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Roadracingworld.com Action Fund Tops $200,000

The Roadracingworld.com Action Fund has reached a new grand total of $209,698, an increase of over $22,000 since the last total was announced at the end of June, thanks to a series of prize raffles and the continuing support of racers’ fans and friends.

The total grew greatly with the raffle of a Suzuki TL1000R project bike by Lockhart-Phillips USA, which raised a total of $18,870. The raffle was started back in February, 2002, by Lockhart-Phillips President Wendell Phillips, and ended with the winning name being drawn by Roadracingworld.com Action Fund founder John Ulrich during the World Superbike/AMA races at Laguna Seca on Sunday, July 14.

The winner of the highly-modified Suzuki V-Twin was David Caldwell of Maryville, Tennessee, near Knoxville.

The donation of the raffle proceeds by Lockhart-Phillips, together with Wendell Phillips’ previous donation of $2500, brings the company’s total to $21,370, making it the largest single contributor to the Fund.

HMC Ducati raised another $1804 for the Fund at Laguna Seca by raffling off a two-up ride around the track with racer Doug Chandler.

Wendy Hogg, press officer for HMC Ducati, organized the raffle, and the winner of the lap of Laguna was drawn by HMC Ducati guest, actor Ewan McGregor. A motorcycle fan, McGregor is best known for his starring roles in Star Wars Episodes I and II and in Black Hawk Down. On Sunday, McGregor drew the name of winner Rhonda Nickle.

In addition to her hot lap of Laguna Seca on the back of Chandler’s bike July 14, Nickle also received a Suomy helmet autographed by Chandler.

Rich Oliver came up with a unique way to celebrate his AMA 250cc Grand Prix win at Laguna Seca and contribute to the Fund. “What I’ve decided…is to auction off my Sears Point bodywork that I crashed and broke my arm in. And that bodywork smashed into the haybales because there was no Air Fence there. And what I’m going to do is, I’m going to sell raffle tickets (for the bodywork) and all of the money is going to go to the (Roadracingworld.com Action) Fund and maybe next year, we’ll have some Air Fence in that corner where there was no Air Fence. Plus I thought that would be a good cause and it gets the bodywork to some fans that might appreciate it and then the fans will know they’re supporting the Air Fence fund. I think everybody wins that way.”

Oliver drew the two winning tickets from the 250cc Grand Prix podium Sunday afternoon, July 14. The raffle raised $283.

Other recent donations include: Steve Thompson, $340 (eBay helmet auction); Nancy T. Grimm, $100; William Torbert, $100; Ted Killilea, $100; Anonymous/In the name of Papa Thiam, $100; Chris Monge, $50; Jarrett Coco/In Dedication to Papa Thiam, $25; D. Michael Bootes, $20; Kevin Meehan, $5; Anonymous, $5; Don Costello, $2. Also, Phillips Motorsport Group Quarterly Payback Time Charity Program donated $100 each in the following Team Members’ names: Jeremy Dodd, Eric Pinson, Justus Standley.

There have been no recent donations to the fund for dirt track.

An accounting of money collected and spent by the Roadracingworld.com Action Fund appears at the bottom of this post.

