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F o r m u la USAlWr e n c h e a d . c o m National R o a d Race Series Fina l R ound: Daytona In t e r n a t io n a l Speedwa y "I back e d o ff in th e c hica ne a nd made s u re I g ot a re a l g ood run at the m, lef t a b ig eno ugh gap and it worked o ut rea l well ," We ich e l sa id of his move to the front. "I pull e d o ut of his [Acr e e 's ] dr a ft. When he dr o pped low , yo u 're go ing to p ick up s peed com ing d o wn th e b an k in g . Whe n I kn ew I wa s' pa st him , I just c ame rig ht ba c k down to make s ure I got t h e push from him ." Gib bs wa s t hir d just in fr ont o f Spi es , blaming h ims e lf for a la s t-lap mistake that c o s t h jm a run a t th e stripe. "I mad e a bobbl e co m in g o n t o the bankin g and t h e y g app e d m e out a little ," Gib bs s a id . "I tr ied to give them some room go ing into th e c h ic a n e wh e re I could make a ru n on them . I got n ext t o th em ; I "We ca me around and Lee led and I let him lea d, but he re a lly sl owed down in the infie ld , like the whole la p tim es d rop ped a s econd . I wa s like , 'Oh no , it' s go ing to be a nigh tma re on t h e la st lap , b e c a u s e wit h four bikes s et-up . If I had only one I had him co ve red . But the other guys got slowed down , too ." Acree wa s in th e lea d when th ey took the whit e flag a nd sa id he knew it was a m ista ke. "I pro bably should' ve wa ited , but I m a de a few m ist a kes ea rly, was too fa r back to really be able to test the d raft ea rlier , so I had to try to test it sometime, un fortun a te ly it was when we took the white flag ," Acree sa id. "I tested it to make sure I co uld get by , but then they did n ' t want to co m e back by me, so that's the way it goes." co ul d n' t d o a n y t h in g w it h them on c e I got there . I t hin k I c o u ld have us ed lik e to drop a t o o th o n the re a r . I th ink I was ru nn ing o ut o f g e a ring on ce I got o ut of th e dr a ft. I' m hap py to be h er e at Da y t o n a a nd leave in on e p ie c e and be o n the p od ium ." S p ie s wa s fourth , th en there was about a 15 -se c o nd gap to anot her stree t fight, th is one won by ePowers p ort .co rn ' s Mann y Manu suth a k is o ve r 4 &6 Ra cing 's Joseph Gill a nd Full S pectru m Ra cing 's Chad Simons. Th e t rio was covered by less than .65 of a second . S e v en through 10 was equall y competi tiv e , with Brian Livengood , Vin c en t Haskov ec , and Michael Cusano finishi ng with in half a second of each other. CN . Formula USA Aprilia Cup Challenge Final Round: Daytona International Speedway First Time·s The Charm Australian Jamie Stauffer (12 71 was a first-tim e visitor to Daytona, but It didn't stop him from winning the Aprilia Cup Challenge rac e. The title, however, went to Aa ron Cla n: (4 91 d e spite the fact that he c rashed out of the ra ce. By banked Sup e rsp e edwa y wa s that it was big for a 250. "Yo u 're full th ro ttle all th e ti me . Th e in field's q ui te good; it' s q uite tricky. Th er e 's a few off-c a m ber corne rs and th at ," he sa id , rem a rki n g that it was bumpy a s we ll, not unlik e s ome of the tracks in his na tive Au stra lia. "It' s my firs t time in Am eric a and my first tim e in Da yto na . I've had a great ti m e . I ca n usua lly g o fa s t right a way o n tracks I have n't be en o n befor e . I'm just luc ky I guess . It 's a pret ty fast tra ck." There were a fe w ot her races o n th e d a y , a s p irite d one fo r seco nd place and a n odd on e for th