,",,,,:.:§ . :' R AD:R C <:
O A E<
,. ·
".' :.:: ....
cA.MA ~.S. Superbike Natiil!lal Championship,:.: - - - -3: - - - - - - - - - - - -Round - Pomona Fairplex
(Left) Colin
Edwards takes
the lonely walk
back to the pits
afte r crashing his
Vance & Hines
Yamaha whe n it
started spewing
oil in the chicane .
(Below · left to
right) Steve
Crevier, Troy
Corser and
Takah iro Sohwa
ce lebrate In the
winne r's circle.
10 laps," James said . " Then the fron t
brake lever was coming in to the bar - I
d idn't w ant to fall down. I only had 10
laps on the bi ke before w e lin ed up fo r
the ra ce because w e d id n' t have much
p ractice. I fee l pretty good about it (the
resul t)."
Like Crevier, P icotte was a noth er
slow starter . Th e French Canadian comp leted the first lap in ni nth p la ce after
havin g sta rted from th e the th ird ro w .
H e sta rte d sl ow ly, b ut inched his w ay
forward until he go t to six th - w hich
became fifth w he n Ed wa rds was eliminated .
- " I was having a ha rd time getting
tract ion on the rear," Picotte said . "I
think it was the same tire as Tr o y
(wa s u s ing ), b ut ma y be a different
setup . It's hard to pass on th is ra ce
track , but I started 10th and finished
fifth. That' s o kay . I'm glad we d id th e
job here. "
Q uarterley w as involve d in a struggle fo r most o f th e ra ce w ith Smith ,
Stevens and Kipp, but the New Englan der prevailed w hen he a n d Stev ens
ended up taking the st r uggle to the finish. Quarte rley ea rne d s ix t h -p la ce
money and p o ints after pas sing the
Floridian on th e lap prior to the redflag .
"The suspension is close," Quarterley
sa id . " I d on't d a re pitch it in and no t
- - - - - - - -- - -know it's there. I haven't reached the
feeling of security w ith it yet. But it was
better than at Phoenix:'
Stevens was pleased to be leaving the
r a ce tra ck h e dubbed " The Isle of
Pomona" in one piece: "I'm w alking and
talking," he sa id, "but I'm disappointed
in my finis h . We only go t three lap s in
this morning before my bike decided it
d idn't wa nt to run for th e whole session.
Running the enduran ce race helped. We
go t 20 lap s in and that w as th e most all
w eekend - prior to th at I'd done only 10
laps: '
Eighth- p la ced Sm ith was another
who'd suffer ed fro m a la ck of practice
tim e on th e new RC45: "We tried some
new s tuff on the b ike and just hoped
that it worked, " the Georgian said . "We
tried di fferent geo metry. We missed all
th ose days of practic e and I was in la-la
land out there. Th at ra ce w as basically
like p rac tice for me. I rode har der than I
do in . p r a ctic e , b u t I w as o ff on m y
se tup. I just d idn't know what we had - I
w a s m aking p re-load a d jus t men ts
before we went to th e grid . Th at's a
scary deal. "
.
W ith Kipp n inth a n d G ray iou.,
Muzzy Kawasaki 's Fred Merkel limp ed
home 11th, his ZXR750 backfiring it s
wa y to the fin ish with an igni tion problem.
a
Pomona Fairplex
Pomona, California
Unofficial results: April 10, 1994
S UPE R BIK E FINAL; I. Tro y Corser (D u e ); 2.
Ta kahi ro Sohwa (Kaw ); 3. Steve Crevier (}(aw): 4. Ja mie
Jam es (Yam); 5. Pasca l Picotte (Du e); 6. Da le Quarterley
(].::. ..'.'
he emulating the cat-and-mouse game played. National O!rtTrack on Aprtl 23 ,n Sacramento , :: AI Salaverrla.was·watching the: 25Oc!: .Grand ·
so perfectly by Doug Polen in last yeafs AMA . ' Ca!ifomia. . :
. ' .. . . .::- -'
_Prjx final from atop his skateboard. vl.had.a
Superbike Nationa l' Champ ionsh ip? In the ' . ' . : .
. :: ' . :: '
.: . : . .good cnanee.to win this race," the Northern
..
press conference immediately after the race, . Australian Kevin Magee was to-the-point in; Calif()rnian said. "I'm not ridingbeeause.'of.the.
