With two combined pole positions, three race wins and a third place Rodio Warhorse HSBK Racing riders Gus Rodio and Anthony Mazziotto had their best event of the season at The Ridge Motorsports Park near Shelton, Washington.

A qualifying time of 1:53.572 earned Gus Rodio the pole position for the races, over a half a second ahead of the competition. He used the grid position to his advantage to stretch out an early lead in race 1 that at times was over two seconds, ultimately bringing his Kawasaki Ninja 400 home for the win. In race 2, a mechanical issue caused Gus to jump the start. He finished the race in second place, but after a five second penalty for the infraction Gus was scored in third.

Gus Rodio: “From the beginning of the weekend I felt great at this track. The bike was working well and I was having a lot of fun. When Sunday came around we had clutch issues from warm up to the race, but managed to bring the bike home. We’re going to keep working at this and I’m happy to be leading the championship going into Laguna.:”

Smashing the existing Twins Cup lap record with a 1:46.152, Mazziotto claimed the pole position for the weekend and earned a Wilbur watch in the process. Winning red flagged race 1 and a full distance race 2 Anthony leaves The Ridge in second place in the championship.

Anthony Mazziotto: “Coming into The Ridge I had an amazing feeling that the Rodio Racing Warhorse HSBK Aprilia was going to perform well. It was a track where I have experience and felt confident in coming back. We started off leading in P1, but slipped to third in Q1. The team knew what to do to get the bike on pole, and in Q2 we did just that. We are coming home with a pole position and two race wins so this weekend was a perfect one for us.”

Rodio Warhorse HSBK Racing returns to MotoAmerica racing at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca July 8-10, 2022

Photo Credits: Brian J. Nelson