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Short roars to
Thunderhill Road Race wins
By Melis sa Shimmin
. WILLOWS, CA, SEPT.!3
Ro und seve n of the Am erica n Fed era tio n o f
Mot orcyclists' eve nts was a nothe r exh ilara ting
race day; tempera tu res we re warm, but not as
u nbearab le as th ey had been for round six. It
was the secon d time the AFM was to ru n the full
3-mile co nfiguratio n at Thunde r hill (w hich,
while great fun to race. is less than ideal from a
spectator's poi nt of view).
In Fttrmu la Pacific. Jeff Short led the entire
race (or the wi n . Points leader Co ry Call
drop ped ou t ear-ly on his borrowed bike. Jeff
Haga n came fro m be hind to ree l in Mark Foster
(w ho finis hed third), but he ra n out of laps in his
effort to capture the win . Hagan was mesm erizing to watch , particu larly as he rod e up on the
in sid e berm o n the exi t of the Cyclone in an
effort to ga in ground o n Sho rt. On the podium..
Hagan co m me nted o n the co m pletely reworked
suspe ns ion of his Muz zy Rapt ur , wh ich, tho ug h
im pe rfe t. see me d to wo rk ve r y we ll for him .
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Sho rt' s sta temen t was brief but to th e point: a
reso und ing "WQO -HOO !"
Shor t a lso took fi rs t o ve ra ll in th e 750cc
Su pe rbike class .
The 600cc Superbike con test was an ino rdi nately close race, with seco nd and thi rd u p in
the air a ll the way to the check ered flag . Bria n
Parriott cap tured second , just a few bike len gt hs
behind Foste r, who took first. Randv Groves finished an extremely close thi rd .
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Haga n took a n easy w in in 750cc Prod uctio n,
lea ding from th e firs t la p. Top positions were
mo stly d ecided by turn o ne , with th e nota ble
exce p tio n of S haw n Re il ly.. who ca rne fro m
behind to finish fourth. Thi s is Reilly's first sea·
son on his new GSXR and he should prove to be
an exciting contende r in futu re sea sons.
Results
F-PAc n· C: I. M f Short (Sw. ); 2. Jdf H,l ga n (K.:Jw); J . Mar k
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Fosler Uywl; 4. Jam es Rand olf (Suz ); S. R.m dv G re ve, (Suz).
O PEN 5 / BK: 1. Donald G re.....ne (Yam '); 2. Mik e Ra w lings
(Ho n); 3. Neil Parmer (Yam) ; 4. Pau l Or la nd i ( Due); 5. Jim File