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PHOTOS BY ROB O'BRIEN Parts Canada Su perblke Championship Round 6 : A tlantic M otorsport Park Lacombe Delivers By JOHN HOPKINS SHUBENACADIE, NS, CANADA, AUG. 8 V e vin Laco mbe cont inued his e xcellent I'comeback season by sco ring his first Parts Canada Superbike Championsh ip win in almost two years at Atlantic Motorsport Park . The former Honda Canada factory rider, who won the final race of the 2002 season but strugg led through a d ifficu lt 2003 campaign , put his Lacombe Racing/Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZFRI on the pole and overcame challenges fro m Pascal Picotte and Steve Crevier to claim his second car eer National Supe rbike win. Jo rdan Szoke finished second on the Ho nda Canada/ Fas t Company Honda CBRIOOORR, some four seconds beh ind Lacombe and just ahead of the DXS Diablo Racing Suzuki GSXRI000 of Jeff Williams. "It was a pe rfect weeke nd," said th e 2 1year-old La co m b e . " I' m pr etty ha p py. Everyth ing was just awesome this we e ke nd. Everybody d id a great Job. Hopefully, we'll get it right fo r the next two ro unds and get second in the championship ." Picotte, the runaway Parts Canada Superbi ke Championship po ints lea de r, led initially befo re being passed by Lacombe o n lap two of 22. The Team Yama ha/ Picotte Performance Ya maha rider then lost the end of his shifter. Picotte reached down and shifted the bike from fourth to third gear by hand , and he rode in third the rest of t he w ay. The Granby. Quebec, rider salvaged sixt h place and maintained a healthy lead in the National Superbike stand ings. Picotte now has 287 po ints , 71 mo re than Lacombe, who leapfrogged from fifth to second w ith 216. There are two ro unds remaining in the 2004 season , with a maximum of 56 points available at each round . Szoke is third in po ints, with 212 . Picotte was ma king a bid to be come the th ird rider in Canadian Superb ike history to win five con secutive races in a single season. fifth , respective ly. The se co nd-place skir mish again lasted th e entire mo ta, but Sanders got the nod over Epstein, w ho showed the KTM rider a w hee l severa l times in the closing laps. In the 85cc Novice class. Gagne got the firstmota ho leshot , a he ad o f Pro C ircu it/Tag backed Kawasak i Jockey Jaco b Stiver, wh o w ent do wn . Matth e w Parke r, o n his O CS/Spy/ N o Fear Suzu ki, to o k o ve r second, beh ind KTM ~ mounted David Mitche ll. Sanders latched on to the d uo and ove rtook Mitchell for th ird by the e nd of the first lap. Midwa y through the second lap, Gagne we nt d o wn in a tigh t left-bande r; losing seve ral posit ions in the process. Sand ers qu ickly to o k ov e r the lead from Par ker, w ho was sta rti ng to get pres sure fro m Mitche ll and a hard-chargi ng Gagne . Conlen Hard ing follow ed on his Privateer Racing-bac ked Y amaha, with Shive r behin d, trying to make up groun d. Gagne displaced Mitche ll and latche d on to Par ker's rear fender. The batt le for second did no t last lo ng be fore Gagne d ived inside the Suzuki rider to take over the spo t and start after Sanders. When the wh ite flag flew, Gagn e had some ground to make up o n Sanders, who dug deep 40 After Picotte faded , C re vier moved up and passed Lacom be , o nly to have a rear-shock bolt break on his DXS