The list of road racing contributors now reads:
Lockhart Phillips USA Project Bike Raffle $18,870
Anonymous $9450
Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Wegman Benefit Fund/Gordon Lunde Sr. $5000
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $4150
Ken Hill $3351 (eBay auction of Bostrom leathers)
Dynojet Research $3200
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $3000
Patrick Roskam/HangingOff.com $3000
RPM $3000
John Ulrich/Roadracing World $2900
Aprilia USA $2900
American Suzuki Motor Corp. $2900
Ducati North America $2900
Jonathan Glaefke $2900
Susie and Bruce Meyers/BCM Racing Ducati $2900
Performance Machine $2900
Dunlop Motorcycle Tire Co. $2900
Max McAllister/Traxxion Dynamics $2900
Tom Chauncey/Team Wreckless $2900
Willow Springs Int’l Raceway $2900
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Bittner/In Honor of Papa Thiam $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Robb Meier $2152 (eBay auction of Mat Mladin AGV Helmet)
Advanced Motor Sports/In Memory of Dirk Piz $2000
Lindemann Engineering $2000
Marcus McBain $2000
Stephen Barnes $1825 (eBay auction of Duhamel Shoei race helmet)
HMC Ducati Laguna Seca Chandler Ride $1800
L.A. Bikers/labiker.org $1760
WERA Motorcycle Roadracing $1700
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Gearbox International $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Fred Renz/Yoyodyne $1450
Andre Espaillat $1325 (eBay auction of Barnacle Bill leathers)
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock/In Memory of Larry Schwarzbach $1000
Don Emde/In Memory of Cal Rayborn $1000
Jason Pridmore’s Star Motorcycle School $1000
Mark E. Dobeck/Techlusion Performance Group $1000
G.M.D. Computrack Network $1000
California Superbike School $1000
Tachyon Racing/Tachyon Sports Injury Research Foundation $1000
Team Pro-Motion Sportbike Club $1000
Anthony and Aaron Gobert $1000
Andrew M. Cross $1000
Andy Kettle/Honda of Milpitas $1000
Dale Pestes/Tuff Dog Racing $1000
Sheila Barnes $1000
Anonymous $1000
Barnett Tool & Engineering $1000
Linda, John & Susanne Hopkins/In Memory of Roy Hopkins $895
Jason Routhier $810 (eBay auction of Jamie James leathers & boots)
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Marcus Mc Bain $760 (eBay auction of Ruben Xaus Suomy helmet)
Yoshimura Racing $750
Team Daemon Racing $600
Derek and Gordon King $600
CMRRA $537
Don Lemelin/Scuderia West $500
Kevin Erion/Erion Racing $500
Pinky’s Pizza of Walnut Creek $500
Doug Gonda $500
Jerry Wood/Penguin School $500
Mike Canfield/Chandelle Motorsports $500
Jim Davis/J6 Racing/In Memory of Dirk Piz $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
The Plummer Menapace Group $500
Reg Kitrelle $500
Specialty Sports Ltd/Teknic $500
Ronnie Lunsford/Northwest Honda $500
Bob Holcomb $500
Aaron Yates $500
James D. Randolph $500
OMRRA $500
Terry Knott $500
Shawn Higbee/Team KWS/Millenium Technologies $500
Harley Davidson of Reno $500
Walt Schaefer $500
Gary Christopher/American Honda $500
Full Spectrum Design $500
Indigo Sports $500
Ed Robinson/Robinson Partners $500
MotorcycleUSA.com $500
Anonymous $412 (eBay auction of Team Honda autograph helmet)
Bill St. John/Project Monza $400
Tom Drumm $400
Empty Pockets Racing $400
Steve Thompson (eBay Helmet Auction) $340
Jerry Jirkovsky $330
“Old Slo Gene Templet”/CMRA $325
Eric Kelcher/Blockworks $320
Ice Holes $301
Richard Hood/Reptillian Racing $300
Edward S. Siccardi, Jr. $300
Dan Fischer/Copier1.com $300
David Finniff $300
Marietta Motorsports $300
Brendan Guy $300
Dean Scarpa $300
Anonymous $300
Kurtis Roberts $300
James Siddall/World Sports/Corbin Grand Prix $300
Zachry Lee $300
N.I.T.R.O. (Northern Illinois Touring and Riding Organization) $300
Martin Von Wyss $300
In Memory of Charles Wooldridge, Sr. $300
Brian Parriott $300
Thomas Patch $300
James Lickwar $290
Rich Oliver crashed Bodywork Raffle $280
Texas Sport Bike Association $260
Scott Fisher/Fisher Technical Services $250
Chris Pyles & Beth Walters $250
Peter Hively $250
Brian Mitchell $250
Al Ludington $250
Tim Simpson $250
Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing $250
David Roy, Ducati N. America $250
Debbie Roy/Frenotec $250
Joshua Hayes $250
Gina Nadeau $250
Jeannne Pyles $250
John Ross/Ross Racing $250
Brian Cincera $250
C. Renard Fiscus $250
Bruce & Edith Lind $250
Andre Espaillat $250
Aramel Racing $250
WMRRA $250
Bo Poulsen $250
Walter S. Pasicznyk $250
Leo Sulpy $250
Putnam Park $250
Papa Thiam/WERA BBS $200
Bill Capshaw/ICE Motorsports $200
Scott Decker $200
Terry Embury $200
Jim “Dutch” MacKenzie/WERA BBS $200
Scott Jenkins/Desmoto-sport $200
Cliff Nobles $200
Jodie York/RPM Cycles Ventura/WSMC #11 $200
Mostro.org/Jeffrey Fillmore $200
Jeff Bowis $200
Rich & Lynda Alexander/In Memory of Dirk Piz $200
Nils Menten $200
Melissa Tomlinson/G-Man Racing $200
DP Enterprises $200
Jeffrey S. Stathes $200
RPM $200
Wayne Nielsen/sportbikeworld.com $200
Dennis Woods/Doppio Racing $200
Tom David $200
Sierra Sportbike Association $200
Terry McKeever $200
“Barnacle” Bill Burns $200
Scott Greenwood/New England Performance $200
Roger Lyle/In Memory of Jimmy Adamo $200
Big Show Racing/Chicago, IL $200
John and Richard Haner/Haner Motor Sports $200
Crew & Friends of the R/V Point Sur/In Memory of Stuart Stratton $200
Ken & Joan Snyder/Team Snyder Racing $200
Patrick Flora $200
Michael and Sammy Garofalo $200
Ned “Peanut” Brown/NESBA/TPM $200
Logan Young $200
Bob & Sherrie Young $200
Jeremy Dodd/Phillips Motorsports $200
Justus Standley/Phillips Motorsports $200
Chris Kelley/California Cycleworks $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Ed & Catherine Sorbo $150
Damon Buckmaster $150
Chris Hamilton/Grand Prix Direct $150
Marc Palazzo/Synergy Racing Honda $150
Stuart Stratton/Stratton Racing $150
Hewitt & Prout Attorneys at Law $150
Calhoun Clark $150
Hal Coughlin/Central Vermont Motorcycles $130
Thomas Pfuner/I & E Innovative Homes Racing Team $130
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Pete Martins $125
SpaCovers.com $120
B.O.S.S. ’02 Raffle $116
Road Atlanta Crash Truck Crews $111
Gar’s Sports Center 50/50 Raffle $105
Chris Normand/Firestorm Racing $101
Lucky Deleoni $100
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand/In Memory of Rusty Bradley $100
Michael Roberson/WERA BBS $100
Sean Jordan/WERA BBS $100
Army of Darkness $100
Stuart Gregg $100
Pinky’s Pizza/Lippman Racing $100
Bob Szoke $100
TyrSox $100
Ron West/Omzig Productions $100
Joe Facer $100
Preston Rash $100
Geoff Maloney/GP Tech $100
Melissa Berkoff/Neighbor Of The Beast $100
Caesar Gonzales/WERA BBS $100
Dorina Groves $100
Dorina Groves/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
Philip Rusin/RC51.net $100
Allen “Spence” Spencer $100
Matt Wadsworth $100
Dean N. De St. Croix $100
Tony Tugwell/TZ250.com $100
Bart Fuqua/Team LGC $100
Brian Stokes/Marietta Motorsports $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor/Marietta Motorsports $100
David McElvain/NEDoD $100
Vance Hacecky $100
Patrick Mee $100
Dave and Jason Parker $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz/Team Squid Pro Quo $100
Jake Swan $100
Chris Story $100
Chris Eklund $100
Randy Ball/WERA BBS $100
Mark Hellvig $100
Gary Schilling/On Time Racing/WERA BBS $100
Steve Sumner $100
Laura Granato/WERA BBS $100
Norm Viano/Lawdog Sports Mgmt $100
Kevin Jordan/Jordan Motorsports $100
Val Gregory/In Memory of Dirk Piz $100
Dave Gess $100
Rob Berlind $100
Paul Black $100
Steve Hewitt $100
Mike Ciccotto $100
Tripp Nobles $100
Scott Rehl $100
Steve & Lorraine Aledort $100
Jeff Rozycki/29dreams.com Racing $100
Chris Ulrich/In Memory of Russ Paulk And Toby Jorgensen $100
Giorgio Milesi/Galfer Brakes USA $100
Al Lyons/CMRRA $100
Linda Hopkins $100
John Hopkins/In Memory of Jamie Bowman and Toby Jorgensen $100
Vicky&Michael Menard $100
Silvia Salenius/Ducati.net Online $100
HG Racing/AMA Pro Thunder $100
Red Fox Racing $100
Greg Ruffin $100
John Donald/PTC Racing $100
Larry Pegram $100
Pamela Skaff/WERA BBS $100
J.D. Hord/Meccanica Corse Racing $100
Mark Sutton $100
Steve Scott/LRRS#47 $100
Eric Putter $100
Jim Doerfler $100
Ira Englebardt $100
Joe & Nancy Fenech $100
Earl Hayden $100
Chuck Sorensen $100
Jeff Wilson/American Suzuki $100
Adam Vella/Webcrush Racing $100
Chuck Gault/Motobama $100
Gary Longren $100
Stephan Hottenrott $100
David Kunzelman $100
C.R. “Critter” Gittere/WERA BBS $100
John Light/Lightsmith Racing $100
Ken & Arlene Block (Ed Sorbo’s Mom) $100
Chris Link/CMRA/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
Josh Steinberg $100
Broad Squad/CCS NE $100
Ann Sands $100
Troy Green/www.TG-Racing.com $100
Colin Fowler $100
Asphalt & Gas $100
CelentoHenn Architecture + Design $100
Norm Mc Donald/CMRA $100
Andrew S. Mueller/WERA BBS $100
Mary Miskovic $100
Mark Van Hoff/The Plastic Doctor/WERA BBS $100
Anonymous $100
Mauro Cereda/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
James B. Norwood/Bad Iguana Racing $100
Bakersfield Yamaha $100
Matt Gerard/In Memory of Gordy Lunde Jr. $100
MMCZYK/Concerned Fan $100
Kendall Davis/WERA #326 $100
Jerry Daggett $100
Miller’s Modern Garage $100
TFS Racing $100
Sabrina Phillips 100
Jane Phillips $100
Twin Cities Yamaha $100
Fernando Peris $100
Louis Gagne $100
Peter Christensen & Stasia Moore $100
Paul D. Harrell $100
Manny Otmane/Team Hooters $100
Rich Desmond/WERA BBS $100
Larry Lawrence $100
Tony Iannarelli $100
Marcel Fortney $100
Tim Fowler $100
Dennis Hurst/Deken Power $100
Tommy Bright/Logistics & Information $100
John F. Penrose $100
Russ & Lisa Dancho $100
Leonard Lloyd $100
Blake/www.BadWeatherBikers.com $100
Loren Chun, $100
Joe & Pam Axberg $100
Paul Sedillo $100
Robert C. Vester $100
Dale W. Dandrea $100
Bob Domenz/3D Racing $100
Justin Blake $100
Berde Brothers Racing $100
Ted Johnson/Last Chance Racing $100
Bruce Liddle $100
Schenk Racing $100
John Lemak $100
Donald P. Randolph $100
Ken & Lori Hill/Rt. 6 Sales & Service, $100
Alex Peabody $100
Joe Kimble $100
Anonymous $100
MZ Scorpion Cup Racers $100
Todd Telkamp/Bent Racing $100
Jeff Caco $100
Wrenn H. Smith $100
Daryl Tschoepe/RatBike Racing $100
Robert Sunday $100
Chuck Perry $100
Emmett Dibble $100
Michael Janes(WERA,CCS) $100
Charcoal Pit Racing $100
Pete Friedman $100
Jim Martin (CCS Racer) $100
Anonymous/In Memory of Cain Hicks $100
David J. Kopfinger $ 100
Adam Mashike $100
Mahlon Pitt $100
Allan Lockheed $100
Jim Van Beek/Jupiter 8 Racing $100
Patrick J. Robinson $100
Grady Anderson $100
Emile Mullick and Jack Pittman $100
Steve Karson $100
Jason Temme/Serpent Racing $100
Team Bozo/In Honor of Papa Thiam $100
John Ulrich/In Honor of Papa Thiam $100
Nancy T. Grimm $100
William Torbert $100
Anonymous/In Name of Papa Thiam $100
Eric Pinson/Phillips Motorsports $100
Ted Killilea, $100
A-1 Products/RORH Racing/Edward Barlow, Jr. $94
Larry Spektor/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $80
David Yesman $80
Tyson Kamp $75
Vito Dionisio/WERA BBS $75
Joe Davidson/Comet Racing/In Memory of Toby Jorgensen & Jamie Bowman $75
Paul Nonno $75
Mark Green $75
R.J. McLeod $60
George Gervasi/Projekt9 Racing $60
Christopher Gosch $60
Kelly Thornton $58
Erica B. Smith & John F.X. Walsh $55
Stephen Bauman $55
Max Buxton/NEDoD $50
Nelo Hakola $50
Tyler Sandell $ 50
Aaron Loyd $50
Martin Voelker $50
Steve Hopkins $50
Louis DeBlois $50
Leigh Taunton/EMGO $50
Randy Sinisi $50
Danny Hull $50
Team Skidmark Racing $50
Ryan Meskimen/WERA BBS $50
Erik Astrup $50
Paul Zavada $50
James Greeson/WERA BBS $50
Victor Mokler $50
Steve Clark/J. Guthridge/Tight Squeeze Racing $50
Nate Olsen $50
Anthony Moey $50
Dustin Miller $50
Steve Martinez $50
Mike Hodgson/WERA BBS $50
Chris Borre/Motorcycleroadracer.com $50
Richard Barker/AIM/In Memory of Dirk Piz $50
Mike Reish/Reish Dot Net $50
Kenyon Kluge/K2 Racing $50
Darin Nichols/Team Unit $50
Richard Davis $50
Allen Lyon/Ducati.net Online $50
Eric H. Mathy $50
Steve Breckenridge $50
Jim Race/Speaksy Racing $50
James Aragon $50
James Hayton/Kochenbaulz Racing/WERA BBS $50
Anthony D’Augusta $50
Norm Brown $50
Isaac Ward $50
Jason K. Michelson $50
Qi Guo/WERA BBS $50
Schaefer Brothers Racing $50
Tommy Lancaster/Tommy Built Fireplaces $50
James Gaal $50
Rod Mahr/Follow the Helmet Racing $50
Charles Brothers/CMRA $50
Francisco Prats $50
Keith Mc Cammon $50
Rick Haskins $50
Larry, Janice & Jimmy /Moto Liberty $50
Friends & Family/Firestorm Racing $50
Akos Feher $50
Brian Cox/CMRA#318 $50
Greg Gorman $50
James E. Schaefer $50
Kevin Hanson $50
Nick Tulloh/In Memory of Jimmy Adamo $50
Robin Clark, $50
Carl Liebold, $50
Peter Young, $50
John Walsh $50
John Caudle/Thanks to Grigg Racing $50
Jim Frost $50
Jack Giesecke $50
Mark Anzalone $50
George M. Noeth $50
Greg Avello/Milwaukee H-D/Buell Racing $50
Bernard Ayling $50
Charles Helming $50
Andrew Culpepper $50
Wayne Gaylord and Dorothy Urbanski CCS Novice SE #424 $50
Michael Reeves $50
Douglas Thompson $50
Ryan Cilley/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $50
Masahiro & Katsuo Iizuka/In Memory of Jamie Bowman/Toby Jorgenson $50
EFF Hatten Group $50
Jonathan D. Spinney $50
Derek Mc Manus $50
Chris Monge $50
John Coleman $44
Rod Klebsch $40
Mark Crane, $40
Stephen J. Richardson $40
Karl Axelson $39
Don Moody $35
Andy & Kate Kupfer, $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Dave Deggendorf/WERA BBS $30
Bob Elam $30
The Heidepriems/WERA BBS $30
Kimberly Scheffel/rider/race fan/pit keeper $30
Bryan Norton $30
Scott D. Cortese $30
Stephen Warburton/Ducati Online $30
John Scherer $30
Charles Lederer $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Mark Hatten/Meccanica Corse Racing $29
Ted Angle $25
Susanne Hopkins $25
Nolan Ballew $25
Josh Loberant $25
Charles Tomes $25
Jon DeMent $25
Timothy Wilson $25
Mark Novak $25
Rene Ferron $25
Sean Patrick Brisini $25
Richard Korol $25
Eric and Christine Loranger $25
Dee Moses $25
Kyle Kirschenmann/Bayou Riders of Louisiana $25
Marc Asmus $25
Mike Henry $25
Henry Hallmark $25
Ronnie Reyes/CMRA $25
Kathleen Mc Laughlin $25
John Jancoski $25
John C. Pfeiffer $25
Bernis B. Conatser $25
Tony Day $25
Harlan Weishahn $25
Chad Littrell $25
David Osser $25
Margaret Corra $25
Kerry Lynn Hanley $25
T. Kershaw $25
Allan Karman, $25
Anonymous $25
Peter Gallant $25
Jeff Mc Bride $25
Squirrel/YTAK Racing $25
Chuck D./Fosters $25
Louis Acosta $25
Jay Barfield $25
Everett B. Miller $25
James Lane $25
Erik H. Mathy $25
North American Synergy Co. $25
Gary Koppelman $25
Steve Price $25
Scott C. Bunn $25
Cory Mann $25
Eric Farrow $25
Allan Karman $25
FastSigns of Delaware/Charcoal Pit Racing $25
Jarrett Coco $25
Craig Rollins $25
Jarrett Coco/In Dedication to Papa Thiam $25
D. Michael Bootes $20
Garrett King/Guns For Hire $20
Frank Gonzales $20
Rob Armstrong/Maryland Motor Sports Racing $20
David Smith $20
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20
Garret Swearingen $20
Darrin Zumbaum $20
Andy Lenz/CMRRA $20
Dave Harrison $20
Jeff Harrison $20
Sled/Cross $20
David L. Osser $20
Carlos Bonds $20
Team Backbone/CMRA/In Memory of Buddy Walker $20
Pellack Family $15
Michael W. Morgan $10
Irwin Arnstein/CMRA $10
Frank Shacklee/CMRA $10
John & Arlene Gerard/In Memory of Gordy Lunde Jr. $10
Becky Rechek, $10
Lee D’Amico $10
Johnny Newell, $10
Christopher Clark $10
Glen Hewitt $10
Jan Steven/Carpet Dog $5
Anonymous $5
Joe Knight $5
Anonymous $5
Kevin Meehan, $5
Don Costello $2
Erik Schmitt/CMRA $1

