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Round 6: Portland International Raceway . ROAD: ·RACE. .North.AmericanSpcirt Bi~e Series Portland Intem.tlonal Raceway Portland. Oregon Rilsults: August 11. 1996 (Round 6 of 9) FORMULA USA QUALIFYiNG: 1. Doug Polen (1:07.289); 2. Doug Chandler (1:07.321); 3. Tray Batey (1:07.981); 4. Glenn Szarek (1:08.057); 5. Chris Taylor (1:08.081); 6. Jason Fraser (1:08.128); 7. Fritz Kling (1:08.165); 8. Dave Sadowski (1:08.500); 9. Dave Stanton (1:08.788); 10. Jimmy Moore (1:09.213); 11. Joe Pittman (1:09.614); 12. Chuck Gra"s (1:10.034); 13. Andy Deatherage (1:10.144); 14. Mark Mill.. (1:10.436); 15. James Randolph (1:10.554); 16. Chris Voelker (1:10.636); 17. Scott Zampach (1:10.742); 18. Michael Fitzpatrick (1:10.842); 19. Jeff Stem (1:11.428); 20. Hikaru Miyagi (1:11.857); 21. Joey Arm (1:13.250); 22. Joe Cubbage (1:13.574); 23. Benjamin Welch (1:14.263); 24. James Martin (1:14.500); 25. Colin Jensen (1:14.679); 26. Tripp Nobles (1:15.036); 27. Bob SiebenhalU: (1:15.478); 28. Dave McGrath (1:15.818); 29. James Hanrahan (1:15.987); 30. Shawn Conrad (1:16.509); 31. Micahel Cage (1:16.594); 32. Michael Sidwell (1:19.204); 33. Sean Sidwell (1:20.822); 34. Chris Kihlstaclius (1:32.832). FORMULA USA RACE ONE: I. Doug Polen (Suz); 2. Tray Batey (Suz); 3. Dave Sadowski (Hon); 4. Joe ,Pittman (Kaw); S. Chuck Graves (5u2o); 6. Andy Deatherage (Kaw); 7. Michael Fitzpatrick (Kaw); 8. Mark Miller (Suz); 9. James Randolph (Suz); 10. Scott Zarnpach (Tri); 11. Glenn Szarek (S=); 12. Jeff Stem (Kaw); 13. Fritz Kling (Yarn); 14. James Martin (Yarn); 15. Joe Cubbage (Yarn); 16. Colin Jensen (Due); 17. Jason Fraser (Hon); 18. Bob Siebenhaar (Hon); 19. Joey Arm (Suz); 20. Chris Taylor (Hon); 21. Hikaru Miyagi (Yarn); 22. Chris Voel.ker (Hon); 23. David Stanton (Suz); 24. Doug Chandler (Kaw); 25. Jimmy Moore. Time: None due to red flag. Distance: 13 laps, 23.4 miles. Average speed: None due to red flag. Margin of victory: None due to red flag. FORMULA USA RACE TWO: I. Fritz Kling (Yam); 2. Dave Sadowski (Hon); 3. Tray Batey (Suz); 4. David Stanton (Suz); 5. Scott Za.mpach (Tri); 6. James Randolph (Suz); 7. Andy Deatherage (Kaw); 8. Mark Miller (Suz); 9. Michael Fitzpatrick (Kaw); 10. Hikaru Miyagi (Yam); 11. Jeff Stem (Kaw); 12. Chris Voelker (Hon); 13. Joey Arm (Suz); i4. Jarnes Martin (Yarn); IS. Joe Cubbage (Yarn); 16. Joe Pittman (Kaw); 17. Colin Jensen (Duc); 18. Bob Siebehnaar (Han); 19. Chuck Graves (Suz); 20. Doug Polen (Suz); 21. Glenn Szarek (Suz); 22. Jimmy Moore (Kaw); 23. Chris Taylor (Han). Time: 15 min., 1.202 sec. Distance: 13 laps, Average Speed: 99.447 mph. Margin of Victory: 0.047 sees. SUNOCO RACE FUELS FORMULA USA C'SHIP SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After 12 of 18 races): 1. Tray Batey (340); 2. Fritz Kling (319/3); 3. David Sadowski (313/4); 4. David.Stanton (300); 5. Chuck Graves (274); 6. Scott Zarnpach (234); 7. feffrey Stem (214); 8. Andr. Death..age (180); 9. Chris Taylor (174); 10. Doug Po en (3.59/1); 11. Curtis Adams (148); 12, Michael Fitzpatrick (146); 13. Glenn Szarek (138); 14. Joe Pittman (135); 15. Mark Miller (106); 16. Michael Barnes (102); 17. (TIE) Ray Yoder /Tripp Nobles (9S); 19. Jason Fraser (94); 20. Brett Metzg.. (89). (Left) Shawn Roberti put his years of experience at Portland International Raceway to good use as he walked away from