Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

ROAD RACE NAS IEBCSPORTBIKE B SERIES .< Round One:Daytona International Speedway (Left) Charles Gainey Jr . (668) leads Cameron Beddingfield (328) in Amateur Heavyweight Sportb ike, one of two races Gainey won. (Right) Fritz Kling gives the thumbs up after winning the Unlimited Superbike class. He also won two CCS classes. bike, he was mor e read y. In that race, he pulled in while in third . James' fina l thr ee. races we re the last three on Saturd ay aftern oo n and h is onl y w in ca me (u n in ten tio n a lly, h e ad mitted) in th e firs t of the th ree: the Expert Su perTwi ns . Sta rti ng from th e fif th ro w, James . was 11th onto the bankin g the first time ' and fifth wh en the first lap ended . He ga ined a few more spo ts on the second lap, then took the lead on the third wit h a strong dri ve off the West Banking and do wn the back straight. From ther e, he stre tched his legs and won by 6.856 secon ds . Du cat is were second and third , wit h David Pe rez in fro nt of Dou gl as Gro ss. "I d idn 't want to finish that race, bu t I got blocked in on the lap before and I wan ted to get in a rea lly good , cle a n lap," Jam es said . " I ' rn goi ng to forfeit my position in that race. The CCS gu ys really run well an d they' re good rid ers." Amo ng the best were Dega Racing's Rad Cr eaves ., Mike Lu ke , Rich ard Alexander, Eric Wood and, in the Amateur class, C h ar les Gainey Jr. a n d Richard Con icelli. In ad d ition to his w in in the Expert GT-1, Greaves took second in the Expert Heav ywei ght Supe rbike and Unlimited Superbike. . Cycl es of Pal m Beach's Luke s pe n t the early part of the weekend riding his brand -n ew Su z u ki GSXR 600 o n th e stree t, br eak ing the engi ne in for a lon g weekend of racing. After notching a sec- . ond to Grea ves in the Expert CT-1, Luke wo n th e Exp ert Mi dd leweig h t Spor t Bik e r a ce in a sq u ea ke r ove r Bri a n Livengood , a lso Suzuki-mo u nted, and Hon da-mo unted David Gou ld. The trio had hooked u p for the final three laps, wit h Luke using the d raft from the chicane to take the wi n. The wi nning margin was .178 of a second . "What a fini sh - it was incredible," Lu ke sa id , add ing, "I w as mea su ring everybody up on tha t last lap and I saw my chance and I jus t wen t for it. I ended up just edgi ng the other gu ys ou t." It wasn 't Luk e' s fi r s t w in o f th e week end, howev er. That came in Friday' s Exper t Middleweigh t Su perb ike race, in which he initially emerged victorious in a furious three-ma n ru sh from th e chica ne to th e flag . Bu t Lu ke wa s pen alized one la p for jumping the sta rt and the w in we nt to Richard Alexander [ r., ove r Pengui n Roadracing Sch oo l' s Eric Wood . . . Alexan der' s other win cam e halfway into Saturd ay' s program in the Exp ert Heavyweight Spo rt Bike. He and Luke cleared out on the thir d of five laps an d neit he r' s p os iti on w a s t hrea t en ed . Alexander won by 6.097 seconds, with Luk e second. (Left) Jam ie James had a s ucce ssful outing on his VR1000, taking a victory in the Expert Supe rTwins race. "I slid ou t a little bit coming onto the b anking' out of the chica ne," Ma rlin said . "I tried to stay ahea d of him, bu t I cou ld n't. I gu ess it was jus t an experience thin g. He knew where to go and I d idn' t." n Champions hip Cup Series Daytona Beach, Florida, Results: February 26-28,199 8 UIL SlBK: 1. Fri tz Kling (Yam ); 2. Red G reaves (Suz); 3. Marc Underberg (Su z) ; 4. Da vid Perez (Due); 5. Rick Beggs (Kaw). T im er 9 m in .