The list of dirt track contributors now reads:
Chris Carr $2900
Yuasa Battery $2900
Steel Shoe Fund $2900
Continental Tires $2900
7th Annual Flat Track Golf Tournament $1500
E.F. Dutch Hauhe $1000
Lindemann Engineering $900
www.Johnnymurphree.com $500
Tor Kovacs $300
Tim & Debby Coziahr $250
Gerald & Ann Carr $200
Dorina Groves $200
Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Wilcox $100
Michael Sturdevant $100
Jeff Wilson $100
Debra Fay $100
Glynn & Holly Hewitt/In Loving Memory of Darell Davis 96w $100
Steven R. Boggs $100
Wrenn H. Smith $90
Don Potter $67
Jack Alexander/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $50
Rick Matheny $50
www.flattrack.com $50
Pro Plates $50
Tom Chapel $50
Larry Woodward $50
EFF Hatten Group $50
Yamaha 650 Society/Econobiker $50
Derek Mc Manus $50
John Tucker $25
Scott C. Bunn $25
Dana Sweet $25
Old59R $20
Don Bok $20
Darby E. Ryan/In memory of Davy Camlin #27 $15
Stewart Barber $10
Craig Grismore/In memory of Donnie Estep R.I.P. $10
Thank you Will Davis $10
Broz $10

To pledge a contribution, call Roadracing World at (800) 464-8336 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, when operators will be standing by. Credit cards accepted. Pledges can also be made by e-mailing [email protected]. Make checks payable to Roadracing World, and mail to P.O. Box 1428, Lake Elsinore CA 92531. Money raised will be used for buying Air Module/Air Fence sections, as well as for deployment expenses and for shipping, tax and import duties.

*Air Fence is a registered trademark of Airfence Safety Systems of Australia.

Accounting Details to Date

Road Racing Expenditure Details

Direct purchase of soft barriers: $74,850
Shipping: $1149.01
Bank Fees: $238
Air Fence Deployment Crew Training: $700
Corporation/Business Fees: $592
Online Auction Fees: $221.99
Misc Supplies: $19
Donation to AMA Pro Racing for Air Fence: $104,104

Total Spent: $181,874
Total Collected: $209,698
Cash on hand: $27,824

Dirt Track Expenditure Details

Total Spent: $0
Total collected: $17,827
Cash on hand: $17,827

All administrative costs, including the percentage taken by credit card companies on credit card donations, have been absorbed by Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Aprilia Femmoto Is This Friday At VIR, On South Course

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From a press release:

Virginia rocks to Aprilia Femmoto

Aprilia USA proudly welcome aboard Michelin Tires as a sponsor of their all-women’s test ride day at Virginia International Raceway, Friday August 9. The US importer will also host two workshops throughout the day, given by Ron Wood and Walt Schaefer, Michelin race specialists.

The one-day event, held on the track’s south course, is booked almost to capacity with only a few test rides left available in the afternoon sessions. This has pleased the Italian motorcycle importers no end, as the fleet available for test riding is made up exclusively of their sports and sports touring fleet. The day has attracted participants new to track riding along with female road racers.

For more information on Aprilia’s Femmoto, contact us directly at 414-305-9901.

Mladin Previews VIR

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From a press release:

Rounds 15 & 16, 2002 AMA Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championship
Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia, USA

Event preview

MLADIN CHASES SEASON FINALE VICTORIES AT VIRGINIA

Alton, Virginia, USA – The 2002 AMA Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championship draws to an end this coming weekend with a Double-Header round at Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia.

For defending and three times AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin, the weekend will also mark the end to what has been one of the most frustrating seasons in his racing career.

A combination of injury and suspension problems has kept the Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki away from many podium finishes this season. A crash during practice at the opening round of the championship left him with a badly damaged left elbow which ruled him out of the race at Daytona. More recently, he injured the backs of both hands in a fall during qualifying for the World Superbike round at Laguna Seca, that culminated his withdrawal part way through the AMA Superbike race held on the same weekend.

An area that Mladin has had a season long battle with has been suspension. His team have tried numerous ways to get the new Suzuki GSX-R750 to handle in a way that will be suitable for Mladin. It has proven to be an extremely difficult task, but one that has not stopped their commitment to finding a solution.

At the corresponding round last season, Mladin arrived at Virginia, with his third title all but wrapped up. He secured pole position for the event in lap record-breaking time, before taking a very conservative 12th place finish to secure up the title. This weekend however, things are very different as the Australian currently holds down seventh place on the championship point’s table.

“Certainly going there under different circumstances this year, just basically trying to win a race,” said Mladin. “It’s been probably the most frustrating year of my racing career, with the injuries and bike problems that we’ve had during the year. It just never was this year. The bike itself was good, but we just had so many dramas with the suspension for some reason. The crashes that I had this year are the sort of crashes that I just don’t have. They can happen any time, no doubt about that, but I contribute a lot of it to the rear suspension and the suspension in general. I don’t think we were well done by in that regard.”

“I feel that I have been riding well this season and I am as determined as ever to get onto the podium and hopefully grab a race win. After the season that I’ve had, that would be a great result.”

The battle for championship honours this year is being fought out between American Honda’s Nicky Hayden and Team Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom. After a blistering start to the year Hayden holds a 35-point lead over Bostrom, who has been the form rider of late.

Qualifying for the weekend’s round begins on Friday, with final qualifying scheduled for Saturday morning prior to the first of the two Superbike nationals.

Pit Daddy Racer Beauty Pageant To Raise Money For Injured Riders At VIR

From a press release issued by HMC Ducati’s Wendy Hogg, the driving force behind this bizarre charity event:

Pit Daddy comes to mama

In only one week’s time America will see crowned the most anticipated champion of the 2002 motorcycle racing season when the Pit Daddy beauty pageant is run and won. The championship that everyone has been hanging on reaches its climax at Virginia International Raceway, Sunday August 11, where the final and deciding round of the AMA Superbike Championship will add action in the lead-up to the show.

AMA road racers are frantically buffing and toning, choosing their swimwear and rehearsing their dance steps, ready to compete in the inaugural Pit Daddy fund-raising contest.

Late-breaking news is that the Annandale team, well-known for its crew of female mechanics, is in a state of confusion as its four male riders preen themselves for their catwalk calling—-not that the girls let them have any choice in the matter.

The all-female organizing committee for Pit Daddy has denied reports they’ve come to blows over who gets to hand out swimwear, apply the Parts Unlimited temporary tattoos to the contestants, and assist Mat Mladin as he slips a Chiko Roll into a tactically advantageous place.

Bets are already being placed on who will be the first to end up in the VIR swimming pool.

This is your last chance to purchase raffle tickets online. Online ticket sales cease on Tuesday August 6, then all raffle sales will be restricted to the Cycle News booth and VIR merchandise stands during the VIR race weekend.

Great new additions to the prize pot are still pouring in. The American Honda team have donated a team shirt signed by their riders and all the team members too.

D&W Images have donated a 16 x 20 action shot of Anthony Gobert, Nicky Hayden and Eric Bostrom that will be personally signed and will include an additional picture of each in their Pit Daddy attire. All raffle winners will receive a free picture of Kevin Schwantz in his Pit Daddy pose.

Former AMA racer-turned-film maker, Mark Miller, has not only become an associate sponsor of the event, he’s bringing his camera to include the footage in his documentary Sportbike Life. That will add a whole new dimension to film.

We’ve added ten sets of EBC high performance brake pads to the list of thousands of unbelievable prizes and some last minute WSB prizes are rumored to be on their way.

For your last chance to purchase raffle tickets, go online to www.cyclenews.com/pitdaddy, with all proceeds going to the Clayton Memorial Foundation.

Who’s YOUR daddy?

Clint Brotz Wins F-USA Buell Lightning Race At Road America, Michael Barnes DNF

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Clint Brotz won his second Buell Lightning race, this time at Road America, and now has a four-point lead in the series over Bryan Bemisderfer, with three races remaining. Pre-race favorite Michael Barnes did not finish, encountering mechanical problems, and is now third in points, 20 behind Brotz.

