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.... <:.J ,.0 E Da vid Clyd e won the C Production Novice class, topping Mike Sm ith. ~ Fabian Cortez and Russ Moffitt; Clyde also had two fourths on the day: ~ > o Z Cam Roos (312)' goes around the outside of Cliff Bigoney (1 ) during their dice in the Formula Two Expert class; Bigoney got the win, however. .. The D Production class gets underway with Andy Fenwick (1' lead ing Graham Jones (29), Randy Gaddey (408) and the rest of the pack. Thomas Stevens (9) leads Tysor (67) during the C Production class. Tysor won; Stevens was penalized a lap for weaving on the warm-up lap. prob lems, I'm p leased with wh ere 1 finished especially having to race against th e FZR," said Burkholder who was n't too p leased with th e WE RA ru les w hi c h p ermitted FZR100s to participa te in the Clubman d ivision. . Future rule changes may make big bo re Nov ice racing a thing of the pas t a nd th e A Pro d uction Nov ice race showed why th a t may no t be suc h a bad thi ng. O n th e firs t lap four riders went down in a single accident while severa l more riders crashed in separate accid ents on th at sa me lap. After th e dus t had cleared, David Probst led Ra y Yod er and William Scott Harper across th e finish line in th e race o f survivors. The fin al two races on Friday sa w Roo s become th e first multi-titl e winner as he beat rival Burkho lder again. Roos was very sick with the flu during th e weekend an d was vis~bl y worn o u t af ter the . da y's racing, Ron ald Gelwicks ca me back to win th e D Superbike ra ce over Fabian Cortez, G elwick rode his Yam aha RZ3S0 which is sponso red by hi s morn and dad and Twigg Cycl es. Sunda y's raci ng sta rted o ff with a bang in th e fo rm of the C Producti on ra ce. Unoffi ci all y known a s th e Honda H u rr ica ne fina l, this ra ce brou ght tog ether a tal ent laden field. Pa rt o f th e drama of th e race was sha ttered even before it started when race favori te Thomas Stevens was pena lized a lap for weavi ng o n the wa rm u p lap. Steve ns was wid of h is pena lty as' he gr idd ed for th e sta rt. At first St eve ns loo ked as if he wou ldn't eve n participate in the even t pu lli ng his T eam Hammer sponso red Hurricane off onto th e grass o n th e side of the course. " I wa s so mad 1 wasn 't going to race, but wh en the y threw the gr een flag 1 thought, th e hell with it, I'll go out a nd prove 1ca n win even after giving everybody a h ead start," commented Stevens . By the end of the fir st .Ia p Steven s had moved up into a distant fifth p lace well behind ra ce leader Kurt Hall, Tysor, Scott R ussell and Jam ie J a mes. Hall and Tysor put o n a cli ni c of good clean racing d urin g th e firs t hal f of the race. Russell and James were goi ng at it back about fo ur bike le n g th s beh in d th em. James sai d la ter that he though t th e aggressive race with R ussell actua lly prev ented them from ca tch ing th e leaders. Stevens was cha rg ing hard a nd ga in ing eac h la p. By lap five he wa s just behind th e Ru ssell /James tuss le. On th e next lap R usse ll moved up from third to tak e th e lead temporarily, th en St evens passed Jam es and