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ROAD RACE AMA/CCS Yokohama National Supersport Championships:Round 2 AMA/CCS Yokohama National 600 Supersport Championship: Round 2 Stevens nips Sadowski By Paul Carruthers BRASELTOX, GA, ~IAY 6 h ree yea rs ago, Thomas Stevens made . a name for himself by beati ng Doug Polen in the 600cc Supers port class at Ro a d Atlanta. Today he repea led that performance, topping h is Vance & Hines Yamaha learn ma te David Sadowski for his seco nd-ever fiOOcc S upersport win . " T ha t 's just th e way I wan ted it 10 go," S teve ns said after rid ing his FZR6 00 to a .100·of-a·second wi n over Sadows ki. " I knew I co uldn 't get away from h im (Sadowski). We'd bee n doing the same la p times the whole.time, and it was j ust goi ng 10 be a mailer of who had what at the end, and he missed a gear. " Following Sadowski home in third place was defending class ch am p io n SCOl! Zampa ch on hi s Tri- R · Dis trib uting-backed Yamaha FZR600. The race marked Zampach 's return to th e 600cc class after missing the opening round in Da ytona. Last yea r, the " Z-Ma n" was a ble to miss the opening round and still win the title, but it looks as though things will be more difficult in 1990. Fourth place went 10 Muzay Kawasaki's SCali Ru ssell , one of on ly two riders in the 30-bike fina l who weren 't aboard Ya rnaha s. Ru ssell started with the lea der s but faded 10 finish a distant fourth, topp ing fifth placed J eff Farmer, the win ner of rhe opening ruund in Da ytona . Farmer, however, too k h ome most o f the co nti ngency money du e to hi s use of ser ies sponsor Yoko ha ma's tir es. T he to p four ri ders used Dunlop rubber. Larry Sch wa rzbach, Kevin Rentzell , Chris Reiner, J ohn Choa te III a nd J eff Pat e rou nd ed o u t th e to p 10 finish ers. . T he fin al sa w h eat race winners Sadowski a nd Steve ns next to eac h o the r o n th e front row of the grid. Steven s seco nd race win .was th e fas test o f th e tw o as th e Floridian rider co mpleted th e five la p s in 7 minutes, 46.230 seco nds, 2.660 seconds faster than Sadowski 's time over a n ident ical amou nt of la ps. O ne not able absentee from the grid was Florida's Jon Roberts, wh o crashed o ut of heat race n um ber o ne, inj uring his right arm in the process. Roberts a t the time was locked in a baule for th ird witli Farmer and Ren tzell wh en he crashed exiting tu rn 11. It wa s M u zzy Ka w a sa k i ' s Johri Ashmead lea di n g th e tightl y-knit gro u p of 600cc Supersport bikes as th e pack h eaded into turn o ne at th e start o f the I -t- lap fina l. By th e tim e th ey rea ched th e esses , however , it wa s R ussell leadi n g th e wa yan hi s home race track. R ussell 's lea d didn 't la st, tho ugh , as Sadowski qu ick ly fou nd a way past. H e brought h is teammate Stevens wit h hi m , and a few laps la ter Zampach made it a three-wa y fig ht as . they pull ed a wa y from R u ssell a nd th e rest o f th e field. Zampach wasshowing speed that he hadn 