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Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Co lo rado Results: September 19, 1999 SV PE R BI K E QUA LIFYI NG: 1. M a t Mladln (54 .009 ); 2. Ben Bost rom ( 54. 1Bb) ; 3. Aa ron Yates (54.519); 4. Doug Chandler (54.578); 5. [ason Pridm ore (54.5820; 6. Pasca l Picotte (54.786 ); 7. Steve Cre vie r (54.885); 1;. Larry Pegram (54.900); 9. Jamie Ha ckin g (54.95 4); 10. Nicky H a yd e n 55.038 ); 11. Matt Wait (55 .370) ; 12. Steve Rap p (55.4 59); 13. Scott Ru ssell (55.494); 14. Eric Bos trom (55.531); 15. Mike Sm ith (55.69 4) ; 16. Ric h O liver (55 .847) ; 17. Jeff Willia m s (55.304); 18. Tr ipp No bl es (56 .972), 19. Damon Buckmaster (57.218); 20. Jam ie Bowman (57.813); 21. To m Kipp (57.822); 22. Jimmy Moore (57.888); 23. Dean M izd a l (57.911); 24 . Ja ke Zem ke (57 .952); 25 . Grant Lopez (58.004); 26. [a mes Rand olph (58.192); 27. Sha ne Cl a rke (5t1.203); 28. Ma rio Du l-lamel (SH.363); 29. Roger Lee Ha yde n (5M .465); 30. Denn is Burk e (58.853); 31. Rad G rea ves (59.0lJ8); 32 , john Haner (59 ,116) ; 33. Da vid Du p rey (59.327); 34. Randall Mennenga (59..:l42). SU I JE R 8 1K E NA TI O N AL: 1. D ou g C h a n d le r (Kaw ): 2. Pasca l Picotte (H · D); 3. Nic ky Ha yden (Hen): 4. Mat Mlad in (Suz): 5. Ben Bo strom (D ud; 6. Steve C re v ier (5 u 7. ; 7. Larry Pe gr am (Due ): 8. Mike' Smi th ) (Duc); 9. Matt Wai t (Dud; 10. Scott Russe ll (H· O); 11. [amie f lacking (Yam ); 12. Eric Bostrom (Hen): 13, Sieve Rapp (5 uz ); 14. j eff 'Will ia m s (Ka w) : IS, Ric h Oli ver (Yam ); 16. Jamie Bowman (Suz); 17. Jimmy Moore (5uz); lB. Tripp Nobles (H· D); 19. jam es Randolph (5uz); 20. Ma rio DuHamel (5 uz ); 21. Dean Mizdal (Suz ): 22. David Dup rey (5uz) ; 23, Randa ll Mennenga (Suz) . Time: 44 m in ., 29,158 M'C . Di stance: 48 1 .,pS, 62.4 m ill'S Avera g e spee d: 85.133 m p h. Ma rgin o f vi cto ry: 1.538 sec. AM A S UP ER BI KE C H A M P IONS H IP POI N T STAND INGS (After 11 of 11 roun d s ): 1. Mat Mladin (361/1 wi n ); 2. Ben Bostrom (351 / 1); 3, Ant ho ny C obe rt (315 /5); 4 , Doug C handler (307 /3); 5. La rr y Pegram (283); 6. Iason Pridmor e (243); 7. Eri c Bos tro m (237); 8. Aa ro n Ya tes (234 ); 9 . Jamie H a ck in g (230) ; 10. Steve C revie r (220); 11. St e ve Rapp (204 ); 12. Pa scal Pico tt e (178); 13. Rich O live r (62); 14. Mari o Du Haml'1 (16]) ; 15. M att Wait (] 48); 16. Miguel DuHamel (141 /1); 17. James Randolp h (137); HI, Dea n Mlzdal (132); 19. Ja mie Bowman (106); 20. Scu tt Russell nOD), Nicky Hayden gave everyone a g limpse of the future at Pikes Pe ak . The superbike ro okie ran at the front of the race for the f irst lime, and h e was right there at the end in th ird p lace. Next year the youngster will be a full-t ime superbike racer on Honda' s new RCS1. gone, it's just the' s ide effects . I've co me here looking for a job. I . Ferracci' s Larry Pegram 'suffered w ith so me tire problems 'in don 't want to do it on my"ow n' again, but I might have to.. 1"11 see ' th e N at ion al a nd tha t pre vented him fr om ":'atclilng Crevier ' s where it ends up . I' m re ally c lose to being ' he alt hy again . I. pace. " W e didn't have a good .enough selec tion this we ekend ." mo to crossed last w eek' and 'it felt rea lly good. I also taught a Peg ram said.. "W e had tw o tires . The one I thought co uld win the . -.. . . STAR schoo l. but I just -want to be 100 percent. " Alexander rod e race came apart . It wa s good for t he first 10 laps: S'urviving for 38 .The factthat the Van ce & . Hines team of Ben Bost ro m and a Chaparral Suiuki this seaso n w hen he wa s healthy.. lap s ts a lo ng time. " Pegram and his Fast By Ferracc l. Du ca ti Anth ony Gob ert tes te d so close to the race raised the ire 'o f th e teammate M att W alt we re the only Mi chelin tire-usinq riders in the • Suzuki team, wh o claimed that the test was no t within AMA rules , Superbik e Nat ional. . Fast By Ferracci' s Larry Pegram was playing the part of rider 'and thu s pro tes te d. W ith the rules stating that no team can test at . . and tuner at Pikes Peak w ith the absence o f l eam owner / crew . :a facility within 10 days of the race '(the test was held .Septernber Yamaha' s Jamie Hacking had a we ekend he'd rather forge t: chief Eraldo Ferracci. " We 're on our own this wee kend ." Pegram 7·8 ), the real question was what co nstitutes a race ? Is it w hen said. "The pro blem is we have these diffe rent tires, I come