ULRICH EARNS AMA SUPERSTOCK TOP TEN IN VIRGINIA
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki endured a difficult weekend at Virginia International Raceway as the recovering Chris Ulrich fought hard for a top-ten AMA Superstock result and Robertino Pietri crashed out of the final after showing impressive speed in the lead-up to the race.
Venezuelan Pietri qualified his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000 on the second row in the sixth overall position, qualifying with a best lap of 1:26.170. Meanwhile, Ulrich opened his race from the outside of the third row, qualifying twelfth with a fastest time of 1:28.014.
Pietri raced in sixth position early in the contest, but he crashed out of the race hard while working lap 6, bringing out the red flag. Fortunately Robertino escaped without injury, but his day was over.
Ulrich clawed his way up from 15th at the start to move inside the top ten, finishing ninth in the once red-flagged contest.
With two races remaining for Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki in the 2008 AMA Superstock Championship season, Pietri is currently ranked seventh with 164 points while Ulrich, despite missing the Laguna Seca and Road America rounds due to a hand injury and riding at less than 100% since returning at Mid-Ohio, is ninth at 159.
At the end of the weekend, Ulrich explained, "We messed around with some settings in practice and qualifying but we ended up going back to what we knew for the race. And in the race I just got tired -- that's all I had. This place is super physical and my fitness just isn't where it needs to be after missing a lot of training following my injury.
"My execution and lines weren't perfect, either. That's still coming back but we're getting better. My hand is getting better too but I haven't built my strength in it back up just yet. I need to go home and get in some training because I have to make up eight weeks on these guys. But we got ninth and beat one guy we're chasing in the championship -- which is good.
"As for 'Tino, fortunately he's fine. He came off the top and hit the deck hard but bounced right back up. It's a shame because he was quick. I know he is disappointed but he'll come back strong in Atlanta. 'Tino has a lot of fight in him and he's always trying to do his best.
"We've got two more rounds at tracks we both go very well at. Pietri's form has been great and I was riding really well before I got hurt. We've had a bout of bad luck but we're going to come back strong. We look forward to a few more top fives for the team before the end of the season, which would be a dream way to end the year."
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will be back in action at Road Atlanta on August 29-31.
Venezuelan Pietri qualified his Pirelli-shod GSX-R1000 on the second row in the sixth overall position, qualifying with a best lap of 1:26.170. Meanwhile, Ulrich opened his race from the outside of the third row, qualifying twelfth with a fastest time of 1:28.014.
Pietri raced in sixth position early in the contest, but he crashed out of the race hard while working lap 6, bringing out the red flag. Fortunately Robertino escaped without injury, but his day was over.
Ulrich clawed his way up from 15th at the start to move inside the top ten, finishing ninth in the once red-flagged contest.
With two races remaining for Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki in the 2008 AMA Superstock Championship season, Pietri is currently ranked seventh with 164 points while Ulrich, despite missing the Laguna Seca and Road America rounds due to a hand injury and riding at less than 100% since returning at Mid-Ohio, is ninth at 159.
At the end of the weekend, Ulrich explained, "We messed around with some settings in practice and qualifying but we ended up going back to what we knew for the race. And in the race I just got tired -- that's all I had. This place is super physical and my fitness just isn't where it needs to be after missing a lot of training following my injury.
"My execution and lines weren't perfect, either. That's still coming back but we're getting better. My hand is getting better too but I haven't built my strength in it back up just yet. I need to go home and get in some training because I have to make up eight weeks on these guys. But we got ninth and beat one guy we're chasing in the championship -- which is good.
"As for 'Tino, fortunately he's fine. He came off the top and hit the deck hard but bounced right back up. It's a shame because he was quick. I know he is disappointed but he'll come back strong in Atlanta. 'Tino has a lot of fight in him and he's always trying to do his best.
"We've got two more rounds at tracks we both go very well at. Pietri's form has been great and I was riding really well before I got hurt. We've had a bout of bad luck but we're going to come back strong. We look forward to a few more top fives for the team before the end of the season, which would be a dream way to end the year."
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will be back in action at Road Atlanta on August 29-31.
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