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Rockwood R.cing (494) does bettie with J.m Up R.cing II (248).nd R.m..y Recing (199); Rockwood won the Middleweight Production cl.... out of the race while the Human foolish close racing in the last hour. Race Team made a big jump from High Tech needed only to circulate eighth to second in the third hour of the last hour to take their first enduracing. rance WIO. Cycle Speed Racing's FZ750 started As the checkered flag fell, it was leaking oil in the fourth hour causHigh Tech by two laps over Tour De ing the team to lose 20 minutes Force, who barely beat DarOlUne to repairing the bike. Fellow Cartadians the finish. Hammer meanwhile, Darotune Racing and Team Intrepid crossed lhe line in 13th, but 'the fared much beller and were running championship was theirs. Bruce second and third at the end of four Hammer was on 'hand to join in the hourse while High Tech continued celebration. It was the team's third to lead. National Endurance title. Hammer The Human Race Team and Tour also won a record eight races during De Force were right on pace and were the season. both running only seconds behind Other class champions included third place Team Intrepid. M8cM Racing, who finished eighth Dan Witman and crew kept the and took first in the Heavyweight pressure on High Tech Racing going Production class. Another Canadian into the fifth hour. The track surface team Darotune Racing won the Heahad long since been dry and the lap vyweight Superbike title at Road times were falling with some teams .Atlanta. in the 1:38 - I:39 range. Out 8c Out Racing held on to beat A battle was raging between the Rockwood Racing for the MediumTour De Force FZ750and the Human weight Produe4qD class. Race Team's FZ600. At the end of the The Human Race Team, Royale fifth hour, Tour De Force was winRacingand National's Fiberglass also ning that bailIe while moving up won class championships at Road into third just behind Darotune. Atlanta. A red nag came out with a little High Tech's Larry Jeurink thanked over an hour to go. A couple of bikes sponsors Reliable Cycle, Greg Couser, had gone down in turn seven, leaving Phoenix Racing and Walt Schaefer oil on the racing surface. for their help throughoul the y~. The teams were quickly regridded in the order that th(y had started in Results the morning. OVERAlL: 1. High Tech Recing(Yamt. 2. Tour De At the restart, Polen was back on Force(Yaml;3.Derotune(Yaml;4.ThelfurNlnRece h'ch Team (Yaml; 5. Team Rac:erbeck (!tawl; 6. Free Bud · Ra' th e Bnsa clOg entry w J was (Yam); 7. Team samurai CKaw); 8. M&M Racing now seven laps out of first place. (Yaml; 9. Speed Iloyo (Yaml; 10. Pure Sport Racing TId (Hon); 11. Team Boulder (Suz); 12. Team Intrepid P o Ien and Ha mmer ' soan h 00ked (Yam~ 13. Team Hammer (Suzt. 14. 8ri.. Racing Up for a great bailie. Even though the (Suzl; 15. Blu By U Racing CSuzl; 16. Rockwood overall win was out of reach for both Recing (Yamt. 17. byosaRbou HVYWT SUPBK: 1. HilIh Tech Racing IVam~ 2. rl'ders, personal prJ'de was at stake ToUt' De Force (Yamt. 3. DarOfune (Yam); 4. Frea and both riders rode as hard as they Bud (Yaml; 5. Speed Boys (Yam); 6. Pure Sport Rac· could in the last hour. ing IHon); 7. 81u 8y U Racing (Suzl; 8. Reflected UghtlVaml. Other tight races were being conMEDWT SUPBK: 1. The Human Race Team h T D (Yam I; 2. Team Racerbllck IK_I; 3. Team Samurai · h cl . tested 10 t e oSlng our. our e (Kawl; 4. House of Wheels (Vam); 5. Team Uno II Force and Darotune were locked into (Yaml. a last hour bailie as was the Human HVYWT PROD: 1. M&M Racing (Yaml; 2. Team Boulder (Suzl; 3. Team Inlrepid(Yaml; 4. Btisa Rac· Race T earn and a hard-charging Team ing CSuzt, 5. Ramsay Racing CHon). Racerback. MEDLWT PROD: 1. Rockwood Racing (Yam I; 2. High Tech's Fritz Kling was oblivDreyer Recing (Yaml; 3. Out&OutRacing(yaml;4. S.A.W.B. II (Yaml; 5. Dynamic Graphics (Yam). ious to the battles going on behind LHTWT PROD: 1. Roysle Recing (Yaml; 2. Team W . H' team hada solidJead an,'Uu::...-+_ lCIman (Suzt. 3. Now 0< N _ Racing (Yam). LHTWT SUPBK, 17'fwm Tad (Honl; 2. Rancly1lx· wasn't about to get involved in any ing (YamI; 3. National's FibarglaaslSuzl. • Tour De Force finished second behind High Tech n1cing in the OV8n1l1 results lifter circuleting Roed Atlentll 186 times in six hours. 20 that Gray had crashed, but within minutes the bike was brought to the pits undamaged. "The problem was the main ignition wire," Sadowski said. The wire was replaced and Harth charged back out on the track. The team had lost a lot of time and when Harth rolled back into the pits with the axle nut sticking halfway out, the chances for a Team Hammer win were gone. By the end of the second hour Ottis Lance had the Brisa Racing GSXR1100 back into the lead while Out 8c Out Racing was doing a tremendgus job riding the team's FZ600 into second place. High Tech Racing continued their charge and were up into third by the second hour. Toland and Peter Carroll were riding very conservatively as planned and Team Hammer held down ninth place, four laps down from the leaders at the end of the second hour. By the halfway point in the second race, High Tech had taken over the lead. Lance had turned the Brisa Racing bike over to their third and fourth riders who rode considerably slower lap times, dropping the team from leade rd. _ Out 8c Out Racing had dropped