Formula USA Buell Lightning Series Race Results (all on Buell 1200s):

1. Clint Brotz, 7 laps
2. Richie Morris, -0.058 second
3. Bryan Bemisderfer, -14.648 seconds
4. Jason Smith, -15.233 seconds
5. Jeff Johnson, -28.694 seconds
6. John Spinelli, -36.689 seconds
7. Joseph Rozynski, -37.628 seconds
8. Jeff Harding, -37.707 seconds
9. Paul James, -59.393 seconds
10. Greg Avello, -70.321 seconds

Michael Barnes DNF, mechanical

Provisional Point Standings:

1. Brotz, 84 points
2. Bemisderfer, 80 points
3. Michael Barnes, 64 points
4. Morris, 52 points
5. Johnson, 50 points
6. Smith, 40 points
7. Harding, 39 points

Arclight Suzuki’s Lee Acree Will Not Ride In F-USA Unlimited Superbike At Road America, Will Race 600cc Sportbike

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By David Swarts

Arclight Suzuki’s Lee Acree will not ride in the Formula USA Unlimited Superbike races Sunday at Road America due to injuries sustained over the last two race weekends.

“He’s just in too much pain,” said Arclight Suzuki co-owner/Crew Chief Chuck Warren.

Acree suffered second-degree burns to the inside of his left thigh during the AMA event at Mid-Ohio July 26-28, and during the week in between events, the burns have become infected.

“Riding the big bike is just too painful and too hard,” said Warren. “He’s kind of out of the Unlimited Superbike points, but he’s second in the 600 (Sportbike) points. So he’s going to only ride in the 600 race today then try to rest before Virginia next week.”

Acree, who is second in the AMA Superstock point standings, 26 points behind Jimmy Moore, won the AMA 750cc Supersport race at Virgina International Raceway last year.

Acree is second in the F-USA Pro Honda Oils 600cc Sportbike standings, eight points behind teammate Craig Connell. Acree is the two-time and defending Champion in the F-USA Sportbike class.

Acree is eighth in the Formula USA Unlimited Superbike standings, 61 points out of the lead.

The Arclight Suzuki team replaced the engine in Acree’s GSX-R70 F-USA Unlimited Superbike Saturday night and converted the machine into a back-up bike for Craig Connell. Acree’s engine broke two laps into qualifying on Saturday. Connell leads the F-USA Unlimited Superbike point standings.

Craig Connell Wins Formula USA Sportbike At Road America

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Formula USA Pro Honda Oils 600cc Sportbike Race Results:

1. Craig Connell, Suzuki, 12 laps
2. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, -3.220 seconds
3. Lee Acree, Suzuki, -3.516 seconds
4. Larry Pegram, Suzuki, -12.045 seconds
5. Monte Nichols, Yamaha, -26.950 seconds
6. Jeff Wood, Suzuki, -27.472 seconds
7. Andrew Nelson, Honda, -50.818 seconds
8. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki, -50.918 seconds
9. Cory West, Honda, -58.882 seconds
10. Ray Bowman, Honda, -58.935 seconds

DNF, Matt Wait, Suzuki, -2 laps, DNF, mechanical,

Provisional F-USA Sportbike Point Standings:

1. Connell, 79 points
2. Barnes, 63 points
3. Acree, 61 points
4. Pegram, 54 points
5. Jeff Wood, 39 points
6. Greenwood, 32 points

Updated Post: Edwards And Kato Win Suzuka 8-Hour, Lead Honda Sweep

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From a press release issued by Honda:

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

Suzuka 8 Hours – Suzuka, Japan. August 4, 2002.

Weather, hot and humid, slight rain fall in final hour; temperature, 32 degrees C; humidity, 65%; track conditions, good; crowd, 72,000.

Edwards and Kato Victorious at Suzuka 8-Hours 25th Anniversary for Cabin Honda

The American – Japanese combination of Colin Edwards and Daijiro Kato raced to a superb victory at the 25th running of the Suzuka 8 Hours, held at magnificent Japanese circuit today. Edwards and Kato brought home their VTR1000SP-W twin cylinder Honda ahead of their Cabin Honda team-mates Tadayuki Okada and Makoto Tamada. The Sakurai Honda team of Alex Barros and Yuichi Takeda completed a magical Honda 1-2-3 with a fine third place finish. All three teams completed 219 laps, a new race record.

Honda have now won the event for six successive years, 17 times in the 25-years it has been held. It was Edwards’ third victory in the Japanese classic, the second for Kato. Brazilian Barros gave Honda a clean sweep of race honours by setting the fastest lap of the race as he battled to close on the leaders.

At the end of the grueling race Kato said: “I was riding longer today than he previous 8-hour races I’ve done but I was not as tired as I expected. However, when it started to rain during the final session I was anxious, because it was my first night race and the track condition was unstable. I checked the difference with Tamada on my pit board and controlled the pace. I am really happy that we won the race.”

Teammate Edwards was a very relieved man as Kato swept across the finishing line to score their record breaking win. The Texan said: “This win is more special than my two previous 8-hour wins, because we had a drama at the last stage. When it started to rain, I said to myself ‘I will give ten years of my life, so please don’t rain harder.’ I was ready in the pit with my leather suit on, so that in case it rained harder, I could ride again. But rain stopped after few laps and Daijiro rode brilliantly. I want to thank him for the win.”

The top three Hondas to finish had also dominated the Superpole qualifying session but it was Barros who started from pole for Sakurai Honda. Edwards was second with Okada third. Akira Ryo (Suzuki) was fourth fastest, and looked more than capable of causing and upset, should the VTRs falter at any time during the 8-hours.

Team Manager Koji Koyano was full of praise for the way his riders had handled a tricky race. “When it started to rain during the final stage, I was worried because the track condition was unstable. But the advantage we had before that worked out. Both the riders were brilliant today.”

As the race got underway in scorching temperatures and high humidity it was Ryo who grabbed the lead from the Le Mans style start, heading the two Cabin Hondas, in the hands of lead-off riders Tamada and Kato. The second Suzuki, ridden by Keiichi Kitagawa, held fourth place from Yuichi Takeda, who had chosen to use different tyres than the Cabin Honda riders.

Once the race pace for the first hour was established Tamada hit the front with Ryo in his wheel tracks, Kato in close attendance. But Kato set fastest lap of the session soon afterwards to relegate Ryo to third. Kitagawa slid off the second Suzuki mid-session elevating Takeda to fourth place.

Kato handed teammate Edwards the lead at the first changeover, exiting the pit ahead of Ryo and Okada. The heat and humidity was now intense and was matched by the action out on the track. The top three teams locked in a fierce, no quarter asked or given duel.

At the three-hour mark the top three teams were still running in close attendance, Kato, leading Ryo and Tamada. The Sakurai Honda of Barros and Takeda was now almost a lap down on the top three but they were clawing their way back into contention as the race progressed. They were back in a challenging after five hours and closing the gap on the leading trio, led by the Edwards/Kato from Ryo/Kagayama and Okada/Tamada combinations.

After the changeovers around three-quarters race distance the Hondas were to have the race to themselves, Kagayama touring back to the pits to retire the stricken #7 factory Suzuki. Edwards and Kato had opened a one-minute lead over Okada/Tamada at this stage, Barros/Takeda closer to second place.

Into the final stages Edwards handed Kato a comfortable one minute lead at the final change over, Barros inheriting an almost impossible two minute deficit on the leaders from teammate Takeda. The often unpredictable Suzuka weather brought late drama to the race. As darkness fell a sudden rain shower gave Kato’s challengers increased confidence. Both Tamada and Barros began to eat into his lead but Kato, who had never raced in darkness at Suzuka, held his nerve and was rewarded when the light rain abated after 10 minutes and the track began to dry.

He ran out a clear winner by 25 seconds, Barros crossing the line an equal distance behind Tamada.

The ever-cheerful Tamada was not too disappointed with his race. The All Japan Superbike star said: “During the first session, I was racing with Daijiro (my good friend) and it was great fun. When Daijiro went into the pit one lap before me, I waved ‘bye-bye, see you soon’ to him. But after that I didn’t have a chance to race with him and I felt sad. In the later stage, there was a big difference between us and I knew something must happen to close the gap, and I was hoping for the rain. But it rained for only a brief period and I couldn’t catch up, although I tried very hard. However, this was my first full 8-hour race ride and I gained good experience. I learned a lot from Okada San and that is the greatest result for me.”

Okada was not as happy as his teammate: “My pace was good till the last session, but was a little slow during my last ride so I said sorry to Makoto during the last pit-stop. Although we couldn’t catch up the winner, Makoto was riding aggressively and I am happy with the result. Dunlop prepared us good tires and I want to thank them. This race was a good lesson for me and if I have a chance again, I would like to take part in the 8-hour race.”

Team Manager Kazuhiko Yamano had hoped for more from his team: He said of the team performance. “Although I am a little disappointed, because we wanted to win, I think Tamada and Okada tried their best and we did a good race. Before the last session, I told Tamada to keep going without coming into the pit even if it rained. He pushed hard under the unstable condition and closed the gap.”

Koji Nakajima, General Manager for the HRC factory team at the 8-hours, was delighted with the result. Nakajima said: “A 1-2 finish today was fantastic. 6-pit stop tactics worked out and the fuel consumption rate was better than we had expected. Tamada and Barros were catching up at the later stage, but the advantage of the team worked out. Kato was cool and clever, although it was his first night race. Today, the lap times were slower than we expected. But we are happy that the new record of 219 laps (previous record 217 laps, set last year) has been established.

“Above all, the riders who helped us to materialize the plan did a great job. The technologies we proved today will be adopted to other racing machines and production models. As you know, one of the main aims of Honda to do racing is to gain technologies,” the General Manager concluded.

Wataru Yoshikawa and Takeshi Tsujimura finished fourth for Team YSP Racing Yamaha, two laps behind Edwards and Kato and three laps clear of the Challenger Yamaha team of Norihiko Fujiwara and Tekkyu Kayou in fifth. The Weider Honda Automotive pairing of Osamu Deguchi and Hiroki Noda brought their VTR1000SP-2 Honda home in sixth place.

The Zongshen Suzuki World Endurance Championship regulars filled seventh and eighth places, nine laps down on the winning Hondas. Stephane Mertens and Warwick Nowland leading home teammates Igor Jerman and Bruno Bonhuil.