in and The S outh C arolinan c rashed .during Sat urday ' s qualifyi ng -and qualifying' starts on -Friday or when th e race starts on Sunday? Ihey take th e temperature, but the re 's no Mi chelin guy here to tell hurt his 'knee, an injury th at required st itches. Then on S unday ' The rule isn 't clear. " said AMA road racing manager Ron Barrick. morn ing. he was high sided from his superbike in the wa rm-up us if .the temperature is okay . I'm sett ing up my bike and M att' s " So until we clarify the rule, we can't uphold a pro le st against it. " (Wait) and pick ing tires . I'm doing Eraldo' s job . " "sesslonon th e first lap.i and th e crash tore th e stitches out of his knee.. He go t it patche d and ran to the start line for the 600cc W ith that protest denied, the Vance & Hines crew were named in Su persport final. In that race he ran near the front unti l the bike The Erion Ra c ing c rew dyed their hair various shades of yellow yet anothe r Suzuki protest after the f irst day of quallfy.ing on Fri· in honor of th eir two riders, Nic ky Hayden and Kurti s Robert s. It starte d culling ou t and finally s to pped running . He st art ed th e day whe n Ben Bo st rom ' posted the quickest qualifying lap 'of the Su perbike Nal ional in pain."l hough he did get a pain-ki llinq injec day - a lap th at was n't recorded via a transponder, but wi th the old ' wo rke d as both 'riders wo n th eir res pec tive 'c hamp ionship s . tion prio r to th e' race . .,Hell yes . I was inju'red , ". Hack ing said . . 600cc' Supe rsport and Formula Xtreme : It was the Erion team' s infrared system . Bo strom didn 't have his transponder on for his third succe ssive Formula Xtrem e title . Hack ing was furth er impaired by having to ride his bac k-up bike - . final laps and that cause d the con fusion. : W e reje cte d the pro tes t the bike he only go t to ride for half a lap in the wa rm -up session because there were no 'rules' broken . " Barrick said. "We require . befo re he crashed It. Hacking recentl y signed a one-year co nt ract Lonq -tim e Mi guel D uHamel technician A I Ludington w ill not be th at transp ond er s are used . but only for our scoring ' c onve back at T eam Honda next year. "Th ey told me they are no t renew w it h Yamaha. " That's wha t I·want ed. " Hac king said . "I co uld .nience.." The old,. infrared sys tem doesn't po st the times immedi· have done m o r~ ,(years): " ing my con tract for nex t year, " Lud ing ton said on Sa turday at ately like the transpon ders do. so Bost rom' s fast lap that flas hed Pikes Peak. " It disappointe d me. but it didn' t surprise me. I have on the scree n at the last seco nd of qualifying was acl ually turn ed several options for next year and hop efully 1"11 have some thing set-. Steve Rapp said the AMA confu sed him w ith Jamie Hack ing . .a few laps earlier in the session . Bo strom' s lap bumped Yos himuand he sho uldn't have been meat-balled for jump ing th e start of tied by next week." Ludington found out abou t h'is situation with ra Su zuki ' s ' Mat .M la d i n f rom the '. top spo t on the qua lify ing the National. "T hey go t' me mixed up w ith Hack ing. " Rapp said. charts, though i1 would prob ably ali be for nolh ing if the pair - or . Honda some 10 day s before the final eve ni -.The New Englander . who now lives in C allforme, was with the team for eight years. " 92/82, you know. They (the AMA) said they were sorry and they someone else · we nt quick er on Saturday. gave me a hat." Despite having to undergo a sto p-and-qo penalty, A ccordin g to sou rces close to the team . DuHa mel is n't happy about the change . . . Rapp f!niShed .13th. . Mike Smith was making his third fill.in· ride of the seaso n. Smith subbed for the injured Scott Russell at the Phoenix round of the Larry Pegram and Harley-D avidson's Pascal Picotte were Muzzy Kawa s aki' s Aaron ,V a t e s did n' t fi nis h the race after se rie s . and 'the n fill ed in for the W hit e Endurance tea m in th e caught shaking' hands on a bet after Friday' s firs t round of qualify encountering tire problems'. Yates was never a factor in the National. e 'W orld Superbik. round at Laguna Seca Raceway in Ju ly. N ow . . . ing. The -bet? Picotte said that on Satu rday he'd be' able' to do a Smith, wh o 'works as a auto mecha nic at a local dealers hip near Yamaha' s Rich Oli';er had a miserable weekend in his retum to sub- Sa -second lap . Pegram said he co uldn' t , so thu s the $50 ' his