Jensen Wins at Jennings GP
CCS Florida/Southeast Jennings GP
October 7, 2007
Robert Jensen nabbed three victories at Jennings GP during a mostly wet, but occasionally dry race day. He took his first win during the Unlimited Supersport race on a wet track, following the first downpour of the day and finished ahead of Ben Thompson and Santiago Villa. The track was beginning to dry out when he won the Heavyweight Supersport race, finishing ahead of Andres Londono and Greg Melka. And conditions were similar during the final event, the Unlimited Grand Prix.
Although it was not raining during the grand finale event, the track was still wet with some puddling as the riders took to the grid. Jensen started from the third row on his GSX-R 1000 and had to work his way through traffic to get to early front runner Greg Melka’s GSX-R 1000. By the halfway mark, Jensen was in the lead and widening the gap between himself and the rest of the field. Behind him, Thompson on board his GSX-R 1000 and Josh Day on his R6 were also working through traffic and hunting down the leader. Jensen took the checkered flag as Thompson rounded the final turn. In third place, Day turned the fastest lap of the race during the final lap.
On the podium, Jensen commented, “I just needed to kind of feel out the conditions. Greg had the benefit of being out there in the rain before. I just took it easy and I’m glad my bike’s fast because that helped to get by Ben on the back straightaway. I was just taking it easy and just kind of keeping an eye on my guy on pit lane and not pushing it any harder than I had to to stay out front.”
Jensen plans to continue racing at the GNF and Race of Champions during the upcoming weeks.
Villa was also a three time winner, taking home first place trophies in the GTO, Unlimited Superbike, and Middleweight Superbike classes. Other multiple winners of the weekend included Melka, Sean Dwyer, Fernando Ferreyra, and Stephen Hill.
UNLIMITED GRAND PRIX RESULTS: 1. Robert Jensen (GSX-R 1000); 2. Ben Thompson (GSX-R 1000); 3. Joshua Day (R6); 4. Greg Melka (GSX-R 1000); 5. Santiago Villa (GSX-R 1000); 6. Andres Londono (R6); 7. Sean Dwyer (R6); 8. Bradly Graham (R6); 9. Thomas DiGiandomenico (CBR 600RR); 10. Robert Dougherty (GSX-R 750).
More, from a press release issued by Fasttrax:
NELSONS LEDGES, Ohio Fasttrax closed its 2007 sprint series with races Sunday at Nelsons Ledges that saw Eric Boettcher enter the record books as overall expert champion for the season and Dave Dispenza as overall novice champion.
Individual class champions will be revealed at the Fasttrax awards banquet October 26th at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Taking multiple trips to the podium Sunday was Sam Gaige who earned three first-place trophies winning Superbike Unlimited, GT I and Superbike 600 on a Suzuki GSXR 1000.
The Buell Series races saw Bill Smith and Shawn Strawser trading leads until Strawser made the final pass for the win.
And the Formula 40 Lite race it was the Rocchetti brothers’ sibling rivalry providing the excitement. Riding nearly identical Kawasaki EX500s the brotherly chase was on for all 10 laps with Lewis Rocchetti taking first place followed by William in second and Patrick in third.
Race 1:
Super Twins Expert: 1st, Andrew Sexton, Ducati 999; 2nd, Fred Neumeyer, Aprilia RD250.
Super Twins Novice: 1st Dave Dispenza, Suzuki SV650; 2nd Sean Wilson, Suzuki SV650; Jon Clausen, Ducati 996.
Formula 40 Midweight Expert: Mark Martin, Suzuki GSXR 600.
Formula 40 Midweight Novice: 1st, Michael Farmer, Suzuki GSXR 600; 2nd Kenneth Fischer, Yamaha R-6; 3rd, David Eller, Kawasaki ZX6R.
Buell: 1st, Shawn Strawser, Buell XB9R; 2nd, Bill Smith, Buell EXB9R; 3rd, Bruce McLaghlan, Buell XB9R.
Race 2:
GTIII Expert: 1st, Sam Williams (also Veterans B Lite) , Kawasaki GPZ 550; 2nd, Bill Bloom, Kawasaki GPZ 550.
Superbike Lite: 1st, Eric Boettcher, Yamaha FZR400; 2nd, Quentin Mize, Yamaha FZR 400.
Race 3:
Superbike Unlimited Expert: 1st Sam Gaige, Suzuki GSXR1000; 2nd, Michael Molnar, Honda CBR 1000; 3rd, Lee Luchette, Yamaha R-6; 4th, Jim Vaughn, Honda CBR600.
Unlimited Superbike Novice: 1st, Bruce Ostrander, Yamaha R-6; 2nd, Jeff Wrobel, Yamaha 600; 3rd, Robert Hancock, Suzuki GSXR 600; 4th, Greg Massie, Suzuki GSXR1000; 5th, Rick Lind, Suzuki GSXR750; 6th, Daniel Runion, Suzuki GSXR600; 7th, Dean Bosch, Honda CBR600.
Race 4:
GTII Expert: Eric Boettcher, Yamaha FZR400.
GTII Novice: 1st, Dave Dispenza, Suzuki SV650; 2nd, David Ingram, Suzuki SV650; 3rd, Sean Wilson, Suzuki SV650; 4th, Jeff Manley, Suzuki SV650; 5th, Justin Barker, Suzuki SV650; 6th, Wendell Crain, Suzuki SV650.
Race 5:
GTI Expert: Sam Gaige, Suzuki GSXR1000;, 2nd, Michael Molnar, Honda CBR1000; 3rd, Jim Vaughn, Honda CBR600; 4th, Christian Volcko, Kawasaki 636; 5th, Dean Whitaker, Yamaha R-1.
