TOOELE, UT

In top form for Masters Of The Mountains' fifth round, Jimmy Wood (371, above, leading Jesse Sherstan, 999) shattered the middleweight lap record for Miller Motorsports Park's West Course and took a flag-to-flag victory in the premier middleweight race, King Of The Mountain GTU.

Jesse Sherstan was on pole after running a time of 1:32.4 in qualifying, but Wood took the holeshot and didn't look back, laying down a handful of sub-1:30 laps, with a fastest of 1:29.864 - nearly a second and a half under the old middleweight course record.

Wood's impressive new record on his Pirelli-shod Yamaha R6 puts him just a half-second off Jeremy Toye's all-time fastest lap of 1:29.339, set on a superbike in 2009.

"The laps didn't feel that quick, so I didn't really know," said Wood. "My lap timer wasn't working and I just went out and rode, was consistent, didn't make any big mistakes, and didn't push it over the limit. It just felt like a good pace. I came around the third lap, and Kory [Cowan] was hanging over the pit wall with a fist-pump, so I knew something was going on.

"A big thanks to Kory Cowan and Intermountain Racer Supply," Wood added. "Pirelli did really well this weekend. Between Jesse Sherstan, Gerry Signorelli and me, Pirelli won all the Expert 600, 750 and Superbike races."

In addition to Wood's King Of The Mountain GTU victory, he took wins in Middleweight Superstock and Heavyweight Superstock, though he fell while leading King Of The Mountain GTO.

While Wood was sweeping the middleweight classes, Gerry Signorelli (29, above, leading John Hopperstad, 98) dominated the Superbike classes, winning the crash-plagued King Of The Mountain GTO race. Starting from fourth on the grid after qualifying, Signorelli ran a clean race and went on to take the win, while Wood, Jeff Stern, Matt Cusumano, Clint Warner, Patrick Lansu and Ryan Brand all had problems. Signorelli also scored wins in Open Superstock and Open Superbike.

"The weekend was great," said Signorelli. "We came away with three wins, although I got handed a gift in GTO. I got a terrible start and had a lot of work to do, but then Jimmy messed up, Cusumano had issues, and Stern got black-flagged - so it was a good race to have a terrible start.

"Open Superbike was my best race of the weekend," Signorelli (29, left) continued. "I got to battle with Cusumano, and I held him off. It was tough. Ryan Brand (3) got the holeshot and led. Then Cusumano was the first to get by him. Then I got past Matt. He showed me a wheel in Blackrock, and I passed him back driving out of the corner. Then I just put my head down. The last lap I was riding really defensive, so Matt caught back up, but I was trying to block him. A big thanks to Intermountain Racer Supply, Kory, and BMW Motorcycles of Utah."

For Masters Of The Mountains' sixth round (September 4-5) and seventh round (October 9-10), all reciprocity licensing fees will be waived. Contingency and purses are up for grabs. Come race the best racing facility in North America - Miller Motorsports Park.

The seven-race Plaza Cycle Masters Of The Mountains Series, developed by Miller Motorsports Park, organized by the Utah Sportbike Association, and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association, was created to encourage and develop fun and competitive road racing at the club and regional levels. Now in its fifth year, the series has quickly turned into a premier event, drawing top-level talent from around the nation. For more information, visit www.utahsba.com/racing. To view more photos, check out www.latebraker.com/galleries.shtml.

Results

M/W S/STK: 1. Jimmy Wood (Yamaha); 2. Jesse Sherstan (Yamaha); 3. Oleg Pianykh (Yamaha); 4. Brad Moore (Suzuki); 5. Troy Siahaan (Triumph).

OPEN S/STK: 1. Gerry Signorelli (BMW); 2. Ryan Brand (Suzuki); 3. Clint Warner (Suzuki); 4. Spencer Steed (Honda); 5. Eric Jones (Honda).

H/W S/STK: 1. Jimmy Wood (Yamaha); 2. Oleg Pianykh (Yamaha); 3. Clint Gibson (Kawasaki); 4. Brandal Glenn (Ducati); 5. David Peterson (Suzuki).

SPTSMN: 1. Brian Prax (Kawasaki); 2. Rocco Horvath (Kawasaki); 3. Austin Carpenter (Yamaha); 4. Doug Pogue (Triumph); 5. Robert Newhook (Suzuki).

ENDURANCE GTO: 1. Paul Parrott (Triumph); 2. Shane White (Suzuki).

ENDURANCE GTU: 1. Dustin O'Hara (Suzuki); 2. Mark Bigelow (Yamaha); 3. Troy Siahaan (Triumph); 4. Gary Poole (Suzuki); 5. Adam Fetter (Yamaha).

TW GTO: 1. Brandal Glenn (Ducati); 2. Jon Glaefke; 3. Dustin O'Hara (Suzuki).

NOV GTO: 1. Darrel Cherry (Honda); 2. Paul Parrott (Honda); 3. Austin Carpenter (Yamaha); 4. Brian Prax (Kawasaki); 5. Shawn Nay (Suzuki).

KOTM GTU: 1. Jimmy Wood (Yamaha); 2. Jesse Sherstan (Yamaha); 3. Dave Lewis (Yamaha); 4. Oleg Pianykh (Yamaha); 5. Philip Horwitz (Yamaha).

TW GTU: 1. Dustin O'Hara (Suzuki); 2. Jon Glaefke; 3. Don Roberts (Yamaha); 4. Thomas Berry (Kawasaki).

AM GTU: 1. Brad Moore (Suzuki); 2. Darrel Cherry (Honda); 3. Brandal Glenn (Ducati); 4. Mark Sanders (Honda); 5. Douglas Pogue (Triumph).

OPEN S/BK: 1. Gerry Signorelli (BMW); 2. Matt Cusumano (Ducati); 3. Clint Warner (Suzuki); 4. Ryan Brand (Suzuki); 5. Eric Jones (Honda).

F-40: 1. John Hopperstad (Suzuki); 2. Patrick Lansu (Ducati); 3. Tommy Richardson (Suzuki); 4. Mark Snethen (Suzuki); 5. Dana Wilson (Yamaha).

NOV GTU: 1. Darrel Cherry (Honda); 2. Austin Carpenter (Yamaha); 3. Gerald Hicks (Yamaha); 4. Paul Parrott (Triumph); 5. Douglas Pogue (Triumph).

M/W S/BK: 1. Jesse Sherstan (Yamaha); 2. Oleg Pianykh (Yamaha); 3. Brad Moore (Suzuki).

AM GTO: 1. Troy Siahaan (Triumph); 2. Tommy Richardson (Suzuki); 3. Brian Prax (Kawasaki); 4. Douglas Pogue (Triumph); 5. Shane Kelsey (Suzuki).

KOTM GTO: 1. Gerry Signorelli (BMW); 2. Jeff Stern (Honda); 3. Ryan Brand (Suzuki); 4. John Hopperstad (Suzuki); 5. Patrick Lansu (Ducati).

S/TW: 1. Matt Cusumano (Ducati); 2. Brandal Glenn (Ducati); 3. Sean Black (Suzuki).

F-5: 1. Brian Prax (Kawasaki); 2. Warren Rose (Honda).