Lenz takes three in Canadian national at Stratotech Park
May 23, 2007, From a Press Release
Peter Lenz won three races this past Sunday at the 1.2 mile Stratotech Park International Raceway located outside Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Two were on his Metrakit Canada supplied Metrakit MiniGP50 with the third on his 65cc mini-motard. After 21 hours of driving through mostly pleasant road conditions, Peter and his father arrived to a rainy and cold track. This was the first round of the CMA Pitster Pro Canadian National Mini RoadRacing Series and for the riders who made the trek it won’t be forgotten any time soon.
“I really loved the track. It was so much fun and after running at Willow and Stockton, it was nice to get to a bigger track,” commented Peter. “We ran out of gearing on the 65 the track was so big.”
Peter raced on a new track for the third race weekend in a row, this time with a fresh motor. Eric Dorn of EDR Performance in Portland, Oregon pulled a late night fitting Peter’s bikes into an already packed work schedule to put a fresh top-end on the Metrakit. “The top end looked really good. The service schedule called for a new piston, but it looked nearly new,” explained Dorn. The Elf lubricants have been doing a good job protecting the motor. Other than a main jet change the Metrakit required no adjustments over the weekend.
Although Peter lacked seat time at Stratotech, after the timed qualifiers he ended up on the front row in every class while capturing several pole positions. It was obvious to everyone there that Peter was going to be the rider to beat in the classes where his bikes weren’t out-motored.
“The Metrakit felt great all around, but the KTM had chatter everywhere and tapped out before getting half way down the straights,” explained Peter. “I wasn’t able to hold the KTM open in the places where I could with the Metrakit because the KTM would just shake. And then all the 85s would pass me down the straights, and I would have to get back by them in the corners while it chattered. I wish Metrakit made a bike for the motard class.”
In the Spec Supersport class Peter took his Metrakit to a dominant victory leading flag to flag and was never challenged for the win as he ran laps 4 seconds faster than second place finisher SMRA member Bodie Edie. The same scenario played out in the in the 21 & under Spec class where again Peter took the Metrakit MiniGP50 to a definitive victory.
While Peter also won the Pitster Pro Forumla Thunder class it was a closer race with Peter and Bodie within a second of each other most of the race. While Peter was able to pull out a gap through the corners, Bodie’s RM65 would walk down Peter’s KTM65 as it ran out of gearing. It was a nail biter most of the race with Bodie finishing a bike length behind Peter at the line. Peter shouldn’t have gearing issues for long as Vortex Racing has already shipped several sprockets his way.
The other races saw Peter run his underpowered 65 against larger displacement formula bikes and while he railed in the corners he was just out motored down the straights. He was able to take a 2nd in the 21 & under Formula, and 3rd overall in Formula GP against over 80cc bikes.
A special thank you to Pro Caliber Motorsports for the help on our nearly silent generator and Chicken Hawk for the help on the tire warmers that enabled Peter to get on the gas in the cold.
Peter will be in action again this weekend close to home with the NMRRA in McMinnville, Oregon. You can keep up with Peter via his website: http://www.PeterLenz.com
2007 Sponsors
Metrakit Canada, California Superbike School, Arai Helmets, EDR Performance, Elf Lubricants, Performance Under Gear, MiniGPX, PMP, Pro Caliber Motorsports, Miller Paint and Graphics, All Things Drywall, Vortex Racing, and SpyOptic.
