Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

medium-compound tire on for the first start, but we changed to a soft one for the restart. That was a positive decision." fN Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, Minnesota Results: July 14, 1996 (Round 8 of 10) (Left to right) DuHamel, Gramlgnl and Tom Kipp celebrate in Brainerd's winner's circle after posting 1"2·3 finishes in the National. SUPERBIKE QUALIFYING: 1. Alessandro Gramigru (1:38.JOS); 2. Larry Peg..m (1:38,354); 3. Doug Chandier (1:38.369); 4. Miguel DuHamel (1:38.498); S. Thomas Wilson (1,38.868); 6. Mike Smith (1:39.071); 7. Shawn Higbee (1:39.191); 8. Steve Crevier (1:.39.609); 9. Aaron Yates (1:39.645); 10. Pascal Picotte (1:39.720~ 11. Mat M1adin (1:39.735); 12. Tom Kipp (1,39.851); 13. Chris Carr (1:40.750); 14. Michael Taylor (1:41.149~ IS. Eric Moe (1:42.055); 16. Tripp Nobles (1:42.681); 17. Eric Wood (1:43.217); 18. AI Salaverria (1:43.700); 19. Andrew Deatherage (1:43.924); 20. Mark Black (1,44.419); 21. Mark Miller (1:44.449); 22. James Randolph (1:45.040); 23. Dave Estok (1:45.157); 24. Frank Wilson (1:46.201); 25. Richard Alexander Jr. (1:46.238); 26. Dax Snow (1:46.794); 27. Daniel Bailey (1:46.941); 28. Mark }UIlge (1:47.104); 29. Steve Patter.;on (1:47.109); 30. Keith Marquez (1:47.365); 31. Roger Hendricks (1:47.847); 32. James Milroy Jr. (1047.854); 33. Mike Walsh (1:48.020), 34. lim Dickenson (1:48.813); 35. Gary Ried (1:51.432); ;16. Dan Wade (1:51.819). Briefl' ••• Ale.ssandro Gramigni pocketed $4000 df the $28·.500 superbike purse with his win at .Brainerd International Racew~y. Miguel DuHamel earned $3200 for finishing second and Tom Kipp took home $2300 for his third-place finish, man Dave Sadowski and will likely do the remaining rounds of the AMA series. Spencer has been attenqing as many car races as possible. both CART and IRL. in hopes of securing a ride. He has also tested a Fomiula 2000 car and hopes to. race it later in the season. Spencer is planning to move to Las Vegas, Nevada. later in the year. Turn one at Brainerd is about as harrowing as they get on the AMA schedule_ The top superbikes enter the right-hand comer at oVer 175 mph and from there it's a test of nothing but front-tire grip and rider bravado. As for thoughts on tum one, former_dirt tracker Larry Pegram had the Rob Muzzy confirmed at Brainerd that Doug Chandler and Mike Smith will not compete in the Suzuka .8-Hour for Kliwasaki. "Basically: it _ follOWing response: "I wish it was made to go tlie other direction,: he was decided that they'd run just th.e Japanese teams and the World' said.."rm about wide open in one now. If it were the other way. I know I could go wide·open. I'm making up a lotof time on people in that comer. " . Superbike team'." Muzzy said on Saturday. "Doug is 'in championship contention and there's a potential for. high risk theie. It aidn't make sense, .so we basically just withdrew. We'll be well represented there ';'Ith no·r;'sk. ·Thebest· response in. reQard to .luI'(! one goes to .MIg"el DuHamel,' to Doug. "' In .aaditio~ .to i"'/o Japanese:run' teams, Kawasaki will also field" who ~aid that he can't get himself to 9.0 through th'e comer 'wide' open th~ M~ team of Anthony Go....rt ~nd Simon Crafar with sponsorbecause: "My'skirt blows LlP over my helmet and I can't see:" . s~ip from a Japanese. credit card company. . . 'Smokin' Joe's Honda'sStev;' Crevier retumed.to racing at Brain'erd after. suffering a ruptured spleen, broken ribs and .other injuries in a freak Brainerd marked the .debut of the brand-spanking-new Sm~n' ~'s Honda semi..though it was being pulled by the old lra.cter..The flew one' perSonal watercroft accident at the end' of May, Ii didn't take Crevier'long' to get back to speed a~d he qualified eighth in .the Superbike National,. is on order, according to team owner. Martin Adams, despite his inactivity on a race bike. "I lost it In tum two severely and Who has had more. points-pa~ng finish~s than any other in the hiStO';' of bailged my ribs," ~er said after qualifying.' "Now it's back, to being AMA Superbike racing? Da" Quartei!ely. Through the end .ofthe 1995. pretty sore, but I think a night's sleep .will help me. It's still pre\ly frustrating because before I got hurt I was right at the tail end of the fast pace,. season, the New Englander had scored points in 79 races. Next.on the and' n

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