AbsoluteCyclePerformance.com’s Ryan Patterson, 27, won two CCS sprint races Sunday at Summit Point Raceway over Michael Himmelsbach, the man Patterson credited with teaching him to road race.
Riding his Pirelli-shod 2006-model Yamaha YZF-R6, Patterson took the holeshots and the wins in the 25-minute GTU solo endurance race and in the six-lap Middleweight Grand Prix. Both wins came over Himmelsbach, who started each race from the back of the grid on his Martinmoto.com-backed Triumph Daytona 675.
“Everything I know about road racing he (Himmelsbach) taught me,” stated Patterson. “Me beating him is like a win-win for him. Either he wins the race or the man he taught wins the race.”
“Patterson did seven or eight session with me,” said Himmelsbach, who teaches advanced riding techniques at his Champion Sportbike Club. “He definitely had speed and talent. He just needed to be polished. It looks like he’s starting to get there
“Sure, I started from the back of the grid, but I caught him (in GTU) with three laps to go and he honestly beat me for those three laps. The bad part about racing against a guy I taught is it’s like racing a mirror image of myself. I taught him to be strong everywhere I’m strong, so it’s kind of tough to get past.”
Another multi-race winner Sunday was Veatch Motosports Buell’s Dave Estok, who won the Thunderbike sprint on his XB-12R by less than a bikelength over Harley-Davidson/Buell of Frederick’s Bryan Bemiderfer and then came back on an XB-RR (the same bike Jeremy McWilliams raced at Daytona and Infineon Raceway) to win the SuperTwins race by a much wider margin over Bemisderfer.
“That race (SuperTwins) was great,” said Estok. “I only rode the XB-RR once before that this weekend, and I was way off the pace this morning. Bryan (Bemisderfer) passed me on the brakes for turn one, and I turned my best lap of the race following him. Then I used the horsepower of the bike to pass him between turn nine and 10. When I led into turn 10, I knew there was no way he could beat me to the flag.
“I’m happy to get a win on the XB-RR for the Buell guys. Hopefully, I’ll get to race it at an AMA round.”
Other race winners Sunday included: Nate Kern on his Mainline BMW R1100S in GT Lights; Joe Spina on his Spina Construction Suzuki GSX-R750 in GTO; and Loikits Industries Racing’s David Loikits on an ex-Vincent Haskovec Suzuki GSX-R1000 in Unlimited Superbike.
Sunday’s CCS Race Results (listed in chronological order):
FORMULA 40 EXPERT: 1. Arnold Hastings (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Robert Lombardi (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Freric Marsallsi (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Gary Bunner (Duc 996); 5. Craig Moodie; 6. Art Diaz (Buell XB-12R).
FORMULA 40 AMATEUR: 1. Phillip Doyle (Suz GSX-R750); 2. Martin Crotty (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Rick Gow (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Roger Wereb (Tri 600); 5. Miguel Betancourt (Suz GSX-R1000); 6. Edwin Bishop (Suz GSX-R600).
LIGHTWEIGHT FORMULA 40 EXPERT: 1. Art Diaz (Buell XB-12R); 2. William Dietz (Duc); 3. Eric Helmbach (Hon CBR600); 4. Eric Wilson (Suz SV650); 5. Gilbert Schweitzer, III (Hon CBR600); 6. Russell Masecar (Suz SV650).
LIGHTWEIGHT FORMULA 40 AMATEUR: 1. Ross Wellwood (Suz SV650); 2. Pail Wernle (Kaw EX650); 3. Richard Dubarton (Suz SV650); 4. John Morgan (Suz SV650); 5. Ronald Shaw; 6. Rafael Garcia, Jr. (Hon RS125).
GTU AMATEUR: 1. Robert Wilkey (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. Bret Garretson; 3. Henry Hoyle; 4. Jason Palmer; 5. Zoltan Nemes (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Paul Garrison (Suz GSX-R600).
