Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

machi ne , inj u r in g J o h n s t o n ' s left knee in the proc ess . That brought out a re d fla g and a b reak that la s te d roughly half an hour. After th e restart, Team Cizzn akel qu ickly to o k firs t, Id iot Blue s c a m e next , and Bent Rac ing a n d Squ a re Dea l II followed. S ix laps int o th e restart, Idiot Blue s clicked o~f some 1:32s to na b th e lead fro m Team Ciz zna ke l a nd then he ade d off to victory. J ust be fore the th ree -ho ur ma rk at 4 :55 p.m., To dd Swearingen suffered a nast y c rash o n the Ch a m pio n Rac ing S u zu k i that b ro k e the ex h a us t canister in half a nd be nt the tail se c tion into an upside -down "U." Team member Bradley Champion loo ked at the bike in disgust and decl ared th e ir race ove r. Howeve r , t h e t eam changed their min ds and rejoined the race half an hour from the finish to take eighth in the Lightweight Superbike class. At 6 p.m. , Idiot Blue s crossed th e finish line to ta ke the win over Bent Racing , which also earned the m first and s econd in th e Med iumw e igh t S uperbike class. EK Motorsports took fourth ove ra ll, beh ind Heavyweigh t Superbike class winn ers Crash Clinic . EK's fourth-ov erall fin ish pu t th e m third in the ir Mediumw e ig ht Su per bike class. Madd Camp recove red fro m thei r m idrace crash to take fift h overa ll, ahead of Te a m Cizznak el , which was goo d enough fo r second and th ird , res pective ly , in the He avyw eight S up erbike cla ss . Cycle 1 Racing was t he first Ligh t w e igh t Superb ike mach ine to cross th e lin e at e ig hth overal l. T he fath e r-and -son team of Team S peed y Gon zal e s co lle c te d second in Lightwe ight Superbike , fol lowed by Team Silverba c k. CN Texas Motur Speedway Fort Warth,Texas Results: May 1Z, ZOO1 IRound 3] 0 / A: 1. Idiot Blues (Suz); 2. Bent Racing (Suz): 3. Crash Clini c (Suz): 4. EK Motorsport s (Yam ); 5. Madd Camp (Sua). H/W S/BK: 1. Crash Clinic (Suz); 2. Madd (li mp (Suz): 3. Team Cizznekel (Suz); 4. Mu ltitech (Kaw); 5 . South ern Styl e Racer s (Kew}. M/W S/B K: 1. Idiot Blues (Suz) : 2. Bent Racing (Suz); 3 . EK Moto rsport s (Yam ) : 4. Squa re Deal II (Yam) ; 5. Sq uirrely (Yam) . L/W S/ B K : 1. Cyc le 1 Racin g (Suz) ; 2. Tea m Spee dy Gonza les (Suz); 3. Team Silverbac k (Suz): 4 . Rob in's Roost (Suz) ; 5 . He ritage Pa int £, Body (Suz). RPM Sportsman Sprint Series Round 3: Texas Motor Speedway HOV\Tard, Haner Record Big RPM Wins By M A RK L O PE Z FORT W ORTH, TX, MAY 13 y Howard carded two wins in the C Superstock and C Supe rb ik e classes and John Haner won th e B S up erstock event a t round th re e o f t he RPM Sportsman Sp rint S er ies , held at Texas Motor Speedway. Ott is Lance gunned his Lone St ar Motorsports GSX-R750 off th e sta rt of th e Formula On e ra c e , ah e ad o f T Team Pennzo il's Jam ie La ne, J ohn Branch and Rob ert Die t r ic h . Lan e qui c kly pas sed Lan c e head ing int o the right-handed turn four o n la p one. Lance recl a im ed th e lead a lap late r with a late-bra k ing m ov e into t u rn s even . As th e t w o le a d e r s c a m e around to b e gin la p th r e e , Lan e st raight -line d th e c hicane a nd had to slow dramati c all y s o h e could ree nte r the ra ce . Th at allo wed Dietrich and Branch , who h ad b e en battlin g Texas Mot or Spe edway: B Superstock race-winner John Hane r (97) lead Jamie Lane (85) and Scali Crawford (86) through the infield in Fort Worth, Texas . 