Three races at Summit Point this past weekend and each one of them were perfect.
After helping young Benjamin Smith with his suspension, he proceeding to then beat me in Thunderbike. I couldn’t have been happier finishing 2nd place to him. The two of us were able to put in a bunch of solid laps in the 1:19 range which is something I never thought I’d see.
The stacked 15 rider grid on the Ultralight Superbike grid had me assuming a 10th place was in store. 8 riders in the 1:19 lap times. Tommy Wilson and I went at it for the top spot. A slight bobble by him on the last lap allowed me to take the win, second of my racing life.
ULSBK Race Video ->https://youtu.be/4qBKfzoGcjg Check out B.j. Finnerty at the very end smile emoticon
The ASRA 3 hour Team Challenge was the highlight of the weekend. B.j. Finnerty and I were out to win and to close in for the championship. The race went absolutely perfect as my teammate did exactly what he needed to do, go fast for 49 laps. After my 45 laps and our flawlessly performed one pit stop, we would take the win by 14 seconds. This gave us our first win of the season and closing the points gap to 8.
Big thanks to Michael Faillace at MDM for the support. He refreshed the front end on the Team Challenge machine and it was spot on. That combined with the perfect Pirelli tires (SC2) allowing Will and I to put in 94 flawless laps. I was able to put in my fastest lap (and fastest of the GTL class, 1:21.0) on lap 90.
Congrats to Benjamin Loyle and Todd Alberico on their 3rd place finish in the Team Challenge.
Thank you to the entire LWT Racer crew, CCS Staff, MARRC Corner Workers, and Katie Overton for capturing the moments in second to non quality.
