Jimmy Wood shatters Miller’ Motorsports Park’s West Course middleweight lap record

In top form for Masters of the Mountains Round 5, Jimmy Wood shattered the West Course middleweight lap record and took a flag-to-flag victory in the premier middleweight race, King of the Mountain GTU.

Jesse Sherstan was on pole after running a 1:32.4 in qualifying, but Wood took the hole-shot and didn’t look back, laying down a handful of sub 1:30 laps with a fastest of 1:29.864, nearly a second and a half under the old middleweight course record.

Wood’s impressive new record on his Pirelli-shod Kawasaki ZX-6R puts him just a half-second off Jeremy Toye’s all-time fastest lap of 1:29.339 on a superbike set in 2009.

“The laps didn’t feel that quick, so I didn’t really know,” said Wood. “My lap timer wasn’t working and I just went out and rode, was consistent, didn’t make any big mistakes and didn’t push it over the limit. It just felt like a good pace. I came around the third lap and Kory (Cowan) was hanging over the pit wall with a fist-pump, so I knew something was going on.”

“A big thanks to Kory Cowan and Intermountain Racer Supply. Pirelli did really well this weekend – between Jesse Sherstan, Gerry Signorelli and me, Pirelli won all the expert 600, 750, and Superbike races.”

In addition to Wood’s King of the Mountain GTU victory, he took wins in Middleweight Superstock and Heavyweight Superstock, and fell while leading King of the Mountain GTO.

While Wood was sweeping the middleweight classes, Gerry Signorelli dominated the superbike classes, winning the crash-plagued King of the Mountain GTO race. Starting from fourth on the grid after qualifying, Signorelli ran a clean race and went on for the win, with Wood, Jeff Stern, Matt Cusumano, Clint Warner, Patrick Lansu and Ryan Brand all having problems. Signorelli also had wins in Open Superstock and Open Superbike.

“The weekend was great. We came away with three wins, although I got handed a gift in GTO,” said Signorelli. “I got a terrible start and had a lot of work to do, but then Jimmy (Wood) messed up, Cusumano had issues, and Stern got black flagged, so it was a good race to have a terrible start.”

“Open Superbike was my best race of the weekend. I got to battle with Cusumano, and I held him off. It was tough. Ryan Brand got the hole shot and led, then Cusumano was the first to get by him. Then I got past Matt (Cusumano). He showed me a wheel in Blackrock and I passed him back driving out of the corner then I just put my head down. The last lap I was riding really defensive, so Matt caught back up but I was trying to block him. A big thanks to Intermountain Racer Supply, Kory and BMW Motorcycles of Utah.”

For Masters of the Mountains Round 6 (Sep 4-5) and Round 7 (Oct 9-10), all reciprocity licensing fees will be waived. Contingency and purses are up for grabs. Come race the best racing facility in North America, Miller Motorsports Park.

The seven-race Plaza Cycle Masters of the Mountains series, developed by Miller Motorsports Park, organized by the Utah Sportbike Association (USBA) and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), was created to encourage and develop fun and competitive road racing at the club and regional levels. In its fifth year, the series has quickly turned into a premier event drawing top-level talent from around the nation. For more information, visit www.utahsba.com/racing

Plaza Cycle Masters of the Mountains – Round 5 results

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Middleweight Superstock 1. Jimmy Wood (Kaw ZX-6R) 2. Jesse Sherstan (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Oleg Pianykh (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Brad Moore (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Troy Siahaan (Tri Daytona 675) 6. James Davis (Yam YZF-R6)

Open Superstock 1. Gerry Signorelli (BMW S1000RR) 2. Ryan Brand (Suz GSX-R1000) 3. Clint Warner (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Spencer Steed (Hon CBR1000RR) 5. Eric Jones (Hon CBR1000RR) 6. Travis Child (Suz GSX-R1000)

Heavyweight Superstock 1. Jimmy Wood (Kaw ZX-6R) 2. Oleg Pianykh (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Clint Gibson (Kaw ZX-6R) 4. Brandal Glenn (Duc 848) 5. David Peterson (Suz GSX-R750) 6. Shane Kelsey (Suz GSX-R600)

