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Fastline and Gold Hill bikes are absolute missiles." "We've been paying our dues and it's paying off," Deatherage added. "It's nice to have three wins, a second and a third," Heino said. Gale, riding for Condron, gave credit to his Keystone teammate. "Fabian did all the work," Gale said. "John wanted to ride, but they wouldn't let him because of his shoulder. " Dean Mizdal said that at the end of the race the "tires were completely shot. Through one and two I was completely sideways. Right there I almost threw it away," he said. The GTU race was a two-bike deal most all the way. Toomer took the class lead on the the fourth lap, James Leslie in from of Moto Liberty/Nankai's Doug Carmichael. AGV Sport was an early third, James Stephens at the controls, with American Flyers' Dr. Bob Meister fourth in front of Bill Hornblower. Leslie took the lead on the fifth, Carmichael back in front on the seventh, Leslie taking back over on the 10th and, within a few laps, putting a few GTO riders between himself and his pursuer. Craig Gleason was on just before the hour was out, giving Moto Liberty/ Nankai a little breathing room, Danny Walker taking over just past the hour. their lead down to about four seconds. "We're pretty even here today,'" Carmichael said. "He could draft me, I could draft him. He was a little better on the brakes into three; but he's got the bigger brakes. We have a large tank. . We hoped to go an hour and half, but we only wem 1:06 to reserve. With a mile long straight, it's kind of hard on gas." Leslie took back over for Gleason at the I :43 mark, and was soon imo the lead. Todd Harrington had done the second shift for American Flyers; and handed off to Meister with the team in third in front of IRC Racing's Lou Saccoccio, and Hornblower's Owen Weichel. Weichel, who was riding the Hornblower in place of Canadian Jon Cornwell for the first time, found it was geared a little short in the corners. "It ran from 9500 to 12.500," Weichel said, adding that if it was a tooth smaller on the rear sprocket, it would run from "7000 up and we could use a higher gear." Two hours in and Toomer's Leslie had taken over the lead, Danny Walker about to take over for Doug Carmichael. But at the 2:25 mark, Leslie pulled in, and after some frantic work failed to fix the problem, their day was done. "It seems like we snapped a clutch rod," Leslie said. "I thought I missed a gear in the last corner. Then I thought I threw a chain." He said that when he got back on Moto Liberty/ Nankai had a 20 second lead and that on his second stint, he "went back out there to win the thing and I was a little too hard on the equipment. I had similar things happen to me when r ran an endurance effort. " Moto Liberty/Nankai's Carmichael cruised to the win, American Flyers' Harrington, in his first National road INFO 615-323-5497 ........_.. ••_l__ ._I_.~I_ .....17__.. 7 (From ~eft to right) Team America's Andy Dealherage and Michael ~ Fastline's Jeff Hemo and Tommy Lynch and Keystone's Fabian Cortez and John Condron. race, taking over second with five minutes to go, his only problem a blown fork seal during the first hour. "We noticed it a lillIe bit at the end," he said. Weichel was happy with his inaugural ride on the team, especially considering the team ran DOT tires while the other teams ran slicks. "We held second until five minutes to go and Meister's team went by. He (Harrington) picked it up the last seven or eight laps_" Results GTO: I. FastiineIMCM Racing (Suz); 2. Team America (Hon); 3. Keystone Racing (Suz); 4. Yamaha 01 Jacksonville (Yam); 5. N2 Racing (Hon); 6. Dutchman Racing (Suz); 7. Northwest Racing (Suz); 8. Lucky Dog Racing (Suz); 9. Class Racing (Kaw); 10. Mid Cities Motorsporu (Suz); II. McCall Racing (Yam); 12. Team OTS/Sou,hwest Mo,orspons (Hon); 13. Northstar Racing (Yam); 14. Shan-Dan . . . ._ _ I. . . ._ . . ._ . Racing (Suz); i5. Team Mirage (Kaw); 16. Gold Hill Racing (Yam); 17. Team Magie (Yam); 18. Sadowski . Racing (Suz); 19. M.C.C. (Due). Time: 3 hours, I min., 53.839 sec. Distance: 99 laps. 297 miles. \ A.~ S~: 97.967 mph. Margiu of rietory:26.197 sees. G1lJ: 1. Moto Liberty/Nankai (Hon); 2. American Flyers (Hon); 3. Hornblower Racing (Hon); 4. Poor Boys Racing (Hon); 5. Team Tundra (Yam); 6. Team Holiday (Hon); 7. McCall Racing (Hon); 8. Fas.... Foster Racing (Hon); 9. Super BRacing (Hon); 10. AGV Sport (Hon); I J. Team Winnipeg (Yam); 12. Team Toomer (Yam); 13. Team Velocity Racing (Yam); 14.IRCRacing(Yam); 15. Wild Child Racing (Yam). GTO C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS: J. Fastlinel MCM Racing (112); 2. Team America (98); 3. Dutchman Racing (77); 4. Keystone Racing (59); 5. Yamaha of Jacksonville (34); 6. Gold Hill Racing (38); 7. C1ass Racing (35); 8. Team Magic (28); 9. Team OTS/Southwest MOlOrSporu (26); 10. Dutchman II (20). GTU C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS: J. Team Moto Liberty/Nankai (107); 2. Team Toomer (61); 3. New Tech Racing (47); 4. TBR Racing (42); 5. AGV SPOrt (39); 6. American Flyers (34); 7. Hornblower Racing (30); 8. Himmelsbach Racing (24); 9. Island Boys (18); 10. Beast Racing (17). • _ _. . ._ . . . . . ."" 2