Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Left) Doug Polen lea ds the factory Harle y-Dav id so n duo of Th o mas Wil son and Ch ris Carr. (A bove) The to p three , Ch andler, DuH amel an d Kipp. 35. Kurt Dimick (Due), Ti me: 45 min., 27.130 SI..'C . Distance 48 laps, bl.4 mil.. :>. > Avera ge Sp~d : 82.373 mph . M,ngin o f Victory: 2.312 M 'C. F.!otnl up: Duu ~ C h.t.nd lt."r, 56.216!ti«. A MA /MBNA SUPER8 1KE NA T IONAL eSH I P POINT STANDINGS (Aftrr 8 of 10 rounds): 1. Duug Chandler (252/ 1 win); 2. \1.tI Ml.tdi n ('127/3); 3_Mig ute'l DuHlInd (223/3); 4. Steve Cn'vit't' (211); 5. mE) Pil~a l ri rottC'/Aa ro n Yol lt~ (209); 7 . Torn Kipp (163); 8. Larry Pcgr.. m (l-H); 9. Pa ul Ha rrell (123); 10. Tommy Hay den (122); 11. Tripp Nobk-s (113); 12. Chns Carr (107); 13. Ct>r.lld Ro thm a n Jr. (Qy); H . Dol'" Snow (% ); 15. Dale ; Kieffer (95); 10. Tho ma s Wilwn Jr. (911 17. Eric Moe (SoI l; 18. mE) Jamt-'s R.mdolph / Mkh.k>1 Taylor (74); 20. Bt-n Bostrom (7l t, Upcom ing Rounds : Round 9· Sonoma. Californ ia. August 31 Round 10, Las Vegas. Nevada, October 3 bottom must be cons truct ed for fluid retention ." For more mtormation.call K;ng at 614/89 1-2425 . . Brieflv... - .According to track personnel , 11 ,200 s pectators atten ded the races on Sundey . With 8 wee kend total of 15,300 . The race was the first -ever AMA National to be held in the st ate of Col orado, Miguel DuH amel' s vict ory in the W endy 's Superbike Classic by Suzuki was the 16th o f his caree r. and it ties him With Wayn e Rainey for seco nd on the oil-time Superbike win lIst . " That really ranks high With me becau se I have tremendous respect for Wayn e Rainey," Dul-iamel said- ' Tve seen his caliber of riding, and to be up there wi th thos e kind of guys , it doe s something to yo u _ it re~lly make s you feel good . I respect .him ?I lot end to be tied with . him with win a.; it definitely makes you feel good . " DuHamel' s win , was also Honda's 75th victo ry in AMA Superbike racing , . , ' Chu~k S~rensen retu rned to the 250cc 'G rand Prix class ~t Pikes Peak, riding PJ 1 Ods-bccked Yamriha TZ250 in a deal set up by Brian Turff rey . " I tested it in Cahtc mtaa couple of time s,M ,So iensen' said. M s somethinq we' ve been trying to' put together it' since LequneItheWortd Superbike roundl,We wanted- to be Elkhart . but it's been diffic ult and I've been doing .a lot .of the stuff ' myself, Then,my truck blew up in, Salt Lake City on ,the "':loy here. It lunched the mot or and we had to rent a box truck for our 35~ foot enclo sed trailer. " A s far as riding a 250 again after what was basically a year off. Sor ensen said it all came back pretty easiiy. ' I got going pretty quick. W e're going to do the rest of the Nat ionals this year, and the whole idea Is we 're hoping to d o it again next year.MSorensen, wh o finished third in the series in 199 5 and secand in 1994, ended up finishing seco nd in his r~tum to the dass. a at Rob I

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