Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

R R~D ucrAD~_~ _M_'m_&_~_S:R_OO_~_3 ~ ~ Pi cotte, wh o won his third straight SuperTwins final, disp layed a sly grin wh en asked if he sim p ly played with th e com peti tion : " It was ver y slippery," he said. " T he back end was sli di ng. I was not ver y fast, just cruising. I was disappointed becau se the Britten was not there." c;.", e Results SUPERTWINS nNAL: I. Pascal Picott e (Duc); 2. Jimmy Ada mo (Due); 3. Stephen Ma thews (D ue); 1. David Kielfer (Duc ); 5. Ron ald McGill (Ho n); 6. Dou gl as Gross (Due ); 7. Greg Kopp (Due): 8. Mike Tiberio (M-G); 9. Mark Reynold s (Hon); 10. J ames Whil aker (Kaw); II. Bob Bossardet (H -D): 12. Cha d H eal y (Due); 13. N igel Galc (H -D); 11. Shawn H igbee (H · D); 15. Peter J nhnson (M-G ). Time: N/ A du e to red flag. Distance: 18 laps , 40.5 m iles. Average Speed: N/A d ue red flag . SUPERTWtNS C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS: I. Pas cal Picone (60); 2. J imm y Adam o (49); 3. Stephen Ma th ews (4 1): 4. David Kieffer (34); 5. Greg Ko pp (26): 6. Ronald McG ill (22); 7. Andrew Stro ud (17); 8. Peter J oh nson (16); 9. Bob Bossardet (13); 10. Ni~e l . Ga le (12); I I. Ro ber! H old en (I I); 12. (TIE) MIke 'Tiberio/ Doug las Gross (10); 11. Mark Reynolds (7); 15. (T I E) La nce H o lst /Kiyo Watanab e/ J ames Whita ker (6). '0 AMA Harley -Davidson Twin Sport Series: Round 3 Pascal Picotte rode to a lonely win in the SuperTwins final ; it was the French Canadian's third win in as many attempts. · Scott z3mpach (1) leads Jim Leslie (13) and Nigel Gale (3); Zampach won, Gale was second and Leslie crashed. Zampach in arunaway By Pa u l Carruthers Photo by George R oberts CONCORD, NC, M 4 AY ell , it was close for aw hi le. . But on th e fourth of II laps, Scott Zam pac h clic ked it up a no tch LO wi n th e Harley-Davidso n Twin Sport fina l at Ch arl otte Motor Speed way o n h is Till ey Harl eyDavidson 883 Spo rtst er by 9.263 seconds. Second place went to Bartels' Nigel Gale, who in turn had opened up a lead on the Suburba n Mo tors Harl ey of Rich ard Koehl er. The Wisconsin traveling partner of Zampach , however, was later disqualified by the AMA and third place was ha nd ed to Lancaster Harl ey-D avid son 's Ran d y T ext er. T he win moved Zampach to within 12 points of Ga le in the cha mpionshi p point standings, 52-40, with Chuck Blackm on, fourth today, th ird in the sta ndings with 32 points . Zampach nailed th e holesh ot as the I I-lap race got underway, but two laps later th e Moron ey's Cycl e-b acked H arl ey of J am es Lesli e went by in the ch icane. Gale retali ated by passin g both Leslie and Zampach go ing into turn one o n the same lap . On lap four, th ough, Zampach recaptured the lead and the race for all practical purposes was over. T he Wisconsin rid er pulled away to an easy victory, hi s second of the season. Gal e's race also becam e som ewhat easier wh en Leslie cras hed in turn three. Koehler, meanwhile, was also a lo ne in third pl ace. 'bu t it would be for naught wh en he was later disqu alified fbr engine ill egalities. That gave th ird to T exter, who got the better of Blackm on aft er a race-lon g struggle. 