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Another video from this race weekend. Race start for unlimited superbike race. P6 to P2 by turn 2 :)

ASMA at Podium Race Start P6 to P2 Motorcycle club race by ASMA at Podium Club. Race start and overtaking action. Yamaha R1M

ASMA Round 8 Race recap
First of all I am happy to announce that we are continuing amazing relationship with BellissiMoto as our main sponsor for southwest winter club racing series in 2024 and 2025. Randy Nedescu and the whole Bellisimoto crew are amazing and they are real pros in what they do. They retail and distribute best products in motorcycle industry and they listen to their customers. Over the past three years I have received an amazing amount of financial and technical support from them and I can honestly say that my race program would not be possible without their help. With their help I won Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association Formula 40 championship in 2022 and 2023, CVMA Supersport Championship in 2023 and CVMA Formula open championship in 2022. These results require a lot of effort, money and time. Thanks to Bellissimoto we never missed a race weekend in 3 years.
Now let’s get to racing !!!! As mentioned in earlier post we opened our winter race series with a cycling time trial event which was fun but ended with a flat tire and a win has slipped through my grasp. Well all that was corrected once we got on board the motorcycle. Clean sweep at ASMA Races at Podium Club - Pole Position and Race wins in Formula Arroyo, Formula 40 and Unlimited superbike.
We arrived with Pearce Baker on Thursday night in order to start practice on Friday bright and early. First laps after the summer break were depressing at the least. I believe my first laps were around 1.45 mark. After a few dark minutes in the pits where I was thinking if I should pack up and go home and never ride a bike again I got back out and things started falling into place.
By end of the day which was around 11:30 am thanks to Arizona weather :) I was down to 1.34s This is 2 seconds of my PR from last season and we could officially declare that the winter cobwebs are shaken off.
Saturday came and with it the ASMA crew and the trackday was on. We worked mostly on consistency and proper riding and got to low 1.34s pace by the time qualifying session began. I was aiming for 1.33 lap in qualifying but I was not able to achieve that due to heat and exhaustion by the end of the day. Anyway my lap was good enough for pole.
As most of you know grids in ASMA are determined by championship standings and only Formula Arroyo is gridded based on qualifying. Unlimited superbike and Formula 40 race I started mid pack and that provided for fun action. This was much needed since lapping by yourself and doing close race action are two different things. I pleasantly surprised myself with how aggressive and clean my overtakes were. In both races I went from mid pack to P2 by turn 2. From there onwards I needed a few laps to reel in and get by Dan Dickermanand Roger Heemsbergen. Dan gave me a run for my money and got by me on the front straight and held his own into turn 2 and I had to do another bold move on the brakes into the keyhole and was able to stay up front from there. Full race videos are being uploaded to my Youtube channel as we speak. Formula Arroyo race I started from P1 but Roger had a better start and was leading into T1. I tried to get around him in the esses but was not close enough to make a move and had to check my speed. Sean Ungvarsky has used this to his advantage and made a very ballsy move into T5. We need to mention here Sean is riding an R7 and has to be aggressive in order to fight with big bikes. I pulled alongside him on the back straight but he broke a bit later and was not able to hold the line and ran off the track. From there on I was able to reel in Roger and get by him and stay in the lead comfortably for the rest of the race. Had a little moment into T1 on the brakes when bike went into false neutral but I was able to collect it and not loose too much time. In broad strokes this is how it all transpired.
Big thanks to my pit mate and friend Pearce Baker and his family. It was amazing to hang out and race together!
Big thanks to Jeremy D Sims. He crew chiefed for me and Pearce this weekend and it went great. His technical help and data insight was extremely helpfull and I am considering season long collaboration.
Big thanks to Dunlop Motorcycle Tires Jim Joyce Dale Kieffer . We got to test the new Dunlop R4 rear tire and results are amazing. We now have the performance of an R3 soft tire combined with longevity of an R8 hard compound and it worked in 107 degree weather. Can’t wait to try it out at CVMA.
Big thanks to our sponsor Ryder Gear
Big Thanks to our Sponsor PHX Ducati Official Club
Big thanks to Roger and all of ASMA stuff for coming out and arranging these amazing events!
Big thanks to The Podium Club for providing us access to a proper race track in Arizona !!!!
Most of all big thanks and love to my wife and family for supporting me in my crazy speed pursuit!!!

In two weeks we are off to first round of CVMA !!!!

Bellissimoto Exotics Racing Ducati V4R at Turn16 at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway CVMA winter race series round 1




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