Updated: First Round Of NJMP SportBike Championship Cup Series Draws 735 Entries

Updated: First Round Of NJMP SportBike Championship Cup Series Draws 735 Entries

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Millville NJ (May 3, 2010) As the uncommon summerlike heat wave rolled over New Jersey Motorsports Park this past weekend, so too rolled a huge field of two wheeled titans as they challenged every twisting corner of Thunderbolt raceway for two days of arduous professional and amateur motorcycle road racing, concluding with an action packed Sunday afternoon slate of 17 elbow and knee rubbing 10 lap sprint races. This was the first of a 2010 four weekend race series tagged as the Inaugural NJMP SportBike Championship Cup Series. Remaining race weekends will be June 25-27, July 23-25, and September 10-12. Hot weather and hot racers weren’t the only challenges for the daredevil weekend that were rolling over the greenscape of NJMP. Record levels of allergy aggravating pollen swept across the 2.25 miles of tarmac just as fast as the ever speedy track crews jet-blew the ugly yellow powder off the racing surface, causing riders to add a new dimension of bravery to keep their bikes right side up as they charged through the visibility dampening rooster tails of the yellow fuzz. With 735 entries jacketing the 17 amateur and professional races, nearly every state in America was represented. The wheel to wheel action kept race fans and family members on the edge of their seats, campers, and tailgates as numerous riders over-tested their limits of traction and went sliding off track in their reinforced leather racing suits across the grassy run off areas that Thunderbolt and Lightning raceways at NJMP provide for rider and driver safety. Luckily for all involved, there were no serious injuries, just some bruised racing egos and elbows. Some of the most exciting racing of the weekend came from 3 riders competing in the US Grand Prix Racers Union for their Pilot 125 GP and Rising Sun Cycles/GP Tech feature races. Riders Jake Lewis, Nobi Iso, and Nick Hansen put on a two race display of skill and courage with both races ending in identical finishing positions with final lap drafting passes just before the checkers were flown on the super fast front straight of Thunderbolt Raceway. On the podium for the second time of the day in the same finishing order, the trio from Kentucky, Oregon, and Wisconsin respectively, all said they gave it their every effort in the extreme heat, but at the end it was the fearless fifteen year old Jake Lewis who out foxed his teammate Iso on their like prepared Aprilias, with Hansen locked into their draft on his swift Honda. For further results and stories, please visit www.ccsracing.us and www.usgpru.net Editorial Note: Jake Lewis is 14 years old, according to his tuner Tryce Welch.

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