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place," Za mpach sa id . "It doesn't get much better than that." Widman H-D's Lance Jones p assed three riders on th e fina l lap to take fourth, his best finish of the year. Miyagi carne home fifth, followed by Frenchm a n Michel Amal ric an d N ate Wait, C'i who was running alone in seventh. Road America Elkhart Lake, Wiscons in Results: June 9, 1996 (Round 6 of 11) PROG RESSIVE IN SURANCE SUPERTWINS, I. Dave Estok; 2. Scott Zamp ach; 3. Ben Bostrom; 4. Lance Jon es; 5. Hikaru Miyagi; 6. Michel Amalric; 7. N ate Wait; 8. Da igoro Su z uki; 9. Mark Black ; 10. Randy Texter; l l , Tod d Evans, Mukwonago; 12. Brian Bod ine; 13. Jerry Cascie ro: 14. Darvin Loyd ; 15. Michae-l Friberg: 16. Devi n Ba tt ley ; 17. Ste p h a n Vla sb lom; 18. Roger Hendricks; 19. Darren Con ra d ; 20. Dani el Bailey; 21. Richie Morris; 22. Matt Wait.. Time: 18 min ., 35.834 sec. Distance: 10 laps, 40 miles. Ave rage Spe ed: 90.336 mph . Margi n of Victory: 0.038 sec. PRO GRESSIVE INS URA NCE SUPERTWlNS CSHIP PO IN T ST AN D INGS (After 6 of 11 rounds): 1. Ben Bostrom (201 /3 w ins ); 2. Ma tt Wait (178/ 2); 3. N ate Wa it (160); 4. Dave Est ok (151 /1); 5. Hikaru Miyagi (129); 6. Daigo ro Suz uki (124); 7. Brian Gibbs (120); 8, Er ic Bos t rom (11 2); 9. Mar k Black (109 ); to . Richi e Morris (98); 11. Michel Ama lric (93); 12. Scott Za mpach (83); 13. Lance Jones (79); 14. Stephan Vlasblo m (73); 15. Jerry Casciero (60); 16. Tripp Nobles (57); I i. Matth ew Guide ra (51); 18. (TIE) Chu ck Blackm on / Jim Whi taker (48); 20 . G uy Bertin (45). Upcoming Rounds: Round 7 - Loudon , New Hampshire, June 16 Round 8 - Brainerd. Minnesota, July 14 Perform nceMachine SuperTeams a Round5:Road A merica sssco scores By Henny Ray Abrams ELKHART LAKE, WI, )UN8 u rvival w as th e goal in the one h o u r Performa nce Mach in es . Supertea ms rac e at Road America, a nd on ly one of the front -runner s did. By the end of the first lap, two of the top team s were out of the race, held o~ a cool and overcas t d ay on the 4-mile Wisconsin circu it. The next lap eliminated ano the r team an d , with a d epl eted fiel d, it w as left to the champions hi ple a din g EBSCO Ind ustries Su zuki of Do ug Polen and Da le Qu arterl e y to m'otor sa fely to th e finish, which they di d ea s ily , but only a fte r Pol en w a s bro ugh t in early to slow him down. The former W orld and N ati ona l Cham p ion w as rid ing so hard th at th e tlf' m sig n alle d him in p rema turel y to a ha n d o ff to Quarterl ey wh o, d e spite turn ing la p tim es abo ut five se co nd s slower than Po len' s, still b rought th e EBSCO Suz uki GSXR1100 home by better'th an a lap. -st "Doug (Polen ) h ad so much of a lead that we took him off early to slow him down," Qu art erley said after the team's second w in of the season . "My pit board sa id 25 an d I th ought it w as 2.5 secon ds," Polen ad ded. "I wasn' t hard on it" I co u ld've ru n a couple of se con d s . faste r." Quarterl ey crossed the line 2 m in utes, 27.094 se con ds in front o f DATS Racing' s Dax Sno w a fter he an d Polen ha d comp leted 26 laps , 104 miles, of the Elkhart Lake track at an ave rage speed of 103.003 mph. . By w inning their second race of the year, and leading the mo st lap s, EBSCO Industries stretched their point s lead to 19,163 to 144 over Erion Racing, after five of nine race s. Ohio Superb ike is th ird wi th 140, a point in front of DA1'5 Racing. DATS Racing, with Dale Kieffer and Dax Snow doing the riding, fini sh ed a thrilIing second, a single bike len gt h in front of O hio Superbike 's Mark Junge, team ed wi th Daniel Bailey, at the end of S the 60-m inute race. TBR Racing's Sea n Goff and Scott Herbs t also com ple ted 25 lap s, o ne bette r th a n the Ana heim Yamaha of Dean Mizda l an d Brian Parriott and the Ohio Su per bike II entry of And rew Raff and Dan Wade. Of the 15 starters, 10 were running at th e en d and among th e non-fin ishers were some of the machines expected to con tend for the