Results:
1. Daijiro Kato – Colin Edwards J/USA Cabin Honda 219 laps

2. Makoto Tamada – Tadayuki Okada J/J Cabin Honda 219

3. Alex Barros – Yuichi Takeda Bra/J Sakurai Honda 219

4. Wataru Yoshikawa – Takeshi Tsujimura J/J Yamaha 217

5. Norihiko Fujiwara – Tekkyu Kayou J/J Yamaha 214

6. Osamu Deguchi – Hiroki Noda J/J Weider Honda 211

7.Stephane Mertens – Warwick Nowland B/AUS 210

8.Bruno Bonhuil – Igor Jerman F/Slo Suzuki

9. Makoto Tokinaga – Yasuhiko Sato J/J Yamaha 210

10. Adam Ferguson – Jordan Szoke AUS/CAN Super Production, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 210

11. Akira Tamitsuji – Yoshihiro Konno J/J Suzuki 209

12. Yosinomi Takahashi – Naomichi Nakai J/J Kawasaki 208

13. Hiroaki Kawase – Takatoshi Onishi J/J Suzuki 208

14. Mitsuo Saito – Takahiro Fukami J/J Yamaha 207

15. Yoshiyuki Sugai – Tomohiko Kawakami J/J CBR954RR Honda 207

35. Mike Ciccotto/Kyoichi Kosaka, Super Production, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -22 laps

43. Motohiro Hisazumi/Naoki Yamaha, Stock Sport, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -29 laps

Top Prototype team, Keiichi Kitagawa/Noriyasu Numata, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -18 laps

DNF, Akira Ryo/Yukio Kagayama, Superbike, Suzuki GSX-R750, -64 laps

DNF, Doug Polen/Takahito Mori, X-Formula, Honda CBR954RR, -197 laps

Fastest lap: Barros 2:07.844s = 163.92km/h.

Updated Post: LRRS Officials Disavow Lee, Who Now Denies Claming He Raced With LRRS, And Question AMA Pro Licensing

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These e-mails just in from LRRS officials Don Hutchinson and Jerry Wood: Re: Your article about James Lee and his 2:07 lap times at Mid-Ohio (See “No, 36 Seconds A Lap Off Fast Time Is Not Quick Enough For An AMA Supersport National,” posted 8/3/02): Mr. Lee has never raced with us at Loudon nor has he held a license with us at any time. He does not show up in any of our records going back to 1985. I have often questioned the AMA licensing requirements and find it hard to believe that this has not happened in the past. Don Hutchinson LRRS-GP/PRO After reading about James Lee I had Don Hutchinson check the LRRS records. James Lee is not a LRRS Expert, in fact he has never raced with us. The LRRS is one of the largest road racing groups in America if not the largest. We run 1000-1300 entries per weekend and have a Junior class. It is a long, hard road to Expert. Please inform the world that this squid did not come from the LRRS series. Jerry Wood LRRS And now this response from James Lee: I have never raced with the LRRS. Never have claimed to. I haved raced CCS in the Mid-Atlantic region like my license says. I don’t care to race in the LRRS. I don’t know who Jerry Wood or Don Hutchinson is. I don’t appreciate these people calling me a squid. Why is there a campaign against me? Does David Swarts have something against me? James Lee (Editorial Comment: David Swarts reported what he saw and what he was told at Mid-Ohio by AMA Pro Racing’s Ron Barrick and by racers Jimmy Moore and James Lee. His reporting is backed up by the notes he took at the time. Generally speaking, turning lap times 36 seconds off the pace and making obscene gestures at the Superstock series points leader on the track, in full view of reporters in the press tower, and punching the Superstock series points leader on the track, will tend to attract press attention. Reporting what happened and what the participants said at the time does not constitute “a campaign against me.”) (Note: In SPEED Channel TV coverage of the AMA Supersport race at Mid-Ohio, racer Ty Howard #235 was misidentified as being James Lee #200 when seen on Jake Zemke’s on-board camera during the opening laps. It was Howard leading Zemke in early stages of the race, not Lee, who did not start the event.)

Frank Trombino Leads Sunday Morning F-USA Unlimited Superbike Practice At Road America

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By David Swarts

Synergy Racing Technologies’ Frank Trombino led Sunday morning Formula USA Unlimited Superbike practice at Road America with a time of 2:18.646.

Participation was light and lap times were slower than normal in Sunday morning practice as the four-mile, 14-turn track was still damp in places from overnight rains. The forecast for the rest of Sunday includes a chance of rain.

Sunday Morning Unlimited Superbike Practice Times:

1. Frank Trombino, Honda CBR954RR, 1:18.646
2. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:19.628
3. Eric Wood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:19.661
4. Larry Pegram, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:20.770
5. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:21.647
6. Michael Himmelsbach, Aprilia RSV1000R, 1:22.527
7. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:23.433
8. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:23.655
9. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:25.174
10. Steve Johnson, Aprilia RSV1000, 1:26.437
11. Joe Spina, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.401
12. Jason Knupp, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.134
13. Dave Ebben, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.601

Several Buell Lightning series riders did not record a time within 115% of Michael Barnes’ pole-winning time in Saturday’s qualifying session, but many of those riders will be allowed to start Sunday’s Buell Lightning race based on their lap times from practice.

Hoban Brothers H-D/Buell rider Jeff Johnson crashed during the Buell Lightning qualifying session, was disqualified because his heavily damaged machine could not complete a post-race dyno run but will start Sunday’s race from a provisional starting spot.

Johnson crashed when his engine locked up while at full speed between the turn 11 kink and turn 12, a.k.a. Canada Corner. F-USA officials reported that Johnson left 236 feet of tire skid marks before he dropped his Buell. Johnson was treated and released from a local hospital Saturday night.

Revised Buell Lightning Series Qualifying Results (All on Buell 1200s):

1. Michael Barnes, 2:23.408
2. Clint Brotz, 2:26.657
3. Dan Bilansky, 2:30.158
4. Richie Morris, 2:30.487
5. Jason Smith, 2:32.396
6. Bryan Bemisderfer, 2:32.934
7. Joseph Rozynski, 2:37.141
8. Jeff Harding, 2:37.298
9. Paul James, 2:38.497
10. John Spinelli, 2:39.088
11. Greg Avello, 2:39.131
12. Scott Korol, 2:42.650
13. Karl Kegel, 2:46.829
14. Tom Fritz, 2:48.439
15. Mike Ralcoczy, 2:56.209
16. Daron Conrad, 2:57.619
17. Mark Bernard, 3:05.846
18. Robert Pirog, 3:06.858
19. Jeff Trudell, 3:10.680
20. Steve Luxem, 2:52.501
21. Jeff Johnson, 2:30.985

Roadracingworld.com Action Fund Tops $200,000

The Roadracingworld.com Action Fund has reached a new grand total of $209,698, an increase of over $22,000 since the last total was announced at the end of June, thanks to a series of prize raffles and the continuing support of racers’ fans and friends.

The total grew greatly with the raffle of a Suzuki TL1000R project bike by Lockhart-Phillips USA, which raised a total of $18,870. The raffle was started back in February, 2002, by Lockhart-Phillips President Wendell Phillips, and ended with the winning name being drawn by Roadracingworld.com Action Fund founder John Ulrich during the World Superbike/AMA races at Laguna Seca on Sunday, July 14.

The winner of the highly-modified Suzuki V-Twin was David Caldwell of Maryville, Tennessee, near Knoxville.

The donation of the raffle proceeds by Lockhart-Phillips, together with Wendell Phillips’ previous donation of $2500, brings the company’s total to $21,370, making it the largest single contributor to the Fund.

HMC Ducati raised another $1804 for the Fund at Laguna Seca by raffling off a two-up ride around the track with racer Doug Chandler.

Wendy Hogg, press officer for HMC Ducati, organized the raffle, and the winner of the lap of Laguna was drawn by HMC Ducati guest, actor Ewan McGregor. A motorcycle fan, McGregor is best known for his starring roles in Star Wars Episodes I and II and in Black Hawk Down. On Sunday, McGregor drew the name of winner Rhonda Nickle.

In addition to her hot lap of Laguna Seca on the back of Chandler’s bike July 14, Nickle also received a Suomy helmet autographed by Chandler.

Rich Oliver came up with a unique way to celebrate his AMA 250cc Grand Prix win at Laguna Seca and contribute to the Fund. “What I’ve decided…is to auction off my Sears Point bodywork that I crashed and broke my arm in. And that bodywork smashed into the haybales because there was no Air Fence there. And what I’m going to do is, I’m going to sell raffle tickets (for the bodywork) and all of the money is going to go to the (Roadracingworld.com Action) Fund and maybe next year, we’ll have some Air Fence in that corner where there was no Air Fence. Plus I thought that would be a good cause and it gets the bodywork to some fans that might appreciate it and then the fans will know they’re supporting the Air Fence fund. I think everybody wins that way.”

Oliver drew the two winning tickets from the 250cc Grand Prix podium Sunday afternoon, July 14. The raffle raised $283.

Other recent donations include: Steve Thompson, $340 (eBay helmet auction); Nancy T. Grimm, $100; William Torbert, $100; Ted Killilea, $100; Anonymous/In the name of Papa Thiam, $100; Chris Monge, $50; Jarrett Coco/In Dedication to Papa Thiam, $25; D. Michael Bootes, $20; Kevin Meehan, $5; Anonymous, $5; Don Costello, $2. Also, Phillips Motorsport Group Quarterly Payback Time Charity Program donated $100 each in the following Team Members’ names: Jeremy Dodd, Eric Pinson, Justus Standley.

There have been no recent donations to the fund for dirt track.

An accounting of money collected and spent by the Roadracingworld.com Action Fund appears at the bottom of this post.