• 48.101 sec . Dist.1 n ('~ Five laps, 17.80 milt'S. Av erage s peed : 108.961 mph . Margin of vi ctory: 7.220 sec . AM LI\'\' S/B K: 1. Charles Morri s (H a n); 2. Scott Jones (Ho n ): 3. Ha rol d Seagle (H a n); 4. Peter Feller "We' re gelling there, bu t we' re still off a little bit," Alexan der said . "By the en d o f next week, w e'll be w he re we need to be." "Alexa nder kind of chec ked ou t on that one," Luke said . "I hung with him for a cou ple of laps, bu t I go t a crum my start and that hu rt so me." Woo d 's lon e wi n cam e in th e final race of th e weekend , Sa tu rd ay aftern o on ' s Ex p e r t H e av yw ei g ht Su p er s p ort. Raci ng h is Ka w a saki Z X-7RR, Woo d checked ou t from the very begin ni ng a nd jus t added to his cus h ion. It e nd ed u p at 6.066 sec onds o ver Rad Grea v es. Ea rlier, Wood had taken a fifth in the Expert. Middlew eigh t Sport Bike w hen h e raced h is fres h-o u t-o fthe-crate ZX-6. Cha rle s Gain ey Jr . m ad e h is fir st mark in Frida y's Am ateur GT 2 aboa rd h is Fender Mender/KWS Motors ports Hond a CBR-600. This was a 3D-mi nu te race and Gain ey didn't ta ke th e lea d un til Richa rd Coni ce lli d e vel oped m ech an ical prob lem s o n h is Hond a CBR600 while lead ing on the 10th of 14 la ps . Tha t w a s when Gainey Jr. took over, already wi th a commandi ng mar-' gi n, w hich he stretched to 14.906 seconds by the fini sh. Jason Palm er, also Honda-mounted , was second . "My hand went nu mb," Ga in ey Jr . said . "Thirty minu tes is a long time. I' m jus t glad it's over ." Two races la ter, Gaine y Jr . h a d ano the r ha lf-hour race a nd th is ti me , riding the same Honda 600, he came ou t second to Su zuki GSXR750-mounted Josep h Ca p elli in th e Ama teur GT-1 after leading for the first five laps. After that he was in a seru m with a handful of other bikes whil e first Mar io Mar tin and then Capelli took th e lead. Gainey Jr . wa s well off the pa ce, d ropping back to fourth before makin g hi s push in the final third of the race . On the 11th lap he wen t fro m fourth to second , w he re he finis hed, 2.32 seco nds beh ind Capelli. Conicelli go t the better of Gainey Jr. a second time on Frid ay and by nearl y an identic a l ma rgin . In the five-lap Amateur Middleweight Superbike race, Con icelli led Ga iney fro m the drop of th e green to the checkered flag, beating him by 2.321 seconds . "I need ed one more lap, " Gainey Jr. said. "Tha t' s it. Both of us had a grea t ra ce. It ' s a long da y . We 'll ge t h im tomorrow." Gainey Jr. didn't get Con icelli on Saturday, but only because he wasn't in the Amateur He avyw eight Spo rt Bike race. Aga in using his Hon da 600, Gainey Jr. had so me catching u p to d o wit h David Dalzell, who go t ou t in front on the second lap aboard his Suzuki GSXR750. On the third lap Dalzell wen t wide in turn o ne a nd Ga iney Jr . w ent u p the ins id e and began to ed ge a way on the next lap before speed ing to an 11.996seco nd wi n. "I w ant to thank every one a t KWS Mot orspo rts for all the help they ga ve me this weekend ," Gainey Jr. said. "On Wednesd ay we were in p ieces and here we are