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infield. Fritz had acceleration off the corners and I had brakes, It's just handling. We can't seem to get this 900 Honda handling for superspeedways, You try to get it set up for the banking and it's too stiff for the infield and you can't find tl,e traction. Add to that the hard-compound tires. You've got to be a prophet to figure out the su pension settings," The order remained mostly static among the top seven until the 11 th lap when Kling slowed suddenly exiting 'the infield and going up on the banking. There was a visible discharge out his exhaust pipe and it looked like his day might be over, but it wasn't - just his podium hopes. He quickly recovered, but not before Carr and Sadowski had gotten away. "The engine overheated and got 'Ski' (Sadowski) all wet," Kling said. '1t was overflowing the catch bottle and getting me all wet too. It started making really bad noises coming out of the corners so U1e boys will be busy (changing engines between races). At least we got a fourth out of this one and it's a long season, You count Doug Chandler out at the beginning so that's a third for me." Once Kling was out of the mix the race became a procession, Chandler winning by 26.006 seconds, followed by Carr, who had about six on Sadowski with Kling about four behind. Anotner carr (12) holds off Fritz Kling (2) and Sadowski in their battle for second place. Carr got the spot both times out on the HarleyDavidson VR1000. the road, was furth!,!r delayed by severe weather in the south Harley-Davidson's Thollla..- Wilson suffered a broken right col· larbone ,and concussion after he highsided coming ,out of th,e Inter· , and didn't get to the speedway until Saturday morning, He was , national Horseshoe early in the first qualifying session. The accionly able to make one lap in the 'morning qualifying 'session but dent was so severe that he cracked his heimet' and had 'to be was able to end up on the front row, qualifying fourth while trytaken to Halifax General Hospital and was kept overnight. H·D ing to sort ou't the Pirelll tires which he was running at Daytona ,Ra~e 'track proliferation isn't only an American phenomenon. A for the first time, "At the end I ran high 54s and low 55s dead, team manager Steve Scheibe said that Wilson was optimistic new multi-purpose facility, 'located between Hannover and Berlin no problem," Polen said after.qualifying af1 :54.710, He pitted about making the March g Da}'tona 200, "His words to me were, in northern Germany, was unveiled at Daytona by Hans Valentin a few times with blistered rears, which he expected for the 'Don't co'unt me out,'" Scheibe said, Scheibe said that. since he Klein, one of the three partners and founders of the track. Called compound he was running at Daytona, "It was just the staQdard was at ihe hospital he ""asn't aware that Chris Carr had logged the'Motopark Oschersleben, the 2.28-mile-long track is the second·fastest qualifying time, and he did it on Wilson ',s bike, tire, It was a bit soft for Daytona, Temperature-wise and grip. already slated to host a round .of the 1997 World Supersport wise they're good." There will be new tires arriving for the Day· "It seemed to handle better," Carr said after clOCking a 1:53,676. Champio'nShip in August of this year .and the World Superbike tona 200, "Really, ;'IIhat we need now is in the works." As to "I spent a lot of my time trying to re-Iearn the race tracks and teams will test there in preparation for a 1998 round at the circuit. haven't spent eQough time fine·tuning the bike. I wouldn't say his whether they'd be dual·compound tires, which Dunlop and The main track. which can be configured a number of different bike is faster. It certainly inspired me to push it through the turns. Michelin have been using, Polen only smiled and said "NC (no ways, has seven lefts.. seven rights and 10 straights. the longest commentl, Between, you and J, that's all I can say," Polen was The tires were working better." Carr added that he was working being the 2244-foot straight. The organizers have built this tei be a with his mechanics to get it e quickly paid back. About six million people live tUm four onto the front straight. he shifted into sixth gear and the Rob Muzzy said th.at the AMA's plan to claim the 600cc Superwithin a 75-mile radius and Berlin is only two bours away. In addisport winner at Daytona "won't change a thing for us, I think I've frorit end was. lifted off the ground, 'That's the ficst time I wheel· tion to races, the track will be used by. the ·German automotive, already had two bike's claimed here: I'm not opposed to it. There's led down the front straightaway at Daytona." Carr said: industry for testing and Continental Tires. which has a test facility a certain value in doing it. I've aTways supported what it's supin n~arby. Hannover, has already committed to using the road Dutchman Racing's Fritz Kling qualified sixth, not bad consider· posed to be. " The last time Muzzy had one claimed it was Miguel course as a test track. ing "he had surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his brain i,n DuHamel's bike. rhe problem. Muzzy said. was that it was such a popular model lhat Kawasaki was completely sold out and they Andrew Stroud was the·first victim of t.he new NASB spec-fuel early N,?vember.. For the past year Kling tiad been' s:

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