Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Corona Extra E BSCO Medi a' s Vincent Haskovec a nd Fa stline's J a mes Randolph . Acree took over fifth fro m Randolph on the seven th la p and qui ck ly pull ed a way , Ha s kov ec doi ng th e same in six th . eN Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, Califomia Results: May 5, 2001 [Round 2 of 111 750cc SUPERSPORT FINAL: 1. Brian Parriott (S UI): 2. Jim my Moore (Suz): 3. Rich Alexander (Suz); 4. Chris Ulrich (SUI ): 5 . Lee Acree (SUI); 6 . Vincent Hesk ovec (Suz); 7 . James Randolph (Suz) ; 8 . Ben Spies (Suz) ; 9 . Anthony Lupo (SU1); 10 . Tony Meiring (Suz): 11. Stuart Stratton (Yam); 12. Steve Patterson (Suz) ; 13. Da vid Ortega (Suz) ; 14. Kim Naka shim a (SUI ); 15. Jam es King (Suz) ; 16. Alan Schmidt (Suz) ; 17. Doug Pitcock (Suz) ; 18. Owen Weichel (Kaw) ; J9 . Edward M ilheu sen (Suz); 2 0 . Richard Slejmar (Suz); 21. G ~HY Hatfield (Yam ); 22 . Kurt Marmo r (Hon); 23 . John Scott Wilson (Suz): 24 . Kevin Carter (Yam); 25. Randell MennengZil (Suz); 26. Eric Erling Haugo (Suz) ; 2 7 . Robert Bussey (Suz); 28. Justin Blake (Suz); 29. Jeremi ah Johnson (Yam ); 30 . Geoffrey Pestes (Yam ); 3 1. Mark Simon (Suz) ; 32. Dave Norgord (Yam ): 33 . Mike Mullin (Suz); 34 . Scott Gooch (S uz) ; 35. Bill F ord yce (S uz ) ; 36 . Morgan Murphy ( Suz); 37 . Adam Ma tthew J one s (S uz); 38 . Owen Richey (Suz); 39 . Thoma s Bolles (S uz); 40 . Jeff Bostrom ( Suz); 4 1. Scott J en sen (Suz) ; 42. Kenyon Kluge (Suz) . lime: 26 min.. 19.150 sec. Distance: 16 laps. 3 7.12 miles. Average speed: 91. 919 mph. Marg in of victory: 2.949 sec. AMA 75 0« SUPERSPORT C'SH IP PO INT STANDIN QS (Aft er 2 of 11 round s) : 1. Jimmy Moore (5 9 ) ; 2. Rich Alexander (58 ); 3 . Ben Spies (5 7); 4. Vincent Haskovec (4 7); 5 . Alan Schmidt (40) ; 6. Anthony Lupo (39) ; 7. Br ian Parriott (38/ 1): 8 . Jason Pridmore (36 /1 ): 9. Tony Meiring (34); 10. Chris Ulrich (27 ); 11. (TI E ) Lee Acree/ Brien Gibbs (26): 13. (T IE) J ohn A sh mead/ Jam es Rando lp h (24) : 15. John Jacobi (23); 16. Charl es Chouinard (2 1); 17. (TIE) Stuart Stratt on/Da igoro Suz (20); 19. (TIE) Dav id Mcintyre/Ste ve Patterson ( 19); Upcom ing Rounds: Round 3 • Braselton, Georgia, May 19 Round 4 • Elkhart Lake, Wiscon sin, June 9 AMAIMBNA 250cc Grand Prix S eries Round 2: Sear s Point Raceway b e c au s e o f pr e ssu re , a n d fo r the whole ra ce bec au se of a horrific p ractice c ras h. Attack S uzuk i's Richie Alexa nder was in Moo re 's shadow fo r the first eig ht laps b e fo re m a k in g a p a ir o f critical mista ke s e ntering turn I I . At the e nd of laps nine and 10 , Alexander wa s ov era gg ressive a n d it cost him a sh ot at second, and nea rly his finish . "I ma de a couple of menta l errors going into 11 and almos t t hr ew it away twice - two la ps consecut ive ," Alexander said. The tw o m isstep s a llowe d Ro ad rac ingworld .c om 's Chr is Ulr ich to close up in fourth , but Alexander held on for thi rd . "I jus t had to g e t m y head bac k together," Alexander sai d . "It ' s k ind of been off the pace a ll weekend and my bike went in qual ifying so I went on my backup bike ." That turned out to be a good thing . "I've got to say my back -up was a weso m e , " Alex ander said . " I c o u ld n ' t bel ieve it. I was a little scared go ing into it. You just don 't know a new bike. My motor had been s low all weekend . I ke pt saying it to my guys , th e y were say ing , 'No , it's y o u r drive .' And I'm like, ' No, it' s s low.' In qua