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Willis Podiums Three
Times at WERA Las Vegas
The second round of
the 2008 WERA West took place at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this past Sunday
under sunny skies and high temperatures.
Looking to score
solid point finishes in the three WERA West classes he’s contesting this season
Garrett Willis went into the weekend with an increasing level of confidence in
his machine and set up.
The first race of the
day for Garrett in the C Superbike Expert class developed into a rematch of the
battle he had with Tommy Aquino at the January 13th WERA West round.
The race turned into a braking and straightway contest that saw Willis working
hard to make up time on the brakes to keep the race close, ultimately he
finished in second place.
For his second start
of the day in the C Superstock Expert class Garrett got out to an early lead.
While pushing hard trying to break away, Garrett started to tuck the front which
resulted in an off road excursion which he was able to recover from without
crashing. Willis got back on track in third position and kept pushing to make up
the lost ground and ultimately finished in the third spot for his second podium
of the day.
With two solid
finishes already and a quick recovery from a near disaster Garrett went into his
final race of the day with a goal of adding more points to his previous tally in
the B Superstock class. Although he’s spotting the competition some displacement
in this 750 class while riding his Honda CBR600RR Garrett really enjoys the
challenge presented in racing the bigger bikes and put his head down and went to
work locking in his second place finish and his third podium finish of the day.
After the races
Garrett said “It looks like Tommy and I have a great season of close racing to
look forward to. He has his strengths and I have mine so it should be really
competitive as we go to different types of tracks. It’s really fun to race so
closely with someone and especially when you have experience with them and can
trust them to race cleanly.”
The next race on the
schedule for Garrett is with the AFM at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA on April
27th, 2008.
Garrett Willis would
like to thank are the sponsors that support his racing and help him pursue his
dream of being a professional road racer:
American
Honda
Pro Honda Oils and
Chemicals
Honda Riders Club of
America
Mach 1
Motorsports
Pirelli
Leo Vince
Exhaust
Keigwins@theTrack
A&A
Racing
Rod Lake
Racing
Jett
Tuning
Dainese
Arai
Helmets
Mike Wymer
Performance
SuperMoto
Engineering
RJP
Racing
Please visit www.garrettwillisracing.com for
information and updates on Garrett Willis and his racing.
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