(Left) Todd Harrington (81) takes the lead over the field at the
start of the EBC Brakes final at Daytona International Speedway .
(Above) David McGrath leads Harringto n en route to beat ing him
to win the EBC Brakes final.
Montgom e ry (Hen ): 3. Greg E SSt' f (Hu n); 4. Rodne y
Barka low (MZ); 5. Todd Nordby {Hon) .
Time: 15 min.• 20.273 St"C.
Dist anc e 7 l,lps. 25 mile
s
Avera ge s pe e d: 97.484 mph
Margin of victory: 29.494 Sl-'C.
EX UW SIT/BK: 1. Todd K ~ (Yam); 2. Charles
Sandoz (l... 3. Dom inic Au bry (5 uz ); 4. Joh n Dona ld
av):
(Ya m); 5. Iason D'Amico (Ho n).
AM UW SPT/BK: 1. Chuck Wolfe (Hon): 2. Kevin
Link (Yam ); 3. Ricky Lee (Yam ); 4. Brad Dodds (Yam ); 5.
S.:UTy Pailes (Yam).
U/ L GP : 1. Stt;l'l" Gri gg (Kaw); 2. John Scheehser
(Yam ); 3. David McGrath (Su z); 4. Wi lliam Luke (Yam);
5. Joh n As hm ead (Ka w ).
Ti me : 13 min., 41.004 sec .
D ista nce : 7 la ps , 25 miles
Average speed: 109.271 mph
Margin of victory: 0.274 St.'C.
EX srrw: 1. Thomas Fou rn ier (Due); 2. Dav id Roy
(Dud; 3. Dou glas Gro ss (Dud; 4. jeff jennings (Dud; 5.
Richard Eyma n (Due).
Ti me: 14 min.• 2.235 sec .
Dis ta nce : 7 11ps. 25 miles
.
Average speed; 106.517 mph
Margin of victory: 3.737 St'C .
AM S /TW : 1. C ra ig La nd ry (Du e) ; 2. Ric hard
Sz cesntak (5 u 7.); 3 . David Ston e ( Du e); 4 . Ke it h
Sanderson (Due); 5. Damon Pat ton (Suz).
AM lIW' SIYfSMN : 1. Charles Coyle ( Ka w ); 2. Brad
Palmer (V.l m ); 3. Scott Jo nes (He n): 4. Billy Manor (HD); 5. GUY Edwards (H- Dl.
EX ( IW SPTSMN: 1. Frank Stroman (Ka w): 2.
Dav id Podolsky (Dud; 3. Donald Unger ( Due); 4. John
Iewett (Kaw); 5. John Aksel (Due).
Timer 15 rnin ., 13.283 sec.
Distance. 7 laps , 25 mile
s
Average speed: 98.230 mph
Margin of victory: 17.885 ~'C.
U/ L SPT/BK: 1. Willia m Luke (Ya m) ; 2. Joh n
Schcchscr (Yam); 3. Robert Presby (Kaw): 4. Pat Moon ey
; 5. John Long (Du e).
Tim e: 14 min .• 59.994 Sl 'C .
D ist an ce: 7 laps, 25 m ill'S
Avera ge speed: 99.6Rl mph
Margin o( victory: 5.343 sec.
AM H /W SPTSMN: 1. Drew Pet erson (Bue ): 2.
Ch."Il. Hoffstct lcr (Yam) ; 3. lam e Cockfield (Hu n); 4.
'S
s
Ste ve Pisto (Dud; 5. Steven Johnston (Ho n).
AM H/W SPT/BK: 1. Bart Sh iflett (Suz): 2. Iohn -O
Bowma n (Suz): 3. Rob b Ma rt in (Suz) : 4. Ma rio Martin
(Su z): 5. Brandl) " Bashore (Suz) .
Time.l4 min ., 12.948 Sl'C.
