final
1. Lee Acree Suzuki GSX-R750
2. Adam Fergusson Suzuki GSX-R750
3. Mike Smith Suzuki GSX-R750
4. Jason DiSalvo Team America Suzuki GSX-R750
The 250 Grand Prix race saw Jason come up a close second after a race long battle. A few unlucky breaks in lapped traffic kept him from challenging for the win in the closing laps. His Oliver Hutchinson prepared Honda RS250 ran famously, and helped him to the victory podium. “I came up a little bit short, and my race strategy didn’t go quite as I’d planned, but I have to be happy with another podium finish, and I’m looking forward to the next round” said Jason.
250 Grand Prix Final
1. Chuck Sorenson Aprilia RSV250
2. Jason DiSalvo Team America Honda RS250R
The team will now enjoy a weekend off to prepare for the next round of the series at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colorado, May 29th, 30th , & June 1st.
Team America’s success is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors, who include: ABS, Cruise America, Freddie Spencer’s High Performance Riding School, Dunlop Tires, Nutec Race Fuel, DID Chain, Chatter Box, GMD Computrack, Arai Helmet, Kushitani, and Select Collision.
A press release issued by Pirelli:
PIRELLI ON THE CHARGE AFTER 1-2 FINISH AT MONZA WORLD SUPERSPORT AND TWO AMA 750 SUPERSTOCK WINS IN A ROW
Looking Forward to Silverstone and Formula USA Rounds This Weekend
(Rome, GA) Pirelli, and its Supercorsa DOT racing radial, are coming off the latest major roadracing weekends with a full head of steam, and are looking down the track to this weekend’s action.
Arclight Suzuki’s Lee Acree rode Supercorsas to AMA Superstock wins at both Road Atlanta and Sears Point. Ironically, Acree and Pirelli now sit atop the AMA Superstock championship pile by 10 points in a series they’re not even “officially” contesting, concentrating instead on the Formula USA series that comes into Summit Point, West Virginia this weekend…a series in which Pirelli is said to be the dominant tire in 2002.
At the most recent World Supersport event at Monza, the Pirelli Supercorsa came away with its first 1-2 finish. TenKate Honda’s Fabian Foret took the win, his second of the season, with Chris Vermeulen and his Pirelli-equipped Van Zon Honda TKR in second place. At Monza, the 19 year-old Vermeulen also became the youngest rider to ever earn the pole position in a World Supersport race. And to prove his pole wasn’t a fluke, he then went out and pressured Foret all the way to the wire in the final. Pirelli wound up taking four of Monza’s top 10 spots: Foret’s teammate, Ian MacPherson was eighth on Supercorsas, and Vermeulen’s teammate, Werrner Daemen was 10th. Foret and Pirelli also set a new Monza lap record during the race. Coming into this weekend’s World Superbike/Supersport round at England’s Silverstone circuit, Foret is in second place in the points standings, four points out of first.
A press release issued by Team Stargel Aprilia:
The Gods Smile On Team Stargel Aprilia At Big Kahuna
This past weekend’s AMA 250GP race at Road Atlanta was a homecoming of sorts for Team Stargel Aprilia. With team owner, Rocky Stargel, living in nearby Gainesville, Georgia, and Aprilia USA being located in Woodstock, the team had extra incentive to perform in front of their friends and family.
Throughout four days of practice and the race, the team’s Aprilia RSV250 was a model of speed and reliability. Rider, Chuck Sorensen, set the fastest times in both Friday practice sessions. In Saturday’s qualifying session, Sorensen had difficulty putting in a clean lap due to traffic, but then turned in a time of 1:27.87. The team felt that this would secure the pole position, only to lose it by a scant .06 of a second near the end of the session.
A fairly uneventful week took a turn for the worse when Sorensen crashed in Sunday morning’s practice session. After spending a few laps breaking in new pistons, Sorensen turned up the pace and found the tires to be uncooperative as they were not fully up to working temperature. Luckily, he was uninjured, but the same could not be said for the motorcycle. Mechanics Adam Schmitt and Ward Wilson quickly repaired the crash damage and had the bike in excellent shape for the afternoon race.
The afternoon final once again demonstrated that some of the most exciting racing to be found anywhere exists in the AMA 250GP class. After trailing for the first two laps, Sorensen passed for the lead and led the remaining thirteen laps. Displaying the skills that made him the 1999 and 2000 AMA 250GP champion, Sorensen worked lapped traffic with great finesse and rode a practically error free race.
Team Stargel Aprilia has now won three of the first four rounds and leads the class with 137 points.
Team Stargel Aprilia would like to thank the supporters who make their efforts possible: Aprilia USA, Aprilia Italy, FGF Corse, Dunlop, Performance Powersports, VP Racing Fuels, Castrol, EBC Brakes, Shoei, Helimot, Held Gloves, Daytona Boots, Fox Racing, Smith Sport, TC’s Specialized Graphics & Regina Chains.