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GROADRACE AMA/CCS Yokohama 600/750(( ~ Su~_or_tS _:R _er_ies _O_UD_d_7_----' " I didn't wi n , he (Russell) won ," said Sado wski afte r the race. " I was geared too tall, " Farmer said. " Maybe o ne or two teeth. I' d get 'em o n the straigh ts and try and ho ld them up." " I already messed up my chances of a cha mpio nship , so I do what I can to help my team mate," Stevens said. "Tha t's taking nothing awa y from Farmer and 'Ski, they bo th rod e a hell of a race." fN Results ' ~ HEA T 1: I. Scott Ru ssell (Kaw ]: 2. J eff Farmer (Yam); 3. Thomas Stevens (Yam) ; 4. Mike Moo res (Yam ): 5. Danny Wa lker (Yam ); 6. John Condron (Yam); 7. Dar in Chic (Yam ); 8. Ch ris Rei ner (Ya m): 9. Sco u Willock (Yam ); 10. Steve Patt erson (Ya m); I I. DOU R Tosten (Yam); 12. J am es Leslie (Ya m); U . Patri ck He rnon (Yam); H . Lana: Noro by (Yam ): 15. Jim Kusar (Yam ): 16. David Doe (Ya m) : 17. BB Momema yor (Kaw ); J8. Chad Heal y (Yam) ; 19. Brian Westphal (Ya m ). David Sadowski overcame a cras h to win the 600cc Supersport race at Mid -Oh io. The win also gave Sadowski the point lead over Jeff Farmer, wh o fin ish ed second. Sadowski crashes, wins, takes over point lead By Pau l Carruthers Photo by L arry L awren ce LEXINGTON, OH, AUG 5 fter a rather bizzare turn of events , Van ce & Hines Yam ah a 's David Sadowski won the 600cc Superspo rt race . today, and also took over the cha mpionsh ip point lead ; " Sado wski was o ne of eig h t riders who cras hed in oi l o n th e fourth lap, bringing o ut the red flag . At that point leader Scott Rus sell stopped hi s Muzzy Kaw a saki a t the en d of the fron t straigh t, turned arou nd and rode the bike back up the pit road in the wrong directi on , a violati on of AMA rules. H e was thus pe nalized a lap. Sadow ski mad e i t back to the pits wh ere hi s Vance & Hines crew quickly got the Yamaha FZR600 back in workin g order. Sado wski then went o u t and battl ed with J eff Farmer and Thomas Stevens on the resta rt, and ultimately beat the two Flor id ians to take the win . With Russell not scoring any points after hi s 19th pl ace finish , Sadows ki also took over the po int lead . He no w leads Farmer, 93-86, wit h Russell falling to thi rd with 81 po int s. Like Sadowski' s crew chief Steve J ohnson said : " It's not often you cause a red flag, and th en end up with the po int lead." Sad owski did jus t tha t. Russell was on the po le for the 600cc fina l by virtue of his fast heat win . T he second heat race was won by Sado wski, and the final looked set to be a thrill er. At the drop o f the flag, ho wever, Ru ssell had o ther noti ons and he was lead in g the pack by the tim e th ey got to the Keyhole, a right-hand turn that leads to the backstraight. A , 10 At the end of th e firs t la p Russe ll led Sado ws ki wi th Farmer and Stevens ba ttl in g o ver th ird p lace. O n th e fourth lap, ho wever , a ll hell broke loose as oi l was dro pped in tu rn seven, ca us i n g eigh t r id er s ' LO cras h . Sado wski was o ne of th em , but he quickl y remo u nted and headed back LO the pi ts fo r repairs. Ru ssell th en mad e the mi scue of the ' seaso n, turning arou nd and ridin g back int o the p its the wrong way af ter the red flag . He claimed later that he hadn't heard the rule mentioned in earlier riders meetings. The restart saw Ru ssell , who had change d rear tir es during th e break after hi s origi na l tire had sta rted to go flat , grab the lead, but he was a lap down du e to th e pena lty. H e wo uld lead to th e flag in a desperate attemp t to at least score poin ts - he did n' t, and h is efforts were no t rewarded. Meanwhi le, the race for the "real" lead consisted of a three-way battle between Sadowski, Farmer and Stevens. After a th rilling race th at had the fans o n their feet, the trio finished in that order. Fo u rt h pl ace went to L arry Schwa rtzbach on the Mad Dog Racin g Yamaha FZR600, ahea d of h is teamma te Mich ael Barn es. Scott Willock, Mike Moores, Dann y Walker and J ohn Choa te rou nd ed ou t th e LOp 10 fin ishers. Defendin g 600cc cham p ion Sco tt Zampach had crashed on the fin al lap whi le battling with Schwartzbach, Time: 8 m in.