WERA NORTH AND SOUTH THIS WEEKEND!
This Memorial Day Weekend will find WERA Motorcycle Roadracing up North for their inaugural visit to New Jersey Motorsports Park where they will join N2 for a three day action packed weekend featuring the N2 Track Day and Pro School on Friday, the N2 /WERA Endurance Rounds Saturday which will have a two hour Ultra-lightweight Endurance as well as a four hour Big Bike Endurance with a purse offered by N2. On Sunday the Pirelli/WERA National Series featuring the Michelin WERA Superbike Class will combine with the WERA Sportsman Series featuring another Qualifier for the 2017 bLU cRU Yamaha R3 Challenge. Additional entertainment will be the Millville Air Show will be at the Airport adjacent to the Park. Camping is available for participants at NJMP. Come joint us for our first visit to New Jersey!
Also on tap in the South is the WERA Sportsman Series presented by Caylor Made at Roebling Road Raceway outside of Savannah, GA. This event also features a Qualifier for the 2017 bLU cRU Yamaha R3 Challenge as well as hosting the HMGP with their historic machines. Camping is available for participants at this event as well.
June 26-28th has something for everyone and we invite you to come out and see the future stars in the world of Motorcycle Roadracing whether you live in the North or the South!
WERA Motorcycle Roadracing was founded in 1973 and remains the foremost place to develop talent in the sport of motorcycle Roadracing. The legacy of Pro riders on a National and World level is legendary. All events are run by WERA Motorcycle Roadracing with a co-sanction by the AMA and they go coast to coast offering entry level racing with the WERA Sportsman Series as well as a Pro-Am Series with the WERA National Challenge Series, WERA Motorcycle Roadracing also offer Vintage Racing and limited Endurance Racing with Track Day Partners N2 and Sportbike Track Time..
For a 2017 Schedule and more information on WERA Motorcycle Roadracing please check out our web site at wera.com!
More, from a press release issued by Team Velocity Racing:
Team Velocity Racing Returns to Endurance Racing!
Chuck Ivey, Brian Grossman team up for four-hour at New Jersey Motorsports Park
MILLVILLE, N.J.—After a six-year hiatus, Team Velocity Racing (TVR) returns to motorcycle endurance racing this weekend for the WERA/N2 Thunderbolt Superbike Challenge four-hour endurance race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Team owner Chuck Ivey has joined forces with Brian Grossman of Team Wanker to compete under the TVR banner.
The last time TVR competed in an endurance race was 2011. From 2003 to 2011, TVR earned 7 national endurance championships including the Overall National endurance championship in 2005 on their Pirelli-shod Yamaha YZF-R1. Although TVR has been absent from endurance racing for six years, Ivey has stayed busy sprint racing and competing in select WERA National Endurance Series rounds with TOBC.
“I had been planning on putting something together for this race, but after the crash at Talladega last month I had to re-evaluate my plan due to repairs and budget constraints,” said Ivey, noting that the team will use Grossman’s R6 outfitted with TVR’s quick-change equipment. “Brian called me last week and asked if I would be interested in working with him to make something happen. Endurance racing was my passion for many years, and I love the challenges that the longer races bring.”
Grossman is an accomplished racer and rider coach who won two WERA championships in 2017. He said, “I am very excited to be teaming up with Chuck Ivey from Team Velocity Racing. This is my first endeavor into endurance racing, and I believe teaming up with Chuck is a very promising opportunity that I look forward to trying to capitalize on. He brings a lot of experience to the table which will give us a very good shot at bringing home a win.”
There is definitely more teamwork and planning involved in endurance racing, a challenge that Ivey enjoys. With full confidence in the combination of riders, Yamaha R6, Pirelli tires, VP Fuels, Vortex, Arai Helmets and Yamalube, Ivey is excited about bringing the TVR name back to the forefront of endurance racing.