Safety First Suzuki made some great strides at Road Atlanta this weekend as Team Owner Kevin Hanson related, “I am really happy with the way the guys rode this weekend. Sixteen-year-old Bobby Fong continues to show how talented he really is as a rider. All of the tracks are new to Bobby except for the CA rounds.  In the Supersport race Bobby got down to a 1:26:3 and passed Factory Yoshimura Suzuki rider Tommy Hayden and several other more experience riders before making a mistake and losing three positions by grabbing one to many downshifts into the hard breaking turn 10. I can’t ask for anything more from a really young rider. Bobby continues to go faster and learn every race weekend. Scotty (Ryan) had his best weekend so far with his lap time progression. He went three seconds faster this year than he did previously and found almost a full second for the Supersport Race. We had a new front slick that we tested from Michelin that worked great that the club level guys are really going to be excited about.”

Bobby Fong-

Finished 13th-FX, 16th Supersport

“I feel a lot better now after finishing this weekend. Ron Wood from Michelin gave us some great new front slicks for our Formula Xtreme qualifying and race that we were able to get a lot out of. I lost out to (Tommy) Hayden and Lee (Acree) after snicking down one to may gears into corner 10, standing the bike up and riding through the gravel trap.  But I was reeling them back in again right after that. I wish we had a few more laps as I am confident I would have caught and re-passed them.”

Fong currently is in 9th place for Formula Xtreme points and remained in 18th for the Supersport class following Road Atlanta.

Scotty Ryan-

Finished 17th- FX, 24th-Supersport

“It takes me a bit longer to get up to speed, which in this case had me turning my fastest laps of the weekend during Supersport. We did have a compressed schedule and lost some track time with the rain in Saturday, so I really had to cram. Jim (Rashid) gave us the best set-up we have had all year.  My finish in Formula Xtreme matched my best result this year. I want to thank Ron and Scot from Michelin for the new tires we were able to use this weekend. The only word that I can think of to describe the tires would be “awesome”! I had a low-side after loosing the front in the spotty misting that we saw on Sunday morning, but my Komodo leathers and Suomy helmet did their job. Going to Laguna in two weeks will be nice and I hope we can pick up right where we left off in July when we last raced there, as we have a real tight schedule that weekend with only getting on the track on Saturday and Sunday.”

Ryan remained in 18 for Formula Xtreme and 31 place in Supersport after the round.

The team will be finishing the 2007 season in two weeks time at Laguna Seca.  This will mark the first time this year that the Safety First Suzuki riders will be visiting a track where they both have prior racing experience.

Safety First Racing was formed in 2004 by police officer/racer, Kevin Hanson, based out of Chicago, IL.  For 2007, Safety First Suzuki will be competing in the AMA Superbike series in the Supersport and Formula Xtreme classes and is proud to be partnering with American Suzuki, 4&6, Michelin, Hindle Exhausts, GP Suspension, Sportbikes.net, Flipside Graphics, Vortex, Performance Friction, Pit Bull, Komodo, Suomy, Bazzaz Performance, Penske, Tsubaki, 7th Gear Performance Lubrication, R-Tech, Hotbodies, Kinesio Taping and Biofreeze. Checkout www.SAFETYFIRSTRACING.com to see the Safety First Suzuki line of apparel and casual wear. Kevin Hanson continues to educate elementary school aged children nationwide about the importance of helmet usage.