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Tennessee's Kevin Rentzell wO,n three races at Talladega during WERA regional action; Rentzell won A Production, B Superbike and F-1. Harth holds off James in their B Production class battle'. Harth took the win with James finishing second; both rode Suzukis. Rentzell r0rrtps at Tal.ladega By Larry Lawrence TALLADEGA, AL, MAR. 15 Chattanooga, Tennessee's Kevin Rentzell rode a pair of Kayo Corp./Yokohama Tiresponsored Suzuki GSXRs to three ,wins at Talladega Cran Prix Raceway in WERA Regjonal racing action. RentSuzuki mou~1ted even though ell took wins in A Production Ya~aha contIngency money was I . ' 'avaIlable. In that race Rentzell found B Superblke and Formula himself in the right place at the right One. time. After following Mike Harth The Suzuki GSXR National Series returned to the site where the inaugural GSXR series was held last year. It was at Talladega that Doug Polen . . sw: ted hIS hIghly successful club raang season.. Polen was absent at this race, but dozens of racers were on hand hoping to duplicate Pole,n's feats on the GSXRs. All of the riders ~dded for the start.of the A ProductIon contest were and Ron Ewerth for three laps, Rentzell snuck 'around Harth .and ~werth a~ter the ~wo' nearly collided In the tricky.90 turn t~ree. Once Rentzell was In the lead, It was clear sai'ing to the checkered flag and the $1000 check from Suzuki. Ewerth looked to have second place in the bag, but his machine Jumped out of gear on the last turn _allowing Harth to get by. Behind Ewerth, first year Expert, Paul Bray held on for fourth after a race-long battle with Larry Shorts and Kurt Hall. Jamie James had a picture perfect start in the B ProductIon race on his Quick Sand & Gravel backed GSXR750. Thanks to his lightning quick start the rest of the field was forced to play catchup all race. Harth slowly made up the ground and on lap seven of the 10-lap race James was slowed by a lapped rider and Harth made his move to take thl; lead. James rode the wheels off to get in a position to regain the lead only to be blocked by another backmarker on the last turn. "There aren't many places to pass on this track and when you come up on traffic the guy in second usually has the advantage in passing since he has a choice of which line to take, once the leader is committed," James said. "A guy like Harth can really take advantage in a situation like that and that's what he did." Harth went home $1300 richer compliments of Suzuki and he . thanked sponsors Phil Flack Racing, Dunlop, Cycles of Longwood, Fox, Jesse Burgher, Cycle Tsubaki, Cycle Performance and NGK for their help. George Fox was tearin' em up in .the Novice ranks. Fox won three races aboard a Savannah Kawasaki/ Suzuki-sponsored GSXR750. Fox's most impressive victory came in B Production where he)ed early, then fell behind to 'Bubba Blackwell before passing Blackwell on the last tum to win by two feet at the line. The only other multiple winner was Scott Russell on the Cycle Mart Honda Hurricane. Russell used the superior top speed of the Hurricane to hold off Yamaha FZ600-mounted Kurt Han in the C Production and t Superbike races. • 'Results A PROD EX: 1. Kevin Rentzell (Suz); 2. Mike Henh Ron Ewenh (Suz). A PROD NOV: 1. George Fox (Suz); 2. Bubba Blackwell (Suz); 3. Matthew Dillingham (Suz). B PROD EX: 1. Mike Hanh (Suz); 2. Jamie James . (Suz); 3. Greg Tysor (Suz). . B PROD NOV: 1. George Fox (Suz); 2. Bubb Blackwell (Suz); 3. E. Munoz (Suz). C PROD EX: 1. Scon Russell (Han); 2. Kun Hall (Vam); 3. Paul Bray (Suz). . C PROD NOV: 1. SIeve Smith (Kaw); 2. David Campbell (Han); 3. Chris Sears (Vam). o PROD EX: 1. Graham James; 2. Paul Poole (Vam); 3. Jason Luering (Yam). o PROD NOV: 1. Uoyd Sutherland (Vam); 2. John Da~on (Vam); 3. David Rainoff (K_). A SUPERBIKE: 1. Kevin Rentzell (Suz); 2. Mark Schledorn (Suz~ 3. Dale Burroughs (Suz). B SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Mark Schledorn (Suz). 2. Kevin Rentzell (Suzl; 3. Scon Russell. B PROD NOV: 1. George Fox (Suz); 2. Mike Reed (Suzl; 3. Jeff Ouckwonh (Vam). C SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Scott Russell; 2. Kun Hall (Vam); 3. Jamie James (Vem). C SUPERBIKE NOV: 1. Steve Seeburn (K_); 2. SIeve Smith (K_); 3. Mike Reed (Suz). D SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Jamie James (Vam); 2. Jay Ratl1burn (Yam); 3. Henry Norman (Vam). o SUPERBIKE NOV: 1. Mike Reed (Suz~ 2. Jack Wright (Yam); 3. Lloyd Sutherlend (Yam). F-l : 1. Kevin RenlZeli (Suz); 2. Jeff Harder (Suz); 3. Patrick Harris (Yam). F-2 EX: 1. Pele Frost (Vam); 2. Dean Hill (Klwt, 3. Richard Bonelli (Yam). _ F-2 NOV: 1. Mike Reed (Suz); 2. Pal Chandler (Suz); 3. Mark Henry. F·3 EX: 1. Jim East (Kaw); 2.~Dean Hill (Klw~ 3. David Akers (Kaw). . VINTAGE 1 NOV: 1. Sian Gibson (Han); 2. Stuan Hall (BSA). VINTAGE 2 NOV: 1. Stan Gibson (Hon). VINTAGE 4: 1. Bill Benton (Han); 2. Vic Banni_ (Nor~ 3. Stan Gibson (Han). CLUBMAN EX: 1. Dean Hill (Klw); 2. Jim EUl (Klw); 3. David Akera (~). _ CLUBMAN NOV: 1. Richard Fleury (~~ 2. Devid Rainoff (Kew); 3. Geoffrey Garrod (Vam). (Suz);~.