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a number of groups. Kling led Oliver out front, Martin was in front of Sorensen, with Chuck Graves in front of Greg Gi~ son, riding hi Yamaha FZR750 as Sadowski's Triple Crown Challenge teammate in place of Quarterley, and Lanny Allen. At the halfway mark Kling and Oliver were about nine seconds in front of Martin-Sorensen and it looked like, in this race, that Oliver was willing to wait until the last lap to make his move. Kling had a moment on the seventh lap when he gassed it too hard in tum three, but he was able to save it without losing any time. '10 the off-eamber he spun it up and went sideways. I thought, now it's starting," Oliver said. After that Oliver shadowed him the whole way, never passing, and waiting for the chance that never came. "On the last lap the waving yellow was stopped in the hairpin," Oliver said. "He forced me wide and we were both in the marbles and almost stopped." "On the last lap, I knew that if he wasn't ahead of me at the hairpin I had a good chance," Kling said. "We both had to tum it in. This thing comes out of the comer better than his." The only downside to Oliver's relentless pursuit to the end was that Kling "didn't get to do the wheelie I wanted." "If I'd fallen again it would have been the third one in three days," Oliver said. "I.said to myself, 'whatever you do, don't crash: I wanted to keep in contact. He started to slide, but I never had the golden opportunity." Martin was third, about 13 seconds behind the leaders and just in front of Sorensen. He said they'd made some changes during the break which made the Suzuki easier to ride, but that he was aware of Sorensen's presence all day. "To be honest, I was doing my best to keep the Suzuki as wide as I could. I'm going to keep making points and it'll likely come down to the last race in Atlanta," .Martin said. '1t gets frustrating," Sorensen said of his pursuit of the Suzuki. '1 had to follow him through the esses. He was parked." About 10 seconds behind Sorensen came Chris Taylor, the Virginia Breeze rider dealing with the front-end push that had taken him down in the first leg. '1t was still pushing. I learned to deal with more," Taylor said. "1 was trying to be as careful as I could, but not wimping around." Greg Gibson was a charging sixth, with Team Pearls Suzuki's Danyl Saylor getting the better of a racelong fight with Lanny Allen for seventh. Pearls Suzuki's Reuben Frankenfield and Valvoline Suzuki's Chuck Graves rounded out the top 10. (N Grattan Raceway Grattan, Michigan Results: June 25, 1995 RACE ONE: 1. Fritz Kling (Yam); 2. DavJd Sadowski (Hon); 3. Michael Martin (Suz); 4. Chuck Sorenson (Yam); 5. Rich Oliver (Yam); 6. Todd Harrington (Kaw); 7. Lanny Allen (Suz); 8. Jeff Vas (Apr); 9. Chuck Graves (Suz); 10. Steve Patterson (Suz); 11. Darryl Saylo~uz); 12. Reuben Frankenfield (5uz);13. Brian Gibson (Hon);14. Tracy Mcintyre (Han); 15. Rick Kirk (Kaw); 16. David Davis (Yam); 17. Gordon Miller (Hon);18. Kevin Graham (Han); 19. Greg Abbott (Han); 20. Pete Martins (Suz); 21. David DeRonne (Yam); 22. Jim Bonner (Yam); 23. Dave Hendrickson(Yam); 24. Michael Mdntyre (Hon); 25. Greg Gibson (Yam); 26. Chris Taylor (Yilm) Time: 16 mins., 37 sees. Distance: 12 laps, 24 miles. Marg;n of victory: 11.03 seconds RACE TWO: 1. Fritz Kling (Yam); 2. Rich Oliver (Yam); 3. Michael Martin (Suz); 4. Chuck Sorensen (Yam); 5. Chris Taylor (Yam,); 6. Greg Gibson (Yam); 7. Darryl Saylor (Suz); 8. Lanny Allen (Suz); 9. Reuben Frankenfield (Sw;); 10. Chuck Graves (Suz); 11. Steve Patterson (Suz); 12. Jeff Vos (Apr); 13. David Davis (Yam); 14. Tracy McIntyre (Hon); 15. Brian Gibson (Han); 16. Gordon Miller (Han); 17. Pete Martins (Suz); 18. Greg Abbott (Han); 19. Dave DoRonne (Yam); 20. Rick Kirk (Kaw); 21. Jim Bonner (Yam); 22. Kevin Allen pushing their Kawasaki ZX-6R to fifth overall. R.A. Racing's McKinstray had passed HP Motorsports' Hayes in the hairpin on the lap before the red flag was thrown. With scoring reverting back one lap, RA. took fourth. Both teams finished on the lead lap, completing 109 tours of the two-mile western Michigan circuit The last red flag was thrown when it was decided by a trauma nurse that Bryan Lance, the rider who'd crashed in . the 750cc Production ovice race run just before the four-hour, needed immediate attention. Lance, who'd suddenly (Above - left to right) Oliver, Kling and Martin celebrate efter the second FUSA race. (Right) Team Suzuki Endurance (1) gets the jump on the field In the Endurance race; North_at Honda Racing (39) finished second while Team Peiu1s Suzuki (2) crashed out of the evant Graham (Han); 23. Michael McI.ntyre (Han); 24. Todd HaninS- Kaw); 25. David SadowsIil

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