62 JUNE 20, 2 00 1 • IC U IC I D neVIl' s ove r third , to close the ga p to Lane , making it a three-way battle for sec on d . Dietrich outbraked Lane on the ins id e of turn thre e on lap four, and B ran ch p a sse d La n e a lap later. Branch th en too k second fro m Diet rich , clam p ing o n the bra ke s for turn se v en . With ju st o ne lap t o go , Branch ove rs hot turn three and took h imself out of se cond place. Tha t allow ed Dietrich and Lane to go pa st , but Branch was ab le to rejoin the ra c e in time to collect fo u rth. Lan e , wh o was riding with a fra ctu red right hand suffered a t Tex as World Speedway, finesse d his 750 past Dietr ich's bigge r GS X-R 1000 o n lap si x to claim second in the fadi ng moments of th e ra ce. Me an while , Lan ce took the win with a co m fo rta ble le ad. In the C Superbi k e race , Scott Cr a wfo rd g o t a b ird ' s-e ye v ie w o f How ard ' s qu ick launch o ff th e grid and foll o wed him around NASCAR turns o ne a n d two . Ty Strang e r Tho rsen followed th e two leaders , sit t ing th ird ahead o f Kev in Pate , bu t Pat e mov ed up to third with a pass in t u rn n ine on la p one, and Bradley Ch a mp ion pushed Stranger-Th orsen d own a no the r s p o t m om ents late r. Th e battle for third engulfed Crawford on lap th ree, ma k ing it a four-wa y fight for second . Me anwhile, Howard's lead was swellin g . Pate and Champi on go t past Crawford on lap three to as sum e s e c ond and thi rd . On the same la p, Champion passed Pate to take th e s e c ond -pla ce fin is h . Stran g e r -T horsen to ok fifth , beh ind Cra wfo rd . Lance twice s hot h ims el f in th e foot during the B S up er stoc k ra c e. He took the holes ho t bu t o ve rs ho t t he first turn lea di ng into th e infield and promptl y ra n off the circ uit, handing th e lead to John Haner, who was followed closely by Crawford and Lane. Lan e passed Crawford for se cond o n la p tw o bend in g in t o turn se v e n . Down a few s pots, Lan ce was making u p time fo r hi s m is cu e , a n d h e passed Ric ha rd Pulli a m in NASCAR turn thre e to adva nce to fo urth. Up fron t, Haner ha d built an l1-second lea d head ing int o lap fo ur. La nce passed Cra wford on the fro nt st raight and then too k seco nd from Lane in th e sa me spot. Lane cl ung to Lan ce 's tail sect ion and moved back into sec ond with a pa ss in turn seven on th e la s t lap . La nce tri ed to im m ed ia te ly hit back with a brak ing move in turn n ine , but he outbraked h imse lf an d ran o ff th e co urse . Lan e moto red a way a n d Crawford in he rite d t h ird while Lan ce t r ied to get h im s e lf t urn e d a rou nd . Lan c e s ett led for fourth , ah e ad of Sc ott Lawson. IC E Motorsports ' Greg Abbott le d t h e C Sup er stock fie ld , ah ead of G S X- R6 0 0 r id e r S ha nnon Ball , Ho wa rd a nd AI Sh epherd. J ust as Ho wa rd was be ginning to work h is way up to the fron t on la p two , the race wa s red- flagge d due to a nasty cra sh inv olv ing Dal e Love a n d S tephen Guyn e s ; Guynes was k no c k e d unc on s ciou s , and c o rn er marshals a nd EMTs atte nde d to him. He was later airlifte d to th e ho spital , but unoffici a l acco un ts reported he s u ffered no life-threaten ing injuries , t ho ugh he s uffered a few broken bones. Love was battered a nd bru ise d bu t came ba c k later to rac e a gain. At th e re st a rt , Abb ott t o o k th e poi nt o ver Pate . Brad ley Cha mpion, ridi ng a Richmond Su zu k i Yamaha R6, pass ed Pa te for se cond on lap one while bra k ing fo r turn ei g h t. Champion th en beg an chipping away at Abbo tt's e arl y lead . Howard, meanwh ile , was wo rki n g h is way thro