Alpha Omega Rollers Wins a Dramatic N2/WERA National Endurance Race at Road Atlanta
Media, PA (May 2024) – The Alpha Omega Rollers Endurance Team with riders Eziah Davis, Blake Davis, and Anthony Mazziotto took the overall and Heavyweight class wins in dramatic round one of the N2/WERA National Endurance Series at Road Atlanta. The race featured multiple red flags for crashes, weather, and a mechanical for the bike that ultimately won! In all, a total of 58 teams competed for over $100,000 in purse and contingency for the first round of the 2024 N2/WERA National Endurance Championship.
The race started with beautiful North Georgia spring weather. The relay team of Smoke Shack Racing led the first 30 minutes with former Moto2 rider Robertino Pietri on a very stock Suzuki GSX-R1000. Eventually, Pietri pitted for fuel and a rider switch giving the lead to Army of Darkness’s Taylor Knapp on a Dunlop-shod Yamaha YZF-R1. Army of Darkness held the lead until lap 52 when the first red flag came out for multiple crashes and rain. The clean-up took an hour and 13 minutes due to oil on a wet track.
On the restart, Army of Darkness had a one-lap lead over Alpha Omega Rollers when they took the restart with rider Cody Wyman on rain tires. Alpha Omega Rollers started Eziah Davis on Dunlop slicks, and when the track dried quickly, Davis was lapping more than six seconds a lap faster than Wyman. Alpha Omega Rollers eventually passed Army of Darkness taking their lap back [and then took the race lead when Army of Darkness made their final pit stop].
On lap 69, Eziah Davis pitted and Alpha Omega Rollers sent Mazziotto out with a new tire. Unfortunately, the Alpha Omega Rollers team left a spacer out of the rear wheel causing excessive wear on the swingarm, brake caliper, and rotor of the Yamaha YZF-R1. Mazziotto only made it one lap before he pitted and the Alpha Omega Rollers team thought their race was over. At the same time, an unrelated crash occurred causing a red flag and the race was stopped. The Alpha Omega Rollers bike was extensively damaged and would not make the restart, but lightning in the area extended the red flag and the race was eventually called complete. Because the results reverted back to the last complete lap, Alpha Omega Rollers was declared the winner.
The Middleweight Class was won by Trash Panda with riders Chuck Ivey, Micah Hand, Nathan Seethaler, and Sean Hopkins
Robem Engineering won the Lightweight Class with young riders Alessandro Di Mario and Hank Vossberg on an Aprilia RS 660.
Riot Racing won the 2-Hour Ultralightweight Endurance Race on a Kawasaki Ninja 400 with riders Chris Evans and Damian Jigalov.
The Relay Class was one by Cheetah Elite with riders Wristin Grigg and Rohan Siddaraj.
Round 2 of the N2/WERA National Endurance Series is at Carolina Motorsports Park on June 8th. Check with www.n2td.org for details.
About N2: N2 – Ride, Learn, Race.
Founded in 2014, N2’s mission is to build a sustainable motorcycle community through safe, structured motorcycle track days, advanced rider training programs based on Yamaha Champions Riding School teaching methods, with a strong affinity for motorcycle road racing. N2 successfully resurrected Motorcycle Endurance Racing in America partnering with WERA Roadracing and creating the N2/WERA National Endurance Series by Dunlop. N2 is a premier participant in the MotoAmerica Pro Racing Series with a multi-rider team competing in several classes. N2 is also a major contributor to the Roadracing World Action Fund through fundraising efforts and support from its large member base.
The N2 National Endurance Series is proudly sponsored by: N2 Track Days, Yamaha Motor USA, Dainese, Woodcraft Technologies, BobbleHeadMoto, WERA Motorcycle Roadracing, KYT Helmet America, REB Graphics, Millennium Technologies, Wiseco Powersports, JE Pistons, Ghetto Customs 128, Pit-Lane Moto SBSbrakes and Yamaha Champions Riding School.
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