Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

who cooled it iust a wee bit early on the last lap. John Lewis was fourth, yet happy to collect another l8 championship points after competing for the second race in a row with a broken hand. "l was by myself, which sucked," he said. "But I kept good, consistent times. That was good, but I hate it when those guys get a jump and you iust lose them. That's hard." Gary Trachy, second in points. finished ninth after falling on the li6t lap. "This weekend lwas having braking problems, ljust could not get my brakes bled. I tried everythinS. I made drastic change before the race and went to a different setup. They were just super sensitive. I went from one extreme to the other. They were so sensitive that I just came into the corner and went down. The only good part of it was that it made it fun to iust race through the crowd. I thought this was a track that you couldn't pass on, but I made quite a few passes. lwent from 24th to ninth and had a good time doing it," Aprilia's Dary' Atkins did not start. The Kiwi's novel fuel-iniected V-twin ltalian motorcycle conked out in qualifying and was not seen again. C ArrlA SuPEMrroro SHAWANo, wlstoNsrN REsur.rs: JUNE lO, 2(x)6 ( RoUND 3) Conrinued trom page 27 It's a tough track or me, but I'llget through it. lt's a lonS se.ies and one race isn't going to make the series. I jurt need to get through with some Sood points." Before practice staned Matk Burkhart was asked if the track was dangerous in the fast downhill section where the fence is rather close to the course- "l think it's safe. lt's got some big pillo\,vs to keep you from going into the fence." Burkhart tested the 'bi8 pillows' in the second rac€ by running into them at speed. The rear-tir€ confov€rsy in Supermoto Lites aarried over to Shawano, but it was all talk. To re-.ap, due to a shonage of Dunlop's new 170 9€rles supermoto r€ar tiEs, the Lites teams made a gentlemen's agreement not to us'e them until the hext shipment so Dunlop would have enough tires for the Supermoto and Unlimited (lass ride6, who the tire vras orid- nally intended for. Graves Yamaha dder Brandon Currie ran the 170 series at Elkhart Lake and the team blamed an inat- tentive mechanic on mounting the wrong rear wheel- Many of the othea Supermoto Lites riders wangled out a way of gefting the Dunlop 170 at Shawano lust in case the Graves Yamaha team accidentalt mounted aflo!fier such tire for the race. "We tried the 170 [n practice] and it's a great tire - which w€ knew it was. k's an obvious adv_anta8e," said Cassidy Ander- son. The Graves Yamaha team tried to run tie 170 tire in qualifying, statinS that the Sentleman's atGement was only for the race, h.rt Dunlop's Broc Glover arSued otherwise. ln the end, allofthe Lites riders did not use the 170 series Dunlop tire in either qualifyinS or the race- Sixteen-year-old Vvisconsin rider Andrca Waldorf was thought to have made history at the previous round by becom- int the lirst woman to make a Supermoto Lites final. "\iry'hen I was five years old I started riding motocross, until I was 10. I quit and I rode BMX for a while. We live about seven miles from Road America and we usually go to Elkhart Lake to watch the Superbikes. My dad met some Suys there that said we should try Supermoto and that it is a lot o{fun. We just tried k and we liked it a lot. I run a local series (alled Sup€rbikers, and I'll do a couple NASMOTO races, which is fun. This year I iust started pro races and last weekend was my first race." Doug Henry was on a bi8 adventure at Shawano. First on lhe to-do list was to repeat his double win from 2005. Following that, Henry planned to race the Southwick AFIA l"lotocross National in Massachusetts the follo\a/ing day. 'Afier the race here I am toinS to dai\re down to Green gay, get on a private iet that Monster provided, and Ily out to [to Southwick]. I am $ing to get picked up at the airport and 8et driven to rny Fun- Mover, I am going to sleep there tonight. l'll probebly 8et in bed by I I p.m. or I 2 a.m. This is the first time I've done something like this. Southwick is a local track and it's real close to home. I've done it many years and I know the track well. lt's fun and I really enloy ridint there. ln the AMA if ),ou 8et one point you can hold your nationel number for another yeax So I tn/ to get a point each year to hold rny numbet That's the main reason I'm racinS tomorrow. Therc might be easier ways to get a point, but not for me. lt's a rough sand track and ldo well in the sand." Saott Paape, the general manager for USA lntematioBal Race- way, made time to organize a raflle to benelit Brandon Chapin, a young local boy with a brain tumo. and an astronomical med- ical bill. "l heard about Brandon Chapin at th€ bowlint alley. lt took ny heart. His medical bills are iust unbelie\rable. He was bom with a brain u]mor lhat wem undiagnosed until this year. That ntht at the bowling alley I started poundinS people, 'come on, less beers and more money for Brandon!'We raflled offJurgen Kunzel's helmet, Troy Lee signed jerseys, Doug Henry's boots, and signed stuff faom everybod/. we raised clo6e to $900." Cassidy Anderson's father held tie winnint rallle ticket for Kunzel's helmet, and the elder Anderson imme- diately presented the helmet to Brandon Chapin. (l:21.31 l)i5- Csey Yarow (l:22 4l r)r6. Dahn Omi

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