ROAD RACE ' R
ound 6: Pocono International Raceway
SUNOCO RACE FUELS
FORMULA U S R
SA E IES
Wu,,j ( K.,W);" And y n.·,ltllt"Jdg" (Kitw); 7. J~ Pittrn.tn
(l(.lw); it Sooth Hahn (SliT); 9. I.- Shim.. (5uz); to. Kvte
7.olni (Ya m ); 11. Steve Whi tnl"y (Su zJ; 12. Joe Kibelro
(Kaw) ; 13. .\1icM e! ~i l 7.p ... rick (KJl w ); H . Devin B.1ttley
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(Ya m); 15. John Drmnny (Y.un) ; 16. Ch ris Bliss (Ho n);
17. C n 'K Ha rr ison tSuz); J ~. Dean Scarpa (Mu z); N .
Tray Boltcy (502); 20. Rodney Burr (Bim ).
Ti me: 21 min .• 5A .128~'C.
OisbnCl": 13 t.l~, 32S mil t'S
Aveugt' sp..-.d: 88.762 mph
M~~in of ,,"Ict ry. 4..JAA ~'C.
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RACE 2: 1. David Sadow!>ki (MUL); 2. Tra y Batey
(Su d; 3. Grant Lope z (Su.d ; 01. Eric wood CKAw); 5 Lw
Shit:rt!> y(Swd ; 13. Anthony Fania (5uzl ; 14. Kyle Zazzi
(Yam); 15. Joe- Ribeiro (Kaw); 16. Devi n Bartley (Yam );
17. Jo hn Dininny (Yam); II). Dean Scarpa (Muzl; 19.
Ja:-on fra~r (HonJ .
Ti me: 2 1 nun., 53 .0Ib sec .
(Left) Points leader
Dave Sadowsk i (25)
leads reigning
champion Tray Batey.
Di"u nc~; 1 3 1.l ~,
32.5 miles
Ave rage , pHd: 89.108 m p h
.M.arp;in of victory: 0.010 sec.
SUN O CO RAC E FU ELS F.US A C HA M P IO NS H IP
POINT STA Nnlf\j(; S ( Aftt"r 12 o( 16 r olCt'io ); 1. D.we
S.,dnw..ld 0 64 / 4 wins) : 2. Tr.,y Batey (304 / 4); 3. Frit z
Klin g (21'1;;); 4. J" 'IO Fraser (272); 5. And y Dea therage
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(265); 6. Eric Wood (254); 7. Le Shicrts (245); IS. Gra nt
Lopez (224); 9. Mich.ll,·! Fitzpat rick (215); 10. Ste ve GriAA
(209); 1L C urt is Ad a ms (155 /2); 12. Joe Pittma n (131);
13. Devin Bartley (122); 11. Slot Hahn (J 14); 15. Chuck
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G ra ws (lOS); 16. Roger Bell (75); 17. Dou g Chan dle r
(70/2); 18, Chris Bli!is (btl); 19. (TIE) [X1 Uj:; r oll!n /K yle
Zw.zi/ Gf"'g Harriso n (65).
Batey challenged
Sadowski for the win
In race two, trying to
draft by at the fin ish
but losing out by .010
of a second.
Upcoming Rounds:
Round 7 - Loudon, NH. October 5
Round 8 - Daytona Beach. FL. November 2
EBC Brake
sSportbike Series
Round5: Pocono Interna
tional R ceway
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, ,
MISSIOn
accomplished
By Aaron Mintz
Photo by Lee Rigozzi
LONG POND, PA, AUG.31
abelle Racin g' s Dav e Sad owski wa s
o n a mission th roughou t th e weekend, a miss io n that incl uded .wi nnin g both Fo rmula USA events and conti n ued wit h his d eci sive EBC Brakes
Sp ortbike victory, When the green flag
fell, Sad ow ski sho t ou t like a rocket and
simply could n't be tou ched . Zlock Racin g' s Eric Wood took a very -alone secand pl ace, going unchallenged for th e
positi on . Labell e Racing' s Jason Fraser
was third afte r he finally passed Da ve
McGrath, with w ho m he'd been doing
battle th roughout the race. McGrath fell
into fourth pla ce right behind Frase r. In
his d ebut with Formula USA , N ielsen
Racing' s Ma rk Junge held off Tripl e R
Racing's Mar k Reed fur fifth place .
Sadowski checked ou t and left a "do
not distu rb" sig n at the start/ finish line.
During th e race, Sadowski turn ed lap
tim es two seconds below his qualifying
time and was simply untouchable.
"The winning com bina tio n consists
of two aspects, " Saduwski sa id. "One,
ride smoothly; and seco nd, d on' t make
any errors"Thi s track has a lot of traps.
lf you try and pick up speed in certa in
areas, it will bite you. I just keep aware
of th is and try and no t m ake a ny
errors."
