1994 AMA U
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. ' " T? m .. Kipp .
.':!las ~on · championships :north of the border, " .
comes to the Yoshimura·Suzukiteam·as ."
:the :new 'boy' on the block: Replaced 'on ::
'. and he's also proved he can runatthe front in '
·-'. AMA/CCS ·Stipe i sp or i races·.· In: fact , ·h e · ·
.jhe :Ca m el. H on d a sq u·a:d byMagee.: .'
enters the 1993 AMA /CCS .600~c Supersport .
· Kipp'sslgn ing withSuzuki came late in ::
· theoff-season. We think-he'll:find 'the':
Series as. th e. man to .beat for the champi-'
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: . '. .These questionsstopped usfromplcking .these Wild Card riders to: finish 'in.thetop 10-, The answers will
come quickly; andany Six, of these rid ers could easily slip.into the top 10 an d pro ve .us wrong... ·:··,··. :-: : ..: . ..
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-, ··' :'1 think "'~'ll probably 'see sub one-minute; 50-second lap times
· a t Daytona, d epend ing 'on the conditions : Scott (Russell) d id .a '1:50'
': and chan ge last year .and.I tru lybelieve he will.better that vp erhaps.
even a sub '49: It's' going to be, a great year, possibly,the best .year of
: AMA Superbikeracing.ever, All theplayers Will win, races 7 Yama- .
'.ha ;.Horida 'an d Kawasakivbu tLthink we'll be there m the end..
We'll Win the champioilship, .but ~o singie team :is going to .domi' Mti1tili' Adi;"'s ":,"
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;~We'y'e : gotfoui ride isfor Daytona:' (Terry) R.yiriECr w~>n' t be'
. . ' ~TU predict that MiklsffiithWiu win :
· lwo superbike,racesiJ:!
"94; Keyin'Magee ' ::rid in g at Daytona 'simply bt;!cau$e V>ie .d on' t have enough bikes; I.
:' will win al .hiast two. .Colin .EdWards ' " h ope' thai Yamaha d oes hire.Eddie Law son fOr Daytona, simply '
. will:break his duck.imd :w in his 'first ' .:: beca\l~eI:d like. ario~~~r: s.hot a't ~aCini;' ~ga~st lt~: Hond.a will·,
, 'haye ~ome . pr.obl,:!ms 'ln ltIally :WIth th eIr bIke, as everyone .has .
': s tip e rb ike i ace: (doil'tkn.ow wha~ <
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. (Fred) Merkel 'will do ; Frankly,) do mW. ' .with new bikes : ·'. "
'kn ow his .his!ory well. eno~gh tl;' p~edi~t _ ':' . '~The Harley?! reaUi don:t'Jrnow wh atto say abo'u!it Racmg to
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. . me is common sense;.most.ofir a nyw ay. .\>\Then I look at the Harley .
his future :. . .' .
· .' ,. "(ScottJ' Russel ( and · the :. o th~r ~: . road race project; it really .does not appear'to 'me that they are exer~ :.
::~g much ,common·senSe. Norie of if makes' sense !o m!C. I don't '
Kiiwasakis~ere doing 180 mPIl at Day~ :
· tona' last year\ m y .·ridel'swerE; doing . '.kriow what their program will be,·but I think it is .safe to 'say 'that .
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1994 will bea year ofleammg ·for.them." . '.'
, t h e , upp ~r.·1 70 ·ra n gE; . If: t !'le wind is .
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. doing weIFl?ve'r 180.mph: I..think-the '
biggest milestor)eWe'li ~ b~ol ~mgstars generally ' find .it...
:.diffj.~t ~o .'Yin · ~e 200· early intherr. ~reE:rs; .~t ,this f~ ~ethe ,
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.' exceptiontb me. ·The kid clearly has the speed -he stru ggled a.good
the lime that Eddie .Law!;on artdDoug.
:blt 13S( seaSpri,'whiChShotild haire b~a cha~act~·bu\Iding eXperl" .
p:ol~I\wouldbe raCinginihe :Da yton a
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: 200...Editor). (Troy) Corser willbe a big ' ':ence: And IU bike is ';iS 'giiod as' any out there, Be~ides; od!is~on '
: Javori~' SCott guSSen has won and been ~ond by couple of bike '
: s urp rise '-'. anyone who did what he did .
. lengths ove~ the Iastlwo years : Hfs due for bad lucl<.. :': . . .. . .. .
·. i n ·.A ust rali ~ , bieak!n'g all those Jap.'
· :r ecord s, and' then coming to·D;iytona, . · .: : '.·" ijeyOrtd I?ay'tpria, .I thirtk the title contenders' in orcler o.ftheir .
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:·. grant~, on Pollin's motim;yde; to.ride .
: ," Fred Merkel : great team,best'reliwn e oil ih~ r~~etia~kahdpi~n-' .
: competitively thefi!sll!me he saw !he .
:tY of·peIlt up:d~ire , afte.r .ilie ·fI-w.;tration .of raditg· for the. italianS.:
· race :track, will do well. It'~prol;>ably too
·much to ask of'hiirr to win the Daytona . . WeICome·home; champ :.. :··.....: . · . : . : ' . :::" :"': '. : ': ' . <: . :.:
'200; bu'tit's possible. :: .; : . '." ,: . . .: . : . : :." Colin, Edwai'ds: hiS star' contin ueS to 'rise: After ·winniilg·.oay~. : ·
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DaYid son?JE. they seek out-.·. :tolla; he'll lead ~ost . of the way only.tO·be citugftt by Merkel late in.
· sides'upp arl' such as Rousch 'Racing Or': ' !he S.eas6n:'A.i:lassid vetenm v~;.y01.ln~ter title d uel... , :., . : : , . '
· one of the manY·other erigine·labs·avaH-.· '. ; .'~pa~car PiCotte: Did .minim"um w eigh t roles ·r eally. reduce the
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p'ucati 'sob'vi~usl~9~ ~dvan·tage? r.i.a'ybE: ·a little. Did PiCqlle>taciirg .
. able to the!'it, they shotild have a'decerit .
: in .the ·Shadow .of. Pole n; ma'tu re' eno!lgh .to ·be a.title' contencler? ·.
· bike.by the .end of the. season. They will
,Who'kilows? l expect'he'll 'throw it down tI:1e 'roadonce too often 'ID
: not',be' able ·.to:d o it in-house, though. '
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>The 'VR se~ms to' bed()wn ' on pciwer; . : : :b~".: ii quite a bit .of luck 'a t Daytona in thepast ,(ew.years, .
· .wiririing it .tw ice: So:we ma y have womout our.
· luck, but you nev er know.. Overall, we maysee
records br~ken .aLevery ·race ·track·lhatthe AMA
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· '. "1 know it took Dticati a long time to 'become'
c:ompetilivein sl!p'eibik~ raciI:lg;so I'l:>ase Harley ~s
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