The list of road racing contributors now reads:
Lockhart Phillips USA Project Bike Raffle $18,870
Anonymous $9450
Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Wegman Benefit Fund/Gordon Lunde Sr. $5000
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $4150
Ken Hill $3351 (eBay auction of Bostrom leathers)
Dynojet Research $3200
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $3000
Patrick Roskam/HangingOff.com $3000
RPM $3000
John Ulrich/Roadracing World $2900
Aprilia USA $2900
American Suzuki Motor Corp. $2900
Ducati North America $2900
Jonathan Glaefke $2900
Susie and Bruce Meyers/BCM Racing Ducati $2900
Performance Machine $2900
Dunlop Motorcycle Tire Co. $2900
Max McAllister/Traxxion Dynamics $2900
Tom Chauncey/Team Wreckless $2900
Willow Springs Int’l Raceway $2900
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Bittner/In Honor of Papa Thiam $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Robb Meier $2152 (eBay auction of Mat Mladin AGV Helmet)
Advanced Motor Sports/In Memory of Dirk Piz $2000
Lindemann Engineering $2000
Marcus McBain $2000
Stephen Barnes $1825 (eBay auction of Duhamel Shoei race helmet)
HMC Ducati Laguna Seca Chandler Ride $1800
L.A. Bikers/labiker.org $1760
WERA Motorcycle Roadracing $1700
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Gearbox International $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Fred Renz/Yoyodyne $1450
Andre Espaillat $1325 (eBay auction of Barnacle Bill leathers)
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock/In Memory of Larry Schwarzbach $1000
Don Emde/In Memory of Cal Rayborn $1000
Jason Pridmore’s Star Motorcycle School $1000
Mark E. Dobeck/Techlusion Performance Group $1000
G.M.D. Computrack Network $1000
California Superbike School $1000
Tachyon Racing/Tachyon Sports Injury Research Foundation $1000
Team Pro-Motion Sportbike Club $1000
Anthony and Aaron Gobert $1000
Andrew M. Cross $1000
Andy Kettle/Honda of Milpitas $1000
Dale Pestes/Tuff Dog Racing $1000
Sheila Barnes $1000
Anonymous $1000
Barnett Tool & Engineering $1000
Linda, John & Susanne Hopkins/In Memory of Roy Hopkins $895
Jason Routhier $810 (eBay auction of Jamie James leathers & boots)
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Marcus Mc Bain $760 (eBay auction of Ruben Xaus Suomy helmet)
Yoshimura Racing $750
Team Daemon Racing $600
Derek and Gordon King $600
CMRRA $537
Don Lemelin/Scuderia West $500
Kevin Erion/Erion Racing $500
Pinky’s Pizza of Walnut Creek $500
Doug Gonda $500
Jerry Wood/Penguin School $500
Mike Canfield/Chandelle Motorsports $500
Jim Davis/J6 Racing/In Memory of Dirk Piz $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
The Plummer Menapace Group $500
Reg Kitrelle $500
Specialty Sports Ltd/Teknic $500
Ronnie Lunsford/Northwest Honda $500
Bob Holcomb $500
Aaron Yates $500
James D. Randolph $500
OMRRA $500
Terry Knott $500
Shawn Higbee/Team KWS/Millenium Technologies $500
Harley Davidson of Reno $500
Walt Schaefer $500
Gary Christopher/American Honda $500
Full Spectrum Design $500
Indigo Sports $500
Ed Robinson/Robinson Partners $500
MotorcycleUSA.com $500
Anonymous $412 (eBay auction of Team Honda autograph helmet)
Bill St. John/Project Monza $400
Tom Drumm $400
Empty Pockets Racing $400
Steve Thompson (eBay Helmet Auction) $340
Jerry Jirkovsky $330
“Old Slo Gene Templet”/CMRA $325
Eric Kelcher/Blockworks $320
Ice Holes $301
Richard Hood/Reptillian Racing $300
Edward S. Siccardi, Jr. $300
Dan Fischer/Copier1.com $300
David Finniff $300
Marietta Motorsports $300
Brendan Guy $300
Dean Scarpa $300
Anonymous $300
Kurtis Roberts $300
James Siddall/World Sports/Corbin Grand Prix $300
Zachry Lee $300
N.I.T.R.O. (Northern Illinois Touring and Riding Organization) $300
Martin Von Wyss $300
In Memory of Charles Wooldridge, Sr. $300
Brian Parriott $300
Thomas Patch $300
James Lickwar $290
Rich Oliver crashed Bodywork Raffle $280
Texas Sport Bike Association $260
Scott Fisher/Fisher Technical Services $250
Chris Pyles & Beth Walters $250
Peter Hively $250
Brian Mitchell $250
Al Ludington $250
Tim Simpson $250
Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing $250
David Roy, Ducati N. America $250
Debbie Roy/Frenotec $250
Joshua Hayes $250
Gina Nadeau $250
Jeannne Pyles $250
John Ross/Ross Racing $250
Brian Cincera $250
C. Renard Fiscus $250
Bruce & Edith Lind $250
Andre Espaillat $250
Aramel Racing $250
WMRRA $250
Bo Poulsen $250
Walter S. Pasicznyk $250
Leo Sulpy $250
Putnam Park $250
Papa Thiam/WERA BBS $200
Bill Capshaw/ICE Motorsports $200
Scott Decker $200
Terry Embury $200
Jim “Dutch” MacKenzie/WERA BBS $200
Scott Jenkins/Desmoto-sport $200
Cliff Nobles $200
Jodie York/RPM Cycles Ventura/WSMC #11 $200
Mostro.org/Jeffrey Fillmore $200
Jeff Bowis $200
Rich & Lynda Alexander/In Memory of Dirk Piz $200
Nils Menten $200
Melissa Tomlinson/G-Man Racing $200
DP Enterprises $200
Jeffrey S. Stathes $200
RPM $200
Wayne Nielsen/sportbikeworld.com $200
Dennis Woods/Doppio Racing $200
Tom David $200
Sierra Sportbike Association $200
Terry McKeever $200
“Barnacle” Bill Burns $200
Scott Greenwood/New England Performance $200
Roger Lyle/In Memory of Jimmy Adamo $200
Big Show Racing/Chicago, IL $200
John and Richard Haner/Haner Motor Sports $200
Crew & Friends of the R/V Point Sur/In Memory of Stuart Stratton $200
Ken & Joan Snyder/Team Snyder Racing $200
Patrick Flora $200
Michael and Sammy Garofalo $200
Ned “Peanut” Brown/NESBA/TPM $200
Logan Young $200
Bob & Sherrie Young $200
Jeremy Dodd/Phillips Motorsports $200
Justus Standley/Phillips Motorsports $200
Chris Kelley/California Cycleworks $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Ed & Catherine Sorbo $150
Damon Buckmaster $150
Chris Hamilton/Grand Prix Direct $150
Marc Palazzo/Synergy Racing Honda $150
Stuart Stratton/Stratton Racing $150
Hewitt & Prout Attorneys at Law $150
Calhoun Clark $150
Hal Coughlin/Central Vermont Motorcycles $130
Thomas Pfuner/I & E Innovative Homes Racing Team $130
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Pete Martins $125
SpaCovers.com $120
B.O.S.S. ’02 Raffle $116
Road Atlanta Crash Truck Crews $111
Gar’s Sports Center 50/50 Raffle $105
Chris Normand/Firestorm Racing $101
Lucky Deleoni $100
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand/In Memory of Rusty Bradley $100
Michael Roberson/WERA BBS $100
Sean Jordan/WERA BBS $100
Army of Darkness $100
Stuart Gregg $100
Pinky’s Pizza/Lippman Racing $100
Bob Szoke $100
TyrSox $100
Ron West/Omzig Productions $100
Joe Facer $100
Preston Rash $100
Geoff Maloney/GP Tech $100
Melissa Berkoff/Neighbor Of The Beast $100
Caesar Gonzales/WERA BBS $100
Dorina Groves $100
Dorina Groves/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
Philip Rusin/RC51.net $100
Allen “Spence” Spencer $100
Matt Wadsworth $100
Dean N. De St. Croix $100
Tony Tugwell/TZ250.com $100
Bart Fuqua/Team LGC $100
Brian Stokes/Marietta Motorsports $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor/Marietta Motorsports $100
David McElvain/NEDoD $100
Vance Hacecky $100
Patrick Mee $100
Dave and Jason Parker $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz/Team Squid Pro Quo $100
Jake Swan $100
Chris Story $100
Chris Eklund $100
Randy Ball/WERA BBS $100
Mark Hellvig $100
Gary Schilling/On Time Racing/WERA BBS $100
Steve Sumner $100
Laura Granato/WERA BBS $100
Norm Viano/Lawdog Sports Mgmt $100
Kevin Jordan/Jordan Motorsports $100
Val Gregory/In Memory of Dirk Piz $100
Dave Gess $100
Rob Berlind $100
Paul Black $100
Steve Hewitt $100
Mike Ciccotto $100
Tripp Nobles $100
Scott Rehl $100
Steve & Lorraine Aledort $100
Jeff Rozycki/29dreams.com Racing $100
Chris Ulrich/In Memory of Russ Paulk And Toby Jorgensen $100
Giorgio Milesi/Galfer Brakes USA $100
Al Lyons/CMRRA $100
Linda Hopkins $100
John Hopkins/In Memory of Jamie Bowman and Toby Jorgensen $100
Vicky&Michael Menard $100
Silvia Salenius/Ducati.net Online $100
HG Racing/AMA Pro Thunder $100
Red Fox Racing $100
Greg Ruffin $100
John Donald/PTC Racing $100
Larry Pegram $100
Pamela Skaff/WERA BBS $100
J.D. Hord/Meccanica Corse Racing $100
Mark Sutton $100
Steve Scott/LRRS#47 $100
Eric Putter $100
Jim Doerfler $100
Ira Englebardt $100
Joe & Nancy Fenech $100
Earl Hayden $100
Chuck Sorensen $100
Jeff Wilson/American Suzuki $100
Adam Vella/Webcrush Racing $100
Chuck Gault/Motobama $100
Gary Longren $100
Stephan Hottenrott $100
David Kunzelman $100
C.R. “Critter” Gittere/WERA BBS $100
John Light/Lightsmith Racing $100
Ken & Arlene Block (Ed Sorbo’s Mom) $100
Chris Link/CMRA/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
Josh Steinberg $100
Broad Squad/CCS NE $100
Ann Sands $100
Troy Green/www.TG-Racing.com $100
Colin Fowler $100
Asphalt & Gas $100
CelentoHenn Architecture + Design $100
Norm Mc Donald/CMRA $100
Andrew S. Mueller/WERA BBS $100
Mary Miskovic $100
Mark Van Hoff/The Plastic Doctor/WERA BBS $100
Anonymous $100
Mauro Cereda/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
James B. Norwood/Bad Iguana Racing $100
Bakersfield Yamaha $100
Matt Gerard/In Memory of Gordy Lunde Jr. $100
MMCZYK/Concerned Fan $100
Kendall Davis/WERA #326 $100
Jerry Daggett $100
Miller’s Modern Garage $100
TFS Racing $100
Sabrina Phillips 100
Jane Phillips $100
Twin Cities Yamaha $100
Fernando Peris $100
Louis Gagne $100
Peter Christensen & Stasia Moore $100
Paul D. Harrell $100
Manny Otmane/Team Hooters $100
Rich Desmond/WERA BBS $100
Larry Lawrence $100
Tony Iannarelli $100
Marcel Fortney $100
Tim Fowler $100
Dennis Hurst/Deken Power $100
Tommy Bright/Logistics & Information $100
John F. Penrose $100
Russ & Lisa Dancho $100
Leonard Lloyd $100
Blake/www.BadWeatherBikers.com $100
Loren Chun, $100
Joe & Pam Axberg $100
Paul Sedillo $100
Robert C. Vester $100
Dale W. Dandrea $100
Bob Domenz/3D Racing $100
Justin Blake $100
Berde Brothers Racing $100
Ted Johnson/Last Chance Racing $100
Bruce Liddle $100
Schenk Racing $100
John Lemak $100
Donald P. Randolph $100
Ken & Lori Hill/Rt. 6 Sales & Service, $100
Alex Peabody $100
Joe Kimble $100
Anonymous $100
MZ Scorpion Cup Racers $100
Todd Telkamp/Bent Racing $100
Jeff Caco $100
Wrenn H. Smith $100
Daryl Tschoepe/RatBike Racing $100
Robert Sunday $100
Chuck Perry $100
Emmett Dibble $100
Michael Janes(WERA,CCS) $100
Charcoal Pit Racing $100
Pete Friedman $100
Jim Martin (CCS Racer) $100
Anonymous/In Memory of Cain Hicks $100
David J. Kopfinger $ 100
Adam Mashike $100
Mahlon Pitt $100
Allan Lockheed $100
Jim Van Beek/Jupiter 8 Racing $100
Patrick J. Robinson $100
Grady Anderson $100
Emile Mullick and Jack Pittman $100
Steve Karson $100
Jason Temme/Serpent Racing $100
Team Bozo/In Honor of Papa Thiam $100
John Ulrich/In Honor of Papa Thiam $100
Nancy T. Grimm $100
William Torbert $100
Anonymous/In Name of Papa Thiam $100
Eric Pinson/Phillips Motorsports $100
Ted Killilea, $100
A-1 Products/RORH Racing/Edward Barlow, Jr. $94
Larry Spektor/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $80
David Yesman $80
Tyson Kamp $75
Vito Dionisio/WERA BBS $75
Joe Davidson/Comet Racing/In Memory of Toby Jorgensen & Jamie Bowman $75
Paul Nonno $75
Mark Green $75
R.J. McLeod $60
George Gervasi/Projekt9 Racing $60
Christopher Gosch $60
Kelly Thornton $58
Erica B. Smith & John F.X. Walsh $55
Stephen Bauman $55
Max Buxton/NEDoD $50
Nelo Hakola $50
Tyler Sandell $ 50
Aaron Loyd $50
Martin Voelker $50
Steve Hopkins $50
Louis DeBlois $50
Leigh Taunton/EMGO $50
Randy Sinisi $50
Danny Hull $50
Team Skidmark Racing $50
Ryan Meskimen/WERA BBS $50
Erik Astrup $50
Paul Zavada $50
James Greeson/WERA BBS $50
Victor Mokler $50
Steve Clark/J. Guthridge/Tight Squeeze Racing $50
Nate Olsen $50
Anthony Moey $50
Dustin Miller $50
Steve Martinez $50
Mike Hodgson/WERA BBS $50
Chris Borre/Motorcycleroadracer.com $50
Richard Barker/AIM/In Memory of Dirk Piz $50
Mike Reish/Reish Dot Net $50
Kenyon Kluge/K2 Racing $50
Darin Nichols/Team Unit $50
Richard Davis $50
Allen Lyon/Ducati.net Online $50
Eric H. Mathy $50
Steve Breckenridge $50
Jim Race/Speaksy Racing $50
James Aragon $50
James Hayton/Kochenbaulz Racing/WERA BBS $50
Anthony D’Augusta $50
Norm Brown $50
Isaac Ward $50
Jason K. Michelson $50
Qi Guo/WERA BBS $50
Schaefer Brothers Racing $50
Tommy Lancaster/Tommy Built Fireplaces $50
James Gaal $50
Rod Mahr/Follow the Helmet Racing $50
Charles Brothers/CMRA $50
Francisco Prats $50
Keith Mc Cammon $50
Rick Haskins $50
Larry, Janice & Jimmy /Moto Liberty $50
Friends & Family/Firestorm Racing $50
Akos Feher $50
Brian Cox/CMRA#318 $50
Greg Gorman $50
James E. Schaefer $50
Kevin Hanson $50
Nick Tulloh/In Memory of Jimmy Adamo $50
Robin Clark, $50
Carl Liebold, $50
Peter Young, $50
John Walsh $50
John Caudle/Thanks to Grigg Racing $50
Jim Frost $50
Jack Giesecke $50
Mark Anzalone $50
George M. Noeth $50
Greg Avello/Milwaukee H-D/Buell Racing $50
Bernard Ayling $50
Charles Helming $50
Andrew Culpepper $50
Wayne Gaylord and Dorothy Urbanski CCS Novice SE #424 $50
Michael Reeves $50
Douglas Thompson $50
Ryan Cilley/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $50
Masahiro & Katsuo Iizuka/In Memory of Jamie Bowman/Toby Jorgenson $50
EFF Hatten Group $50
Jonathan D. Spinney $50
Derek Mc Manus $50
Chris Monge $50
John Coleman $44
Rod Klebsch $40
Mark Crane, $40
Stephen J. Richardson $40
Karl Axelson $39
Don Moody $35
Andy & Kate Kupfer, $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Dave Deggendorf/WERA BBS $30
Bob Elam $30
The Heidepriems/WERA BBS $30
Kimberly Scheffel/rider/race fan/pit keeper $30
Bryan Norton $30
Scott D. Cortese $30
Stephen Warburton/Ducati Online $30
John Scherer $30
Charles Lederer $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Mark Hatten/Meccanica Corse Racing $29
Ted Angle $25
Susanne Hopkins $25
Nolan Ballew $25
Josh Loberant $25
Charles Tomes $25
Jon DeMent $25
Timothy Wilson $25
Mark Novak $25
Rene Ferron $25
Sean Patrick Brisini $25
Richard Korol $25
Eric and Christine Loranger $25
Dee Moses $25
Kyle Kirschenmann/Bayou Riders of Louisiana $25
Marc Asmus $25
Mike Henry $25
Henry Hallmark $25
Ronnie Reyes/CMRA $25
Kathleen Mc Laughlin $25
John Jancoski $25
John C. Pfeiffer $25
Bernis B. Conatser $25
Tony Day $25
Harlan Weishahn $25
Chad Littrell $25
David Osser $25
Margaret Corra $25
Kerry Lynn Hanley $25
T. Kershaw $25
Allan Karman, $25
Anonymous $25
Peter Gallant $25
Jeff Mc Bride $25
Squirrel/YTAK Racing $25
Chuck D./Fosters $25
Louis Acosta $25
Jay Barfield $25
Everett B. Miller $25
James Lane $25
Erik H. Mathy $25
North American Synergy Co. $25
Gary Koppelman $25
Steve Price $25
Scott C. Bunn $25
Cory Mann $25
Eric Farrow $25
Allan Karman $25
FastSigns of Delaware/Charcoal Pit Racing $25
Jarrett Coco $25
Craig Rollins $25
Jarrett Coco/In Dedication to Papa Thiam $25
D. Michael Bootes $20
Garrett King/Guns For Hire $20
Frank Gonzales $20
Rob Armstrong/Maryland Motor Sports Racing $20
David Smith $20
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20
Garret Swearingen $20
Darrin Zumbaum $20
Andy Lenz/CMRRA $20
Dave Harrison $20
Jeff Harrison $20
Sled/Cross $20
David L. Osser $20
Carlos Bonds $20
Team Backbone/CMRA/In Memory of Buddy Walker $20
Pellack Family $15
Michael W. Morgan $10
Irwin Arnstein/CMRA $10
Frank Shacklee/CMRA $10
John & Arlene Gerard/In Memory of Gordy Lunde Jr. $10
Becky Rechek, $10
Lee D’Amico $10
Johnny Newell, $10
Christopher Clark $10
Glen Hewitt $10
Jan Steven/Carpet Dog $5
Anonymous $5
Joe Knight $5
Anonymous $5
Kevin Meehan, $5
Don Costello $2
Erik Schmitt/CMRA $1

