Zayat back to back RBoM Champ

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It was 2015 all over again; Xavier Zayat was stellar once again for the 2016 RBoM Lightweight Superbike Challenge. The set up for 2016 was a bit different from the 2015 event as the qualifying race would not grid the opponets in the main event by their finishing place but as their fastest time. This way the racers could start from pit lane and only do a few laps. The GTL race allowed machines not legal for the main event. This create a gigantic grid for the qualifying event, 54 to be exact. 54 expert racers on lightweight machines on the track. To the Main Event which hoisted 43 racers which was 13 up from last years event.

The “X-Man” took the early lead from known fast guy Brian Kcraget and never looked back. While out front Zayat clocked a 1:32.890 which is still shy of Kcraget’s lap record. While the fight for 1st was over the battle between 2nd through 7th was close close CLOSE. After moving up to 2nd place in the stack field, Seth Starnes had retire the race due to a mechanical. This left Simon Burci, CJ Crosslin,Curtis Murray, Jody Barry, Brian Kcraget, and Jackson Blackmon to fight for the last 2 steps on the podium. The pack of 6 fought hard doing insanely fast lap times. Kcraget would barely fend of the hard charging youngsters for 2nd place in the SBK Showdown. Jody Barry rounded out the podium.

Rider – Machine – Best Time
1. Xavier Zayat – Suzuki SV650 – 1:32.890

2. Brian Kcraget – Suzuki SV650 -1:33.679

3. Jody Barry – Suzuki SV650 -1:33.616

4. Curtis Murray – Suzuki SV650 -1:33.754

5. Chris Crosslin – Suzuki SV650 -1:33.927

6. Simon Buric – Suzuki SV650 -1:33.793

7. Jackson Blackmon – Suzuki SV650 -1:33.874

8. Chris Parrish – Suzuki SV650 -1:34.987

9. Chris Bays – Suzuki SV650 -1:34.765

10. George Demetropolis – Suzuki SV650 -1:35.465

11. Bart DeFrancesco – Suzuki SV650 -1:35.231

12. Ned Brown – Suzuki SV650 -1:35.348

13. Tommy Wilson – Suzuki SV650 -1:36.113

14. Brad Perdiew – Yamaha FZ07 -1:36.291

15. Arnold Hastings – Suzuki SV650 -1:36.361

16. Draik Beauchamp – Suzuki SV650 -1:36.510

17. Ray Hofman – Suzuki SV650 -1:37.082

18. Stephen Hoffman – Suzuki SV650 -1:37.420

19. Joe Cotterino – Suzuki SV650 -1:38.010

20. Sam Wiest – Suzuki SV650 -1:38.604

21. Mark Evry – Suzuki SV650 -1:38.950

22. Michael Copoulos – Suzuki SV650 -1:38.752

23. Jason Zelibor – Suzuki SV650 -1:38.951

24. Chris Kolster – Suzuki SV650 -1:38.640

25. Benjamin Loyle – Suzuki SV650 -1:38.235

26. Jonathan White – Suzuki SV650 -1:39.461

27. Todd Alberico – Suzuki SV650 -1:39.455

28. Russell Masecar – Suzuki SV650 -1:39.421

29. Will Coats – Suzuki SV650 -1:41.286

30. Bill Sylvester – Suzuki SV650 -1:40.971

31. Jared Herbig – Suzuki SV650 -1:41.196

32. Hans Van Sleuwen – Suzuki SV650 -1:42.269

33. Kazuhiro Aoyagi – Suzuki SV650 -1:42.446

34. Calvin Crosslin – Suzuki SV650 -1:42.270

35. Paul Dougherty – Suzuki SFV650 – 1:41.559

36. Yuttichai Yasothonsrikul – Suzuki SV650 –1 lap, 1:43.669

37. Sean Dougherty – Suzuki SV650 – 1:43.387

38. Edward Scammon – Suzuki SV650 – 1:43.606

39. Shane Hobgood – Suzuki SV650 – 1:44.003

40. John Dodson – Suzuki SV650 – 1:49.781

41. Seth Starnes – Suzuki SV650 – 1:33.943

42. Jason Knudsen – Suzuki SV650 – 1:43.132

43. Anthony Rosati – Suzuki SV650 – 1:46.376

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