LeoVince Riders and Teams at Road Atlanta 2009
Another 5 Races, another 4 Podiums
LeoVince SBK Corsa Systems, & Our Sponsored Athletes, Excel in AMA Road Racing Round 3
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Michael Jordan Motorsport - Geoff Stays Consistent with two 3rds
LeoVince rider Geoff May kept his streak of podiums going with two third places in AMA Superbike at Road Atlanta. Geoff, enjoyed returning to his home track and racing in front of friends and family but credit's his success to his physical conditioning as he moved up the pack quickly in the later parts of the races.
“I just stayed motivated. I've ridden with these other guys and, honestly, I don't think a lot of them are very fit. They fall off the pace really quick towards the end, especially since we're all on the same tires and the tires go off a little bit and they have to fight the bike. They just go backwards. I just stayed patient and every time somebody made a mistake, I just picked them off."” – Geoff May
Attack Kawasaki - Roger Lee is back and on the podium
LeoVince Rider Roger Lee Hayden made his season debut after missing the first two rounds. Taking the track in the Daytona Sportbike class, Roger Lee worked his way up through the pack and might have taken the win if the race hadn't been red flagged.
““I didn't have a great start at first, but I worked my way back. When the pace car came out, I think it helped me a little since (Jake) Zemke had a pretty good lead out front. When we went green again, I worked my way up pretty quickly to third. I was right on the leader when the red flag came out. I feel really good and it’s great to be back. For my first race back, it couldn’t have gone any better. What a fun race. The team has been really great and they’ve done a good job making me feel comfortable again. We haven’t had any problems so far and I really want to thank the team for being behind me."– Roger Lee Hayden
Attack Kawasaki - Leandro Mercado fights to an amazing 1st
The 17 year old LeoVince Rider Leandro Mercado had an eventful weekend of hard crashes and close racing to take his first ever pro racing win in the AMA Supersport class. The Argentinean crashed hard in the Daytona Sportbike race on Saturday. Then a crash during qualifying put his damaged ZX-6R 7th on the grid for the Supersport race. Bruises and scratched up fairings didn't stop him as his maneuvered his way through the field to take a well earned win.
"I'm very happy. This weekend was a crazy weekend for me. I crashed yesterday twice. Then, in the beginning of the race it was good and it started raining and I crashed, so the red was a little crazy. I was very happy on the second start. It was a fun race. I pushed hard and had to be consistent. I'm very happy. I want to say thanks to my team, Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki, for the great job all weekend. Everybody, my trainer and my family, thanks a lot." - Leandro Mercado
KWS Aprilia - Quickly getting new Aprilias up to speed
Davies got a great start in Daytona SportBike Race One, jumping into a six bike pack fighting for the lead. Davies spent the majority of the race battling for the third position in an ultra tight lead pack. When the red flag came out on lap nineteen for two downed riders Davies was scored in the fifth position. Thompson and his crew dialed in the set up early on Saturday and Ben was able to turn lap times that would have put him in a solid top ten finish but large groups of slower riders and a shortened race kept him just outside the top ten in the thirteenth position.
After a solid pair of finishes on Saturdays Race One, and a few more discoveries with the Aprilia RSV1000R chassis set up, the team was very hopeful going in the Daytona SportBike Race Two on Sunday. The race started well with Davies moving immediately to the third spot and battling for the lead. Unfortunately Davies had two on track incidents and lost approximately ten seconds. Davies fought back from as far back as ninth place in the last half of the race to finish in a solid sixth place. Thompson had the speed and the skill to finish in the top ten in Sundays race but was hit from behind by another rider who was crashing going into turn twelve. Despite being forced off track and suffering damage to his LeoVince exhaust system, Thompson was still able to finish in the eleventh position.
“It was a good solid weekend. It felt really good to run up front and I think with a few more advances with the bike, we can win one of these races soon. Rocky Stargel, Jimmy Le, and the rest of the team worked really hard this weekend and gave me a great bike. The team has a little break to do some development on the bike, but I am ready to go to Barber tomorrow!“ - Chaz Davies
“We made a lot of progress this weekend and we had a really good bike by the end of the weekend. Michael Godin, Jim Cambora, and Marty Ashmore made some huge strides forward with the bike and I can’t thank them enough. We got caught up with a few incidents involving other riders and that is disappointing, but we had the pace to finish in the top ten and that is very encouraging. We have some good ideas we are going to try over the next few weeks and we should be really good at Barber in May.”-Ben Thompson
“The team has done an amazing job in developing the Aprilia RSV1000R in the short time that we have had it, and I couldn’t be happier with the progress that has been made. We need a few more little things to get us to the next level and we are committed to finding them. I would like to thank Aprilia USA, Millennium Technologies and all the other sponsors for all their efforts to get us to this point. ”-Kevin Hunt (Team Owner)
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