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.

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.