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Buell Motorcycles Sweep ASRA Thunderbike
Podium
Bilansky, Bemisderfer and Estok
Dominate at Summit Point West Virginia's Summit Point Raceway
was the site of a dominating Memorial Day Weekend performance
by Buell riders who swept the podium in the American SportBike
Racing Association's (ASRA) Thunderbike class. Hal's H-D/Buell
Hal's Speed Shop rider Dan Bilansky took the victory on
Monday from pole position, with Harley-Davidson/Buell of Frederick's
Bryan Bemisderfer and Veatch Motorsports rider Dave Estok filling
the final steps on the podium.
Bilansky took the ASRA Thunderbike Pole on Sunday with a 1:18.865,
followed by Bemisderfer with a 1:19.274 and defending 2005 National
Thunderbike Champion Estok's 1:19.325. Seven of the top 10 qualifying
spots were held by Buell XB riders.
Nate Kern led the opening laps of the race on his BMW, but the
heart of the 14-lap Thunderbike race was the three-way battle
between the top-running Buells with positions swapping until
the end. Bemisderfer took the lead on the last lap only to have
Bilansky overtake him coming out of the final corner for the
win with Bemisderfer settling for second and Estok third.
"It was a real good weekend for us. We scored maximum points
and that's important for the Thunderbike championship. We need
every point possible," said Bilansky.
Fourth place went to Kern. Buell riders Sam Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal's
Speed Shop), Art Diaz (Classic & Schaffer's H-D/Buell) and
Joe Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal's Speed Shop), finished fifth,
seventh and eighth, respectively.
Buell racers also took four wins and 11 podium finishes during
the Championship Cup Series support races at Summit Point, with
Estok nabbing the expert CCS Thunderbike and SuperTwins race
wins and Roanoke Valley H-D/Buell rider James Delk, Jr. winning
the amateur Lightweight Supersport and Thunderbike classes.
Bemisderfer's second place finish closed his gap in the ASRA
Thunderbike Championship points standings to just two points
behind Kern. With three of eight rounds completed, Kern leads
with 81 points, followed by Bemisderfer (79), Bilansky (73),
Rozynski (61), and Estok rounding out the top five with 58 points.
The next race on the eight-round ASRA Thunderbike National schedule
is June 16-18 at Kansas' Heartland Park-Topeka.
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