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AMAlC 600 and 750cc SUpe!SJlort Series: Round 6
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Scott Russell (I ) worked his way through traffic to win his sixth straight 750cc
Supcrsport race; the win all but cns~ Russell his second straight 750cc title.
Miguel DuHamel chases Steve Crevier in the 600cc Supcrsport final at Mid-Ohio.
DuHamel snuck by when Crevier crashed late in the race to win his fifth race
of the series; DuHamel now holds a 27-point lead in the championship standings.
DuHamel keeps h~ cool at Mid-Ohio
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Results
6OOc< SS HEAT I: 1. Miguel DuHamel (Hon):
2. Steve Crevier (H on ): 3. Lam Schwarzbach (Ya m):
By Paul Carruthers
LEXINGTON, OH, AUG. 4
iguel DuHamel got plenty of
practice taking evasive action in
today's 600cc Supersport fina l as
he managed to sneak around riders
who crashed in front of him to win
hi s fifth 600cc race of the season.
DuHamel' s first cha llenger to hit the
ground wa s T om Kipp , who wa s
leading th e Commonwealth Honda
rider when he cras hed . hard in th e
Keyh ol e (a fairl y fast r igh t- han d
corn er) on the th ird lap. DuHamel
avoided the wreckag e, Kipp emerged
from the fraca s unhurt, and suddenly
Two Brothers Ra cing's Steve Crevier
was all over DuHamel.
"T here's a bump or crack right there
and you're on the brakes rea l hard."
Kipp exp lained. " Yo u have to let off
the brakes and th en get back on them.
I guess I didn 't let up o n them eno ugh
and it went away."
Crevier took the lead on the seventh
Honda Suzuki North-sponsored Doug
Carmichael fini sh ed fourt h and fifth
o n their Honda CBR600s.
Du Hamel's wi n combi ne d wi t h
Kipp's DNF gives the Canadian a 27point lead over th e Ohioan wi th three
ro unds remaini ng, 100-73. Sch warzbach moves into third in the series point
standings with 55 points .
" T ha t's racing," Du H amel said.
"T hose guys were going fast, I had two
close call s. I almost hit T om's (Kipp )
bike and Crevier was even closer.
Crevier must have had better gearing;
I'd get him on the brakes, but he could
pull me o ut of the corners. Whe n he
crashed, I saw him go sideways and
I lifted it up and went right, I thought,
'This might get ug ly.' Before that. . I
had a warm-up with Tom (Kipp )."
The two riders used Dunlop tires
while Koyam a 's Honda was fitted with
Bridgestones.
Notably missing from the action was
Two Bro thers Raci ng 's J eff Farmer.
The Florid ian cr ashed his Honda
CBR600 F2 in the first practice sessio n
on Thursday and destroyed the motorcycle; an air shipment of parts from
California didn 't include a swingarm
and the team ran out of time in getting
th e bike rebuilt, according to team
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owner Craig Erion.
lap, with Du Hamel shadow ing his every
move in a very exciting battl e. On the
I I th lap, Crevier highsided his Honda
CBR600 F2 right in front of DuHamel,
and the series' most dominant rider
almost ran over the sliding Crevier.
" It wa s so easy," Crev ie r sa id,
moments after the crash . "The tire must
have got a little greasy."
From that point o n, it was clear
sail in g for Dul-larnel as he cru ised to
a 13.244-second win over the Van ce &
Hines Yamaha of Larry Schw arzbac h.
The T exan riding a relat ively un eventful race, taking full ad vanta ge of those
tumbling ahead of him. Third p lace
went to th e 20-year-old rising sta r from
J apan , T akanobu Koyab a o n a second
Two Bro thers Racing H onda CBR600 ;
Ko yaba 's effort was good eno ugh to
earn him the Top Expert honor s o n
the day.
T eam Vicious' Franklin Knight and
4. Rich Amale (Hon ): 5. J ohn Choate (Yam) : 6.
G len n Szarek (Yam ); 7. Patr ick Hern on (Yam); 8.
Roy Nicolson (Hon): 9. Dean Hayes (Ho n ): 10.
Franklin Knight (Hen ): 11. John lII ich (H on); 12.
Thom as Din ard o (Yam); 13. Robert Del ie (Yam):
14. Jim Kusar (Yam); 15. Robert Lemble (H on): 16.
Ch ris Cuom o (Hon ); . 7. MikeHimmelsbach (Hon);
18. Evan Semoll (Hon): 19. Anthon y Arden (Ya m):
20. Ja mie J ames (Yam): 21. Mike Moores (Hen ): 22.
Jell McKinney (Yam): 23. Ben Beasley (Ya m).
Tim~ 8 min. 7.712 sec.
Distance:~l. 12.5 milo .
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Average S
. 88.577 mph.
Margin
Vidory: 4.602 sec.
600cc SS H EAT 2: I. T om Kip p {Hen): 2.
T aka nob u Koyama (H on); 3. Tripp Nobl es (Ho n );
4. J am es Leslie (Hon ): 5. Darryl Saylor (Yam); 6.
Ronald McG ill {Hon ): 7. Dou g Carmichael (Hon ):
8. J ohn Jacob (Yam): 9. William Wh ite (yam); 10.
Kevin Slezewski (Yam); II. Paul You ngm an (Ya m):
12. Peter lll ich (Ya m ); 13. Gre g H utch eson (Yam);
14. La rry Go ldstein (Hen ); 15. jorda n Brown (Yam);
16. john Clar ke (Yam); 17. Will iam Gr eenw ood
(Yam): 18. T im Ruh l (H a n ); 19. Gu illerm o Ga rcia
(Yam ); 20. j eff Farmer (H a n); 21. Reu ben McMurt er
(H a n ); 22. Rob ert Meist er (H a n); 23. Mich ael
Pa rroue (Han ).
T im e: 8 mi n ., 6.771 sec.
Distantt~s, 12.5 mil es.
. oS la
Avera.se S
. 88.748 m ph .
Margm Victory: 10.356 S