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AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship VIRGINIA INTERN ATIO NAL RACEWAY ALTON, VIRGINIA RESULTS: OCTOBER 10, 2004 (ROUNDS 17 AND 18) QUALI FYING : I. Miguel Duhame l ( I:H .404); 2. Mat Mladin (1:204 .5"'2); 3. Ben Bost rom (1:24.574); 4. Aaron Yates ( 1:25.263); 5. Jake Zemk e ( 1:25.746); 6. Josh Hayes ( 1:25.866); 7. l oren zo Lanzi ( 1:25.89 1); 8. Regis Lacon i (1:26.556); 9. Geoff May ( 1:26.92 1); 10. Larry Pegram ( I,27.s S I): II. Jacob Holden ( I,27.6S2): 12. Mart ;n Cr,oggill ( I,27.BS6): 13. Eric Wood ( I,27.B94): 14. David Weber (1:28. 165); IS. Shawn Higbee ( 1:28.2 13); I6. Jimmy Moore ( 1:28.867); 17. Chue k Sorensen ( 1:29.08 1); 18. Matt Lynn ( 1:29.543); 19. Jesse Janisch (1:29.570); 20. Jere my Toye (1:29.660); 2 1. 8yron Bar bour ( 1:29.848); 22. Cory Dent on West ( 1:30.069); 23. Mike Smith (1:30.072): 24. Heath Small (103 140): 2S. Dean M;,d.l ( I:30. 374): 26. J.J . Roethn ( 1:30.480): 27. 0. Roger Bell ( 1:30.50 1); 28 . Ant hony Fanta (1:30.552); 29. Marco Mart inez ( 1:3 1.150); 30. Roland Williams ( I:3 1.394); 31. Scott Jensen ( I:3 1.496); 32. David Bell (1:3 1.5 19); 33. Andrew Deather age ( 1:3 1.6 10): l4 . J""es Kerker ( ' :3 1." ' ): 3S. G' eg Frye, (1:32.06 1): 36. Steve Scott ( 1,32.72S). RACE ON E: I. Miguel Duhame l (Hon); 2. Aaron Yates (Suz): 3. Ben Bostrom (Hon); 4. Lorenzo Lanzi (Due); 5. Regis Lacon ! (Due); 6. Mat Mladin (Suz); 7. Josh Hayes (Kaw); 8. Jacob Ho lden (Suz); 9. Geoff Hay (Suz); 10. Mike Smith (Suz); II . Shawn Higbe e (Suz ); 12. Jere my Toye (Y am); I3. Jimmy Moo re (Suz); 14. Marty Craggill (Suz); IS. Cory West (Suz); 16. Matt l ynn (Suz); 17. Roger Bell (Suz): 18 . Scott Jensen (Suz): 19. Heath Small (Yam); 20. Eric Wood (Suz); 2 1. Andrew Deat he rage (Suz); 22. Jesse Janisch (Suz); 23. Byron Barbou r (Suz); 14. Dean Mizdal (Suz); 25. JJ Roedin (Suz); 26. Marco Mart inez (Suz); 27. David Bell (Suz); 28. James Kerker (Hon); 29. Antho ny Fania (Suz): 30 . Ch uck Soren sen (Yam); 3 I. Roland Williams (Suz): 32 . Greg Fryer (Y am); 33 . Steve Scott (Y am); 34. Jake Zem ke (Hon); 35. David Weber (Suz); larry Pegram (Yam). Tim e : 40 min.• 4 1.007 sec. Dist an ce : 38 laps . 63 miles. Ave ra ge s peed: 93 .3 mph. Ma rg in of victory : 0.126 sec. RACE TWO: I. Miguel Duhamel (Hon); 2. Aaron Yates (Suz): 3. Ben Bost rom (Hon); 4 . Mat Mladin (Suz); 5. Regis Lacon i (Duc); 6. Josh Hayes (Kaw); 7. Marty Craggitl (Suz); 8. Mike Smith am); II. David Weber (Suz); 12. Eric Wood (Suz); 13. (Sua): 9. Geo ff May (Suz): 10. Jeremy Toye (Y Byron Barbou r (Suz); 14. Chuck Sorensen (Y am); IS. Matt l ynn (Suz): 16. Jimmy Moor e (Suz); 17. Marco Mart inez (Suz): 18. Scott Jensen (Suz); 19. Andre w Dea the rage (Suz); 20. Dean Mizdal (Suz); 2 1. David Bell (Suz); 22. James Kerker (Hon) ; 23. Shawn Higbee (Suz); 24. Gr eg Fryer (Yam); 25. Roland Williams (Suz); 26. J.J. Roetlin (Suz); 27. Jesse Janisch (Suz); 28. lorenzo lanzi (Due); 29. Cory West (Suz); 30. Anthony Fania (Sua): 3 I. Steve Scott (Yam); 32. Jacob Holden (Suz); 33. Roger 8e ll (Suz). Time: 40 min.