Sadowski followed his philosophy
and won by a comfortable seven-second
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Wood tried to reel in Sadowski but
was well d uwn on power and settled for
second place.
"Unfortuna tely, ou r motor is ge tting
a little tired and Ski had a little gru nt on
me," Wood said. "If Ski has any ad vantage on you, your day is over because he
will ex p loi t you r weak nesses . GMD
Computrack got the sus pensio n perfect,
but suspens io n a lo ne is no t go ing to
bea t Ski."
As the tw o fr ont-ru nner s b la s ted
awa y, McGr ath and Fraser were left to
(Right) Grant Lopez
rode to a pair of
third-place
fi nishes.
fight a mo ng themselves. First it was
Mc.:Grath towing the two around ; however, McGrath bobbled a cuuple of tim es
a nd Fraser went ar ound him, never to
surrender third again.
"McG ra th was m ak in g so me rni stakes," Fraser sa id . "But it was way too
la te to ca tch Eric, and McGrath wa sn 't
going away."
Fraser didn't get the most beneficial
start bu t qu ickl y m ov ed th ro ugh th e
field and wa s co ntend ing fur third by
lap three.
" It took a cou ple of laps to adjust
back to the 600 from the Honda 900, and
by the time I go t up to speed, the lead ers
checked out," Fraser said . "I'm fortunate
to put the Carter Hu nda un the box."
McGrath, on the o ther ha nd , had
third p lace to him self u n til lap four,
when Fraser passed him on the brakes
entering th e i nfield off of the back
straight.
" I w a sn' t leading very well,"
McGrath said . "Fraser was sitting on me
and we we nt back and forth a couple of
times. I'm not on the bo x but I love raeing."
The secund pocket uf ba ttle w as
bet w een Triple R Racing' s Reed a nd
N ie lse n Ra cin g ' s Jun g e . In the e nd ,
Junge finished in fifth and Reed in sixth,
but Reed wa s rig ht there until the end.
Each rid er wo uld gain the ad vantag e on
different par ts of the track, Reed taking
it enteri ng the infield, whil e Junge held
ou t longer on the brakes entering turn
one. 6 ne clear po int wa s that the bikes
were very equal in th e power department, as neither cou ld pull away from
the other .
"O u r bikes are very close," Reed
sa id . " I was able to pass Junge o n th e
back straight, but he go t me back. I was
getting a little mo re rear-en d slip compared to Jun ge and he stayed in fron t."
Junge d id well in his F-USA debut
despite problemsgetting his bikedialed
in .
" I w ent ba ckw ard s w it h se tu p b y
selecting the wrong gea r," Junge said. "I
chose a gear tha t is sui ted for d raftin g,
bu t I d idn't do a lo t of d raft ing. And the
gear I se lected d idn't offe r the power I
needed to exit the corn ers . However, it
was Hi gbee's Buell tha t kep t me awake.
Every time I would go into a comer, I
could hear the thunder from his mo tor
and it wa s scary. "
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Poco no International Raceway
Long Pond, Pennsylvan ia
Results: August 31, 1997 (Round 5 017)
EBC BRA KES S PO RTBIKE: 1. Dave Sadow ski
tSuz); 2. Eric Wood ( J(..)w ); 3. Jason Fraser (Hon); 4.
David McGra th tSuz); 5. Mark Ju nge (Suz); b. M o k
n
Ret. d (Kaw) ; 7. Sha wn Higbee (Bud ; 8. David Yaakov
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(Ka w); 9. Les Whit e (Dud; 10. Gkn Go ldma n (Dud; t 1.
Ruben Fran ktonfiekl (Suz); 12. Kevin Wa rrwr (~w); 13.
M.u c She rwood (Su z); 14. Kenneth Sn yd er (Hon); 15.
Mark McConnkk (}-lon); 16. David Joseph Rose (Hon);
17. G rell; H ut cheson (1(.l w); 18. Chris BIb S CH ); 19.
on
Jamt."!> Prince (Han); 20 . Timolh y Stt"w n!o (Hon); 21.
La wrence Doni (Suz) ; 22. Ch ris R~lwf"n (Hon ); 23.
RoI" nd WiIIi" m'" (Suz); 24. Scott Ped erson (lion); 25.
Chri" Nt"aly (Bon ); 26. Je ff Cos tel lo (S u z); 27. F~
Stucky (Ho n); 28. Da vid Mc rh~non (Kaw); 29. Ti m
Bernied
erfer (Yam).
T ime 19 min ., 13.346 sec.
Distance 11 laps , 27,5 mil es
Anrag~ spe:td: 85.637 mph
Margin of victory: 7.6lS2Sl.."C.
ESC BRA KES SPO RTB lKE CHAMPIONSHIP POIJ'lrT
ST A NDINC S (Af t~r S of 7 rounds ): 1. Er ic Wood
059/1); 2. M.1rk Reed (118); 3. David McGrath 0 09/ 1);
