Updated: Jeff Wood Wins Two CCS Races At Summit Point

Updated: Jeff Wood Wins Two CCS Races At Summit Point

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Arclight Suzuki’s Jeff Wood won two CCS races Sunday at Summit Point Raceway, in Summit Point, West Viriginia. Riding his Dunlop-shod GSX-R600, Wood grabbed the holeshot in the Middleweight Supersport sprint and steadily pulled away to win the seven-lap race by approximately nine seconds. Wood’s teammate Scott Harwell finished second, beating Champion Martin Moto Yamaha’s Michael Himmelsbach and Argo Cycles Kawasaki’s Scott Greenwood. Wood returned three races later in Heavyweight Supersport and, again, topped his teammate Harwell by two seconds, breaking the overall track record in the process. Harwell made a last-lap pass on World GSX-R Cup Champion Robert Jensen to secure second. Jensen, who is recovering from a big crash in wet conditions Saturday, finished third. Earlier in the day, Jensen rode his Michelin-fitted Kneedraggers.com Suzuki GSX-R750 to victory in GTO, and Himmelsbach bounced back to capture the Middleweight Superbike win. Other CCS race winners Sunday at Summit Point Raceway included: Harding H-D/Buell’s Dave Estok in Thunderbike, Stewart Aitken-Cade in 125cc Grand Prix, William Dietz in Ultra Light Superbike, Main Line BMW’s Nate Kern in Lightweight Supersport, Joey Thomas in Lightweight Superbike, Steve Keener in Lightweight Superbike, Tapeworks Graphics’ Russell Masecar in SuperTwins and Joseph Spina in Unlimited Superbike. Racers lucky to escape big crashes Sunday were Art Diaz and Ray Bowman, who both crashed at high speed in turn four. Diaz’s Buell tumbled down the track end-over-end, and Bowman’s 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000 literally broke in half at the main frame spars when it hit a tire-fronted wall outside the turn. Both walked away from their respective crashes. Saturday’s CCS race winners included: Wood in Unlimited Supersport and GTU, Diaz in Formula 40 Lightweight, Randy Rega in Formula 40 and Kern in GT Lights. In addition, Team Performance Cycle’s Ray Bowman and Joe Romano won Saturday’s red-flag-shortened Formula USA Team Challenge, completing 54 laps on their Suzuki GSX-R1000. Team Yochum Motorsports (Shawn Conrad, Calvin Martinez, Kevin Gordon and Nate Kern) finished second overall and retained the F-USA Team Challenge Championship Point lead over Team Fast Lane Racing (Kevin Tate, Rick Beggs, David Hackenberry and Pete Moravek), which was third overall in the endurance event. More, from a press release issued by Main Line BMW: Main Line BMW Team Pro Motion Sportbike Club sponsored racer Nate Kern wins GTL and LWSS by 5 seconds at Summit Point Raceway on the a BMW Boxer Cup bike. Later in the day Kern was stripped of another 5 + second victory in LWGP when his bike went on track without a transponder!? In LWSB Kern lost his 3 second lead on fading 65 lap tires to finish 2nd. Later in the day Nate entered the big BMW in the MWSS race against 600’s and finished 16th out 40+ riders in the field. Nate’s BMWs are prepared by Michael Peter of Main Line BMW. The team has worked hard to get the dry weight down to 469lbs. and puts out 80RWHP on the former Boxer Cup machine. Kern and his sponsors are looking forward to a successful rest of the weekend. Main Line BMW Team Pro Motion Sportbike Club rider Nate Kern and team has had Vincent Haskovec in their thoughts and prayers all weekend. The talk of sympathy and support for Vincent over the PA system and in the paddock at Summit Point Raceway this weekend has been inspiring.

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