WET WEEKEND FOR ROAD AMERICA POLESITTER ULRICH AND TEAMMATE PIETRI
The Road America round of the 2007 AMA roadracing tour proved to be a roller coaster ride for Team Roadracingworld.com . Emotions ran the gamut as the squad experienced among their season's brightest highlights and most trying times during their visit to Elkhart Lake, WI.
Chris Ulrich's highlight of the weekend was Saturday afternoon when the Californian made the most of a wet qualifying session to earn the pole position for Sunday's 60k Superstock race. He led the way with a time of 2: 51.375 aboard his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000 around the four-mile long circuit.
Afterwards Ulrich commented, "I just tried to be smooth and ride like I know how. In the wet it's just a different game. It doesn't matter how much you weigh. It just matters how well you can ride. It was great getting the pole and the team worked really hard to earn it."
Unfortunately, Chris' weekend took a turn for the worse from there. He suffered a fall in Saturday's Superbike contest, injuring his left knee. To make matters worse, an incorrect tire choice in Sunday's race prevented him from capitalizing on his fantastic qualifying performance.
Ulrich came away with a 12th place result after racing hard on the damp but drying surface.
"We experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows it seemed like this weekend," Chris said. "Getting pole position was a great accomplishment but it's unfortunate our race didn't go to plan. I took a pretty nasty spill on Friday and again in the Saturday Superbike race. I have a big hole in my knee that's going to require some more medical work but that really didn't have an effect on our result today in Superstock. We made the wrong tire choice for the conditions and it came back to bite us. I ran as hard as I could but 12th was the best we could do today."
Robertino Pietri salvaged the day for Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki, however, as the Venezuelan claimed his best result of the season. The reigning Latin American and Venezuelan Superbike champ took his third straight top-ten finish of the year, taking the checkered flag in seventh position after running as high as fourth during the contest.
"I'm really proud of 'Tino," Ulrich commented. "He and his crew nailed the tire choice and Robertino always seems to go well at the fast tracks. It was good to see him get his best result of the season today. That side of the team did a great job and hats off to his crewchief for picking the right tires."
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will be back in action in three weeks time as the AMA series picks back up in Tooele, UT on June 22-24 for the sixth round of the '07 season.
Chris Ulrich's highlight of the weekend was Saturday afternoon when the Californian made the most of a wet qualifying session to earn the pole position for Sunday's 60k Superstock race. He led the way with a time of 2: 51.375 aboard his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000 around the four-mile long circuit.
Afterwards Ulrich commented, "I just tried to be smooth and ride like I know how. In the wet it's just a different game. It doesn't matter how much you weigh. It just matters how well you can ride. It was great getting the pole and the team worked really hard to earn it."
Unfortunately, Chris' weekend took a turn for the worse from there. He suffered a fall in Saturday's Superbike contest, injuring his left knee. To make matters worse, an incorrect tire choice in Sunday's race prevented him from capitalizing on his fantastic qualifying performance.
Ulrich came away with a 12th place result after racing hard on the damp but drying surface.
"We experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows it seemed like this weekend," Chris said. "Getting pole position was a great accomplishment but it's unfortunate our race didn't go to plan. I took a pretty nasty spill on Friday and again in the Saturday Superbike race. I have a big hole in my knee that's going to require some more medical work but that really didn't have an effect on our result today in Superstock. We made the wrong tire choice for the conditions and it came back to bite us. I ran as hard as I could but 12th was the best we could do today."
Robertino Pietri salvaged the day for Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki, however, as the Venezuelan claimed his best result of the season. The reigning Latin American and Venezuelan Superbike champ took his third straight top-ten finish of the year, taking the checkered flag in seventh position after running as high as fourth during the contest.
"I'm really proud of 'Tino," Ulrich commented. "He and his crew nailed the tire choice and Robertino always seems to go well at the fast tracks. It was good to see him get his best result of the season today. That side of the team did a great job and hats off to his crewchief for picking the right tires."
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will be back in action in three weeks time as the AMA series picks back up in Tooele, UT on June 22-24 for the sixth round of the '07 season.
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