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ROAO':RACE :.... .' SUnoco Race FuelS Fonnuia USA Series, : nV,,"'I.;r:..or Round 6: Portland International.Raceway tried him again on the back straight and (it was) the same thing - not an inch, I knew that I was going to have to put it in just a little bit deeper and see what happens. And he stuck with me all the way into it side by side, but I didn't give up. I wanted to win. It was the whiteflag lap, I had to do it then." Now it was up to Sadowski to try to force an error, which he did when Kling slid hard coming out of the fillal turn. But in the horsepower war, Kling was the king and it showed at the line. DUNLOP Tray Batey, Fritz Kling and Dave Sadowski celebrate after the second race, "I think we did real well considering what happened 12 hours ago when there was shrapnel allover the pl~ce," Sadowski said of the team's weekend count' of four blown Hpnda CBR900 motors, Stanton challenged teammate Batey briefly, then fell back to a solid fourth, weIl clear of the Zampach-Randolph duel which Zampach dominated right to the end. Deatherage had moved by Graves Motorsports' Graves, who was slowed with ignition woes, on the sixth lap, then let Mark Miller come to him. At the end, Deatherage held Miller off to take seventh, with Michael Fitzpatrick ninth, rest cif the Inform~tlon: will be . point we· don't know exactly why, ·We"re. going to get them anareleased at the de~ler' show. All lYzed to find.out'what the problem was,' Velasco said that he.had of the machinery, ~Iong With 'a 'run .the engines at 'both Elkhart Lake and Brainer.d 'without any po'ssible. M'uzzy 600, .wnl be .problems. "I'm sure we'll be ready for Pocono.". , '. . available through p~rtlcjpatirig K~w~s~ki de~lers ~na built at " The People's NetworK's Doug ·Pol'" said that he' would contest ihe final' i~o:rounds of the AMA ~uperbik~ Ch~mpl~nship 'at Muzzy's shop In Bend, oregon. Muzzy said' there" mayor may' Sears' Point aT\d las Ve9as, in addition to th'e 'Fonmula USA races' · not be a Muzzy 600.·That's a\ Poc.orio and !;IaYtona. And when re returns to 'the' AMA wars, merely a rum~r. All the rest is ·he'll be betler armed. At th", recent Suzuka 8:Hour in Japan; I~ct. The (hofl1ologation) number Polen. was' abfe io procure ~ 'number of parts which. he expects to . . . for lh~t Is 400..1JUSt happen to .signlflcantly enhance 'the performance of hjs Suzuki GSX,R750. know th~i," Muzzy s~id wit~ a "We got a whole box full of p~rts," Polen' said 0.1 lne' s~ipmerit · smile..Because of World Stiper- which recently arrlwed from Japan: Among the p~rts 'is a 'dry bike homologation requirements. . clutch, a close-ratio gearbox.' with a seleeiion of ratios for each · Muzzy-has to .build f50 of the' gear. and.tl'ie.same.Showirear shock that.he·s been running' 1m 7500.0. street bike version. He his iactoiy Suzuki endurance machine.' .'.. . ' ... said that the number of race' · bikes he built would be deter-' Prote~ an'd accus9tions accompanied ih e· revi"'ct r."ults·, '. . . mined by dem~nd a,nd he hQped . from the red-flag-Interrupted flrst'leg. mostly centenng on ",!hether to hav,!, an accurate gauge on It from the.dealer show. rhere IS a a r.lder can change machln.es In the middle of the race The Dutch·possibility that. the 'team. may debut the race-ready vllrsion .of· the 'mari Racing Yamah~ team of Dave Schlos'ser dian't think: so.' so machin.e at the·flnaH~-USt.\ race at,Daytona in late October.... At .they s'ent FritZ. Kling back out bn the FZ'I;qOOo"wbich had' · lhis. point, we're considering running an actual motorcycle there,'" caused the red flag' when a radiator hose came off and sprayed T.he. People~s. Network' s Doug Polen C1aim.ed the po,ie position MuzzY.'said. "We have not '!lade a final'declsion: I·thlnk It WQuld' tlie entrance to ium orie with hot water.. after Kling had. talked with {or the P-USA race, despite 'sitting out the second qualifying ses- . be a' great lead-in. It Would ge a great promotion to have the actu- 'F-USA officials. Kling went'back 'out on the 'same machine' in the sion .'Silturday...Using 'a mostly stoc.k motor.' in. his Siizuki: a!'bike competing.' Muzzy said thatlhe F-USA· machine woula be re-start of 'th e .first leg.. the· engine. running wit~O"t .water: an.d GSXR750. Polen tumed a lap on :07.289'- nl:Jwhere ne~r Dave . 