Topeka, KS – August, 2009 – The Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team scored its sixth top five result of the year when rider Chaz Davies finished fourth in Saturdays Daytona SportBike Race One. Aaron Gobert continued to learn the Aprilia RSV1000R with solid top fifteen finishes in both races.
In Basic Qualifying Chaz Davies put his Aprilia in Superpole with the second fastest time of the session, only a few hundredths of a second from provisional pole. Gobert struggled in the beginning of the session, but put in a great lap at the end and only missed putting the 97 Aprilia RSV in Superpole for the first time this year by a fraction of the a second. In the Superpole competition, Davies turned a lap of 1:39.702for sixth place on the outside of the third row. Gobert qualified Eleventh.
Daytona SportBike Race One was going very well when Davies slotted into the second position on lap two. Unfortunately the race was stopped for a crash and the race was completely restarted. The second restart didn’t go as well for the Millennium Technologies sponsored team when Davies was pushed wide and fell back to seventh. Davies put his head down and fought his way back to fourth place. This was Chaz’s sixth top five finish of the year. Gobert struggled with a difficult set up but ran consistent laps for the entire race and finished in the fourteenth position.
Although the team was happy with a top five result, the KWS Motorsports crew worked late into the night in an effort to squeeze the last ounce of performance from the big Aprilia. The result was two bikes that both riders felt were substantially better than the day before.
Daytona SportBike Race Two started very similarly to Race One, in that both Aprilia riders got great starts with Chaz moving up to fourth place only to have the race stopped due to a crash by another rider. After the re-start Davies once again went to the front only to retire a few laps later with an electrical problem. Gobert continued to come to terms with his new ride, dropping nearly a second off his average lap time from the day before to finish eleventh.
Chaz Davies – “It was nice to get another top five result, but I am very disappointed with the result from Sunday’s race. The bike was so much better than the bike we rode on Saturday and I feel that we had a bike to win, but it didn’t work out. We took a gamble with some untested electronic parts and we lost. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. We will get it figured out for VIR. Thanks to Rocky Stargel and Jimmy Le for all their hard work.”
Aaron Gobert – “The Aprilia RSV1000R is such a good bike, we just need to get it a little more comfortable for me and we will be right there. We make progress with it every time we get on track and I know we will get it right before the end of the season. I can’t wait for VIR. It is one of my favorite tracks and I won my first AMA race there. Thanks to Michael Godin and Marty Ashmore for all their hard work this weekend. I also want to give my condolences to Brian Nallin and the whole Nallin family for their loss this week. ”
Chip Spalding (Team Manager) – “We are pushing as hard as possible to put Chaz and Aaron into a position to win races for Aprilia and Millennium Technologies. Pushing hard means taking chances. We will learn from this and be ready for Virginia. On a sad note, Brain Nallin has been an integral part of this team for a long time and we would like to give our condolences to him and his family for the loss of his brother Richard Nallin. Godspeed Richard.”
The Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team is proudly sponsored by:
Aprilia USA, Millennium Technologies, Pit Bull, LeoVince Exhaust, K&N Filters, Bazzaz Performance, Sebimoto, Yoyodyne, EK Chains, Motul Oils, Performance Friction Brakes, Worldwide Bearing, Zero Gravity, Chicken Hawk Racing, Hel Brake Lines, ETI- Fuel Cel and ASV Inventions.
For Information: http://www.kwsmotorsports.com