Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

com ing on th e last l ap , but 1 didn 't real ly w ant to pa ss h im, beca use I k new his bik e wa s run n in g good and he would d raft m e pa st bac k ," Reng gli co nti nued. " I tr ied to get a br eak b et ween Aa ro n and I and it w o rked o u t. On t h e l ast lap b ot h o f us - I beli ev e Aaron and 1 - especially into turn f i ve we re pret t y h eav y on the br ak es there , and I th in k th at help ed us pu t a little ga p bet w een the two g uys beh ind us and it wo rked o ut . I was hoping actu all y I co uld draft him b y d o w n th e ba ck stra i ght past th e ki nk , but m y bi k e just didn 't have it the re." Propa c's Derek King to ok third , .0 18 of a second behind Renggli , and j u st . 14 5 of a second in front of team mate Dan iel Fischer. '" hated the fin ish f or F ischer," King said . " H e wa s right there the wh ol e ra c e. From th e t eam 's st and p oint, I need to stay as cl ose to Aa ron [Clark i as 1 can in the points and it 's j u st u nf ortunate for Fi sch er that he c an 't b e up o n t h is po d iu m to d ay . The series should be close by the end of the season . A s lon g as we ' re cl ose eno ug h by the end of the se aso n, I th in k this o ne's go ing to go dow n to th e last round ." Cla rk leads the title chase leavin g Road America w it h 59 poi nts , g ood enoug h fo r a seven -poi nt lead over King. Renggl i is thi rd with 44. " T h in g s are co m ing tog ethe r fo r u s," Clark said . " We' re lead ing the ser i e s n o w , bu t i t' s n ot o ve r. W e pro ve d t od ay and at W ill o w it ' s so cl ose. We hav e to finish eve ry ra ce on th e p odium a n d h op e it com e s through ." Chip Larkby finish ed fifth , ab out 14 seconds ba ck , but his VFR Techn ol ogi es, Am eri can Ro ad £, Rac ing Magazine RS2 5a was found t o be illegal. Th e bi k e made 53.4 horsepower, just ov er the 53 hp li mit. That moved Cajun Fever Racing's Shan non Silva up to fifth . Silva had ov er 20 seconds on th e trio co ntest ing what would be come sixth ; Cory T u c h sc h e r e r of n earby Appleton, Wisconsin leading J osh Bryan and fellow Appleton resident James Mon eN son across the line. Road America Elkh art Lake, Wiscansin Results: May 21, 2000 AP RIUA cap CHAUENGE: 1. Aa ron Clark; 2. Balz Renggli ; 3 . Dere k King; 4 . Dan iel Fisch er; 5. Sha nnon S ilva ; 6 . Cory Tuc hsch e rer ; 7. Josh Brya n; 8 . Jame s Mon son; 9. Page Gathi ng s; 10. Ryan Meyer; t 1. Mark Stiles; 12 . Da ve Moon; 13. Richard Fults; 14 . Thoma s Peters on; 15 . Ji m my Clark ; 16. Eric Stevenso n. TIme: 20 m in.• 52 .838 se c. Distance : 8 la ps. 32 miles. Marg in of victory: 0 .073 sec . A PRILIA CU P cHALLENGE C'SHIP PO I NT STANDING S ( A fte r 3 of 6 rounds ): I. Aaron Clark ( 59 / 2 wins ) ; 2. Derek King (52); 3 . Balz Renggli (44); 4 . Geep Terranova (36); 5 . Mik e Himmel sbach (25); 6 . (TIE) Dani el Fi scher / Josh Bry an (23) ; 8 . Shannon Silva ( 19); 9. J am es Monson ( 15); to. Kent Kun it sug u ( 12 ) ; 1 1. J us ti n Deste rhouse ( 12) ; 12 . (Jeff rey Woo d / E r ic St even so n ( 1 1) ; 14 . Co ry Tu chscherer/ Phlllip Unhola (10) ; 16. Page Gathin gs ( 8 ); 17 . Ry a n M ey er (6); 18 . ( TIE) Le s Moscariello/ Micha eJMoser/Lee Moscariello (5) . Upcoming Rounds: Round 4 - Portland, Oregon, August6 Round 5 - Pocono, Pennsylvania, August27 Mike Ciccotto (i) won the Buell Lightning c lass a h ead of Jeff Johnson (3) and Jason d 'Aml c o (2 8 0) F o rmu la U SA Bue ll Li g htn in g S e ri e s R ound 3 : Ro ad A merica By H E N N Y R A Y AB RA MS ELKHART LAK E,WI, MAY 21 he spread of ti mes in qualifying for the Buell Lightn ing Series race was an accurate predi ctor of th e rac e. There