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Formula USAILockhart-Phillips Unlimited Superbike Series Round 5: Portland Interra ional Raceway on his Kosco Harley-Davidson/Buell, a win which earned him the class title. Then he was back on the bigbore Suzuki for the second Unlimited Superbike race, in which he finished second, but was elevated to the top spot after the Suzuki GSX-R1000 of teammate Mike Ciccotto failed the postrace dyno check. "I'm not too stoked about it," Barnes said about winning the second F-OSA leg, but, before Ciccotto was taken down, he was content. "[ gave it my best and the bike's great, my tires are great, the team's great, the weekend was great. I'm happy. It's been a while since I've been able to show my stuff other than on the Buell this year. I had a real rough start this spring in Daytona, so I'm hoping to STORY AND PHOTOS BY HENNY RAY ABRAMS PORTLAND,OR,SEPT.9 ichael Barnes had a record day in the Rose City Cyclefest at Portland International Raceway, winning all four races he entered, but only with the unintentional help of his unfortunate teammate. Barnes began the day by riding his Hooters Suzuki GSX-R600 to the Sportbike win from the pole position. Barnes rested during the Aprilia Cup Challenge, won by Jeffrey Wood. Soon afterward, he rode his Hooters Suzuki GSX-R1000 to victory in the first Lockhart-Phillips Unlimited. Superbike race. The Floridian followed that by winning the Buell lightning Series race, also from the pole, M 28 SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 • cue I • n • _ s go back to Daytona and show them what I can do at Daytona. That's real important to me now." What made the feat more impressive is that after blowing up his better engines at Pocono and earlier in the Portland weekend, he was on a Supers port-spec engine that made 137 horsepower. "That was the first time I haven't had to white-knuckle it at the dyno," Barnes said. Barnes won the first race outright after scrapping with Arclight Suzuki's Lee Acree and Brian Parriott. Parriott and Acree came together at the end of the front straight on the 11th lap, Acree getting the worst of it and a trip into the grass. Parriott came second, by 0.306 seconds, with Millennium Michael Bames (34) was perfec1 at Portland International Raceway during Fonnula USA action, winning all four races he ente...t - including this one, both legs of the Unlimited Super1)ike final. The second leg was a gift of sorts when his teammate Mike Clccotto (hIdden) was disqualified. Technologies' Shawn Higbee thjrd. With Acree's exit, Higbee took over the championship points lead, and would stretch it in the second race. Fourth in leg one was Blackmans Cycles' Aprilia-mounted Michael Himmelsbach, followed by defending champion Grant Lopez on the Valvoline EMGO Suzuki. Then came Tray Batey on the second Blackmans Cycles' Aprilia and Tuff Dog Racing's Alan Schmidt.