Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

to see w here Bowma n ' was a nd acci d enta ll y hi t hi s kill swi tch d rop p ing down th e bank in g. By th e tim e he turned it back o n, Bo wm an w as th e wm ner . " I don't know wha t ha ppen ed ," Bowman said immed ia telv afte r th e ra ce, before hearing Po u nders' expla na tion. " I gra bbed th e lead a nd didn 't look back." A quick look a t the results shows that D'Alu isio was not j ust winning, b u t ge tt ing faster. In Frida y's Expert Solo GTU sp rint he averaged 103.397 mph a nd hi s a verag e lap ti me w as 2:03.305. In Sa turday's Expe rt Ligh tweight G P, he dropped hi s average la p ti m e to 2:00.429 a nd a veraged 106.420 mph and in his fina l wi n, th e Ex pert . Mi d d lew eig ht G P o n Su nda y, the a verage speed was u p to 107.171 and a verage lap time do wn to 1:59.585. No m a tter where he start ed , J)'Alu isio was q u ic kly to th e fron t a n d Ed wa rds was a lways close behi nd. In Friday 's race, D'A lu isio wo uld win by o ver 20.330 seconds, th ou gh he cu t th e gas su p p ly too short a nd ra n o u t o n the cool-off lap . " We went with the setti ng we used last yea r a nd they d idn 't wo rk with thi s '92 model," he sa id. " I sta rted O UI on new tires and was slidi ng arou nd a bi t there in the beg inn in g. T he bike felt lik e it was goi ng dog-slow, but I g uess it was a bi t bett er tha n th a t." Edw ards said th at sta rti ng o n th e fro nt row of th e seco nd wave ended a ny chances he had of wi nn ing . " I had to work hard gett ing th rough tra ffic, but th en I go t 10 where I co u ld use use it to get the draft a nd close in o n Ch ris. I got close, but by th en I had nobody to work with a nd he p u lled a way." . By the th ird lap o f Sa turday's ra ce D'Aluis io had a six-seco nd lead over Edwards whi ch wo uld shri n k sligh tly to the end. Edwards was well in front o f Can ad ia n Jon Co rnwell in th ird. And in Su nda y's event , D'Aluisio came fro m the eig ht h row to tak e the lead on the seco nd la p , Edwards go ing rig h t with h im to the end, th o ugh 14.618 seco nds back at th e finish . Ca na d ia n Andrew T revi tt go t th e bett er of a duel with Greg Esser for th ird - both were T Z250 mo u n ted wi th J amie Bo wm an fifth o n a H o nda C BR600. " We' re gelli ng faster and we' re j us t go ing to keep o n wo rki ng," J)'Alu isio said. " We 're sti ll hav ing so me front end prob lems , so it's hard to tell how much faster we ca n go ." Edw ards sa id he felt more co m fo rtab le wit h the track than he had o n Frida y. " Mike Roc kwell , m y tu ner, is doing a great job o n the bike. H avin g Ch ris as a tea mmate is go od, he's a great rid er. I'v e learned a lot fro m h im ." In h is fir st win , Guenette ca me fro m th e sevent h row to charge through the pack in h is firs t race o n th e McMurter Racing team. Bid ing h is ti me a nd wat ching th e o thers p u ll into th e p its, Guen ett e was able to get th e lead a nd speed away, bea ting Sado wski to th e line by 26.730 seco nds a t a n average speed