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     Ebear |
AMA Pro Road Racing Round 1 Daytona 200 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida March 15-17, 2012 By Eric Barrows Epic! Awesome! Outstanding! Most descriptions can’t quite convey the atmosphere surrounding EBR. But just take one look at the product and try to convince yourself these terms don’t apply! It’s futile. Consider for a moment just what has been achieved with this largely unproven hybrid street bike turned racer. With only five 2011 AMA Superbike races under it’s “chain” it has achieved very promising results, including a 6th place at the 2011 AMA Pro Racing Superbike Finals in New Jersey with Geoff May aboard.  Geoff May aboard the Amsoil EBR 1190RS at New Jersey Motorsports Park, 2011 There was also an 1190RS run by Taylor Knapp, former 1125RR pilot, that had been on the assembly line  in East Troy just a couple of days before the 2011 NJ event. That bike was LOANED to Taylor for a one weekend tryout that saw Taylor produce a 7th place finish on a bike not even broken-in that he had never thrown a leg over until that Friday morning. Let’s add “incredible!”  Taylor Knapp riding the Riders Discount Vesrah EBR 1190RS to a P7 at New Jersey Motorsports Park, 2011 EBR has seen its fair share of adjectives used over its brief and tumultuous life but never quite like this. With major new sponsor Hero Motors on-board, and two-time AMA Pro Racing Daytona Sportbike National Champion and former Buell 1125R rider, Danny Eslick, riding for EBR, things could hardly look more promising. This years opening “Daytona 200“ event supported those expectations in that Geoff again achieved a 6th place finish and Danny a P9 on their first race weekend on a very high speed track not particularly suited to the EBR 1190RS.  Geoff May 99 and Danny Eslick 69 aboard the Hero Amsoil EBR 1190RS at Daytona International Speedway That really is incredible for a near stock bike selling in ready to race form for less than some teams spend on traction control, and needing not much more than removal of the lights and mirrors to compete in the AMA Pro Racing National Superbike championship.  Geoff May on the Hero Amsoil EBR 1190RS leading Ben Bostrum aboard a Jordan Suzuki GSXR Many new bikes have been sent racing to prove their breed; few have achieved results of this caliber this quickly. What the future holds for these deeply talented men and their high tech  machines can only be guessed at, but it sure looks to be nothing but interesting following their results. So stay tuned to the greatest channel in American Motorcycle Racing. I’m talking about the “EBR” Channel. Tune in April 20th for the next chapter, Road Atlanta. (Message edited by ebear on April 03, 2012) (Message edited by ebear on April 03, 2012) |