back tod ay, wi nni ng a race." In Conicelli's fina l ap pearance of the weekend, the five-l ap Ama teur Heav yweigh t Superbike, it was a two-man race - Co nic elli ra cin g h is H ond a CBR600 agai ns t H ooter' s .Su z u k i GSXR750mounted Ma rio Martin. Martin led the first lap, w ith ConicelIi tak in g the second go ing into one as the pair pulled away from third place. Conicelli held the spot until the last lap , when Mar tin shot by on the short in field chute befor e the left-hand dogleg. Martin took the lead int o the chican e, with Conicelli on his tail - hid ing there until th e ver y last momen t, when he pu lled out of the d raft approaching the fini sh line to win by a scant .020 of a second . (K.1W); 5. Micha l'! Dcrk (Ya m) . EX L /W S/B K : t . G reg Doney (Hon); 2. Fran k St ro man (Kaw): 3. Ma tt B1ashfiel d (Han) ; 4. To dd Keesee (Yam); 5. Dominic Aubry (l lon ). T ime: 10 min., 58.373 sec. Dista nce: Five laps , 17.80 mil es . Averag e speed: Cf7.331 mph . Margin of victory: 4.756 sec. AM GT 3: 1. Brad Pa lmer (Yam); 2. Haro ld Seagle (Ha n); 3. Brad Dodds (Yam) ; 4. j ames Cockfield (Ha n ); 5. M ichael Dc rk (Ya m) . EX GT 3: 1. Ron Perry (Yam); 2. Greg Doney (Ha n); 3. She rry Dowli ng (Kaw) : 4. Larry Schn u r (Due): 5. Charles Sa ndoz (Lo ). w • Time: 30 m in ., 28.817 sec . Distance: 14 la ps. 49.84 mi les . Average speed: 98.109 mph . Ma rg in of victory: 7.172 sec . AM GT 2: 1. Charles Ga iney (Hen): 2. Jason Palm er (Han); 3. Matt iso n Dunaway IKa w), 4. Nick Cha pman (Kaw]: 5. Karl Spoo ner (Han). Time: 30 m in .• 7.542 sec . D istance. 141aps , 49.84 mi ll'S. Ave rage speed: 99.264 mp h. M.ugin of victo ry: 14.906 sec. EX GT 2: 1. Des Conbo y (H a n) ; 2. Da vid Ro se (Hon); 3 . Mike Luke (Suz); 4. Brian Livengood (Suz); 5. Kris Clubb (Ka w ). Time: 30 min., 4O .765 ~. D is ta nce: 1Slaps, 53.40 miles . Ave rage s peed: 104.435 mph. Margin of v ict ory: 2.113 St.'C'. AM GT 1: 1. Jo sep h C apelli (Su z); 2. Ch arley Gai ney (Ha n); 3. Viateur Pilon (Suz); 4. w illiam Barbour (Suz ); 5. joh n-O Bowman (Hen). T im e: 31 min ., 50 .958 sec. Distance: I Sla ps, 53.40 miles . Average speed: 100599 mph. M a rg in of vi ctory: 2.32 sec, EX CT 1: 1. Rad G reav es (Suz) ; 2. Mike Luk e (Yam) ; 3. Charles Chouinard (Suz) : 4. Rog er Bell (Suz); 5. David perez (Due) . T ime: 29 min ., 58.629 sec. D is ta nce: 15 laps. 53.40 miles. Avera ge speed: 106.881 mph . Ma rg in of v icto ry: 7.615 sec, AM U W C P: 1. Ward Wilson (Ya m); 2. Charles Norris Jr. (Han); 3. Rodney God da rd (Han) ; 4. Sco tt Jones (Ha n); 5. Andrew Abel (l-ion). EX l lW G P: 1. Rand y Ren frow (Han ); 2. Mark I Fos te r (Yam ); 3. Gle n Paron (Ap r); 4, Bo we Herron l <':am ); 5. Jo.rgen Y endelbo (H en) . ~ Ti me: 10 mm., 1:>.106 S4..'C. • Dis tance : Five laps, 17.80 miles . Average speed: 104.177 mph: M a rgin of victory: 1.788 Sl'C. A M M /W S/BK : 1. Richa rd Conic ell i (Ha n ); 2. Cha rles Ga iney Jr. (Ho n): 3. Mattison Du na way (Kaw): I 4. Jaso n Pal mer (He n): 5. Victo r Ca rp io (Hen). Tim e: 10 min., 37.448 sec. Distance: Five laps, 17.80 miles. Average spee d: 100526 mph. Margin of victory: 2.321 sec. EX MIW S/BK: 1. Richard Alexa nder Jr. (Suz) : 2. Eric Wood IKaw): 3. Dav id McGrath (Suz) ; 4. Da vid I Rose IHon): 5. Des Co nboy (Hon). Tim e: 10 min., 11.814 sec.

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