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§ROADRACE. '.' ..... Round 4: Portland International Raceway SUnocoRal:e Fuels Formula,USA series ,j- (Kaw); 19. Three Men and a -Bike II (Yam); 20. Reciprocation Racing (Hon); 21. Bucket Racing (Hon); 22 1MTS Racing (}ion); 23. Canton Racing (Kaw); 24. Pacific Cycle (Hon); 25. British Pantry, Ud. (Han); 26. StallmanlJohnson (Han); 27. TMTS #12 Racing (Hon); 28. Ohio Superbilce Racing (Suz); 29. The Rayce Team Too (Han); 30. The Rayc.e Team (Hon); 31. Royale Racing (Hon); 32. Momentum Motorsports (Hon); 33. Bellevue Suzuki/Ducali (Kaw); 34. Team ice Guys Racing (Yam); 35. Circling Dog Racing (Suz); 36: TM Endurance/Naughty NuH racing (Hon); 37. Fast, Inc. (Suz); 38. Sutton racing (Suz); 39. jFF Racing (J(aw); 40. No Cam (Yam); 41. Team Patmos/Seattle Cycle Center (Suz); 42. American Harley-Davidson (Bue). Time: 3 i'~'., 58 min., 49 sec. Distance: 171 laps, 324.9 miles Average Speed: none due to red flag Margin oJ victory: one lap PERFORMANCE MACHINE/GOODRIDGE NAT'L ENDURANCE SERIES OVERALL POINT STANDINGS: 1. Team Suzuki Endurance (633.96); 2. Team Pearls Suzu~i (5n.2~; 3. Northwest Ho~da Radng (487.22); 4. Airport Raang (468.37); 5. RA Raang (441.79); 6. Ohio Superbike Racing (4]6.33); 7. HP Motorsports (389.64); 8. Arclight Racing (380.83); 9. Nicholson's Ann Arbor (380.45); 10. Canton Racing (372.36). HEAVYWE1GHT SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: 1. Team Suzuki Endurance (633.96); 2. Team WERA Performance Machine/Goodridge Encurance Series Round 5: Portland International Raceway TeamSuzuld plays It again By Russ Cazier PORTLAND, OR, AUG. 26 'chael Martin and David Stanton rode their Team Suzuki Endurance 1100 to the team's 106th win ~ in the Performance Machine/Goodridge WERA National Endurance Race. But who's (Above) Brian Lentz (10) passed Grant Lopez (196) to win lhe1100cc Superalock cless at Portland. (Right) Jimmy Moora (86) gives chase to Jason Fraser (371) In Mldcllwelght GP. coun_..,. ~n~? 14 Although Team Suzuki finished the race with a full lap over second-place Northwest Honda Racing, they were initially pressed closely by both Team Pan Suzuki, piloted by Frank Wilson and Mark Junge, and Team Pearls Suzuki consisting of Darryl Saylor and Reuben Frankenfield. Attrition, as always, played a major role. Team Pearls suffered from a midrace crash that took them out of contention for the lead, as did later mechanical glitches for Team Pan. Running into the second hour, Mike McBrady of Team Bellevue Suzuki/Ducati crashed hard into the hay bales in tum nine and he was at first unable to get up. A red flag was displayed at that tum, probably in error, But the damage was done and course marshals immediately redflagged the race. A little over a half hour later, 34 of the original 42-bike grid would restart in positions according to the hour-two standings. JFF Racing was eliminated the hard way, running off in turn eight toward the end of the first hour, then running off again in the same place on the next lap. They finally crashed out of the race for good two laps later, in the same spot. With the first hour coming to a close, Team Suzuki had only a seven-second lead over Team Pan, with Team Pearls nine seconds back. But almost exactly halfway into the second hour, Team Pearls' Reuben Frankenfield bumped his brake lever on the side of a competitor's bike while passing and low-sided in tum nine. He was up immediately, the machine still running, and was about to get back on the track when he noticed water coming out of the lower engine casing and shut off the engine. By the time Frankenfield could cross the rack, push his mount back to the endurance hot pit and have the repairs completed, Team Pearls was down eight laps. And despite subsequ\!ntly cranking off laps at the same pace as the leaders, Team Pearls was out of the hunt, barring a catastrophe for Team Suzuki. There wasn't one. Similarly, Team Pan Suzuki ~egan experiencing small but critical mechanical difficulties a little before the halfway ,point and dropped back three laps on the leaders by the time they could sort out their troubles. Further gremlins, to include the oversize gas tank nudging the fuel petcock closed, would la ter drop them another seven laps off the pace. Meanwhile, Gordon