Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Val voli n e Su zu ki u n der Deveau ' s and th e tw o went side -by-side to the checkered flag , with H all getting the nod . Deveau la ter wi thdrew fro m the race before t h e m andatory teardown, givin g second p lace to T o m Wi lson. Br itt Turkington h eld o ff H all in the 750c c Suzuki Cup fina l. It was the first win in the Suzuki finals fo r T u rki n g to n a fter yea rs o f tr ying. . AMA/CCS Endur an ce Seri e s Champion Dutchman Rac ing proved that th ey ma y be th e best end u ra nce team in the land. Dutchman won the wet National Endurance Final o n Frid a y. It was the seco nd vi c tory for Dutch m an over series cham pion Team Suzuki th is season . Chris H a ld ane wa s the ri der for Dutc hma n a t the start of t he very wet race, a n d h e very n ea rl y crashed on the fi rst lap when he h it a puddle at th e dip o n the back stra ig h ta wa y. On the very next lap, Turkington, who led Haldane briefl y, crashed the Team Suzuki machine a t the very sam e spot w here Haldane n earl y went down . Haldane went on to lap the en ti re field 50 minutes in to the race. J u st a fter the on e-hour mark, o ne o f the teams bl ew a n o i l l ine on its bike a n d spread oi l over h alf of th e track. The race wa s re d -fla g ged a n d later ca lled a fte r ex h a u stive a ttempts to cl ean the track . T eam Rush 'n Racing a nd Lone Sta r Racing fini shed secon d and t hi r d. Bo th tea ms w e r e r idin g Yamaha FZR 600s. CJ¥ Results F-OPEN: I. Thomas Wi lso n (Suz); 2. D. Grq; Abbott (Suz); 3. Steve Hei lman (Su z); 4. Dean H ayes ( Ka w~ 5. Bill y Eisenacher (Ya m }, F-2 EX : I. Bra d Sawyer (Vam); 2. j d lrey Vos (RlX); 3. Bryan H anson (Ya m) : 4. Kirk Reu it le (Ya m); 5. Kelly Moody (Yarn ]. F·2 NOV: I. Co lin Edwards II (Vam) ; 2. ChrislO ~her Sw eeney (Ya m ): 3. Robert Ma rsh (Ya m ); 4. W illiam Sweeney (Ya m ); 5. Bre tt Metzger (Ya m ). F·3 EX: I. Mari anne Fraser (H e n) : 2. J oh n H od gkiss (Ya m ); 3. AI Lainhart (MBA); 4. Kevin Mu rra y (H a n ); 5. j ames East (Kaw). F·3 NOV: I. 'tommy H ayd en (Han ); 2. Mar k Ru ssell (Han ); 3. Pa u l Snoddy (Kaw); 4. Bob Weber (Kaw); 5. James Beedl e (Kaw ). . A S/BK EX: I. Thomas Wils on (Suz ); 2. D. Greg Abbou (Suz) ; 3. Steve H ei lman (SUI); 4. Wi lJia m Quinn (H on ); 5. Pa trick H arris (Ya m ). A S/BK NOV: I. Co lin Edwards II (H a n)' 2. Eric Smith (S ua ); 3. Chris Lumpkin (Suz); 4. Brett Meuger (Suz); 5. Br ia n Kohl (Sua). B S/BK EX : 1. Fra nklin Kn igh t (Hon) ; 2. David McGrath (Suz); 3. Thomas Wi lson (SUI) ; 4. Many Lentz (Suz ); 5. Matthew Macheca (Bim ). B S/BK NOV: I. Colin Edwards II (H a n) ; 2. Brett J ohnston (Sw ): 3. Chris Lumpkin (Suz); 4. Brett Metzger {Suz): 5. Brett Harrel son (Su z). C S/ BK EX: I. Franklin Kn ight (Han ); 2. Jim Sab.in (H o n ); .5. BiUy Eisenacher (Hon ); 4. Wilham Qumn (Hon ); 5. Matthew Mach eca (Bim ). C S/ BK NOV: I. Co lin Edw ards II (H a n) ; 2. Bret t H a rr elson ( Han): 5. Cha r les Sa fley (Ya m ): 4. Christo pher Sweeney (Yam); 5. Charles Vanhoy (Va m ). D S/BK EX: I. Bryan Hanson (Vam) ; 2. Kell y Moody (Yarn): 3. G

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