• 13.973 sec. Dista nce: 5 la ps, 12 mi les. Average Spee d: 87.454 mph. Mar~i n of Victo ry: 1.767 'Sec . HEAT 2: I. David Sadowski (Yam); 2. ScOIl Zampadt (Ya m ): 3. Michael Barn es (Ya m ); 4. Dou g Carm ichael (Ya m ); 5. Gary D'Alu sio (Ya m); 6. John Jacob (Ya m); 7. Dale fra nk lin (Ya m): 8. Larry Sch war tzbac h (Ya m ); 9. J o hn Cho ate (Yam ); 10. J on Rob ert s (Ya m ): II. Sco u R uehle (Yam): 12. Ro bert n. Wri ght (Ya m ): 13. Robert Zerbisias (Yam) ; 14. a Suzann e Brigh tbill (Ya m): 15. J o hn K. ppus (Ya m); 16. Robert Ha mih on (Hon ); 17. Chuck McCah t' (Kaw): 18. Dan Thompson (Ya m): 19. Ch ris Cu omo (lion). Ttme: 8 m in.• 15.743 sec. Dista ncer S laps. 12 miles. Average Spud: 87. I42 mph . :\fargin o(Victory: 8. 188 sec. 600 S IS FINAL: I. Dav id Sadows ki (Yam): 2. Jeff Farmer (Yam ); 3. T ho mas Stevens (Yam ); 4. La rry Schwartzbac h (Yam );5 . Mich ael Bam es (Yam ): 6. Scott Willock (Ya m); 7. Mi ke Moo res (Yam ); 8. Dann y Wa lker (Ya m ): 9. John Choate (Ya m); 10, Joh n J awh (Ya m ); II. Dou g Tosten (Ya m) : 12. John Co ndro n (Yam ): 13, Lance Nor db y (Yam) ; 14, SCO Il Ru ehle (Ya m): 15. Dari n Ch ic (Yam ); 16. Patrick Hernon (Yam ); 17. Mark Pasrir (Yam) ; 18. BB Mon temayo r (Kaw) : 19. Scott Ru ssell (Ka w ): 20. Chris Reiner (Ya m) ; 2 1. Do ug Carm ichael (Y am ); 22. J oh n Kappus (Ya m ): 23. Robert Hami lton (Ha n) ; 24, Dan Thomson (Yam) ; 25. Scott Zampac h (Yam); 26, Su zanne Brigh tbi1l (Yam): 27, Brian Westp ha l (Yam) ; 28. J im Kusar (Yam ); 29,. Gary D'Alu sio (Yam ): 30. Dale Fran kli n (Yam) : 3 1. J on Robe rt s (Yam ); 32, Rob ert B. wrigtu (Yam): 33, Ste ven Patterso n (Yam ); 31. Ja mes Leslie (Yam); 35, Da vid Doe rYa m). Ti me: 1"/A Distance: N/ A Averag e Speed: N/ A Marll:in of Victory: 1"1 A 600 S IS PO INT STANDIN GS : I. Da vid Sadow ski (93); 2. J eU Farm er (86): 3. Sco tt R ussell (81); 4. Tho mas Stevens (71); 5, Sco tt Zamp ac h (66); 6, {Tf E) Kevin Rernzelt /Micha el Barnes (44); 8, John Choote (28): 9. J oh n Ashm ead (26); 10. J ohn Condron (28); 11. (TIE) Larry Sch wartzbach / Mike Moores (2,1): 13. Jo hn J acob (14): 14. (T IE) Dave Leac h / • PaM:31 Pico tte/Danny Roberts ( to) ; 17. (T IE) Sco tt Will ock lJo hn lI o p pem ad (9): 19. (T IE ) C h ris Rein er/Robert B. Wri ght/Dale Fran klin (8). Russell closes in on title By Paul Carruth ers LEXINGTON, OH, AUG. 4 ea m Mu zzy Kaw asaki as su red itself of th e 750cc Su pe rsport cha mpi o ns hip wh en Scott Ru sse ll LOp pe d hi s tea m ma te Do u g Cha ndler today at Mid-Oh io. AIth ough Ch a ndl er st ill h a s a ma thema tica l cha nce of o verta king Russell, it will be one of the two Kawasak i ri ders tak in g the titl e as Yoshimura Suzuki's Tom my Lynch , third today, no lo nger has a shot at the cha mpio nsh ip. Russell now leads Ch andler, 121101 , with two races remaining, after win nin g his third race of the seven race-old series. Third pl ace in the standings is held by Lynch with 72 points. Larry Schwartz bac h rode h is Team Mad Dog Yam a ha FZR60 0 LO an impressive fo u rt h p lace fini sh ah ead o f a group of six tight ly-knit riders. U ta h's Ro bert