e c ha mpionsh ip . Ne w Zeal ander Aa ro n Cla rk ca me into t h e fina l round with a s even-po int le ad ove r Team Motot e k Ra c ing ' s De re k King . An y c ha nc e King had of ove rta king the Pro S lide Ra cin g USA 's Cla rk e nded in a hea p on th e ex it of turn six , onto th e bank ing on the fourth lap . The title wo uld be Cla rk 's , e ve n if he d idn 't fin ish , H E N N Y RAY ABR AMS DAYTONA BEACH, FL, OCT. 22 a m ie Stauffer had never be en to Amer ica be fore , which m e a nt he 'd ne ve r seen Dayton a Internationa l S peedwa y . You woul dn 't kno w it fro m the way he rode . Th e 2 1-year-old Australia n Aprilia Cup Ch am p io n m ade a clean b re a k ea rly in th e fin al Wr en c head .com Natio na l Ro a d Race Ser ies Aprilia Cu p C hall en g e ra c e of t he s e a s o n , a nd wa ltzed to vic to ry , winning th e 10 -la p , 3 5. 6 -m ile race by 7.23 1 se c onds . "I d idn' t think I wa s go ing to be a ble t o do it , " Stauffer s a id o f h is early br ea kawa y . "A fe w t im e s I passed them down th e front stra ight, I thoug ht it wa s going to be lik e th is th e whol e ra c e . But I ju st eventually g ot a luc ky break an d t h e n I j ust p ulled a wa y a nd th en I didn 't hav e to c ut any lines and then I couldn' t get draft ed." His firs t impress io ns of the hig h- J 10 NOVEMBER 1 .2000' eye I e n eVIl's whic h he d idn't. Cla rk took his spill in th e West End Hor seshoe on the final la p while contending fo r second . St ill, he earn ed t he crown by t he same seven -point margin he c a m e in with. 104-97 . The battl e for sec ond was o rigina lly a mong four riders, th en three , th en s ix , a nd finall y five . Th e consta nts wer e Cannon Raci ng 's Aar on Gobe rt, Gobe rt imported for this ra c e (and a Da y ton a firs t time r), Aaron Clark, a nd Te am Moto tek Ra cin g 's Dan Fis cher , that trio hooked u p from lap fo ur o n, joi ned la te r in t he ra c e by Blac kmans Cycle 's Cor y We st, a lso in hi s first vis it t o Da yt on a , Sh ann on S ilva , a nd J os hua Sortor. Gob e rt had ea rned pole position for th e race , la p p ing a t 2 : I 0 .276 t o S t au ff e r ' s 2 :10.984 . We st a nd th e othe rs closed u p on the second -p lac e bu nc h o n th e e ighth la p, ma k ing it a six - rider string fo r se c ond and g ua ra n teei ng t ha t th e orde r wo u ld n' t rem ai n t he s am e for long . It didn 't . C lar k wa s right up in th e m ix whe n h e c ras hed in th e We s t En d Hors e s ho e. T h at ga ve S ilv a a littl e br eat hin g ro o m a n d h e p inn ed it and p ra ye d, h ang in g o n to se co nd pla c e . Cory We s t took t hi rd , t h en ca me F isc he r a n d Gob e rt . Go b e rt wa s rid ing h is s pa re Aprili a RS 2 5 0 a fter blowing up his ' A' b ike in th e m orni ng pra cti c e. Th e spa re d id n 't a cce le ra t e as we ll off t he c o rn e rs , he sa id. DaytonalnternationalSpeedvway D aytona Beach, Florida Results: October 22, 2000 SPO RT BIKE: 1. O wen Weiche l ( Hon); 2. Lee Acree (Suz ) : 3 . Bria n Gibb s (S uz ); 4 . Ben Spie s (SUl); 5. Manny Manus uthakis (Suz); 6. Jo seph Gill (Yam ); 7. Chad Simo ns (Yam): 8. Brian U vengood (Ya m): 9 . Vi nc ent Ha sk ov ec (Suz); 10. Mic ha el Cusano (Yam) ; 11. Ton y Meiri ng (Hon) ; 12. J effery Purk (Yam) ; 13. Mark McCorm ick (Yam ); 14. Adam Coco ( Ho n ); 15 . D arian Pcl ach (Hon) ; 16 . Marco Martinez (Ya m); 17. Ch ris Ulr ic h (Suz); 18 . A aron Rising er (Yam); 19. Ch ri s A rb or (Yam) ; 20 . Mark Zaremska s (Yam); 2 1. Nathan Hester ( Yam ); 22 . Robert Ludlum (Hon); 