The list of dirt track contributors now reads:
Chris Carr $2900
Yuasa Battery $2900
Steel Shoe Fund $2900
Continental Tires $2900
7th Annual Flat Track Golf Tournament $1500
E.F. Dutch Hauhe $1000
Lindemann Engineering $900
www.Johnnymurphree.com $500
Tor Kovacs $300
Tim & Debby Coziahr $250
Gerald & Ann Carr $200
Dorina Groves $200
Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Wilcox $100
Michael Sturdevant $100
Jeff Wilson $100
Debra Fay $100
Glynn & Holly Hewitt/In Loving Memory of Darell Davis 96w $100
Steven R. Boggs $100
Wrenn H. Smith $90
Don Potter $67
Jack Alexander/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $50
Rick Matheny $50
www.flattrack.com $50
Pro Plates $50
Tom Chapel $50
Larry Woodward $50
EFF Hatten Group $50
Yamaha 650 Society/Econobiker $50
Derek Mc Manus $50
John Tucker $25
Scott C. Bunn $25
Dana Sweet $25
Old59R $20
Don Bok $20
Darby E. Ryan/In memory of Davy Camlin #27 $15
Stewart Barber $10
Craig Grismore/In memory of Donnie Estep R.I.P. $10
Thank you Will Davis $10
Broz $10

To pledge a contribution, call Roadracing World at (800) 464-8336 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, when operators will be standing by. Credit cards accepted. Pledges can also be made by e-mailing [email protected]. Make checks payable to Roadracing World, and mail to P.O. Box 1428, Lake Elsinore CA 92531. Money raised will be used for buying Air Module/Air Fence sections, as well as for deployment expenses and for shipping, tax and import duties.

*Air Fence is a registered trademark of Airfence Safety Systems of Australia.

Accounting Details to Date

Road Racing Expenditure Details

Direct purchase of soft barriers: $74,850
Shipping: $1149.01
Bank Fees: $238
Air Fence Deployment Crew Training: $700
Corporation/Business Fees: $592
Online Auction Fees: $221.99
Misc Supplies: $19
Donation to AMA Pro Racing for Air Fence: $104,104

Total Spent: $181,874
Total Collected: $209,698
Cash on hand: $27,824

Dirt Track Expenditure Details

Total Spent: $0
Total collected: $17,827
Cash on hand: $17,827

All administrative costs, including the percentage taken by credit card companies on credit card donations, have been absorbed by Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Aprilia Femmoto Is This Friday At VIR, On South Course

From a press release:

Virginia rocks to Aprilia Femmoto

Aprilia USA proudly welcome aboard Michelin Tires as a sponsor of their all-women’s test ride day at Virginia International Raceway, Friday August 9. The US importer will also host two workshops throughout the day, given by Ron Wood and Walt Schaefer, Michelin race specialists.