of 108.171 mp h. Miami 's Rick Shaw was third. "We wa n t to get him fired u p a nd raci ng hard ," tea m o wner, a nd form er rac er, Reu ben McM urter said after the tea m' s first win. " I th ink th is.race was a go od in d icat o r o f wh at 's to co me." " T his is basi ca lly m y first cha nce at a sha kedow n o f the bike," Sadows ki sa id of hi s ou ting on the Yosh imura Suzuki. "We had some mi nor prob lem s th is morning th a t p revented so me laps a t speed. We've go t so me work to do, let's put it tha i wa y." Muzzy' s T ho mas St even s, w ho d ropped o u t o f th e ra ce on the 10th lap, said he was warm in g u p for th e follo wing week. " It 's early in the week and a lon g wa y to go. T hese guys tou gh en up as th e week goes o n. We know that . We're working o n wi n n ing th e 200. I do n' t th in k anybod y sh ow ed wh at they rea lly had. " Stevens took th e lead o n th e seco nd lap o f th e Expe rt Un limited G P a nd was pulling a way , b ut p itt ed o n the fourt h la p , ha nd in g th e lead to Co m monwealth H onda 's Sm ith wi th tea m ma te Kip p close beh in d. Sad o wski was th ird a hea d o f Cuen etue. G uene tte went past Sadowski on the tri-ova l on th e fifth la p a nd when th e Commonwealth pair pitted , th e lead went to him , as wo uld th e win , two laps la ter a nd by two seconds. " We mad e some cha nges a nd adj us tments after yesterday 's race a nd I think everyth ing is better ," Guen ette sai d. Ne it h er o f Vorhi es's w in s ca m e easily. On Sa tu rday a fternoon , he fou ght stro ng , gus ting winds to wi n t he Am a teu r Mi dd le we ig h t G P, th o ug h Stephen Po li zzi a n d Mark Eckenrode dogg ed him to th e flag. Vor hi es led fro m the th ird lap on, but wit h Pol izzi and Eckenrod e swapping places arou nd the track , they were able to catc h up. Vorhies was a ble to ho ld o n a t th e end, with 1.3 seconds separa ti ng him from Pol izzi. "The folks a t Duke's Yam aha in Fa irfi eld a re go ing to be ha ppy," Vorh ies said. "The races I ra n yesterda y helped me tod ay in kn o win g how to treat the wi nd and d ifferent parts o f th e track." Vor hi es upped th e pace a bit in his second win , a race that ca me down th e wire. Ma rk Eckenrode a nd Michael R u sd en , Mont g om e r yv i ll e Cycl e Cent er-backed. had th e ra ce to th emselves' ea rly before Vorhies worked h is wa y u p thro ug h th e field. He was up to six th o n the third lap, thi rd a la p la ter, a nd drafted o ff of turn four to win h is second race, th e ma rg in o f victo ry .201 seco nds. Vorh ies a veraged nea rly a seco nd a la p faster th a n 'h is earl ier win. In Vo rhi es' seco nd-p lace fini sh to Robert No rvell , in Amat eur Heavyweigh t Superbike, he also had to wo rk h is way u p, but go t there too la te a nd Norvell was a lready go ne. T hough he clos ed th e gap , Norvell was st ill 5.'1 75 seconds in fro nt at th e end . T he win in Amateur H eavyweight Su pers po rt was to ug her. Fifth o n the th ird la p , he moved u p to second o n th e fourth a nd too k the lead whe n leader Gr eg N