ROAD RACE
SImco Race Fuels Formula USA series.
Final Round: Daytona International Speedway
Batey, Kling and
Sullivan ceiebnlte after
the second race.
Briefl
....
Muzzy Kawasaki's Doug Cisaftdler quafif1ed
on the pole lor the finalF-USA races of the year,
smashing ·the F-USA record but wen off the
superbike record. His best was
1:50_901
(115.553' mph). nowhere near Troy Corser's
pole-.setting time of 1:49.387 lor this year's DaYtona 200. The time came in the first session and
he was';' l able to improve ;to in the second session because of tqo much tr:affic on the back. '1
got oiled twice and there were a couple of guys
crashing. in front of me,' Cbandler said. ·It just
the guys blew
kind of tumed me off. ,Both
up In front of me it· oiled me up pretty good. Nei.
ther time cfid I see oil flags the next lap arou.nd.
Even though it was way windy, I could've done ..
mid-50,' Fast by Ferracci's LarJ:)' Pegram
was second fastest, the Ducati 'rider knocking
ne~rly two seconds off his first session time,
CBR900s, LaBeIJe said he would probably stick
with them in 1997. 'We have the bikes and we
know them pretty well at this point.' he said. '1
just wish we had more support from Ar)1erican
Honda.'
The big winner of the fBC Brakes Triple Crown
was ZJoc:k RaciniI. Though they finished second in points to the Valvoline Suzuki, team, 398305.1hey pocketed an extra $10,000 since the
Suzuki team doesn't use EBC Brakes_ Zlock
earned $17,500, $7,500 for finishing second and
$10,ooo,1or using the brakes. The Suzuki' team
won $10.000, with Team Labelle finishing third in
points at 285 and taking home $5,000. EBC
Brakes will not be sponsoring the two-rider
T.riple Crown after this year, Formula .USA's
Doug Gonda said, adding that they were looking
lor anotller sponsor to 'step in. 'We're planning
on it,' Gonda
'We're probably going to
chllnge it,. but we're not sure exactly how.' The
Triple Crown was run at Pocono, Road America.
and Daytona with each'of the r.iders in lhe tworider teams earning points to the final payoff.
The black Muzzy' Kawasaki tliat Doug Chandler
rode to victory is very similar in specificatiOns to The top three ,leams shared bo,,-,!s awards of . braked real hard. For some reason Chuck has to· ing background., 'Prior to that I'd alreedy started
tum it in early because of the way it steers. I hit - to look.. but I made the actual decision around
the one that wiP be sold through Kawasaki deal- · $32,500.
the ground at about 120 mph.' Miller had ridden: Sears, Poiot time. I've been lookiog at all the
ers. Named the .............-lhe machine is tiased
on the standard Kawasaki zX7R street bike and IE c....ino used the final F-USA race of the ~r his Team Suzuki Sport GSXR150'for much' pf guys frol'(l dirt tra.ck arid all the guys that road
raced and tried to get a feel lor who I'd be interto test tires in advanCe of its annual December . the weekend after puttiilg in eight laps· on Ooug
will be sold in both street lind nice 'trim. there
Polen's spare Team Polen Suzuki. 'He carne off
ested in. We had a couple of guys in the road
tire tests., Ainong It!e riders testing tires
are still some final decisions to be made, but
Rob MUzzy said it. wOuld be. very similar to the Fast by Ferracci's L.arry Pegram and Tearn Polen winning two races at Road Atlanta (!he Suzuki' race thing. CBen) Bostrom and CMatt> Weit. that
Cup Grand National Rnals) and he was Iookiog .caught my eye, but both of tho'se guys made
SUZ1Jki's Doug Polen. Polen, who is considered
machine raced at Dayt()flll. The displacement.·he
commitments to Honda. Looking at all the differto finish up the season on a higH note,' Polen
P.femier iire evaltlator. said that he'd testee gear-driven_ 'We !J1iIy.m8ke it a.littIe. just about aP' of the tires, and -found a really said. He asked if he could lease an engine. We
dido't want to dp that. ~ other bike was sitt!"g . guy I wanfed to take the chance with.' What
good front. and a pretty ~t rea..-.' Uke Dun.bigger every now and then: rlke Ducati.· Muzzy
there so we decided to let him .ride that ~lOe. concerned Muzzy was his ~Ize. Throwing around
lap, Michelin appears to have gone to 8 dualsaid. The method of induction, ~ fuel "*,,,8 superbike is a lot· different from a 250, out
Unfortunately, he- had some meChanical probcompound tire, though Polen didn't initially adnit
tion or carbureted, hadn't been settled, Muzzy
added. The race-reedy. ~ is exPected to Sell • it, He said !lie tireS -...ere •more thao likely' dual iems with it (in the second qualifying sess!on.· 'Hayde~ Said he enjoyed throwing the Harley dirt
Because the team was' undermanned, there "II did today will help,i Ferracci said. '1'11 . chang.ed 9!'" tanks. It added ,II pounds and .we
'sided hard in the first session, with oil on ,the
went as fast as before. I d,d a 1 :53.3 on the
cal DNF' th
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send the video to the factory to look at." He
rear tire 'being ihe- culprit. Sadowski said,
20th lap With'that r •.
In e secon.
e ap mes go s er
.
