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Formula USA Unlim ited E x p e r t GP F inal R ound : Daytona Intern a t iona l Speedw a y Mich ael Niks a in th ei r battle fo r fifth . K o sc o B uel l 's Er i c W o o d h ad alread y wrap ped up the class cha mpionship . Denning m oved into second wit h Je nsen finis hing th ird. CN Daytona Inlemalional Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Results: October 19, 2003 UNLIMITED GP EXPERT : I. Steve Rapp (Sua): 2. Mar co Martinez (Suz): 3. Dav id Sta nto n (S uz); 4 . Rob ert Je nsen (Yam); 5. Larr y Denning (Yam); 6. Michael Nik sa (SU2); 7. J ohn Dalt on (Suz); 8. Dave Ebben (S uz) ; 9 . An dr ew N elso n (He n); 10 . Ca lvi n Mart inez (Suz); 11. 'Joseph Capell i (Suz) ; 12. Patri c k Ward (Suz) ; I 3 . -T o ny L ar oc c a (Suz); 14 . J o hn McGarit y (Suz) ; 15. Roger Hendri cks (Suz): 16. Jak e Holden (Suz). U N LIMI T ED GP EX PER T C ' S H I P POIN T STA NDI NGS ( A ft er 6 of 6 round s): I . Eric Wood (99 ): 2. Larry Denning (46): 3. Robert J ensen (39) : 4. Ch ris to p he r Rank in ( 2 7) ; 5. (TI E) M ich ael Ba rnes /S te ve Rap p j Al e xan d e r Barr e ra /J oh n Mc Ga rrity (2 6) ; 9 . (TIE ) Ke vi n Go rdo n /A rt hu r Wagner Jr . (25); 11. (TIE) Matt Malt erer/ J ason Swan (24 ); 13 . An drew Nelson ( 23); 14 . Micha el Ni ksa ( 2 1) ; 15 . (T IE ) Bri an Sto kes /Joe Spi n a/E r ic Gulbran sen /M arco Mart inez / Shawn Conra d / Daniel Dory/ Russell Masecar (20) . F o r m u la USA Amateur U n lim it e d GP Fi n a l R o u n d : D a ytona In t e r n a ti o n a l Spe edw a y les Winner Jorge Rodriquez (2 0 31 uses an unconventional line in the West Horseshoe in front of Jay Scott Quick (871 I. cr oss on th e eighth l ap ente ri ng the chicane. Half a lap lat er and Rodriguez had it back after Shallcross slid out in turn one. Th e win was his third on th e weekend - he'd ear lier won a pair of Championship Cup Series races' - and it left him exhausted. "This weekend , m y first time eve r doing th ree days con secuti ve , an d th is third day I'm fee ling lik e hell ," the Cuban -born Floridian said . '" j ust went out there to try to take another one home. I've been working hard all year , and I've been improving half the S T O RY AND P HO T O BY H E N N Y R A Y A BR A M S DAYTONA BEACH, FL, OCT. 19 org e Rodri gu ez qualifi ed ' n earl y three seconds a lap fa ster th an, th e rest of the Amateu r Un lim ited GP field . Strictly on that basis , th e rac e sho uld h av e been an e a sy d ay at Daytona Beach. But it wasn 't. Rodriguez did win and won handiIy, but he couldn't find his earlie r speed while others improved , most no tably Mi chael Sha llcross. Rodriguez had m a chin e troubl es during the race and fe ll back, then moved up , then lost the lead to Shall - J seaso n on ." Rodriguez had a rough second lap , ove rshooting the secon d ho rs esh o e wh il e in the lea d, all ow in g th e pack to catch up . On ce he got on th e banking, his GP Racing of M iami Suzuki GSX - R75 0 appea red to misfire and slow , an d he drop ped to thi rd . By the end o f t he la p , he was ba c k in t he lead and had a t wo secon d c ush io n after the fo urth lap . T hen Sh allcross ma de hi s m