ichols loo ked back to see where he was wh ile th ey headed for the dog leg left o n th e fifth la p. Ni chols stu ck close and wh en No rvell went wid e go ing 0 11I0 the ban king o n the fina l la p , Ni ch ol s pou nced. Bu t No rve ll to o k it bac k b ra king for the ch ica ne, used traffi c to build a lead a nd won by 1.043 seco nd s. " I was a fra id I was gon na lose," No rvell said. " It was a heckuva last la p. We cha nged posi tions four tim es. My back end stepped O comi ng o nto UI th e bankin g and I almo st go t spi t o ff." T he U.S.Twi nS por!s race was a thr ee-rider figh t almos t fro m the green flag, wi th Zampach int o the lead o n the seco nd lap en tering th e ch ica ne, th en d ivi ng dow n the east ba n king to br eak the draf t. By th e fourth la p Za mpach was able to pull awa y usin g a berr e r d ri ve o n to t h e ban ki n g . Basica lly, the race was o ver. Zam pach wo n by 8.613 seco nds wit h Nigel Ga le a lo ne in seco nd a hea d o f La ncaster H ar ley-Davidso n 's Ra ndy T ex ter a nd J oh n Long, who just edged Francis Willi amson . "Las t yea r, Don T illey a nd 1 raced a year-o ld bik e wit h a four-sp eed tra nsm ission ," Zampach sa id. "Over Floridian Roger Norveil (232) won the Amateur Heavyweight Supersport class. Scott Zampach (204) beat Nigel Gale (93) to win the all -Harley U.s, TwinSport race. the wiIller Don bui lt a b ra nd new '92 H a rley wi th a 5-speed transm ission , I'm g lad to get the first race, a nd win , u nd er my belt." " T he 883's a go od m otorcycle," Ti lley said. " Bu t no ma tter wh at yo u do to th em , you got to ride th em ." In th e Expert Midd leweigh t Supersport, Schwarzbach foug h t with Kip p , th e battle last in g th e ent ire rac e until Kip p pi tted wi th a la p to go. Sch warzbach wa s a lo ne a t the end , 20. 115 seco nds in fro m o f J o h n Ch oa te, wi th Brett H arrelso n thi rd o n a H onda CBR backed by hi s brother, actor Woody H a rr e lso n . t he l i kea bl e bartend er Woody Boyd o n " Cheers." a Results AM SO LO GTO: I. G reg Nich ols (Kaw); 2. Antho ny Fania. J r. (Ka w); 3. Steve Mq er (Su z); 4. Pau l Desousa (Suz); 5. james H arr is, Jr . (Sw ). AM SO LO GTO: I. jacq ues G uenet te, Jr . (Han); 2. David Sado wski (Suz); 3. Rick Sha w (Ya m): 4. Da nny Roberts (Suzj: 5. J oh n H cpperstad (Ya m). AM SO LO GTU: I. Phil Regn ier (H a n); 2. Roger Vorhies (Ya m ); 3. Stephen Pol izzi (H a n ); 4. Chris Robin so n (Ha n ); 5. Da vid Esior (Ya m ). AM SO LO GTO : I. Chris D'A lu isio (Ya m ); 2. Co lin Edwa rds (Yam ); 3. Michael Barnes (Kaw); 4. Gr eK Esser (Ya m ); 5. J am ie Bowma n (Han). EX MIW S/ BK: I. J ami e Bowm a n (H a n ); 2. Lee Po unders (Han ); 3. Chuck Dow nie (Han); 1. Mark Black (H a n); 5. Dam ian Weber (Ya m ). EX U/ L S/SPRT: I. Andrew Death era ge (Suz): 2. Robert Wr ight (Suz): 3. Bru ce Bald us (Su z): 4. Ch ris Embler (Kaw); 5. Gerald Roth man , Jr. ( Ka w ). EX UW SI BK: I. Todd Hen nin g (Yam); 2. Rick Jackson (Ya m); 3. Rober t Zerbisias (Ya m ); 4. Max Aut ry (Ya m); 5. DA vid Stevens (Ya m ). AM U W SI BK: I. Greg Geo n