Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Left) David Stanton (5) battles with David Sadows ki (25) In the secon d leg. (Below) Sadowski (left) Kling (center) and Batey (right) ce leb rate th eir performances In the winner's c ircle. , 11. Chris Bliss (H on ); 12. Jeff Stem (Kaw); 13. Da ve Estok (Ya m) ; 14. Shane Pr ie to (Kaw ); 15. Jonath on Bolto n (Suz); 16. Joe Pittman (Kaw ); 17. William Lindsav (Suz); 18. Chris Taylor (H en): 19. Jason Fraser (Ha n ); 20. Tripp Nobles (H·D); 21. Andy Death erag e (K aw): 22. Brian Gibb s (Yam ); 23. Rick Sha w (Yam); 24. Andrew Trevitt (Ha n); 25. Devin Ba ttley (Yam) ; 26. Jeff Belue (Suz); 27. Michael Fitz patrick (Yam ); 28. Jim Alb ritton (Suz~; 29. Steve Grigg (Kaw); 30. Michael Sid well [Kaw]: 31. John Blessed (Suz); 32. Eric Mou catel (Due). Ti m e: N / A due to red flag Dista nce: 12 lap s, 30 miles. Ave rage spee d: N / A due to red flag Margin of victory: 4.655 sees. FORMULA USA RACETWO: I. Fritz Kling (Yam); Thi rd p la ce became a figh t betw ee n Grav es and Sadowski , w ith Sadowski in front early, then Graves until th e fifth of six laps on th e restart. That's w hen Sado w ski to ok awa y the inside line going d own the hill be fo re the esses. It was e no ug h to ge t b y, but G raves Su zuki GSXRI 100 clearly h ad th e motor on Sadowski' s Hond a . On the run to the fla g, Sadowski w as ab le to ba rely stay in front. • " I co u ld n ' t tell if 1 was in th ird o r no t," Sadowski said . " I couldn't see. 1 s h o u l d h a v e tried a lit t le harde r . 1 p layed it safe in the first one. 1 hung it out som e in the second o ne." Va lv oline Su zuki's Dave' Stanton was part o f a four-rider fight for fourth, with Pol en, Batey, and Scott Zampach a ls o taking part. P o len was i n fr ont o f th e g ro u p halfway through the restart, then began t? lose g ro u n d . Stanton was by o n la p fi ve, the n Zampach on the fi nal l ap : Zarnpach was aboard a borrowed Zl ock Racing Kawasaki Z X-7 a fter his Saxon Triumph broke in pra cti ce (see Briefl y ...), Polen ended up seventh, one better than Tray Batey, at the tail of the pack. Graves Motorsports' Gl enn Szarek was by himself in ni n th and Cycles 128's Brett Metzger filled out th e top 10. RACE TWO The weather in the se co n d race was no better, but Kling was. Though it took h im more th a n a lap to get o u t front, once he was the r e it w a s n o contest. Without an interruption, and while the others diced with each other , h e was ab le to dictate the p ace for the entire 12lap di st ance and it w asn 't ever close. He built up better th an a 14-sec ond lead by the ha lfwa y m ark and w a s o n cru ise ' con tro l for th e d u ration. H ad he wanted, h~ cou ld . h av e am assed a considerably bi gger lea d . The o nly s lig h t gli tch was on th e first lap w he n Gra ves crashe d in front of him. " H e lo s t it ri ght ther e, b ig, in four go ing d own the hill," Klin g sa id . A hip later, " h is bike ' s sitting up o n th e tire wall lookin g a t me ." H is o n ly o th e r pro bl em w a s th at t he wet a n d co l d caused hi s h a nd to go numb at th e en d an d star t twitching. O n th e secon d lap, Batey m o ved in to sec on d and, like Kling, w ould on ly see o ther riders when h e lapped th em. The Tennessee