01 W • Picottecruises to Twin swm By Paul Carruthers Photo by George Roberts CONCORD, NC, MAY 3 hen the ultra-trick handmade Bri tten and its rider And rew Stro ud were forced to wit hdraw from th e race wh en th e New Zealandmade ma ch in e tor e the teeth off its cam belt in practice, the SuperT wins race sudde n ly turned into any thi ng but a race as Fast By Ferracci 's Pascal Picotte was afforded the lu xu ry of simply cruis ing LO victory at Cha rlo tte MOLOr Speedway. If the hi stor y of AMA racing is LO be placed in a time capsu le for some future bein gs to reflect upon, th ey sho u ld co nsider leavin g this one out. Only 15 riders started the race , and none of th ose 15 had any hope of staying with Picotte. Wh en th e 18 la p s wer e fi na lly com pleted, th e French Canadian had W 12 bea ten Gi aC aM o to 's J im my Ada mo by a n estima ted five seco nds , but it really wasn 't tha t close. At o ne point, Pi cotte led by as much as 13 seco nds befor e backin g it do wn and coastin g to the wi n in th e red-flag interrupted race. T hird pl ace wen t to the fast-starting Fast By Ferr acci Ducati of Stephen Mathews with another Ferracci bike, in th e hands of Dr. Dave Kieffer, fi nishi ng fourth . R on a ld McG i ll ro unded ou t the top five finishers on hi s Doll Ho use-sponsored Ho nda. Math ews grabbed the lead at the start. Adam o and Picotte were midpac k but q uickly moved int o second and third on the NASCAR banking. Picotte too k over the lead for the first tim e on the second lap and instantl y opened up a two-second lead. Wh enever h e felt lik e i t, the Fren ch Canadian could gain as mu ch as a second and a half through th e in field a lone. On the fourt h lap , the red flag came o ut when Pete J ohnson cras hed in the ch icane. T he Pennsylvania rider su ffered a broken pelvis in the accident , and clean-u p crews went abo u t repairing the hay- bale stre wn chicane. Adamo was thankfu l for th e race stoppage as the o n/off switch on h is Ducat i fai led. He was able to push the bike back to the pi ts and make th e restart. _ "T han k God it was only th e switch ," Adamo said la ter. The restart was almost a repea t of th e first sta rt, with Mathews agai n gett ing the jump. Picott e wasted li ttl e tim e in taking th e lead and aga in pulling away fro m the depleted field. Adam o , m ea n wh il e, eve n tua lly mo ved arou nd Ma thews to fin ish second, tak ing the positio n for good ' 'On the 12th lap . . " I go t a great start, but I coul d n' t ho ld 'em off," Mathews said. ''I' m happy wit h th ird pl ace. I had a good time." . Results H -D TWIN SPO RT FINAL: I. Scott Zampach ; 2. N igel Ga le; 3. Ra ndy Texter; 4. Chuck Blackmon; 5. And y Fenwi ck; 6. Shawn H igbee; 7. Ge ne Churgh; 8. Tony Montenegro: 9. J erry Wallace; 10. Bobby Kuhl ; I I. Brian Kent ; 12. Bob Bossardet: 13. Bud Weber ; 14. J on Sta uffer; 15. Russ Ma ttson ; 16. J eff Bur ck; 17. Ron ald McG ill ; 18. Ken Green hoh: 19. Ervi n Lyska wa; 20, Rich ie Mo rr is: 2 1. Nan cy Delgado ; 22. Denn is Fonenbaugh; 23. James Leslie. T ime: 16 m in. 5.066 sec. Distan ce: 11 laps. 24.75 m iles. Average Speed: 92.325 mp h. Marg in o(Victory: 9.263 sec. H -D TWIN . SPO RT C'SHIP POINT STANDIN GS: I. Nigel G a le (52): 2. SCOlI Zampacb (40); 3. Ch uc k Blackmon (32); 4. Ra ndy T ext er (28); 5. Ro nald McGill (26); 6. J a mes Lesli e (23); 7. Sha wn H ig bee (2 1); 8. (T IE) T ony Mo n ten egro/'jerry Wall ace (16); 10. (T IE) Mike Hal e/ Bob Bossardet (13); 12. (T IE) Nao cy Delga do/ Andy Fen wick (II ); 14. (TI E) Fran cis William son / Davey Durelle (10).

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