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Progre ssiveInsurance H arley-Davidson SuperTwinsSeries Higbee the man (Left) Supe rTeams gets under way with the winning team, Dutchman Racing (3) naili ng the holesh oL (Bel ow) Takahlto Morl was unst oppable In the wet 125cc Grand Prix race. By Henny Ray Abrams LEXINGTON. OH,]UN. 4 fter finis hin g second in the last two races, Bartels' Harley-Davidson's National Champion Shawn Higbee final1y took his first win of th e seaso n after turnin g back arace-long cha rge by Spec tre-Mo ron ey' s Racing' s Aaron Yates la te in th e Progressive Insu rance Harley-Davidson SuperTwins race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. "It's great to be here. It's extra special for me wit h a lot of local peo ple watching. I bro ke the track record in qua lifying , but I knew it wo uld be a hard race," Higbe e said. "Aa ron's been th ere all week an d he's a hard-c ha rger. I wa tched w here he was getti ng me and it was the end of the back straight. I just concen tr a ted o n g oing in th ere deeper and deeper." Higbee led the firs t lap, then Yates w as b y and held th e po int until t he eigh th of 11 laps when Higb ee retook the lead. A clo se race qu ickly turned in to a rou t with Higbee pulling away in the final three laps to win by 5.149 seconds. H e comp leted the 11-1ap, 26.4-mile race in 18 minu tes, 46.959 seconds, at an average speed of 84.333 mph, Third place went to Woody Kyle Racing's David Estok, who lost touch wi th th e lead ers on th e second lap but was never cha llenged from beh ind . Fourth was d ecided on the final lap with Tilley's H-D 's Scott Zarnpach getting back around Mitchell's Mod esto HD's Matt Wait. That was also the battl e for the cha mpion ship points lead , w hich Zampach closed slig htly . After four of 10 races, Wait hold s a one-poin t edge on Zarnpa ch, 114-113. Higbee is third wi th 99, two be tter than Estok and Bartel s' H-D's Eric Bostrom, eigh th on the day. Lap one o f 11 en ded with a tri o of riders streaki ng across the line in close company; H igb ee fro nting Yates and Es tok . A lap later a nd Yates was in fron t, Higbee on his tail, with Estok losing gro und. The lead pair con tinued to pull away, Higbee d oggin g Yates and final1y getting him on the eighth lap . Yates wasn't able to keep u p and the wi n went to Higbee. . Estok's ride was solitary, never challengi ng or challenged, th ird place his all the way. Fourth was more of a d ogfight. Zampach had it to himself ve ry ea rly o n, leaving Wait and Eric Bostrom behind and seeming to edge away. Then , at the ha lfway mark, Wa it began to close up on his rea r fender on the eighth lap and passed him a lap later. Zampach wasn't givi ng up, though, and was able to take the spot back on the final lap. Wait was a close fifth, well in front of sixth. Ben Bostrom had moved in front of his brother Eric on the seve nth lap and w iths too d a late-rac e cha r ge b y East Valley C ycles' Owen We ichel, wh o ended up seventh, well in front of Eric Bostrom wh o was at the front of a fiverider pack. 0 A Mld-Qhlo Spo rts Car Course Lex ington, Ohio Resul1s: June 4, 1995 HA RLEY-DAVIDSON SUPERTWlNS, I. Shawn Higbee; 2. Aa ro n Ya tes; 3 . Dave Estok; 4 . Scott Zam pa ch : 5 . Matt Wait; 6. Ben Bostrom; 7. Owen Weich el ; 8 . Eric Bos tro m; 9. Bill y Graef; 10. Andy Fenwick; 11. Matt hew Guidera; 12. Jim Leslie: 13. Brian Gibbs; 14. Ron McGill; 15. Michael Crapeau; 16. Dean Mizdal: 17. Brian Bodine; 18. Jeff Harding; 19. Jim Whitaker; 20. Jerry Casciero, 21. Shawn Blackburn; 22Devi n Battley; 23. Alan Eadie; 24. Kent Greenhol t; 25. Charlt ."'!> Holmes; 26. Mario DuHamel Tim e: 18 m in., 46.959 sec. Distance 11 la ps, 26.4 miles. Average speed: 84.333 mp h. M.argin of vict ory: 5.149 sec. H·D SUPERTW INS C SHIP POIl'o'T STANDINGS (A tl n 4 of ] 0 ro u n ds): 1. Matt Wait (114) ; 2. Scott Zampach (113/2 wins); 3. Shawn Higbee (99/1); 4. (TIE) Dave Estok /Ben Bostrom (97); 6. Andy Fenwick (91); 7. Matthew Guidera (87); 8. Ben Bostrom (71); 9. Owen Weichel (70); 10. Mario DuHamel (66); 11. Billy Grad (65); 12. Aaron Yates ($8), 13. Dean Mizdal (48); 14. mE) Jim Whitaker/ Alan Eadie (44), 16. Ron M got out in front of me," Fee said. '1 finally caug ht him a nd we ho oked up a li ttl e - I thought he was going to go down. " Ren frow also too k advanta g e of Graef and moved by the Frank Brot zspo nso red rider down the back straight that same lap . Jus t w he n Fee a p pea re d to ha ve a lock on second place, Renfrow mov ed into position to challenge on the eighth of 11 laps. Fee , though, w as able to ma inta in the posit ion to the fi nish, s trengthe ning his hold of seco nd place in the championship point standings. Renfrow cruised in with third, well clear of Graef, who in tum had a lead over fifth-pla ced Rogers. "It was very difficu lt condit ions today," Mori said. "But my Honda was very fast and my Bridgestone tires were very stable." "I got a great launch," Renfrow said. "But I knew we'd be in trouble with Mori. I justdidn't know how fast you cou ld go on full wets on a pretty dry race track. I just went faster and faster, but it wasn't fast enough. I ce rtainly could have gone faster - 1 just didn't. I started getti ng conservative." 0 Mid-Qh lo Sports Car Cou rse Lexington, Ohio Results: June 3, 1995 USee G RAN D P RIX: 1. Takahito Man (Ha n ); 2. Rodn ey Fee

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