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Roswell Racing fin ally got ar ound Longevityin the GTU race, ga ini n~ a li ttl e breat h ing room o n the Du cau. l. Rosw ell , the GT U wi nner at Lo udon , would have to make o ne' more pit stop tha n Longevity, and this was e where the team was ho ping to regain r their advantage. D " We can' t keep up with Roswell," Long said. " T hey have us o n power. 1> It' s goi ng to take a n extra pi t sto p 8 for th em and we should ge t back in .. front th en ." Dutchman had dr op ped to sixth by lap 25 with South Florida now second, Ta rga th ird, H igh Tech fourth and Team Wyoming II fifth. H yper-Cycle ran mi t of gas o n the back portion of the tra ck, costi ng the I team four laps and dropping them • out of the top 20. T hey later made up two of th e lost laps. At the end of 30 laps, four teams re mained on the lead la p with Loc khart leadi ng, T arga second, ~ Hi gh Tech third and Jeff Heino now riding th e Du tchman bike back up to fourth. Team Wyomin~ II ra n e fifth with M.A.C. Racin~ sixt h and 'I Roswell Racing continui ng to lead GTU in sevent h. Kayo Racing and 2 Ramm it Ra cing were eighth and ninth, respectively, with T eam Bad 'I News 10th overall. f . \ South Florida 's cha rge ended with . a brok en chain which dropped the m to 35th. £, "It's th e second week in a row we ::l threw a cha in, " a dejected Kell y said. (, "1 coas ted off in tum four, ran back to th e p its, go t a new chain, and then went ba ck and p ut it on. It cost us abou t 12 m inutes and four laps. - We're after the poin ts right now so this really hurt." Dutchman ended the day with Heino cras hing o n lap 44. The New .H ampsh ire rider suffered a mild con cussion a nd was transported to the hospi tal. After running pu t of gas earlier, Hyper-Cycle was now th e team on the move as Andrew sliced th rough - traffic p icking up five po sitions in 10 laps and hold ing 12th at th e end of 50 laps. J Lap 53 saw th e bi g change in , position wh en Road Ameri ca' s old flnemesis appeared . and L ockhart pitted to replace th e front brake pads . - Quarterl ey turned th e bike over to Brauneck in wh at should have been 1 a routine stop, but it was too long. Finally, the new pads were in , th e bik e refueled, an d Brauneck was off. As Lockhart returned to the fray, t Targa pitted to fue l and change riders. Chivington handed the bi ke to Shoris and on this stop T arga moved in fro nt, "That stop took twice as lo ng as it should have," said Quarterley. " Our terminal speed is about 10 mph faster than Targa , so we' re on the brak es lon ger and using more pad." "T he pins on the pads are su p posed to come out easy; they were ho t and go t ca ugh t and that 's where we lost our time," sai d crewman Stu " Thorne. By now, Targa had a o ne minute and 58 second lead o n Lockhart. Shorts slo wed his lap tim es into th e low 2:30-range as Brauneck turned on th e gas and ra n ' a series ' of 2:26 laps while try ing to catch Shorts. H yper-Cycle co n tin ued to char~e and held eigh th on lap 60. With th e final laps winding down, Kayo cra shed out of the race and GTU lead ers, Roswell Ra cing, blew a motor, giving th e lead back to Lon~evity. With T arga out front, Brauneck clicked off the fastest lap of the day, a 2:25.8, while trying to catch Shorts before Lockhart crew chief Keith Perry gave him th e signal to slow down. " We slowed Doug after that lap; Lockhart Racing (1) leads High Tech Racing (4). High Tech finished second with Lockhart ending up third. Carry Andrew and Kenny Kopecky rode the Hyper Cycle Suzuki to a fifth place finish at Road America. we just didn 't want to take a cha nce o f so methi ng h appening," sa id Perry . With five laps remaining, Brauneck came by the pits pointing to the lower portion of th e bik e. T wo laps later he pitted to have oil wiped off the Iootpegs. By now, the Lo ckhart bike had slowed down to high 2:30 lap times, caused by blowing oil. On th e last lap, High Tech Racing ca u gh t a n d p assed Lockhart for second. At th e checkered flag , it was Targa taking a hard-earned and muchneeded win. " It 's great to win o ner-it feels great. We hung in th ere all day lon g and wrung its neck," echoed a happy Chivington. " It was oiling up the tires and I could n 't ride it," said Brauneck, wh ose leathers were covered with oil. " I co uld barely stay on the bik e." " We used Daytona gearing today. . We used a 36 tooth sprocket and th at worked great ," sai d a jubilant Shorts. T eam Targa is sponso red b y Kawasaki USA, Targa and Castrol. T eam Lockhart now holds th eoverall points lead (59) going into th e next round at Mid-Ohio. Dutch- man again failed to score any points and dropped to second (56). H yperCycle (53), South Flor ida (45), and High Tech Racing (34) ro unded ou t th e to p five. • Results O/A: 1. Team Targa (Kaw); 2. High Tech Racing (Suz); 3. Team Lockhart (Suz); 4. Team Longevity (Due); 5. Hypercycle (Suz); 6. Team Gibsonial Englert Racing (Yam); 7. MAC. Racing (Suz); 8. Team Wyoming (Suz); 9. Chic Magnet (Hon); 1D. Rammit Racing (Suz). GTO PT STDGS: 1. Team Lockhart (59); 2. Dutchman Racing (56); 3. Hypercycle (53); 4. South Florida (45); 5. High Tech Racing (34). . GTU PT STDGS: 1. Cycle Connection (55); 2. Asphah Aviators (44); 3. Roswell Racing (44); 4. Team No Drugs (38); 5. Longevity Racing (36).