Shannonville Motorsport Park, Long Track, May 15-17, 2010
Sunny skies, a large attendance of racers and fans came out for Round Two of the Race Super Series held this past weekend at Shannonville Mortorsport Park. With rumours of a few of the National Series Pro’s coming to test they rewarded the fans that did show with a great weekend of action. Jodi had a good weekend with a win in Superbike and another first place and a lap record in Pro 600.
Team Hetrick rider Brett Cusumano had a great weekend at Sunset Rigde, in Walnut Illinois for the 4th round of the ATVA National.
Brett had a rough time in Virginia during the 3rd round of the National at Birch Creek. Brett redeemed himself this week, by taking a 3rd place in Moto #1 and 1st place in Moto #2 in the 450 B class, in the production B class Brett took 2 first places, therefor Brett went on to win both classes and 2 visits to the podium. Brett’s next race will be in Delmont, PA at Steel City. Brett’s Hetrick powered Kawasaki KFX450 is equipped with Elka Suspension, JB A-Arms, Maxxis tires and Hyper Rims. Also thank you to Fly Racing.
Thank you!
- Michael Cusumano
Round three of the 2010 Yamaha/ITP Quadcross series was held at Rynoland in Anza, CA. This was the first time the series has been to Rynoland, which is known mostly for being a two wheeled training facility for owner, Ryan Hughes. The track was very skinny and slippery making passing difficult for most. There were however a few rough straights that were plenty wide for passing.
Adelanto, CA – MCR / Maxxis’ Beau Baron and Josh Row grabbed top five finishes at round four of the 2010 WORCS series while David Haagsma topped the Pro-Am podium and Julie Russell claimed her fourth straight win of the season in the Women’s A class.
Beau Baron got off to a top ten start in the Pro Production class and battled with Ryan Piplic in the first lap but was able to get by and work his way into fifth. From there, Baron battled with John Shafe for almost two laps before Shafe would end up crashing and Baron would take over the number four spot. Baron would hold down fourth for ten laps before crossing the finish line. “I was catching up to Jeremie Warnia, who was in third, but my rear shock went out and that slowed me down a little,” said Baron.
Consistency has been the name of the game for pro racer Josh Row this season, and round four was no exception. Row was in mid pack off the line and began picking off the competition until reaching fifth place, behind teammate Baron. Row would take his number five position all the way to the checkered flag. Row’s impressive performance has him sitting in third place in the points chase.
#1 Beau Baron & #5 Josh Row
Levi Marana was looking strong as he worked his way up from a mid-pack start. Marana kept a steady pace and worked his way into the number six spot by the mid-way point. Marana has been consistent all season since returning from injury and is in the top ten in the points race. MCR/Maxxis’s team manager Mike Cafro, who was within the top five of the pro points race, would end up sacrificing his own race for the needs of his team. “My quad started overheating out there so I pulled into the pits. I figured that if I was having that issue, some of the others might be as well, so I stayed in the pits and helped cool down their radiators when they came in to pit,” stated Cafro, who would take a 17th place finish.
David Haagsma rode a flawless race in the Pro-am class. Haagsma flew off the line, taking the holeshot and checking out on the competition. Haagsma led from start to finish and recorded the fastest lap time in his class in lap three with a time of 10:15.164. Haagsman leads the Pro-am class with 90 points, 16 points ahead of second place.
#501 Levi Marana & #316 Julie Russell
Women’s A racer, Julie Russell had an outstanding race on Saturday. Russell got out front early in lap one and led from start to finish. Russell would cross the finish line over seven minutes ahead of the competition. In fact, Russell’s time was so good that she qualified for Sunday’s Pro-am main, but Russell, who is very dedicated to the team’s success in pursuit of the pro championship, felt she would be of more help to her team if she were to support them in the pits instead of racing.
Round five of the 2010 WORCS series will travel to Milford, CA to Honey Lake MX on May 22nd-23rd. The track is a favorite of the team, and last year, Beau Baron took the pro win, which he is hoping to do again this year.
Mike Cafro Racing would like to thank all of our sponsors: Maxxis, Motoworks, Ricky Stator, Roll Design, Elka Suspension, DWT, Streamline, K&N, Fasst Co., John Burr Cycles, Golden West,Hinson, IMS, Tsubaki, Tire Balls, Precision, PWR, Maier, Pro Honda, Quad Tech, Works Connection, IMS-Roll, Moto Pro Training, O’Neal, Zing, Extreme and Bolt.
Round 4 of the WORCS series was held at Racetown 395 in Victorville California. This was my first time riding since being injured at Lake Havasu. The doctor wouldn’t let me do anything for training other than walking and riding a stationary bike for five weeks. I got released to do whatever I wanted to do the Wednesday before the race. So we packed up and headed down that night.
I tried to practice Friday but due to so many people being injured that day they cancelled practice. I only got two slow laps in looking at the track. So Saturday during qualifying was my time to shake the cob webs off. It showed as I got tired and recorded my worst qualifying position of the season, 14th out of 18. I was discouraged but just looked forward to the race on Sunday.
Sunday rolled around and I felt excited and ready to ride. I knew I was out of shape and came up with a race plan to compensate. I would go for the start and run a steady pace to the end. I had a great jump but immediately got hit from the left side and bounced off of the guy to my right. I stayed in it and came out of the first corner in 9th but quickly dropped to 12th. My plan worked pretty well as I stayed steady through the race and picked people off as they broke or got tired. At the end I was able to finish 9th.
The 9th place finish was enough to move me up to 5th overall in points. I am happy with how well things went and I’m looking forward to Round 5. I will be in much better shape and should have a great finish.
Thanks for all of your support.
Robbie Mitchell #14
(Photos courtesy of Tina Lugan)
