Round 1: Road Atlanta
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: . thebest tnterests of the sport,". Barrick said.'
T eam Labe'lIe;s Dave- Sadows kl 'e arned . He said that it· was: Edmondson who brought
$?009 in purse money for WinnIng the ~ot9" .· : him Int~· theAMA. .~L.ast year .1 was worldng '
· port F'- I,lSA' race, tho~gh !le stood t o mi\ke : .as.Dale s·(Quartertey) ~anlc:Roger.and I
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substantially 'mora once thecontln qeneies' : ha~ a.casual conversation astowhat h!l w~
from Honda. Dunlop, EBC Brakes; and Shoel : (!lolng to be) lXlIng. tn the futur.e over-a year
~ere (actored!n,. StarsPort's Scott Graf s.cui ·:' ago..Through some.casual.commentl. ma~e
of the purse was $3200.·with·more.to come.. 1 him, he~o u ght ·1 was interested mthis ,
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· from ccintingencies. OIiV w ho finished third ':. P!'sition.W e had a brief rrieeti~g . In eSsence,
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on. the Performance SoUth Racinll Yamaha, '. : he recommended n')e -t o the 'AMA 'a s: his ·.
earned $22 00. fr om ' F"USA and ano the r" replacement. fie ': thought· I .would replace '
·S3OOO' for winning ihe Goodridge' Forinula II" him.. Barrick's duties, he.said,' would bethe.'
race. His .coritinge.rJcY sponsors I!re.Dunlop! ;.: .same . Edm~n~~qn's..' Essentially, i~s .1he
EBC Brakes, Shoei, and Yamaha .' ' . :'. ' same lob, working WIth the promoters an!! the
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. Thomas Rose: who won' th~ Yain~h~ .~ II' :'. has alsO Wor1 " . .
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(Above) The Formu la III race was won by the yougest 01 the two Hayden brothers, Nicky
(69). (Below) SIeve Patterson (15) and Tray Baley (33) batt led wheel-to-wheel In the 100cc
Superstock class. Patterson took the victory and was second In the 750cc class.
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the eighth lap when he and Quarterley
split a lapped rider in the final turn. Sadowski took the inside line, Quarterley the
outside, and Sadowski was able to get a
b et t er drive to turn one. Q u art erl ey
regained the lead two laps later. The pair
wer~ consistently in the l :23s, and Sad owski was again in fron t ending the 11th
lap .
"His bike was a little more driveable,"
Sadow ski noticed. "1 definitely had an
advantage going do wn the backstraighl 1
kn ew 1could draft around him on the last
lap ."
Quarterley took the lead for the final
time going into tum on e with Sadowski
content to follow. The pair w heelied over
turn five with Sadowski pu tting his
wheel down first as Quarterley slowed on
th e inside. Sad ow ski brushed Quar terley's handlebar with his hip, taking th e
fron t brake lever off. When Quar terley
wen t to brake for tum six, there was no
lever and he laid th e bike down in the
dirt.
" Dale and 1had a great race," Sado w!r
ki said . "1 was just cruis ing by on .his ri ght
side. 1 kn ew he would try to cut me off a
little bi t. M y front wheel was in the air
and my direction was set. He was bog-
ging. 1 set i t down and rip ped his lever
off. D ale sai d his bike just missed my
head."
Gray followed in second, about fo ur
seconds behind with an i dentica l cushion
to Szarek in third. Oliver finished fourth
with Chuck Graves fifth.
"It was pretty uneventful," Gray said.
" The D ucati's fa n tastic and 1 ha v e to
thank D av e Sch l osser fo r helping m e
out"
"The tires weren' t holding too good, "
Szarek said. "Abou t the halfway point,
they started 'slipping a little bit. The bike
was running perfect otherwise. 1 just put
m y head down and saw Quarterley and
Sadowski up there. Oliver started dicing
with me and 1was holding him off due to
superior horsepower, mostly."
"We w ere side by side and a couple of
times he chopped me off, " Oliv er said. " I
knew I'd beat him in the first leg. They're
all out of contr ol. Th ese guys are hitting
the berms, running off th e track. It w as
fun."
FORMULA 11
Through three AMA 250cc Grand Prix
races, Performance South Racing's Rich
Oliver has proven that he has no peers -