Diablo Suzuki. Crevie r pitted o n lap 16, leaving Lacombe to run the rema ining laps unchallenged for the win . "He passed me , and I followed him around for a few laps ," Lacombe explained . "I was try ing to pass him everywhere, and I almost highsided . I was just wo rking too much , so I settled in there , and then he had a problem with his bike." Crevier sl id to fifth in the Superb ike stand ings wit h 168 po ints , one behind Clint McBa in , who had to p it his Coors light Racing/Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R I000 wh e n a bolt broke in the steering damper. Francis Martin enjoyed his best re sult of the year on the Ca nadian Kawasaki Motors Kawasaki ZX-I OR, coming ho me fourth, ahea d of Fra nk Tro m bin o , on the Brooklin C ycle Yamaha Y2F-R I. Picotte won his fo urt h Hindle Exhaust Pro 600cc Sportbike feature of the season on his Yam ah a YZ F- R6 w it h a fantastic pass o f Crevier's Suzuki GSX-R600 in the run to th e chec kered flag . McBa in placed th ird on his Suzu ki. Picotte now has a 68-polnt lead over Crevier, 296 ·228, with two races remaining. McBain sits third with 212 po ints . The opening laps of this round's Superbike final looked like those of every other round this season: with Poscal Picotte (1) out front. Lacombe (34) took the w in after Picotte and Steve Crevier (14) both developed problems with the ir mo torcycles. 1" .' Rud y Raposo came back from a morning pra ctice c ra s h to w in t he Internationa l Motorcycle Supers how Amateur 600c( Sportbike feature and e xtend his lead in the standings. Raposo t ook his Yamaha YZF-R6 past t he Honda CBR600RR of Sean Heydorn halfway through the IO-Iap race. eN ATLANTIC MOTORsPORT PARK SHUB ENACADIE, NOVA SCOnA, CANADA RESULTS: AUGUST 8, 2004 (ROUND 6) AM 600 S PT/B K: I. Rud y Raposo (Yam); 2. Sean Heydom (Ho n) ; 3. Erick Be ause jou r (Hon); .. . Dom in ic U'iOie (Kaw); S. Terry Haliburton (Kaw ); 6. Darren James (Yam); 1. Cory Canfield (Kaw ); 8. Mark Douglas (Yam 9. ); (From left to right) Clint McBain placed third, Pascal Picotte was first, and Steve Crevier was runner-up in the Pro 600cc Sportbike event at round six of the Parts Ca nada Superbike Championship . Thomas Macsans zky (Yam); 10. Todd Scott (Hon). PRO 6 00 SPT/B K: I. Pasca l Pico tt e (Yam); 2. Ste ve Crevier (Suz ); 3. Oint McBain (Suz); " .J e ff Williams (Suz) ; S. JOf'dan Szo ke (Han ); 6. Francis Man in (Kaw ); 1. Fran k Trombino (Yam); 8. u-aig ConneD (Suz); 9. Matthew McBride (Kaw); and held off his fe llow KTM ride r. Parker took th ird, ahead of Mitche ll. Hard ing finished th e moto in fifth, ahead of Stiver. In the second mota, Gagne rode fast. taking the mota win and the ove rall. Stiver made up for his first mota and got third overa ll. Mitchell came out of the first tum in third but lost the position to Sanders, wh ose , -) mota finishes gave him sec ond. Mitchell placed fourth , finishing bo th mo tos in the same position. Fifth w ent to Parke r (3-5), and Harding too k sixth overall. Adam lane; 4. Edd ie WooImore. 2 5 0 EX: I. Ryan Mcintyre . 4·STRK NOV: I. Kruz Griffith; 2. Cory Costa; 3. Jonathan Hartman;". Tyler Jern igan; S. Han Kearney. 