GTI Novice: 1st, Bruce Ostrander, Yamaha R-6; Jeff Wrobel, Yamaha 600; 3rd, Ross Lubrani, Yamaha R-6; 4th, Robert Hancock, Suzuki GSXR600;5th, Greg Massie, Suzuki GSXR1000; 6th, Rick Lind, Suzuki GSXR750; 7th, Kenneth Fischer, Yamaha R-6; 8th, Michael Farmer, Suzuki GSCR600; 9th, Donald Quallen, Suzuki GSXR600; 10th, Dean Bosch, Honda 600.
Race 6:
Buell: 1st, Shawn Strawser, Buell XB9R; 2nd, Bill Smith, Buell XB9R.
Formula 40 Lite Expert: 1st, Lewis Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500; 2nd, William Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500; 3rd, Patrick Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500; 5th, Tim Batten, Yamaha FZR.
Formula 40 Lite Novice: Wendell Crain, Suzuki SV650. Veterans B: 1st, Sam Williams, Kawasaki GPZ550; 2nd, Bill Bloom, Kawasaki GPZ500.
Race 7:
Superbike 600 Expert: 1st, Sam Gaige, Suzuki GSXR1000; 2nd, Jim Vaughn, Honda CBR600; 3rd, Christian Volcko, Kawasaki 636; 4th. Lee Luchette, Yamaha R-6; 5th, Ron Ruppert, Suzuki GSXR600; 6th, Quentin Mize, Suzuki GSXR600.
Superbike 600 Novice: 1st, Bruce Ostrander, Yamaha R-6; 2nd, Jeff Wrobel, Yamaha 600; 3rd, Ross Lubrani, Yamaha R-6; 4th Robert Hancock, Suzuki GSXR600; 5th, Kenneth Fischer, Yamaha R-6; 6th, Dave Dispenza, Suzuki SV650; 7th, Michael Farmer, Suzuki GSXR600; 8th, Jim Fear, Yamaha R-6; 9th, Daniel Runion, Suzuki GSXR600; 10th, Dean Bosch, Honda 600.
Race 8:
Formula 40 Heavyweight: 1st, Andrew Sexton, Ducati 999; 2nd, Ron Ruppert, Suzuki GSXR600; 3rd, Dean Whittaker, Yamaha R-1; 4th, Rex Miller, Suzuki GSXR750; Fred Neumeyer, Aprilia RS 250.
Formula 40 Heavweight Novice: Greg Massie, Suzuki GSXR1000.
Race 9:
Medium Twins Novice: 1st, Dave Dispenza, Suzuki SV650; 2nd, David Ingram, Suzuki SV650; 3rd, Jeff Manley, Suzuki SV650; 4th, Shawn Strawser, Buell XB9R; 5th, Wendell Crain, Suzuki SV650.
Veterans A Lite: 1st, Eric Boettcher, Yamaha FZR400; 2nd, William Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500; 3rd, Lewis Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500; 4th, Patrick Rocchetti, Kawasaki EX500.
Fasttrax is a family-oriented club racing organization with its home track at Nelsons Ledges, Ohio. For information on all of Fasttrax’s events and programs visit www.Fasttraxlive.com
More, from a press release issued by Steve Martin’s publicist:
Martin, Metatarsals and Magny Cours Riding for the Celani Suzuki team at the final round of the World Superbike Championship last weekend, Steve Martin took the chequered flag in 16th position in race one after an on track incident lost him his strong 9th position, but came away from race two with a broken metatarsal in his right foot following a high side crash.
Having made improvements to the GSXR1000’s set-up and lap times over the weekend, Steve qualified in 15th place to make Superpole, where he was able to improve on his position to take the 13th spot on the grid.
Commenting on race one Steve said, “I had a good start off the line but saw Lanzi flying in the air at the first corner so had to cut across to the inside in order to avoid being caught up in that. I’d been strong through the first sector all weekend and just held the bike flat out to make my way up to 9th by the end of the first lap.
“I was then setting myself up to overtake Rolfo even though the space was tight, but I ran a bit wide and on to the oil that had been laid on the track earlier in the day. That allowed Smrz to slip past me but he then unfortunately lost the front and went down in front of me.
“I had two split second choices – either run over him or run off the track, so that incident lost me a lot of time and landed me back in 17th until I was able to overtake Morelli.”
With Lanzi out of race two with minor injuries, Steve was elevated to 12th on the grid although his second race was short lived when Steve high-sided on lap 5, resulting in a trip to the medical centre and an X-ray which revealed a broken metatarsal in his right foot.
Steve explained, “It’s disappointing to end the season with a crash but it appears that it was just one of those things I was in the middle of the corner with only 2% throttle when the back came around on me. With further development of the bike’s electrical system that could be stopped from happening again but we made good progress with the limited time we had.”
Steve continued, “Overall it’s been a good weekend as far as development of the bike is concerned. It’s come a long way over the last three meetings and for what the bike package is, the team and I feel we got the maximum out of it and to be able to run in 9th position is evidence of that.
“I’ve enjoyed the three meetings with the team, they have proved to be a very professional and competent outfit, we’ve worked well together and also had a lot of fun.”
Steve, Sandra and Axel have now returned to their European home in Switzerland where Steve will be seeing doctors this week to ensure his foot heals as quickly as possibly so that he can race in the last round of the World Endurance Championship at Qatar in a few weeks.
The Martin family will hopefully return to their Australian home in time for Axel’s first birthday on 25th October, and also then evaluate the variety of options, both on and off track, that Steve has for next year.