't shown in practice a nd heat race action , a nd he was on the tw o Vance & H in es bik es as th e. three a p proache d the halfway point in th e race. By this tim e Mi chael Barnes, who finished second behind Stevens in heat race number two, had crashed o u t, as had Ashmead. T From ther e th e three up fron t raced th e finish, no more th an a half second co ver ing all three. Steve ns led down th e ba ckstraight on th e fin a l la p and Sadow ski forgot 10 shift into sixth. By th e time he remembered he had ca rr ied too much speed into turn II and although he was ab le 10 go under Stevens going in , he was for ced to drift wid e a nd Stev ens won th e dash 10 th e fla g . Zarnpach , meanwhile, had to watch from behind as he lacked th e top-end spee d to make a move o n th e final lap. H e'd also lost track of th e a mou nt o f laps remaining. "I felt I had a shot," Zarnpa ch said from th e winner's circle. " It 's a brand new bi ke and I was keep in g a good pace with them . One of th e rules o f raci ng is 10 know how many la p s a re left , and I thi n k I could h ave made a move if I'd kn ow n ." Sadowski ha d no on e 10 b lame bu t hi mse lf, b ut h e's in a good pos ition 10 cha llenge hi s teammate Stevens fo r th e cha m p io n sh ip . " I ' got sort of 'carr ied a wa y down the bac kstraight a nd I forgo t to hi t sixth ," he said. "Then I over shot th e corner. " R usse ll, meanwhile, wa s a distant fourth a fter some vicio us slides on th e Kaw asaki. Farmer held on for fifth . a 10 Dav id Sadowski (5) leads hi s teammate Thomas Stevens (55) and Scott lampach (l) du rin g th eir 600cc Supersport battle. Steve ns beat Sadowski to the finish line. Mi guel DuHamel holds o ff Doug Chandler and Scott Russell in the late sta ges of the 750cc Supersport final. DuHamel won with Russell moving past Chandler. R esults HEAT O :"E: I. Dav id Sado wski (Ya m); 2. Jeff Fanner ( Ya m) : 3. See n Ru ssell ( Ka w): 4. Kevin Ren tzell (Ya m); 5. Joh n Ashm ead ( Ka w); 6. Larry Schwarrba ch (Ya m) ; 7. Gal")' D ' Aluis io (Yam): 8. Jo h n H cppe rsta d (Ya m) ; 9. Chad H ea l}' (Ya m) ; to. Jed Kiml a ( Ya m); II. Gary Le nzmei er (Yam) ; 12. :\1au h ew Wi nnac::kt"f (Ya m ); 13. Da ri n C hi c (Ya m): 14. Michael McK inley J r. (Yam); 15. Steve Seaborn (Yam ); 16. Jon Ro bert s (Ya m ); 17. Michael Skile s (Ya m) ; 18. ~Ia r k G reen e (Ya m). Time: 7 m in.• 18.920 sec. D i!'i.m cr : 5 la p s, 12.60 m ile, l ~lar~in of Victory: 3.020 M"C. Average Speed: 96.733 mph . H EAT T WO: I. T h o ma s Steven s ( Ya m) : 2. Michael Barnes (Yam ); 3: Sco u Zampach ((Yam); 4. Pa tr ick H arri s (Ya m) : 5. Jeff Pal l;' (Ya m) ; 6. P a ul Sch wemmer (Ya m ); 7. J ohn Condro n (Yam ): 8. Ch ris Rein er (Ya m ): 9. J ohn Choa te 11 (Ya m ); 10. j ucques 1 Guene tte J r. (Ya m) ; II. Joh n J acob (Ya m) ; 12. Mik e Moo res (Yam) : 13. Dan n y Rober ts (Yam): 14. SCOll R uehl e (Ya m) ; 15. J ohn Co x (Ya m) ; 16. Rob ert Od ie (Ya m): 17. Suza n ne Brightbill (Ya m ). T ime: 7 min.. 46.230 sec. Distance: 5 laps . 