the EBC Brakes Sportblke field. (Right) Tripp Nobles (1) took a hard-fought Victory In the Mobil 1 Triumph Speed Triple Challenge. Dave McGrath (66). second-place finisher Scott Zampach (11) and third-placed Shawn Conrad (partially hidden) give chase. McGrath ran third until a late-race crash. UpcomiAg Rounds: . Round 7 - Pocono, Pennsylvania, September 1 Round 8 - Loudon, New Hampshire. October 6 EBC Brakes Sportbike Round 5: Portland International Raceway PORTLAND, OR, AUG. 11 ornetown hero Shawn Roberti ran away from the 23-rider EBC Brakes Sportbike field, easily winning the race on a track he said he had been around probably "400,000 times." From the flash of the green, Portland's Roberti turned his green Kawasaki ZX-6 into a ghost, disappearing at a comfortable clip and never in danger of doing anything but winning at Portland International Raceway. "I've been racing here 11 years," Roberti, who said he would retire after this season, said. "I might be old, but I can still get it on." There would be no argument from fellow'Oregonian Jimmy Moore. The Honda F3-mounted Eugene resident jumped straight into second, but was never able to draw Roberti in. His competition would come from behind, Bandit International's Matt Wait making up for a somewhat lackluster start before carving his way through the pack. Ending the first lap, Wait was in sixth, then fourth a lap later, but with some distance on the battle for second. At the time that battle was being waged between Moore and series points leader Reuben Frankenfield, the latter aboard the Greenwood Motorsports Kawasaki. Those two were able to clear away from the pack and it wasn't until the sixth of 13 laps that Wait could draw a bead on the pair. .Wait was by Frankenfield going into turn seven and then set out for Moore. But third was as iar as he would get. No amount of prodding could dislodge Moore from his spot and Wait was a shadow third to Moore at the flag. Roberti had already crossed the line 2.91 seconds in front of Moore to notch his first EBC Brakes Sport Bike win. Frankenfield was well alone' in fourth, and he motored to a solid fourth, extending his points lead. After five of eight rac;', Frankenfield leads Jim Lester, seventh today, 131 to 102. Wait moved into a third place tie with Steve Johnson, who finished in 12th place today, with both holding 97 points. Behind Frankenfield there were a number of two-rider spats. The one over fifth was between two Northwesterners, Kirkland, Washington's Jason Fraser and Medford, Oregon's David Cook. Though Cook kept his Beaverton Honda close most of the race, Fraser urged his J&R Rentals Kawasaki away from Cook on the final lap. Behind them, Jim Lester and Ke.vin Rentzell ran together from about midrace on, contesting seventh. Lester was able to hold a very tenuous lead right up to the penultimate lap when Rentzell slipped by. The Georgian held the spot again on the final lap, but was run down by Lester at the flag and had to se'!,le for eighth. Mobil 1Triumph Speed Triumph Challenge Series Round 6: PQrlIand International Raceway Portland International Raceway Portland. Oregon Results: August 11.1996 (Round 5 of 8) By Henny Ray Abrams EBC BRAKES SPORTBIKE: 1. Shawn Roberti (Kaw); 2. Jimmy Moore (Hon); 3. Matt Wait (Hon); 4. Reuben Frankenfield (Kaw); 5:"'J85On Fraser (l

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