ugh the pa ck following a not-sogreat st a rt . He passed Pate for third on lap th ree and was on top of Cham p ion mom en ts later . Howard to o k second fro m Champion with a gu ts y move in the turn -five left -hand k ink a nd quickly set out aft e r Abbott. Howa rd put the sam e mov e on Abbott as he had on Champion , passing for t h e lead in t u rn five before head ing off to take the win. Abbott settled for second , and Ch a m p io n fend ed o ff a la te-race c harge from Ba ll to keep third . CN le..s Motur Speedway Fort Worth, l exas Results: May 13, ZOO 1 IR ound 31 125 GP; 1. Merle Scherb (Hen) ; 2. Logan Young (Hon) : 3. Jeffr ey Harder (Hon) ; 4. Chris Bel l (Hon); 5. J ack Gies ecke (Yam) . A S/STK EX : 1. Jo hn Haner (Suz) ; 2 . Ott Is Lance (Suz); 3. Ty Stranger-Tho rsen (Suz); 4. Robert Dietrich (Suz); 5. Richard Pulliam (Suz) . B S/BK NOV: I. Keith R. Holl em an (S ua): 2 . Blair Lively (Suz); 3. Derrick Patma n (Suz); 4. Manny Pauli. (v ern): 5. Larry Needham (Sua). B 5 /BK EX : 1. Ottis Lance (Suz); 2. J am ie R. Lane (SUI); 3 . James Compto n (S uz); 4. Sco tt Levine (Hon) ; 5. Fr ank J. Klem enti ch (Hon) . B S/ STK NOV: 1. Keith R. Holleman (Sua): 2. Phillip Lawlis (Ka w) ; 3. Manny Poulis (Yam) : 4. Todd Thom pson (Suz); 5. J ohn Cherry (Hon). B S/STK EX: 1. J ohn Haner (Suz) ; 2. J am ie R. Lane (SU ); 3 . Robert Scott Crawford (Suz); 4. Ottis I Lance (SU ; 5. Scott Lawson (Suz). I) C S/BK NOV: 1. Chris Wall er (Yem ): 2. David Kaga n (SUI); 3. BI12 ir Lively (SUI); 4. J effrey Bri ce (Han) : 5. John Cherry (Han ). C S/ BK EX: I. Ty Howard (Vam); 2. Bradley A . Cha m pion (Yam ) ; 3 . Ke vin Pate (Kaw); 4 . Robe rt Scott Crawford (SUI); 5. Ty Stranger -Tho rsen (SUI) . S/STK NOV: 1. Keit h R. Holl em an (SUI) ; 2. David Kt.l tlO (SUI); 3. Bl air Live ly (SUI) ; 4 . Manny g Poul is (Yam ): 5. Phillip Lawli s (Kaw ). C S/STK EX: 1. Ty Howar d (Vam ): 2. D. Greg Abb ott ( SUI) ; 3 . Bradley A . Champion ( Yam) ; 4. Shanno n Ball (SU ): 5. Kevin Pate (Kaw). I CLBMN NO V : 1. Will Steve nson (Kaw). o S/BK NO V: 1. Dhane B. Mar qu es (SUI ): 2. Terry Mc Elwa in (SUI) : 3. Richar d Brook s (SUI) ; 4. Tony P. Nguyen (SU ); 5. Sarah A . Mesa (Suz). I S/BK EX: 1. Bradley A . Cham pion (Sua}; 2. Philli p H. Fisher (Sua): 3. Richard Desmond (SUI ). F-l NOV: I . Keith R. Hollem an (SUI ): 2. Manny Pouli s (Yam) ; 3. Todd Tho m pson (SUI) : 4 . Faustino Sanchez (Han ); 5. A ndy Kupfe r (SUI) . F -] EX: 1. Ott is Lance (S UI); 2. J am ie R. Lane (SUI ); 3. Robert Dietri ch (SU ); 4. John C. Branch III I (Hon); 5. Scott Law son (SUI ). F -2 NOV: I. Dhane B. Marques (SUI); 2. Merle Scherb ( Hon ) ; 3 . Richard Br ooks (S UI) : 4 . Terr y McEl wain (SUI ): 5. Tony P. Nguye n (SU ). I F -2 EX: 1. Bradley A . Cham pion (S UI); 2. Eri c R. Fa it (S UI): 3. Zachry Lee (Han ): 4. Paul Borde lo n (Sue): 5. Logan Voung (Han) . F· 2 ·S TRK: 1. Drew Lippalt (Ann ). L/ W TW NOV : 1. Dha ne B. Marques (SU ): 2. I Terry Mc Elwain (SUI); 3. Richard Brook s (Suz): 4 . Tony P. Nguyen (Suz); 5. Sarah A . Mesa (SU I). L/W TW EX: 1. Bradley A . Champ ion (SUI); 2. Eric R. Fait (Suz); 3. Phill ip H. Fishe r (Sua) : 4. Paul Bordelon (Suz); 5 . Richard Desmo nd (Suz). H/W TW NOV : 1. Dhane B. Marqu e. (Suz): 2. Larry Needham (Suz); 3 . Lane Smith (SUI ): 4. Dustin Moore (Duc) ; 5. Scott Wineinger (Han). H/W TW EX : I. Jo hn C. Branch III ( Han ) : 2 . Jam es Co mpton (SUI ) ; 3 . Brad ley A . Cha m pio n (S UI ); 4 . Paul Bord elon (SUI) : 5 . And re Espaill at (Han) . VINT 2 : I . R.N. Root (Tri) . e o

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