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ROAD RACE:· : AlA ltP4 6l!OCC Su~ series Round 7: Brainerd International Raceway and Wilson held his ground with Picotte too far adrift to mount a charge after getting stuck in traffic. "I got stuck behind two lapped riders," Picotte said. '1 was always the last one past:' He was able to better his teammate Crevier after Crevier's ZX -6 developed a misfire with about four laps to go. '1 think I broke something revving it too high. The ignition cut out. It started going a little sour three or four laps from the end. I knew I was in a bit of trouble," Crevier said. "It wasn't look· ing real promising. I had to work too hard to get up front. It took too much life out of the motor:' Bowman was a safe sixth, with Miyagi seventh after passing Barnes on the last lap. Pegram also earned his spot, a ninth, with a last lap pass of WeicheL CN Brainerd Internatlona' Raceway Brainerd, Minnesota Results: July 16, 1995 By Henny Rey Abrams Photos by George Roberts BRAINERD, MI,)ULY16 '1 think he was lollygagging all day," Smokin' Joe's Racing's Mike Hale said after getting passed on 'the last lap of the HP4 600cc Supersport race by teammate and race winner Miguel DuHameL !'He didn't go fast when he took the lead. The slowest lap of the race was when he led it." That would be the first time DuHamel led it on the eighth lap. The next time he led it was when he passed Hale on the brakes in turn three on the finalli:lP and stayed ahead to the checkered flag. At the flag the margin was only .535 second, but it was enough to give DuHamel his fourth 600cc Supersport win in a row and fifth of the year, after a close race that saw a pack of five riders run ne; 3. jautie Bowman (169); 4. Hikaru Miyagi (164); 5. Michael Barnes (161); 6. Thomas Wilson (157); 7. Steve Crevier (142); 8. Larry Pegram (25); 9. Gerald Rothman p.. (121); 10. Pascal Picotte (120); 1L Owen Weichel (104); 12. Dale lGeffer (99); 13. Britt Turkington (93); 14. Brim Parrriott (87); 15. Andrew Milton (76);.J6. Russell Katzenberger (73); 17. James Randolph (59); 18. Rad Greaves (54); 19. Rick Kirk (53); 20. Don Munroe (46). Upcoming rounds: Round 8 - East 81. Louis, Missouri, August 12 Round 9 - Sonoma, Calnomia, August 27 By Henny Ray Abrams Photos by George Roberts BRAINERD, MN,)ULY16 he showdown everyone was hoping to see in the·250cc Grand Prix class never happened. Instead, Team Oliver Yamaha's Rich Oliver walked over the field while Jimmy Filice, making his return to AMA racing after an absence of more than a year, retired early with an overheating motor on his Turfrey Racing Yamaha TZ250. The pair of orthern Californians had entered the race tied for career 250cc GP wins with 20. Now Oliver holds the record alone, though he knows it may not be his for long. "I thought after hearing about the equipment Jimmy (Filice) was going to have, that he would have a fast bike, faster than mine," Oliver said. But Oliver also knows that it "takes time to deDug stuff. I hope to stay in front for a while." '1t was just slower and slower," Filice said" after pulling out on the seventh lap while in fifth place. "It overheated on the line. The performance was way down. Brian Turfrey worked so hard on this bike. I'm disappointed for him, and all the sponsors that got me here:' In the absence of the anticipated

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