Michelin Pro Series Round One – SuperStock Battle of the Tims Bloomingdale, GA Beautiful weather at Roebling Road welcomed Round One of the Michelin Pro Series 10-lap sprint races. Temperatures were in the mid seventies with a variable breeze. The ASRA riders couldn’t have asked for a better day for the start of their 2011 season. In SuperStock Tim Hunt and Tim Bemisderfer both started from the front row, but while Bemisderfer’s start looked a little choppy, Hunt launched cleanly and by turn one Hunt had the advantage. At the end of the first lap Hunt and Bemisderfer started to pull away a little from Jason Farrell and Nate Kern. It looked like Bemisderfer would give Hunt everything he could handle by lap three as the pair were almost inseparable as they crossed start finish. Lap after lap Bemisderfer stayed within three bike lengths of Hunt’s Suzuki, and in the closing laps started showing Hunt a wheel at the end of the front straight. Hunt worked on setup prior to the race, but felt it could be improved. In the end Hunt’s setup handed Bemisderfer an opportunity to move ahead for the win, and he took it. Nate Kern pushed past Farrell in the closing laps to round out the podium. Said Tim Hunt after the race, “I knew he (Bemisderfer) was setting me up. On the last lap my front end was chattering in turn five and he got past me. I tried to set him up coming onto the front straight, but the BMW had too much motor.” In ThunderBike Trey Yonce got the hole shot on his Suzuki SV650 and although Ducati rider Joey Thomas started from the last row on the grid, by the end of lap one he was only five seconds behind Yonce. If Thomas had any hopes of catching Yonce those soon faded as lap after lap Trey Yonce added a second to his gap on the field. By the end of lap five the gap had stabilized at seven seconds as Yonce backed off a little. The final Michelin Pro class of the event was Michelin Pro SportBike. Jim Cohrs on an R6 snatched an early lead and separated himself from the pack, at one time leading by more than six seconds. Jason Farrell aboard his Kawasaki fought back from an early deficit to close the gap down to about 3.5 seconds by the last lap. Cohrs hung on, winning decisively and capping a win-filled weekend. Cohrs knocked down nine victories in all. The finishing orders were as follows: ThunderBike 1 238 SUZ TREY YONCE COTTAGEVILLE, SC 2 281 DUC JOEY THOMAS ACCIDENT, MD 3 71 SUZ RAY HOFMAN WAUPUN, WI 4 113 SUZ RUSSELL MASECAR APEX, NC 5 236 BUE DARRELL RYALS NEW PORT RITCHEY, FL SportBike Amateur 1 720 SUZ MARCUS BLAIR GREENBACK, TN 2 211 KAW DARRIN KLEMENS PEARL RIVER, NY 3 52 SUZ WADE DEYERLE MARTINSBURG, WV SportBike 1 5 YAM JAMES COHRS SUWANEE, GA 2 86 KAW JASON FARRELL OSHKOSH, WI 3 72 YAM SCOTTY RYAN DELAVAN, WI 4 777 YAM MARK MILLER NORTH EAST, MD 5 41 KAW MATT BROWN MILL SPRINGS, NC SuperStock Amateur 1 16 SUZ TONY LEONG GLEN BURNIE, MD 2 720 SUZ MARCUS BLAIR GREENBACK, TN 3 114 HON AUSTIN BURKETT VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 4 694 SUZ TONY LAROCCA N CHARLESTON, SC SuperStock 1 511 BMW TIMOTHY BEMISDERFER GREENCASTLE, PA 2 717 SUZ TIM HUNT LA VERGNE, TN 3 12 BMW NATE KERN ROSWELL, GA 4 86 KAW JASON FARRELL OSHKOSH, WI 5 427 BMW ERIC HELMBACH CALIFON, NJ The Michelin Pro Series is sanctioned by the American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA), the professional arm of the Championship Cup Series (CCS). CCS is the largest grass roots motorcycle roadracing organization in the United States with a schedule of 50 events for 2011. As the professional arm of CCS, ASRA sanctions the Michelin Pro Series and Michelin Team Challenge. Both the Michelin Pro Series and the Michelin Team Challenge are 8-race series’ run at historical motor racing tracks located throughout the United States. ASRA and CCS are constantly pushing the envelope to deliver the best club level roadracing in the Americas. Go to www.ccsracing.com or call us at 817-246-1127 for more information about all three race series and find out how you can start racing today and join a community of riders like no other.