home' in Georgia . wa s filling mon wh at is arguably the best wager. In qualifying. Picotte lapped slowe r in the final sess ion, a racing after breaking his elbow at Road A tlanta . " W e starte d at mot orcycl e in AMA racing· Ihe Va nce & Hines D ucat i. The Geor57 s and we ended at S7s. · Oliver said. " The 600 cc race was fun S4,786 .making Peg ram $ 50 richer. ' gian ended up qualifying 15th 'and he finished eighth jn the Nation al. . . and the bike was wo rking good actua lly. The elbow wa s a littl e Yamah a' s 600cc Supersport t itl e hop efu l' Tommy Hayden weak on the superbike . I'm looking forward to do ing som ething wasn't having a good time at Pikes Peak , despite the fact that he. different next year. Tent h and 15th was all we had . " Oliver said he There was .no killing the c ontroversy that swirled regarding the wou ld like to run a tw o-man 2S0cc GP team next year in AMA was still at or near th e top of the qualifying charts all weekend. occ urrences of Saturday' s final qualifying session (see 'qualify ing racing - if he do~sn 't get 'any supe rbike offe rs . J ust 10 days ago, Hayden had surgery and pins were placed in his sidebar) , and the AMA was still reviewing the incide nt well int o broken navicular bone in his left wri st . the 'rest of a mot ocr oss ' Sunday 's' final day 'of racing . Naturally: thestory had tw o' sides crash .. "Ithurts .wh e never I've got to push on that handlebar," Spea kinq of miserable weekends, Eric B ostrom's final race and thoseon each side were vocal on their feeling s towa rds the on the Honda RC 4S wa sn' t a success . Bo strom . ended uP. 12th . ma tt er . " 1 think mo st . importan tly is that I was disapp oint ed ." . Hayden said, " It's not much fun out th ere." De spite the injury . J ommy Hayden still put Ihe Yamaha R6 on Ihe pole for the race 40 seco nds beh in d D o ug C handler . " lts the wors t ever , ' .Van ce & Hines -team owner Terry Vance said. ' " I think w e as Bostrom said. "W e were screwed right from the start. ' W e never and he finished seco nd in th e final. teams have. coope rated w ith each o ther not to hinder anyon e' s fou nd anything that was acceptab le. I know 'w here we belong and .performan ce. Now it' s up the A MA to make a decision and we'll it' s not back th ere. I"m looking forward to a fre sh start next year. go from there . I w ill tell you that jf my team had to do that to w in, . Aaron ' Yates knew that the tight-and· twisty 1.3·mile Pike; Peak layout would place an emphasis on passing. especially lapped traffic.' W e just had nothing going for us this weeke nd. " Bo st rom has l'd never .race again.:We 'd pack it up and go home. ' One sou rce signed a contractto race factory . Kawa saki s alongside Chandle r Thus he spent some of his time practicmq the art. ." l've been practicinside the Suzuki team said that all of the riders we re told to try next year . . . . ing passing out there the whole time, - Yate s 'said: '" think that' s and block Bo stro m w henever they cou ld during the final qualifying '.. ..,. session : . going to be importa nt. We 'll 'see how the race goes'" He used the Jason P r idm o r e c rashed ou t of th e 600 cc S upersport race practi ce to perfection in.winning the 600c c Supersport final. Rich a rd A l e x a n d e r J r, 'was 'in attendanc e for the fimil race of ' and things .didn't ge l much better wh en his Yo shimura Suzuki S t e ve Crevier ended his Yoshimura Suzuki"career with a sixth blew up in' the Sup erbike National. Prldmore inj ured his hip and ·th e year. but th e def ending AMA 7S0cc . Su persport C hampion' place finishin the National, He hopes the.result was good' enoug h 'elbow in the 600 cc mishap , but elected to ride the Superb lke race was n' t com peting . Alexander,. who wa s d iagnosed with Lyme ' s to land him a ride in ' 2000. "l could get off the comers . but not . anyway. He wa s running st ronq seve nth' when the bike broke. "I disea se earlier in the year. still isn't at full st rength and he elected thrOugh them. " Cr evier said. He wa s one of a few riders wh o . think we could .have been fift h or sixth." Pridmore said. " It jusl . .not to Compete at Pi kes Peak. "Three or four more weeks and I wa sn'tour da~. " used D unlop's 5'01 tire rather than the dual-compound one . would have been okay to race, " Alexander said . " The disease is :Brieflv..• a . . . en en en ~ .,; N ~ .c '" E C. '" en '" 11

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