12.60 mi les Margin o f Victo ry: 3. 130 sec. Average Spee d: 97.291 mph. 6OO 5 S FINAL: I. Thomas Steve n s (Ya m ); 2. Da vid Sadowski (Y;UT1); 3. SCUll Za mpach (Ya m ); 4. Sco tt Ru ssell (Ka w): 5. Jeff Farmer (Ya m ); 6. La rry Schw ar tzbach (Ya m) ; 7. Kevin Rcnucll (Ya m) ; 8. Ch ris Rein er (Ya m): 9. J o h n Choa te III ( Y~Hn) : 10. Jl'l l Pa re (Ya m); I I. G ;lI )" D'A lu isio (Ya m); 12. Jacques Guene tte ( Yam ); 13. P atr ick H a rris (Yam); 14, Pa u l Schwemmer f Ya m ): 15. Mike Moores (Yam ); 16. Da n n y Ro bert s (Ya m ): 17. J ohn H op perstad (Ya m ); 18. Stev e Seab orn (Ya m ); 19. Gary Len zmeier (Ya m) : ~>O . Mi ( h"f"1 McKinley (Ya m) ; 21. Darin Ch ic (Yarn); 22. Jed Kiml a t Yam ); 23. Robert Del ie (Yam ): 2·1. Suzanne Brigluh ill (Yarn): 25. Mark Green e ( Ya nu; 26. J o h n Co x (Ya m ): 27. Chad H eal y ( Yamj: 28. Jo h n Ash mead (Ka w): 29. J o hn Co ndron (Yam): :W. ~f i (ha el Barn es (Yam) . T ime: 2 1 m in.• 29.840 sec. Distance: 14 la ps. 35.28 mi les. Marg in o f Victory : .100 sec . Average Speed. 98."168 mph . AMA/CCS Yokohama National 750 Supersport Championship: Round 2 DuHamel wins thriller By Paul Carruthers BRASELTON, GA, MAY 6 a n ad ia n Miguel .DuHa mel ro de hi s Yosh im ura Suzuki 10 a thril li ng .005-seco nd wi n over Muzzy Kawasak i's Sco tt R u ssell a nd· Do ug Cha n d ler in th e 750cc Supersport fin a l a t Roa d Atlanta. DuH amel and Chandler [ought for th e lead th ro ugh ou t th e 24-lap race, but o n th e fina l la p it was Russell asserti n g himself as the main ch a llenger to th e Ca nadian , The Georgian shot by Chand ler on th e ba ckstraigh t a nd almost nipped DuHa mel a t th e flag . C " Down the back stra ight I knew h e (R ussell ) was selli ng so me thi ng up, " DuHamel sai d. " I staye d o n th e left side under th e br idge, but it was too ca lm . Five feet from th e finish th er e was nothing o n th e insid e, I sh u t off and he went boom by me. It was a ni ce wi n. My first win her e a nd m y first ride o n that bike." DuHamel led th e pack o f 32 riders into tu rn o ne wi t h Ru ssell a n d C ha ndler in tow, Fourth pl ace was held initially by R ick Kirk 's R. E.Sback ed Suzuki G SXR 750 , bu t h e would give wayan lap six to T ommy Ly nch 's Yosh imura-backed G SXR750, a nd Robert Wr ight's GS X R 750 a short whi le la ter. T hose th ree wo uld battle for the majority of the race wi th L yn ch en d in g up fourth with Wr ig h t and Kirk in tow. Another trio of riders followed those three in a tight baule as Ray Yoder, Jr. , Tad H ebert a nd Kevin Rent zell we re lo c ked i n combat. H eb ert ' s Suzuki would break o n lap ni ne, lea vi n g Yoder to top Rentzell fo r seventh. Fra nk lin Kn igh t a nd Mexico 's Gui llermo Villarreal ro unded o ut th e top 10 finish ers. With the lead in g threesome a lmost 20 seco nds ahead o f L yn ch , the last lap s tarted with Du H am el lea din g Chandler and Russel l. Russell , how ever, made a big mo ve o n Chan d ler, sq