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Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki >> BEST AMA PRO WEEKEND YET FOR VILLA IN VIRGINIA

August 16 2010

Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki's Santiago Villa enjoyed his finest AMA Pro Road Racing weekend yet, twice equaling his career-best finish at Virginia International Raceway.

The Colombian entered the VIR weekend with high expectations and managed to live up to those hopes, racing with several established stars of the AMA Pro Daytona SportBike class en route to a pair of 11th place finishes in the extremely competitive class.

Santiago's previous best result was a 11th place finish taken at Road America in 2009, but unlike his impressive ride in the rain in Wisconsin, this weekend's tally was earned under normal conditions.

Villa had to work his way up to his ultimate finishing position both times out on his GSX-R600, qualifying in 20th at 1:31.019. 

"I'm really happy -- it's my best weekend ever in AMA," Santiago said. "I just matched my best result from '09 twice and that was in the wet and these were both in the dry. Even better, I was not far away from the leading group on times. I was fighting with many of the top riders and I really learned a lot this weekend.

Despite missing several rounds due to injury, he is ranked in the championship top 20, currently placed 19th with 42 points.

"I'm ecstatic. This really helps my confidence, even looking ahead to 2011. This year I lost six races because of my injury but even with that I'm top 20 in the championship."

Meanwhile, Daniel Guevara continued to hold down a spot in the top 10 in the AMA Pro SuperSport East Region title fight. The Florida-based Venezuelan qualified 11th fastest at 1:31.693 and just missed out on a top-ten result in Saturday's final, finishing a close 11th.

Sunday's contest didn't go to plan, as he ran off track on the opening lap and continued on to finish in 18th. He is currently ranked ninth with 87 points.

Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will next travel to New Jersey Motorsports Park for the penultimate round of the 2010 series on September 3-5.

Villa remarked, "I don't know the track, so we'll see. I did one or two laps last year but my foot was broken and still hurt too much to allow me to compete. But the track looks amazing and I'm just looking forward to getting there."

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