From a press release issued by Brand X Yamaha:
Faulkville, Ga., Brand X Yamaha had a very close race coming up 0.2 seconds short of second place overall after 4 hours of hard racing.
Bridgestone/WERA National Endurance Round 1:
Brand X Yamaha rider Ben Walters started the race off with a hole shot. At the end of the first hour Brand X Yamaha was second over all and second in class. Tripp Nobles showed he still had the speed by keeping the bike in the number two spot. Brett Champagne was given a new Michelin rear slick for his stint and showed he knew how to use it by posting some of the team’s fastest times. The team had an unfortunate unscheduled pit stop late in the race. The pit stop forced the team into a 30 minute fight for second. When the checkered flag dropped Brand X Yamaha was third just .2 seconds out of second.
“I’m happy with the results. Last year our motorcycle left in two pieces.” said Team owner/ rider Ben Walters. “The Yamaha R1 has the best power delivery out of any motorcycle I have ever ridden. The bike was on rails this weekend.”
More information on Brand X Yamaha can be found at www.BrandX13.com
More, from a press release issued by WERA:
Round #1 WERA National Challenge Series
Round #1 of the Bridgestone WERA National Endurance kicked off at Roebling Road in Bloomingdale, Georgia on Saturday, March 15th. 30 entries with 29 Teams taking the grid for the four hour first round. Series defending Champions, Vesrah Suzuki were down one man due to a practice crash where Tray Batey sustained an injury to his ankle. That left the riding duties to John Jacobi, Chris Ulrich and Team Owner Mark Junge. Vesrah led each hour and finished with a four lap lead over 2nd overall, Team Maxxis, with Jeff Atwell, Tim Bemisderfer and Team Owner Billy Ethridge sharing the riding duties. 3rd Overall went to Brand X, with Brett Champagne, Tripp Nobles and Ben Walters riding. The Heavyweight Superstock Class was won by the 2007 Champions TVR 131 with Chuck Ivey, Ruben Frankenfield and Zac Chapman sharing riding duties; Mediumweight Superbike Class win went to #16 Wikle Racing, with the Wikle family Luke, Russell and Luther Wikle and the help of Ryan O’Donnell; the Mediumweight Superstock Class win went to the #7 Dalke Motorsports Team Dalke and Westby Racing (the 2007 Mediumweight Superstock champions) combined efforts and it paid off with riders Giovanni Rojas, Dane Westby and Dustin Meador doing the riding; the Lightweight Superbike Class win went to #419 Ghetto Customs, 2007 defending champs with riders Chris Parrish, Russell Stoddard, Cale Swiger and Tim Birdsong. Racing between Maxxis and Brand X was fierce right to the checkers with Maxxis finishing 3:59:32.268 and Brand X at 3:59:32.484.
The same tight racing was seen all day Sunday during the Michelin National Challenge Series Sprints. The Open Superstock race saw Robert Jensen take a narrow victory over John Jacobi. 600 Superstock saw a battle between Dane Westby, Robert Jensen and Taylor Knapp all the way to the finish with the result being Westby, Jensen and Knapp.750 Superstock saw Jacobi get past Jensen for the win with Westby right on their tail. The 600 Superbike win went to Westby with Ryan Clay taking the 750 Superbike win. Kris Wall saw victory in the Formula Two race and Ryan O’Donnell took the honors in the Lightweight Twins Superstock race. Novice riders Jimmy Merck, Jevaughn Simons and Tryg Westby saw multiple wins over the weekend.
The series moves to Talladega Gran Prix Raceway in Talladega, Alabama over the April 4/5/6 weekend. Full results can be found on www.wera.com.
More, from a press release issued by North Texas Superbikes:
Dunlop N-Tech riders Westby and Howard continue to roll.
North Texas Superbikes and Dunlop supported Dane Westby and Ty Howard both shined at two separate racing venues this past weekend, Westby at the WERA National at Roebling Road, Georgia, and Howard at CCS-South’s Eagle’s Canyon, Texas.
Dunlop N-Tech D211 equipped Dane Westby won two closely contested races against WERA’s best in 600 Super Stock and 600 Superbike at Roebling Road. “The D211 is better than anything I have ever been on, and I could just get in the corners way deep and on the gas sooner than everyone else,” said Dane. “The NT’s let me get around Jensen on the outside, they totally railed.” Westby also added two third place finishes in 750 Super Stock and Open Super Stock, starting the National series season strongly by leading the points in the 600 classes going into the next round at Talladega.
Ty Howard continued to set the pace in his first outing on the new Dunlop N-Tech 7 series Slicks, at this weekend’s CCS-South event at Eagle’s Canyon. Despite green track conditions and high winds, Howard established a new record of 1:49:40 during the Unlimited GP race winning by 52 seconds, and also winning the GTO race by over 40. “I was shutting out of it everywhere down the straights, trying to keep from getting blown off the track,” cited Howard. “But I was hammering the 1000 off the corners and could not get it to spin at all. When we come back again I know we can go a lot faster, and take a bunch more time off.”
North Texas Superbikes offers the full line of Dunlop N-Tec tires which will be available at all rounds of CCS South and the CMRA racing series. North Texas Superbikes supports all racing and track day riding in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana and may be contacted at 1-866-536-1279.