Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

@@@D @71ffJ ~ fijDD\!l@ DUD [fJ@ [JfJDffJUDDffJ owl:j [jJdJ ~ ill C ([] , D ReggIe Showers (Suz) had a dream n weekend o n t he NHRA Pow erade Pro , LJ S toc k B .ike t our , as he back ed up his Team Husqvarn a' s Eddy Seel (pi ctured) kept his FIM World Sup erm ot o Champi· onship hopes alive after leading from start to finish to win the SuperFinal at the Grand Prix of Romania in Bucharest, Romania, on September 7. The Belgian Seel got the holeshot in the 20-lap feature event and pulled out to an ~nsurmountable lead~ . I am very happy, he said aft erward . "The long break was good for me as I had phy sical probl ems, but today I am at 100 percent. I enjoyed myself out on the track. I had a good time after the second practic e, but I did not get a good start in race one, and even though I thought I was faster than Ivan (Lazzarini], I was not able to pass. In the second race and the SuperFinal, I got much better starts. The SuperFinal was perfect. I got O victo ry at the K&N Filters Pro Bike Klash w ith a Pro S tock Bik e win at the Ma c O O D n Too ls U .S . N at ion als at Ind ianap o lis Raceway Park in Indianapol is Indiana . . o n Sep t emb er 7 . Sh ow er s de fe ate d Shawn Gann (Suz), 7,23 to 7.26 , to . . . . w i n n o t Ju s t hi s f ir st c are e r N HRA l; national eve nt , but also a $10 ,000 do ur> ble-up bonu s from NHR A. U b ~ dand~ sa~ e ~ ~ em y ~~ out in front. I am very happy; thanks to the team for making such a big effort," Husaberg's Ivan Lazzarin i tr ail ed SeeI after battl ing with polesitter Jurgen Kunzel for the second spot for much of the race. Kunzel finished third, but that performance was good enough to snatch the points lead from his fact ory KTM teamm ate, Bori s Cham bon, who finished fourth in Bucharest. Kunzel now leads Chambon by a single point, 192- 19 J. Lazzarini is third with 177, while Seel is fourth with 165. O , 0 O O O o Au str alian Jason C rump (Jaw) moved int o pos it io n to become the f irst Au s, tra lia n t o w i n t he W o rl d S p e e dw ay C hampions hip in 50 years with his victory at t he M ark eta Stadium in Pragu e , C z e ch Re pub li c , o n S e p t em b er 6 . The next round of the l3 -race series is scheduled for Melk, Austria, on September 14. C rump top ped reigning W orld C hampion Tony Rickards son , D ane Nic ki Pedersen a nd N o rw e g ian Rune unt il lat e in t he seco nd loo p whe n he try, but that 's prob ab ly too mu ch , The during th e Italian Gra nd Prix at Mi san first ta rge t wa s si mply to do suc h a on Sept ember 5, 1993, that Rainey feil Holta in the finals . It was C rump ' s sec- reti red d ue to a me ch anic al f ai l ure . ond Pragu e t riumph in as many yea rs , Despite a hard charge by fellow Kawasa- unique thing : entering all three classes . the crash leavinq him paralyzed f rom th and he now sits just tw o point s behind ki rider Destry Abbott , Brown hun g Physically, it' s going to be tough , but I ches t down. But he was qu ic kly ba Ric kardsso n in the c hampions hip, 115- on fo r the wi n, finishing less t han 30 sti ll fe lt very strong after th e seco nd into raci ng , firs t as a team ow ner and 11 3 . Ped ers en , mean w hile , is sand- seco nds ahead of Abbott . Ru ss P ear- race in Lo ket. W it h a long gap bet ween fo r seve ra l ye a rs, as a k art driv er wic he d b et w e e n t h e t w o with 1 14 so n (Yam) wa s th ir d . wi th K e nd all the M otocro ss GP and 65 0 races , I feel Rainey qualified fourth fast est with a la poin ts. There are two ro unds remaining Norman (Hon) fourt h and T abe r M ur- that I am up to it - and who knows wha t o f 1: 2 7 at Lagun a , Fo ur-t im e 50 0 c D 'I U n u O ph y (Hen) fif th. A wi n in Wells wou ld w ill h appen ? " Al th ou gh Ev e rt s ' 2002 W o rl d have w ra pped th e c ha mp io ns hi p f o r cha mp io ns h i p-w i nn ing Rainey ' s t eamm ate and the de fe nd in C h ad D isbenne t (TrD and W alte r Russ Pearso n. Now the ti tle cha se w ill machine is el igi ble to en ter t he cla ss, race champio n, qualified on th e pole wit "Tiger" Strank (Ya m) w on the Steel go down to the next and final rou nd on t hat bike f eatures a rad ically diffe re nt a lap o f 1:23. 7, w ell under th e n:~tor C it y , Pen nsylvania, ro und o f the AMA Octob er 19 in Winn emu cca, Nevada. fr am e fr om in the c hampionship, o ~ o Y Z 500 FM th e produ cti on -b as ed YZ450F and YZ250F he is campaigning U ,S , Hillcl imb Ch ampi on ship in the 540 Del M ar weeke nd news: Eddie Muld er thiS year, Theref ore to make it easier for wa nte d all potential parti cipants in round him to sw itc h between bik es, Yam aha Watson (Hon) and St rank (Yam) to win seve n of th e W est C oast Vi ntage D irt wi ll pro vi d e a m ach in e f ea t ur i n g an th e 540 cc c lass , w ith S t rank co ming Tr ack S e ri e s , Del Ma r Vint age engine slightly ove r the 650cc class min- and 80 0cc cla s ses , res pec tively, o n Sept ember 7, Disbennet topped David o o o o b ack t o w i n th e 80 0 c c c l ass o ver Short Track , t o b e held o n Fr iday imum of 4 75cc housed in