ASRA Team Challenge Presented by Michelin Tire
TSE Takes 2017 ASRA Team Challenge Opener
Kershaw, SC – The American Sportbike Racing Association Team Challenge Series kicked off the 2017 season at Carolina Motorsports Park on April 9, 2017 with Cory West taking the victory on the TSE Racing Yamaha R6. With two red flags the race finished on time instead of the posted 69 laps and the TSE crew managed their pit stops perfectly to keep West out front for the majority of the event. With the top 4 machines finishing 49 laps, the 55 second margin of victory was even more impressive when you consider the runner up LB Sports (Lloyd Bayley) was riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000. Rounding out the top 3 was the Yamaha R6 of Mazziotto Racing (Anthony Mazziotto) just 6 seconds back of the runner-up.
For the GTO class, it was LB Sports for the win followed by the Kawasaki 1000 of Bubblegum Racing (James Fotinopoulos, Richard O’Hare). Rounding out the top three in GTO was the Jones Express BMW 1000 (Ryan Jones) with 48 laps complete in the red-flag shortened event.
In the GTU class, the top spot went to TSE Racing followed by Mazziotto Racing in second and then it was Ol’ Boys Racing (Julio Vallette, Paul Guy, Jonathan E Thomas) finishing on the third step of the class podium.
After a great battle in the GTL class, it was Fairfax Cycles Racing (Jason Zelibor) securing the season opening win over RBOM 128 (Michael Copoulos, Chris Bays, Chris Parrish) in second position, while things did not go their way, a solid third place for the 2016 GTL Champions LWT Racer 171 (Todd Alberico, Benjamin Loyle) leaves them in position to capture another National Championship for 2017.
The next stop for the ASRA Team Challenge Presented by Michelin Tire is Autobahn Country Club’s south course on April 29, 2017. For more information visit www.ASRAracing.com and follow the links or call 817-246-1127 (9 to 5 Central Time Monday through Thursday).
The American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) is the parent organization to the Championship Cup Series (CCS), the largest amateur motorcycle road racing organization in the United States issuing over 2800 licenses per year. ASRA promotes eight AMA sanctioned Sprint Series and eight AMA sanctioned Team Challenge road racing events for 2017. The CCS Series sanctions 40 events at popular tracks around the United States, including Daytona International Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Road America, New Jersey Motorsports Park and Virginia International Raceway among other fine venues. In 2016 ASRA and CCS will provide riders with access to millions of dollars of sponsorship awards through participation in its sanctioned events.
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