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ond. Fourth-placed Craig McMartin ra n the h o ttes t lap with a 1:42.93 charge around th e course. Race three on the day, s la ted for s ix laps, was the Triumph Forgotten Era. FE is open to an y bik e manufactured between 1971 a nd 1981. Res tricti ons a re few . Th e b ikes m ust loo k lik e the orig inal b ike - no aftermarket fairing, for example - an d use the original motor. Th is makes for some interesting machinery, and the class is ab solutely awesome to watch. Greg Avery rod e his GSX1100 Suzuki to the win in the first leg with a race time of 9:23 .03 and a fastest lap of 1:32.84 seconds. Si mon Thomas was 2.5 seconds down in second followed by Barry Hartshorne, who raced to a hard-fought third place. The fourth event and the feature race of the morning was the Castrol Formula One IT for unlimited machines up to 1000cc. Trevor Jordan, known for his ability to mix it with the best at the Isle o f Man and Malay sian GP , was the pacesetter in early practi ce. He qualified on his Team Kawasaki Australia ZXR750 more than four seconds faster than the next bike. But after leading off the start, Jordan 's engine dropped a connecting rod on the way up the first hill leaving h im high and dry. That left Hambridge, Wayne Clark and Da ve Cole running at the fro n t of the field . Hambridge rode the wheels of the little 600 to a best lap time of 1:33.08 to win by 2.7 seconds over Clark and Cole, who were 16 seconds away. Waved away 10 seconds after the F-1 bikes, the BEARS racers put on quite a show. On corrected time, Phil Allen finished first in the BEARS event and 10th in the IT after posting a fastest lap of 1:38.05. Ra ce five, leg tw o of the Formula Two turned out to be an easy winner for Atlee, making him the overall winner on the day. Race six saw the 250cc Production and Super Sing les take to the track again. The order changed slightly up fron t with Wilkie taking his second win a n d overa ll win for the d a y . Craig McMartin finished a fine seco nd for second ove rall. Smith was third again and th ird overall. Race seven for Forgotten Era was d om in ate d b y Avery with Sim on Thomas in second on the d ay and Hartshorne third . The second leg of the Castrol / Aus- . tra lian Fl Unlimited IT class was the las t race of the weekend . Originally sched uled for 10 laps, the race was cut back to eight laps due to rain. The boys kept the best for last. Hambridge, Cole and Clarke put on the race of the day. The d ogfight for the title saw the lead change many times betw een the three riders. Th e winner was in doubt right u p to Coca Cola Corner, before Ind ent Ch ican e . Hambridge ran into so me la p ped bikes, got held up and lost the lea d to Cole. Clark e was unable to take adva nt age and had to se ttle for third, m uch to the disgust of Cole, as a third fo r H a m b ri dge would have a llo w ed Cole to take the title. Instead Hambrid ge earn ed top hon ors for the wee kend followed by Cole and Clarke. I... . Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia Results: April 6-7, 1996. U /L IT: 1. Ian Hambridge (Hon ); 2. Da ve Cole (Due) ; 3. Wayne Clarke (Suz). BEARS: 1. Phil Alle n (Du e); 2. Andrew Fenton (Du e); 3. Andrew Cullen (Due). F-2: 1. M arty A nee (Ho n); 2. Tony Rees (Due); 3. Ian Hambri dg e (Hon). 250 PRO!>. I. Chris Wilkie (Suz); 2. C raig McMartin (Suz); 3. Leanne Smi th (Suz). S/SCl: 1. Phil Dombkins (Hon ); 2. Peter Besant (Hon); 3. Paul Dobbs (Hon). FE U/ L: 1. Greg AveI}': (Hon ); 2. Simo n Thomas (Hon); 3. BarryHartshorne (Suz) . FE SOIl: I. Jim Scaysbrook (Ma l); 2. Alan Murray (Suz ); 3. Norman Cormack (Hon ). FE 350: 1. Robert Davey (Yam); 2. Damon Owe n (Yam); 3. Wayne Cow (Yam) . . TOUR 2 RENFRO VALLEY, KY Next stop on the Tour is Renfro Valley, Kentucky - famous for its Bluegrass music. Our course takes you through the Daniel Boone National Forest. 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