• 38. 110 sec. Dis tance : 28 la ps. 63 miles. Ave ra ge speed : 93.4 mp h. Marg in of vict ory : 7.3 18 sec. AHA CHEVROLET SUPERBIKE C'S HIP PO INT S STA N DIN GS (Aft er 18 of 18 rounds): 1. Mat Mladin (584/8 wins); 2. Miguel Duhame l (5511 wins); 3. Jake Zemke (49012 wins); 4. Ben 6 Bostrom (42211 win); 5. Geoff May (388); 6. Aaron Yates (363); 7. Erk Bostrom (336/ 1 w1n); 8. Josh Hay", (3 16): 9. Eric Wood (314): 10. John H..,., (3 12): I I. Shawn Higbee (263): 12. l=y Pegram (2S6): 13. CO')' W",t(2l4): 14. Lee Acree (224): IS. je.-emy Toye (2 11): 16. Op;e Cayloo' (201): 17. da! J.J. Roedin ( 194); 18. Dean Mjz (148); 19. Scott Jensen ( 139); 20. Andrew Deatherage (127). My 98 was o kay in the first race , but bette r in t he second o ne . "I thought ma ybe o ne 0 1 the othe r OWN RACE Jake Zemke tires might be good, so we tr ied a differ en t tire in the second race. We put a new clutch in it and it wor ked a lot bette r. We were able to maintain a lot bette r pace in the se cond race ." 199 Geoff May DNF/DNS "I crash ed first pr acti ce yesterday morni ng, highs ided out 01 the last co rne r the re ," Jake Zem ke said. ':And my bo d y's pretty banged up, and I took a pre tty big hit to my he ad . I didn't ge t knocked ou t. I figure d I was okay and just my bo dy was hurti ng. Since t he n, th e practice se ssions have bee n so sh o rt I prob ably haven't don e more th an th re e laps in a row. In the race th ere , I was hurt ing o bvious ly, but at t he same time I was losing locus. I couldn't concentrate as muc h as I usually do, as much as I wou ld have liked . I was starting to miss my marks. Th e re was re ally nothi ng to gain. W e ' re just calling it a weekend an d just loo k lo rw ard to '05 now, " 32 Er ic Bostrom DNS Still suffe ring Iro m shou lder injur ies incurred at Road Atlanta ove r a month ago . D ucati Austin's Eric Bostro m pulled o ut 01th e final race 01the year alte r Satu rday mo rn ing's pract ice. "I leel strong an d I can pull really hard , but when I push I lose all my power," Bostro m said olthe sho ulder he damaged in the first race at Road Atlanta on Se pte mber 4. "It' s really unlo rt unat e because the setu p the team has been working o n has im prove d a lot since midsumme r." Bostrom also said that Miche lin had "ste pped it up this race" and given him the best Iro nt tire he 's ever had. Bel ore go ing o ut lor the first 01the two half-ho ur morning prac t ice se ssions, Bostrom said he felt con fident and, o nce o n track, was co mfortable riding ar ou nd. But he knew on th e very first lap that he cou ldn't run at race pace . "T he pain was n't the limit ing facto r," he said. " It was th e sheer lack 01 power." With Bostrom o ut , t he Ducati Austin flag was flown by Regis Laconi and Lo re nzo Lanzi. Those two and Bos tro m ea ch had one machine prior to Bostr om's withdrawa l. With Bostro m o ut, the two Euro peans co uld share a spa re . " It would've been cool to have all three 01 us o ut the re ," Bost ro m said. 41 Jo sh Hayes 7th/6th Att ac k Kawasaki's Josh Haye s didn' t want to know Iro m his