lifying , the thing wa s just tying up , tying up and finally it went. It was good to get on a bike tha t wa s run ning th e wa y it sh ou ld ha ve be en." Moo re had a good bik e , bu t wa sn 't up to spe ed. Mo or e was go in g th rough tu rn 8A when his re ar wheel stepped out, th rowing him up on the windscreen . The co rne r has virtua lly no run-off, with ha y ba les and a ir fen c e to the edge of the track , "and I did everything I could to g et the thing Brian Pa rriott was th e man of the m oment in 750cc Sup e rsport. w inning his first- ever AMA National on his home ra cetrack. turn ed a nd keep it on the pa vement , and I just torpedoed those th ing s. Th e bi ke had no sc ratches o n it. It was j ust a tota l pil e dri ve in to th e ha y bales . I've ne ver sl o we d d own t h at fast. When I g ot u p, I c o u ld no t see o ut of m y left eye . My vision is sti ll not pe rfect." Moore thought he could m ake it a race. "In t he beginn ing , ac tua lly , we seem e d to be neck- and -n ec k , " h e said. But ha lfwa y in, he found it difficul t to co ncentrate, "a nd onc e I started making mistakes - I ha d a hard time fe e ling the front, being smooth on the throttle , fe e ling what the bike was do ing - he jus t slowly went away, every turn , every straightaway , every braking a rea . It seemed like I might have had a little something for him in seven, but it really d idn 't m atter." " I think that's whe re Jimm y [Moore] saw that he was having a lit tle bit of an advantage," Parriott said. "T h ro ug h qua lifyin g and pra cti cing , I've ha d th e th ing s ide wa ys goi ng in ther e. I ne ver ha d to do tha t. It was super smooth, no pressu re, I was abl e to keep m y he ad dow n a nd just go ." Moo re's c o ns o la tion wa s that h e took over the p oints lead. After two of 11 ra ces he holds a one -poi nt lead , 59 -58 , o ve r Ale xand er. Va lv olin e EMGO Suzuki' s Ben Spies , who wa s inju red two weeks ag o at Will ow Sp rings , finished e ig h th and fell to th ird in the po ints with 57 . Fifth went to Arclight Suzuki's Lee Acree. Early on he was tied up with STO RY AN D PH OTO S B Y HEN N Y R A Y AB RAMS SONOMA, CA, MAY 6 e rfo r m a n c e Mach in es ' Roland S ands tu c ked t he fro nt end and c rashed while ho unding Stickersol utions .com's Rich Olive r in the MBNA 250cc Gra n d Prix ra ce at Dayto na . Sa nds was qu ic kly up without losing a spot, a nd so ld iered on to s e cond . Toda y, on a s unny and warm afternoon at Sea rs Point Racewa y, it was Olive r who ret urned th e fa vor. On. the seco n d la p o f a 16 -l a p ra c e , O live r mad e a rare mist a k e when he tuc ked the front e nd in the first c o rn e r and hand ed the le a d to Sands. Sands d idn 't get a free pass, P e U e I e Roland Sands (10 ) holds off Chuck Sorensen (hidden) In their 250cc battle . Sands inherit ed the lead when Ri ch Oliver crashed and stormed to vict ory, while Sorensen battled machine problems to finish ninth. h o w e v e r , as G P T e c h ' s C h u ck Sorensen kept him honest for a few la ps - e ve n taking th e le ad fo r two la ps. before a defec tive ~ pa rk p lug grad ually robbed h im of powe r a nd e v e n t u a Ily dro p pe d h im t o ninth place. At the end of the da y, Sands had h is first 250cc Grand Prix victo ry in ne ar ly two ye ar s, the last coming at Elkhart Lake in June 19 99 . He also took over t h e champ ionsh ip p oints lead , but t h a t caused hi m a n g s t. n e _ s MAV16,20 01 13

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