23. J am es Prince (Yam ) ; 24. Micheal Nik sa (Suz); 25. Dave Rosno (Kaw) ; 26 . Paul Hopkins (Yam) ; 27. Ryan Lenders (Suz) ; 28. Joseph Bili nsk i (Du c ); 29 . Kenneth Marti n (Yam); 30 . Dennis King (Yam ); 31. David Sa nde l (Yam) ; 32. Rickey Lee ( Yam); 33 . David Mc Phe rso n (Yam ) ; 34 . Alistai r Smith (Hon): 35 . Wyeth Jackso n (Yam ). Time: 23 min ., 36.689 sec. Av erage speed: 108.557 m ph. Margin of victory: 0.086 sec. SPORTBIKE C'SHI P POINTS STANDINGS (After 6 of 6 rounds ) : 1. Lee A cree (85) ; 2. Bri an Parriott (68/1 win): 3. (TIE ) Ben Spies/Owen Weiche l (58/1) : 5. J o hn Hopk i ns (50/2 ): 6 1 D am on Bu ckmaster (45/1): 7. Ryan Lande", (35): 8. Brian Gibbs (27): 9 . J oseph Prussiano (26) ; 10. Richard Alexand er (23 ); 11. Manny Manusuthakis (20) ; 12. Vincent Heskovec (1 7) ; 13. (TIE) Robert Underw ood/ Eric Wood ( 16); I S. Tony Meiring ( I S). "I thought I lost th e draft and little Cory [We st] p ull e d m e a lo ng a nd I jus t kept th e ga s on a nd was hoping for th e best ," Silva sa id a fte r his first pod ium a ppea ra nc e of the season. "I th ink that Cor y had a little bit on me with his weight so I tried to break out of the draf t a c ou p le of times a nd it wo uld n' t go by him , so I just sta ye d behind him until the right time a nd I pic ked it rig ht, good th ing . I thin k I stayed with h im un til we ca ug ht up to the pack com ing o nto t h e fro n t stra ight a nd all of them to gethe r just sucked me on throu gh ." West sa id he made his move with about three laps to go , closi ng u p fro m sixth and within striking d istance . O nce in the draft, t he race bec ame unpredictable , partly bec au se he ran into a shifting problem . "I go t to seco nd goi ng into [the ] turn a nd th en th e shifter sta rted act ing up on me a nd couldn 't get it into gear a nd th e y got back by, bu t I dra fted by on the ban king , had a better dr ive in the chica ne ," West said after his first podium a ppea ra nce in on ly his sec ond Aprilia Cup Ch a lle nge ra c e . "It's m y first tim e a t Day to na . I tho ug ht it was gr e at. It was rea l fun. The ban king is a we so me . Draf tin g was great. That was the best thing I had goi ng ." F isch e r, Gobert , a nd S ortor were quickly across th e line , th en a ga p to eN Ma uro Cer ed a in seve nth . D aytona International Speedvvay Daytona Beach, Florida Resuhs:Detober22.2DDO APR IUA CUP CHALLENGE: 1. Ja mie Stau ffer; 2 . Sha nnon Silva; 3 . Cary Wes t ; 4 . Dan Fi sch er ; 5 . Aaron Gobert; 6 . Joshua Sortor ; 7. Mauro Cered a: 8. Le s M o sc ar i ell o ; 9 . J o sh Bryan; 10 . Co r y Tu chsch erer: 11. Ben Matheson; 12. Tom Fournier; 13 . Gus Holcomb ; 14 . Sterli ng St rauser; 15. Mark St il es; 16 . Er ic Steve n s; 17 . Ale x Merrell ; 18 . Johat han Swee ney; 19 . Rona ld Wood s; 20 . J ohn Boyd ; 2 1. Buzz Povall; 22 . J ohn A k sel; 23. Aa ron Clark ; 24. Brain Sa leve: 25 . Derek King; 26. Richa rd Fult s. Time: 2 1 min .• 46.745 sec. Av erage speed: 98 .076 m ph. Margi n of victory: 7.231 sec. APRILLIA CUP CHAL LE N GE C 'SHIP POIN TS STA NDINGS (A fter 6 of 6 rounds : 1. Aa ron Clark (1 04 /3 W in s ) ; 2 . Der ek Kin g (97/1): 3 . (T IE) Shannon Sflve/ Belz Renggli (64 ); 5. Dan Fischer (49) ; 6. Josh Bryan (48 ); 7. Geep Terenova (36) ; 8. Jeffery Wood (27): 9 . (T IE ) Jamie Sta uffer(I ) /M ichael Him me lsbach / J ames Monson/ Eric Steve nson (25 ); 13. Cory Tuchscherer ( 19 ); 14. Cory West (16): IS . (Tl E) Kent Kunits ugu/Le s MoscarielJo (13 ).

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