nati ve cr ossed th e li ne with be tte r than se ve n seco nds over Sadowski. " I t ry t o get up h ere every time 1 can, " Batey said in the winner's cir cle . "There wasn 't any closing up o n Fritz. H e ch ecked ou t. H e w as d oing h is own th in g , he r e a ll y r o d e terrifi c t od a y . Myself, I'm really p leased w ith se cond. We had so m e problems in the first leg. This is the first time w e ' ve ridden th is bike really hard in th e rain and we don' t rea lly h ave a good rain se.tu p, so we're working o n tha t . And it worked a lo t better the secon d r a ce after w e m ade some ad jus tments." . 2. Tray Batey (Suz ); 3. Dave Sadowsk i (Ho n); 4. Dav e Stanton (Suz ); 5. Scott Za mpach (Kaw): 6. Dou g Polen (Suz ); i . Steve Grigg (Kaw ); 8. Joe Pittm an (Kaw ); 9. Jonathon Bolton (Suz ); 10. Ch ris Bliss (Ho n); 11. Jeffrey S~ ern (Kaw ); 12. Tripp N obl es (H· O); 13. William Lind say ~Suz ); 14. Chri s Taylor (Hon ); 15. Dave Esto k (Yam ); lb. Jason Frase r (Hon); 17. Shane Priet o (Kaw ): lB . And y Deathe rag e (Ka w ); 19. Micha el Fitzp atrick (Yam ); 20. Devi n Bartley (Yam); 21. Rick Shaw (Ya m)' 22. Andrew Trevitt (Han); 23. Curtis Adams (Suz );,24: Chuck Graves (So2); 25. Brett Metzger (Suz). Ti me: 18:49.446 Olios. Distance: 12 laps, 30 miles. Average speed : 96.387 mph. Ma rgin of v ictory : 14.834 seconds. SUNOCO RACE FUELS FORMU LA USA CHAMPIONSHIP SER IES POINT STANDINGS (After 6 of 18 races): 1. Tray Batey (173); 2. (TIE) Fritz Kling /Dave Stanton (152); 4. Chuck Graves (149); 5. Scott Za mpach (116); 6. Dave Sadowski (111); 7. Jeff Ste m (109); 8. Michael Barnes (102); 9. Curtis Adams (101); 10. Rich Oliver (86/2 wins); 11. Do Polen (85); ug 12. Jason Fraser (80); 13. Glenn Szarek (72); 14. Dou g Chandler (70 /2); 15, Mark Miller (60); 16. Brett Metzger . (57 ); 17. (TIE) Chri s Tay lor/J oe Pit t ma n / Rola nd Sands / Andy Dea therage (54). Upcoming rounds: Round 4 - Braine rd, Minnesota, May 19 Round 5 - Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, August 4 ••• • For th e secon d leg in a ro w Sa d owski had to deal with a big-bore Su zuki, this o ne bel onging to Sta nto n . It w as abou t th e fift h lap that the pair m oved to th e fr ont o f a fo u r - ri der p a ck co n testi ng third, Stanton in front of Sadowski and staying th ere u nti l the eig hth la p . When Sadowski m ade h is m ove it w as definitive an d he w a s able to in ch a w ay to se cure third by better th an two secon ds at t h e en d, d espite having n o h ope of ca tching Batey. " If you can keep you r co ncen tr a tio n and p ut yo u r b ik e on-li ne e very time, it' s not so b ad because th e' bikes are cutti ng a groove through the water and th e p avement' s p r etty nice in that are a, " Sa d owski said. " Bu t if you get off-line it gets slip pery and yo ur bike gets red cla y on it. " Stanton had better th an five seconds o n Zarnpach, who m ade the best of his b o rr owed b ike to card a very secure fifth to go along with hi s ~ix th in th e first leg. Then carn e Polen well in front o f th e Kawa saki s of Ste ve G rigg ~nd Z lock Ra cing ' s Joe Pittman, with Fa st Bo y z To yz Jonathon Bolton ni nth and H ond a CBR900-mou n te d Chris Bliss filling ou t the top 10. a Road Atlanta Braselton , Georgia Results: March 31,1996 (Round 3 of 9) FORMULA USA QUALIFYING: 1. Tray Batey (1:23.300 /110.636 mph); 2. Fritz Kling (1:23,318); 3. Dave . Sadowski (1:23.485); 4. Chris Taylor (1:23.851); 5. Dave Sta n ton (1:24.407); 6. Ch u ck Graves (1:24.651);"7. Dou g Po len (1:25.093); 8. Curtis Adams (1:25.463); 9. Gle nn Szarek (1:25.972); 10. Steve Grigg (1:26.246); 11. Dave Estok (1:26.363 ); 12. Mi kt:> Fitz pa tri ck (1:26.367); 13. Scott Zampech (1:26.413); 14, AndyDeatherage (1:27.141); 15. jonathan B olton (1:27 .436); 16. jeffrey Ste (1:27,549); m 17, Tripp Nobles (1:27,700); 18, joe Pittman (1:28.006)' 19. Brian Gibbs (1:28.303); 20. Jim Albritton (1:28.638); 21. William Luke (1:28.680); 22. Eric Moucate l (1:28.858); 23, B illHimmelsbach (1:29.019); 24. Jeff Belue (1:29.118); 25. Andrew Trevitt (1:29.943); 26. Jason Fraser (1:29.958); 27. Brett Metzger (1:30. 129); 28 . M ichael Sidwell (1:30.272 ); 29. Rick Sha w (1:30.414); 30. Sh ane Prieto (1:30.498); 31. Charles Choin an d (1:30.608) ; 32. Eric Kropp (1:30 .645); 33. Chris Bliss (1:30 ,999) ; 34. Steve Reker (1:31.137); 35. Jim Bonne r (1:31.146); 36. William Lindsay (1:31.199); 37. John Blessed (1:31.325); 38. Marc Chiodo (1:32.869); 39. Rick Beggs (1:33.819); 40. james Hanrahan (1:34.0 16); 41. Devin B attley (1:35. 281); 42. ShawnConrad (1:35.582); 43. Benjamin Welch (1:35,849); 44. Andrew Wright (1:45.056), FORMULA USA RACE ONE: l..Fri" Kling (Yam); 2. Cu rti s Ad a ms (Suz); 3. Da ve Sa dowski (H on ); 4. Chuck Gra ves (Su z) ; 5. Dave Sta n to n (Suz); 6. Sco tt Za m pa ch (Kaw ); 7. Dou g Polen (Su z); 8. Tra y Ba tey (Suz); 9. Glenn Szar ek (Suz ); 10. Brett Me tzge r «S uz ); ' The Road ' Atianta Formu[a USA:races we re s ponso red by Trans america Finance, 'the f inanc ial' se rvices 'giant' best-known for if's Team laBelle 's C hris Ta ylor 'qualified' ihird ·. Ia ndl)1ark headquarters' tower i0 San Francisco. : , for the..S unoco Race Fuels Formula USA race NAS B·.s Pat Murphy sa id thaI Trensarnenc a with.the help of exte nsive'changes made.to his Finance has contract to do .all of the dealer . 1996 Honda CBR900 .since the' last round at , fina nc in g .:fo r T riumph Amerlca . " "We .Daytona.:,"It's. grown leaps and bounds since : approached the m prior to (the opening round ' Daytona," the reigning F-USA champion said: '. at) .WiU owS prings aboutd ealer h ospitality lor , "We ,got rid of the .chassls flex and did 'so me all the races. We had them at -WiI[ow.and Day. geometry s tuff. We did a lot of guss eting -and.' ·tona. Part of the aqreernents is·that they work , it's a 'lot stiffer. We' changed 'the geome try. a .on dealer hos pitality for the rest of the season, .lot. It was like riding a new bike when I· got . Though they. were the. title sponsor for Road 'here. There' s B lot moretraction. less flex, and ' Atla ~ ta , Murphy dtdn't .s ee the m s ponsoring' better feedback.' ITeam owner) Bruce Label[e :' any more race s this year, though he expected , made so me .s us pension :linkages , too." Taylor . t he y 'Wo uld r e ma in involved in t he f utu re . said that most of the team -had 'come strai9ht ' "From'the ftrst phone call they told us that.tbls . ' to .Dave Sadowskl'shcuse outside of" Atlanta .was the b,;ginning of

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