Round 7: New Hampshire International Speedway
Ohioa n knew
that he was i n
for a hard time.
"Halfway through th e race my bike
was w orking flawlessly and I felt that I
wa s be i n g h eld up a little bit. This track
is difficult to p ass on, so I figured if I
cou l d mak e a pa ss sti c k a n d break
away . . . but (I) d id n't, " K ipp sai d .
"Miguel w as ab le to ge t b ack by m e an d
a t the sa me tim e I think I m ight h av e
maybe burned up m y r ear tire a little b it
b ecause a t that p oint it n ev er d id feel
quite as good ."
" O bviousl y, w hen T om cam e by m e I
knew that I could get b ack by h i m r eal
quick, " DuHam el said . "It wasn't as
im p or t ant as when D ou g go t b y m e
b ecause o b vi o us ly h e' s goin g fo r t h e
point (f o r leading th e m o st l aps) also
a n d I kn ow D ou g had th at in mind .
When Tom g o t b y m e I knew I had to
ge t b ack b y him for two r easons: f or the
point, and Tom was riding really w ell.
H e seemed to be r eally hooking u p good
and I wanted to mak e su r e h e didn't g et
awa y from me."
For the final 12 laps it w as Chandler
l ean ing on DuH am el , without su cc ess.
Du H a m e l was le thal go ing throu g h
l ap p ed traffic and seemed to use i t to h is
Larry Pegram
managed to f in ish
fou rt h, and now
li es sixth in the
AMA Superbike
Nati on al
Ch am pio nship
point standings.
rriake that up so I decided to make 'i t up throUgh the second turn.} arid they're out: there: And you' move over and yOu' show them a -.
. got on the gas real hard: lost the back end, chapped' the throttle. : wheel and you think they'd have enough sense to move over and
muscled it back, and lost -the front end: It was a low -srdecresh
give yo u someroom, and they slam d own on you . It' s b eyond
':and I left a bit of skin. right 'elbow and right upper thigh : on the
word s. It' s sodisappointinqvLi ke I said. these guys have no right
·Mu zzy.l into those >
.straighi a\IVay: Yates would slide the rear tire until it hooked up and .' make practice on Sunday mo,:,ing·. All of .the Ferraccl Ducatis had . comers yo u get a little bit.out.of .C
Ontrol or you 're passing b ackhe wheelied onto the straight. "You've
t to 'ride it hard. ride ·it. been loaded .into the team truck. The b ike .suffer ed a .similar elec- . markers. or you' re fighting for the lead 'and something happens. J
.sideways to .go. fast ., It was hm:·· You slide it ' a~d let the .bike do .. trical l ire in 't he Sund ay morning' warmup that kept' him 'off the : Y9u're .going· to dear. the wall at . 100 mph: and ' more than likely .
whatever it want s to do ." Yates said. His time would haveput him .. tra.ck formost .of the se.ssio~.
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..l1th on the Superblke grid, just behind teammate Paseal Picotte. " ..
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. . Alessandro G ram igni : who qualified 12th, thought the track . making us guys race: I think ·that rider safety shoule be high up on
Smokln'Joe's Hond a' s Steve ' C "';vi er retu rned' to ihe 'race ,. was , Strange, U sually In Europe ,'we don't have' tracks like thal. "· .. · the ' prioriiy Iist , that' s all I'm saying'. I'm just used to raCi ng in Aus· ·
track at Loudon. but only as a spectator. C revier is still recoveri ng ' : What he.did enjoy was second largest of t he year behind Daytona.
appo int in g, " said ' Crevi er. who ' turned 31 t he week pnor to . woul? 'run:tw o bikes again "when it m~kes s ense. We 'wo~ :t know
DuHamel pocketed $10 ,50 0 with Chandler taking' home $7 000
Loudon. '
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, . . . .. If we re going to do It until the last practice on Saturday morning.". . and Kipi, earnlng $4500.For winning ' the 250 cc' GP race; Teain
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Erion said one of the determiriing factors was lh e extra time need- . Oliver. Yamaha's ' Rich 'Oliver took home'$600b from the $30 .000
Z~ro. Gravir;,s Ben BostrOm :;et ~ ne";one~lap;ecordror Pro ed'lor
siops: Th e Erion . Racin [r r iders , D oug' Tol and and
250ccGP purs~>with' seeondplaced Randy Re~lrow earnl';g
' Honda Oils 600Cc Supersport machinery at New Hampshire Inter.' . Andr ew Stroud. each rode the firsi shih on an Erion ' bike, then" $450 0 and perfor[T1ance Machine'S KriSti~n Kaas getti ng $3000 '
nat ional Speedw ay , th en ' cra she d ' Iess t han tw o la ps .l aie r. .. swapped seats at therider charig e, . stop that takes longer ttian . for third. :.
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' B?strom, · w~o lo~ere~ Mi~e Sfl.lith ~ ~ t~o7Year.. ld track ,record . th~' n'orrjlally .efficienr Erion Racf'!9 pit .stops. "We' ll sei; f we can:
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.from I :17.545. to 1:17.00517.4.800 mph; said he f elt coin fortable " ~fford that little . bit of time;' W~ don't do it unless we can :gain Harley-Davidson' s'C h r i s Carr.ran intei el~ttrical gremli.ns:on his
on .the fast lap and thought he co.uld get into the I :16s. :.1saw .my'. something from it. "· Erion Racing trails EBSCO Industries Suzuki " V R 1000 about halfway'. int o ·t he 'S uperbike race. forcirig an
pit board with. a 17 ·on .;t and it reaU surpiised me. because I by 1~ poi ~ts : 193-176. Wit h th,r e raceS remaining: . .
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' . unplanned pif stop : " It jus t lost pow er: The dash ' blanke d out,"
did.n·t push ·too hard on that lap.. I figured I could do 16 onlhe .
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Carr said.. The team fixed the,probl.em and sent him back out. only
· next lap, but I blew a few 'comers and got out·ol ·rhythm. so.1t ried
Aft~r~ ualit;lng second for th e Sup erb ike race, Smokin · . Joe' ~
for him to find .that it had an Interm ittent miss. He pitt ed a second
to ' relax: On the next lap I decided that thiS one wo uld be a 16. I : . RaCing s MIguel D uHa m e l had a .suggestion .for ·some of the . .time f
