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Double winner Sadowski was treated to a
vi ct ory r id e o n the back of English
stuntman Gary Rothwell's GSXR1100.
ou t and start winning again - and stick i t
in t he winner 's circle both times and
walk away without limping."
" Once we get r olling I think we're the
fastest bike on the track," Kling said, " I
gave them seven seconds (at the beginning) and by the end I o n ly gave them
one and a half." H e figured h e d id h is
bes t lap in the seco nd race, a 1:40.8: "I got
m oti v ated to d o a little better . I didn' t
want to get third again - I knew that! Second w as good because I had both Val voline guy s behind m e."
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Bra inerd Intern atio nal Raceway
Bra inerd, Minnesota
Results: May 19, 1996 (Round 4 of 9)
FORMULA USA RACE ONE: 1. David Sadowsk i
(H a n); 2. Da vid Stanton (Suz ); 3. Fritz Kling (Yam ); 4.
Tra y Batey (Suz); 5. Chris Taylor (Hon); 6, Ch uck Gr aves
(Suz); 7. Glenn Szarek (Suz ); 8. Scott Zampach (Tri ); 9.
And y Death era ge (Kaw); 10. Curtis Adams (Suz ); 11. Ray
Yod er (Ka w ); 12. Jeff rey Ste m (Suz ); 13. joe Pittman
(Kaw); 14. Scott Rueh le (Kaw ); IS. Bryan Okubo (Yam );
16. Brett Metzger (Suz) ; 17.lohn Sharrad (y am ); 18. Mike
w alsh (Yam); 19. Seth Hahn (Suz); 20. Chris Bliss (Hon );
21. Devin Bartley (Yam); 22. Michael Fitzpatrick (Kaw );
23. Jeffrey Purk (H an ); 24. Robert Thomas (Yam); 25.
Andrew Trevi tt (Han ); 26. Ma rc Chido (Suz) ; 27. Doug
Polen (Suz~ 28. Rog Hendricks (Suz ~
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Briefl
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About 85 percent of Bra inerd Interna tio nal
Becewey's track was repaved just over a week
beFore the NAS B/F-USA event. The sec tio ns
which were not repaved included most of the
tum s in the back section starting w ith tum three:
the straights between these tums were repaved,
as was the entire section from.the bridge before
the final tum, through the final tum, all the way
down the front straig ht•.through tu rns one and
two . and up to tum three . Most racers Found the
smo other track a big improvement . and the
smoother surface should reduce tire wear . But
several racers commented that many of the transitions between old and new pave ment were
abrupt.
Rothwen also recruited six road racers to equal
his world -record seven-pers on whee lie. He sits
on the handlebars to do thisf) For a finale he put
David Sadowski on the back for a victory lap of
wheelies and stoppies after Sadow ski"s second
F-USA Win. Sadowski said: - W e were running
into the bus-stop tuni
