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New Tech. The top three wou ld n 't change, though New Tech would drop to an eventual 12th after Sloan's crash, moving Cycle Accessories West Racing up until late in the race when they would be passed by Cadman Racing for fourth pla ce. There were 10 Unli mited mach in es running at the end, n ot co unting th e AMA Superbike teams that used the race C\' for practice. Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Ro rida Results: March 6, 1994 (Round 1 of 13) UNLIMITED TEAM CHALLENG E: 1. Fa.tline/ MCM Suz uki (Suz) ; 2. Du tchman Racing (Ya m ); 3. Anderson's Sa les & Service /Dynamic Racing (Yam); 4; Cadman Racin g (Suz); 5. Cycle Accessories West Racing .(Suz); 6. Dinosaur Racin g (Suz); 7. R&R Raci ng (Suz ); 8. Cox Racing (H on); 9. Rolling Thunder Too (Ka w) ; 10. N ew Ted> Racin g (Hon ); 11. RPM Mot orsports (Hon); 12. Team Tri -Mer (Hon); 13. Van ce &. Hines I (Yam); ]4 . Blackhawk Racin g (Yam ); 15. Smokin' Joe 's "3 (Han); 16. Vance & Hines D (Yam); 17. T.e. Racin g (Yam); 18. Team Yamaha (Yam ). TI me: 1 hour. 19.012 seconds. DisLtnce: 30 laps, 106. Bmiles. M~ rgin of Victory: 1:44.660. A Y~Co1ge speed : 106.239 mph CSHIP POINT ST AND INCS (Aftrr 1 of 13 rou nds): 1. Fastline/ MCM Suzuki (35); 2. Dutdunan Racing (32); 3. Ande rs on's Sales &: Service/Dyna mic Racing (JO); 4. Cadman Racing (28); 5. Cycle Accessories west Racin g (26); 6. Dinosaur Racin g (25); 7. R&R Racin g (24); 8. Cox Racing (23); 9. Rolling Thunder Too (23); 10. Ne w Ted> Racing (22); 11. RPM Motorsports (21); 12. Team Tri-Mar (20); 13. Vance & H ines I (19); 14. BL1ckhawk Racin g (18); 15. Smokin· j oe's ' 3 (17); 16. Vance & Hines 0 (16); 17. T,e. Racing (15); 18. Team Yamaha (14). AMAlCCS Middleweight Team Challenge series Round 1: Daytona International Speedway AGV Sport takes Mints in win By Henny Ray Abrams DAYfONA BEAG!, FL, MAR 6 ha w n Higbee is used to follow in g Scott Zarnpach on a racetrack. The pair are longtime ri vals in the Harley-Davidson TwinSports class. But he wasn ' t used to following him on a racebi ke, so he wasn't sure what to expect when they teamed up on the AGV Sport Honda CBR600 in the inaugural AMA/CCS Middleweight Team Challenge, the successor to the GTU class . "It worked out great," Higbee sa id after the team pulled off a dominatin g win in the one-hour race a t Daytona International Speedway. "It's a pretty unique situation here, racing with Scott Zampach as my teammate." "It 's much nicer to have Shawn Hi gbee as a teammat e than a competito r," Zampach said. " He's a grea t guy and he 's been going really fast on a lot of d ifferent bikes. This was a last minute deal for us. It carne up onl y this morning tha t we wou ld be teammates and ride th e bike. We're real happy to be here." The winning team completed 28 laps of the 3.56-mile cou rs e a t an average speed of 99.581 mph. Zampach rode the first part of the race, handin g off to H igbee a t the 32minute mark with a sma ll lead over the Mint Racing entry. (The new rules mandate that a rider change mu st take place past the one-third point of the one-hour race, but before the two-thirds point.) Mint Racing 's Jeff Williams pitted a lap after Zarnpach, but a lengthy pit stop to re-attach the seat cost them any chance of a victory. They would settle for second, 42.048 seconds behind. "The seat came off and I had to ride with a loose seat:' said Mint Racing's Williams, who tearned with Andrew Trevitt . "1 saw Scotty out there and went for it. He'd take me in corner one and I'd take him in the dogleg and se him in the draft" S Lik e the w in ni