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THE U.S.A. ROUND OF THE FIM WORLD SUPERSIKE CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS • Yokohama Supersport Series· ESC Srake Three-Hour Endurance Challenge. U.S. Twin Sports (Po.-Harley DovIdson ".1's) . American Spirit's Denham instructs Burcham duri ng a refueling stop. th e top two tea ms after the first hour of racing. A lot happened du ring the second hour. Hall nearl y crashed when he was forced to the wet outside line while pas sing a slow er rider. The big Suzuki got away from Ha ll and pitched him o ut of the seat , bu t he managed to hang onto the handlebars and kept th e bike o n two wheels. The force of the nearcrash bent the bik e's steering damper, and forced Ha ll to bring the bike in for an unscheduled pit stop. The Human Race Team took advantage of their arch-rival's misfortune and pulled out a two -lap lead. Suzuki rid er Smith went by Human pi lot Fenwick to regain one lap, an d at the end of two hours of racing HRT led with 79 laps to Team Suzu ki's 78. A steady rain began to fall j ust before the end of the second hour. Team Uno pitted immediately for rai n tires . and temporarily lost third p lace to RKN Racing. American Spirit remained in fifth while Team USS R (for "Underrated Summit Point Superbike Riders" ) proved to be good in the rain and moved up to sixth. It rained hard in vthe third hour, promptin g many teams on slicks to cha nge to street or rain tir es. Both th e Humans and Team Suzuki switched to ra in s shortly into the th ird hour. That 's when the trouble began for the-H uma ns. Bray had com p leted just three laps wh en he brought the bike back int o the pi ts wit h a loose fro nt brake assem bly. T ha t fixed , he then rode the next 40 minu tes with a nearl y flat rear tir e. " I kn ew th e bike wasn 't handling well, but since it wa s raining hard I could n 't tell for sure wh at was wrong," exp lained Bray. This serie s of problems allowed T eam Suzuki to put a lap on HRT during that hour. A cou p le of th e top teams had a lread y had problems and were o ut of co nte nt ion for a top finish even though they were still running. Hall 'n' Still Racing's Bruce Baldus crashed when an other rider fell in front of him during the initial rain in the first hour. Mid-South Racing was near the front of their class when water caused their bike' s ignition to quit in the back section of the track: A good battle was shaping up in th e Ligh tweight category. Kevin Rent zell was riding on e of hi s first races since being injured las t year. With Ren tzell -o n th e Raw Racing Yamaha FZR400, . the team led the class. Deals Gap Racing, with former RKN rider Rob Sen eker teamed with Greg Pruitt. had ' eno ug h to sta y close to Raw with Ren tzell on the bike, and when Rem- - - - - - Continued on page 43 SAVE ON ADVANCE DISCOUNT TICKETS ON TRACK CAMPING Prime Northwoods vacatm C!JUntry fuels up for a world champmship weekend. Enjoy Brainerd R aceway's500acres of natural beauty. Gates open forcampers. Friday, June 8 at 9 a.m. ABOUTBIR Brainerd Int'l Racway is a mree-mile. ten-tum road couse. The mu lli-purpose facility is focaled innorth central Minnesota. 120 miles no of Minneapols/51 Pau/. rth i . FOR WDGING INFORMATION CONTACT: Super I'.eekend ticket - $48 (includes FriSatlSun ad sion, FrifSatlSun paddock / mis pass and FriSat niles camping) f FridayfSaturday/Sunday Advance Admission - $40 (ir dudes free paddock pass) SaturdayfSunday Advance Admissm - $35 (includes free paddock pa ss) SundayAdmission - $25 (includes free paddock pass) TO ORDER ADVANCE TICKETS OR RECEIVE COWR BROCHURE WRITE: Brainerd International Raceway 17173 Minnetonka Blvd., Suite 214 Minnetonk MN 55345 a. 500 T 612-475-1 el: 8rainerd Chamber of Commerce 1-800-432 -3775 7 -218·829-2838 (MN O nfy) Nisswa Chamber of Commerce 7 -218-963-2620 ~ %1i4r lJ; pJH!lptt/W4 ~ . INTEBIVJITIOItIJU. ~... ~ SlJI'UWIKE OtAM:f'lCJ'6Hlr SllUES BRIIINEBB Pontiac Otficial Car of BIR -'*' . -:-a:: . . . . . • :_~ ~ ..• , ·e AMA- .,· ....~ -;F~ ~ . . -..... _ - . . _ L.:==:.....J RJlCEWJlY Loca ted six miles north of Brainerd on Hwy. 371 .. the dreallL.. OHUNS ...the realityI Shock manufacturers have long held on dream . to ma ke the perfect shock absorber. The problem is that all the othergu ys have been dreami ng while we have beenengineeri ng. I Tickets also available at Champion Aulo Stores CONGRATULATIONS! DAVESADOWSKI·· Vance & Hines Yamaha g~pa The reality is th is, Ohlins makes the best suspension systems in the world...period! Swedish made to exacting standard s, if you're serious about perfonnance there is only onechoiee-OHLINS. Ulled By: Eddie La.... WaJM Rainey, Rudy MamoIa. f._IteM,. Robtn.. Te. . MartborD. TeamVuee AIUnn. TUI!l Yoabim... _"EIJ/ ~ Winner, 1990 Daytona 200 =..'=!C: (714) 947-5773 III("'1W" ~ ,0iorl ., "