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Doug Polen (23) leads Thomas Stevens in the Supersport class at B.I.R,; Polen held off Floridian Stevens to take his seco,nd win of tile year. Team Leoni's Jimmy Adamo won the Grand Prix portion of the Pro Twins race at Brainerd; Adamo beat Moto-Guzzi-mounted Doug Brauneck. A.Alfle Irakes Sup..ersp..orf Series: Round 3 Polen gets revenge in Adamo does it again in Brainerd Supersporf Brainerd Twins action A.A Pro Twins Road Race Series: Round 3 By Paul Carruthers Photos by Randy Marrs BRAINERD, M ,JULY 6 By Paul Carruthers Photos by Rick Corwine BRAINERD, M ,JUNE 7 Team Leoni's Jimmy Adamo withstood early rainfall and the constant pressure of Dr. John's Moto-Guzzi-mounted Doug Brauneck to win his second race in a row in the Grand Prix Pro Twins class at Brainerd International Raceway. Dr. David Kieffer got the better of a race-long duel with John Long to finish tltird. Thomas Shat'P rode his American Thunder Harley-Davidson to the Modified Production class win over Ducati-mounted Clnis Helland and Moto-Guzzi-mounted Rlain Paulus JI'. "It was a little wet out there," Adamo said. "I just' watched a little to see the spray off Brauneck and Church's wheels. I came up, got 'em and pulled away." The l4-lap. 50-mile final saw Harley-Davidson's Gene Church powering off the line first and winning the drag race to llIrn one. When the pack came around to "nd the first circuit. however. it was Brauneck with an impressive lead over Adamo, Church, Kieffer, Long and Helland. By the end of the second lap, Brauneck led by almost ~hree seconds, appearing as if he would walk away with this·OIie. The track started to dry, the rain quit falling and suddenly by lap· three, Adamo was back in business. When the pack ended lap four, the General Engineering/Michelinl Arai/Sinisalo/Gio_ Ca. Moto U Asponsored rider had his Ducati in' front. Church, meanwhile, was a distant third, leading- by almost a second and a half over the dueling Long and KIeffer. The Modified pack was a tight ballle between Paulus, Helland, and Dougla Gro s on his Oucati Paso. By the halfway mark, Adamo was way ahead of Brauneck with Church, Long and Kieffer tightly knit, and owr 30 semnds behind. Chlll'ch went low on the front _ straight with mechanical problems on lap I\ine, allowing Long and Kieffer to blast past. On lap I I, Gross crashed the Paso in turn 10. On the final lap, Adamo held a comfonable lead over Brauneck with Long and Kieffer still ballling. At the nag it was Kieffer after stuffing it under Long in turn 10. . Brauneck's second place keeps him in the poinl lead. but only by "one measly point." "I knew il would have to be going into 10," Kieffer said of lhe pass on Long. "The bikes were even, but mine mig-ht have had a little more grunt." '. Results GRAND PRIX: 1, James Adamo (Due); 2. Doug Brauneck (M·Gl; 3. David Kieffer (Duc); 4. John Long (Due); 5. Walter Sakowski (Due); 6. Paul Ziechang (M-G); 7. Mark Robinson (Cag); B. Gene Church (H-D). MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Thomas Sharp (HD); 2. Chris Helland (Due); 3. Blaine Paulus (MG}' 4. Jobn Stapleton (M-G); 5. Bob Hanbury (Vam); 6. C. David Hudson (Cag); 7. David Fallon (Vam); 8. Gerald DeMon (M·G); 9. Kathy Grant (Kaw); 10. Douglas Gross (Due). Honda CB600 Hurricane-mounted Doug Polen avenged his loss to Thomas Stevens three weeks ago at Road Atlanta when he beat the young Floridian by 1.996 seconds a t Brainerd In ternational Raceway. Polen copied Stevens' Road AI . bId' t anta Win y ea. lng every lap of the 10-.lap a££all'. R~ndy Renfro:-" rode hlS. Honda Hurn.cane to a ~hlTd place ftlllsh,. and ~Ial~ed hIS fust Superspon wmner s ctr~le appearance after a great ba.t~e Wlth Lance Nordby andDan ChIvmgtOn_ Nordby, and. Chlvm!1tOn ended up ~O~~t1l and fIfth, respectlv~ly. Once agam, the event was ~ommated by thle new Honda Hurncanes - ~hey f1 led the fIrst 17 places m the fmal lesults., " . . . It was Dunlop s turn at gammg a ",:,m LI1 the Supersports class after 10 lIlg out to Stevens', Metzelers at Road ;\t1ama. Ren~row s mount, hke Polen S, was sh~ l~ DUI·~lops. It was Polen s first ume at the th~~~mrle, lO-turn ,~ramerd track: "Tl t s ~ lot of fun, t.he Texa~,sald. lere s a lo~ of ~ractLOn and It s got a g.ood combrnauon o~ fast an~ slow cOII~ers.. I went out a httle fastlll .the begllll1lng, but I put everythmg toge~I,ler and started tUTlllng faster la'Tbe I" . n ._ . ace started wllh Oa Chl vlIlgton leadmg the way IntO turn one. but it didn't take long for Polen to assert himself. Stevens followed Polen feast ChivingtOn and by the . tI d f ume e pack crosse the stanl inish line for the first time, the leading duo were already clear· of the pack. Renfrow led a Nordby, Kevin Ren lZell , Doug Tosten battle for fourth across the line at the end of lap one. Renfrow, the cagey veteran, w.~s soon o~ Chivington and using hlS low-welght advantage to draft past on the stralghtaway. Polen and Stevens stayed close for six laps, and then Polen turned up the burners to pull away. Meanwhile, Nordby had joined in the Renfrow/Chivington fracas, making it a three-way grapple to the flag. Rentzell's race came to an end as he pulled into the pits with mechanical ills on the sixth lap. The battle for third was the one to watch as the trio exchanged the position numerous times per lap. Polen wa turning in times in the • high 49, low 50 range while the thirdplace battle was circulating in the 52s. At the finish it wa's Renfrow snatching third from Nordby with Chivington a close fifth. "It was a good race; a lot of fun," Renfrow said. "The bikes are real even. It's a good class. My low weight helps a lot on acceleration. I'm still disgusted with finishing third in the 250cc heat." "I kind of got tired and he got a lillle ahead of me,". Stevens told the crowd overthe pubhc address system. • Results SUPERSPORT: 1. Doug Polen (Hon); 2. Thomas Stevens (Hon); 3. Randy Renfrow (Hon); 4. Lance Nordby (Hon); 5. Dan Chivington (Hon); 6. Douglas Tosten (Hon); 7. John Eidenberger (Hen); B. Mark Chin (Hon); 9. Gary D'Aluisio (Hon); 10. Jeffrey Atwell (Hon); 11. Tom Walther (Hon); 12. Chuclt Kurkowski (Hen); 13. Jeff Hoeppner (Hon); 14. Chris D'Aluisio (Hon); 15. Ian Nicholson (Hon); 16. Westley Wickland (Hon); 17. W.B. Voung(Hon); 18. Kenny Barroa (Vam); 19. Ty Tallakson (Hen); 20. Troy Sawvet (Vaml.