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Go Big Racing's 8 Hour Moto-ST
Ends in Heartbreak
For seven hours and fifty-three
minutes of the eight hours finale of the SunTrust Moto-ST Endurance
Series, Go Big Racing could not have asked for a better run.
Ross Millson (Hamilton, ON), Karl Daigle (Granby, PQ), and Paul
Glenn (Keene, ON) overcame two pit stop penalties to drive their
Summit Gearworks/Ready Fastener Suzuki powered SV650 to the front
of the ST Class pack and were sitting in first place at historic
Daytona International Speedway when disaster struck.
 With seven minutes remaining in
the race, Go Big Racing saw their shot at winning their first
SunTrust Moto-ST Endurance Series race fall short as the bike
suffered what the team believed was an electrical related failure
and was forced to retire with a third place finish.
"At this point, we are not sure what went wrong with the
bike" commented Millson moments after learning that they
were out of the race "the most important thing is that Karl
is fine and we were still able to finish on the podium for our
hardworking crew and for our sponsors."
An early pit stop penalty saw the Go Big Racing Suzuki drop to
as low as sixth in the ST Class, but some determined racing by
all three team members allowed the team slowly work their way
back to the front of the pack where they waged a lengthy battle
with the #87 Speedworks entry.
Buoyed by the support of Phil and Rose Kurucz (and family) of
Summit Gearworks and Mike and Imma Rice of Infinet Designs, all
of whom made the trip to Daytona to support the team, and the
Ready Fastener and AVAcore Technologies - CoreControl teams back
in Canada and Michigan respectively, Go Big Racing was able to
eventually use great racing and pit stop strategy to carve out
almost a full lap lead on the #87 entry before the technical
issues arose.
"It was great to be able to be here in Daytona to see Go
Big Racing in action and to see how much heart they have as a
team" said Summit Gearworks' President, Phil Kurucz "We
are extremely proud of these remarkable racers and crew!"
The third place finish in Daytona allowed Go Big Racing to finish
the inaugural season in second place in the ST Class championship
point standings.
"Overall we are very happy with the results this season"
commented Glenn "We would like to thank all of our sponsors
for their support, which allowed us to run in this new series
and gain valuable experience that we can take forward.
We also once again have to thank our crew for their tireless
effort each week. We would not be able to run up front
in an eight hour race without the hard work of Mark Millson,
Scott Laidman, Blaine Groves and Angie and Mike Hallman."
Speed TV will broadcast of all 6 rounds of the SunTrust MOTO-ST
Endurance Series with The 8-hour finale from Daytona airing January
8, 2008. Visit www.speedtv.com for complete broadcast details.
Go Big Racing now heads into the offseason after a very successful
year that saw Paul Glenn win the 2007 International Motorcycle
Supershow Amateur 600 Canadian Championship and Ross Millson
finish his rookie season in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship
in 3rd in the HJC Rookie of the Year standing. Throughout
the winter, you can catch up with Go Big Racing at the International
Motorcycle Supershow and the Toronto Motorcycle Show where they
will be displaying their bikes and signing autographs.
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