ROLLERI AND GRUY TAKE WEST COAST TITLES Odenton, MD. September 27, 2005 The USGPRU powered by AlwaysOnline.net met this weekend at the world-class California Speedway to decide the western region championship. In the Dialitintracktime.com 250GP qualifying, local favorite, Bradley Adams, set a blistering pace of 1:34.019 on his Yamaha TZ250 to clinch pole position. East coaster, Garrett Carter, rode a borrowed bike to an impressive second place, followed by ex-AMA 250GP racer Billy Dalu. The 250GP event was led start to finish by Adams. He was clearly in a different race from the rest of the field. The big battle was a 6-way brawl for second place. Mark Watts, Vincent Rolleri, Billy Dalu, Tyler Reiswig, and Stewart Aitken-Cade threw down for the first few laps. Aitken-Cade, riding his little 125, was able to hang with the group for a few laps until their horsepower advantage became too much. On lap 2, Dalu fumbled in turn 2 and spent the next 4 laps catching up to the rest of the pack. Eventually passing Reiswig and closing on Rolleri on the final lap. Watts rode to a solid 2nd place finish, followed by Rolleri. In a last ditched attempt to pass Rolleri, Dalu overshot turn 10 and ended up making the pass by cutting the corner. He was later penalized for the infraction and had to settle for 4th place. The west coast regional 250 championship came down to the wire. Rolleri held a narrow points-lead going into this round and Bradley’s strong finish put him in range of victory. In the end though, it was Rolleri’s day as he narrowly held onto a 10-point lead to clinch the championship. Adams came in second with Tyler Reiswig in third. The Acid Cigar’s 125GP qualifying was dominated by 17 year-old Texan, Will Gruy. Will put his Honda RS125 on the pole at a blazing 1:37.706. He was followed closely by the east coast regional champion Garrett Carter. Tyler Reiswig rounded out the front row of the 24 bike grid. The race was a complete barnburner right from the start. The front pack was a 12 bike pack all dicing for a shot at the $4,000 purse. The leader, Will Gruy was able to hold off all attempts until Ryan Ferris crashed in turn 2 resulting in a red flag and an 8-lap restart. The restart put Gruy back out in the lead, followed by Reiswig. The battle for third was a real paint-swapping free-for-all. Carter was eventually able to break free from the pack and started realing in Reiswig, but ultimately ran out of laps and had to settle for third. The battle for 4th place was a 5-way rumble up until the end. 14 year-old Tommy Aquino ran a superb race to hold off Erik Dadej, Quintero, Aitken-Cade, and Solis. The west coast regional 125GP championship was a slam-dunk for Gruy. He clinched the title by a solid 46 points over Aquino. Tyler Reiswig was able to steal third place from Mike Orien by a mere 5 points. The battle for the 125GP National Championship will be decided next weekend at the Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. Will Gruy leads Garrett Carter by 6 points. Gruy has the home track advantage, but Carter has the horsepower on his side. The 250GP Championship is not quite as close as Floridian Josh Day has a 46-point advantage over Garrett Carter. With 50 points up for grabs, it’s still possible, but Garrett’s got his work cut out for him. With a $10,000 purse up for grabs, everyone will be pulling all the stops out for this final round of the 2005 season. Tune into Two Wheel Tuesday on Speed, as they will be out covering the event. Acid Cigar’s 125GP results: 1. Will Gruy (Hon RS125) 2. Tyler Reiswig (Hon RS125) 3. Garrett Carter (Hon RS125) 4. Tommy Aquino (Hon RS125) 5. Eric Dadej (Hon RS125) 6. Rolando Quintero (Hon RS125) 7. Stewart Aitken-Cade (Hon RS125) 8. Ben Solis (Hon RS125) 9. Mike Orien (Hon RS125) 10. Jay Pilster (Hon RS125) 11. Leonard Mellgren (Hon RS125) 12. Bryce Prince (Hon RS125) 13. Debra Kuick (Hon RS125) 14. Phillip Krenn (Hon RS125) 15. Nicole Johnson (Hon RS125) 16. Kirk Snell (Hon RS125) 17. Jerry Berkey (Hon RS125) 18. Kevin Murray (Yam TZ125) 19. Jon Schendel (Yam TZ125) 20. Jeffrey Lim (Hon RS125) 21. Ryan Ferris (Hon RS125), DNF 22. Blair Sullengren (Hon RS125), DNF 23. Britt Arechiga (Hon RS125), DNS 24. Darryl Boediarto (Hon RS125), DNS Dialitintracktime.com 250GP results: 1. Bradley Adams (Yam TZ250) 2. Mark Watts (Yam TZ250) 3. Vincent Rolleri (Yam TZ250) 4. Billy Dalu (Yam TZ250) 5. Tyler Reiswig (Hon RS250) 6. Stewart Aitken-Cade (Hon RS125) 7. Joji Tokumoto (Yam TZ250) 8. Rolando Quintero (Hon RS125) 9. Derek Dutt (Hon RS250) 10. Kirk Snell (Hon RS125) 11. Brian Lowe (Yam TZ250) 12. Phillip Krenn (Hon RS125) 13. John Lee (Hon RS250) 14. Mike Lytle (Yam TZ250) 15. Christian Fletcher (Yam TZ250) 16. Garrett Carter (Yam TZ250), DNF 17. Alexander White (Yam TZ250), DNS 18. Andrew Edwards (Apr RSV250), DNS About USGPRU The USGPRU, Powered by AlwaysOnline.net, is the officially recognized Motorcycle 125 Grand Prix National Championship ® and 250 Grand Prix National Championship TM series. The USGPRU emulates true World MotoGP racing experience and serves to attract young riders to gain experience in a professional environment and provide a path to world-class motorcycle racing. The USGPRU structures events with extended length grand prix racing exclusive to the GP machines, timed qualifying and strong contingency and sponsor support. For additional details, visit www.USGPRU.net More, from a press release issued by Infinity GP Racing: Last weekend at the VIR round, Infinity GP Racings Alex welsh had the fast lap during the 250 GP. Welsh launched a strong start against Brian Kcraget. By lap two Kcraget gained the lead with Alex staying right on his tail by no more then 2-3 bike lengths. Alex was pushing this pace on