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(Left) Chuck Sorensen (center) won the
250cc Grand Prix class again. He's joined
on the winner's rostrum by AI Salaverria
(left) and Geep Terranova.
(Above) Nicky Hayden (69) beat Mark
Miller (24) to win the Formula Xtreme final.
"I got close in there (turn seven) and
11, and on the last lap I got pretty close in
seven in the middle of the comer," Hayden said. "But I had it stepped around a
little too much coming out and I couldn't
get any kind of drive. That's probably the
closest I got t11ere, and then 11."
Kipp hung on to win by .112 of a second.
Randoph's ride to third place was
relatively uneventful, as he was unable
to keep up with the leaders. Late in the
race, Parriott was making his charge,
and Randolph got held up by lapped
riders and a waving yellow, but the
Suzuki rider bung on to the spot, never
truly coming under fire from the Honda
rider.
"There were three guys racing for
position on the last lap going down into
seven that I got stuck behind," Randolph said of the riders he caught up to
after losing a few seconds during a yellow flag. "I just tried to make real good,
clean passes on them. ! knew if ! got
past a couple of them, Parriott wasn't
going to be able to get through them
(quickly), either. ! was aware he was
closing, so ! just did the smart thing and
'got by those guys enough to get to the
finish line."
Parriott had run the early laps in
sixth place but was able to ca tch both
Zemke and Moore to take fourth at the
flag.
Zemke had used up his tires trying to
force his ill-handling bike to keep pace
with the top three, and be was also
passed by Moore at the line.
"I've been fighting setup all weekend," Zemke said. "A lot of people were
happy to see me on pole, but! kind of
knew the bike still wasn't where it needed to be, and it showed in the race. Trying to stay up with the lead pack at the
start just ruined the tire."
Moore had his own troubles.
"We had a problem with the transporter hauling the bikes here, and we
didn't have any bikes to ride on Thursday," Moore said. "When we finally got
them on Friday, the bike kept shutting
off - it wouldn't run. We found the
problem, but it was really late Friday, so
when! finally had a bike that was running, it wouldn't handle. We found the
direction, we needed to go in, and we
simply ran out of time. (The) top five
will do for this weekend, but I definitely
want to get back on the box."
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sears Point Raceway
Sonoma, California
Results: April 24, 1999 (Round 4 of 12)
750cc SUPERSPORT FINAL: 1. Tom KiP? (Suz); 2.
Tommy 'Hayden (Yam); 3. James Randolph (Suz); 4.
Brian Parriott (Hon); S. Jimmy Moore (Suz); 6. Jake
Zemke (Suz); 7. Grant Lopez (Suz); 8. Jamie Bowmnn
($02); 9. Mario Duhamel (Suz); 10. joseph Gill ($uz); 11.
Vincent Haskovcc (Suz); U. Mark Foster O