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VINTAGE Rice TIre Distributor Oldsmar, FL33557 (8 13) 855-5801 First-year Expert Todd Hoge leads Scott Russell early in the A Superbike race at Talladega Grand Prix Raceway. Russell won. Hoge took second. Russell sets new mark at WERA RR opener By Larry Lawrence TALLADEGA, AL, FEB. 12 Scott Russell put cl ub racers throughout the nation on notice b y showing up at' a noncontingency pa ying event an d setting a goa l of breaking his own track record at Talladega Grand Prix Raceway. J ust beca use the 23-yearold Morrow, Georgia, rider has inked a factory deal with Yoshimura Suzuki doesn't mean that he will be content to sit back and ride the AMA Superbike Series . On the contrary, Russell fully intends to keep his road racing skills honed to razor sharpness by co mpeting whenever and wherever he can. To say that Russell has mastered the 1.3mile " L itt le Talladega" circuit would be unders ta ti ng the fact. In the three years that ' the circuit has been open, Russell has won more races, set more marks and wo n mo re contingency mo ney he re than anyone. The only person to even come close to breaking Russell's dominance here is the king of production racing, Doug Polen. On-this weekend, Russell entered three races, won them all, and set a new goa l for others to shoo t for by turning a 59.21-second lap tim e during the Formula USA race. Kurt Hall led the first la p on his Action HondaSuzuki/Fox/Metzeler/ Arai-sponsored - production Suzuki GSXR750. followed by Cam Roos on another GSX R sponsored by MotoLiberty/Dunlop/ Arai /NGKlD&D and Roswell Honda. Russell was following closely on his GSXR in Superstock trim. Russell.listed sponsors of the bike as Yoshimura/EBC Bra kes and AGV Helmets, but this was not a Yoshimura-prepared bike - this was the same Vic Fasola-prepped bik e that Russell rode last year. In any case, Ru ssell passed both Roo s and Ha ll on the second lap . On th e third lap Russell set the track record and on the fourth, th e race for first was, for all practical purposes. over. The race for second, though, was a bit more in teresting. Three defending WERA National Sprint Champ ions - Hall, Roos and J ay Denham - a ll battled for the seco nd sp?t on the last lap with Hall taking the posit io n by half-a -bi ke-length at th e checkered flag . T he new Yamaha FZR6 00s defi nitely proved to be race- winni ng machines d uring their \VERA de bu t. FZR-m ounted riders bagged four wins incl uding three for Novice Bill y Eisenacher. . Probabl y the best race of the weekend was the D Superbike co ntest. Pat Ch andler led a seven bike lreight train (all FZR400s) during the first ha lf of the race before fad ing and ha nding the lead over to Tennessee's Rober t Nutt. Ch uck Huneycutt took over second and stayed close for a couple m ore laps befo re Nu tt ex ten ded h is lead. Chandler, su fferi ng from exhausted forearm muscles. ma naged to hold off th e hard-charging Da ve Mim s and Billy Atkinson a t the fin ish. Interestingly, th e wi n for Nutt ex tended his machine's undefeated streak to a secon d year. The FZR400 Nu tt was riding was Cam Roo s' cham pionship-winning bike last year. Continge ncies ava ila ble for the weekend incl uded programs fro m Metzeler T ire , Action Honda/Suzuki a n d Cunni n gham Cycl e World. Win ners incl uded Bill y Eisenacher with $ I50 fro m Metzeler and Kurt H all and Willi am Mercer wi th $125 each fro m Action Honda/Suzuki. Results F·U SA; 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2 . Kurt Han (Suz); 3 . Cam Roes (5uz); 4 . Ja y Denham (Suz); 6 . Fran kl in Kn ight (Suzl. A S/STK: 1. Cam Roos IS uz ~ 2 . Jay Denham (S uz). B S/ STK: 1. Cam Roos ISu z); 2 . M ike Snyder (Su z); 3. Frankl in Kn igh t (Su zl. 