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Millennium/KWS
Suzuki Fight for Top Privateer at Road Atlanta
Braselton, GA – Sept. 2006 -- Team Millennium/KWS
Suzuki sponsored by Ron Ayers Motorsports had another really good weekend at
Road Atlanta. Millennium/KWS Suzuki has been looking forward to the Road
Atlanta round all year, as it is the home track for both the team and rider
Matt Lynn. Both riders and the team had a lot of support from friends and
families at the track this weekend and put on a good show for everybody.
Matt Lynn put in an excellent performance in qualifying
running his fastest time ever at the historic Atlanta racetrack. For Superbike,
Matt qualified in the twelfth position with a time of 1:25.145 with teammate
John Haner right behind him in the fourteenth position with a time of 1:25.697.
In Superstock qualifying, Lynn qualified in the eleventh position with a time
of 1:24.884 with Haner qualifying again just behind Lynn with a time of
1:25.450 in the thirteenth position.
The first race of the weekend was SaturdayÕs Superbike Race
One. Both riders got excellent starts on their Suzuki GSX-R 1000Õs and battled
with the Jordan Suzuki riders for the entire race. The Millennium Technologies
riders eventually finished just outside the top ten with Lynn in the eleventh
position and Haner in twelfth.
Sunday morningÕs Superstock race is always the best race of
the weekend and the Pirelli sponsored KWS team was ready. Both riders got
excellent starts, especially Matt Lynn. Lynn jumped to eighth on the first lap
and was battling with Jordan SuzukiÕs Jake Holden and number one plate holder
Aaron Yates for seventh when he crashed going into turn six. ÒI couldnÕt get
the thing stopped to make the turn and the only thing I could see was that wall
so I bailed off,Ó said Lynn after the race. Meanwhile, Haner had a race long
battle with Craggill, Attard, and Ulrich, which culminated with a pass on the
last lap to beat the group to the line for eleventh place.
SundayÕs Superbike Race Two got underway with the threat of
rain in the distance. John Haner had a problem when a boot came unfastened on
lap two. John fixed the boot himself on the front straight but had lost so much
time that he was only able to salvage a twenty-first place position. Matt Lynn
had a good race that saw him battling with Jordan SuzukiÕs Jake Holden and
factory KawasakiÕs Tommy Hayden. Matt eventually finished in the thirteenth
position.
John Haner – ÒIt
was a good weekend with some bad luck. The first Superbike race and the
Superstock race were really good. The Pirelli tires are so consistent and I
think we could have done really well in the second Superbike race, but we had a
freak problem with my boot. I really want to thank the team and my sponsors.
Rockstar, Komodo, HJC, Space City, and Dragon.Ó
Matt Lynn – ÒIt
was a pretty good weekend. The team worked really hard and I want to thank my
mechanics, Brian Stricker and Rick Matheny for putting a great bike under me
all weekend. It was great to have all the family and friends out for this race,
thanks to all who came.Ó
Kevin Hunt – ÒThe
team did really well this weekend. Owen, Michael, Chip, Rick, Brian, and Jim
worked really hard. I want to thank all of our family, friends, and sponsors
that came out this weekend to support us. Especially Chris Hackl and the guys
from Millennium Technologies.Ó
For
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Contact:
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