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THE U.S.A. ROUND OF THE FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS • Yokohama Supersport Series · EBC Brake Three-Hour Endurance Challenge. U.S. Twin Sports . . (1or Harloy _ _ II"") ~ ~ 0 0') 0') ~ T erry Fo wler lopped the SCO R E O ff- Roa d World Championship. Fowler flies at Phoenix oa-Road By Michael Ross PHOEl..IX. AZ. MAY 12 Terry Fowl er flew to convi nci ng win s in th e heat race a nd main event d uri ng m 17th e: A1II1ua i SCORE Of[·Roa d World Cham pionship held a ' Ph oen ix lnternat ion a l Raceway. Riding h is P ro C ir cu i rz'Hi -Poi n tz Ara. 1 Maxima /Scoll/ Re nlhal -backed Suzuki R 1250. the 24-year -old snared his thi rd CORE tit le in Ph oen ix. " 1 won (this even t) in Ri verside in '86 and '88," reca lled Fowler. " This track was really ni ce. mo re like a long mo tocross track, wh ich is all I ride. I got a good start in bo th races and pulled away. " Origi na lly d u bbed the AC Delco R V pectacu lar 16 years ago. the inaugura l race was .held a t Riverside Internatio na l Raceway. Promoters Mickey Thompson an d Sal Fish adjus ted the forma t and cha nged the name [Q its present moni ker thus creati ng a wildl y pop ular even t that con ti n ued u rui] Riv erside fell ro th e bu lldozer' s blade. a victi m of ur ba n sp ra wl. The Phoe nix course: Was approxima tely one mile in len g th a nd followed the ba nked oval which CART an d NASCAR race o n with o ne exce ptio n - 16 ton s of dirt was added to for m jumps, whoop-de-docs and on e very for m id able rn udhc le. Alt ho ug h the course was pop ul ar with racers and the well publici zed even t professiona lly run, fan s and co m petitors sta yed away in dro ves. For Saturday's q ual if ing heat s, wh ich incl uded ATVs. bu ggi es. and truc ks, estima ted a ttendance: was 2000. Furthermore, o nly six bi kes made it to th e grid for Sa turday 's main event. Bikes and ATVs lin ed u p [or th e eig ht-la p. mul ti-class heat race stan with Fowler taking the holesho t and im mediately o pe ni ng u p a izeable lead. By the seco nd la p Fow ler led by 12 seco nds a nd co ntin ued to p ull away [ro m a trio of A TV rid ers. Robert Barnum held down fifth o vera ll while further back Troy Carpenter an d Mark Lena sta yed close with Carpenter takin g sixt h by a bik e length o ver Le nz, The ma i n even t sa w Fow ler na il th e holeshot but Barnum blew pa st h im in the fast sweeping righ t-ha nder before the mu dho le. Barnum o pe ned up a bik e len gth a nd was o bvio usly ridin g hi s 630cc Hon da XR as hitrd as he could. O n thee next lap. Fow ler t up Barn um for the pass in the rou gh est whoop sectio n a nd eased away as Barn um crashed o ut of co nten tio n, tak in g out a hay bal e in the p rocess. Fowl er in heri ted a h uge read after Barn u m' s crash a nd cr uised to victory picking u p a check [or $1050 a t th e fin ish line. Fur the r back. Lenz, Edward and Carpent er were tied to geth er for most of th e six -la p ma in unti l the last lap when Carpe nt er put o n a charge that carr ied hi m past Edward and then Lenz in th e final comer to ta ke seco nd. Mea n wh ile Barn um remoun ted and finished the race last. Res ults H EAT : I. Jerry Fowler (SUI); 2. Robnt Barn um (Ho n ); Jerry Fow ler (SUI); 2. Troy Ce rpem er t KTM ); s,Troyc..r"p('nttt( KTM ): 4. Ma rk l...rnz(Sur ):5 . ~nS moridr. ~ IITM I. MAIN; I. 3. Mar lr. Lcm (Sw): 4. M ~I Edward (SuI); 5. Sa.n Smo ridr. ( IITM ~ ON TRACK CAMPiNG Prme Northwoods vacatiJJn country fuels up fora world championship weekend. i Enjoy Brainerd Raceway ~ 500acres of natural beauty. G atesopen for campers. Frday, .1JJne 8 at 9 a.m. i ABOUTBIR Brainerd tnt! Racway is a three-mile. ten-tum road course. 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