ng tea m, th e second place finishers were a first time coupling. "It was our first race together," Trevitt said. "We we re n 't really sure what w e were doin g . I h a ven 't ridden a fo u rstroke in about three years . We were a little worried about th at but everything wen t well.' Mint Racing ran in second much of the race, d ropp ing back to third when Raceco's Ronald McGill came by w it h less than 20 minutes to go . But the Raceco Moto-Guzzi failed on the 20th lap in the chicane and Mint Racing moved back up. Third place w ent to the Jicarilla Apache Race Team of Rad Greaves and Roy David Nicholson, fou rt h to Ma rk Law son and Michael Crepeau of Tea m White Trash, and fifth to Ya maha o f Leesburg Racing's M ik e Luke and Damion Weber. The top five teams fin ishe d on th e lead lap. The eight row grid was filled wi th 32 entries for the Middleweight Team Challenge, though at least three of the teams were using the one-hou r event to test their 600cc Supersport machin ery. Zampach jetted into the lead from the middle of the front row , with Hyvac Racing 's Paul Sloan in pursuit followed by Apache Racing, and Yamaha of Lees..burg. Sloan was us ing a stock motor in th e team's Hond a C BR600 because th ey'd blown a head gasket in the race motor. Jeff Williams of Min t Racing moved up to third on the third lap as Zarn pach began to pull away. His lead was nea rly 35 seconds on the fourth lap as he tried to ease away. "1 like being ou t front, but it's definitely a disadvantage for.d rafting, n Zarnpach said. "We had about three laps of practice and have a lot of jettin g wo rk to do ." Mint Racing wa s back up to second at the 2O-minute mark, whi ch was when the rider changes began to occur. One team that never got the cha nce to cha nge was the Hyvac Racing team. On the 14th lap, the chain on the team's Hond a stre tched and jumped off the sprockets. Sloan pu t it back on , then the master link broke. "It felt like it was out of gear," Sloan explained of the proble m which h ap pened as he was going up the banking out of the infield. Higbee took over for Zampach at the 32- mi n u te mark, th e same la p that McGill took over the Raceco machine from Pete Johnson. A lap later Williams brought the Mint Racing bike in to fix the seat and put Trevitt at the controls. The pit s to p allowed Higbee to ga in more breathing roo m an d the race was, effectively, over. "I've raced two races here at Daytona and I've taken tw o first pla ce finishes," sai d Zampach, who earlier in the day won the H-D TwinSports race. "1can 't do much mo re than thal " With 20 m inutes to go , Trevittt had jus t over a second lead on McGill, but ¥ cGill was closing an d would shortly go past only to see his race come to an end in the chica ne a few laps la ter. Trevit t would take over the runner-up spot an d keep it to the end. "And rew (Trevi tt) and I jus t teamed up to have som e fun," Trevitt's teammate Williams said. "1didn't expect this. Coming from racing 400cc bikes in Canada, this is a thrill comin g here to race a 600cc bike . This is my second time on the bike here and it just seems to work. It flies." Roy David Nichol s on brought the Jicarilla Apache Rac e Tea m H ond a CBR600 home after tea min g with Rad Greaves . The team is sponsored by an Apache tribe in New Mexico, where the Michigan-based team had spent time with children of the tribe. C\' The win In the Middleweight Team Challenge went to AGVSport. Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Res ults: March 6, 1994 (Round 1 of 13) MIDDLEWEIGHT TEAM CHALLENGE: 1. AG V sport (H a n) ; 2. Min. Racing (Hon); 3. Jica rill a Apache Ra ce Tea m (Han) ; 4. Te a m White Trash (Hon) ; 5. Yamaha of Leesburg Racin~ ( Ka w ); 6. WeB Racin g (Hon); 7. R &:: K Racing (Hon ); 8. Mote Liberty / N.mkai (H on) ; 9. Dinosaur Racing, (Hon); 10. Ho nda Irela nd (H on); 11. T eam Triad ( Ho n); 12. Smith &:: Jess en Raci ng (Ho n) ; 13. Team Toxic (Ya m ); 14. Two Ol d Evo Tw in Racin g (H·D); 28. Yama ha of leesbu rg 12 (Yam) . Tlme 1 ho u r, 3.585 seconds. Disbnce: 28la~. 99.68 miles. Average llpet'd: 99.581 mph M.argin of VJctory: 42.048 sea. CSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Aft.,. 1 o f 13 rounds~ 1. AGV Sport (35); 2. Min. Racing (32); 3. Jicar ma Apa ch e Rare Team (30); 4. Tea m White Trash (28); 5. Yamaha or Leesburg Racing (26); 6. WCB Racing (25); 7. R & K Racing (24); 8. Moto liberty / Nankai (23); 9. Dinosaur Racing (22); 10. Honda Ire land (21); 11. Team Triad (20); 12. Smith & Racing (lion); IS. Ho t Chili Raci ng (Hon); 16. Weebo y Jes sen Racing (19); 13. Tea m Tox ic (18); 14. Two Ol d Racing (17); 15. Hot Chili Racing (16); 16. weeboy Racing Raci n g (Yam); 17. Te am Houck Raci ng ( Ho n) ; 18. Amherst Motorsport (H on); 19. Hond a-Suz uki World Racing (H a n); 20. Raceco (M..c); 21. Tea m P lu nger (Ho n ); 22. Hyvac Racin g (Ho n); 23. Ap ache Racing Inc. (Ho n); 24. Vance &: Hin es I (Ya m); 25. Vance &. Hines II (Ya m); 26. Smokin ' Joe's Racing (Ho n); 21. (15); 17. Team Hooc k Racing (14); 18. Amberst Molorsport (13); 19. Honda-Suzuki World Racing(12); 20. Raceco (11); 21. Tea m P1ungeT (10); 22. Hyvac Racing (9); 23. Apache Racing Inc. (8); 24. Vance & H .... ' (7); 25. Vance & Hines D (6); 26. Smokin · joe's Racing (5); 27. Evo Twin Racing (4); 28. Yamaha 0/ leesburg 112 (3). ·...·.I..'. '<: . . .,S.Ie. IVi••' ....:' .. .'. ' . ...', r ..I,·r f · Road Atla nta ·in ·1987 , Ba ldwin ra ced at Moroso. "1t felt unusual. My hands worked in . unison with my· brain, But the brain was say.. .. ". ing.go deepe r, go deeper; go· deepe r, but the . . .. _ . Martin Wimmer, the former 250cc Grand . . hands said stop;.1 got fourth behind some · Prlxcompetltorwho's reiurn ing to racing .·: Iocalguys. lt"s a. re~lIy·~ track to· get your · :. motorCyc les full lime aftera brief car racing .' . fe~t lllOlSlen~d. t was .t.ho nking alot of getting ith · career, is using Daytonaas' a lest bed for his •. In W confiden ca among th.e others-.and Kawasaki·ZX7-R superblke. Wimmer plans to.: :' jOckeYing·about · .··.. : ' . .... . . . ..: . ... . . ·do the German National.Superbike champi- . . . . : . . , onship well as' the Germah round of the :. .The·only Harley'Davidson VA1000s at Day·World Supe rbi ke·, C h·am p ionship. · ~Three : tona .we re in the tac tory ga·rage ; though weeks ago ldecided to worK to 'put a' dea l .i.' Ha~ey has promised to make more available:·: - togeiher with (Gerhard) Heukerot.The best ' . "They have to. build SQ this mode l yea r;· , : way' was to· do DaYtona; sa id w immer, wh"o ,. which meanstheynave tobe built by Decem' " tast raced here in. t sasaboaro 'a. s uzukt. ber31 , 'said Merrill .Van·derslice, the AMA's . "The bik.e isthe one that ·(the late).Helmut . ··National ROad Race Technical Manager. ilie Fath worked ontasryear. It ran here at Day" team ·is.required to buiJd ,50Ul;its totel.nct tona,'but was crashed .onthe warm-up lap" 'l. just for the U.S. market. "The spirit of the · ', Racing part-Ume, Wimmer.fioished third In: whole thing is tobuild jhem .ln .the season .