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TTXGP 2012 America Round 1:
TTXGP America Round 1 at Infineon Raceway


Pos Number Name Team Race #1 Race #2 Weekend Total Championship Points
1 5 Martin Szwarc  Martin Szwarc  20 20
 40  25
2 96 Kenyon Kluge  K Squared
 16  16  32  20
3 7 Kyle Schumacher  Ritz Racing
 13  13  26  16
4 80 Michael Barnes  Lightning  25  DNF  25  13
5 89 Tim Hunt  Lightning  DNF  25  25  11
6 619 Ernest Montague  Ritz Racing
 11  11  22  10



Race 1 Results:
Pos No. Name Class Laps Diff Total Tm Best Tm
1 80 Michael Barnes TTXGP 8   15:46.948 1:55.396
2 5 Martin Szwarc eSuperstock Spec 8 2:10.726 17:57.675 2:11.428
3 96 Kenyon Kluge eSuperstock Spec 7 1 Lap 16:16.636 2:13.022
4 7 Kyle Schumacher eSuperstock Spec 7 1 Lap 16:30.108 2:19.537
5 619 Ernest Montague eSuperstock Spec 7 1 Lap 17:05.143 2:23.605
6 89 Tim Hunt TTXGP 2 6 Laps dnf  

Race #1
Two riders were entered into the TTXGP class, both were on Lightning Motorcycles.  Michael Barnes started from pole and led every lap on his Lightning motorcycle.  His teamate Tim Hunt stayed with him for the first lap before dropping back on the second lap and eventually retiring with electrical issues on the third.  Lightning Motorcyles did not disclose what the problem was, but felt the bike would be fixed by race #2 later in the day.  Team Brammo Icon did not enter the race after crashing in both Friday practice and qualifying on Saturday.  Even without competition, Michael continued to push his motorcycle and laped three of the four eSuperstock Spec entrants.

The second finisher, and the first eSuperstock Spec finisher was Martin Szwarc.  Martin led a close battle with Kenyon Kluge for the first two laps before opening a gap on lap three.  Kyle Schumacher was another 14 seconds behind and Ernest Montague was 35 seconds behind him.

Race #2
Pos No.
Name
Class
Laps
Diff
Total Tm
Best Tm
1
89
Tim Hunt
TTXGP
9

17:40.937 1:55.942
2
5
Martin Szwarc
eSuperstock Spec 8
1 Lap
18:05.551 2:10.748
3
96
Kenyon Kluge
eSuperstock Spec 8
1 Lap 18:13.873 2:14.629
4
7
Kyle Schumacher
eSuperstock Spec 7
1 Lap 18:44.123 2:19.070
5
619
Ernest Montague
eSuperstock Spec 7
1 Lap 19:13.168 2:23.208
6
80
Michael Barnes
TTXGP
2
DNF



Race #2
Michael Barnes led from the start of the race and appeared to be pulling away from the pack.  After two laps, he had put a sizable distance between himself and his teammate Tim Hunt.  Unfortunately, his motorcycle failed before he could complete the third lap and he could not continue.  Tim Hunt went on to win the race and the rest of the bikes finished in the same order as the first race.


Race Schedule:

Friday May 5, 2012
     6:00 - 6:30  Practice

Saturday May 6, 2012
     11:10 - 11:40 Practice
     5:05 - 5:35 Qualifying

Sunday May 7, 2012
     10:40 - 11:10 Race 1 (11 laps)
     4:30 - 5:00 Race 2 (11 laps)


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