Kcraget right up until lap 8 when they encountered lapped traffic. Kcraget demonstrated his talent passing the lapped riders, while Alex whose only been racing this year and hasn’t experienced lapped traffic as yet, became noticeably bogged in the traffic. Kcraget went on to take the win in his traditional fast style, while Alex still took 2nd place and the fast lap of 1:32.16 during the race. In the 125 GP The team struggled with power delivery issues. “Due to engine gremlins earlier this season, The TSR engine was built back to stock with all 2005 parts, and were working on building forward from there, so we were just down on power this weekend runnning a stock set-up” stated James Young, Chief Tech for Infinity GP Racing. ” We just wanted to get a bike under Alex that wouldn’t break, and we accomplished that. Only problem we ran into during the race, was that he was pushing the bike faster (to make up for down power) than the suspension set-up could handle and higsided it in turn one, taking himself out in lap 7. Alex can ride a bike beyond its limitations, and were very interested in seeing him on a fully tuned motor”. More, from a press release issued by WERA Motorcycle Racing, Inc.: Jensen Dominates WERA National at Barber Motorsports Park LEEDS, Ala. Vesrah Suzuki showed that they are still the team to beat in the WERA Dunlop National Endurance Series and Robert Jensen took an impressive four victories in the WERA Michelin National Challenge Series during round ten, held during the weekend of September 24-25 at Barber Motorsports Park. Forty-seven teams took the green flag for the four-hour WERA Dunlop National Endurance Series race on Saturday. There was only one red flag during the race for a single-rider incident despite the high number of teams on track. Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey and John Jacobi took the overall and Heavyweight Superbike win, followed by Ben Walters and Robert Jensen, who gave Army of Darkness the Mediumweight Superbike win. Third place went to Team Velocity Racing’s Mark Crozier and Reuben Frankenfield, who clinched the Heavyweight Superstock victory with their class win. The team’s second entry, TVR2, won Mediumweight Superstock with Chuck Ivey and David Weber at the helm. The Lightweight Superbike class win went to The Notorious P.I.G.’s Stephen Bacon, Nolan Ballew, Chris Ecklund and Melissa Berkoff, who took over the class points lead with one round to go. Sunday’s WERA Michelin National Challenge Series sprint races were windy, but most of the severe weather in the area held off, allowing the ten-lap sprint races to get underway with only a little rain. Kneedraggers.com’s Robert Jensen was the fastest man on the track, winning the expert division in Open Superstock, 600 Superstock, 750 Superstock and Formula 1. In the other expert-division classes, Team EMGO Taiwan’s Opie Caylor won 600 Superbike and Vesrah Suzuki’s Tray Batey dominated Heavyweight Twins Superstock. Troy Meikle won 750 Superbike, Jimmy Wood won Lightweight Twins Superstock and Avery Clark won Formula 2. In the novice division, Thomas Moore was the only multi-time winner with his victories in 600 Superstock and 600 Superbike. The Open Superstock trophy went to Donnie Hendry, Blake Jones won 750 Superstock and Tony Palarie was first in 750 Superbike. Chad Herrmann crossed the finish line first in Lightweight Twins Superstock, while the Heavyweight Twins Superstock win went to Robert Gorst. John A. Lamb ran away with the Formula 2 win. The WERA National Series will have its 11th and final round of the 2005 season during the WERA Grand National Finals at Road Atlanta from October 12-16. A complete schedule of the week of racing can be found online at www.WERA.com. More, from a press release issued by Bell’s ARNCHU Racing: Round 10: Barber Motorsports Park, September 23-25, 2005 Bell’s ARNCHU races to 2nd in Class, 5th Overall. Bell’s ARNCHU Racing rode to a podium finish of 2nd in the Heavyweight Superbike class in this past weekend’s WERA Dunlop National Endurance Series at Barber Motorsports Park on their B-bike. Overall the team finished 5th. The team worked through difficult conditions to grid up on time, as rider Rick Knuckles high-sided the A-bike in the pre-race endurance practice. Fortunately, Knuckles escaped serious injury by only spraining his ankle. The team lined up on the grid with a 7.5 gallon fuel tank, lent by eventual winners, Vesrah Suzuki. Dressman rode an iron-man-like 1 hour and 40 minutes, with times in the 1:34s. The low-fuel warning light had not yet turned on, though ARNCHU pitted so that Randy Sherman could take the controls. Randy rode an essentially stock GSXR750 for an hour until a red flag stopped the race as two separate crashes caused both ambulances trips to the local hospital. Vesrah Suzuki was a model of sportsmanship throughout the weekend. First, in lending one of their large fuel tanks to Bell’s ARNCHU, they allowed a fellow competitor to grid up and enjoy the racing. Second, Vesrah Suzuki’s Mark Junge and a technician were seen pushing Team Velocity Racing’s R1 in full running sprint down hot pit lane, as Velocity experienced an electrical issue during the race. Sherman restarted and was able to drop times into the 1:33s, to put the team into a secure 5th overall, “Working at those 1:33’s was a bit bitter because we were doing them with ease on the A-bike. It just takes time to get the settings right on a bike with different spring rates. We rode well enough to pull through some early problems and we’re all anxious to get to Road Atlanta for the final.” The final round is Round 11 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA on October 14, 2005. Visit the team at http://www.arnchu.net