DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 20, 2007) - The James Gang Racing/Hoban Brothers
Buell XB12R sponsored by Buell of Appleton and Darkhorse Crankworks and ridden
by Paul James, Jeff Johnson and Walt Sipp finished third in the Grand Sport
Touring (GST) class in the 8 Hours At Daytona, the sixth and final round of the
SunTrust MOTO-ST Series for motorcycle endurance racing. Despite a minor
mid-race crash, the team completed 216 laps of the Daytona International
Speedway road course, and finished three laps behind the class-winning Touring
Sport Ducati entry (Doug Polen/Peter Friedland/Frank Shockley), clinching third
place overall in the final season GST points standings.
“It was a great weekend for our team,” said Hoban Brother’s John Dahmer. “Our
riders clicked off consistent lap times, our pit stops were solid, and our 2008
Buell Thunderstorm engine worked flawlessly. It was a total team effort.”
The Richie Morris Racing/Daytona Harley-Davidson/Buell team was running third
on the same lap as the GST leader when their chain derailed in the third hour of
the event. The Richie Morris Racing team repaired the Buell XB12R and returned
to the race, completing 205 laps to place eighth in GST. The result dropped the
Richie Morris Racing team from first to second in GST season points, 188 to 183,
to Touring Sport Ducati. James Gang Racing finished the season third in GST,
with 181 points.
In the first complete season of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series, Buell teams won
four of six GST races and at least one Buell team placed on the podium at each
event.
At Daytona, the overall MOTO-ST win and first place in the Buell Motorcycle
Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class went to Roadracingworld.com Suzuki 18
(Chris Ulrich/Gary Mason/Cory West) on a Suzuki SV1000S that completed 234 laps
in 8:01.06.454. The SST class championship was clinched prior to Daytona by
Aprilia USA 1 (Ty Howard/Ben Thompson/Henry Wiles). Eleventh overall and first
in the ST (Sport Twins) class was the Speedwerks 87 Suzuki SV650 (Hawk
Mazzotta/Scott Ryan/Brian Kcraget), which completed 218 laps.
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