·. ·the.German 250cc Championship .last year . I've.been 'given a building·schedule' and the ' ',an d race d In a few .of the Oucados Open .r plan i s so ffil!JlY arnonth and the schedule . · rounds In Spain: He drove in the:German . , completes in September.. Evidently, they · Touring Car Championship i';·1992 and fin' · have"plans tokeep .them here in America." ishedsecond, though he said.he didn't enjoy. .Priorto Daytona; Vanderslice went to an area ·.it: "In car racing·the .drrver'is ·only important in nea r:Detroit: where the .Harleys were being . bringin g ,money,~ I,! additionto backing from assembled. and counted nine completed He ukerot.i.wnoowns home s in Dayto na · ·V R1000s . The re a s on they were being · · Beach and Ge rmany:W!mmer will get help· . assembled neaiDetroil !s . ~ecause !hat's · from Krauser: Uvex Helmets, Michenn Tires; .w here the frames a re bemg buHt. At. some . · Elf Fuels, and .Sholatextil, 'a cOmpany that pcint.ip roduction may s hift to the H.arley .' makes Kevlar racing suits.. . .' . .... . , . ... .: .. . assemb lyfaClor}' i~ York, ~ennsylva~ia. . ... . as Miles · Baldwin·, who·:relired friirit· raci~g in ,. Erion·Racing,s Hi";'ru Mlyagi survived ·a te~• . 1967,continued his comeback by teaming up . rilying sP.iII . w~e,! his fronl .end washed but . with Scott Gray .to ·fi nish second ·in the ESC· while taking the low fine over the tunnel com' · Brakes Unlimited Team Challenge.aboard t~e. . iog· oft O NASCAR Four.during endurance f Dutchman Racing.Yamaha FZF\1000. Bald· . pract ice at Dayton·a. According toVanCf! ·& . · win: 4~, ·who racild .fo' the iirstlime in nearly . Hines Yamaha's Colfn Edwards , who was . oroso Motorsports Park two ·behind Miyagi at the·time, the JaPanese .rider. seven YE1ars at M ·weeks ago,·will contest the enlire AMA 25Occ: .hit the tunnel buO)p and lowsided into .tne · GP se~s aboard a ·Dutchman Racing"Yama· · . wall, de!1troyi.nghis machine. "The first thing I ha TZ250. :"There :was a degree ·of empti- thought was that I was witness ing somebody · ness, something was misSing; Baldwin said . . dying; Edwards sa id. ."He must.have hit the in ex pla ining his .reWrn to·compe tition, .wall at 170. I"thought l .saw oil on the ·track, . "Sometime shortly after Christmas I"had this ' . but I.lookeddown and didn't see any. When I· : feelin·g thaI my life was ·all !ogether : .1 was . looked up his·exhaust system ·was flying. . : feeling fine;:there was jusi: something miss· ' towards me. ~ Miyagi suffered no serious · .irig. t went to Pittsburg h 10 :see ·a· hockey.: .injuries in the aCcident, though the Erion Ra·c-· · ·game .a nd see Dutchman to see if I.could gel . ·ing Honda CBR900 was·destroyed in· the . . back in some degree; I sa id.l'd like to get intb . cras h· and the "defending champions had .to , · the 250 ·cls·ss an d the next 'thing ' l krlOW . scratch fromthe E~C Brakes Unlimited Tea,m Dutchman is taiking to Yamaha arid·sending. Challimge. .~I can't·ho.ld my.bike do.wn ·there· · tt)em !lloney....About fIVe .years ago, BaldWin on the lOw line ,~ Edwards saiC!. "Every time it and threE!" partners ·started their oWn courier . : hits the bul)'lp it ste ps out six.to· 1:1 inches: · corppany in Toronto called Maple Express. . You·car!'t do.that for 200 m~.es." : :, :. , . The maln part of his job there is ·client rela-·. .: ; . , , ' .. . . . ,: .... .. . · lions. ·'There 'NaS a .peiiod when.! concentrat: How big·is the Cainel Motoi-cycle Week lhis ed on'putting eveiything about racirig ciutOf ' .·year? One of the OrlandO·newsCasterS said · · my mind: I never thought I'd be cilmlng back."· that the city·expec;ted 500,000.. visitors·WIJo . Aft,~niot haying ~atQn ·a .inotQrcYcle siijce· :would sj:lend.$20,OOO:qoo:· :' . .. . .

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