tires. " I told the guys, yo u loo k at th e lap shee ts and loo k at the tires and see w hat w ill go. and yo u guy s make a de cision an d le t me know what we' re riding, be ca use I had a lo t o n my plate ," Hayes sa id. "T hat wasn't o ne of the issues I was re ally paying a lot 01attentio n to ." T he de cision 18 o a OBER 20, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 9th/9th "I just gave it ali i had and th at was it," Geoff May said 01th e pair 01ninth s he tallied on th e Prieto Racing Suzu ki GSX-R I00 0. "I was riding t he th ing as hard as yo u ca n actually ride a mo to rcycle, and I lost the front end o n every co rner of this racetrack." May went with a differe nt front tire in the second race. "It didn't have quit e the same grip o r handling chara ct e ristics 01the first tim e. It had plenty 01grip rear, unbe lieva ble grip rear. Th at's the o nly reason 1 cou ld eve n run up th ere." In the second race, May battl ed with Marty C raggilland Mike Smith and said: "I just d idn't have anyt hing lo r t hem. The last lap I was lo sing the Iro nt . I was so tired because olthe du al lormat. And I just, I was going as hard as I co uld . They just flat out beat me ." May was kee ping an eye on the cha mpio nship po ints and wanted to finish filth overall, "be cause the o nly other guy that's do ne that is Dale Quarterley [in 1995]. That means a lo t, especiallyo n the shoestring budget . Basically,the o nly way I can do that is everybody's helped out, every team, every person. People all ove r t he country have he lped me in some way. Th at's ma de it possible be cau se I've been lunding myself allyear." 911 Mike Sm it h 8thll Oth Mike Smith salvage d a Suzuki GSX-R I000 Irom a crash pile and we nt racing. By the time he arrived at VIR, the lrame was true and the motor was Ire sh. "I had to ta ke it to Co mp uTrack and ge t Kent [Soignier] to se t up t he suspension on it and the chassis an d everything and meas- ure it and make sure the fram e or noth ing wasn't bent, and if so, stra ighte n it. Ronny Vaughan does my motors and he built that th ing. It seems to run pre tty good lo r a 5upe rstock bike ." There wasn't muc h time to set it up or get used to it. Smith had been chasing Yamaha contingency mon ey belo re sw itching to Suzuki lor the lollowing weekend's Suzu ki Cu p races at th e WERA Gran d National Finals at Road Atlanta. "T he first rac e was good , but 1was having to learn how to ride a litt le bit differen t , st ill le arn how to ride ," he said. "It's a nice , lorgiving motorcycle , gives good power. I like it. I th ink I can go last e r on it than my '04 R- I." Th ere were major se tu p changes lo r the seco nd race in w hich he mixed it up w ith Marty C raggilland Geoff May. "I was having to learn how to ride the setu p because we changed the se tup a lot lo r t he second race. I'm just trying to ge t be tter and better lor the G N F an d possibly next year. Get a little bit more infonnation. So it took me a little bit to figure out the comer speed , w hat it wanted , and trail braki ng and stuff." 4 0 t h A nniv ersary