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Form u la USA/Wrench ead .com Nat io nal R o a d R a c e S e r ie s R o u n d 2 : Willow S p r in g s R a c e w a y ing' s Rich ard Ale xander d id well to fin ish fourth on his Yamaha R6 . Th e New Yorker was a ble to pu ll d ea r of a ba tt le for fifth that ultimately we nt to Holl yw ood Ya m a h a ' s Bry c e Gr oss o ve r a n ot h e r Willow lo ca l, Vinc e nt Ha s kove c . O wen Weiche l, Rog e r Lee Ha yden , Jose ph Pruss iano a nd Karl CN Lowry filled th e top 10. Willow Springs Racewa y Rosamond, Califamia Results: May I, 2000 Parriott (left) and Buckmaster (right) spray the bubbly after the Sportbike final. Parriott finished third, behind Lee Acree. with a c ha nce to try his luck at Buckm a ster. He , too , came up short. "I wa sn 't quite dose en ough right at t he ve ry e n d to try a nd ma k e a charge ," Acree s aid . "I tr ied to d ose up in a co uple of pla ces th at we re m y strong po ints , bu t I jus t wa sn't quite clos e e no ug h to mak e th e a tta ck. It a ll goes bac k to th e start - I g ot a rea lly p oo r s ta rt. I had to p ic k m y wa y th rough . I was luc ky e no ug h to ha ve t he best total pac k ag e - t h e bike a nd tires and e verything . Th es e gu ys just rode phen omen a lly ." Buc kmaster' s win mo ve d him into the lea d in the series sta nd ing s with 4 5 poi nts. Da yton a winn e r John Hopk ins , who wa s n 't o n ha nd at Willow (se e Brie fly ... ) , is s e c o nd with 25 . Parr io tt m o v e d t o th ird with a 23 po int total. Alt houg h th e top thr ee we re a ble to bre a k a way , Hudson Vall e y Ra c - SPORTBIKE FI NA L: 1. Damon Buck master (Suz); 2. Lee Ac ree (Suz); 3. Brian Parriott (Hon); 4. Richard Al ex ander (Yam) ; 5 . Bry ce Gross (Yam); 6 . Vincent Heskovek (Kaw ); 7. Owen Weichel (Hon) : B. Rog er Lee Hayden (Suz); 9. J oseph Prussiano (Yam); 10. Karl Lowry (Yam ); I I. J erem y Toy e (Yam) : 12. Tony Meiring (Hon) ; 13. Marc Palazzo (Yam ); 14. Ty Ho ward ( Kaw ); 15 . Phi l Herr in (Ya m) : 16 . Ryan Landers (Sw ); 17. Frank A ragaki (Hon) ; 18. Stoney Lande rs ( Kaw ) ; 19. Mark Junge (Yam) : 20 . M ik e Ciccotto (Sue) ; 2 1. A lan Schm idt (Yam); 22 . Neil J enkin s (Ka w) ; 23. Adam Coco (Hon); 24. J ason Catc h ing (Y am) ; 25 . Dani el Di et ric h ( Yam) : 26 . Sam uel Cam ibucci (Yam ); 27. Clinton Brotz (Yam ); 28. J ohn Dugan (Yam ); 29 . Mark McCorm ic k (Yam ); 30 . Steve Laszko (Hon ); 31. David Or gt ega (Kaw) ; 32. Blake Lawso n (Hon); 33 . Kenny Kopecky (Yam ); 34 . Chris A rbo r (Yam ); 35 . Bob Laszko ( Hon) ; 36. J usti n McReynolds ( Yam ) ; 37. A nt ho ny M an ci u ( Yam ) ; 3 8 . A nt ho ny J oh n son ( Yam ) : 39 . Da vid McPherson ( Yam) ; 40 . T o by T rainer (Yam ) : 41 . Matth ew Silva (Kaw) ; 42 . Keith Hoog stad (Yam) ; 43. Robert Ludlum Jr . (Hon); 44 . Clark Dodson (Yam ); 45. Scott Jen sen (Yam); 46 . Page Gathi ngs (Hon ); 47. Mik e Kryn oc k (Duc ). TIme: 17 min .• 02 .995 sec. Distance: 12 laps . 30 miles Marg in of victory: 0.356 sec. Fastest lap: Bria n Parriott. 1:24. 125. lap 4 SPOR TBIKE C SHIP POINT STANDINGS ( A ft er 2 of 6 rounds) ; 1. Dam on Buckmaster (45/1 win ); 2. J ohn Hopkins (25 /1 ); 3. (TIE) Brian Pemott/Ricberd Alexander Jr. (23) ; 5. L~ Acr ee (20); 6. (TIE) Eri c Wood /Jo seph Prussiano (16 ); 8. Roger Lee Hayd en ( 14 ); 9 . (TI E) Bryce Gross/Brian Gibbs { 11} ; 11. (TIE) Vincent Hasko vec /Ty Howard {10}; 13. Owen We;chel (9) ; 14 .Karl Lowery (6 ) ; 15. (TI E) J erem y Toye / Jess Roeder (5). Upcoming Rounds Round 3 - Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, May 2 1 Round 4 - Portland, Oregon, August 6 Formula USA Aprilia Cup Challenge Round 2: WillowSprings Raceway B y P A U L C A RRU T H ER S P HO T O B Y B RI A N N ELSO N lth o u g h it d id n 't in itiall y h a ve th e appe arance o f barn burner , the Ap rilia Cup Cha llenge ra ce sure t urn e d into one. With S port Ride r m a g az ine editor Ke nt Kun its ug u p ulli ng cl ear fro m th e pac k on the o pe n ing la p s , t he on ly ra ce a ppeared to be the o ne fo r se c ond pl a c e . No t s o , a s it turn s ou t. Sudd en ly , Geep Terrano v a , Aaron Clark a n d Andre C a s t a no s sta rted to w h itt le awa y at Kun itisugu ' s le ad . What w as onc e a 2 .75-se cond le a d sta rted to shrink . And with just a few laps to go , the t hreeso me had Kunitsugu in t h e ir s ights and a battl e loo ke d set to go to th e fin ish . Th en Ca sta no s thre w h is Aprilia down o n th e ex it of th e high -spe ed turn nin e , bringin g o u t the red flags . Ins tea d o f Ku nitsugu gett ing to cele brate h is vi c tory , F -USA offic ia ls t old th e fie ld t o lin e up o n e mor e t im e for what would b e a thre e -lap s print to the fin ish . Th is tim e , Clark and T erranova and De re k King - h ad m or e t ha n Kunitsu gu could ha ndl e . 