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Final round: Road Atlanta a nd beat Sadowski, Troy and Colin. Colin was a little bit slow on brakes, but he had a really good engine and was really fast on the last lap . r got a good d rive and got by Ski (Sadowski). I just protected the inside on the last lap so he couldn't come by and I put all my ener gies into the ha irpin before the back str aight. I caught Colin's draft on the back straight and was able to take second and then p rotect it und er th e brid ge." Though Sadowski ca me under fire from some for not beating Corser on the fina l lap and aiding James in winning the titl e, the Buford, Georgia, resid ent defended himself. "I just spun the rea r (Left) Troy Corser and his mother celebrate his U.S. Superbike National Championship. (Below) The battle for second was a good one with Corser (19), Dave 5adowskl (25), Picotte (21), Colin Edwards (45) and Jamie James (2). finish second. I tried to get a good drive out of five a nd the ' fron t wheel wen t three feet in the air and Pasca l got by me. I knew I needed a good drive out of tum seven, but I lit the tire up and Corser outdrove me out of that tum. It was pretty hairy racing out there Suzuki Cup type stuff. Spoiler or not, I rode as hard as I could and finished fifth. I'll tell you one thing, my bike was no match for any of the bikes that finished in front of me." D > Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia Resuhs: September 18, 1994 SUPERBIKE Q UALIFYING: I. Coli n Edwa rds II (1:21.409 /111.437 mp h); 2. Scott Russell (1:21.-162); 3. Pas ca l P ico tte (1:21.67 4); 4. Da vid Sad ow ski (1:22.380); 5. Ja mie Jam es (1:22.408); 6. T roy Cor ser (1:22.546); 7. Migu el Du Ha m e l (1:22.562); 8. Thomas Steve ns (1:22.581); 9. Mik e Sm ith (1:22.748); 10. Fred Merkel (1:22.891); 11. Stev e Cr ev ie r (1:23 .100): 12 . Takahiro Schwa (1:23 .2 10 ); 13 . Dona ld Jacks (1:23 .23 1); 14. To m Klpp (1:23.239); 15. Brad Hazen (1:23.316); 16. Scali Do oh an (1:23.479); 17. Chuck C raves (1:23.9n); 18. Tri p p Nobles (1:24.507) 19. ; Dale Q ua r te rley (1:24 .689); 20. Fritz Kling (1:24.831); 21. Mike Hale (1:25.254); 22. Eric Moe (1:25. 34 4); 23 . am Zearley (1:26.604); 24. Sco tt Gray (1:27 .057 ); 25. Rk k Sha w (1:27.896); 26. Jon athan Edwards sa id . "Once I got back to where Jamie was, I started to lose my concentration. When you slow down it's hard to keep it up . When Jamie went out, it was hard to get that concentration back." Picotte w as also affected by the championship battle, with the French Canadian obligated to try and help Corser take the title. " It wa s very hard," Picotte said. "I stopped thinking about it when Jamie pulled to the side on the back straight. At that po int I just had to do my job, and finishin g ahead of him (Corser) was no problem. I had to put my head down ·. t.,. ···· :... ·S . f·I',.y ~ ~'~ .' :...·':.:'····'.'" . /R~~O~,car~ a·p~:ce ~99f.