i, (Ya m); 2. Ant ho ny Bra ddock (Yam ); 3. Kevin Brown (Yam) ; 4. Greg McKelvey (Ya m) ; 5. Ton y Manin (Yam ). AM MIW S/ BK: 1. Roger Vorh ies (Ya m); 2. Mark Lcken rod e (Ya m ); 3. Micha el Rusden (Yam ); 4. Step hen Polizzi (Han) ; 5. WiJlia m Bran dvol d (H o n ). EX UW GP: I. Chris D'Alu isio (Ya m ); 2. Co lin Edward, (Yam); 3. Jo n Cornwell (Yam); 4. Andrew ' T revitt (Yam): 5. C huck Blackmo n (Yam). AM UW GP: I. We, Eastveld (H a n); 2. Todd Droegemeyer (Yam); 3. Robert Beekma n (Yam ); 4. Micha el Perry (Yam ); 5. J ason T ressla k (Yam). AM M /W S/SP R.T : I. Michael Rusden (Ya m); 2. Darr ell Rya ls (H a n); 3. T odd Keesee (H a n); 4. Barry Ro m pella (H o n ); 5. Brian G ibbs (H a n) . AM H /W S/S P RT: J. Rober t Norveil (Suz): 2. Greg N ichols (Ka w ); 3. Antho n y Fani a. Jr. (Ka w); 1. Mich ad Crepea u (SU1); 5. J a mes Ha rri s. Jr . (SUI). AM H IW S/ BK: J. Robert Nc rveil (Suz]: 2. Roger Vorhies (Yam ); 3. Brett Jo h n sto n (Su z); 4. Micha el Crepau (Sur ); 5. Steve Meyer (Sur) . EX U W S/SP RT : J. Ma x Autry (Ya m); 2. Ro n Perr y (Ya m ): 3. Da vid St even s (Ya m); 4. Da n Fu llerton (Ya m); 5. Sam Film ing (Ya m). AM LlW S/ SPRT : 1. Christopher Siffanik (Yam ); 2. Jason Tresslar (Yam); 3. Greg Geo nis (Yam); 4. Anthony Brad dock (Yam); 5. Gerald Yo u ng (H a n). AM MIW G P: J. Roger Vorhies (Ya m); 2. Step hen Poli zzi (H a n); 3. Mar k Lckenr ode (Yam); 4. Mike Freeman (Ya m): 5. Wil1ia m Branvold (Han ). EX H IW SITW: I. Alan Cathcan (Bim ); 2. Greg Kopp (Duc ); 3. Charles Flanagan (Han ); 4. J erry Wallace (H · D); 5. Ri chard Eyman (Due). AM HIW SITW: J. Mar c Con ti (Duc); 2. Nick N ixo n (Due); 3. Pi erre Lacasse (H on); 4. Boyd Bradf ield (Ha n) ; 5. Ken ny Saunders, EX U W SITW: J. Charles Flanagan (Ha n); 2. J am es Whitaker (Ka w ); 5. J a mes McN uh y (H on ); 4. David Karten (BMW); 5. Russ Ma lison (Hon ). AM UW SITW: I. Pierre Lacasse (H a n ); 2. Gerald Young (H a n); :!. Rick Pat ro lia (Ka w) : 4. Bo yd Bradfield (H a n ): 5. Ro bert Broc k, {Kaw). EX SPTSMN: I. Mar k Smi th (W· R ); 2. Sherry Dow li ng (Ka w ); 3. Peter Kova cs (Ya m ); 4. Mark Co pley (Ka w) : 5. Cli ff Sawyers (Ya m). AM SPTSMN: l. Kevin Brown (Yam); 2. Ro bert Allison (Ya m ); 3. Tony Martin (Yam ); 4. Steward Stracha n (Yam) ; 5. Julian P ocza tek (Han). EX U/L GP: I. J acq ue, G uenette, J r. (Ha n); 2. Da vid Sad o wski (Suz); :!. Rid: Shaw (Yam ); 4. Er ic Moe (Han); 5. Robb ie Petersen (Yam). EX M/W GP: 1. Chris D'Aluisio (Yam); 2. Co lin Edwa rds (Ya m ); 3. And rew T revitt (Yam); 4. Greg Esser (Yam ); 5. J a m ie Bowma n (Ha n ). EX H /W S/SP RT: I. Trip.!' No bles (Ka w): 2. Mich ael Ba rn es (Kaw); 3. J am ie Bowman (Suz); 4. Chris Embl er (Ka w ): 5. Bruce Bald us (Suz). EX M IW S/SP RT : I. Larry Schw arrbach (Yam); 2. john Choate (Ha n); 3. Brett Harrel son (Han); 4. ami e Bowman (H a n) ; 5. Chuck Down ie (H a n) . U.S TW SPRT : I. Sco u Zampach (H· D); 2. Nigel Ga le (H· D); 3. Randy 'T ex ter (H · D); 4. John Long (H · D); 5. Francis Will ia mson (H · D). II

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