30 n A MAY 10, 2000 cue. e Alth o ugh th e fo ur too k their ba t t le to th e finish lin e , it w a s New Zealander Clark ta king th e vic to ry by ju st .4 of a second - ov e r T erra nov a . King end ed up th ir d with Kunitsugu a ve ry clo s e fourth. "We wo rk e d b asic ally th e who le we e kend to gear it fo r t u rn n ine : Clark s ai d . "We geared it so we we re h itting top g e a r befor e t he s ta rt/ finis h line . Up u ntil th e n , we weren 't eve n in top g e ar. We ha d a lo t of changes and stuff. Turn nine starts at turn five . Ge ep [Terranova ] was a lo t quicker out of s ix th a n me and th ro ug h turn ei g ht it wa s ju s t aw eso me - leaning o n e a c h oth er . It ca me down to turn n ine a nd I was just tr yin g to g et as s mall as I co uld o n th e bik e and t rying not to let them draft m e a nd pa s s m e ." Yes, turn nine . Willow is all about turns e ig ht and nine . " It re ally c a me d own t o wher e everyone s aid it woul d - turn n ine, " T erra nova s a id. "I wa s pre tt y wea k in turn n ine . I wa tch ed Aa ron [Clarki go t hroug h th e re a few times a nd I kne w it wa s jus t goi ng to have to be a m is t a k e b y h im , or Ke nt [Ku ni t sug u]. o r De re k [King ]. On th e la st lap , I ju st tr ie d to ru n it in on n ine , but o nc e Aa ro n got in th ere I knew he wa s go ing to win the th ing . " S o how h ad Kun itsugu be en a ble to get a way in t he first p art o f the race? "I m ade a mi s ta ke in turn five and brought every body b a c kwa rds - a nd Kent IKun it s ug u ] got away ," T e rra nov a sa id. " A a r o n wa s goi n g th rou gh nin e so good , h e was ~h e key to getting us ba c k to th e pa ck. It wa s exc iting know ing th at we were c o m ing up to t he la st lap a nd catc h ing him . I th ink th at would h av e be e n a n incred ib le finish , but.,;" Kin g g a in ed t he most from t he re st a rt , e nd ing up o n th e podium . "I re a lly neede d that re st a rt," sa id King . "I got pushed wide in one a nd I had to make m y wa y ba c k u p. It wa s a good b attl e a nd ev erybod y ro de we ll." eN Willow Springs Raceway Rasam nd, California Results: April 30, 2000 e " " ·S Aaron Clark (49), Geep Terranova (47) and Andre Castanos (2) were this close for nearly the entire Aprllia Cup Challenge race. Castanos crashed o ut, w ith Clark beating Terranova to the finish line. A PRIUA cap CHAllENGE: I . Aar on Clark; 2. Geep Terrano va; 3. Derek King; 4 . Kent Kunitsugu; 5. Belz Renggl i; 6. Dani el Fischer: 7. Shanno n Silva ; 8. Josh Bryan : 9 . Er ic Stev en son ; 10 . Jus t in De ate r h ouse: 11. Mi cha el Mo ser; 12. David McPherson; 13 . Blake Conner; 14 . Jeff Rockett: 15. Page Gathings; 16. Richard Fults; 17. Chip Larkby: 18. An dre Castenos: 19. Alex Florea; 20 . Tom Sera. Aprilia Cup Chall enge lime: nf a due to red fla g Dist ance: 10 laps , 25 m iles Margin of victory: 0 .438 sec. Fastest lap : Geep Terranova. 1:28 .9 19. lap 7 AP R ILI A c a p C HALLENGE C'SHIP PO INT STA NDI NGS (A ft er 2 of 6 rou nds) : 1. (T IE) Geep Terrano va / Derek King (36 ) ; 3 . A aro n Clark (3 4 / 1 wi n ) ; 4 . Mi ke Himm el sb ach (25/1 w in ) ; 5 . Ba lz Renggli (24); 6. J osh Bryan (15) ; 7. Kent Kunitsugu (13) ; 8. .Justl n Desterbouse (1 2) ; 9 . (T IE) J eff rey Wo od /Er i c Ste v en son ( 1 1) ; 1 I . (TI E) D an i el Fisc her/ Philli p Unhola (10) ; 13. Shanno n Silva (9) ; 14. J ame s Mon son (8); 15. (TIE) Mich ael Moser/Less Mosca riello (5). Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 - Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, M 21 ay Round 4 - Portand. Oregon. August 6

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