'cheaper than the AMA and WSB machines.. "We. wimUo keep . 'nursed it 10 a 1.3th-p!a.ce finish. never revving the. engine beyond. Sadowski's .1994 track record' lap of-1;05.39· .. in the firsi session.. . the cost as low a~ 'we can .and still be able.to 'win ·tbe F-U~A. 9000' rpm, aba.ut ~OOO fewer ·than. ·nonmal. "I thought, for' sure it · then sat' out ihe second one ·while his creW wOrked on tiis race .championship. We're eliin.inatlryg the last little things ·that cost 'so was· going to blow: It was slinky. I' d,idn'·i \(\Iant it to blow up:"' Kling · engine. "It's noi bad ·.Vlihen you' can sia~ '0'1 the pole' with no engine' ,much. The P-USA race version will' be con"iderably ctieap~r than' .said. The rider. w.ho went dow~ in Kling' ~ water was Dave Stan·' · In the bike," Pdlen Silid: "eated under his.canopy ,after ihe second .the' Superbike ·",ersior· It \'1111 b~ a reliabl,!, machine .that'.s .as .cost:. ~n, 'The' Suzuki rider SWitched to' his Supersport 'machine :tor the · session. '.'If I didn't end up on the pole itdidrt'!·m<\tte'r.·1 knew tnere' effective as w~ can mak~ it am{-still win the "hampior'\shlp.... second p~rt' of. the lirst leg, but· the laps 'which he completed.on was .only ·one·.guy tbat could .go faster .than. me,". Peilen' said: of . . . ' the :spare bike were disallowed and.he was' credited with'a 23rd· s'econd·fastest Doug Cbandl",r eif Muzzy.Kawasaki. P.qlen said that .M~ \/Vas coy' about the·cIi';pble.",.,;n~of lhe ";'aehine Chan- place finish. '~Nowh",re does it state in the rule. bpok thai y?~. · he would fit' his race engine. which ne says produces .20 .to· 25 dler ""as 'riding, saying' It was "somewhere. between a 750 and can't switch bikes," Stanton said. Because of. that his team filed · more horsepower thary sio~k, fQr. the· raee. Among .o~tier ..things,· 900.' Muzty. also wouldn't say what the final specs on' the' a prates!..." Basically, they (F:-US~ sc~ewed up '90dl they're. trYi~g the race engine· has 3mm oversize pistons,. the Suiuk[ kit· head ..' machine' would be and s.everal 01 the privateer Kawasaki ieams. . to ·covedheir tracks,." .gt~riton said. But maYbe not. According to With fitanlum valves,' and ih:e Kit camshafts. "If, I'm already faster were corwinced that ihe.engin e 'was fitted' witli gear-dnyen cams. . Fcin:nula :USA Direcior of Compeiition .Colin fraser.' no One fom · than.he·(Chandlerl is with that head,.he has no ~hance tomot.row.·' .From the'rider's seat. Chan.ille, could feel the· difference: "When I S!!'nton's team ~pproached him' during the red. flag delay. As. f.or . '. ..' .' come onto the fio~t slrai.ght, I 'can't even pin it' until j. gel' into tt)ird' 'chan'glng bikes, Fra~r ~aid .. 'The' rlilebook ·does not ·.covenhis. T.eain .Muzzy Kswas~ki"s Do\19 C...n"ler guali!!ed' .Q:032·. see-. Sea'r,' Chandler. ,said.· "Thi~ on~ seems ti:> rell mor~. 'li's_stronger. It's op'en to' Interpretation.' What deeided the:i.ssue. according to · ond .behind .Polen and, was. dlsappoint",d wiih. ·the tiri)e.."I.had· a '. at the bpttom and there'.s !)'lore on top. At Daytona. (In Marc!)l I Fraser, was the fad! that the ·machine. Stanton .went nack.out '0'1 clean track; but I.just .couldn't gei it to hook up eno"gh," ChandlEtr. ra,ced .11 OQs and ran. with .them. Here we haven:t .cor:n e aer.oss 'had neVer been lhrough tech' inspectlon ..a simple, but very costly said, attClouting most .of the problem' to the heai.· The Portland'.' .any that. we need to drsft." '. 'misiake .for a veteran team.. Be.cause of that. Sianton was on· a . 'srea .was· under.an intense heat wave,' hitting 98 degrees at· the basically (IIegal tnachine and' all' of his effort In -lhe:nrst:raGe:was . · nearby .ai·rport Sat~rday afternoo'n, Tne data. ai:quis~ion unif on .The d'ebut ~f the machine went less"well than hoped.. On the sey- ·n~lIifled. ·It was 'dooded .that, ,because he had filed. a protest. puniChan·dler'.s. Kawasaki .showed:that he .was 'spinning ihe .tire for' . enth lap of the first· leg, Chandler suffered ari ignitioil fai.uN.' tive measures needed to be taken. The six· laps w!lich he complet• most of the ·Iap. On the frorit straight, he ·h'it a top sp.eed of 1.74 'going into turn·one while' comfortably in the lead,'" It did the' same . ect in the first .Ieg.. which :put .him 'in 23re piace in -the first revisea mph. -as measured .by)is front wheer mOl;jtor: .while· the: rear . thing all weekend." Muz,y:Kawasaki:s G~ry Medley said: Accordprovisianal results, good for elght',ch.ampionShlp points. w~re' \'Ihe~1 wa" spin,njng at 184 mpr.