4- ST RK INT: I. Andrew Terry: 2. Kyle Jone s; 3. Kyle Griffith. SCHBY: I . louis Parker. VET 30 + NOV: I. Don McLean; 2. Shaw n Walls; l . De ll Posey. VET 30 + INT: I. Willy Galinato ; 2. D.J. McGhee . VET 30+ EX: I. Steve Bastin. SR 40 + BEG: I. Sco tt W illiams; 2. De nnis Smit h. SR 40 + NOV: I. Ray Gue lbeau : 2. Jim Boren: 3. Chris Cum bo: .. . Ron No zaki: S. Nathan Kldden . SR 40+ INT: I. D.J. McGhee. SR 40 + EX : I . Jack Lawrence ; 2. MichaelAugusta . SR 50 + NO V: I . Mike O ·Rourke . SR 50 + EX: I. Danny Sanchez. R ESULTS Round ' 5: Frozen Ocea n Moro Park 50 (4.6): I. J~hua Fea; 2. Mitche ll Epstein. 50 (7.9): l. Jord an Vvltee ler. 6 5 (0·8) : I. Daniel Lowenthal; 2. James Wilco x. 65 (9- 11): I. Jake Gag ne ; 2. Colto n Sanders; 3. Oillan Epstein; ... Tanner Lovgren ; S. Jonathan Augusta. 85 BEG : I. Chris De c ke r: 2. Michae l Lo wentha l; 3. Devon Carrol l; .. . Hyles Hersley; S. Scott Gearhan. 85 N OV: I. Jake Gagne ; 2. Co lto n Sanders; 3. Jacob Stive r ; 4. David Mitchell; S. Matthew Parker. 85 INT: I. Brendan Brady; 2. Jaime Dickson . Sl MIN I: I. Brandon Brady; 2. jam ie Dickson; 3. Matthew Parker. 125 BEG: I. Rabbi Valenzuela; 2. Billy Ballard ; 3. Brent Reyes: .. . Tylor Hemme; S. Israe l Gar cia . 125 N OV: I. Cory Costa; 2. Tony Prince; 3. Scott Boston ; 4. Lo u is Par ker: S. Tyler Je r n igan. 115 IN T: I. An t ho ny C harette; 2. Ricky Hemme; 3. Matt Simpson ; 4. ~ Griffith ; S. Edd ie Woolmore . 125 EX: I. Ryan Mcintyre; 2. N ick Ha m ill. 250 BEG : I. Billy Ballard . 25 0 N OV: I . Scott Boston ; 2. Scott Wa tson; l . Tony Prince ; 4. Ethan Flores; S. Adam Green . 150 INT: I. Andrew Terry; 2. Kyfe Jones; 3. SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS WNYMA lnc. Clingerman's Command Performance By LARRY WOOSTER AUBURN, NY JULY 2S , T he West e rn New York Motoc ro ss Associatio n brou ght the curtain down on the highly successful Empire State C hamp ionsh ip Series at Froze n Oce a n Mo t a Pa r k with Sum me r 40th Anniversary 10 . Andrew Nebon (Hon ). PRO S/BK: r. Ke'Iin lAcombe (Yam); 2. Jordan Szoke (Hon); 3. Je ff Williams (Suz); .. . Francis Mart in (Kaw); S. Frank Trombino (Yam); 6 . Pascal Picotte (Yam 7. Matthew McBride (Ka.w); 8. Cr.lig Connell ): (Suz): 9 . Andrew Ne lson (Hon) ; 10. Hugo Brisson(Kaw ). Series race number seve n , presented by On eWest Clot hing. The ESCS is a monster of a mo tocross promotion, attracting many of the best sponsors o n the planet and the ve ry best r id e rs in wes tern New York, and best of all erupting live and in livingcolor on the five finest motocross facilities in the area. Twenty·five Junior Mini sprocket jockeys sat primed fo r act ion on the laun ching pad, just itching fo r the gate to d rop and the spotl ight to be on t hem . Ne wark, New Yor k' s fast est citizen , Ch az Clingerman, cleanly claimed the Castrol Oils ho leshct. w ith Max Wagne r an d Bran don Bardo sand wiching Harrison Kay, all thr ee in tow. Clinge rman relinq uished the lead to Kyle Bitter man, w hile Bardo and Wagn e r we re join e d center st age by Ryan Despaw , Bra nd o n Inne s, Logan Allen, Bre tt Bittne r and Kay ove r th e b ig 10 ,OOO-galio n ta ble t o p . Clinge rm an co ntinued to challenge the lea der for tw o laps until Bitte rman finally went do wn in the rich , loamy so il. Ca pit alizing on t his, Clingerman regained the lead with on e lap le ft and heard the cheers from his parents, Rick and Melody, and from the mot oc ross fans filli ng the

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