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Round 10: Sears Point Raceway
The Harley-Davidson SuperTwins
race gets started et sears Point.
Shawn Higbee (1) won the race
handily.
Any question of a race winner at \his
point was moot. This race belonged to
Merkel. The Stockton, California,. resident pulled away: leading by two seconds after two laps, 4.6 seconds after six
laps, 7.7 seconds after 10 laps. Well, you
get the picture.
Once Yates moved into second on the '
second lap, he too was able to pull clear
of those behind him to finish a comfortable second. The battle for third was
much more intense.
On the fourth lap, McDaniel led
Lupo, Wilson, Deveau, Weichel and
Kipp, with a group consisting of Mlyagi,
Parriott, and Fritz Kling giving chase.
By three-quarters distance, the race
for third was between two men McDaniel and Lupo, with Lupo doing
the most of the leading. That changed
on the 13th lap when McDaniel moved
by and pulled clear in traffic - only to
come to a stop a lap later.
"He got away in traffic, but I was
keeping my head down and was just
going to see what happened," Lupo
said. "He went wide and didn't come
back. He had some kind of mechanical
problem."
Team Suzuki 'Sport personnel reasoned that the GSXR may have suffered
a problem (perhaps a loose wire) when
McDaniel crashed the bike earlier in the
day during qualifyilig.
That left Lupo free and clear to
record his best-ever AMA finish: '1 got
eighth here last year," the 24-year-old
said. "It just came together today. It
feels good to finish third. I've been
undefeated out here in the club races
and I was shooting for the podium
today. I knew it was just a matter of getting a good start."
Deveau managed to shake off Wilson
and the battle for sixth was ultimately
won by MiYilgi over Parriott. Then came
Weichel and finally the bruised and battered Kipp.
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Sears Point Raceway
Sonoma, California
Results: August 26, 1995
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750« SUPERSPORT FINAL: 1. Fred Merkel (Suz);
2. Aaron Yates (Suz); 3. Anthony Lupo (Yam); 4. David
Deveau (Suz); 5. Thomas Witson (Kaw); 6. Hikaru
Miyagi (Hon); 7. Brian Parriott (Hon); 8. Owen Weichel
(Kaw); 9. Tom Kipp (Yam); 10. Rad Greaves (Hon); 11.
Ben Welch (Yam); 12. Dale Kieffer (Hon); 13. Gerald
RothmanJr. (Suz); 14. Glenn Filshie (Suz); 15. Dax Snow
(5uz); 16. Shane Turpin (!
