James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing won our first AMA Pro national at Road America today! It was a wet and wild race that came our way after a sketchy start.

Here's the report from CycleNews.com

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James Gang/Hoban Racing's Paul James and Jeff Johnson (Bue) won the GT-1 class and finished second overall in the two-hour AMA Pro SunTrust Moto-GT race that ran in mixed conditions and finished under a caution flag and light drizzle at Road America.

Riding their Buell 1125R, the James Gang/Hoban Racing team completed 38 laps, the same number as Touring Sport Ducshop Ducati's Ryan Elleby and Frank Shockley, who overcame a back row start to take the overall win, and tops in GT-2. Third overall and second in GT-1 went to the Scooter Supersport Aprilia RSV1000R of Tim Hunt and Cory Rech, with Elrey Beer for Kings' Jeff Purk and Calvin Martinez filling out the podium on their Ducati 848. S

econd in GT-2 was Pair-A-Nines Kawasaki's Jay Springsteen and Nick Cummings, the Ninja 650R-mounted pair finishing a lap down. The final GT-2 podium spot was taken by TeamHurtByAccident.com, which was two laps down on the leaders on their Ducati PS1000LE.

"To win at home, the home of Buell and during the Buell homecoming...our primary sponsor, H-D/Buell of Appleton, nearby and Hoban Bros. Cycles nearby and to have friends and family, very special," Paul James said. "This win means a lot to me and to our team. We've worked really hard and it's been a big learning curve to jump up to this class and on the 1125R. "We missed our set-up in qualifying and kind of struggled a little bit. But (Buell's) Dave McGrath helped us kind of find our way and we felt we had a good set-up for the race, but then we gambled on tire choice. We went on a full rain and we really thought the weather was going to come to us, but before it did Jeff (Johnson) had pretty well shagged the tire. So we came in to put dries on, I went out and it started to rain. So I really felt like we blew it. I felt like we had gambled and lost and we went back to rains and the race started to come to us. Jeff rode a lot of really good laps, gained some ground and I went back out for the last stint." By then it "was really sketchy. You couldn't tell where it was dry, where it was wet. I lost the front a few times, I high-sided a few times, I saw a bike high-side and then ghost ride up in front of me. It was pretty crazy, but it's pretty fun to win."

We qualified 9th yesterday after a single 50-min practice session and then a 30-min qualufying session. We chased our setting and ultimately found a very balanced set-up that works for both Jeff and me (we're only a tenth of a second apart).

We were hoping to be closer to the front, but the field is stacked with some great riders and we didn't really get a handle on our bike right away. One thing working in our favor is that some of the faster times set by other teams weren't matched by their second rider. So, over the long run, we think we'll be in the hunt for a podium finish.

Practice at 8 this morning, then the race from 11-1. Rain likely late in the day, so we should stay dry.

Our moto-journo team struggled in qualifying, and actually went 3-sec slower than they did in practice. But I think they'll be fine for the race.

We're at our home track at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin this weekend for round 4 of the AMA Moto-GT series.

Today we have practice and qualifying and we race tomorrow from 11-1 pm.

We will run two teams this weekend, with moto-journalists Troy Siahaan (Sport Rider) and Kevin Duke (Motorcycle.com) riding our XB12R. And Jeff and I will try to get our 1125R on the box for the first time this season.

Stay tuned for more updates through the weekend. And check Twitter.com/jamesgangracing for more infor and photos.

We finished 5th in class in challenging conditions, and left Barber intact. Whooo Hooo!

Unfortunately, we dug a big hole for ourselves early on. It was a gamble on tire choice and we sent Jeff out on DOTs in a wet but drying track. Jeff didn't have confidence and fell behind.

As Jeff's stint wore on, he gained speed and confidence as the track dried. But we were essentially in last place overall and down a lap to the leaders. Then the skies opned up and it started tp pour. We called Jeff in and the crew did a great pit stop with tire change.

I was fortunate to go out on rain tires in full wet conditions and starting working up through the pack. I had never ridden Barber in the rain (we sent Jeff out in the wet 10 min warm up session). Never rode the 1125R in the rain. And had never run those Dunlop tires. So...I had a lot to learn, but gradually picked up the pace, all the while moving up the order.

The race ended early due to oil spill around the whole track, otherwise I think we might have have been on the box. Oh well. We'll save that for Road America!

Thanks Mike, John, Alex, Rita, Jay, Pete and Jeff for all your efforts and a fun, safe weekend of racing!

Highlight of the weekend, by the way, was a quick tour of the Barber Museum with Jay on Friday an hour before they closed!

Greetings from beautiful Barber Motorsports Park. We race today at 11 pm. Jeff and the team have been developing a new set up with great input from Buell racing's David McGrath. It seems to work. We're steadily getting more confidence in the bike.

Qualified ok yesterday, practice was good this morning, but it's raining now, so all bets are off!

Check www.jghbracing.com for Twitter-feed updates.

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