Miller and Greg Abbott of Northwest (Houston) Honda Racing were taking care of business on the track and in the pits. At the end of hour two they were in second place and down two laps on Team Suzuki. They unwound a full lap over the next hour and a half, finishing a strong second, just one lap down on the leaders. Airport Racing, with Ken Melville and Joshua Hayes in the saddle, moved into the lead of the Heavyweight Superstock class halfway through the second hour, and held that position for the rest of the race, finishing a remarkable third place overall on a Kawasaki 750 that should have been down considerably on power in comparison with a field of all-out, big-bore machinery. Brian Lantz and John Hom of H&H Racing would finish fifth. • The real giant killers turned out to be HP Motorsports, featuring inspired riding by Dean Hayes and Lanny Allen, who won the Middleweight Superstock class and took sixth overall on a Kawasaki 600. Stanton and Martin motored on to crank off leading laps for Valvoline Suzuki, both riders consistently turning l:11s and 1:12s on the 1.9-mile track. Considering that the fastest lap time of the weekend, set by Chris Taylor on an F-USA machine, was just over 1:08, they were obviously conceding little to the demands of a four-hour race and went on to win by a lap. (N Endurance (142); 6. Bluff City Racing (91.22); 7. Team Triad Racing (89); 8. Team Manno (82.8); 9. Rays Electric (82.04); 10. Team Pan SuzuIci (78.5); 11. (TIE) Team Bear (68.8)jCrossroads Cycle (68.8). . HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERSTOCK STANDINGS: 1. Airport Racing (593.37); 2. RA Racing (559.79); 3. Ohio Superbilce Racing (540.33); 4. H00 EBC product bonus. Fritz Kling and Keith Pinkstaff took Dutchman Racing to third place and won $5000 for their efforts. (471.07); 3. Reciprocation Racing (470.05); 4. The Rayce Team Too (430.03); 5. Team Flying Colors (385.57); 6. Velocity Racing (385.19); 7. Penn State (371.53); 8. American Hartey-Davidson (282.14); 9. Team Ten 40 Racing (256.8); 10. Sharp Racing 094.97). MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERSTOCK STANDINGS: 1. Nicholson's Ann Arbor (534.45); 2. HP Motorsports (531.64); 3. Probst Brothers racing (528.47); 4. Canton Racing (513.36); 5. T.K.O. (475.5); 6. The Rayee Team (454.22); 7. Team TSBA (391.38),8. American Dream Racing (296.76); 9. Buc1ceye Racing (249.83); 10. Team Gamma (213.38). Kenneth Melville as he led the race from start to finish. It was a factor for eventual second-place finisher John Branch, however, as tie used the. lapped riders to push Tray Batey behind him and into third. Local rac.er Keith Pinkstaff gained some notoriety first for being the subject of a feature in The Oregonian, a local newspaper, just prior to the event; and second for coming out on top of'a race-long duel with F-USA regular Chuck Graves in the Open Superbike. class to take ttJe win. Mike Mcintyre finished third. The Mota-Liberty 125cc GP race was topped . by Kevin Murray; with WERA 125cc-class In additi,on to the F-USA round at 'Portland" leader Chris Rogers finisbing second, while , the WERA Pro Series/National challenge also' .Nobl'lso.rounped QU,t the top three. ' took ptace. In the MicheHn 1100 Superstock' class; Brian Lantz managed'a last-lap pass Honda 600 rider Jimmy Moor. topped tWo on leader Grant Lopez only to. be repassed: classes" riding to vjctory in the: Michelin 'SOO lind ·relegated ,tb second place just befare the Superstoc~ class and ihe Middiliweight GP finish lihe. Stave Patterson was third. Expert final' in front of Kawasaki-mounted Jasol) Fraser. (wi~ner of Miadleweight . . As a result of having so many entries, the' 33- Sup,erbikE!) bo~h times QUI. Kevin ~e.ntz.1I rider 750 'SuperstoCk class was started in two. 'rode 19 third in Middleweight GP, while Kenwaves, which reall~ w~n't a. factor for winner . nelh Melville . . ttlird ' . ;yas . in 60Q SUperstQCl<. • • r • , 8. AndersonIJardine Racing (391.01); 9. Eagle Industries Racing (289.05); 10. T. W. Rose Racing 060.86). MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERBIKE STANDINGS: 1. Portland Intarnatlonal Raceway Portland, Oregon Results: August 26, 1995 PERFORMANCE Pearls Suzuki (606.2n 3. Northwest Honda Racing (537.22); 4. ArcJight Racing (508.83); 5. Team Mr.