his YZ4 50F M James Large (H-D) and W atson. W at- night. Octob er 3, to know that the eve nt chass is, so n cont inues to lead t he 540cc class is pre -entry only , There will be no champ io ns hip over D isbennet , 118 -9 7, po st ent ries available. Pre-entries cl ose Theor et ically Evert s co uld leave France with Phil libhart and Strank tied for thir d Sept emb er 27 . For entry blank s or info as an eight-time World Champion . with 90 points , In t he 800 cc class, W at- call 66 1/268 -0 105 . His first race o f th e day will be in t he o o o 125c c c lass , where he c urre nt ly lies son leads St rank by a single point, 108- Ch a m p ion Eddi e La w s o n cy cle rec ord o f 1:2 4 ,833 se t by !s? Bay liss in 2002 . Rainey said the diff!:rence is co rne r speed, "The fast guy~,g o t hrough Rain ey C orn er in six t h gefl pinned . abo ut 130 mp h, " sai d Rainey . w ho u se s a PI c hass is o n his Brian Turf rey-tuned Yamaha. " On a bike . it' s fourth gear, quarte r throttl e. " The karts r eac h a t op s pe ed o f 140 mp h, wi t h Rainey averaging 97 mph on his qualifying lap and Law son ove r 100 mph on his Sandy Rainey -tu ned Yamah a, Law son was leading th e race wh en his fuel line 107, wi th Large ju st tw o po int s behind Sev en-ti me W o rld Cha mp ion S tefa n third in the championship afte r st art ing W at son w ith 106 points. The next round Everts will attempt to make history on to enter the series at rou nd fou r. Evert s of the se ries is Sept ember 14 in Midd le- Sept ember 14 at the French Grand Prix is 24 points behind point s leader Steve bury, Indiana, in Ernee whe re he plans on competing in Ramon (KTM) and j ust two behind fellow all three cla sse s. Evert s, who w rapped Yamaha rider An drea Bartol ini (Ya maha sent rival. Law son also uses a Yamaha M att W ait (Yam) wo n bo th th e Sport - up his seventh title on August 3 1 in Bel- RZ T eam J. Ram on n e ed s j us t t hr ee TZ -250 engine, but wit h an MSR c has- bike and Su perbike races during the For- g ium, wi ll c om pe te in the 125 c c , points. the equivalent of an l Bt h-place sis . " Th ey were raci ng it o ut f o r th e 8 o fell off on the last lap o f the 30-minute, 18 -lap race . " It s ta r te d co mi n g off early, " Rainey said o f his past and pre , mula U SA weeken d at S um mit Po int Motocross Grand Prix and 650cc class- finish , to be certain o f the title . If he slips w ho le race , and he j ust go t by them ,- Raceway in Summit Point , Wes t V irginia, es on th e same day in France. "T his is a up, the n a win for eit her of the Yamaha white f lag lap , leadin g t he race and he on Sept ember 7. Dave Estok , mean - really interest ing challenge for me, " said men will see them take the honors. had to pull over, He ran out of fuel , and w hil e , won t he Thunde rbike race and Everts , t he all-time G P win list leader it wouldn't run top gear wide open with - w r appe d up th e 2003 Fo r mu la U S A with 69 victories, " Ever since I w on tw o Two day s aft er th e 10th anniversary of out spraying fue l everywhere ," Brit M ark Thunderbike Ch ampionship, Wait topped Jeff Wood (Yam) and Scott Harwell races in a day, peop le have been saying , the acc ide nt th at ended his motorcycle Owen s w on t he ra ce from Eu ro p ean 'W hy don 't you try for thr ee?' That got ra cing ca ree r , Wayne Rainey ju st Ch amp ion Damie n Payart , with San (Suz) in w inning the Sport bike final. Wait me thinking, but before it was not pOSSi- m is s ed o ut o n ano t he r p odium . The J o se ' s J oe W hite th ird , A ll us e PVP then bea t Harw ell and Lee Acree to ble because it wa s important fo r us to thr ee-tim e 500 cc World Champion drove chass is pow ered by engines made of bil- o o r» co nce ntra te on w inning th e Motocr oss hi s Yam aha TZ -250-powered ka rt t o let ca ses w ith Ap rilia cy linders. "That's G P c hampio ns hip , Yamaha wer e ve ry f ou rth plac e in th e World SuperKar t our biggest race, " Rainey said , "It' s the B r ia n Brown (Kaw) won round five of p os iti v e t o my req ues t. and w ith th e Ch allenge at M azda Raceway at Laguna third year we've run it. and they want to the A MA National Championsh ip Hare & changes next year this might be my ve ry Seca, not far fro m his M onterey hom e, mak e it one race W orld Champion ship Hound Series in We lls, Nevada, on Sep- last chance to do this, Now th at the titl e finishing behind th e top dri ver s in t he race where the winn er is World Ch ampi- tem ber 7. Bro w n got the ho lesh ot but is won , I can go to Ernee with nothing to wo rld. " I was only a second and a half on, lik e in S peed w ay . " Rainey ' s w ife was pass ed by David Pear son sho rt ly los e. Some peop le will be expec ting me behind the third-place guy." Rainey said. Shae and 10-year-old so n. Rex, watched t hereaft er . Pearson maintained the lead to win all thre e races , and of co urse I will " It was a good way to celeb rate ." It was Wa yne co mpete , the flag in the Superb ike final. o o -......J r 2 SEPTEM BER 17 . 2 003· c ue • e n e vv s

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