Dista nce: 7 laps , 25 m iles
Average spe ed: 105.179 m ph
"'('.
MArgin o f victory: 0.322 ~
EX MIW C P: 1. Gn.-g K.lhll' (K., W); 2. William Luke
(Ka w) ; 3. Ran dall Mennt:'nga (Suz); 4. JOSt'ph Fll'tch",r
(suz); 5. Jim L..ester (Hon).
Time: 14 mi n., 4.180 sec .
Dis tance: 71.,ps, 25 miles
Avera ge !lpc ed: 106.271 mph
Margin of victory: 4.944 Sl"C.
AM M/W GP : 1. JcP Pa )mour (Ka w ); 2. C ha rle o;
Ga ine v (Hu n ); 3.· Joh n-O Bowman (Hon); 4. Sha wn
W,llkl';' (Ho n); 5. Scott HI..'TtJl'r.;ma nn (H on ).
l
Tim e: 14 mi n., 27.815 St-'C.
Distance: 71,,~. 25 milt'S
Anrage speed: 103.377 m ph
Margin of victo ry: 0.010 sec .
EX H /W S P'T/BK : 1. Jamie Bow man (Su z ); 2. Ed
Suz
B;lrtu li (5uz); 3. Ryan Land en- < ); 4. Richard Pacella
(Suz); 5. D,wid Mt. cra th (Suz) .
Time: 13 m in., 51.794 SL'C.
Distance: 7 laps , 2S miles
Ave rage speed: 107.854 mp h
Margin of vic tory: 1O
.3S4 ~'C.
EX L/W 5 /8 K : 1. Philip Digregorio (Ya m) ; 2.
Dominic Au bry (Ho n); 3. Jl'rry Wood (Due); 4. Frank
Strom.1n (K.1W); 5. Bill W,lChuldl'r (Suz).
T im e: 15 min .• 8.881 sec .
.
Dist.lnce: 7 Ja~, 25 mileAv erage speed: 98.706 mph
M.lrgin of victory: 0.745 sec .
AM L/W S/ HK: 1. Jason C la y (Ya m ); 2. C ha r les
C o y le ( Ka w); 3 . Ma rk Ro z ema ( He n ): 4. Rodn ey
odda rd (Ha n); 5. Brad Dodds (Yam).
G
AM l\1IW 5PT/8K: 1. john-O Bowme n (He n): 2. Iep
Palmour (Kaw ); 3. Bart Shiflett (Suz ): 4. Charles Ga iney
(He n): 5. Scott Hermersmann (Han).
T ime: 14 mi n., 30 . 729 ~.
Distance: 71L
EX MIW S PT IB K: 1. G re g Kahl e (Ka w); 2. Eri c
Wood (Kaw): 3. Todd Harrington (Kaw ): 4. Randa ll
Mennenga (Suz); 5. William Luke (K<1w) .
Time: 13 min ., 58 .361 St."C.
Distance: 7 la ps, 25 miles
Average speed: 107.009 mph
Margin of victory: 1.948 St.'C .
NASBIEBC Brakes Sport B Series
ike
F Round: Daytona International Speedway
inal
A lMin for
McGrath
By Henny Ray Abrams
DA¥rONABEACH, FL, NOV. I
here were 47 rid er s in the class,
but this wa s a two-m an fight Da v id
KWS Motorsp ort s '
McGrath facing off agains t 4&6 Cycle's
Todd Harringt on for the EBC Bra kes
Spo rt Bike title. McGrath would preva il,
but not by mu ch, and it was only w ith
the help of lapped traffic tha t his victory
could be assured.
Th e Kawasa ki-mounted Harringt on
led from the start, and it took a while for
McGrath and hi s Suzuki to join him .