Wr ight go tt he bes t o f the gro up after fig ht i ng through the pa ck fro m his eig h th row sta rti ng posi tio n. G lenn Barry, Todd Hoge, Doug Carmichael, Tod H ebert a n d r _ Mike Moo res rounded o u t th e to p 10 fin isher s. All were Su zu ki G SX R 750 mou n te d w i t h t h e except ion o f Carm ichae l, who rode a Yam aha FZR6 00. Bo th Muzzy Kawasaki pilots collected heat race wins, with Cha ndler' s bein g the fastes t of th e two. T h e Ca lifornian averaged 88.779 mph for the five la p ra ce as h e LOp pe d Schwartzbach by 16.200 seconds. Russell averaged 87.561 mph in topping Lynch by 10.830 seconds. Chandler led a t the drop of the flag for th e I1-lap final. He held off Ru ssell for two laps before the Georgian went by. Ru ssell th en led for three laps befor e h and ing the lea d back to Ch andler. Russell took over th e lead for good o n th e eigh th lap as th e leading du o encount ered traffic. By this tim e the leading green du o led Lynch by 11 seconds, who in' tu rn was a good distan ce clear of Schwartzback. T he top four positions wou ld remain intact fo r th e remainder of the 33.6-m ile race. Behind th e to p four, however, carne a ferocious battle th at lasted for the ent ire race distan ce. Wright wou ld end up gett ing the best of that duel , aft er struggli ng th rough th e pack. ' The Suzuki GSX R750 rider was 11th afte r' two laps before progressing up to th e six-r ider pack. Ray Yoder , J r. ra n as high as fifth before crashing on the fifth lap. n Ru ssell averaged 90.201 mph in topping his teammate by 1.85 seconds. " It was all I could do to stay in front of him (Chandler) ," Ru ssell said. " I got in fron t of hi m and was able to put a few lapped rid ers between us." " We were hav ing a lot of fun ou t th ere," Ch andler said. " I had a good tim e." Lynch was having prob lems with his bike setup: " I'm gelli ng tired of third pla ce," he' said. " We changed som e stu ff befor e the race and we went the wrong way. T hose guys are going fast. .. Russell and Cha nd ler used Dunlop tires wi th Lynch usin g Miche li ns, I:N Resu lts HEAT 1: I. Sco tt Ru ssell (Ka w): 2. Tommy Lyn ch (SUl ); 3. T ad Hebert (Sua): 4, Do ug Carm ichael (Yam); 5. Tudd Hoge (SUl ): 6. Mike Karm (SUl); 7. Ro bert B. Wrigh t (Ya m): 8. J oh n Co ndro n (Yam); 9, Steven H arr ison (Kaw); 10, John Erdrich (Suz]: 4_ J L Avery .Sie......art (Suz); 12. Patri ck Murphy \Suz); 13, Suza nne Brightbill (Ya m): 14. Sco tt Wil ia ms (SUl ); 15. Ma tth ew Sheldon (SUl ): 16. Ro bert Wrigh t (SUl ). Time: 8 mi n " 13.370 sec. Distance: ~ s, 12 mil es, la Avuag<: S ; 87.56 1 m h. Margin 0 Victory: 10.8gb sec. HEAT 2: I. Dou g Chandler (Kaw); 2. Larry Schwartzbach (Yam); 3. Mike Moores (Suz); 4. G lenn Barry (SUl): 5. John J acob (Ya m ); 6. Ray Yoder, J r. (Suz): 7. Ga ry 0 ' Aluisio (Yam); 8. Fra nk lin Kn igh f (Suz): 9. Ala n Berta gnoli (SUI): 10. Ch ris Rein er (Yam) : I L Steve Schei be (Suz): 12, Mark Pasti r (Ya m ); 13. Dan T hompso n (Su z): 14, H isa ya Kitaha ra (Suz); 15. Craig G leaso n (Suz). Tim« 8:07.420 Di5tan ce:~ s, 12 mi les, la Average S : 88.630 mph , . Ma rgin 0 Victory: 16.200 sec. 750 SIS FINAL: I. ScOIl R u" ell (Kaw): 2. Doug Cha nd ler (Kaw); 3. Tom my Lynch (SUl); 4. Larry Schwartzbach (Ya m); 5. Robert Wrig ht (SUl); 6. G lenn Barry (SUl) ; 7. Todd H oge (SUl ); 8. Doug Carmichael (Yam ): 9. Tod H eber t (SUl) : 10. Mike Moores (Suz): 11. Cra ig Gleaso n (Suz); 12. ScOIt Will iam s (SUI ); 13, J o h n Jacob (Yam): 14. Ala n Bertagnoli (Suz); 15, Ch ris Reiner (Yam ): 16. Ro bert B, Wright (Ya m); 17. Mike Karm (Suz): 18. Steve Sche ibe (SUl) ; 19. St

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