H a ll before ban ging fairings with T ysor o n th e quick last turn before th e front straigh t. "There was no sense in him ridin g lik e th at . He kn ew he was docked a lap and it just wa sn't too sma rt ," sa id an irat e T ysor o n St even s' aggr essive riding. On th e next lap Steven s was in front follow ed by T ysor, Hall , Russell and Jam es. Stevens th en turned a n incredible I:3·\.7 o n th e next lap. Stevens cro ssed th e line first but Tysor was th e winner. On th e coo l down lap '. Tysor got in fro nt of Stevens th en stood u p a nd raised his fist to th e crowd in a victory cele- . bra tio n, Hall , J a mes, R ussell a nd Scott Zampach ro u nded o ut the top five. The A Prod uct io n Expert race was a Suzuki/Yamaha sho wdown with the GSXRs of J ames, Harth and Scott Zampach ganging up o n th e FZRs of R ussell and Hall. Ha ll 's freshly built motor wasn't up to par and he pulled in aft er th e warmup lap. Russell took th e ea rly lead Iollowed by James, Harth a n d Zampac h. By midrace R ussell and Harth excha nged th e lead while James and Zarnpach were well within striking distance. R ussell's Yamaha sounded sick a s he ca me by with two laps to g o but th e performan ce of t h e ma chine didn 't seem affected. At the finish the top fo ur were evenly spaced about a second apart with Ru ssell taki ng the win over James, Ha rth a nd Zampach. Ha rth was la ter disqua li fied for refusi ng to tear dow n his machi ne, movi ng Zampach into th ird. R ussell 's effort was backed by Du nl o p/ EBC/ Sol ma x Racin g/KalGa rd/Tsuba k i/S hoei /Cycle Mart and Ph il Flack Raci ng Serv ice. Ray Yoder won his seco nd Novice title in the B P roducti on Novi ce rare, winning ove-r Eric La'Cruze a nd George Fox in convincing fashion. Steven s had hoped to break th e track record in th e A Superbike race, but h e cras he d th e ma chine in practi ce th e day before a nd the bike wa sn't as good as it .was on Frida y wh en he ra n a 1:28.30. Even though I:29.43 was hi s fastest lap during this race, it wa s still fa st eno ug h to g ive him th e win over Ren tzell a nd T eam Suzuki teammate Harth. After taking th e chec kered flag Stevens slow ed down a nd th en 'p u lled a wh eeli e th e ent ire length of th e from straight in a form o f protest over his disqualification in C Production. Reu tzel] made the last race of the GNF an interesting one. In th e C Superbike Expert race T ysor shook th e ea rl y challenge by Hall a nd had bui lt a seemi ngly insurmoun tab le lead by th e six th lap of the 10 la p race. Rent zel l d idn ' t see it th at way a nd began ch ip p ing away at th e lead. _ . On the white flag lap Tysor still had a 1.5 seco nd cus hion, b ut comi ng down' the hill fo r th e checkered flag Rentzell had somehow caught up and finished a half b ike len g th behind T yso r. · . " I loo ked back every. lap," said a sm iling T ysor , " I wasn 't going to go any faster tha n 1 ha d to." • Results A PROD EX: 1. Scon Russell (Yam); 2. Jamie J ames (Suz); 3 . Scott Zampach (Suz); 4 . Gene f Burcham (Suz); 5 . Robert Taylor (Suz). B PROD EX: 1. Jamie James (Suz); 2. Scon Russell (Suz): 3 . Kurt Hall (Vam); 4 . Wesley Winche:ster (Suz); 5. Gene