On ce he did, Harrington had his hands
full, bu t he didn 't g ive up . Th ou gh
McGra th passed him on the sevent h lap ,
Harri ngton took it right back and held
the spot - right up until the end of the
ll -lap , 39.16-mile race . McGrath took
th e lead early in th e lap a nd had th e
mu scle to pull away from Ha rringt on on
th e backstretch. Wh en he put a ba ckmarker between them in the chica ne, the
race was over.
T
"Tha t was a gift," McGrath said. "I
was fortu nate to ge t pa st so me lapped
tr a ff ic a n d k eep T odd (H a rr ing to n)
behind me. Everyb od y raced cle an. It
was really gratifying to win this."
"I blew my las t-la p plan because of
so me tra ffic," lam ented Harrin gt on . " It
was a great race."
Lost in the shuffle was the fact that
Brian Livengood had wrapped up the
class cha m p io ns h ip w ith his ei g h thpl a ce finis h. He came in with a hu ge
lead on McGrath, and althou g h
McGrat h did what he cou ld to make it
clos e, it w asn't enoug h. At th e end of
the six-race seri es, Live ngood finished
w i th 154 point s - fo u r more than
McGrath. Harringt on was third with 134
points.
Harrington had started from the pole
position , a spo t he was give n a fter the
Ka w a saki Z X-6 of Pe ng ui n Ra cin g
Schoo l's Eric Wood was found to produce too much po we r. The num ber-one
plate ho lder was forced to the back off
the 47-rid er grid.
From th e pol e, Harrington bolted,
con trolling the race from the front, wit h
David Joseph Rose his closest com pany.
McGrath made his way to third on
the fou rt h lap , closin g u p on Rose and
hound ing hi m for a handful of lap s.
At the end of the sixth la p and th e
beginning of the sevent h lap, McGrat h
went fro m th ird to first, wit h Harrington taki ng it back befo re the d ogleg on
the seventh. McGra th went around him
o n th e w est banking and into th e chicane, with Rose losing touch and eventually fad ing to seve nt h.
For the final three lap s, it was stric tly
a tw o-rid er race, with Harrington in
fro nt on the eighth lap, losing it momentarily, and then taking it back going into
turn on e on the ninth lap.
The spot wa s his until the final lap ,
the 11th, wh en McGrath mad e his wa y
by, hold in g on the power through the
infield and onto the banking. He shouldha ve bee n a sitting duck, but he managed to pull out a healthy lead and was
further aided when he managed to stuff
his w ay into the chica ne just ahead of a
backmark er. That pret ty mu ch d ecided
it.
McGra th would wi n the race by 1.194
seco nds in 21 minutes, 55.961 seconds at
an average speed of 107.128 mp h.
Cliffor d's Cycle's Ja mes Milroy Jr .
passed Rose on the seve nt h lap to take
ov er third , fronting a pack of five riders
for a lap or tw o before ed gin g away to a
secu re spo t.
"We threw this bike together after
crash ing yes te rday," Milroy sa id . " It
was a m ir acl e to ge t on th is podium
tod ay."
Fifth was less clear -cut , with a trio of
rid ers m ixing it up o n th e fin al lap .
Randy Menneng a ca me ou t on top of
Val volin e EMGO Suz uki's Gran t Lopez
and Wood , who had made it up to sixth
on the 10th lap.
Lo p ez h ad led o n th e l ath , wi th
Wood and Mennen ga getting by in the
chicane on that same lap . Mennen ga got
back in front into turn one, With Lopez
next, then Rose and Wood , with Wood
making up a spot a t the finish.
After Rose ca m e Livengood, fo llow ed by Ma nny Ma n us utha kis , w ho
made up a spot a ft er Byron Barbour
went out on the fina l lap.
Keith Wilson finished 10th.
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Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Results: November 1, 1998 (Round 6 of 6)
EBC BRAKE S S PO RT BIKE: 1. David McGrath
(Suz ): 2. Todd Harrington (Kaw): 3. James Milroy Jr.
(K'., W); 4. Randy Mennenga (Suz); 5. Gra nt Lopez
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