DaveInDaytona
08-16-2002, 01:08 PM
PRIDMORE WINS LOCKHART-PHILLIPS FORMULA XTREME TITLE ON A TIEBREAKER
PICKERINGTON, Ohio ? After nine rounds and hundreds of miles of racing, the 2002
Lockhart-Phillips Formula Xtreme Series ended in a tie between Attack Suzuki's
Jason Pridmore and Bruce Transportation Group Honda's Jake Zemke. Pridmore
earned the championship by virtue of a tiebreaker ? Pridmore won two races
during the season to Zemke's one.
The championship completed a triumphant return for Pridmore, who was a top
Formula Xtreme rider in the 2001 series, but was forced to miss most of the
season after suffering a broken leg.
"People don't know how hard it is to come back from some of the injuries I put
on myself, said the 32-year-old Pridmore from Ventura, Calif. "I wouldn't say
that I'm always the most positive person, but racing's what I love to do and I
love the team I'm with and sometimes I want to win more for them than I do
myself. The competition this year with Jake and Damon -- I knew this was going
to be a wild and wacky weekend (at the VIR finale)."
Pridmore won two of the nine rounds in the series. He rode his Attack Suzuki
GSXR1000 to victories at Pikes Peak International Raceway and Road America and
earned six podium finishes. The son of three-time AMA Superbike champion Reg
Pridmore, Jason has four-career AMA Formula Xtreme wins placing him sixth on the
all-time wins list for the series. Pridmore adds another AMA championship trophy
to his mantle, he was the AMA 750 Supersport champ (now called Superstock) in
1997.
Pridmore's title brings Suzuki its second-straight championship in the
burgeoning Formula Xtreme Series, which launched in 1997 as a spin-off of the
old SuperTeams competition.
Pridmore hopes to defend his title next year. "I'd like to be back with Attack
Suzuki (next year), this championship probably didn't hurt things today," said
Pridmore. "I'd like to come and defend the title that's for sure."
Pridmore dedicated his championship to a friend David Holman. "He was a great
kid and great friend and had an accident down in Costa Rica jumping down a water
cliff and broke his neck and passed away in January. I told his Dad I was
dedicating this season to him."
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PICKERINGTON, Ohio ? After nine rounds and hundreds of miles of racing, the 2002
Lockhart-Phillips Formula Xtreme Series ended in a tie between Attack Suzuki's
Jason Pridmore and Bruce Transportation Group Honda's Jake Zemke. Pridmore
earned the championship by virtue of a tiebreaker ? Pridmore won two races
during the season to Zemke's one.
The championship completed a triumphant return for Pridmore, who was a top
Formula Xtreme rider in the 2001 series, but was forced to miss most of the
season after suffering a broken leg.
"People don't know how hard it is to come back from some of the injuries I put
on myself, said the 32-year-old Pridmore from Ventura, Calif. "I wouldn't say
that I'm always the most positive person, but racing's what I love to do and I
love the team I'm with and sometimes I want to win more for them than I do
myself. The competition this year with Jake and Damon -- I knew this was going
to be a wild and wacky weekend (at the VIR finale)."
Pridmore won two of the nine rounds in the series. He rode his Attack Suzuki
GSXR1000 to victories at Pikes Peak International Raceway and Road America and
earned six podium finishes. The son of three-time AMA Superbike champion Reg
Pridmore, Jason has four-career AMA Formula Xtreme wins placing him sixth on the
all-time wins list for the series. Pridmore adds another AMA championship trophy
to his mantle, he was the AMA 750 Supersport champ (now called Superstock) in
1997.
Pridmore's title brings Suzuki its second-straight championship in the
burgeoning Formula Xtreme Series, which launched in 1997 as a spin-off of the
old SuperTeams competition.
Pridmore hopes to defend his title next year. "I'd like to be back with Attack
Suzuki (next year), this championship probably didn't hurt things today," said
Pridmore. "I'd like to come and defend the title that's for sure."
Pridmore dedicated his championship to a friend David Holman. "He was a great
kid and great friend and had an accident down in Costa Rica jumping down a water
cliff and broke his neck and passed away in January. I told his Dad I was
dedicating this season to him."
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