was a 1a -second marg in from first to fifth in timed qualifying , about two seconds between each rider. Early in the sec ond lap , the fie ld w as running as th ey 'd qualifi ed and sta r t ing to spread out. Th en se ri es l eader Shawn Higbee dropped out w ith undeterm ined electrical prob lem s, and it was the next four qualifi ers in orde r, wh ich is how th ey'd circ u lat e t o th e e n d o f th e alm o st interm inable eight -lap , 32 -mil e ra c e. After finishing second in the first tw o round s of t h e serie s, H al ' s H D/ B ue ll's Mike Ci cc otto t ook advan tage of the g ift from Higbee t o take th e win and th e se r ies p oints l ead , th ough it wasn 't how he wanted to ge t the re. " I hated to see i t happen to Shawn, " C iccotto sa id of the New T " I ab out hit onds behi nd Johnson. D'Amico actu- him in the Carousel, actua lly . He got ally had a bit of a rac e with Dayton a awa y from me o n the first lap. I got a Harley-Davidson's fifth fastest qua lifi - little o ut of sh ape coming out of five and I wa s lik e ' U h - o h , Shawn's a er Richie Morris, before p ull ing away Castl e H-D/Bu ell rid er. to a 12-second cushion at the end . tough guy to catch." "He p u t a wheel i n a couple of Ciccotto , who 'd qualified second , won th e race by a yawn ing 17 .242 tim es going down into fiv e, he got in front of me," D'Am ico sai d . " I told sec o nds and moved by Higbee in the these guys I' d m eet him here on the c h a m p i o n s h i p . After thre e o f six box so 1 wasn 't going to let him get in rac es Ci ccotto leads Higbee, 55 -53. front of me." Third in po ints w ith 39 is th e Buell Over 18 sec onds b eh ind Morris Lightning Series third fastest qualifier c am e Keg el Motorcy cl e Company 's Jeff Johnson of Hoban's Cycl es, who Dean Hagemann , just e d gi n g out took a distant second pla c e tod ay . Hal's H-D/Buell's Brian Frank. " I j ust w ante d t o k ind of say that wasn 't how I wanted to beat Shawn [H igb e e] : Johnson said , though , cle a rly, it w as the on l y way it was go ing to happen. "Too bad ab out his m otor blow ing up and e ve ry t hin g. A nd Mik e [Ciccott o ] and Shawn were do ing a great job there. 1 wish 1 could have given them m ore of a challenge . I lo st a kn ee pu ck on th e first lap and th en one o n the third l a p a nd just c ouldn 't feel the tra ck and j ust didn 't fee l co m fort able ridi ng like that." CN Raad America Elkhart Lake, Wiscansin Results: May 21, 2000 BUEll. UGHTNING SERIES: 1. Mik e Ctcco tto: 2. Jeff J ohnson; 3. Jason D'Amico; 4 . Richie Morri s: 5 . Dea n Hagemann: 6 . Brian Fra nk; 7. Bria n Bodine; 8 . Michael Fribe rg: 9 . Da rren Co nrad ; 10 . Pau l Jam es ; 11. Scott Korol; 12. Greg Ave lla ; 13. Shawn Higbee. Time: 19 min., 56.365 sec. Di stance: 8 laps. 32 mi les. Margin of victory: 17.242 sec. BUEL L LIGH TNING S ERI ES C ' SH IP POINT ST A ND I NGS ( A f t er 3 of 6 r o u nd s ) : 1. M ic hael Clccotto (65/1 win ); 2. Shawn Hig bee (53/2 ); 3: Jeff Jo hnson (39 ); 4 . Ric hi e Morris (3 7) ; 5 . Bri an Bod ine (32); 6 . Brian Frank (26) ; 7. Chad Heal y (2 5 ); 8 . Mark Reynolds ( 18) ; 9. Jason Smith (17); 10. (TIE) J ason D'Am ico / Michae l Friber g (16); 12 . (TIE) Dean Hageman n/ Greg Ave llo ( 11) ; 14. Scott Koro l ( to ); 15. Darren Conrad (7) ; 16. (TIE) Chris Decelles/Pau l J ames (6): 18 . Russ McCallister ( 5) ; 19 . (TIE J oseph Benna rdl / Clerk Dodson (4) . Third in the rac e, and fourth fastest qualifier, w as Precision Woodwork's Jason D'Amico who was over 17 secey e I e Upcoming Rounds: Round 4 - Portland, Oregon, August 6 Round 5 - Pocono, Pennsylvania, August27 n e WV s MAY 31 , 2 0 0 0 27

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