| I'd like to apologize for not updating the website since the end of July. Gene's death was much harder on me than I expected, and it was difficult for me to even look at our website, let alone make any updates to it. Even now, after all this time has passed, I wasn't really up to the task of getting it ready for the new season was , but it had to be done. The hardest part was updating Gene's profile and turning it into a memorial page/tribute to him. | |
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Thanks for your understanding,
Bob |
| First and foremost, we'd like to thank our our 2006 sponsors for their support last year! | ||
| We're proud to announce that 5280Tech.com, TK Motorsports, Performance Cycle, and Rebellion Motorsports (formerly AXIS Motorsports) have all agreed to continue supporting the team, as have Snap-on Tools (distributed by Jimmy Ziegler), and Winter Creek Condos. We are still in negotiations with some of our other sponsors from last year. | ||
We are very pleased to announce a new, and title sponsor for the team:
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| There have been several racers interested in joining our team, and there are others that normally pit with us when they do race, but rather than expanding the team, we've decided to keep the established members of the team, namely Dave "Hoopty" VanDeWeert - #89, Bob "Spiderman" Hasenhundl - #24, and Joe LoGalbo - #55. | ||
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To help the racers that have approached us, we have formed a Satellite Team of racers who we will be
assisting with their race efforts. Currently, members of the Satellite Team are:
Click here to find out more about the Satellite Team. |
| Race #5, Pueblo Motorsports Park, August 12-13
Saturday was the "Gene Bazyl 4-Hour Endurance Race" and the team was going to ride Bob's R6, but while getting acquainted with the bike, teammate Joe Lott had a nasty high-side crash during practice. The crash left Joe with a broken wrist and badly bruised foot. The bike was unrideable and the team was unable to compete in the endurance race. Hoopty had a surprise for the weekend, with the target being the Amateur GTO race. He had borrowed the GSX-R1000 of former racer Doug "Lurch" Lyle (#99). Hoopty put in a good showing in Open Supersport and Open Superbike, warming up for the main event. In AmO, Hoopty was leading the race going into the last lap, but overshot Turn 1, taking the run-off road. He finished the race in 8th place. Joe LoGalbo raced his new bike for the first time and finished in 16th in bothis classes. | ||
| Race #6, La Junta Raceway, August 26-27
Hoopty was back on his GSX-R600 and took 3rd place in the Solo Endurance Middleweight. Bob got his R6 fixed up enough to be rideable, and despite a low-side crash in Sunday morning practice, managed to compete in his 3 classes. Joe LoGalbo saw some improvement on the new bike, finish 12th in Amateur GTO. | ||
| Race #7, Motorsports Park Hastings, September 9-10
Bob was the only member of the team to make the trip to Nebraska. Saturday was a non-stop deluge of rain, and Sunday's forecast didn't look much better, so Bob had TK Motorsports cut grooves into his Bridgestone tires, making them into intermediate rain tires. Bob finished 10th in Middleweight Superbike, his best finish ever in that class, which was made even more valuable due to the fact that he hadn't turned a wheel on the track before Sunday morning. In Amateur GTU, he finished in 6th place, another respectable finish, all things considered. Bob decided not to run Middleweight Supersport because the grooved tires made his bike illegal for the class. | ||
| Race #8, Pueblo Motorsports Park, September 23-24
Hoopty took 11th place in Solo Endurance Middleweight. Bob had a bad crash in Saturday afternoon practice which left him unconcious. He went to the hospital to get checked out for the concussion and a sore shoulder and elbow. No breaks were found, but the shoulder was really sore, so Bob was in a sling for a while. Hoopty had a bad crash in Sunday morning practice that left him banged up a little, and his bike in need of a little TLC. Hoopty decided to sit-out his races for the day. Joe LoGalbo showed some more consistency with his finishes: 12th in Heavyweight Superbike, and 13th in Amateur GTO | ||
| Race #9, Motorsports Park Hastings, October 7-8
Hoopty took 5th place in Solo Endurance Middleweight. Bob's shoulder was still a little sore from his crash, and put in a few practice laps Saturday afternoon to see if he could be competetive. Things were looking good until he came in and the adrenaline started wearing off. The pain was unbearable. It turns out that Bob had a broken scapula (shoulder blade), so no racing this weekend for him. Hoopty represented the team well, with top-10 finishes in all his classes, despite it being his first time at the track. |