VOL. 50 ISSUE 18 MAY 7, 2013
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WILES ON HARLEY FOR STOCKTON
G
rand National Flat Tracker Henry Wiles will ride a
Harley-Davidson XR750 at the
Stockton Half Mile this weekend
with the Lloyd Brothers Motorsports team planning on running
the Harley and the team's Ducatis throughout the season, picking the bike that works best at
the track they're headed to.
"We haven't given up our mission of building brand diversity
in pro flat track," said team coowner David Lloyd, who has been
campaigning Ducatis for the past
seven years. "With one win, three
second places and a multitude
of top-five finishes to our credit,
we have helped to broaden the
appeal of the series to fans and
competitors. I also think that we
have helped to inspire others to
develop flat track motorcycles
around more affordable engines.
In addition to the Harley-Davidson
factory team, we now have teams
in the paddock with support from
Triumph, KTM and Kawasaki."
At this point, the choice is
based at least partly on finances.
"Racing the Harley at some of
Henry Wiles and his new
Harley-Davidson XR750.
the races this season is simply
a matter of economics," Wiles
said. "Harley-Davidson supports
the series and offers a generous performance contingency at
each event. Thanks to Terry and
Nancy Otton of Ramspur Winery,
I now have a brand-new XR750
with which to earn contingency
money at tracks that favor the XR
powerband. I guess the positive
side of not having a team OEM
sponsor is that we have the freedom to use whichever bike we
think will work best at different
tracks."
LOWES, BYRNE SPLIT BSB WINS
A
lex Lowes celebrated his first
win of the MCE Insurance
British Superbike Championship
season on Monday, May 6 at
Oulton Park, the Samsung Honda rider following that up with
a third-place finish in race two
to take over the championship
points lead from Shane Byrne.
Byrne, the defending series
champion, won the second race
after crashing out of race one.
Lowes led the first race from
pole position with Byrne on full
attack mode until crashing out of
the race on his Rapid Solicitors
Kawasaki. From there Lowes
was able to take the victory over
Milwaukee Yamaha's James Ellison and Tyco Suzuki's Josh
Brookes.
"I'm overjoyed to win here at
a circuit where I have struggled
in the past and, my twin brother
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