Can-Am 125GP Release
18 May 2002 Shannonville, Ontario Canada FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wright Grabs Pole In Round One Of The Diablo Paintball Can-Am125GP Challenge Dave Wright, who had been near the top of the time sheets all weekend, is set to start on pole for tomorrows first round of the Diablo Paintball Can-Am 126 GP Challenge. In doing so Wright broke the existing 125 track record on the "Pro" track at Shannonville. Wright's pole time was 1:10.943 The pole time went back and forth between Wright, Jeff Chen, local ace Corey Sherman and Honda Canada's Chris Peris. With about three minutes remaining Wright got some clear track and was able to put in his quick lap. Honda Canada's Chris Peris had just put in his quick time when he lost the front going into turn two. As he tried to save it, he went over some curbing and into the infield, where the bike became covered in mud. The infield is very soft with lots of sanding water due to significant rainfall in the past week. Corey Sherman had an adventuresome qualifying secession. Sherman went down in turn two on cold tires. Sherman's off was low speed, he merely bent his shifter and loosened his foot peg. After getting the bike back on track and making a couple laps to make sure everything was good, Sherman came into the pits to tighten up his foot peg. The next lap was Sherman's quickest, landing him third on the grid. Dark Horse Racing's Jeff Chen rounded out the front row. Chen who had been on top of the charts in morning practice didn't quite have enough in qualifying, but was happy to be on the front row. QUOTES: Dave Wright 1:10.943 I was late getting out, but I hooked up with [Jeff] Chen. I rode with him for a couple laps, but then got by him on the back straight. Once I was around him, I had some clear track and was able to put in a couple good laps. The track was really good out there today, but tomorrow's final is going to be tough, there's five or six of us that I think have a shot to win. Chris Peris 1:11.195 I was going really good out there. I hadn't had a lot of practice. This morning I was out there and the bike was handling funny. Turns out we only had 18lbs of air in the front. The bike is good, I just need a little more time on the bike, the race tomorrow should be good. Corey Sherman 1:11.341 That crash on my out lap was cold tires, I guess I'm going to have to get a set of those tire warmers from John Bickle, eh? After I came in to tighten up my foot peg, I was really fired up, that's when I put in my quick lap. I'm really pumped for tomorrows race, it should be exciting. Final Qualifying: Dave Wright Honda 1:10.943 Chris Peris Honda 1:11.195 Corey Sherman Honda 1:11.341 Jeff Chen Honda 1:11.366 Stuart Nodell Honda 1:11.760 Dave Thompson Honda 1:12.165 Mark Gonyou Honda 1:12.550 Yvan Desi Honda 1:12.884 Jim Struke Honda 1:13.306 Matt Dennie Honda 1:14.340 Andrew Hiller Honda 1:16.259 Angela Hiba Honda 1:16.703 Logan Myers Honda 1:16.906 Luke Krukar Yamaha 1:16.929 Taylor Knapp Honda 1:16.994 Mark Rabo Yamaha 1:17.628 Rob Rawlins Honda 1:18.581 Doug Brown Honda 1:18.799 Paul Nelson Honda 1:20.603 Jesse Herrera Honda 1:21.003 Don Murfin Honda 1:21.461 Don MacPhail Honda 1:24.562 Stephen Campbell Honda 1:25.530 Glenn Thompson Honda 1:31.968 Ade Barkah Honda 1:42.101 John Dempsey Honda no time Dean Hoelscher Aprilia no time Eric A. Trytko Press Office Diablo Paintball Can-Am 125GP Challenge -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Duke | | | President | Press Officer | COMPoST #130 | Raoul Duke Media LLC | Can-Am125GP Challenge | Can-Am125gp#131 | RumbleStrip.net | www.can-am125gp.com | USGPRU #131 | SuperMotoItalia.com | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him... The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself... All progress depends on the unreasonable man." -George Bernard Shaw