ULRICH HAS 'BEST DAYTONA EVER' IN 2007
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki opened the 2007 AMA Superstock season with a tremendous result this week at Daytona International Speedway. Chris Ulrich was fast from the opening practice and went on to secure his best-ever AMA race results at the famed circuit in Thursday's race.
After qualifying on the second row for the 13-lap final, posting the seventh fastest time of the session at 1:42.117, Ulrich figured to get away with the leaders early aboard his 2007 Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000.
An early race incident forced Chris offline, however, yet he quickly recovered and put his head down to ultimately take the checkered flag in sixth position, an outstanding result to kick off the new season.
The satisfied Ulrich said, "This is the best Daytona I've ever been to. I've been coming here racing AMA since 1998. 2007 is the best year I've ever had. It was just a very good weekend -- a confidence building weekend.
"We made a lot of changes to the bike and it was just good. I'm riding hard and I've got some new crew guys. Everyone is working really hard and the bike has changed so much set-up wise."
Ulrich is confident the Daytona round is a sign of things to come. "I'm looking forward to a really strong season. We started out right. We should have finished fifth but we had a small vibration coming through the rear. It didn't work out but I've got great faith in Pirelli and my Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki crew guys. We're going to put this thing on the box sometime this year."
The only negative for the squad this week was the absence of second rider Robertino Pietri. The reigning Venezuelan and Latin American Superbike Champion unexpectedly encountered difficulty obtaining his visa, preventing him from racing in the AMA season opener at Daytona, the scene of last season's seventh-place run.
"It's a bummer that 'Tino wasn't here," Ulrich remarked. "Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki does everything by the book. We do it as the law says. We ran into some problems getting his visa and getting him over here. What can you do? We're going to do everything correctly to make sure our guy is here for the long run.
"We missed Robertino. I think he could have had a strong finish. He did quite well here last year. This is his track and he's quite light and small. He likes it. We probably could have had two Team RoadRacingWorld.com Suzuki bikes in the top eight, but it didn't work out. We're going to try to get his visa problems sorted so he can be with us next race."
The second round of the 2007 AMA season will take place at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL on April 20-22.
After qualifying on the second row for the 13-lap final, posting the seventh fastest time of the session at 1:42.117, Ulrich figured to get away with the leaders early aboard his 2007 Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000.
An early race incident forced Chris offline, however, yet he quickly recovered and put his head down to ultimately take the checkered flag in sixth position, an outstanding result to kick off the new season.
The satisfied Ulrich said, "This is the best Daytona I've ever been to. I've been coming here racing AMA since 1998. 2007 is the best year I've ever had. It was just a very good weekend -- a confidence building weekend.
"We made a lot of changes to the bike and it was just good. I'm riding hard and I've got some new crew guys. Everyone is working really hard and the bike has changed so much set-up wise."
Ulrich is confident the Daytona round is a sign of things to come. "I'm looking forward to a really strong season. We started out right. We should have finished fifth but we had a small vibration coming through the rear. It didn't work out but I've got great faith in Pirelli and my Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki crew guys. We're going to put this thing on the box sometime this year."
The only negative for the squad this week was the absence of second rider Robertino Pietri. The reigning Venezuelan and Latin American Superbike Champion unexpectedly encountered difficulty obtaining his visa, preventing him from racing in the AMA season opener at Daytona, the scene of last season's seventh-place run.
"It's a bummer that 'Tino wasn't here," Ulrich remarked. "Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki does everything by the book. We do it as the law says. We ran into some problems getting his visa and getting him over here. What can you do? We're going to do everything correctly to make sure our guy is here for the long run.
"We missed Robertino. I think he could have had a strong finish. He did quite well here last year. This is his track and he's quite light and small. He likes it. We probably could have had two Team RoadRacingWorld.com Suzuki bikes in the top eight, but it didn't work out. We're going to try to get his visa problems sorted so he can be with us next race."
The second round of the 2007 AMA season will take place at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL on April 20-22.
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