ueezin g past th rough th e dip o n th e ba ckstraight, Although h e tried a lastco rn er move o n DuHamel, there wa s no where for Russell 10 p ass. "At first I was siuing back a nd then [ lost som e ground in traffic a nd it was a ll I co uld do lOca tch back up," Russell said. " I got Doug (Ch and ler) on the back stra igh t go ing th ro ugh the hol e and [ a lmost got Du Hamel at the finish ." DuHamel used Mich elin Hi-Sport radials with Russell u sing a Dunlop b ia s-ply 59 1 o n th e front a nd a Dunlop Sport Max rear radial. Chandler used Dun lop 591s fron t a nd rea r. " I ' rn sittin g too good in th e su perbike po ints to th row it all a way in th e Supersport race , " Ch and le r sa id. " SCOll (R u ssell) put th e move on me; it surprised me wh en he ca me past Ol th ere. H e o n ly j us t made it. " R esu lts HEATOXE: I. [)ou ~ Ch and ler {Ka w]: 2. Tummy Ly nch (SUl) ; 3. Ru bert \ \' r ig h t (S UI) ; 4. Too H eber t (SUI) : 5. Guillermo Vitlarreal (SUl) ; 6. J o h n Choa te III (SUl ); 7. G ary D'Aluis io (Ya m ): 8. Mik e Moo res (SU.l); 9. ScOIl Stump (S UI ); 10. Mike Reed (S UI): II. ~f ikt" McQuade (S UI); 12. j oseph Sarna Maria (S UI ); 13. Chad H ea ly (Yam ); 11. Milt j ungklaus (S UI). T ime 7 m in .. 42.240 sec. Disrancet 5 laps . 12.60 m ilo Margin o f Victo ry: .550 sec. Avera ge Speeds 98. 131 m ph. H EAT T\\'O: I. 5<'011 R u sSt"1I ( K:1\V); 2. ~Ii~el DuHam el (S UI': 3. Rick Kirk (S w); 4. Andrt"~ Nobles tSu l); 5. Ray Yod er J r. (S UI ); 6. Kev in Ren tzell (S UI ); 7. David Sm ith (S UI ); 8. Fmnldin Kni ght (SUl ); 9. Glenn Barry (SU1); 10. Mik e Karm (SUI ); II. La rry Schwartzbach (Ya m ): 12. John Jacob (Ya m ): 13. Mich ael Kraft (SU1); H . Miar k CrOlier (Sul) : 15. Ri ck ' Herndon (SUI ): 16. Su zanne Bti g htbi l! (Ya m ); 17. G lenn Cooper (SUI ). 'Timer 7 min.. 39.660 sec.: Distance: 5 lap!'>. 12.60 mil es. Margin of Victo ry: .290 sec. Average Speed : 98.682 m p h. 750 SS fINA L: I. Miguel Du H a mel (SUI ); 2. Sco u Russell ( Ka w ); 3. DOUK Po len ( Ka w ): 4. Tommy Lynch (S UI ); 5. Rob ert Wri g th (SUl. ); 6. R ick Kirk (S UI ); 7. Ra y Yod er Jr. (SU1); 8. Kevin Remz ell (S UI ); 9. Frankli n Kni gh t (SU1); 10. Gu illermo Vill arreal (Sm ); II. Davi d Smit h (S Ul ): 12. La rry Schwarz bach (Yam) ; 13. Craig Glt"a!ton (SUl): 14. Joh n Cho a te (S UI) ; I. , Glenn Barry (SU1); 16. Mik e Karm (Stu ); r. 17. Mark Crozier (SUI) ; 18. Mik e Moores (SUI ); 19. Ga ry D ' Aluisio (Yam): 20. Rick Herndon (S U1: 2 1. Michael Kraft (S UI); 22. Sco tt Stu m p (S w ); 23. Mik e Reed (SUI) ; 24. Ch ad H eal y (S UI) ; 25. Mau j u ng kla us ( S UI); 26. Ma r k McQuad t" ( S UI ); 27. S u za n n e Brig-hlbiJI ( Ya m); 28. j o sep h San ta Maria (SOl ); 29. G len n Cou pe : ~ S U l ) : 30. Too Hebert (S UI): $ 1. J o hn jacob (S UI) ; 32. Jim G illman (S UI ). T im e 2 1 min.• 25.860 see. Distances 14 la ps . 35.28 m iles. Marg in o[ Viclory: .005 sec. Avcrage Speed; 98.773 mph. II

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