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Bike class, and A ir On e ran 10th. Ten m inutes in t o t he t h i rd hour, Cycle 1 Racing dropped their Suzu k i SV o n t he t ra ck , a nd t he c r a s h brought out th e red flag . Cycle l 's Ja son Pirt le state d: "We sta rte d smart by c ha ng i ng to DOT tires before the start of th e rac e, and th is gave us a fiv e-lap advantage over the other teams in our cl ass when they had to change the ir ti res . Bu t this crash is going to cos t us some time as we repa ir Scott Levine's SV." Wi th a short delay, the gr een flew again with Vesrah Suzuki leadi ng the pa c k. M e an wh il e , Tea m Velocity moved up t o challen ge T eam In fo T ech /Val t er M o t o . The R t of Tea m Xtreme II ran fo urt h with Und er Dog Racing battling with their loca l arch rtvals .i Shoqun (Te am Alaska ) . T eam Chicago came next with A rmy of Dark ness, Ricoc het Racing , A ir One and Velocity Crew Racing hot on th eir heels . Team Info T e ch /V alte r Moto ba cked off their ear ly hot pa ce bu t retained th eir two-lap advantage ov er Te am Velocity Racing. Bradley Cham pi on expla in ed th eir situation : " W e ha ve a cl utc h p ro blem - we h ave to run with this slip ping clutch," he said . "We will have to baby this cl ut ch an d keep an eye on the competition. We will just have to run ha lf-throttle with short shifting to bring th is bike home. I ho pe it will last to the end ." At the halfway point. Vesrah Suzuk i continued to lead wi th Army of Darkness two laps back. Team Info T ech /Valter Moto he ld th ird w i th a two -lap advantage o ver T eam Velo city Racing. Ric oc h et Racing go t by T eam Chicag o to take fifth; Shogun (T eam Al a s k a ) he ld seventh as Xtreme II ran eig ht h. Neighbor of th e Beast . rec ove ri ng from their warm- up lap m ishap , m ov ed int o th e to p 10 . Du r ing t h e fourth hour , B il l y Etheridge charge d to sixth pl ace on th e Team Xtrem e II Yamaha R1; Paul Youn gm an took t he Vel o cit y C rew Racing Suzuki into t he top 10 as he got by Melissa Berk off on th e Neigh bor o f th e B ea st R6. Vesr ah Suzu ki add ed t w o m o re laps t o the ir lea d ove r Army of Dark n ess. T eam Info T ech /Valter Mot o added anothe r lap ove r T eam Vel o cit y Ra c ing . T eam Chicago , Sho gun an d Rico ch et co ntin ued to battle for third in the M iddl eweight SuperSto ck cl ass as th ey ran sixth. sev enth and eighth . Und er Dog Raci ng he ld down eleventh and third in the M iddl ew eig ht SuperBik e class w ith T eam B ear right behind , fourth in class . Deals Gap Racing took the lead in th e Lightweight SuperBike class as they m ov ed to 15th overall. In the fifth hour, Metr o Powersports Rac ing got by Deals Gap Racin g to tak e the lead in their c lass as Shogun (Tea m A las ka ) put a one-m in ute gap o n T e am C h icago by tak ing sixt h overal l. Vesr ah Suzuk i co nt inued to lead o ver Army of D arkn ess . T eam In fo T e ch co nti n ued to ho ld T eam Vel oc i ty Ra c in g a t bay w it h t h e i r th ree-lap advanta ge . During th e last hou r, Ricoch et Racing got by T eam C h icago t o claim fourth in class, seventh overall. Team Info T ech/V alter Mot o ma intained their advantage over T eam Velocity Racing. At th e c hec ke re d flag , Vesra h Suzuki took th eir eighth vic to ry of the seaso n . Ar my of Dar k n ess a gain ca me in second. A close look at the point s shows two cla sses that are too close to ca ll at th is point in the season . Wh en yo u co n si de r tha t th e points from the worst race are thro wn out, Deals Gap Racing has an outside chance to surpass both o f the Ti ght Squ eeze teams , but they will have to win both of th e rem ainin g rounds in th e Li ght weigh t SuperB ike class . "T his is my fir st time at thi s track, so m y stra tegy was just to get co m fo rtab le w i t h t he tra ck ," Ve s r ah ' s J ac ob i sai d. " Once th e trac k dried ou t , I enjoyed it - it is reall y a re al n ic e tra ck . Under D o g Rac in g was goi ng rea l g o od , b u t w e k new w e w ou l d get t he m if w e j ust r an ou r planned race ." In th e Mi d d l ew eig ht Sup erSto c k class , removing th e throw -o ut point s, Team Ve loc ity Racin g onl y h as an 18-poi nt advantage o ve r Team Info T ech . If Info Te ch con ti n ue s to wi n th e class in the rem ain ing tw o races, th ey still can win th e cham p ionsh ip. · We had to finish at least second in c lass to retai n our lead in t he Mid dleweight SuperStock class," Veloci ty 's Ch uck Ivey sai d. " We acco m p lis he d our goa l by finis hing fourth overall and second in class . We started on rain s, and the crew did a great j ob chang ing both tires and gettin g us out th ere. In the dry , this is a great tr ack : CN cycle ne Hallett Motur Racing Circuit Hallett, Oklahoma Results: August 39. Z093 IRound 81 O /A : I . Vesrah Suzuki (S uz); 2 . A rmy of Da rk ness {S u z}: 3 . T eam Info T ech /Va lt er Mo to (Yam); 4 . Team Velocity Racing (Suz); 5. Xtrerne II (Yam); 6 . Shogun (Te em Alaska ) {Suz}; 7 . Ricochet Racing (Suz); 8 . Team Chicago (Ya m); 9 . Velocity Cre w Racing (Sw); 10. Neighbor of the Beast (Yam): 11. Under Dog RlIcing (Ya m) ; 12. T eam Bea r (Kaw); 13 . A ir One (Hon); 14 . Metro Powersports Racing (Suz); 15. Deals Gap Racing (Suz). H /W S / BK: I . Vesrah Suzuki ( Suz); 2. Team Xtreme (Suz ). H/ W S/SPT: I. Xtreme II (Yam); 2. Team 30 1 (Suz). M / W S/ B K ; I . A rm y of Dark ness (Suz): 2 . Velocity Crew Racing ( Suz); 3 . Under Dog Racing (Yam) ; 4. Team Bear (Kaw): 5. Deals Gap III (Yam ). M/ W S/S PT : 1. Team In fo Tec h/Yalte r Moto ( Yam ) ; 2. Tea m Velocity Rac ing (Su z) ; 3 . Shogun (Tea m Alaska) (SUI ); 4. Ricochet Racing {Sua): 5. Team Chlc eqo (Yam) . LIW S/BK: 1. Metro Powersports Racing (Suz); 2. Deals Gap Racing (Suz); 3. Team Sllv erba ck (Suz); 4 . Cycle 1 Racing (Suz). C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Vesrah Suzuki (903 ); 2. Army of Darkness (800) ; 3. Velocity Crew Racing (6 6 1) ; 4 . Tea m Velocity Raci ng (646 ) ; 5 . Team Info Tech/Va lter Moto (6 16 ); 6. Team Xtr eme II (6 14); 7 . Neighbor of the Beast (55 9); 8 . Ricochet Radng (543): 9 . Team Cbiceqo (48 1); 10. B £, S R. d ng (420). _ S • S EPTEM B E R 24. 2003 39