Kneedraggers.com’s Robert Jensen won two Formula USA races Sunday at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), near Danville, Virginia, while Arclight Suzuki’s Jeff Wood and Millville & Wildwood Harley-Davidson/Buell’s Dave Estok each won a single race during changeable weather conditions. Jensen won the wet Superbike race on his Michelin-rain-tire-equipped Yamaha YZF-R6, and later won the dry Formula Sportbike race on his Suzuki GSX-R750. Arclight Suzuki’s Jeff Wood finished second to Jensen in Superbike and Formula Sportbike but made a dramatic come-from-behind move to beat Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May by 0.006 second in Sportbike. The Thunderbike final was started on a wet-but-quickly-drying track. Estok made the best choice of Pirelli tires and won going away over Hal’s Performance Buell’s Dan Bilansky and CAD Racing’s Darren Danilowicz, who rode a Suzuki SV650. May and teammate Michael Barnes (who crashed out of the wet Superbike race earlier in the day) slugged it out on their GSX-R1000 AMA Superstock-spec bikes in the CCS Unlimited Grand Prix. In preparation for the AMA National at VIR later this year, each rider was testing a different compound of rear Pirelli tire, and Barnes made the most of his tire to win. May finished a close second. Jensen was a distant third on his Suzuki GSX-R750. Race Results From Virginia International Raceway (VIR): F-USA Sportbike: 1. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), 15 laps 2. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600), -0.006 second 3. Michael Himmelsbach (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Scott Greenwood (Kaw ZX-6RR) 5. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600) 7. Ryan Elleby (Suz GSX-R600) 8. Adam Dolney (Yam YZF-R6) 9. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R600) 10. Brent Lilly (Hon CBR600RR) 11. Adam Swetlow (Kaw ZX-6), -1 lap 12. Jonathan Lawrence (Yam YZF-R6), -2 laps 13. Bob Michael (Suz GSX-R600), -7 laps 14. Joshua Wohlstein (Suz GSX-R600), -7 laps 15. Scott Harwood (Hon CBR600), -10 laps F-USA Superbike: 1. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), 16 laps 2. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), crash, -32.496 seconds 3. Trey Yonce (Yam YZF-R) 4. Scott Greenwood (Kaw ZX-6R) 5. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Michael Himmelsbach (Yam YZF-R6) 7. Adam Dolney (Yam YZF-R6) 8. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R600) 9. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap 10. Chris Rockwell (Yam YZF-R6), -2 laps 11. Robert Lombardi (Suz GSX-R600), -2 laps 12. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600), -9 laps, DNF, mechanical 13. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R600), -14 laps, DNF, crash F-USA Formula Sportbike: 1. Robert Jensen (Suz GSX-R750), 16 laps 2. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R750), -20.113 seconds 3. Jesse Janisch (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Joseph Spina (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R750) 7. Joe Ribeiro (Suz GSX-R750) 8. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R750), -1 lap 9. Rick Beggs (Kaw ZX-6), -8 laps, DNF, retired F-USA Thunderbike: 1. Dave Estok (Buell XB12R), 12 laps 2. Dan Bilansky (Buell XB12R), -13.719 seconds 3. Darren Danilowicz (Suz SV650) 4. David Yaakov (Suz SV650) 5. Sam Rozynski (Buell XB12R) 6. Walt Sipp (Buell XB12R) 7. Joseph Romano (Duc 748) 8. Clint Brotz (Buell XB12R) 9. Joe Rozynski (Buell XB12R) 10. Gary Bunner (Duc 748), -1 lap 11. Matthew Buck (Suz SV650), -1 lap 12. Mark Evry (Suz SV650), -1 lap 13. Russell Masecar (Suz SV650), -2 laps, DNF, crash 14. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB12R), -8 laps, DNF, mechanical CCS Unlimited Grand Prix: 1. Michael Barnes (Suz GSX-R1000), 7 laps 2. Geoff May (Suz GSX-R1000), -1.69 seconds 3. Robert Jensen (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Jesse Janisch (Suz GSX-R750) 5. Scott Carpenter (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Joseph Spina (Suz GSX-R750) 7. Joe Ribeiro (Suz GSX-R750) 8. Kenny Rodriguez (Hon CBR1000RR) 9. Brent Lilly (Hon CBR600RR) 10. Arnold Hastings (Suz GSX-R750) 11. Matthew Huber (Hon CBR1000RR) 12. Tony Sawyer (Duc 998) 13. Donald Martin (Hon CBR954RR)
Updated Post: Jensen, Jeff Wood, Estok, Barnes Win F-USA, CCS Races At VIR
Updated Post: Jensen, Jeff Wood, Estok, Barnes Win F-USA, CCS Races At VIR
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