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Hyper-Cycle Racing f in ished fourth, four laps down on the lockhart and Kayo teams, and on the same lap as th ird place High Tech Racing. , Swims took over for Kayo a nd was 37-38 seconds behind Milier, who was 'now on for Lockhart. Swims . bega n to go after Miller, who is still no t quite physica lly 100% after hi s cras h last year, a nd was ga ining on the Lockh art rider. Nineteen laps lat er Swi ms put th e Kayo Racing Suzuki bac k in front . . " We were leading when Kevin pitted " sai d Swims. " I saw a -38 o n the pit board, Lyn n was on for Lockh ar t and then it started raining in turns six and seven. Everyone started to slow down and 1 sta rted to make up tim e. 1 finally go t to within five seconds of Lynn and had hi m in my cross hairs, 1 caught and passed him for th elead," The Front Row Racing/ Westside Yam ah a /K a yo /Y okoh am a /KalG ard-spon sored Yam aha FZ600 now held a co mma ndi ng lead in GT U. T he Aspha lt Aviators/Yokohama/ Spectro .Ya ma ha FZ600 of Andy Deatherage an d Mik e Sturde vant held second, and th ird in the GT U ca tegory was th e Team Samurai Kaw asaki 600 Ninj a. T ro ubles conti nued to pl ague the Du tchman Racing en try dropping them even 'fart her back in the standin gs. "Well firs t it was th e broken ' ~hi fter, then the motor started running ro ugh ," Dutchman 's J erry Pels said. " We rep laced the plugs and th e ignition box befor e realizing it was the needle cli p in the carbs that had come off." At one point th e Kayo Racing II Yam ah a FZRIOOO go t as high as th ird , but dropped 'off th e pace as the race neared the ha lfwa y point, Kayo 1 moved back in fro nt on lap 54 with Lockhart second, Sanibel third and Co nser Coach / Mich elin/ Am -Soi l/Reliabl e Cycle-sp onsored High Tech Racing fo urth. Fifth was th e Southern Enterprises Racing Suzuki GSXRlIOO. Front Row continued to lead seco nd pl ace Paul Smith Ra cing by a full lap. ' Miam i-Vice's da y ended with a cras h by Tedler in turn six, elim inating th e team from th e ra ce. Race leaders Kayo Racing and Lockh art were a full two laps up on th ird pl ace T eam Sanibel. The GTU ac tio n began to change aga in with Paul Sm i th Ra cing getting th eir lap back and passing Front Row Racing for the GTU lead . On lap 72 it was Shorts and th e Lockhart GSXR back in front with Ka yo cl ose behind. High T ech Racin g go t aro und T eam Sanibel to take over third. Sou thern Enterprises held fifth . On lap 80, Kayo went back in front and began to build a lead of over 30 seconds on a Lockhart pit sto p . Kayo pitted for their final fuel stop o n lap 95, enjoying a lead of just over 30 seconds wh en th ey pitted o n ly to have it dwindle to plus three seconds when ihey reent ered th e race. Rentzel 's rea r Yok oham a R600 180/ 680 RI 8 radial slic k was nearing the cord as he left the pits a nd Shorts was closi ng. Shrots was on the move makin g up a half to o ne second per lap on Rentzell. By la p 102, Shorts had pulled alo ngs ide Ren tzell o n Road Atla nta's front straight. H e edged over and then passed for th e lead as th e two entered tu rn o ne, usin g traffic to put distan ce between him self and Rentzell. Shorts now p roceeded to put almos t two seconds a lap on Rentz ell, On lap 122, with two rem aining, Shorts, came by th e pits wi th a sp u tter i n g m otor and Rentzell gained slightly. On th e next lap, Sh or ts pitted to take on enough fuel to finish , leaving th e pits still in the lead. As Shorts headed for turn two, Ren tzell came do wn ou t of 12 holdin g a di stant second at this point. At the checkered it was Lockh art, . Kayo Racing, High T ech , J eff H erzog and Car ry Andrew on th e H yperCycle Racing Suzuki, and T eam Sanibel rounding o ut the top five. Lat e in th e race Paul Sm ith Racing threw a chai n as Front Row Racing took the GTU win foll owed by th e Asp halt Aviators, and Graham Clark and Troy Sor enson o n the T eam Uno FJ 600. ' " T he tire started to go away and 1 was slidi ng all over the p lace, " Kayo's Ren tzell said. " I coo ked the rear tire tryin g to ma ke up for th e extra pit stop ; th at pit stop cost us th e race." . " I spe nt a lot of tim e pr epping th is bike; what a way io co me back. Stue (Eden field) deserves a lo t o f the credit , 1 on ly rod e o ne hour and he did th e rest, m y team was great ," said Gre~ Goulding of the Front Row Racing win . • Results OVERALL: 1. Team Lockhart. Lynn Miller. Lariy Shorts. (SUl) 124 raps; 2, Kayo Racing. Kevin Rentzell, Oeen Sw ims (SUl ) 124; 3. H igh Tech Racing. Larry Jue rink . Eric Moe (SOl) 120; 4 , Hyper -Cycle Racing, Carry Andrew . Jeff Herzog (SUl) 120; 5. Team Senibel. Ma rk McQuade (SUl) 120; 6. Southern Enterprise (SUl) 120; 7. Top Gun Racing. Bill Kelly. Bryan Schw ing (Vam) 119; B, Second City Racing, Mike Harlow. neve Nuem er (SUl) 11B; 9. Sout h Florida Racing. Rick Shaw. Ken St eph ens (Vam) 11B; 10 , Keyo II Racing. J eff Atw ell (Vam) 116, GTO; 1. Team Lockhart (SUl); 2, Kayo Racing (SUl); 3. High Tech Racin g (SUl); 4 , Team Hvper (Suz); 5. Team Sanibel (Suz); 6. Sout hern Ent er prises (SUl); 7. Top Gun Racing (Vam); B. Second City Racing (SUl ); 9, South Florida Racing (Vam ); 10 , Kayo Racing (Varni. ' GTU; 1. Front Row Racing (Vam); 2. Asp halt Aviators (Yam); 3. Team Uno (Yam); 4 . Team Samurai (Kaw ); 5, Island Boys (Hon); 6. Out & Out Racing (Vam); 7. Palm Beech SUl uki Racing (Hon'; B, Roberts Racing (Vam); 9. Wintr Park Road Racing (Hon); 10. Team Uno (Yam). I 'J ill]] w:Jj We.kl~Dew .. . DOt DloDthl~ hbtory . ~:t!2~O:;"'buto, "~'.\"~. ' . ~, 1 -,-&/1 .~_ , ' §oJ DENSO U·GROOVE SFlMI( PLlJ65 Ef)"'~~~' Hil!"!!!~ The Trailer For Motorcyclists Built By Motorcyclists 1115 M ilan Ave.. Amherst. 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