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Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, OH August 3-5 , 2007

CORONA EXTRA HONDA IN THE MIX WITH TENTH AND ELEVENTH FINISHES AT MID OHIO

Photo by Brian J. Nelson Corona Extra Honda rider James Ellison put in a solid effort over the past weekend at rain plagued Mid Ohio, posting tenth and eleventh place finishes, up amongst the factory teams. James qualified eleventh, a little lower than he had hoped but still nearly a second faster then his times at the track during testing. An electrical gremlin lost him some key time at the end of the qualifying session, preventing him from trying what would be the best tire for the session. His comment was, “It would be worth half a second.” This would have put him right in the middle of the factory group.

In race one, James lost a position at the start, twelfth after the first lap but quickly got his head down and moved up to ninth by lap eighteen, passing the factory Suzuki of Tommy Hayden. Hayden stayed with James however and just got back him at the line by half a bike length. The second race day looked to be a repeat of the October 2006 event with heavy rain deluging the track.

The race was finally started at 7.15 PM after a long day staring at the skies and keeping fingers crossed the weather would change! Riders had a fifteen minute practice session and then straight into the race. James held his starting position but took time getting up to speed. He said, “The track was slippery and you had to be careful to stay on the line. I just did not get into the rhythm quick enough!” James traded positions with the factory MV’s eventually splitting them for eleventh.

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