· . ..... ing t9 the Kawasaki siopwatChes; Chlindler turned a fast' lap. of 't~ken away. He was' removed" from the resulis and. gndded at the. · 1,06.20 orithe seoond .Iapqf the ,ace, ·then. backed it up, with a' back.of th~ field for .the seco~d leg_ · The' .Dun,,"i» ~!'Cyc.I.· Fftfl..el.of ·~p••~twill b~ ·.hil.. 1:06.5~. It was the fastest thathe.had gone ·all weekend and o v e r · . . . . · vi.... On the Prime Network, Cycle World show in fwo segmerts, ,a second bett~r thar his qualifYing. time. . . . .. , .. .' .' . Th~ tWo :$.1:0,00'0 py;ses. ~re fairly evenly distrib.ui~d .among:the· .0'1' September .1.2 !lnd·'.9: Each' show will' feature. o·ne.leg .of the. ..... : . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . varit run'ners with Tray Batey and Team Lsbelle's D.v. SadFonmula-WSA race. along with. a lew of the' suPpor.t classes:' One' '. In addition to his ·F-USt;. duti",.s. -Muzzy Kawasaki's ·boug Chan'dler·. owslil the' winners. Each' carded a second· arid third-place. finish cl.ass. that won:t appear. on 'th telecast' is ..the Buell Ugh·tning ~Iso rode ~ik. S,*,ith'.l! K8~.~kl ~,.but onIYi~practite. . whi.ch add6d 'up .to· $:2700 in' winnings.. DutthmariRacing.'s lint. '. Series. The class didn't rur at Portland:beca·use.Buell·an~ NASB :. We brought It to.,!o spmetestlng. Rob Muzzy said.. "!e ~ant-'· '. Kling.. tre second leg winner. earned .nearly as much. $2500' for had declded on ~ live-raee ser)es for 1996, ~ostly .for· buagetary. ed a .s.econd opinion. and It was a goad Idea tO,let him ·nde. It. ihe win and '~nolher $125 ·for ci,colati.ng· a~ound in' 13th in the·lil'st· · reasons.. NASB's Patriok ~'urphy said. that Buell had picked the.. ar~und, gel. fE\8d~ack on what maY or ~a'y not be ~ts strengths' . leg with an o~erheating :engine. HiS; take 6f $2625 ·was.$25 better .five races they,liked and· Portland 'Wasn't arr.ong ~hem: "It's not and w.eak pOints. ChanQler, wh~ couldn.t e~~r r"'me Mber racing. than first-race winner Do. . P~"n, of The' People's Netw.ork, official yet, but they'll prdbably d", a full seasOn nel(! year,''' Mur-. a BOO before.. practiced the machi1le. but dldn t race It, mostly ?U e . who earned $2500 ·for the wi~. and another $'10P for. his s.econd. phy ·said. adding that he ,had been. at a. Harley.i)avidson d",aler. to a lack of track tlme.Tho.ugh h.e had.a 10,t of.fun~n tI\e.machlne~., leg.20tl). '. show ana that the :' demand from 'the dealers for alHh", markets is .' there' wer.e too m~~y problem areas which couldn t be fixed pr?p. 'So :strong·that ~e're search'ing frantically .to get' them'to' all'of the.' erly' in time to co~npete. " Oelending.!;-USA Champion Chris Taylor 'had a 've~ "rough. · markets we go to,". .'. .....' .' . . .' . day atPortlana: Tayior ,high:sided ·0'1 the 1Oth I~p of'the first leg Engine gremlrns struck T.am Lab.l~ hard at P0rtland, .the while running near tne' f,b~t of· the .field: "Too much·thtottle." · R9b MUzzy said he. plans to :sell bo\h'raCe ...,ilc:lii. arid fuII·on '" Hoo~a CBR900·equlpped t~am gOing through two. ~oto.rs e~~h .' Taylor said.. He dropped out on the third lap 01 the .second leg tace bike~·for'the TOO7 season. MuzzY said that'he WQul.d .intra:· f'?r ~I?,!rs D.ave·$ad0wskl:and.Chns Tay!or. Ssdo~skl s~d theYd': when.il cap ·on·'one·ol the' fork iegs came 0'11 ,ind sprayea hlr:n . duce the machinerY at the Kawasaki dealer show in Reno, Nevahad evllry klJ1d ·of problem ypu could think 9f . They can t hack. ~. . With. oil. ..... . ' . . . da, In·mid'September. "There w,lI' be ';' Muzzy Kawasaki street·. We ~ot a bunch ,of bad ~rao~.s. We went 'ba~k to .our ba~ic settin~.. . : . ' . , . .' . '. ..... . · bike ,n. two SIZ~S, a 750 ~nd thiS one," MuZzy said o'f the larger- .. without the stroked crank:. It s pretty much·ltl

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