Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

AMA/Cirde Bell Pro Twins GPI and GP2 Series: Round 4 ra n into troub le o n the six th la p 01 th e fin al whe n he highsided in turn five. He la ter underw ent surgery 10 have the little finger o n h is right hand amputated to th e first joint. In th e a bsence of th e usu al heat rac es, tim ed q ua li fying was the rule. No t su rpris ingly, a t th e end o f Sa turday's q ua li fyi ng R u sse ll held the p ol e position with a o ne-minute, 22.33second lap, a half seco nd ahead of Heino. In the thi rd starting position, less tha n a tenth o f a seco nd behind Heino, was Cr evier . Guen ett e fill ed th e last position o n th e front ro w, a nd was th e last rider in th e I:22 seco nd range. At 1:23 flat, Tripp Nob les was fifth fastest "qualifier , a nd highest ranking T op Expert. . When th e race got underwa y, H eino led wit h a grea t hole shot. Turkingto n , sta rting fro m th e middle o f the seco nd row , flew by Crevier, w ho was gr idded im med ia tely in front of him, to trail Hein o into th e firs t tu rn. Ti tia n Bue was thi rd, Ru ssell , Crevier and Nobles foll owing closely. At th e end of th e fir st lap, TurkingIOn passed Hein o down the straigh t for th e lead. On the next la p , Russell and Crevier nipped Bu e, relegati ng him to hi s fifth -pl ace fin ish ing posi tion , a nd Top Expert honors. On th e th ird la p , Russell was up to seco nd behind T urkin gt on, a nd Crevier was push in g H ein o q uite hard, but was no t qu ite able to get aro u nd him . Russell took the lea d o n th e nex t go aro u nd, with H ein o and Crevier still battl in g; it to ok Crevier until th e sevent h la p to mak e hi s pass, at which point he also darted around Turkington. Later , H ein o was so mew ha t d istressed about th e Two Bro th er s' bike: "T ha t damned thing handles so well , he (Crevier) was just walking arou nd us in the in field , a nd it was fast down th e stra igh ts too ." T hi s wa s a se n ti me nt b etter exp ressed by No bles, who was co m mentin g o n many o f his numero us high Su persport fin ishings as being "the first stree t bi ke across the line." On th e eig hth lap Nobles, wh o was running six th , p itt ed with a flat rear tire. In their best endurance race impression, the Atlantic Mo torsport s Team go t th e rear wheel changed quickl y enough that he on ly lost a la p , but that was enough - no cha m p ionship po ints for No bles th is tim e. T he final fin ishing order saw R ussell wit h a sizable lead over Crevier , wh o in tu rn had a decent lead over the battlin g du et o f H einolTurkingIOn. Turkington had ma naged 10 ho ld Hein o off until th e next to last lap, wh en H eino exec u ted th e daring pas s in th e high -speed, rig h t-hand in field bowl. The next four fin ishers were all T op Expert class rid ers, and consisted o f Bue in fifth , followed by Mike Moores on a CBR600 , Lou is Saccoccio, a nd T odd Hoge. Gl enn Barry a nd Franklin Knigh t rou nded o u t th e top ten . a Results 750ce ss nNAL: I. Seen Ru ese11 (Kaw ); 2. Stev e Crevier (Hon); !S. Jeff H ein o (SUI); 4. Brit t Turki ngto n (S UI ); 5 . T itia n Bue (Sur): 6. Mike Moores (Han); 7. Louis Saccoccio II (!(aw ); 8. Todd H oge (Suz): 9. Gl en n Rarry (Suz); 10. Fra n kli n Knig h t (H a n); II. Andrew Deatherage (SUI); 12. JeCl Herzog (Kaw ); l :i. j am es Schaefer (Su z); 14. David H ansen (SUI) ; 15. Sleven H arr ison (Ra w) ; 16. Rusty Allen (Kaw); 17. Roger Mino r (SUI); 18. G len n Cooper (Ya m ); 19. Joh n Erdrich (Kaw): 20. David Rosno (Suz): 21. Ch ns Cuo mo (Hon ); 22. T aylo r Massey (Ka w): 23. Willia m Wyall {Ka w): 24. T ri pp Nobles (Su,); 25. Dean MizdaJ (Yam ): 26. J ason Pridmore (Suz); 27. ~ .le.H Atwell (5ul ); 28. J acq ues G uenette, J r. (Ka w) . Time: 16 mm ., 33.406 St'C . Distance: 12 la ps, 27 miles. Average Spc

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