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Jon Roberts (7 1) defeated Joey Cole to w in the Class Three endurance
race at Florida's Sebring International; Roberts als o t opped GP 3 .
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600 JR : 1. Nick Stevens (Yam); 2. Lonn ie Paul ey (Hon):
3. Dan Hart (Kaw); 4 . Steven Gr iar(Y am); 5. Adam Entickn ap
{Yaml.
600 EX; 1. A lla n McBee (Hon); 2. J imm y Higu era (Rt_t:
3. Danny Cahoo n (Yaml: 4 . Craig J ohnson (Hon); 5. J oe
Carrera (Yaml.
Caraway, Roberts battle
t Sebring RR
By J oe M cKay
SEBRING , FL, NOV. 12
Robe n Caraway cap tured the Class Four
Endurance, Grand Prix Four an d finished in
second place in the ShOOI·OU I featu res fOT to p
honors aj the Sebring International Racing
Facility in cen tra l Florida. Jon Ro berts of
Team Toomer fame rode his Yamaha FZR600
to vic tory in the Endurance Three class a nd
the Gra nd Prix Three class. Rick Herndon
gathered up top rider ho nor s in the Class Five
End ura nce feature and th e Mod ified Five class.
TI,e day 's racing sta rted with the combined
End ura nce One, Two and T h ree classes.
Roberts quickly pUI hi s Yamaha OUI in front
and established a six-second lead over the rest
of the field. 0 11 ' he fou rth lap , Joey Co le broke
Out of the pa ck a nd star ted to pursue Rob erts.
Cole. 011 his Yamaha TZ250 , found the very
tight Sebring co urse well-suited 10 his light
and very fas t 17 In nne lap, Co le closed up
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on Rober ts 10 cha llenge for ' he lead. Over the
next 14 la ps th e lead was exchanged o n every
lap. C le. despite a sli p p ing cl u tch an d
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fadi ng brakes, never relented a nd ba tt led with
'he wi ly Roberts to 'he last tu rn . Ro berts '
advan tage ca me O U I o f the last tu rn before
the check ers. his FZR respo nded to the first ~ear co rner bette r th an Co le's TZ. At the flag "
It was Ro berts by a bik e-len g th .
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Ro berts was la ter hea rd saying , "Tha t was
a grea t race; who is that g uy?" Robe rts is
spo nsored by Team Toomer, Tsuba ki Chain,
Shoei helm ets, Avnn Tires. D&D Exha ust,
Kal- G ard lub rica n ts . Barnett CIUICh, Fox
Shocks. w ood y Kyle Racing and Yamaha
MOlOr Corporation.
Ca raw a y, riding his Suzuki GSX R750 .
bat tled wit h Herndon ear ly in the Class Fo ur
and Five co mbined Endurance feat ur e. with
Herndon a nd his pow erful GS XR co ming o u t
on top, Caraway look second overall a nd top
hon ors in Cla ss Four.fhen came back to Iinish
first in the G rand Prix Four feature. first in
Modified Four, and cap tured a second place
in the five-lap ShOOl-OUL Caraway is self
sponsored by Central Florida Con cret e
Company. with special .thanks to Cycle Riders
of Orlando and Mitch Marqui for their help.
Novice rider Todd Keesee, a known hole- '
shot a rtist, powered his Honda CBR600 the
Iron t of the Mod ified Three class and never
loo ked back as he went wire-to-wire with a
very strong field o f rid ers behind him. Expert
rider Tom Francis. who work ed his wa y
thr ough th e field. closed the ga p twi ce o n
Keesee, but ran o ut of tim e to mak e a serious
chan ge. Fran cis led th e Expert class hom e and
had a grea t fini sh in th e Gr
and Pr ix Th ree
feature. fini shing two bike len g th s behi nd
Robert s.
G rand Prix Two acti on pined Co le ag ainst
Mike Barnes and j am es Ronan in th e battle
of the 250s. Co le led th e first two laps bUI
had to g ive way 10 the hard-charging Barnes
as his cl u tch started to fad e. Barnes cruised
to an ea sy win while Col e held on (Q seco nd
with Rona n in third.
The five-lap Shoot-Ou t sta rted with Hern do n irr the lead foll o wed by Caraway, Pa ul
Sch wem mer , Chip Terre ll and Kyle Spradli n.
On lap three, Hern do n o vers hot tum nine.
and then Caraw ay mi ssed a corne r ha ndi ng
lhe lead 10 eventua l win ner Chip T erre ll ,
Caraway foug hl back for seco nd JUS! ahea d
as Schw em mer and Ba rnes.
Results
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Cl 5 : t . Rick Herndon (Suz); 2. Glenn Barry ISuzl;: 3 .
.
J im McGrath (S uz).
CL 4; t . Robert Caraw ay (Suz); 2. Kyle Spradli n (Suz);
3 , Todd Jo hnson (Suz); 4 . Bill 8annon (Suz); S. J ames
M cConn ell (Suzl,
CL 3 : 1. Jon Roben . (Yam);.2. J oey Col~ (Yam); 3. M ike
Barnes (Yaml ; 4 . Steve Pcn eleit (Han); S. JI m Ronan (Yam).
MOO 2 NOV: 1. M ike Ronan (Yaml ; 2, Rich Kemm an
(Yam); 3. Doug Batson (Hon); 4. Dav id Batzer (Yaml; 5. David
M urph y (Yam).
MO D 3 EX: 1. Tom Francis (Yaml .
M OD 3 NOV : 1. Todd Keese (Hanl; 2. M ike Luke (Yam);
3 .Lee Pound ers (Hon); 4 . Calho un (Yam t 5. Chris Dam ien
(Han) .
M OD 4 EX: 1 . Robert Caraway (Suz); 2. Chip Terr ell (Su z);
3 . Kyle Sprad li n (5uz ); 4 . Paul Sch wemmer (Han ).
M OD 4 NOV; 1. Todd J ohnso n (Suz); 2. M ike Fitzpatrrck
(Suz),; 3. James McConnell (Suz).
M OO 5 EX; 1, Rd Herndon (Sul).
GP 2 EX: 1. Mike Barnes (Yam); 2 . Joey Cole (Yam ); 3 .Jim
Ronan (Yam); 4 . Day.
GP 2 NOV; 1, Rich Kemman (Yam); 2. Doug Batson (Han);
3. David Batzer (Yam).
GP 3 EX.: 1. Jon Roberts (Yam); 2. Tom Franc is (Yam I.
GP 3 NOV: 1. M ike Luke {Yam); 2. Todd Keesee IHon);
3. Lee Pou nders (Hon l.
GP 4 EX: 1 , Robert Caraway (Suzl ; 2. Kylil Spr adling (Suzl;
3. Paul $eh we mmer (Hon t; 4 . Chip Terrell (Sud ; 5 . Ja mes
McG rat h (Su li.
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SAN BERN ARDI NO . CA, NO V. 19
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