'C 5 /STK: 1. f ra nklin Kni ght (Hon); 2. David Rhode s (Vaml . A PROD EX: 1. Sean Brehm (Yam); 2. Fred Provis (Hon); 3 . Kerry Sher man (Suz). A PROD NOV: 1. Billy Eisen acher (Yam~ 2 . W illiam M ercer (Suz~ 3 . Ken Potts (Sud; 4 . Je rry W alla ce (Hanl ; 5. Richa rd Guy ISuII. B PROD EX: 1. Kun Hall (SuzJ; 2. Sean Brehm (Yam); 3. Craig Renck (yem). S PROD NOV : 1. William Mercer (Suz ); 2. Ken Pon s (Suz); 3. Joe PrussianoCHon);4.Scott Turner(Suz); 6. Bill McClain . C PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (5uz); 2. Sean Br ehm (Vam); 3. F1ed ProvisIHonI. C PROD NOV : 1. Billy Eisenacher (Yam); 2. Joe Pruaaiano (Hont 3. Buzzy C1'"""'1l'" (Hon); 4. Gory Michoud (Hont 6 . Rob Lacombe (Yam) . o PROD EX: 1. Chuck Huneycutt (Yam); 2. DavkI M itnl (Yam ); 3. Pet Chand~r (Yam); 4 . Joe Cox (Yam); 6. Roger Deaton (Yam) . PROD NOV: 1. Dan Fullenon (Yam ); 2. Calhoun Oark (Yam ); 3. Scott Pruitt (Yam ); 4 . Jeff Coleman (Hon ); 6. Keith .Young (Yaml . F-2 EX: 1. Robert Nu tt (Yam); 2. Chuck Huneycutt (Yam); 3 . Dave M im s (Yam); 4 . Billy Atkinson (Yam); 6 . Donn Lewis (Yaml . F-2 NOV: 1. Jack Dupree (Yam); 2. Scott Woolard (Yam ); 3 . Phillip Baker (yam); 4. Dan Funerton (Yam); 6. Jeff Coleman (Hon). F43 EX: 1.J oh n Hodgk ias (Kaw~ F43 NOV; 1. Bob Dickens (Kaw). CLBMN EX: 1. David Huneycutt (Hon ); 2. Paul Wright (M -G); 3 . Bernard Besel (Yam) ; 4 . John HodgkiI$IKaw~ CLBMN NOV : 1. William Lentz (Yam ); 2. Allen Willis (Hon !; 3 .Mike W inc hester (Hon); 4 . Bob Dickens (Kaw). A SIBK EX: 1..Scon Russell (Suz ); 2. Todd Hoge (Yam ). A S/SK NOV: 1. Scott E1acqua (Han); 2 . Pat Conner (Suz); 3. Curt is Dar ra h (Suz t. S S/BK EX 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2. Kun Hall (Suzl; : 3. Stephen Ma tthews (Yam l; 4 . Todd Hogs (Yam); 5. Sea n Brehm (Yam). B S/S K NOV: 1. William Mercer (Su I); 2. Scott ElaCQus (Hon n); 3. Richard G uy (Suzl; 4. Doug Townsend (5 uz); 5. David McGrath (Hon). : C S!SK EX 1. Kurt Hall (Suzt 2. Stephen M ath ews (Yam); 3. Craig Renc k (Yam); 4. Todd Hoge (Yam); 5. Sean Brehm (Yam). C S/S K NOV; 1. Billy Eisen acher (Yam); 2. Dana Ruehle (Hon); 3. J oe Pru ssiano (Hon ); 4 . Sccrt EJaequa (Hon ); 5. o BU~7~~~e~.( ~~rt ~huck Nun (Yam ); 2. Huneycutt (Yam ); 3. Pat Chand l er (Yam); 4 . Dave Mi mes (Yam ); 5. Bill y Atik in son (Yam ). D 5 /Ste NOV; 1. Ja ck Dupree (Yam); 2. Jeff Coleman (Yam); 3. Phillip Baker (Yam); 4 . Calho un Clark (Yam); 6. Jo hn Radt ke (Yam). V1NT 2 : 1. Don Scott . VINT 4 : 1. Bern ard Bssal. 0 1A ENDUR: 1. In-H uman Race Team ; 2 . Roswell Honda ; 3 . Team Gate way; 4 . Team Ameri ca II; 5. Top Gun . Shillinger tops Borderline HS By Kevin Kelly TALLAPOOSA, GA, FEB. 12 Bob Shilli nger rod e his Silkolene/H&H/ Answer-backed KTM to first place in th e Open division and too k top honors for th e da y at the Borderl ine Hare Scrambles. Sh illinger was fo llowed by anothe r KTM rider, Danny Burkhalter, who rod e a great race. In th e 250cc class Bryan Ada ms, backed by Suzuki of Dal ton , Answer, Smith, Dunlop, Maier, Moose Racing and Sprocket Specialist, too k firs t followed by Terry Mealer aboard his KT M 250. Yamaha pil ot Tony Lee rode a hard race but only managed a third on his YZ250WR Yamaha . Greg Mau pi loted his H onda to a respec ta ble fourth to ro und o u t the class . . The IOQ-200cc class was exci ting wi th G ary Barr leading the en tire two-hour race lap Ior « lap. J o h n Blain took second o ver Rya n Reyn olds, who ha d a good day comi ng from seventh place to take third KTM·rider David Sutton followed Reynolds closely but never man aged to pass. Sta n Cantrell rounded ou t th e top five. The Senior di vision was headed by Kawasaki rider David Sweat , wh o led the entire race. Larry Wh ite too k secon d wi th a las t-lap pass over KTM .rider Phill ip Dri ver, who was follo wed by Suzuki rider Mar k Rambo. Honda ~ il~t Tim O'Toole rounded the class o ut to finish fifth. . In the Super Senior class Honda rider Tom Osborne conquered all th e obstacles a nd man aged to stay up to finish first. Fo llowing Os borne was Gerald Pearso n ; wh o mad e a desperate pass on the last lap to en d a heat ed battle wi th Yamaha rider T homas Barr , who finis hed third. In th e 201-0pen Roo kie d ivision Kei th Ray completed the nine lap s o n top of all his competitors. Ray was foll ow ed by Wayne Willis and third wen t to Jim Scott . Bernie Oresti overcame some ear ly race problems to take a fou rt h over Kenne Hicks. The 0-200cc Rookie class was the la rgest