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Sipp scores win at Heartland Park Topeka!

Topeka, KS – Bison Racing / Zero 7 Design Concepts rider Walt Sipp won round two of the ASRA Thunderbike Championship, held at a chilly Heartland Park Topeka circuit. Qualifying went well even on used tires from the previous AMA weekend. Walt qualified on the front row (2nd) with a 1:49.752. Nate Kern was on pole with a lap of 1:49.619 after early pole man Dave Estok’s time was dis-allowed for not being able to make the post qualifying dyno run. Sipp said, “I’m pretty happy with how things are going. If I would have known I had a shot at pole I would have put on new tires! It still feels good to be on the front row at my home track!”

For the race on Sunday, Walt was confidant he could run the pace at the front. “I’m sure I can run with Nate and Dave. I just can’t let Nate get the holeshot” said Sipp.

As it turns out, Walt's fears were realized when he missed second gear on the start and ended up being fifth going into turn one. Sipp was able to make quick work of the first two riders, and set off after Kern and Estok who had already started pulling away.

Soon enough, Walt was on Kern’s back wheel and made the pass coming on to the front straight. Walt said, “Man, I don’t think I could have gotten away worse! I was happy I was able to reel in the guys as fast as I did after my mistake at the start.”

Walt then started making progress on Estok while opening a gap on Kern. Just at half way though, Sipp came upon a frustrated Estok obviously having mechanical issues. Sipp said, “I saw Dave having problems and I knew this one was mine. I knew I had a slight gap on Kern so I decided to just try to maintain the gap. I really used up my tires trying to catch those guys.”

However, he backed it down too much and Kern was able to re-pass Sipp over the tunnel turn coming to the white flag. “Nate came by me and I told myself no more taking care of the tires – he’s not going to steal this one. I was able to get by him going into turn one. I just put my head down and rode as hard as I could. As it turns out Kern and I turned our fastest laps on the last lap. Thankfully mine was a little quicker (1:48.209 to a 1:48.459). I would have liked to been battling with Dave for the win. I was only 0.3 off Estok's track record (1:47.9), so it proves I would have been there no matter what. I know he’ll be strong the rest of the season as will Kern and the rest of the guys. Right now I’m just going to savor the win and go into the next race wanting more!”

With the win at HPT and a fourth in Daytona, Walt moves up to second in the points only eight behind the leader Kern.

Follow Walt and his Championship chase to the next round; Summit Point, WV May 24-26th or catch up at www.waltsipp.com.

Author Message   Rocketsprink Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 06:21 pm:        ASRA Pro Series Round 2 of 8 - Results Heartland Park - Topeka April 24-27,2008 Thunderbike Pos Laps Number Bike Size Name 1 12 221 BUE 120 WALT SIPP, KANSAS CITY, MO. Bison Racing,Buell,LP USA,Vortex,EBC,Dun 2 12 12 BMW 120 NATE KERN, MARIETTA, GA. BMWXplor.com,BMW of Atlanta,Suomy,Pirell 3 12 96 BUE 120 DEAN HAGEMANN, BYRON, IL. D & G RAcing,Hals H-D/Buell,Racers Track 4 12 773 DUC 100 GEORGE LINHART, ELMHURST, IL. LP USA,Pirelli,Ducati Indianapolis 5 11 336 BUE 120 JOEL SPALDING, HUNTLEY, IL. Buell,michelin,hal's harley davidson,air 6 11 410 SUZ 650 REBECCA CAUDLE, COLUMBIA, MO. Cafe Racer inc,R&R Tool & Die Co.,MIchel 7 11 16 BUE 120 DAVID MYERS, WILDWOOD, MO. 8 9 198 BUE 120 AARON HOLCOMB, WHITEFISH BAY, WI. 9 8 123 BUE 900   Rocketsprink Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 06:22 pm:        After a successful promotion at the local Buffalo Wild Wings in Topeka, Walt Sipp mentioned he might have a little something for the front runners in the ASRA ThunderBike class and he showed the crowd he wasn’t just blowing smoke. Dave Estok took the early lead and built a gap of 8 seconds over the battle for second between Nate Kern aboard his BMW 1200 and Sipp, but a slight miscalculation put the leader down in turn eight ruining his chance for victory. The next four laps saw a terrific struggle between Kern and Sipp for the top spot as Nate desperately tried to find a way past the Buell rider. Despite running quicker on laps 9 through 11, Kern was unable to get in front of Sipp where it counted, at the finish line. This is Walt Sipp’s first national win and couldn’t come at a better place than his home track, Heartland Park-Topeka.   Aeholton Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 07:16 pm:        Congratulations Walt and Bison Racing!!!   Slaughter Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 08:07 pm:        So the bison DO have wings!   Mcgiver Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 08:35 pm:        Great going Walt! Brian   99cyclone Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 08:58 pm:        Congratulations Walt!   Mutation_racer Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 09:08 pm:        great job walt   Court Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 10:52 pm:        CONGRATULATIONS WALT AND BISON! That is awesome! Court   Blake Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 11:50 pm:        WOOHOO! Way to go Walt! Congratulations to you and Bison Racing!   Smoke Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 05:10 am:        CONGRATULATIONS WALT !!!!!!!!!! tim   Benm2 Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 06:58 am:        Congratulations Walt! Ben   Blake Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 11:31 am:        Walt's/Bison Racing's press release added to top of page. (Message edited by blake on April 29, 2008)   Ebear Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 03:31 pm:        Wicked Walt!!!!Wicked!!!!Wish I'da been there!!!!!! Whenya' gonna be out here???..or say Miller??   Daves Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 04:22 pm:        Way to go!   Reepicheep Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 08:45 am:        Congratulations Walt! Great job!   Rubberdown Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 04:20 pm:        AWESOME!!!   Elvis Posted on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 01:23 pm:        Walt was 15th in this morning's FX practice session at Road America. I wonder if it was a wet track. The times seemed to be all over the place. Go Walt!   Smoke Posted on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 01:32 pm:        i saw in RRW that chris ulrich got taken to the hospital after crashing on a wet track there. tim

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