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Roadracingworld.com Suzuki>> ULRICH, VILLA, AND GUEVARA EARN VALUABLE POINTS AT DAYTONA

March 12 2010

Roadracingworld.com Suzuki leaves the AMA Pro Road Racing season opener at Daytona International Speedway with strong results in all three classes and excited about their prospects for the remainder of the 2010 season.
 
After his sterling sixth-place ride in Thursday's AMA Pro American Superbike opener, Chris Ulrich found himself fighting an uphill battle in Friday's outing after getting pulled into the draft and running wide in the opening corner of the race. However, Ulrich sliced his way from outside the top 15 to ninth place before the spec tire spun on the rim and forced him to back off his charge in the closing moments of the race.
 
Ultimately coming home in twelfth on his Monster Energy Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R1000, the Californian was encouraged with his race pace, which he improved upon significantly from his impressive ride the day before.
 
Following Friday's Superbike final Ulrich said, "I made a mistake right away and that put us behind. I've been racing Daytona long enough to know there's going to be a big draft but I hadn't been that close to a big group all weekend. I really thought I was going to crash. The front started going and going and going and it was either bin it or run off, so I ran off. It messed my race up but the positives are that my race pace was over a second a lap faster and I rode well. I went through a lot of guys in a really short time. But I spun a tire on the rim and it started bouncing and kicking me out of the seat on all the left-handed turns. I had no drive and it was trying to crash me everywhere so I did what I had to do to finish the race."
 
"It bodes well for the season. If we wouldn't have had the issues, I think we could have been good for another top six today. We got a lot of positives out of the weekend including my best Superbike qualifying performance ever and my best Superbike finish ever. We're going to be up there this year."
 
The never-say-die attitude of Santiago Villa makes him an ideal competitor for the grueling Daytona 200 and the Colombian proved that to be the case on Friday night under the lights. After qualifying 27th at 1:55.303, Villa methodically worked his way up in the 69th running of the prestigious 200-mile contest despite a broken collarbone, eventually securing a 15-place result at the checkered flag.
 
Meanwhile, team newcomer Daniel Guevara kicked off his AMA Pro career by claiming an 8th place finish in the AMA Pro SuperSport East opener on Thursday after qualifying eighth at 1:46.288. The rapidly developing 20-year-old Venezuelan saved his best for last, edging rivals Huntley Nash and Elena Myers at the flag by just fractions of a second to scoop a fifth-place finish in Friday's final.
 
Ulrich said, "Daniel and Santiago both did a really nice job too and they're continually improving and that's what we really want to see. I know what the potential is for the team for the rest of the season and I'm excited.”
 
Roadracingworld.com Suzuki will next head to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA for round two of the 2010 AMA Pro Road Racing season on March 26-28.

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