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(1:48.1 IS); 25. Mark Miner (1:48.822r, 2/i. Nicolas Felli (1:48.969r, 27. Daniel Bailey (1:49.034); 28. Dax Snow (1:49.736); 29. Dale Kieffer (1:50.201); 30. Mark Black (1:50.260); 31. Mike Kryno<:k (1:50.513); 32. Steve Patterson (1:50.722); 33. Robert Mesa (1:51.009); 34. Frank Wilson (1:51.292r, 35. Dean Mizdal (1:51.468); 36. John Hilton Jr. (1:52.583); 37. Michael It Smith (1:52.900); 38. David Roy (1:53.109); 39. Gary Ricci (1:53.88Ir, 40. Victor Cabral (1:54.080); 41. Kenneth Evan (1:54.256) SUPERBIKE NATIONAL: I. Aaron Yates (Suz~ 2. Matt M1adin (Suz~ 3. Doug Chandler (!Caw); 4. Thomas Wilson (H-D); S. Chris Carr (H-D); 6. Steve Crevier (Hon); 7. Mike Smith (Kaw); 8. Pascal Picotte (Suz); 9. Miguel DuHamel (Hon); 10. Tom Kipp (Yam); II. Larry Pegram (Due); 12. Ben Bostrom (Hon); 13. Michael Taylor (Kaw); 14. AI SaJavem.a (H-D); 15. Michael Barnes (H-O); 16. David Estok (Due); 17. James Randolph (Suz); 18. Mark Miller (Suzr, 19. Steve Rapp (Kaw); 20. Nicolas FeUi (Kaw); 21. Eric Moe (Kaw); 22. Dale Kieffer (Suz); 23. Mike Krynock (Kaw); 24. John Hilton Jr. (Hon); 25. Kenneth ~van (Suz); 26. Jamie Briefl James (Yarn);.27. On Snow (Suzr, 28. Calvin Raybom m (H-O): 29. Frank Wilson (Suz); 30. Steven Patterson (Suz~ 31. Shawn Higbee (Due); 32. Dean Mizdal (Yarn~ 33. Tripp Nobles (H·D); 34. Victor Cabral (5uz); 35. David Roy (Suz) TlDle N 1A duto to red flag. A_speed: IA MarsO> of -rictorr- 0.217 oec. AMA SUPERBIKE NATIONAL C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (Afh:r 9 of 10 rOllnds): 1. Miguel DuHamel (252/4 wins); 2. Doug Chandler (250/1); 3. Tom Kipp (236); 4. Mat Mladin (225~ 5. Pascal Picotte (222~ 6. Aaron Yates (181/1~ 7. Larry Pegram (173); 8. Shawn Higbee (163); 9. Thomas Wilson (153~ 10. Steve Crevier (149~ I I. Chris Carr (136); 12. Mike Smith (130r, 13. AI Salavema (123); 14. James Randolph (122); 15. Alessandro Gramigni (121/2); 16. Mark Miller (118); 17. Dave Estok (97); 18. Jamie James (89); 19. Tripp Nobles (79~ 20. Eric Moe (78). Aaron Yates celebllItes the first win of his young AMA Superblke class career. Upcoming Round: Round 10: Las Vegas, Nevada· October 6 ••• Former dirt tracker and current road racing hot property Ben Bostrom, who signed a contract with American Honda on Friday night (see sidebar), was having his first-ever ride aboard a super' bike, his first·ever ride on slick racing tires and his first-ever ride on any road racer bigger than a 600 at Sears Point. Still, the 22· year·old Califomian put the" parts bin" Honda RC45 on the fourth row with the 14th·fastest time. "The thing's the coolest, man." the laid·back Bostrom said on Sunday morning. "I'm just starting to get familiar with it. This track is hard, if s a tough place so hopefully we'll be faster in Vegas (the next round of the senes on October 6). My goal is to hnish in the top 1 okay, top five," he said with a smile. "I just want to get a good finish and not crash. I don't want to set the world on fire this weekend. II's so easy to ride I can't tell 'em whafs wrong with it. I haven't touched it . I don'l know what to do with it. The big difference is those guys get it pointed quicker on the exits. [ can go in as quick and my comer· ing speed is good, but I can't get it pointed as quickly asttrey do. I guess they said the setup is somewhere between what Miguel (DuHamel) and Mike (Hale) would use. II's way cool." Bostrom was loading up on vitamins. lJying to recoller from the flu. He was also tbe busiest rider on the weekend, having to race not only the. Superbike but also the 600cc Supersport and Harley·Davidson TwinSport races. Bostrom finished 12th in his superbike debut. "I was all fired up," he said on Sunday afternoon. "I got a bitchio' start and was sixth or seventh. I was thinking, 'we're hangin'. I had new tires on and they were unscuffed. When I flicked it right through the esses the front tucked and' I buried my knee in the ground. Jt tried to pull me off the back but I think speed saved us." a... Honda's Gary Mathers denied rumors that Steve Crevier would be bought out from the second year of his contract with American Honda. '1 don't know where it started." Mathers said. "But it's not true. We have a contract with Crevier for next year and we fully intend to fulfill that. There's no question that he's had a tough year, but he's gong well here. Martin d a fairly miserable week· . end at Sears, crashing once in pr:actlce and flnis.hing .1 i th in the National. "', was a little off on Friday; but by Friday aftemoorr we were going pretly good," Pegram explained, "Then I crashed il and the other. bike was, totally different. It took me all of Saturday' ·to gel back to where I was. I, have no excuses. I rode like ~hit alt weekend. I just suckea here, an'd I'm goin·g to by and fOrget that ihis weekend elier nappened.'· . . Ditto 'for Thoma.·Stev_. "The former AMA Superbike Nation· al Champion is itching to get back into the Superbike class after a year of Supersport·only with' Kinko's Kawasaki. "I'm ~alking to everybody, but my first commitment is to Kawasaki." Stevens said. "They've' given me' the opportunity. to'sboW what. I've got. I'm an A guy and I want to be on an ~ team with an A bike." Although SuperTetims will'be changed for 1997, the class will be ·back. Instead' of the current two.rider/one:bik/>/one,hour for· mat,-the class will likely be a pseudo. Unlimited Supersp<;>rt Sprint race, akhough slick tires and more lenient rules wilt" apply. T~hni. cal regulations are still being Worl

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