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Formula USAILockhart-Phillips Unlimited Superbike Series Round 5: Portland Interhational Raceway Mike Clccotto 113) 1eMI. his teammate Bam. . 134) .nd Higbee 114) In the second leg. ClccottD won on the trsck, but _ . DQd when hi. Suzuki _ found to be over the honepo_r limit. legs. We're not out of it by any stretch." Ken Chase was seventh in front of Eric Wood, Alan Schmidt, and Edge Motorsports' Greg Leffler. eN ..... ........oIlntan18l1...111Ksw8y ~ /lesuIb: ~ I, 2.11 1I1DlIlIlI 5 sf IJ "I had a long way to come from that grid position," he said. "Once I got clear, the lead pack was gone." As wall his points lead, though he was conceding nothing. "I went from 11 points up to 11 points out," he said. "Our deal for Daytona is pretty cut and dry. I've got to go down there and win both That held me up and made me lose a couple of positions in the second race. Got through and I had a pretty good race there with Lee [Acree]. Lee was sliding around, kind of wounded himself. We had some good racing, so it was fun." The first-leg crash put Acree at the back of the field. Q(JAUFYING: 1. Lee Acree (1:07.755); 2. Mike Barnes (1:07.852); 3. Brion Parriott (1:07.863); 4. Shown Higbee (1:07. 881): 5. Grant Lopel (1:08.288): 6. Craig Connell (1:08.348); 7. Ty Howard (1 :08.457); 8. Alon Schmidt (l :08.465); 9. Eric Wood (I :08.567); 10. Kenneth Chose (1:08.825); 11. Troy Batey (1:08.908); 12. Michael Himmelsboch (1:09.141); 13. John Honer (1:09.533); 14. John Dugan (1:09.608); 15. Gregory Leffler (1 :09.681); 16. Michllel Fitzpatrick (1:09.977); 17. Mike Sullivan (1:09.981); 18. Joshuo Bryon (1:09.997); 19. More Polouo (1:10.200); 20. Aoron Clork (1:10.450); 21. Mork Ledesmo (1:10.736); 22. Nathan Hester (1:10.778); 23. Don Wilson (1:10.935); 24. Chris Ancien (1:11.402); 25. Jacob Holden (1:11.528); 26. Briggs Willoughby (1:12.984); 27. TImothy Hudnall (1:16.784). RACE ONE: 1. Michael Barnes (Suz); 2. Brilln Parriott (Suz); 3. Shewn Higbee (Suz); 4. Michael Himmelsbach (Apr): 5. Gront Lopel (SUl); 6. Troy Batey (Apr); 7. Alan Schmidt (SUl); 8. Ty Howard (Kow); 9. Eric Wood (Suz); 10. Kenneth Chose (Suz); 11. M.ike Sullivan (Yam); 12. Nathan Hester (Suz); 13. John Dugon (Suz); 14. Jacob Holden (Suz); 15. Gregory Leffler (Suz); 16. Marc Palazzo (Hon); 17. Aaron Clark (Apr); 18. Roland Williams (Suz); 19. Jeff Wood (Kow); 20. Don Wilson (SUl); 21. Tim Hudnall (Suz); 22. Chris Ancien (Suz); 23. Joshua Bryan (Suz); 24. Lee Acree (Suz); 25. Briggs Willoughby (Hon); 26. Craig Connell (Due). Time: 20 min., 38.000 sec. Distance: 18 laps, 34.56 miles Averoge speed: 104.685 mph ""argm of victory: 0.306 sec. RACE TWO: 1. Michael Barnes (Suz); 2. Brian Porriott (Suz); 3. Shown Higbee (SUl); 4. Troy Batey (Apr); 5. Grant Lopez (Suz); 6. Lee Acree (Suz); 7. Kenneth Chose (SUl); 8. Eric Wood (SUl); 9. Alan Schmidt (SUl); 10. Gregory Leffler (SUl); 11. Mike Sullivan (Vern); 12. Jecob Holden (Suz); 13. Marc Polouo (Hon); 14. Michael Fitzpatrick (Suz); 15. Jeff Wood (Kow); 16. Mark Ledesma (Apr); 17. Roland Williams (SUt); 18. Den Wilson (SUt); 19. Chris Ancien (Suz); 20. Briggs Willoughby (Hon); 21. Joshua Bryen (Suz); 22. Aeron Clark (Apr); 23. Michael Hjmmelsbach (Apr); 24. Nathan Hester (Suz). Tame: 20 min., 33.000 se<:. Distance: 18 laps, 34.56 miles Average speed: 105.109 mph IW\argln of victory: 0.302 se<:. LOCKHART-PHILLIPS ONLlJIIITED SOPERBIKE C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 10 of 12 roces): 1. Shown Higbee (139); 2. Lee Acree (128); 3. Brion Parriott (117); 4. Grant Lopez (9a); 5. Craig Connell (82); 6. Troy Batey (72); 7. Kenneth Chose (62); 8. Michael Himmelsbach (58); 9. Michoei Bomes (54); 10. Mike Ciccotto (43); 11. Poul Horrell (40); 12. Eric Wood (36); 13. More Polono (32); 14. Roland Williams (27); 15. Jimmy Moore (26); 16. Charles Chouinard (24); 17. Byron Borbour (23); 18. Aaron Clark (19); 19. (TIE) Vincent Haskove<:jJohn Haner (18). Upcoming Round: Round 6 - Daytona Beach, Florida, October 21 Michael Bames 134) 1..cI. L_ Acree 111.nd the ..lIt of the Sportblke cia. . en route to victory on hi. QSX-R800. Fonnula lISA Sportbike Round 5: Portland International Raceway By PortLand International Raceway, Barnes held off the relentless pressure of defending champion Lee Acree to win the Sportbike class for the Hooters Suzuki team. It would be the start of a record four-win day for the Floridian. HENNY RAY ABRAMS PORTLAND, OR, SEPT 9 M ichael Barnes couldn't have known what was to come. In the first race of the day at the Formula USA Rose City Cyclefest at ~~ C' ... ~ ........._ 4n .."nn4 a _ •• _ • _ Acree got the holeshot on the Arclight Suzuki, but Barnes outbraked him going into turn one, a pattern that would be repeated throughout the 18-lap, 35.56-mile race. Lap after lap, Acree would work hard to pass Barnes, only to get passed at some point, often by Barnes' better drives onto the threequarter-mile-Iong front straightaway. Acree took the lead a few times, but Barnes was never worried. He knew he could do the job when he needed and did, but he got help when Acree missed a shift on the final lap. "I never saw the white flag, so coming to the checkered, I was thinking that was the white flag, so 1 was pretty stoked," Barnes said. "I had to do a triple-take and see the blackand-white, and I'm pretty stoked." "I missed a shift on the back straightaway," Acree said. "I thought I could make a run on Barney. He rode the perfect race; he did everything right. I was the one who made a mistake, and he took advantage of it." Barnes said the difference was that he "was getting a better drive - I had a little more corner speed out of the last corner and a much better drive out onto the straightaway, and even if he had been in front of me, I would have been able to catch him at the line. I did it about five times through the race and just barely got him at the line. I was hoping I didn't have to do that." The strategy gave Barnes the win, by 0.304 seconds, with Acree second and his teammate, the late-charging Brian Parriott, a close third. Both Barnes and Acree knew each other's strengths and weaknesses and tried to exploit them. "He was getting me on the brakes