GTU EXPERT: 1. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Michael Himmelsbach (Tri Daytona 675); 3. William Lindsay (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Gustavo Laya (Kaw ZX-6RR); 5. Jason Moss (Yam YZF-R6); 6. Rick Beggs (Kaw ZX-6R).
GT LIGHTS EXPERT: 1. Nate Kern (BMW R1100S); 2. Art Diaz (Buell XB-12R); 3. Steve Kenner (Suz SV650); 4. David Yaakov (Suz SV650); 5. Arnold Hastings (Suz SV650); 6. Sean Marston (Suz SV650).
GT LIGHTS AMATEUR: 1. Tim Duckworth (Suz SV650); 2. Gary Sgarrella, Jr. (Suz SV650); 3. Vadim Tsires (Suz SV650); 4. Rochard Dubarton (Suz SV650); 5. James Delk, Jr. (Buell XB-9R); 6. Ken Allen (Suz SV650).
GTO EXPERT: 1. Joe Spina (Suz GSX-R750); 2. David Loikits (Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Charlie Coleman (Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Troy Meikle (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Timmy Dennis (Yam YZF-R1); 6. Geoff Allen (Yam YZF-R1).
GTO AMATEUR: 1. Chris Trickett (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Lloyd Bayley (Suz GSX-R1000); 3. Martin Crotty (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Dylan Scott (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Bryan Derr; 6. Robert Wilkey (Suz GSX-R1000).
125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Steve Gorrell (Hon RS125); 2. Joshua Steinberg; 3. Mark Dennis (Hon RS125); 4. Bill Clery (Hon RS125).
THUNDERBIKE EXPERT: 1. Dave Estok (Buell XB-RR); 2. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB-12R); 3. Dan Bilansky (Buell XB-12R); 4. Steve Kenner (Suz SV650); 5. Walt Sipp (Buell XB-12R); 6. Joe Rozynski (Buell XB-12R).
THUNDEBRIKE AMATEUR: 1. James Delk, Jr. (Buell XB-9R); 2. Tim Duckworth (Suz SV650); 3. Ken Allen (Suz SV650); 4. Gary Sgarrella, Jr. (Suz SV650); 5. Anthony Caligiuri (Buell XB-12R); 6. Allan Edwards (Suz SV650).
MIDDLEWEIGHT GP AMATEUR: 1. Robert Wilkey (Kaw ZX-6R); 2. Jason Palmer; 3. Danny Neron; 4. Ernie Dix; 5. David Zylberberg; 6. Antal Halasz (Kaw ZX-6R).
MIDDLEWEIGHT GP EXPERT: 1. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6); 2. Mike Himmelsbach (Tri Daytona 675); 3. Michael Murray (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Steven Giacomo; 5. Joe Ford (Yam YZF-R6); 6. William Lindsay (Yam YZF-R6).
SUPERTWINS EXPERT: 1. Dave Estok (Buell XB-RR); 2. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB-12R); 3. Jerod Willow (Duc 999); 4. Sam Rozynski (Buell XB-12R); 5. Art Diaz (Buell XB-12R); 6. Steve Keener (Suz SV650).
SUPERTWINS AMATEUR: 1. George Wohlfarth (Hon 1000); 2. Ken Allen (Suz SV650); 3. Vadim Tsires (Suz SV650); 4. Brian Retallick (Hon 1000); 5. Anthony Caligiuri (Buell XB-12R); 6. Richard Dubarton (Suz SV650).
UNLIMITED SUPERBIKE EXPERT: 1. David Loikits (Suz GSX-R1000); 2. Joe Spina (Suz GSX-R750); 3. Charlie Coleman (Suz GSX-R1000); 4. Geoff Allen (Yam YZF-R1); 5. Nate Kern (BMW K1200); 6. Jonathan Lawrence (Yam YZF-R6).
UNLIMITED SUPERBIKE AMATEUR: 1. Bret Garretson; 2. David Zylberberg (Yam YZF-R6); 3. Bryan Derr; 4. Dylan Scott (Suz GSX-R1000); 5. Daniel Miller (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Eric Sampson (Yam YZF-R6).