Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Tommy Hayden (Kaw); 14. John Scheehser (Suz); l5. Doug Polen (Suz); 16. Brett Metzger (Suz); 17. Mario DuHamel (Suz); 18. Dax Snow (Suz); 19. James Randolph (Suz); 20, Brian Gibbs (Suz); 21. Chris Rankin (Suz); 22, Dale Kieffer (Suz); 23, Mark McDaniel (Suz); 24, Jimmy Moore (Suz); 25, John Jacobi (Suz); 26, Dean Mizdal (Suz); 27. Stephen Cooke (DuC); 28. Steve Arsenault (Suz); 29. Seth Hahn (Suz); 30. Miguel DuHamel (Hon); 31. Brett Guyer (Kaw); 32. Thomas Stevens (Duc); 33. Thomas Wilson Jr. (H-D); 34~ Ben Bostrom (Hon); 35. Roger Bell II (Suz); 36. Mike Fitzpatrick (Kaw), Time: 48 min. 38.710 sec. Distance: 39 laps 62.4 miles. Average speed: 76.966 mph. Ma,rgin oJ victory: 6530 sec. MBNA SUPERBIKE C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS Wter 5 of 10 rounds): 1. Doug Chandler (160/1 win); 2, Mat Mladin (14] /3 wins); 3. Steve Crevier (137); 4. Aaron Yates (131); 5. Pascal Picotte (129); 6. Miguel DuHamel (116); 7. Larry Pegram (90); 8. Tommy Hayden (SO); 9, Paul Harrell (77); 10, Tom lGpp (76); 11, Chris Carr (67); 12, Gerald Rothman Jr, (64); 13, Tripp Nobles (62); 14. Eric Moe (59); IS, Dax Snow (54); 16, Dale Kieffer (53); 17, Ben Bostrom (49); 18, (TIE) Mono DuHamel/James Randolph (48); 20, John Jacobi (46), Upcoming Rounds: Round 6 - Brainerd, Minnesota, June 29 Round 7 - Lexington, Ohio, July 20 .' E.lkha,rt Lake contin~e to change, Factory Tuning COJTlPonents' Salaverria in the second heat race when he crashed in tum 1-';", Anthony Lupo, who finishEtd 'fourth, then, was elevated to third' and the gaffe put him on the back row for'the'Elf Fuels/Lubricants with the di~qualification of HyperCycle's Mark,Miller, found out on 250cc Grand Prix final. -I'll have'to start from the back row here, Friday at Loudon that his fuel was found to be illegal and ,he, too, A lot ~f tracks, that means that you probably won't be right up was disqualified, That moved Grand Prix Motorsports Chris there \"lith the lead group immediately, ,This place, I don't.see Even though they w.on their respective classes, two of-the top ridRankin up to third, from his original fifth. ",We got the fuel report catching ~ny of the fast guys, I tRink I'll have trouble catching Ihe ers. at Loudon found their visit to the New Hampshir~ Irftemational back on Friday morning, and it said that the oxygen Co.n!ent was second,~ier guys at this track, I d6~'t mean that derogatorily, but ,Speedway a very mixed blessing, Both Fast by' Ferracci's Mat way high': AMA's ·Ron Barrick said. The maximum allowable o.;y~ , there are guys WhO are a qu~rtet to half a second slower than me Mladin and, Team Oliver Yamaha's ,Rich Oliver liked certain gen level is 2,8 pe'rGent. lind I,.upo's was over, 4:6 percent. -They in a normal situation, At this trac~, I d,on't see catching them, aspects ofthe race weekend, but fO.und that the conditions of the track itself did not match the level of-the rest of the facility, "I've' said they'd b_e appealing it.: Barrick'said,. "We')1 proba~ly send .- We'll have the first eight laps until we get lapped. traffic, butI'll be' the fuel sample. to any lab they want for II seco.nd opinion, in that traffic already," R",nfrow charged through the fi",ld e~My in ,found all the people who come to this race track as friendly as the 250cc race, and finished third after;J busy final two laps, anywhere else I've ever known aro.und the world," Mladin said, HyperCyc'le's, 'team manager Lance Ho'ist said the tea"J' ,"They'll say 'please,' and. "thank yoo' for everything, - autographs, app,ealed Mark Miller's, disqualification from Elkhart Lake, After Though be qualified on the' pole with a new lap record: Muzzy postEtrS, whatever - they're really nice peopl!" and everything, But finishing third, Miller:was disqualified for,iIIegal'head mcxjifications.' Kawasaki's Doug Chandler might have gone faster had he' not' you can't say the same for the race track, I feel a little bit.intimi"They felt something In the Read that they couldn't point out visuseeo trackside smoke on one of his faster laps late in Friday's da'ted by the walls. I ;"'as unfortunate to 'have:an oilline break in qualifying session, With about three minutes to go in the session, practice yesterday, anll I got thrown off'the bike and headfirst into' elly or produce a measurement for,'" Holst said, adding that the tech inspector had ,run his fing'er across the port where the Chandler' came in and put on a fresh qualifYing iire, "The first flythe wall'. That's not something I like to ,think about and, in a relam~chining meets the casting.'"\hey felt'ours'was different. One ,ing lap was a '13,2, and I felt the second lap was going to be really' 'tlvely slow comer, I shouldn't be hitting anything. II's unfortunate: of our problems is that they can't give'us a 'dimension, They were • strong, - Chandler said, "I caught a backmar:ker just before I crestthey get a lot of people at this race: and it's Deen going for so tryi,ng to point it' out." The AMA kept the J,ead, so the team had ed the hjll and sa",;, smoke, I backed' off, because I thought there long, But it's the same for everybody, so we have to just back it Suzuki send another one for Loudon, ,"The same' ellact he'ad might be an accident and I dicjn't want to take any chances, It off' a little bit and try to' stay aboar.d: I think ifthe walls weren't passed technical ieardown ,at Daytona, which js- another one .of turned out that somebedy off the track se~ off a smoke bomb or there, we'd 'probably be half a second per lap or more qu;'cker," our problems, - Holst added, AMA Road Race Manager Ron Barsome. firecrackers ... Oliver was just as direct: "This pla,ce has a hug;, t""dition 0.1 won, rick said, -We don't know that that was the same head," He saiCi derful motorcycle-racing fans, and thf! staff and the- turn work!!rs ~hat there were cylinder-head modifications" and thai the appeal 'Mitchell's Modesto's Harley-Davidson's Shawn' Higbee was a and the workers are all die-hard motorcycle fans. The plaGe may had been submitted, Holsl s~id that if the appeal was accepted, . no-show at Loudon. and the team wasn't entirely sure ·why. maj

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