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ROAD RACE
SUNOCO RACE FUELS
FORMULA USA SERIES
".,17: New Hampshire International Speedway
(Left) B uel ~m o u nted Shawn Higbee (34) leads the early going In the ESC Brakes Sportblke
race. Don Mun roe (89) took over the lead but crashed, leav ing the win to Wood, with Higbee
seco nd.
(Abo ve) Masahl ro IIzuka bounced back fro m his fl at tire at the last round to card the win In
Loudon.
New Hampsh ire International Raceway
Loudon, New Hampshire
Results: Octobe r 5, 199 7 (Ro und 7 otB)
RACE ON E: 1. Do n M un roe C w); 2. Eric Wood
IY
(Kaw); 3. Fritz Kling (Yam); 4. }"5On Fr..se r (Ho n); 5.
Cr.ln t Lopez (Stu); 6. 8ret Guyer (Ka w); 7. Tray Batey
(Suz) ; 8. Dave Sadowsk] (Kaw ); 9. Eri c Gulbransen
(Sud ; 10. Jordan SLll kt" (Ka w); 10. And y Deatherage
(Kawl ; 12. SIMwn H iglW (Bllt" ); 13. 1__ Shtt-rt.. (Suz );
14 5Mh Hahn (Suz). 15. Brrlt Mf'tT.gt'T (5u 7J; 16. J~
Cu rti'\. (KAw); 17. John Sch_ h.-.er rdllWll (Su z); 18. BM I Ca mpht-1J
(Su,.); lQ. Timot hy Ki:-.trhki (f William..
(KdW); 7. MdT(' Unde rbe rg (Hon): 8 _Gll"lln ('.oldmAn
(Sud; 9. L- Wh itt' (Du ct 10. Gn-g Hutchll"'loOll (Kaw);
11. Ch ri:-. BIi:'>.. (lion); 12. To n y Iannarelli (Hon ); 13.
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Jdn- Prince (Ho n); 1-4. Chm Rockwel l (Hon} 15. Mar k
McCormick (Ha n ); 16. David McPh tn o n ( Ka w ); 17.
Hon); 19. Sean
William Taylor (Suz); 18. David Dalzell <
Swee ney (Ho n ); 20. Don Munroe (Ka w) ; 21. Jeffrey
Cu rtis (Ka w ); 22. Todd Evans (Due); 23. Stoney Landt..>f'S
(Suz).
EBC BR AK ES S P O RT BIKE C' S H I P POI NT
ST AN D I NG S (Aft er 6 of 7 rounds ); 1. Eri c Woo d
(194 /2 win s); 2. Mark Reed (146); 3. David McG rath
(109/)); 4. Dave Sadowski (98/ 2); 5. Les Whit", (84); 6.
Sha wn Higbt'e (81); 7. Jason Fraser (74); 8. (TIE) Mike
Ciccotto /Gre,;r: Hu tdw!iion (58); 10. Reuben Frankenfit'kJ
(56).
Upcoming Round:
Round 7 - Daytona Beach, FL, November 2
NASB HRC American Grand P by ldem~su
rix
Round 7:New Hampshire Intemal'lSpeedway
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By Aaron Mintz
Photo by John Flory
LOUDON, NH, OCT. 5
i1verma n M useum Ra ci ng's
Masahi r o Ii z u ka p r o ved o nce
ag ain that if h is m a chin e s tays
together for the race distance, he's going
to wi n the race. Aft er suffering a flat at
the prior round while runnin g with a
huge lead, lizuka cam e to Lou don and
dominated the field to win by a 12-second margin. lizuka also wrapped up the
se ries champio ns h ip wit h the wi n .
Dragonfire Racing' s Rolando Qu in tero
stole second p lace from Hemp Racing' s
Marcello Del Guidice with a last -lap
pass .
The race go t under way as the clouds
started to thin and the air temperat ure
crept into the high 60s. As Iizuka quic kly fou nd th e fast way a rou nd th e 1.6mi le tra ck, Del Guidice and Qu inter o
st uck to each ot he r like a sh adow to a
tree and formed the first chase pack. Del
Guid ice took the early lead as Qu intero
settled a wheel lengt h behind .
"Marcello passed me dow n the hill
going back on the speedway," Qu intero