podium. First out were the Dutchman Racing Yamaha of Ray Yoder and Moto Liberty Honda's Gerald Rothman Jr. Yoder an d Rothman Jr. came tog ether in th e firs t turn on the first lap , Yoder going off the track and ou t of the race and Rothman Jr. returning to the back of the paddock for 'repairs, Moto Liberty never restarted . On the second lap , the Erion Racing H ond a CBR900RR o f D ou g Tolan d didn't cross the line, sto pp ing wit h bottom -end problems towa rd the end of the lap w ith Toland pus hing it up th e lon g fin ishing straight. Teammate An d rew Stroud, who would ha ve ridden seco nd, ran down the p addock and helped pus h the bik e to the pits. Like Mot o Liber ty, they were unable to return. . That meant th at EBCSO Industries Suzuki was the only true front-runner remaining in the race. It also meant that, barring misfortune, the race was theirs. Polen was lappin g in the 2:16 range and pulling awa y from the field at a ra te of about six or sev en seconds a lap. By the thi rd lap, he had a 27-second cushion and, still, he was about to low er the p ace. Once he got down into the 2:15s and 2:14s, the team brought him in at the halfw ay mark to let Qu arterley fin- ish. The gap w hen Q u a rt erl ey go t on w as over a m inute and th e only qu esti on was, w hen would h e lap second p lace? It would turn out to be wit h less tha n tw o lap s to go on the 24th lap. The race for second was actually a goo d one w ith Oh io Sup erbi k e and DATS Racing going back and forth right down to 'the final lap. Dale Kieffer rod e ea rly -for DATS Racin g and dic ed w ith O hio Superbike's Daniel Bailey. When they both p itted, at the end of the 16th la p, Kieffer h ad a sl ight ed ge an ti th e tea m kept it after the rid er chan ges, their position he lped whe n Baile y ov ersh ot his pit before giving way to Mar k Jun ge. Two laps later, Junge was in front of Dax Snow, the p ai r swappi ng on th e next lap, and several mor e times afterwards . Ending the 25th lap, it w as Sno w again in front, and he was able to hold off Junge at th e line by abo u t one bi ke length . TB R Ra cin g' s w a s w ell al on e in fou rth, a fu ll lap in fro nt of Brian Parriott, w ho had tak en over fro m Dean Miz da l endi ng the 15th lap. Oh io Sup erb ike II's Andrew Ra ff p ulle d away from Keys to ne/ Northsta r Racing's H ikaru Mi yagi after th e ga s stop s to secure sixth. ex Despite having to s hift his HarleyDavids on with his hand, Dave Estok was ab le to narrowly steal the SuperTwlns win from Scott Zampach. Time: 1 hour, 34.831 seconds. Distance: 26 laps, 104 mi les. Average speed: 103.003 mph. Ma rgin of victo ry: 2:27.094 mins. P ERFORMANCE MACHI NES SU PERT EAMS CHAMPIONSHIP POINT ST ANDINGS lAf ler 5 of 9 rounds): 1. EBSCO Industries Su zu ki (163 /2 wins); 2. Erion Racing (144/ 2); 3. Ohio Su pe rbi ke (140); 4. OATS Ra cing (1 39) ; 5. Moto Lib e r ty Honda (13 6 /1); 6. Ana he im Yamaha (120); 7. Ohio Superbike Jl (116); 8. Keyts ton e / No rth star Racin g (1M ); 9. Dutchm an Racing (49); 10. Battl e y Cy cles (41); 11. (TIE) Mo to Lib e rty Hon d a II /To tal Clot h ing Su pe r te a m (30 ); 13, TBR Racing (28); 14. Team Henson (25); 15. (TIE) American Flyers / Two Dudes from Ca b Racing (24); 17. (TIE) Big Stic k/ Dega Racing /Smith & Jesse n Racin g (23); 20. Leviathan Racing (22). Upcoming Rounds: Round6 - Loudon , New Hampshire, J une 15 Round7 - Brainerd, Minnesota. July 14 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Resu lts: June 8, 1996 (Round 5 of 9) PERFORMANCE MACHINES SUPERTEAMS, I. EBSCO Indu stries Suz uki (Suz); 2. OATS Racing (Suz); 3 , Ohi o Su perbi ke (Su z) ; 4. TB R Ra cin g (Su z ); 5. Anaheim Yamaha (Yarn); 6. Ohio Super bike U (Suz); 7. Keysto ne /North star Racing (Yam); 8. Smi th & Jesse n Racin g (H on); 9 . Le via than Racin g (Su z ); 10. Tot al Cloth ing Supe rteam (Du c); 11. Bartley Cycles (Yam); 12Erion Racing (Han ); 13. Moto Liberty Honda (Hon); 14. Du tchman Racing (Yam). 13

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