Sportsman 1. Brian Prax (Kaw ZX-10R) 2. Rocco Horvath (Kaw ZX-6R) 3. Austin Carpenter (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Doug Pogue (Tri Daytona 675) 5. Robert Newhook (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Justin Turner (Hon CBR600RR)

Endurance GTO 1. Paul Parrott (Tri Daytona 675) 2. Shane White (Suz GSX-R600)

Endurance GTU 1. Dustin Ohara (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Mark Bigelow (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Troy Siahaan (Tri Daytona 675) 4. Gary Poole (Suz GSX-R600) 5. Adam Fetter (Yam YZF-R6) 6. Raymond Clark (Suz GSX-R600)

Twins GTO 1. Brandal Glenn (Duc 848) 2. Jon Glaefke (Pierobon FO42) 3. Dustin Ohara (Suz SV650)

Novice GTO 1. Darrel Cherry (Hon CBR600RR) 2. Paul Parrott (Hon CBR1000RR) 3. Austin Carpenter (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Brian Prax (Kaw ZX-10R) 5. Shawn Nay (Suz GSX-R1000) 6. Adam Fetter (Yam YZF-R6)

King of the Mountain GTU 1. Jimmy Wood (Kaw ZX-6R) 2. Jesse Sherstan (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Dave Lewis (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Oleg Pianykh (Yam YZF-R6) 5. Philip Horwitz (Yam YZF-R6) 6. James Davis (Yam YZF-R6)

Twins GTU 1. Dustin Ohara (Suz SV650) 2. Jon Glaefke (Pierobon FO42) 3. Don Roberts (Yam TZ125) 4. Thomas Berry (Kaw EX500)

Amateur GTU 1. Brad Moore (Suz GSX-R600) 2. Darrel Cherry (Hon CBR600RR) 3. Brandal Glenn (Duc 848) 4. Mark Sanders (Hon CBR600RR) 5. Douglas Pogue (Tri Daytona 675) 6. Mark Bigelow (Yam YZF-R6)

Open Superbike 1. Gerry Signorelli (BMW S1000RR) 2. Matt Cusumano (Duc 1098R) 3. Clint Warner (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. Ryan Brand (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Eric Jones (Hon CBR1000RR)

Formula 40 1. John Hopperstad (Suz GSX-R1000) 2. Patrick Lansu (Duc 1098R) 3. Tommy Richardson (Suz GSX-R750) 4. Mark Snethen (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Dana Wilson (Yam YZF-R6)

Novice GTU 1. Darrel Cherry (Hon CBR600RR) 2. Austin Carpenter (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Gerald Hicks (Yam YZF-R6) 4. Paul Parrott (Tri Daytona 675) 5. Douglas Pogue (Tri Daytona 675) 6. Mark Bigelow (Yam YZF-R6)

Middleweight Superbike 1. Jesse Sherstan (Yam YZF-R6) 2. Oleg Pianykh (Yam YZF-R6) 3. Brad Moore (Suz GSX-R600)

Amateur GTO 1. Troy Siahaan (Tri Daytona 675) 2. Tommy Richardson (Suz GSX-R750) 3. Brian Prax (Kaw ZX-10R) 4. Douglas Pogue (Tri Daytona 675) 5. Shane Kelsey (Suz GSX-R600) 6. Mark Sanders (Hon CBR600RR)

King of the Mountain GTO 1. Gerry Signorelli (BMW S1000RR) 2. Jeff Stern (Hon CBR1000RR) 3. Ryan Brand (Suz GSX-R1000) 4. John Hopperstad (Suz GSX-R1000) 5. Patrick Lansu (Duc 1098R) 6. Eric Jones (Hon CBR1000RR)

SuperTwins 1. Matt Cusumano (Duc 1098R) 2. Brandal Glenn (Duc 848) 3. Sean Black (Suz SV650)

Formula 5 1. Brian Prax (Kaw ZX-10R) 2. Warren Rose (Hon CBR600RR)