TEAM ROADRACINGWORLD.COM SUZUKI WRAPS UP 2007 SEASON AT LAGUNA SECA
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki put the finishing touches on a successful 2007 season on Sunday at Laguna Seca by claiming two additional top ten Superstock race results. Chris Ulrich and Robertino Pietri scored their seventh and fifth top tens of the year, respectively, in the red-flagged shortened final race of their '07 campaigns.
On Saturday Ulrich qualified his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000 on the second row of the grid, circulating the famed raceway with a fast time of 1:26.804, good enough for sixth overall. Pietri and Red Devil Roadracingworld.com's Gary Mason earned starting slots a row behind him with the Venezuelan qualifying ninth (1:27.120) and the Englishman 12th (1:28.170).
During Sunday's race the three men lined up in formation, with Ulrich holding down ninth and Pietri battling up from 14th to tenth and Mason working from 12th to 11th. The three were positioned for a late-race assault when the contest was stopped prematurely and ultimately called complete following 11 of the scheduled 17 laps due to oil dumped on the circuit.
Ulrich ended the season ranked sixth in the AMA Superstock championship standings with 203 points. He earned a pole position at Road America and finished in the top ten in all but two races this season.
Pietri also ended the year in the top ten, finishing 2007 in tenth with 155 points and five top tens, including his stellar fourth-place run at Miller Motorsports Park.
Mason finished in 17th with two top tens despite not joining the team until late in the season.
"I really would have liked to been able to run full distance," said Ulrich. "All three riders on the team would have benefited. We were stuck behind a rider for a while and I'm confident we would have been able to gain another position or two if we would have had a few more laps, but that's the way it goes. It wasn't too bad considering and all three of us rode hard today."
"All and all, it's been a very successful season for Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki. I was able to finish sixth in the points and I'm happy with that. Robertino and Gary had some good races as well. We made good progress throughout the season and I feel we'll be even stronger in 2008. It's really exciting to be headed into the offseason healthy and I think we're primed for continued improvement."
On Saturday Ulrich qualified his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000 on the second row of the grid, circulating the famed raceway with a fast time of 1:26.804, good enough for sixth overall. Pietri and Red Devil Roadracingworld.com's Gary Mason earned starting slots a row behind him with the Venezuelan qualifying ninth (1:27.120) and the Englishman 12th (1:28.170).
During Sunday's race the three men lined up in formation, with Ulrich holding down ninth and Pietri battling up from 14th to tenth and Mason working from 12th to 11th. The three were positioned for a late-race assault when the contest was stopped prematurely and ultimately called complete following 11 of the scheduled 17 laps due to oil dumped on the circuit.
Ulrich ended the season ranked sixth in the AMA Superstock championship standings with 203 points. He earned a pole position at Road America and finished in the top ten in all but two races this season.
Pietri also ended the year in the top ten, finishing 2007 in tenth with 155 points and five top tens, including his stellar fourth-place run at Miller Motorsports Park.
Mason finished in 17th with two top tens despite not joining the team until late in the season.
"I really would have liked to been able to run full distance," said Ulrich. "All three riders on the team would have benefited. We were stuck behind a rider for a while and I'm confident we would have been able to gain another position or two if we would have had a few more laps, but that's the way it goes. It wasn't too bad considering and all three of us rode hard today."
"All and all, it's been a very successful season for Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki. I was able to finish sixth in the points and I'm happy with that. Robertino and Gary had some good races as well. We made good progress throughout the season and I feel we'll be even stronger in 2008. It's really exciting to be headed into the offseason healthy and I think we're primed for continued improvement."
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