EXCELLENT UTAH WEEKEND FOR TEAM ROADRACINGWORLD.COM SUZUKI
Team Roadracingworld.com enjoyed their finest AMA weekend yet, ringing up fourth and seventh place finishes in Sunday's Superstock final at Miller Motorsports Park.
Robertino Pietri found himself right at home on the European-style circuit, effectively leveraging his skills through the track's fast and flowing corners. The reigning Latin American and Venezuelan Superbike champ was on the pace all weekend long aboard his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000, even leading Saturday morning's session for a time before ending up an exceptional third in the practice.
Pietri claimed a second row grid position by qualifying seventh in the class with a time of 1:53.344, two positions ahead of teammate Chris Ulrich who headed the third row with a best lap of 1:53.943.
Following an early red flag and complete restart, Pietri got away clean in fifth, while Ulrich stumbled a bit early down in 12th. The Venezuelan rode a consistent race near the front, ultimately working his way up to a superb fourth-place result at the checkered flag.
Meanwhile, Ulrich charged up the leaderboards, climbing up from outside the top ten to seventh by the conclusion of the 13-lap affair.
Pietri's fourth place run is a career best in AMA competition and he feels there is more to come.
"It was a great weekend for us," he remarked. "We've been improving a lot and we knew this track would suit me. I think we've finally found a good base setup for the bike that should work at every track. My mechanics are working really hard and doing a great job.
"This is the type of track I like to ride on -- no stop-and-go corners. This is one of those tracks where you need courage. How fast can you go through the corners? We looked good since the promoter practice on Thursday and I think we impressed some people by finishing third in one of the practices, too.
"Pirelli gave us some good tires and I got a good start after the red flag. I knew I could hang in there for a top five and I was real happy with that. I think we can carry this momentum on and with our base setup I think we should be able to continue doing well."
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will be back in action on July 20-22 at Laguna Seca, near Monterey, CA.
Robertino Pietri found himself right at home on the European-style circuit, effectively leveraging his skills through the track's fast and flowing corners. The reigning Latin American and Venezuelan Superbike champ was on the pace all weekend long aboard his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000, even leading Saturday morning's session for a time before ending up an exceptional third in the practice.
Pietri claimed a second row grid position by qualifying seventh in the class with a time of 1:53.344, two positions ahead of teammate Chris Ulrich who headed the third row with a best lap of 1:53.943.
Following an early red flag and complete restart, Pietri got away clean in fifth, while Ulrich stumbled a bit early down in 12th. The Venezuelan rode a consistent race near the front, ultimately working his way up to a superb fourth-place result at the checkered flag.
Meanwhile, Ulrich charged up the leaderboards, climbing up from outside the top ten to seventh by the conclusion of the 13-lap affair.
Pietri's fourth place run is a career best in AMA competition and he feels there is more to come.
"It was a great weekend for us," he remarked. "We've been improving a lot and we knew this track would suit me. I think we've finally found a good base setup for the bike that should work at every track. My mechanics are working really hard and doing a great job.
"This is the type of track I like to ride on -- no stop-and-go corners. This is one of those tracks where you need courage. How fast can you go through the corners? We looked good since the promoter practice on Thursday and I think we impressed some people by finishing third in one of the practices, too.
"Pirelli gave us some good tires and I got a good start after the red flag. I knew I could hang in there for a top five and I was real happy with that. I think we can carry this momentum on and with our base setup I think we should be able to continue doing well."
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will be back in action on July 20-22 at Laguna Seca, near Monterey, CA.
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