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High Tech Racing (4 ) f inished second overall and Roswell Honda Rac ing (27) took fi rst in the GTU class and seventh overall . 'Dut chm an Racing's Kevi n Rentzell leads t he pack int o t urn one t o start t he endurance race. Three hours later, Dutchman, was still out in f ront . , AMAjCCS EBC Brakes Endurance Challenge,Series: Round ,7 Dutchman' blazes ,Road Atlanta By Evelyn Chadwell Photos by Andy Chadwell and Mike Church BRASELTO N, GA, AUG. 14 Dutchman Racing's Kevin Rentzell and Jeff Heino won the AMA/CCS Endurance Challenge at Road Atlanta Raceway after a duel with Team, Lockhart's Dale Quarterl ey a nd Doug Bra uneck. Dutchm an h eld first place . II " virtua y WIre. to wire, excep t for a bnef penod when Lock- turning some of t.he fastest lap s of th e wee~end, setung a pac~ more appropnate for a IO-Iap spn nt race than a three-hour endurance. The way they moved through lapped hart led until their race ended with traffic would have startled even the a mechanical failure near the en d of most experienced riders . . Roswell Honda had some trouble the second hour. Dutchman compl eted 116 laps of ,the high- speed with leaking for k seals wh ich caused 2.52~mile, .12-tu rn road course at anthem to pit on a couple of occassions average speed of 96.955 mph. early in the race. While Roswell High Tech Racing's Larry J eu rin k pitted, the Honda CBR600 Hurriand Eric Moe finished second on cane of Team Tyler took over the GTU lead, which they held until lap their Suzuki GSX RlIOO, and Team Wyoming's David Keiffer and J o h n 28 when David Clyde pulled the bike Ashmead were third on a 750cc .behi nd the pit wall, out of the race. Honda RC 30. Autobahn Society then too k over the First in the GTU division and lead until shortly after the second seventh overall was Dun lop /Phil hour when Roswell, who had been Flack Racing/ EBC Brakes/ H um a lap down , too k it back. cane Body Works-sponsored Roswell Team Longevity 's Ducati 851 H onda R acing's Mike Smith and Superbike was also a frontru nner in Cam Roos. Au tobahn Society fin the GT U division, but retired on lap ished second and Asphalt Aviators . 78. . were third. . Just after the first hour Dutchman . Lockh art sat on the pole for the pitted, handing the GTO lead to start, but Ren tzell, aboard the Arai/ Team Lockhart. Du tch man 's Heino Fox/Mikuni/ EBC/ P BIIMichelin fought hard to maintain a close ' second until on lap 62, the Team sponsored Dutch m an R acing Suzuki GSXRlIOO, was the fastest off the Lockhar t Suzuki 1100 came into the line. Ren tzell grabbed the holeshot pits with transmission p rob lem s, into turn one ahead of Doug Bra u putting them out of the race. neck on the AGV/ Michelin/Su zukil "T he bike apparently had a gear break in the transmission and it went Kal-Gard-sponsored Team Lockhart Su zuki 1100. H yp er -Cycle, T eam through the cases," said a Lockhart T arga and South Florida Racing ' crewman. ga ve chase. With Lockhart out of the race , Dutchman and Lockhart were H eino cruised to the win. Teammate Team Wyoming's David Kieffer and John Ashmead finished third in their second race on a Honda RC30; a machine which is not sold in the U.S . • •• Ren tzell said th a t the Du tchman machine had handling problems, but they were still able to p ut secondp lace finishers H igh Tech Ra cing a . lap down . . Hyper-Cycle's Carry Andrew and James Do may ran third through ' mos t of the race , but retired on lap 98. South .Florida Raci ng 's R ick Shaw and Bill Kelly also had problems , coming to a halt o n la p 40, a nd then completing just eight more laps before th ey were done for th e da y. . T eam Targa had an up-and-down day. R iders Dan Chivington and Larry Shorts had their 1000cc Kawasaki ZX-IO up to fourth place at the start, but fell as far back as 14th before they again worked up to fo urth overall at the finish. Team G ibso n ia /E n g lert R a ci n g ' s Bo b Englert Jr. and Doug Tosten finOO. ished fifth on a Yamaha FZR IO Shanton Racing, Roswell Honda, Autobahn Society, Asphalt Aviators and Just-For-Fu n rounded out the ' top 10, the last [o ur all in the GTU category. • Results O/A: 1. Dutchm an Racing (Suz); 2. High Tech Racing (Suz); 3. Team Wyom ing (Han); 4. Team Targs (Kaw ); 5. Team Gibsonia/Englert Racing (Yam); 6. Sha nton Racing (Suz); 7. Roswell Honda Racing (Han); 8. Au tobahn Society (Han); 9. Asph alt Avi ators (Suz); 10 . J ust· For· Fun (Han). GTO: 1. Dut chman Racing (Suz); 2. High Tech Racing (Suz); 3. Team Wyom ing (Han); 4. Team Targa (Kaw ); 5. Team Gibson ia/Englen Racing (Yam ~ ! • The Dutchman Racing crew celebrates in winner's ci rcle. GTU: 1. Roswell Honda Racing (Han); 2. Au to bahn Sociaty (Han); 3. Asphalt Avi ators (Suz); 4. .Just-For-Fun (Han); 5. Team Ohio (Han). POINT STANDINGS GTO: 1. Dutchman Racing (8 9 ); 2 . Team Lockhan (81); 3 . Hyper -Cycle (75 ); 4 . High Tech Racing (62); 5. Team Wyomin g (55 ); 6 . Team Gibson ia/E nglen Racing (48 ); 7. South Flor ida Racing (46 ); 8 . Team Targa (43 );9 . ECHO Racing (3 3); 10 . (TIE) Bad Naws Racin glTeam Wyom ing II (32). GTU: 1. Roswell Honda Racing (84); 2. II.s~ halt A viators (57 ); 3 . Cycle Connect ion Racing (55); 4: Au tobah n Society (51 ); 5. Longevity Racing (49); 6. Team Ohio (46 ); 7 . Team No Drugs (42 ); 8 . Semino le Honda Racing (3 3) 9. Moo re Racing (31 ); 10. Island Boys Racing (23). 33