GOOD SUNDAY FOR ACREE AND CAYLOR AT ROAD ATLANTA 

Lee Acree and Opie Caylor had good results on Sunday at round ten of the Chevrolet Superbike Series at Road Atlanta.  Lee started the day with a race-long battle with young-guns Danny Eslick and Tony Meiring to finish twelfth in Supersport.  Both riders had a good day in the Superbike race, with Lee racing to another twelfth place and Opie finishing 15th.

Lee Acree
Sunday's Pro Honda Oils Supersport - 12th Place
"Well, in my career of bad starts, that was clear and away, no contest, absolutely, positively the worst start I've ever gotten," joked Lee after the race.  "I made up a bunch of ground around turn one.  Danny (Eslick) was up ahead of us a ways.  Tony (Meiring) would come by on the back straightaway anytime I tried to get by him.  Tony and I reeled in Danny, and once we got there Danny wasn't going to have any part of letting anyone by.  The two places he was strongest out of all of us were the two places that counted for the finish line.  Danny rode really, really well.  I have to give him credit, he kept his composure because it looked to me like Tony was getting a bit nasty with him.  I just tried to play it cool.  If I dropped off of them, I could run them back down, but I just didn't have the steam down the back straightaway."
 
Sunday's Chevrolet Superbike Final -  12th Place
"Yeah, I just didn't have the grip," said Lee after running in a pack of riders that included Marty Cragill, Shawn Higbee, Geoff May and Eric Wood.  "The bike ran good, the motor seemed good.  Geoff (May) was in the same boat I was, we just didn't have the side grip. I spent a long time behind (Shawn) Higbee, watching his tire paint black stripes and be out of line, but at the same time knowing mine was spinning, and he was making a gap while his was doing it, instead of me matching it."
 

Opie Caylor
Sunday's Chevrolet Superbike Final -  15th Place
"I got a really good start," said Opie.  "Got off the line really good initially, got into turn one and got bunched up a little bit, nothing major.  After six or seven laps, the front end started moving around a bit.  I didn't want to slow it down, but at the same time, I didn't want to push, push, push and take myself out of the race.  Mike Smith got around me, and at first had a notion of going with him, but I just didn't get that good of a feel from the front tire."