ROAD RACE
AMA 'National Championship Road Race Series
Round 7: Brainerd International Raceway
Cycle Motion
Racing (46) and
Erion Racing (1)
battled to the
bitter end of the
SuperTeams
endurance race;
Erion won at the
finish line when
Cycle Motion's
Fritz Kling
celebrated with
a wheelle a little
too early.
relinquish as he lapped half a second
faster than anyone else. His lead grew,
the pack faded, and at the end of the
day he had his fourth win in the bag,
Second place had a little more drama,
though not much. Kipp moved into the
spot on the second lap with McDaniel
and Yates on his tail until he was able to
gap them beginning on the fifth lap.
After the AMA ruling concerning his
'earlier Y2F750, Kipp was forced to fit a
smaller radiator to his 1996 model, but
the performance dilierence was negligible.
On the fourth lap, Yates rushed past
McDaniel in turn four, holding his own
until just beyond the halfway mark
when McDaniel retook the spot. It was a
seesaw affair until the 12th lap when it
looked like Yates had used traffic to
make a break. Then, with three laps to
go, McDaniel closed up and passed
Yates in turn four, the same comer he'd
earlier been victimized by.
The order changed a lap later with
Yates drafting by between turns nine
and 10, hurrying up the front straight,
and keeping out front until the checkered flag fell soon after,
.
"I had to work pretty hard," Yates
said, echoing Kfpp, "All weekend we've
been working on the bike and we finally
got it dialed in goOd."
Wilson had lost touch with about
four laps to go, well alone in fifth. Randolph was next, fending off the late
charging Fritz Kling.
Gerald Rothman Jr. was eighth, again
alone, then a pack of three led by AnthonyLupo.
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Brainerd International Raceway .
Brainerd, MlnMSOta
Results: July 16, 1995
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