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.ROAD" RACE '. '., Round 2: Road America . Nor1II AmerIan Super BIke S8Ijes . "Today in the heat race, I got my first win under my belt. Now finishing second, I'm almost disappointed, but that's the way it goes," Graef said. The battle up front had left Nobles behind and he, in turn, had left the rest behind. Coping with the pain, he maintained a steady pace and finished a steady third. Having been away from the class for a little while, he found the level of competition a surprise. "The class has progressed a lot since I left and it feels good to be back. It definitely keeps me on my toes as far as cornering speed and concentration, riding these bikes," Nobles said. "It takes a little more muscle to fling this thing around, it's kind of painful. I'm glad I managed third place." Conrad's Harley-Davidson's Darvin Loyd had fifth until he dropped out on the fourth lap, ceding the place to Hutcheson, who would take the gift and run with it to the end, Friberg leading Hendricks, Evans, and Richie Morris to the stripe. Road America ElkhlIrt Lake, Wisconsln Results: August 6,1995 HARLEY-DAVIDSON TWIN SPORTS, 1. Scott Zampach; 2. Billy Graef; 3. Tripp Nobles; 4. Pat Lamb; 5. Greg Hutcheson; 6. Michael Fribert; 7. Roger Hendricks; 8. Todd Evans; 9. Richie Morris: 10. Brian Bodine; 11. Robert Buffington; 12. Darvin Loyd. Time: 13 min. 30.090 sec. DistanCe: 5 laps, 20 miles. Avuolge speed..: 88.879 mph. Margin of victory: 0.300 sees. HARLEY-DAVIDSON TWIN SPORTS C'SHlP POl NT STANDINCS (After 1 of 5 race.): 1. Scott Zampach (35); 2. Billy Graci (32); 3. Tripp Nobles (30); 4. Pat Lam,b (28); 5. Greg Hutcheson (26); 6. Michael Fribert (2.5); 7. Roger Hendricks (24); 8. Todd Evans (231; 9. Richie Morris (22); 10. Brian Bodine (21); 11. Robert Buffington (20); 12. DaTVin Loyd (19). North American Super Bike Series: Round One (Above) The Twlnsport final saw a closa battle between Scott zampach (2) and Billy Graef (5). (Right) Russell Katzenberger was the hero of sprint racing action at Road America. mistake. Zampach knew when the time was right to make the move and he did. '1 made sure I wasn't the guy leading out of tum 14 out of the last lap," lampach said. "I tried it in the heat race and I knew that our bikes are so equal and we're so evenly matched that it's a drafting war. And the drafting on those bikes, you can't explain it. It's not like any bike I've ever ridden, because of no fairing or aerodynamic assistance. Even though we're not going 170, the draft is four times as effective as on a superbike. So to learn to play that draft and work it, like Billy was saying to me, 'I would be right on you and 1'd try to draft and I'd get next to you and I couldn't go anywhere. Maybe I should lay back three or four Katzelberger Dlcatchable By Henny Ray Abrams ELKHART LAKE, WI, AUG. 6 he story of the EBC Brakes American Sportbike race begins and ends with Russell Katzenberger. The Hooksett Kawasaki rider from Tilton, New Hampshire, took a flyer on the first lap and pulled almost a se.cond a lap on the rest of the field. At the end of the sixlap, 24-mile race he had 4.94 seconds in hand and it would have been more if he hadn't slowed on his final tour. '1 wanted to get out front and hold a pace. It was history from there," Katzenberger said in the winner's circle. "I kept looking back and it was a great battle:' T bikes and get a little whip on you. I think I need to do that: I just laughed. I've been doing that for five years." Zampach did it well enough today to post another win and the $1000 top prize that went with it. Lamb, like Nobles, was secure in his spot from the early going, pulling out some space on the field from the second lap on. His fourth was never in question. The next spot was the one up for grabs. The superbike corps was slightly thinned by a wha! (Formula usA's Doug) Gonda and we numbElr of riders who were expected to show and the AMA have in prize and' cOntingencies. up, but didn't. Team LaSelle's Olive SadowsJcl' it's enough for more riders to become true proseverely injured his knee at the last WERA F, . tessfonals," Edmondson said. The pair said . ., U.SA race at Grallan, Micl;1igal1, and is still con-' that the ,format would be closely scrutinized, . Tilley's Harley-Elavidson's Scott zampach had valescing. His Team LaBelle teammate at that . both for the' program 'schedule and the class to scratch 'from tire Superbike race after recurrace, Dale Qulirt~rley, the team Mirage' structures. 'Because their rules differ slightly ring problems with the oil'pump on'his VRl 000. Ducati rider, was thought to be at a WERA from WERA's for the 11 Ooc.c mac'hinery "It's been the same thing since the beginning. flegi!>nal race. at 'Gate\Vay Park in St. Louis, 'WERA allows'a 1 mm oYElrbore.- the Unlimited Since Don (Tilley) brought it here n's been los- . Nobles had come to Elkhart Lake to race his 883 Harley. as well as a new Triumph Triple, the site of this weekend:-s AMA NaliQnal,. Sport Challenge class was lightly subscribed. ing jts oil pressu·re. The Oil wasn1 retuming to in anticipaiion of the .high-dollar Triumph race thoug.h that was not conflrmed_ One 'of the There were eight starters and six finishers. the oil tank. It was the same all weekenc. They at the next NASB meet ai Road Atlanta and The two non-finishers were both aboard 60as. more tnteresting withdrawals was that of Team tried a new completely rebuin oil pump, differ' Suzuki Endurarice..During last winter's Miche- TIle Intemational GP by Moto Liberty, AKA the em system, no cooler, different pickups, .differ- also to test. Bill ZearJey's ZX-7. "We had no idea this would happen," said Nobles brother, h~ tire test at Da~na, the te~ had made a 125s,' was 'equally thin with nine starters and ent baffling an.d they're. still paff1lld. Actually, Cliff, after Nobles won the second race. Nobles big show .of bel~g the first to sIgn on f~r the finishers: But with the winner's' average lap' 'the oil pressure gauge kept reading 45 or betran Ihe Triumph 900.in the Expert MidNASB senes, gomg so faras haVIng their poe- .time being 'two minutes a:nd 35 ~nds, nine ter. which is really good oil pressure, but the dleweight Superbike race of the Championship 125s didn't exactly fill the four-mile, 14-turn ture taken handmg 1n thetr Daytona entry to motor .was having the feeling of a rod bearing Cup Series program ana finished 15th behind Roger Edmondson. But after gellIng beaten by· road c o u m a ' . seizing and locking up antt the motor seizing Team Pearls Suzuki at a WERA Four-Hour . 14 600cc .moiorcycles. . , which I:ve fen plenty of limes, so I !

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