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Contact:
Matt King (414) 343-7634 matt.king@harley-davidson.com FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASRA
THUNDERBIKE NATIONAL WIN TO ESTOK AND BUELL AT VIR Estok
Takes Season Points Lead as Bilansky Crashes Out of Race ALTON
Va., (June 24, 2007) – Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing rider
David Estok took over the American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA)
Pro Thunderbike series season point lead after riding a Buell XB12R to a
convincing victory at the seventh annual VIR Festival of Speed at
Virginia International Raceway. Estok
took the race and championship lead on lap five of the 12-lap
Thunderbike National when the previous Thunderbike points leader,
Hal’s H-D/Buell Hal’s Speed Shop rider Dan Bilansky, crashed after
making contact with Suzuki rider Brian Kcraget as he tried to pass
Kcraget for the lead. Estok was close behind in third place at the time,
and managed to avoid the incident. Estok went on to win the race by
7.002 seconds at an average speed of 83.077 mph. Nate Kern, aboard a BMW
R1200RS, was second, followed by Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing
rider Darren James, riding a Buell XB12R. Bilansky and Kcraget retired
from the race following their crash. “I
was lucky not to get tangled up with the racers in front of me when they
came together,” said Estok. “That was shaping up to be another
duel for the win before they went down. Thanks to the Deeley crew for
putting a fast, reliable Buell under me again today.” Buell
riders Joe Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal’s Speed Shop) and Sam Rozynski
(Sound Waves/Hal’s Speed Shop) finished fourth and fifth in the
Thunderbike National. Kern was the fast qualifier for the event, with a
lap of 1:34.311 on the 2.26-mile road course at VIR. After
four of eight ASRA Pro Thunderbike rounds, Estok leads the series with
117 points, followed by Bilanksy with 101 and James with 94. The
next event on the eight-race 2007 ASRA Pro Thunderbike series schedule
is the Road America Festival of Speed, July 6-8 at Road |
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