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was restarted, this time with Hall taking the lead on the Human Race Yamaha. James was never more than a few seconds behind on the Suzuki, and just before the two hour mark resumed the lead, prompting teammate Harth to proclaim, "We're back on track." A bit farther.back in the pack some interesting class races were developing. The three leading teams in the Mediumweight Superbike class were all on the sam e lap. T eam Hammer Foreign Affairs led H eyser Cycle and PDQ Racing, all th ree tea ms on Suzuki 600 Kat a nas. The Li ght. weight class was also a toss-up, as the Yamaha FZR400s of T eam CIA, Red Stripe, Rabbit and Laid Back Racing were all running a bou t even. By the halfway point, Suzuki had built a two lap cushion over the Humans. Solmax stayed in third a lap behind, and Elephant held a slim lead on Hard Core for fourth. Suzuki lost the lead just after the three hour mark when the GSXR's tank ran dry. James was able to keep the bike rollmg to the entrance of pit row, but had to be pushed the rest of the way. " I think Jamie accidentally swi tched the electronic reserve on. H e said it went into a real bad tank slapper, so it probably happened then. At th is track you make one little slip and you lose two laps," said tuner Jim Labine of Team Suzuki, who 's sponsored by Emgo/ Arai/BelR a y/ Mi ch el i n / Fo x/ Ca m 2/Tsu· baki/'Z' Leathers and SBS. Rabbit Racin g crashed on the entrance to the banking, leaving a lot of oil, and since the comer workers couldn't clean up the spill with all the bikes coming by, the race was red- flagged for the second time. Hall again put the Human Race Yamaha into the lead after the restart. By the end of the fourth hour, Human Race was running six seconds ahead of T eam Suzuki, who in turn was only nine seconds ahead of Solmax. Kevin Rentzell was charging hard on the Sol max machine and gaining real estate on the two front runners. Two more crashes brought out the two final red flags, turning the endurance into an hour and 15 minu te sprint. During the delay, the H umans switched to a softer Metzeler tire in hopes of winning the dash to the finis h. O n the final restart, Harth charged ou t front, turning in the q uickest laps of th e da y (high 1:0Is) to pull out a slim lead over Hall. Solmax elected to run with reliable John Eidenberger in the last hour to assure the Heavyweight Production class win. . Shawn Nicoloff was riding the wheels off the Hard Core Suzuki, trying to catch Team Elephant broth ers David and Tom Sartorious in the final hour. Team H am m er Foreign Affair needed only to stay on two wheels to wiii the Mediumweight Superbike. class. Chris Knight turned in the quickest laps in the class to pull away from PDQ. Chuck Mathis and George Fox turned into heroes for their teams in the last hour. Mathis put Team CIA ahead of Red Stripe Racing to take the Lightweight win by 24 seconds. Fox took over on the Team Savannah Honda Hurricane with a half hour to go to guide his team to victory over the always tough Royale Racing. "Airborn" AI Wilcox waved the checkered flag after six grueling hours of competition, and it was Suzuki 's H art h crossing the finish line ahead of the Human Race Team. Sol max finished a lonely third, gaining their class win goal, and Hard Core's Nicoloff ca me up 12 Second place Lightweight division finishers Laid Back Racing (102) lead third place Red Stripe Rac ing (11 ) and fourth place Terror Rac ing (13) at the start. All three teams rode Yamaha FZR400s. Team Hammer Foreign Affairs (2 8 0 ) looks for a way past Ammag Racing (177) and Thumper Brothers (680). seconds short in his bid to catch Team Elephant, " I have to give the credi t to the crew for getting the bike right," said Harth afterwards. "If we do this for every race we will be tough to beat." · Results Team CIA took the Lightweight class win by 24 seconds after six hours. • , O/ A: 1. Team Suzuki (Suzl; 2. Human Race Team (Yaml; 3 . Sol mo' Racing USA (Suz); 4 . Team Elephant (Suz); 5. Hard Core Racing (Suzl; 6. Team Racerback (K8W); 7. Team Hammer Foreign Aff airs (Suz); 8. Team Savan nah (Hon); 9. 8adger Racing (Suzl; 10 . PDO Racing (Suz). HIW S/8 K: 1. Team Suzuki (Suz); 2. Human Race Team (Yam); 3. Team Elephant (Suz); 4. Har d Core Racing (Suz); 5. Team.Racerback (Kaw) . HIW PROD: 1. Solmax Racing USA (Suzl; 2. Northern Racing (Yaml; 3. TBA (Suz); 4 . Fifty One Fifty (Suz); 5. Team AGV (Suz). M/W S/ BK: 1. Team Hemmer Foreign Affairs (Suz); 2. PDa Racing (Suz); 3. Team Indy (Suz); 4 . Jim Williams Racing (Suz); 5. Abercorn Racing (Yam). MIW PROD: 1. Team Savannah (Hon); 2. Royale Racing (Suz); 3. Re-Cycle Racing (Hon); 4. Mule Team (Suz); 5. Action Suzuki Racin g (Suz). LIW: 1. Team CIA (Yam); 2. Red Str ipe Racing (yam); 3. Laid Back Racing (Yam); 4. Terr or Racing (Yam); 5. Rabbit Racin g (Yam). POINT STANDINGS O/ A: 1. Solma. Racing USA (412 .57); 2. Team Suzuk i Endurance (336 .36); 3. Fifty One Fifty (335.54); 4. Hard Core Racing (309 .63); 5. Royale Racing (302.37~ · 6. Human Race Team (300); 7. Kayo Racing (283 .11 ~ 8. PDa Racing (196. 99~ 9. Jim W illiams Racing (1 93 .53) ; 10. Team CIA (169.79). 25