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Rough Weekend for Kyle Wyman at Red Bull Indianapolis GP |
| BATAVIA, NY - (August 30, 2011) |
| The AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series went to Indy this past weekend as a support series for three MotoGP classes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle DNF’d in race one and finished 9th in race two – a weekend of struggles at the famous speedway. |
| After qualifying a strong 6th place on Friday, the grid was set and promised to put on a good show for the fans, which it delivered. Unfortunately a crash early on lap one of race one hindered Wyman’s hopes of a strong finish on Saturday. |
| “I just lost it,” said Kyle, “it was the fastest corner on the track – one that I had really been comfortable with. It’s really more like a kink, where you just breathe the throttle in 4th gear. The front tucked and subsequently the rear went and I found myself sliding down the pavement. It was one of those wrecks that I didn’t see coming – it kind of caught be by surprise.” |
| Kyle was in third place when he went down, but with a doubleheader weekend there would be a second chance at a podium finish on Sunday in race two. A bent fork from race one’s incident prevented Kyle from putting in the competitive lap times, dropping from 3rd position again to finish 9th. |
| “I had another great start in race two from the second row and was in 3rd again, but I knew immediately early in the first lap that something wasn’t right with the front end. We didn’t get to go out for a warm up session on Sunday, so the race would double as a shakedown of the equipment after Saturday’s crash. Unforeseeably it turned out the forks were binding, they wouldn’t travel past a certain point. I saw the leaders crawl away from me and I knew that I would have to take it down a notch and settle in. It was a handful to get around the racetrack. I ran off once, and just tried to nurse it home. It wasn’t what I wanted but luckily I was able to keep it on two wheels and salvage a top 10. Big thanks to my Dad, Uncle, Jason and Clint for working hard to get my bike back together for race two.” |
| The series heads to New Jersey Motorsports Park next weekend for the season finale on Labor Day Weekend. |
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| Kyle would like to thank his sponsors: |
| Richie Morris Racing, Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing, Revolution Performance, Geico, Lucas Oil, Race Tech, Pilot, Pit-Bull and EBC Brakes. |
| Kyle’s Personal Sponsors – Arai, Kuryakyn, Sidi, Kicker, Held, Motion Pro, Rev’It!, Long Pond Autobody, Webster Dental Group, 505bluesmusic.com, AllAboutBikes Magazine and RIVALUS. |
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