Burcham (SUl) . C PROD EX: 1. Greg Tvsor (Hon); 2. Kurt Hall (Honl; 3 . Ja mie James (Han); 4 . Scan Zampach (Han) ; 5 . Shaw n Nicoloff (Honl . D PROD EX: 1. An dy Fenwick (Kaw); 2. David Nun s (Kaw); 3 . Grah am J am es (Yam); 4 . Bett ie Ball ard (Vam); 5 . Frank Bratz (Han I. A S/ BK EX: 1. Thomas Ste vens ISuz); 2. Kevin " Rentzell (Suz); 3. M ike Harth (Suz); 4 . Scon Russell (Suz); 5. Robert Taytor (Suz). B S/BK EX: 1. Kevin Rentz ell (Suz); 2. Kurt Hall (Yam); 3 . Bru ce Nield (Hon); 4 . Wes W inchester (Suz); 5 . Jell Harder (Suz). C S/B K EX: 1. Gr eg Tysor(Hon ); 2. Kevin Rentzell (Honl ; 3 . Kurt Hall (Han); 4 . Cam Roos (Han); 5. Bru ce Baldu s (Hon). D S/ BK EX : 1. Cam Roos (Vam ); 2. Larry Burkho lder (Yam ); 3 . Si eve Patt erson (Yam); 4 . Jo hn Low ma n (Yam ); 5. David M urr ay (Yam l. F-1 EX: 1. Tho mas Steven s (Suz): 2 . Kevin Ren tzell (Suzl ; 3 . Mike Ha rt h (Suz l; 4 . Scott Zampach (Suz); 5 . Scan Russell (Suz). F-2 EX: 1. Clilllon Bigoney (Vam); '2. Cam Roos (Vaml ; 3 . Dan Reil (Hon l; 4 . Pete Frost (Yam); 5 . Larry Burkholder (Yam). F-3 EX: 1. AI Lainhart (MB A); 2. Jim East (Kaw); 3 . Chuck McCabe (Kaw) ; 4. Rhea St ickley (Han): 5 . Joe Halleck (Han). CLBM N EX: 1. Cam Roo s (Vam); 2. Larry Burkholder (Yam ); 3. Frank Bratz (Yam); 4 . Chuck Mathis (Han) ; 5. Rich Graver (Suz) A PROO NOV : 1. Ray Voder (Suz); 2. David Probst (Suz); 3 . Scott Harp er (Yam); 4 . Guill ermo Villarreal (Suz); 5 . Chart es Etstner (Han). B PROD NOV : 1. Ray Voder (Suz); 2. Eric LaCruze (Suz};.3. George Fox (Suz); 4 . Fabian Cortez (Han ); • 5. GUIll ermo Villarreal (Suz) . C PROD NOV: 1. David Clyde (Han ); 2. Mike Sm ith e(Han); 3. Fabian Cort ez (Han); 4 . Russ Moffin (Hon ); 5. A lan Ben agnoli (Hon). D PROD NOV: i . Craig Shambaugh (Kaw ); 2. J . Maier (Kaw) ; 3 . Cra ig Renck IKaw); 4 . Keenan Philli ps (Vam): 5. Leroy Roeder (Yam). B S/BK NOV : 1. Jell Duckworth (yam); 2. Fabian Canez (Yam); 3 . George Fox (Suz); 4 . David Clyde (Han); 5 . David Probst (Suz). C S/BK NOV: 1. Mike Smith (Han); 2. Fab,an Cortez (Yam); 3. Alan Bert agno li (Hont; 4 . David Clyde (Han); 5 . Rick Kirk (Han). D S/BK NOV: 1. Ronald Gelw icks (Vam); 2. Fabian Cort ez (Yam); 3 . Don Will mo nt (Yam); 4 . Craig Shambaugh IKaw); 5 . Jim Yarbrough (Yam). CLBM N NOV: t , William Gray (Vam); 2. Wi llia m Cardell (Vaml ; 3 . Lloy d Sutherla nd (Han); 4 . Dan Lowther (Han); 5. Dan Salton (Vam). F-2 NOV: 1. Mike Sm ith (Vam); 2. Ronal d Gelw icks (Yam); 3. Wi lli am Gray (Yam); 4 . Fabian Cortez -(Yam ); 5. Ja mes Yarbrou gh (Yam I. . F·3 NOV : 1. Thom as Ex ing er (Kawl; 2. Ad am M oln y (Kaw ); 3 . Gr egor y All (Kaw ); 4. Steven Mathews; 5 . J ack Brill (Kaw) . VtNT 1: 1. Phil Pumm ell (Suzl; 2. Brad M orr ison (Duc); 3 . Norma n Nelson (Nor); 4 . L.R. Sheldon (Bul): 5 . Jo e Tayl or (BSA) . . VINT 2: 1. Greg Willis (BSAI ; 2. David Mathew s (BSA); 3. Brad Morrison (Ouc); 4 . Randy IIIg (Nor); 5. R.L Shelton (But). VINT 3 : 1. Jess M orris (Tri) ; 2. Charles Chi rco (BMW); 3. David Mathews (BSA); 4 . J ake Coye (Ouc); 5. Scon Kay ITri) . VINT 4 : 1. Jess Morris (Tri); 2 . Sam Williams (Kaw); 3. Kart Myers (BMW); 4 . Charles Chirco (BMW); 5. J ay Rasmussen (Honl .