ove, cl osing on the seventh lap , soon t o tak e the lead. Qu ickly he stretc hed out over t wo seconds, on ly to see it all com e apart on th e final lap . Rodriguez now had seve ral se conds on the three-wa y battle for second. T he rac e went to the flag, Loikits T echnologies ' Dav id Loikits m o ving from fourth to second on the final lap with B rian Shaw, al so Su zuk i GSX Rl000 mounted , third and J ay Scott Qu ick fourth on a Suzuki GSX -R750. Shaw lost any shot at th e pod ium becau se he w as too cheap t o buy a new tire . Form ula USA Cha mpionshi p C u p Series F in al R ound : D a ytona In t erna t ional Spe e d w a y STOR Y A N D PH O T O S BY HENN Y R AY A B RA M S DAYTONA BEACH, FLOCT. 17-18 cott Greenwood c ame to Florida in the th ick of the Form u la USA Sp ortb ik e Champio nsh ip and wi th a moto rcy cl e th at might not measure up . T o b ett er his o d d s , th e N ew Hampshire rid er u sed the tw o -day , 25-ra c e Ch am pionsh ip Cup Seri es Race of Ch ampio ns Nati onal Fin al s as tun e-u ps, sor t ing out hi s Argo C ycl es/Betten c ourt's Yam ah a R6 . Al on g the w ay , he won four race s, all fro m the po le position and m ost with out being pressured . "T hese races are important for me , but tom or row 's obv io usly a lot more imp or t ant , " Greenw o o d sai d abo ut the Sun day F -USA Sp or tbi k e finale at D a yt o n a In t ern a t i o n a l Sp e ed w a y . "T he re's a lot of m on ey on the line. I' d reall y li k e to wi n tha t c h am p i - S 24 OCTOBER 29 ,2003 ' cu e Scott Greenwood w heelies in celebration of victory in the Expert Heavyweight Supersport class during CCS racing at Daytona. The win was one of four for Greenwood. • e n e _ s "I was sliding ev ery whe re," th e son of Daytona veteran Ric k Shaw, said . "T he re was noth ing left of tha t Dun lo p ti re . I sho uld have went ah ead and bo ug ht a new one. I tri ed to go two races on it, and it wasn 't goi ng to happen." CN Daytona International Speedway D aytona Beach, Florida Resul ts: October 19, 2003 [Final Round) AMATEUR UNLIMITED GP: 1. Jo rge Rodrig uez (Suz); 2. David Loik its (Suz); 3. Bria n Shaw (Suz); 4. Jay Sco tt Qui c k (S uz); 5. Kevin May s (Ya m ) ; 6. Bent ley Sq ui res (Su z) ; 7. Ned Brow n (Ya m) ; 8 . J ame s Stan ley (S uz) ; 9 . Donny Ke lley; 10 . J ohn Roop (SUI); 11. Kevin Ruopp (Yam) ; 12. Greg Brown (Kaw); 13. Ivan Debo rd (Han) ; 14. Robert Lom bardi (S uz); 15 . Ada m Da vid Da lb ec (Suz); 16 . Jason Lewis (Hon ); 17. Michael Shallcro ss (Suz); 18. Carlos To l ed o ( Ha n) ; ] 9 . T h o m a s Va llely ; 20 . Hec to r Ji m enez (Suz); 2 1. Andrew Cohan (Suz); 22 . Salim Ghoraye b. AMATEUR U N LI M I T ED GP C'SHIP PO INT STANDIN GS : 1. Hect or J im enez (67); 2 . Don ny Kell ey ( 4 8 ); 3 . Da v id L oik it s ( 40 ) ; 4 . M i ch ael Shallcross (38) ; 5. (TIE) Will iam Meyers/ Henry Chin (37 ); 7. Bri an Shaw (32 ); 8. J ason Lewis (3 1) : 9. (TIE) Ned Brow n/K evin Ruopp (30); 11. (T IE) Robert Collins/ J . Michael Branson (2 9); 13. Jo rge Rodriguez (26) ; 14. (TIE) Mark Nelson/Jason Peterson (25) ; 16. Bent ley Squires (23); 17. (TIE) Chad Larsen/Brian Jo hnson (2 0 ); 19 . Rya n So hn (19) ; 2 0 . Bru c e Ville rup ( J 7) .