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Friday, March 13 - Sunday, March 15 - CCS Florida had the honor to hold the first motorcycle event at the newly redesigned Palm Beach International Raceway. CCS Florida also held its first round of night-time races under the lights of the facility, as well as a qualifying session for the Unlimited Grand Prix.
Founded in 1984, the Championship Cup Series is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. During its long history, CCS has become the Leader in Sportsman Level motorcycle road racing offering unrivalled competition in nationwide venues. Its parent company
is the American SportBike Racing Association LLC, owned and operated by Kevin & Nancy Elliott.Â
CCS Racing offers a professional racing environment for beginning and seasoned riders alike - all centered around increasing the "fun factor" in a safety-conscious atmosphere. During any event run by CCS, participants will find knowledgable officials, consistent, fair & safety-geared regulations, as well as ample amounts of practice and race time. Race Results from Various Teams
**Robertino Pietri won the first Unlimited Grand Prix. Pietri turned the fastest qualifying time for the Unlimited Grand Prix race on Saturday night with a lap time of 1:17.345. Barrett Long and Seth Starnes also ran lap times in the low 1:17s around the 2.034-mile-long road course. And, it was during the Unlimited Grand Prix race, that Pietri ran the fastest lap of the weekend setting a brand new record at 1:16.847 on the Prieto Performance-prepped Suzuki GSX-R1000.
** The Way to Happiness Racing Team finished in the top ten of all four races it entered and had a best ever finish of 4th. Greg Gorman, riding a 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R prepared by Corsa Motorworks, was finally able to display his cornering skills at a track that has connected turns and not just hairpin turns leading to straights. He was able to run laptimes that were only 2.5 to 3 seconds slower than the best laps than the best times of the event.
The Saturday night GTO race found Greg starting from 5th of 5 rows and last into turn 1. He finished a provisional 6th. The race results are provisional due to a protest and subsequent appeal due to an incident at the start in turn 1. The Sunday morning Unlimited SuperSport race saw Greg get his best ever expert finish, 4th. Greg also finished 6th and 9th in Unlimited Superbike and Unlimited GP respectively. |