Bel-Ray Race Report – Weekend Wrap-Up

Bel-Ray’s professional racers took part in action this weekend
around the world in Supercross and Road Racing in the United States,
Portugal and Australia.

United States

Rice-Eccles Field in Salt Lake City, UT was the host of the penultimate
round of the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross series. Two Two Motorsports
/ Bel-Ray’s Chad Reed
held steady in second in the point standings and needed another podium
finish in order to set himself up for a run at the title next weekend
in Las Vegas.

After setting the second fastest time of the
night, Reed won the first heat race of the evening and was setting his
sights on another podium finish. Getting a great start inside the top
five, Reed moved into second early, and set his sights after race
leader, James Stewart. Right on Reed’s back fender was current point leader, Ryan Villopoto. When Reed made a small mistake in the whoop section, Villopoto made his move past the #22 Reed Honda.
Villopoto
and Reed were closing on Stewart, when Stewart made a mistake in a
corner, going down and handing the lead to Villopoto. Reed would stalk
Villopoto the rest of the 20-lap main event and would close the gap. In
the end, Villopoto would take the win followed by

Reed and Ryan Dungey in third.
The
points standing heading into Las Vegas has Reed in second, just 9
points away from the championship crown. "It’s been said, 'it ain’t
over until it’s over'" and the 2011 supercross season has exemplified
that.
With Dodge Motorsports / Hart and Huntington teammate, Ivan Tedesco out with an injury, Chris Blose
upheld the team honors, taking a hard-earned 14th place in the main
event at Salt Lake City. Blose is currently in 15th place in the
overall season’s standings.

Portugal
Moto
GP racing was in Estoril, Portugal this past weekend. Bel-Ray’s
sponsored Moto2 Team, Tech 3 racing had mixed results. Tech 3 Racing
Team rider, Mike Di Meglio stormed to his first top ten finish of the
2011 Moto2 World Championship, while teammate, Bradley Smith suffered a
poor result due to a flat tire that occurred in the 26 lap event.
Starting from the 26th grid position, the French Di Meglio worked
inside the top 10 on the 17th lap, eventually finishing 9th. Smith
started from 15th on the grid and was inside the top 10 within 4 laps,
when the bikes handling started to worsen. As he slipped down
positions, he eventually pitted for a new tire around the half way
point of the race. After replacing the rear tire he went back out onto
the circuit to gain more track time and whatever points he could
salvage. Smith was 29th by the end of the race.

The next MotoGP event takes place in France on May 15th.

Australia

Bel-Ray backed, Yamaha Racing’s Kevin Curtain staked his claim for dual
championships this season at the Formula Xtreme Australian Superbike
Championships held at Goulburn’s Wakefield Park.

Curtain has taken control of the points lead in both premier
divisions of the Formula Xtreme Championship, the 1000cc Superbike and
600cc division, with 2 rounds completed so far this season.

He won all 3 legs of the 600cc class and won the first 2 legs of the
1000cc class. The third leg was less kind to Curtain, as he struggled
with a cold front tire in the beginning of the event. Despite a strong
finish, he could only manage a 5th in the final leg. His points lead in
the 600cc class is now 19 points and 18 points in the 1000cc class.

Bel-Ray is proud of all of our racers' success. Follow all of Bel-Ray’s racing action this season at www.belray.com.