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ppr~iaTiON ~veNlng Q,u,t,o.g Jl,a.p h, S tg --.t--.g f hour, Arclight Suzuki held.a four-lap lead over second place. ... HOUR FOUR Improvements in crash-worthiness have made modern race bikes better able to stand up to the abuse of a lowerspeed cra h - a Semoff Brothers was to find out when Brown crashed in turn one at a relatively low speed. He remounted and continued around to the pits to be reteched with very little time lost. Glenn Szarek took over and went out to try to reclaim a few positions during the last hour. Team Dreaded, which had inherited second in Pirelli-sponsored Heavyweight Superbike and second overall when SBR crashed, maintained a quick pace until they crashed in the middle of the banked "bowl" going onto the back straightaway with 15 minutes left to go in the race. That allowed Tapeworks to move into second overall, first in Mediumweight Superbike, ahead of Firestorm Racing, 32 seconds behind at the finish. Both GSX-R600s were six laps down on the flawles Arclight Suzuki GSX-R750. Army of Darkness and Semoff Brothers Racing were fourth and fifth overall, re pe<;tively, and both were another lap down to Arclight at the final flag. Arclight Suzuki, with riders Batey, Acree, Chris Hughes and Joe Prussiano, took the fir t step toward the National Endurance title that they so narrowly missed out on last year. Second through fourth overaJ] were first through third in the Mediumweight Superbike class, establishing this as the most competitive class of the series. CIII Talladega Grand Prix Raceway Talladega, Alabama Results: April 17, 1999 (Round 1 of 11) O/A: 1. Arclight Suzuki (5uz); 2. Tapeworks Racing (Suz); 3. Fircstorm Racing (5uz); 4. Army of Darkness (5uz); 5. Semoff Bros. Racing (Yam). HIW SIBK: 1. Arclight Suzuki (5uz); 2. Sernoff Bros. Racing (Yarn); 3. 1-8OO-CROTCH-ROCKET (Suz). MIW SfBK: 1. Tapeworks R.lcing (Suz); 2. Firestorm Racing (5uz); 3. Anny of Darkness (5uz). HfW S/STK: 1. Team Xtreme Endurance (Suz); 2. Penn State (Kaw); 3. Carlyle Racing (Yam). M/W S/STK: 1. Team Chicogo (Yam); 2. T-M Motorsports (5U2); 3, Neighbor of the Beast (Suz). Upcoming Rounds: Round 2 - South Haven, Michigan, May 8 Round 3 - Hampton, Georgia, May 29 WERA National Challenge Sprints Round 1: Talladega Grand Prix Raceway Batey, Junge and the young guns By Drew Uncoln Photos by Andy Chadwell TALLADEGA, AL, APR. 18 ray Batey is the undisputed master of the tight and technical l.3-miIe, nine-turn Talladega Grand P,rix Raceway, located outside of Anniston, Ala bama. The lap-record holder in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions, h~ showed that in his last few years off from racing at the course, he hasn't lost any of the track knowledge that has taken him to countless victories her.e by adding one more to his tally. Batey used the potent, Pirelli-shod Arclight Suzuki Racing GSX-R750 T 8:00 learn Brock Sellards • Chris Gosselaas Danny Smith • Tallon Vohland Bob Moore Rickt c Nalhari NidcWftY Scott Sheak • Shoe 8entIey. 'Riam JaCto bra Lusk • Kevin Windham Mickael Pichon • Sebastien Torteni Chaparral Motorsports 555 South 'H' Street Son Bernordino, CA 92410 15 ... - ~ Mill Street Ex;t off the 2' S FWY in San Bernardino ........... I"'i'ii'> '.:.:/ ---> Now Available Through Cycle News Video Theater "1998 Isle of Man TT" Brave Hearts (Long Version) (#1606) "Brave Hearts" ... Every year the Isle of Man welcomes thousands of fans to enjoy the worldis greatest road racing festival. They come for a massive dose of speed, excitement, fun and drama. This is the full, official coverage of everything that happened during the 1998 TT. if the weather was unpredictable the racing was even more so with some stunning riding and nail-biting finishes. Each race is covered in-depth and includes pit stop dramas and.rider interviews. The winners all ran the gauntlet of emotions - unbelievable courage and bravery, ten- sion in the pits and then the agonizing wait for victory to be confirmed. Just ask Ian Simpson, Michael Rutter, Jim Moodie, Dave Molyneux, Doug Jewell and of course those Dunlop brothers! Down at road level, curb-cam footage gives you a scary look at 180mph tT'achines headi.ng straight towards you. Put that together with the on-bike cameras and the survey says .. Scary Fast. Also great footage from the street party and tons of bikes. This was TT '981 en en en 140 minutes from White Star/ Duke Video. To Order Videos, Call (714) 751-7433 - Charge to Order Videos On-Line at www.cyclenews.com/product.video.html .n This release $42.95, includes Shipping. >0- m ::E 53