May 28th 2006
SORENSEN & MV AGUSTA WIN AT INFINEON IN AFM FORMULA PACIFIC ROADRACE SERIES
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA - On a beautiful Northern California Sunday, 3-time AMA 250 GP champion Chuck Sorensen took a wire-to-wire win in the AFM's premier Formula Pacific class.
Starting from the outside of row one on the Munroe Motors MV Agusta F4-1000, Chuck put the Italian bike up the inside of Corey Sarros and Michael Earnest as the pack headed into turn two, to take the lead. Using the excellent handling of the MV Agusta, Chuck established a gap of over a second as AFM #1 rider Dave Stanton on the Arclight Suzuki worked his way through from a third row start.
"I was watching my pit board and could see that someone - presumably Dave - was starting to catch slightly, but then I got a 'plus 3' and figured he'd had a problem" said Sorensen. Stanton's problem was a low-side crash in turn 11 at the end of lap three. "The front slid, I caught it, but then it just tucked and I was down" Stanton said.
From that point, Chuck put in some fast 1:38 laps and distanced himself from the chasing riders to take a clear and well-deserved victory by over six seconds. "Chuck rolled the dice with the rear tire choice before the race - and we got lucky" said Nick Hayman, team manager. "I was hoping for a good battle with Stanton or someone, but Chuck was flying today". "We were cautiously optimistic this morning" said Matt Prentiss, team technical boss. "We knew Chuck could do it, and we believed the MV Agusta could do it for him".
Chuck Sorensen and Munroe Motors relied on the help of:
MV Agusta USA, race mechanics Brendan Walsh and Jamie Karrick, the whole crew at Munroe Motors of San Francisco and East Bay, Dunlop Tires from Sport Tire Services, James Siddall and Super Plush Suspension of San Francisco, Fast by Ferracci, Dan Kyle, Dennis Etcheverry of Norman Racing, Astro Design.
Media Contact:
Nick Hayman or Matt Prentiss
Munroe Motors – MV Agusta of San Francisco
412 Valencia St, San Francisco CA 94103
(415) 626-3496 | racing@munroemotors.com |
