Season Re-cap and Final Round at the WERA Grand National Finals

November 3, 2009

The last race of the regional came to the close with very little drama, wrapping up two 3rd place finishes in the two races I needed to enter to wrap up the three regional championships. Upon returning home preperations started for the “Michelin Championship” at Barber Motorsport park in Leeds, AL. The goal, to win the Novice Open Superstock and go home with a nice puirse of $3000 dollars. What really ended up happening was my engine ended up dropping a valve (blown engine) on my first race of two, while I was running in fourth with 1st thru 4 th position running within a sec of each other. Needless to say that weekend was over, and the reality of attending the GNF (Grand National Finals) the following week were slim to impossible. On my way back home from Alabama (somewhere in Ga on I20) Kevin Hunt ( owner of KWS / AMA Aprilla team) calls me for the details on what had happened. After a short talk he convinced me to come over to the shop to see if it was something that could be fixed. Long story short My Motor was a mess and was not repairable with the allotted time. In short, Kevin made some magic happen and I was on my way to the GNF Wednesday night with a fresh SuperStock motor for the show. The next three day would have never happened with out the help of KWS Kevin, Mike, and even Chip... I can never thank them enough for what they did.

GNF

My first race the A superstock was one of the most exciting races of the season - battling it out with new found friend Chris Steel piloting his 08 CBR 1000. Just the weekend prior we were going at it at Barber. Things didn’t change a beat this weekend also as we battled it out till the very end with Chris taking the win and me wrapping up second place for that race.

Second race Formula 1

With Chris Steel not entering this race, I figured all I had to do was get the hole shot, tag onto an expert, and win the race... Well it did not quite go as planned. I did get the hole shot, but the 2 wave start was long enough that I could not see any carrots (1st wave riders) to tag onto. I ran my pace and lead until the 6th lap where James Sehringer made the pass on the brakes and take the win, again leaving me with a solid second place.

Race three A Superbike

The only guy I had to worry about was the same guy who beat me in race two. Last race of the day, and last race of the season for me.. I had to win this one! Gridded up Flag drops I get the hole shot, checked out, and never looked back - winning the race by over 10 seconds for a National Win.

I cant thank these people enough, KWS Kevin, Mike, Chip, the Guys at OHLINS Eric Knight, Mike Fitzgerald, Brad Stokes, Really good friends that took care of me throughout the season Scott Marlow, Ryan Manotti, Lee Acree (Lee saved my arms, but that’s another story), Opie Caylor for taking the time and answering all my questions.

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