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LagunaSeca US Grand Prix Weekend Featuring AMA Superbikes Superbike Final: 1. Spies 2. Mladin 3. Yates 4. Duhamel 5. Hodgson 6. Hacking 7. DiSalvo 8. Holden 9.E Bostrom 10. Ellison |
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HODGSON TAKES CORONA EXTRA HONDA RACING TO FIFTH WITH
The big news in AMA Superbike was the appearance of World Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson on the Corona Extra Honda CBR1000RR, in his first race outing in nearly a year and his first time on a four cylinder in many years. Neil’s appearance was made possible by Team Partners Honda, Parts Unlimited, TheTrackClub.com and Race Tech - many thanks to all who helped make it happen. Hodgson and team regular James Ellison had their work cut out in getting the CBR1000RR Superbikes set up with almost no practice time allowed by MotoGP – 35 minutes on Friday, 60 on Saturday and 30 minutes for qualifying on Sunday. Both riders did their best with Hodgson getting eighth spot on the second row of the grid and Ellison two rows behind in fifteenth. After getting a great start and moving up to fifth by the end of the first lap, Hodgson quickly worked his way up to the dice for third between Duhamel on the Honda and Yates on the Suzuki. He took fourth on lap seven and then third on the next lap. Thereafter the three pulled away from the pack and their dicing was the highlight of the race weekend. It looked like Neil had the third podium slot for the taking but on lap eighteen he was briefly held up by a lapped rider which allowed the other two to slip by, dropping him to fifth. Almost immediately another lapped rider delayed a bid to take back the spots and gapped the two ahead just enough to make it impossible to for catch them by the finish. Neil said, “Everything was working really well and then I just chose the wrong side to pass this back marker. He moved over and blocked me. That was enough to let Miguel and Aaron by. I was close enough to get them but got blocked again and that was that!” Ellison also got a great start but was rammed from behind by the factory MV of Scassa and nearly knocked off. Scassa went down and out! From Twelfth on lap one James moved up to eleventh by lap twenty and one more spot three laps from the end, picking off Tommy Hayden and Ben Bostrom on his way to a 10th place showing. James said, “I got a great start and then got rammed big time by Scassa. I was so close to coming off! It took me a while to get back in the swing and I lost some ground on the guys ahead!” The 10th place finish moved Ellison up to 10th place in the AMA Superbike points battle. In other news, the Corona Extra Honda Racing team received added attention when Corona Extra and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca made a major announcement prior to the Superbike race. The final round of competition for the 2007 AMA Superbike season will be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on September 15-16 with Corona Extra the title sponsor. The event will be the Corona Extra AMA Superbike Championship. Activities planned for the finale will include promotional appearances by Corona Extra Honda Racing, live music, the opportunity for fans to take a parade lap around the historic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and a weekend-long party on the “Corona Island”. Bring on the bikes, bring on the party! More details will be coming shortly so keep checking the website. The Corona Extra Honda Team was pleased to host Cycle Gear for the weekend and in particular employees Mitch Darby and Jordan Spearman, winners of the Cycle Gear ?Crew for Laguna? contest. They certainly found out how much work is involved racing to the lime! Thanks to both for their terrific help. Corona Extra Honda Racing is proud to be partnering with industry-leaders: Parts Unlimited, Cycle Gear, Ti Force, Joe Rocket, Castrol, Dunlop, Sidi, Hotbodies, GPR, Motion Pro, K&L, TheTrackClub.com, HRC, Ohlins, VP Racing, Race Tech, Vortex, CR&A, Adran, DynoJet, RK, Brembo, Marchesini, Galfer, STM, Powerstands, JETT Tuning, EFI Technology, Performance Solutions, EBSCO Media and MTS. Racing To The Lime. |
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In front of World MotoGP racers, fans and media circus and in perfect weather Corona Extra Honda Racing capped a great weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with 5th and 10th place finishes in the AMA Superbike race.