~~.49~ rle Co. '. along with parts 'and tire rea lly bad corning out of seven," Sadowski said. "I wanted to get second. I knew Jamie was having a problem and that freed me up . Everyone was calling me a spoiler all weekend. I had all tha t mental garbage I had to carry while I was riding. When I sa w Jamie's bike sp utterin g, that freed up my option to iechnica" a~sistimce. The : . for 1995 are undecided: 'but he has the option .. :: . .. .. . ' . .' • . .. . New U:S. Superbike National Champion Troy' . ' . ' . ' . . ., . . w The dismal season of ,Kev in Magee e~ded : Corser connrmedet Road Atlantil that tie , as' -. Fred ~erttel retired early. from the .SUperbilie·, .with .tli e Aus tralian in' -t he hospit e! l n: offered Kevin SchWimtz's,Lucky S~rlke S~ National when the Kawasaki overheated: ~ It 'Galnesville" Georgia, bul 'not frOrTi 'a 'racing Or '. kl for the remaining two 5QOcc.G rands Prix. ·.·. just go t real hot and started go ing slow," I' practice accident Magee showild up at Road , follow ing Schwantz season -ending injury at Merkel said. '. ' . ' . . .. ' ' : : . . . ' '. , . .. .. · Atl anta on .Thursday and noticed ttiat his ' . laguna Seca. 'With my contracts and so forth . .' elbowwas. badly swOllen,.'The frie~dly AuSsie ·..Iwasn't able to ~o : it ," corse r said. "Not 10... Merkel'~ teammate Sta.va Crevi.er went i~to was ta ke n 1 , a -nearby bospitlilwhere he . . w'!fry. Hopef~IIy.' .llIget the chance toJu,:,P o.n . . S unda ys 6000.0. Supersport and Superb ike : 0' · underwent minor surgery tolance thearea ~e ~agMl th,s sea!;on arid see how.l go. , . ., . National somew hat sore after . a -hard crash . which had been, in'fected frcm .scmekindo! . : .:. . ', ,:: . :. . .: . ' .. . . , . ' . ' .'. , . . from his 600 during pract ice: .The- Canadian alle rgic 'reaction.' possi bly an insect b ite: He '. Friday's qualifY!ngsession tumed into so,mewtiat , raced w ith a. 'sore neck and ' upp er abdomen spent the remainder 01theweekerid in hOspitaL : 01 a crashtest, Troy Oorser..Takahlro SohW!',' · . after .crashin9 in hiSown 9il when the engine,in' i ',receiving adrlp-feed cif antibioticS. Fortunately: ' ~ika Smith and Dale .Quarterley .all had acci- . the KaViasak 'ZX6 blew: Still.' he finishedsec. Beverly ,Sadowski;·David Sadowski;s wife ; ' : dents..While none lYereinjured, Sohwa's ,MuzzY ' '. ond jn the 60Qccfinal an'd eighth in the' Super' ': :,stepped in .ill babysit Magee's young son,' . Kawasaki caught·fire alt~r ~is eras!! ~min~ out . bike N~tional: ' .." . · Jake, who had accompanied his father to-the . from under the GoOdyear Bridge. . . . . " , . ' " . .. .. seasonfinale. . '... ' '. .,:' ' " ... : ' . . ... . . ,. . . . . Yoshimura Suzukl's Thomas Stevens and , . . The Kawasaki that 'Sco tt Russell rode to vic-" :rom K lpp' fail ed .to fi ni sh 'the Superb ike ' Magee's vacated RC45 was ridden in practice: tciry in t~e Sl!perbl ke' Nationalwas one of the . National with mecnanicatprotsems. s tevens'. ·by· Smokin" Joe·s ·Mike Hale . bui the Texan' bikes he used to win his World Superbike GSXR750 last ed eight · laps with Kipp going ', didn't race th e bike. :It waS Hale's first ride on ChampIonship last .season-, According to Rob .' niIJ laps. The 'third factciry Silz u1er (1:32.860); 38. Steve joh nson (1:33.440); 39. Bre tt Ray (1:33.927); 40 . Scott Landi s (1:34 .015); 41. Ma tt C usamano (1:35.083). 5UPERBIKE FINAL: I. Scoll Ru sse ll (Ka w); 2. Pascal Picotte (Due) ; 3. Colin Edwards II (Yam); 4. Troy Corser (Due); 5. David Sadowski (Due); 6. Mike Smith (Ha n); 7. Jamie James (Yam); 8. Steve Crev ier (Kaw); 9. w); 10. Taka hiro Schwa (!Caw); 11. Dale Quarterl ey (!