,re.
all weekend,'· he said. Early on he was braking
of it'coming from ihe·engine-.and ~ on·the· also said that he pJanr~ on attending more FIo..-the first tum. near the start-finish line, considtrack. ~I was in the air.for so long I was !poking USA raCes·next year after going tp the Pocono
N_ Wait, who was serioqsly injured in Ihe
erab.ly too early. But he quickly adapted and
and Daytona. rounds this year.• Maybe .two,
lor the rip cord.: Sadowslionship still h8d a little
Canadian Kawasakfs Don Mun..... c"';e to - goirlg to try !o· race the San Jose Mile on th~
comfortable with it.' Hayden said. If he hadn't
light to cnase after. Corning -acroSs- the tn-.oval it
Dllytona only because- he'd bought the tickets
weekend. He s got two bones '~ his .arm that are · gotten ttie Muzzy offer, Hayden said there were
went bango I suspect it was a valve:' In the Secand
.
bring'
his bik
H'd uf . plated and the two. bones are JUst barely touchsome dirt track and other roed race offers, but
ond leg he said he felt something hit him in the
es. e. s ing_ There's so, much fragmentation that's 'it not
someone was . mg.
leg. Thinking it was a tire
he pulled o~ , fered an AC separation of hIS left shoulde..- '0' a
hear well W 'II' it thr
ks If't '. this was by 'far the best one. 'I've always
crash at the NASB race at Loudon two weeks
e. gove
~ more wee . '.
switched back and Iorth. Now I can' concentra.and looked at the tire, which was fine. Instead, it
rl'
d
'r Ily fit
He Id he
doesn t substantoally heal, we " go ahead and do
tion' on this and 600s.· '.
was a b4rst hose \hat was splaying water Qn- his
ea Ief an ,wasn rea.
to race.
sa
,
a bone graft so he can be ready for next season.
leg. 'I'm wide open for n'ext year,' Sadowski
He's helping M
reb 'Id lhe bik'
.
came to "acatlo~ or _nde around, but wasn t
th.,~ of raCing. '1J>ere was pain when I wenr
oroney
UJ
es.
said IiefOre heading home to Geotgia_ -I'd like
Over $15,090 was.raised for Scott Zampach
through. the chicane, when I had to pull on·the
to be on a bike that I can show my true cilpabil~
Rob Muzzy 'stunned the racing world by sho-Mng · in an auction held at the final NASB race. Zamties. A bike. that can make. 14 lapS at D/lytoila, bars, but it wasn't unbearable pain: Munroe
up ilt Daytona with his 'his newest recruit: 18- 'pach was seriously injured in a crash at the
said. "If it' was Loudon, I think I'd be watching.'
I'm not ruling out staying with this team. o.
Loudon round of the 'NASB series in early Octoyear-old T....-ny Hiryden, '1 said all along that
After finishing I1ftti in ihe first leg, he changed
ber and remains- in serious condition in a New
.
most everybody was going·to be real surprised
Team laBelle owner B _ , laBelle said he
his mind. The secqnd leg was less kind. Braking
when they found au't what I'd dooe,' Muzzy · Hampshire'hospital. Auctioneer Jerry Wood auclor the left-hand tum six going up onto the bank- said. Though Hayden mostly dirt trllcked this tioned off. a var,ety of donated items in two
would probably stick.with the F-USA program
ing, Munroe lost the front end of Kawasaki ZXusing Hondas, despite immense costs this year
sales, one Saturday afternoon and another duryear. he's been road racing lor yearS, mostly on
7R and crashed. He.'d chunked a front tire in the
iog the' lunch break Sunday. The b,iggest ticket
and little. support from American .Honda. laBelle,
125s and .250~, wit.h a few 600cc Supersport
first leg. and went to a, harder one in the second
who'has run two Mike'Velasco-tuned Honda
rides this year. That he'd never ridden a super- · item was a cover photo on the front of • National
CBR900RRs this year; said he may scale bacK one, but it never hooked up. Munroe said he rePrivateer," which was auctioned off for $1,700
bike didn't dissuade Muzzy, who said Hayden
to one rider next year, especially if the EBC
aggravated the injury with his spill, but didn't
to Thomas Fournier of Dunbar Eurosports in
was the firSt rider he'd ever hired to race a
.
Triple Crown Challenge is eliminated; as if worsen it. .
Brockton, Massachusetts. 'We:1I put him on the
superbike who hadn't aCtually ridden one.. What
'appears it will be. LaBelle' said. he was also con- convinced M~zzy to' sign H!lyden was his. dirt ·.cover ~Iong with a couple of, smaller pictures," .
sidering entering 'the AMA's' new Formula ·:ream Suzuki Sport.'s Mark -Miller also went: track success..·That he was able to make a dirt · said Joe McKay, National Privateer:s' owner arid
Xtrerne class, depending'on when the race
aWay from DaYtona with his arm in a sling 1011pW- trac~ National.in one of his first outirigs is a pret- .- ~itor .• Inside. we'll run a spread 'Witli an 8xlO'
'If it's Sunday race.and th<;re's !V coVerage,
ing a crash in the chicane. Miller said thai he ran
I)' miraCulous ihing. Md. that really impressed . picture and some other ones, maybe one'in front
we'll look al it.'
said. 'I'm sure we'n do
intO the 'ba!:k of Graves MotorsportS!Moiorcy~
me and probably' was the deciding point.' Muzzy ·of the. shop.' 1h sec.ond biQQest money·eamer .
,some of Qath.·
is also interested in. ~ _ cle Online's Chuck' Graves going into th" chlsaid that he'd made the ,decision. about Sears' was a s!!t'of laathers.donated by MotoPoint
ing the new Ho~ V -twin next year, in advanCe . cane on the t 1th lap. '1 ran into the back of him
pOint time io hire a,young rider. 'Someone wliq whicli sold. lor $8.00. A centerspread in "Nationof its hOf[lOlogation lor AMA superbike ,racing in ' going into the chicane,' Miller said. '1 got in his '
al P.rivareer· and a set of Fox Shok both went
"'?t really experie.nced., but h8d a ~g 1'8C1998. Despite'a oumber cl prob~ With 1he
draft and he was"a ,1ittIil to the Iefl Both of us
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