C·orser .wasasked if he ·went ·hard trorn the' summing up hisfeeJings on·his :AMkSuper-·· safety issue: I'm stickin~ with (Jon) Cornwell.
; start: He replied with.a 'definite ~s< prompt- .'. bike caree r at this'stageof the season . "I( right.' :. We stuck .with .it and everyone 91se should
·. ing thiid place finis.har Steve C~vler.to ·hold .·now l could be picked upand eroppedback -ln .: :havestu.c.k.with it. Yle're ti}'ing to do sorne- :
·his hand over his nOS9 andmeum and fake a .Japan racing superblkes lhere - I'd do it," .thing here;.lt's unsafe.. period." .. ' / '. '. .. .. > "
'
· sneezeto the ~und oi, "M, 'ah, ah, bullShit:" : Magee .s a i,j. The' Smokin ' ·J oe 's .F
hicirig-.·: . '.' ':' . ' . : . .: . .. . :. . .. .: ' : ' .'
getting'a laugh 'out Of alt.in-attendance, even " backed Mage.e and 'Des rno Ducati-backed '. one ofihe last superbikeridersto deCIde10
Corser: .
. ' " . . .: Dave ·Sadows ki.ware the onlysuperbike rid-. . ·waS·VlinC .& Hines Yamaha's Jamle 'James;'
e
.
., . .
.
. ' " .: .. ers 'Who stuck jo their decision not to.race at .. ."T
erry(Vance the team owner)imd'lhad a Jalk:
';
· World:SuperbJke Champ ion Scott Russell. . the Pomona Falrplex .dueto the ir cen cerns .": He wasn't thraalllning' iri any way, buthe can
·was'a spectator althe LA:'Supeiblke Champi- ' with the sa fety.of the 'race track. Wliile Magee :. "sell.popsiclesto·Eskimos. I gave it some thought.
· onship alter staying In.Califo·rnia. following his'· . s tuck around to watch the. ac~ipn·, . Sad owski : .:iInd deciclect to go ahead and do it".. . c
.:..'"....
·test last week at-Laguna' Sere. Between circu-: packed up his belongings' and headed home '. ' " . : . ' . . . . . '.
.. ' '.
· laiing we~undei the 'superblke ta p record at ::. . on.Saturdayrnoming. ·
".
·.:. ·.·:One onhosa' whil .crasheiJ at the PQmoria'
. .,
-: . .. .. . Fairplex was Californian Lee Shlerts, who'
Laguna and wat.ching the action at Pomona,. .
Russell tried his hand at driVing a shifter karl ". .The three 250ec. Grand Prix' riders who stuck · · 'went down 'during a.Saturday afternoon' piac:
for thefirsttirne:ln his firStouting in the '1;!5cc- .to' their convictions and did not race were'Jon '. . tice session when he had a 'rear Wheel come'
: powered .go-kart, Russell circuiatect tne track. .. Cornwell, AISalaverrla and Mark FoSter. "A . .:apart.."1 was .knocked ·out for thr~e . minutes,"
in Pe rris, California, 'at 'c lose to .Ia p-record week .from.now nobody will .even know what' : .he s'a id ; ' ~TneY (the ambu lance ' attendants) :
· speeds.: The G.eorgia n has 'nowadda'd a ; . kind of statement Kevin (Magee),·tlie others ' asked me'where' I was,and I told 'em I. was' in
.
..
'.. and I made," Cornwell said..' 1don't know if it ·..Phoenix: Ididn't even go to Phoenix,::
.
shifter. carttohiS shopping Jist
1
... '
'. ',: '.. ' . ' '. .:
" .. '" was a ·sta tement; or sell-preservation. My' . ' .'.: ' ...;
: " '.
,
.
· Di.rltrack legend Jay Springsteen was anoth- .' sPonsors were all supportive'of my choice nOi ..For'.his iAciorY in the red-.fla9-stwrtened race:'
er raC9 watcher at' P()mona.·Springer IS still ' to race an(j I think:thal says 'something: When ' T~y Corser won $4250 from' the 'Superblke
~ecove rl ng from the wrist Injury he s.uffered . ask ed if he had any regrets after watch ang . purse of $25,000."
:. :
.
.. .
,"
.
. .
.' . '. ,
.- .'
." , ", .
",
.. . '. .. . .:" . , . " . . .' '.. . '. .
raee
"
"
