CCS Florida and Southeast Regions and USGPRU East Coast Region at Jennings GP, Jennings, Florida, April 3 By Lisa Theobald Trey Yonce won the Unlimited Grand Prix race at Jennings GP Sunday during the CCS Florida/Southeast Regional event on his Yamaha YZF-R6. In the process, Yonce set a lap record for a CCS event with a record time of 1:17.09 on the two mile track (The former record of 1:17.101 was set by Frank Trombino one year earlier on his Yamaha R1). The CCS event at Jennings GP was run in conjunction with the USGPRU East Coast season opener. Racers came from all areas of the USA to compete with both clubs reporting record number entries at this second ever combined event. CCS reported over 600 pre entries and 64 competitors showed up for the USGPRU 125cc GP and 250cc GP races. Amateur Florida racer Josh Day qualified fastest on both his Honda RS125 and Yamaha TZ250 to win the pole position for both USGPRU races. In fact, his consistent lap times in the 1:18s during 250cc GP qualifying put him only two seconds away from the track’s official record setting pace of 1:16.61. Day pulled out early leads in both USGPRU classes on race day and led all 12 laps of each race, putting both machines on top of the podium. Yonce was the breakout star of the CCS races as he and his Yamaha were undefeatable. He made the podium for all five events he ran, winning GTU, Middleweight Supersport, Middleweight Superbike, Middleweight Grand Prix, and beating out all the big bikes in the Unlimited Grand Prix race. On the podium, Yonce said, “Everything worked out for the best. I actually got the best start all day in that race. I came out like third or fourth and ran up pretty quick. Got behind Dave and I said, ‘Well, it’s still early. It’s the first lap. Well, go for it now.’ And, I put my head down and got a little gap and got out front. I got around him and he showed me a wheel back and then we settled back down and I just drove my own race.” Second place Dave McEnery commented, “Trey ran awesome all weekend. I knew he was coming. I told him before the race, ‘I’m going to try to hold you off, but if you get by, I’m coming.’ I heard him right back there going through the infield and I knew exactly where he was getting me because we talked yesterday about where I’m having trouble, which is right where he got me. And, I just tried to stick with him and ran the best race I rode all day. I got the holeshot, which helped.” Third place Shootout finisher Melka said, “Everything worked out pretty well. I was really, really surprised, honestly, to be running third lap-after-lap. I had lots of fast guys coming by throughout the day, and I looked back at the end of the race and they were a little ways back. I was really surprised. But, I’m really happy to be up here with my teammate, Dave McEnery. Trey rode great all day.”