Veatch Motorsports Buell’s Dave Estok won the ASRA Thunderbike race Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Alabama, but the star of the show was Arclight Suzuki’s Jeff Wood, who not only won both the Superbike and Sportbike races but clinched the ASRA Superbike Championship with two rounds remaining in the series.

American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama August 13 Race Results:

SUPERBIKE: 1. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Brian Stokes (Kaw ZX-6R): 3. Darren Luck (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Michael Himmelsbach (Tri Daytona 675); 6. James Mosley (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap; 7. Walt Sipp (Buell XB-RR), -1 lap; 8. Dafan Zhang (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap; 9. Nate Panek (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap; 10. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB-12R), -6 laps, DNF, mechanical.

THUNDERBIKE: 1. Dave Estok (Buell XB-12R); 2. Dan Bilansky (Buell XB-12R); 3. Nate Kern (BMW R 1200 S); 4. Sam Rozynski (Buell XB-12R); 5. Joseph Rozynski (Buell XB-12R); 6. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB-12R), mechanical; 7. Wiliam Thomas (Duc 748); 8. Anthony Caligiuri (Buell XB-12R), -1 lap; 9. Richard Bubarton (Suz SV650), -1 lap; 10. David Myers (Buell XB-12R), -1 lap; 11. Greg Avello (Buell XB-12R), -2 laps; 12. Gary Bunner (Duc 748 ), -8 laps, DNF, crash.

SPORTBIKE: 1. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600); 2. Brian Stokes (Kaw ZX-6R); 3. Darren Luck (Suz GSX-R600); 4. Michael Himmelsbach (Tri Daytona 675); 5. Andy Feuersthaler (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Greg Melka (Yam YZF-R6); 7. Mauricio Roque (Suz GSX-R600); 8. James Mosley (Suz GSX-R600); 9. John Spinelli (Suz GSX-R600); 10. Mark Schnettler (Hon CBR600RR), -1 lap; 11. Dafan Zhang (Kaw ZX-6RR), -1 lap; 12. Nate Panek (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap; 13. Bob Michael (Suz GSX-R600), -10 laps, DNF.

More, From a press release issued by Buell Motorcycle Company:

ESTOK OUT-DUELS BILANSKY FOR THUNDERBIKE WIN AT BARBER

Aboard Buell Firebolt, Estok Also Takes ASRA Thunderbike Points Lead

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Veatch Motorsports rider Dave Estok won a race-long battle with Hal’s H-D/Buell-Hal’s Speed Shop rider Dan Bilansky to take a victory at the American SportBike Racing Association (ASRA) Thunderbike National at Barber Motorsports Park. Both riders were aboard Buell Firebolt motorcycles. The win also moves Estok into the Thunderbike season points lead after six of eight events. Estok, the defending National Thunderbike champion, led qualifying for the race on Saturday, posting a lap of 1:46.39 in wet conditions on the 2.38-mile Barber road course. Bilansky qualified second with a time of 1:47.029.

Harley-Davidson/Buell of Frederick rider Bryan Bemisderfer, starting from third position, got the jump on Estok and Bilansky at the start of the 12-lap National and led the first lap, with Bilansky second and Estok third. Estok passed Bilansky and Bemisderfer together on lap two, and the trio of Buell-mounted riders raced in tight formation until Bemisderfer dropped back with a fading clutch on lap four. That left Estok and Bilansky to duel the remainder of the distance for the win. Bilansky managed to put a wheel under Estok on several occasions but was never able to make a pass. Both Estok and Bilansky broke the Thunderbike track record during the race, with Estok establishing a new mark with a lap time of 1:34.160.

“Once Bemisderfer dropped back, both Bilansky and I just put our heads down and poured it on,” said Estok. “I don’t think I looked back once during the race, but I sure heard Dan back there a few times and felt his front wheel right next to me more than once.

“In the end, I had a little better luck with some lapped traffic and that helped me hold him off,” said Estok. “The Veatch team put a great Buell motorcycle under me today.”

Nate Kern finished third on a BMW. Buell riders Sam Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal’s Speed Shop), and Joe Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal’s Speed Shop) were fourth and fifth. Bemisderfer finished sixth. William Thomas was seventh on a Ducati, followed by Buell rider Anthony Caligiuri (Liberty Harley-Davidson/Buell), Richard Dubarton on a Suzuki, and Buell riders David Meyers (Delta Distributing) and Greg Avello (Bader Motorsports/Hal’s Speed Shop).

Buell racers also took two wins and two podium finishes during the Championship Cup Series support races at Barber. Estok won both CCS Expert Thunderbike and CCS Expert SuperTwins.

Estok took over the Thunderbike season points lead with his win at Barber. After six of eight races, Estok has 161 points, Bemisderfer drops to second with 154 points, and Kern is third with 134 points. The next race on the ASRA Thunderbike National schedule is September 9-10 at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Ill.

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