for the lead and hopefully win/it. I can't
say enough about my crew. We changed
everything this weekend, and it was the
best it could be on the last guess. We
pulled the forks and shock off all weekend - I can't count the number of times
on my hands."
Renfrow and Quarterley were able to
move by Picotte late in the race, the
French Canadian and his Ducati having
problems with the front end. "1 don't
know why," he said. "1 thought I had
enough lead. I didn't know Randy
(Renfrow) and Dale (Quarterley) were
right there."
But they were, with Renfrow teasing
Quarterley into passing him on the back
section of the track, knowing that he
and the faster Honda could simply draft
by on the run up the hill to the checkered flag.
'1t was exactly like the old times, I let
him go by," Renfrow said. "The only
way he could beat me was to go inside
in 14. All I had to do was be behind him,
get a normal drive and beat him to the
line. "
Quarterley didn't leave his friend
much room, but it was enough. The
New Englander had rebuilt his
KawaSC)ki Saturday morning, and broke
the bike in during the AMA/CCS
Endurance Challenge that afternoon:
"He let me go by," Quarterley said. "1
knew it, but what choice did I have. I
was going to lose anyway. I left him
about two inches on the inside. I guess I
could have taken the last two."
Crevier suffe~ with brake problems
and an underpowered Honda RC30, but
he managed to hold on to finish eighth,
ahead of Kipp, who had a myriad of
problems with the Camel Honda RC30.
"Nothing was hitting," Kipp said. "1
made a last-minute gearing decision
which wasn't the way to go. Everything
was just off. We have a lot of work to do
- luckily we have a month off before
Mid-Ohio. I got a good start, but just
went backwards. I didn't even get into
the teens (lap times). I was three seconds
slower than what I qualified at. I was no
where near it - I felt like a real schmuck
out there."
Larry Schwarzbach sets his sights on Pascal Picotte after passing Dave Sadowski.
Late charge secures ~ole for Russell
The folks at Road America like to refer to their
four-mile, 14·coro~r roag course'as r'four~miles of
fun." It Was anything but fun for Scott Russell
(tight) and his Merlyn Plumlee-tuned Muzzy
Kawasaki as he put it all on the line in securing the
pole position during a suspenseful final minutes of
superbike qualifying.
The Georgian, who now calls Salinas, California,
home, averaged 105.366 mph in clocking a twomil\~te, 16,666:se
