Can-Am PERIS WINS TWO IN A ROW
15 August 2002 Ann Arbor, MI FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PERIS WINS TWO IN A ROW Round four of the Diablo Paintball was run this past weekend at the Atlantic Motorsports Park in Shubenacadie, NS with the Canadian Superbike Series. This round of the Can-Am series was classified as a full Canadian National, therefore it had all of the pomp and pageantry of the Superbike race. Round four was truly an international affair. Along with riders from Canada and the US, including John Hjelm who made the 35 hour tow from Morrison, Colorado, twelve riders from Bermuda filled a cargo container and shipped it in so they could race, making this a true North American 125 race! With all of the starters bikes parked on the starting grid there was a full rider walkout complete with umbrella girls, and in racer Angela Hibas situation Honda Canadas Frank Trombino was an umbrella boy! There was not an empty place to view the race as the entire maritime province seemed to have turned out for the weekend and as the 125s fired for their warm up lap, everyone was jammed up against a fence. The pit lane wall was covered with factory riders to watch the eighteen lap race with several volunteering to handle riders pit boards! Series points leader Dave Wright was riding this weekend, though he was still recovering from separating his shoulder in a crash at Mosport. Wright was determined to grind it out for the weekend to try and preserve his points lead, or at least not to loose to many points to Corey Sherman. Honda Canadas Chris Peris was on pole with a 1:12.337, shattering the old track record by over a second. Corey Sherman just missed the pole with a 1:12.492. Chris Peris must have been studying videos of the AMA Superbike series because he tired to do an Eric Bostrom and check out from the 31 rider field on the opening lap of the eighteen lap event. Try as he might though he could never pull more than five bike lengths over Sherman and third place Stuart Nodell in the opening laps. Sherman and Peris would swap the lead several times a lap throughout the entire race with Nodell putting his nose up there every few laps to let Sherman and Peris know that he hadnt gone anywhere. Meanwhile Dave Wright was gritting it out in fourth place riding though tremendous pain. For the last two thirds of the race first to third were never separated by more than two bike lengths! If you scanned the spectators during the race, everyone was on their feet holding their breath then exclaiming, I cant BELIEVE he made that pass, or, There is NO WAY he can go that fast through the corner. as the lead trio made their way through. For the last three laps it looked as if Sherman was laying back waiting to make his move on the last lap. Unfortunately for Sherman, Nodell and Peris had the same idea and the last two laps were run in the 1:12.1s! Sherman tried to make a run in the last couple corners, but Peris held off Sherman and Nodell to take his second win in the series. As the riders completed their TV interviews after the race they all agreed that was the hardest race they had all ever had and most the enjoyable. The penultimate round of the Diabl Paintball Can-Am125 GP series heads back to Grattan Raceway in Michigan August 23-25 to run with Michigan Cycle Fest. Current points standings can be found at the official website: www.can-am125gp.com Full Results: 1 Chris Peris 2 Stuart Nodell 3 Corey Sherman 4 David Wright 5 Dave Thompson 6 Yvan Desy 7 Jim Struke 8 Shannon Caisey 9 John Hjelm 10 Mark White 11 Josonne Smith 12 Rob Rawlins 13 Andrew Hillier 14 Christian Rose 15 David E. Jones 16 Grant Goudge 17 Eddy Brunet 18 Dale Greenwood 19 Raymond Masters 20 Angela Hiba 21 Kyle Pimental 22 Patrick Groening 23 Alex Dowling 24 Don Murfin 25 John Dempsey DNF 26 Raymond Thompson DNF 27 Billy Dunn DNF 28 Glenn Thomson DNF 29 Jim Pentacost DNF 30 Dennis Wilson DNF 31 Daren Dowling DNF -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric A. Trytko | | | President | Press Officer | COMPoST #130 | Raoul Duke Media LLC | Can-Am125GP Challenge | Can-Am125gp#131 | www.RumbleStrip.net | www.can-am125gp.com | USGPRU#131 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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