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GR RACEAMA 250cc Grand Prix Series: Round 6
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Jimmy Filice (65) took full advantage of mistakes by the others to win in Kansas.
Fresh off a trip to Europe, Jon Cornwell finished second at Heartland Park Topeka.
on the outside, D'Alu isio on the inside,
the two touched and went off the track
with the New Englander crashing and
the Californian carrying on .
D'Aluisio was upset, claiming that
Fil ice had taken him out: "I didn't
budge," he said. " And all of a sudden
I'm stood up and going straight off
th e track. It just stood me up, I didn't
lose the front. I could understand that
move on the last lap , but . . ."
Fili ce, naturally, had a different view
of the incident: " I was on the outside,
so I don 't know how I could take him
o u t. I couldn 't pass him on the
straigh t, so I tried to intimidate him
by going on the outside. His lever hit
me in the leathers, I picked up and
ran off the track. I'm sorry about the
whole deal, but I've dirt tracked a long
time a nd if you want to take somebody
out, you don 't do it on the ou tside."
It d idn ' t reall y matter who was right,
the damage was done. D' Aluisio 's bike
was des troyed: "The bike is no lo nger,"
D'Al uisio said. " Maybe we'll be able
to save the engine."
The cha mpionship now appears as
though it will com e down to Filice vs.
Ienatsch, Filice leads 79-75 wi th two
rounds remaining. D'Alu isio is third
wit h 64 points.
At the start of the 20-lap affair it was
Filice and D'Alu isio out front with
Ienatsch in tow. Don n ie Greene was
fourth on ' the Dianetics-ba ck ed
Yamaha , a hea d o f Kirk o n th e
Bridgestone-sh od Yam aha and Cornwell on hi s JJ Barnicke-backed TZ.
Al Salaverria, meanwhile, was way
back on the ultra-tri ck April ia AP I Vtwin: " We went backw ards on carbure tio n, " he said. " T he wi nd reall y
screwed us u p a nd it wo uld on ly rev
to 10,500. It com p letely died on the
second lap and I didn't think it was
. going to fi nis h. It j ust wou ldn 't
carburate and it 's usually like a truck."
The Californian would soldier o n to
finish 11th.
With Ien a tsch departing on the
seve n th la p a nd D' Aluisio doing
li kewise a lap later , the race belonged
to Filice. H e led Kirk by 5.4 seconds
on the ninth lap, 7.02 on the 11th la p
and eventu a ll y wou ld stretch the
margin of victory to 10.040 seconds
over Cornwell, who displaced Kirk on
the 11th lap after sorting out his
gearing problems.
" It took me five laps just to fig ure
out what gear to be in a nd where,"
Co rnwell said. "T he gearbox broke
this morning and we did n 't have the
right parts to fix it."
Behind Kirk in fourth place came
Greene, who raced early on with Walker
before the Colorado resident lost his
brakes. Rick Tripudi th en inherited
fifth , which he would hold to the end.
"They all started falling a nd I just
kept mine up," Kirk said. " It starts
playing on your mi nd when you see
gu ys crashing. The Bridgestones are
just developmen tal a t th is poin t, bu t
they worked well."
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Results
Q UAUFYING: I. Chri s D' Aluisio ( 1:48.480): 2.
Jo n Cornwell (I:48.884); 3. Don Greene (I:49.678);
4. J im Filice (1:50.015); 5. AI Sa laverria ( 1:50.074);
6. Nick Ienatsch ( 1:50. 106): 7. R ick Tripod i
(1:50.323); 8. Danny Walk« (1:5 1.087); 9. And rew
Trevitt (1:51.207); 10. Ri ck Kirk (1:51.348); II.
M ichael Gra ves ( 1:5 1.746 ); 12. Mik ~ Sulli van
(1:51.84 1); 13. Martin Miller (1:52.5 18); 14. William
Hi mm elsbach (1:53.609); 15. T om Pari s (1:53.678);
16. Donn Le wis (1:53.848); 17. And y FC'm.. ck
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(1:54. 158); 18. J imm y Mosl ey (1:54.331); 19. Thonn on McPheet ers ( I :5 5. 774) ; 20. J ohn France
(1:55.979); 2 1. Andre w Perkin s ( 1:57.447); 22. Kurt
Dimi ck ( 1:58.926); 23. J im Bonner ( 1:59.339); 24.
Perry Meln eciu c (1:59.442); 25. Edwa rd Borow y
( 1:59.689); 26. Ty Piz (2:02.592).
FINA L: I. Jimmy Fi1icr (Yam ); 2. J o n Cornwell
(Ya m ); 3. Rick Kirk (Yam ); 4. Don Greene (Yam);
5. Rick Tripodi (Yam ); 6. Tom Paris (Ya m) ; 7. Mik e
Sull ivan (Yam ); 8. Danny Walk « (Ya m); 9. And y
Fenw ick (Yam); 10. Martin MiII« (Yam ); 1J. AI
Salaverria (Ap r); 12. Andre w Trevitt (Yam) ; 13.
Will iam Hi mmel sba ch (Yam); 14. Ji m my Mosley
(Yam ): 15. Ku r t Di m ick (Ya m ); 16. T hornton
McP heeters (H o n ); 17. Andrew Per kin s (Yam ); 18.
Jim Bonner (Ya m ); 19. Per ry Mel neci uc (Apr); 20.
Ty Pi, (Yam ); 2 1. Don n Lewis (Yam ); 22. John
Fran a: (Ha n ); 23. Chris D'Aluisio (Ya m ); 24. Nick
Ienatsch (Yam ); 25. Edward Borow y (Yam ); 26.
Michael Graves (Yarn) .
T ime: 37 min ., 9.432 sec.
Distance 20 laps . 50 milo.
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