The one-day event, held on the track’s south course, is booked almost to capacity with only a few test rides left available in the afternoon sessions. This has pleased the Italian motorcycle importers no end, as the fleet available for test riding is made up exclusively of their sports and sports touring fleet. The day has attracted participants new to track riding along with female road racers.

For more information on Aprilia’s Femmoto, contact us directly at 414-305-9901.

Mladin Previews VIR

From a press release:

Rounds 15 & 16, 2002 AMA Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championship
Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia, USA

Event preview

MLADIN CHASES SEASON FINALE VICTORIES AT VIRGINIA

Alton, Virginia, USA – The 2002 AMA Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championship draws to an end this coming weekend with a Double-Header round at Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia.

For defending and three times AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin, the weekend will also mark the end to what has been one of the most frustrating seasons in his racing career.

A combination of injury and suspension problems has kept the Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki away from many podium finishes this season. A crash during practice at the opening round of the championship left him with a badly damaged left elbow which ruled him out of the race at Daytona. More recently, he injured the backs of both hands in a fall during qualifying for the World Superbike round at Laguna Seca, that culminated his withdrawal part way through the AMA Superbike race held on the same weekend.

An area that Mladin has had a season long battle with has been suspension. His team have tried numerous ways to get the new Suzuki GSX-R750 to handle in a way that will be suitable for Mladin. It has proven to be an extremely difficult task, but one that has not stopped their commitment to finding a solution.

At the corresponding round last season, Mladin arrived at Virginia, with his third title all but wrapped up. He secured pole position for the event in lap record-breaking time, before taking a very conservative 12th place finish to secure up the title. This weekend however, things are very different as the Australian currently holds down seventh place on the championship point’s table.

“Certainly going there under different circumstances this year, just basically trying to win a race,” said Mladin. “It’s been probably the most frustrating year of my racing career, with the injuries and bike problems that we’ve had during the year. It just never was this year. The bike itself was good, but we just had so many dramas with the suspension for some reason. The crashes that I had this year are the sort of crashes that I just don’t have. They can happen any time, no doubt about that, but I contribute a lot of it to the rear suspension and the suspension in general. I don’t think we were well done by in that regard.”

“I feel that I have been riding well this season and I am as determined as ever to get onto the podium and hopefully grab a race win. After the season that I’ve had, that would be a great result.”

The battle for championship honours this year is being fought out between American Honda’s Nicky Hayden and Team Kawasaki’s Eric Bostrom. After a blistering start to the year Hayden holds a 35-point lead over Bostrom, who has been the form rider of late.

Qualifying for the weekend’s round begins on Friday, with final qualifying scheduled for Saturday morning prior to the first of the two Superbike nationals.

Pit Daddy Racer Beauty Pageant To Raise Money For Injured Riders At VIR

From a press release issued by HMC Ducati’s Wendy Hogg, the driving force behind this bizarre charity event:

Pit Daddy comes to mama

In only one week’s time America will see crowned the most anticipated champion of the 2002 motorcycle racing season when the Pit Daddy beauty pageant is run and won. The championship that everyone has been hanging on reaches its climax at Virginia International Raceway, Sunday August 11, where the final and deciding round of the AMA Superbike Championship will add action in the lead-up to the show.

AMA road racers are frantically buffing and toning, choosing their swimwear and rehearsing their dance steps, ready to compete in the inaugural Pit Daddy fund-raising contest.

Late-breaking news is that the Annandale team, well-known for its crew of female mechanics, is in a state of confusion as its four male riders preen themselves for their catwalk calling—-not that the girls let them have any choice in the matter.

The all-female organizing committee for Pit Daddy has denied reports they’ve come to blows over who gets to hand out swimwear, apply the Parts Unlimited temporary tattoos to the contestants, and assist Mat Mladin as he slips a Chiko Roll into a tactically advantageous place.

Bets are already being placed on who will be the first to end up in the VIR swimming pool.

This is your last chance to purchase raffle tickets online. Online ticket sales cease on Tuesday August 6, then all raffle sales will be restricted to the Cycle News booth and VIR merchandise stands during the VIR race weekend.

Great new additions to the prize pot are still pouring in. The American Honda team have donated a team shirt signed by their riders and all the team members too.

D&W Images have donated a 16 x 20 action shot of Anthony Gobert, Nicky Hayden and Eric Bostrom that will be personally signed and will include an additional picture of each in their Pit Daddy attire. All raffle winners will receive a free picture of Kevin Schwantz in his Pit Daddy pose.

Former AMA racer-turned-film maker, Mark Miller, has not only become an associate sponsor of the event, he’s bringing his camera to include the footage in his documentary Sportbike Life. That will add a whole new dimension to film.

We’ve added ten sets of EBC high performance brake pads to the list of thousands of unbelievable prizes and some last minute WSB prizes are rumored to be on their way.

For your last chance to purchase raffle tickets, go online to www.cyclenews.com/pitdaddy, with all proceeds going to the Clayton Memorial Foundation.

Who’s YOUR daddy?

Clint Brotz Wins F-USA Buell Lightning Race At Road America, Michael Barnes DNF

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Clint Brotz won his second Buell Lightning race, this time at Road America, and now has a four-point lead in the series over Bryan Bemisderfer, with three races remaining. Pre-race favorite Michael Barnes did not finish, encountering mechanical problems, and is now third in points, 20 behind Brotz.

Formula USA Buell Lightning Series Race Results (all on Buell 1200s):

1. Clint Brotz, 7 laps
2. Richie Morris, -0.058 second
3. Bryan Bemisderfer, -14.648 seconds
4. Jason Smith, -15.233 seconds
5. Jeff Johnson, -28.694 seconds
6. John Spinelli, -36.689 seconds
7. Joseph Rozynski, -37.628 seconds
8. Jeff Harding, -37.707 seconds
9. Paul James, -59.393 seconds
10. Greg Avello, -70.321 seconds

Michael Barnes DNF, mechanical

Provisional Point Standings:

1. Brotz, 84 points
2. Bemisderfer, 80 points
3. Michael Barnes, 64 points
4. Morris, 52 points
5. Johnson, 50 points
6. Smith, 40 points
7. Harding, 39 points

Arclight Suzuki’s Lee Acree Will Not Ride In F-USA Unlimited Superbike At Road America, Will Race 600cc Sportbike

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Arclight Suzuki’s Lee Acree will not ride in the Formula USA Unlimited Superbike races Sunday at Road America due to injuries sustained over the last two race weekends.

“He’s just in too much pain,” said Arclight Suzuki co-owner/Crew Chief Chuck Warren.

Acree suffered second-degree burns to the inside of his left thigh during the AMA event at Mid-Ohio July 26-28, and during the week in between events, the burns have become infected.

“Riding the big bike is just too painful and too hard,” said Warren. “He’s kind of out of the Unlimited Superbike points, but he’s second in the 600 (Sportbike) points. So he’s going to only ride in the 600 race today then try to rest before Virginia next week.”

Acree, who is second in the AMA Superstock point standings, 26 points behind Jimmy Moore, won the AMA 750cc Supersport race at Virgina International Raceway last year.

Acree is second in the F-USA Pro Honda Oils 600cc Sportbike standings, eight points behind teammate Craig Connell. Acree is the two-time and defending Champion in the F-USA Sportbike class.

Acree is eighth in the Formula USA Unlimited Superbike standings, 61 points out of the lead.

The Arclight Suzuki team replaced the engine in Acree’s GSX-R70 F-USA Unlimited Superbike Saturday night and converted the machine into a back-up bike for Craig Connell. Acree’s engine broke two laps into qualifying on Saturday. Connell leads the F-USA Unlimited Superbike point standings.

Craig Connell Wins Formula USA Sportbike At Road America

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Formula USA Pro Honda Oils 600cc Sportbike Race Results:

1. Craig Connell, Suzuki, 12 laps
2. Michael Barnes, Suzuki, -3.220 seconds
3. Lee Acree, Suzuki, -3.516 seconds
4. Larry Pegram, Suzuki, -12.045 seconds
5. Monte Nichols, Yamaha, -26.950 seconds
6. Jeff Wood, Suzuki, -27.472 seconds
7. Andrew Nelson, Honda, -50.818 seconds
8. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki, -50.918 seconds
9. Cory West, Honda, -58.882 seconds
10. Ray Bowman, Honda, -58.935 seconds

DNF, Matt Wait, Suzuki, -2 laps, DNF, mechanical,

Provisional F-USA Sportbike Point Standings:

1. Connell, 79 points
2. Barnes, 63 points
3. Acree, 61 points
4. Pegram, 54 points
5. Jeff Wood, 39 points
6. Greenwood, 32 points

Updated Post: Edwards And Kato Win Suzuka 8-Hour, Lead Honda Sweep

From a press release issued by Honda:

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

Suzuka 8 Hours – Suzuka, Japan. August 4, 2002.

Weather, hot and humid, slight rain fall in final hour; temperature, 32 degrees C; humidity, 65%; track conditions, good; crowd, 72,000.

Edwards and Kato Victorious at Suzuka 8-Hours 25th Anniversary for Cabin Honda

The American – Japanese combination of Colin Edwards and Daijiro Kato raced to a superb victory at the 25th running of the Suzuka 8 Hours, held at magnificent Japanese circuit today. Edwards and Kato brought home their VTR1000SP-W twin cylinder Honda ahead of their Cabin Honda team-mates Tadayuki Okada and Makoto Tamada. The Sakurai Honda team of Alex Barros and Yuichi Takeda completed a magical Honda 1-2-3 with a fine third place finish. All three teams completed 219 laps, a new race record.

Honda have now won the event for six successive years, 17 times in the 25-years it has been held. It was Edwards’ third victory in the Japanese classic, the second for Kato. Brazilian Barros gave Honda a clean sweep of race honours by setting the fastest lap of the race as he battled to close on the leaders.

At the end of the grueling race Kato said: “I was riding longer today than he previous 8-hour races I’ve done but I was not as tired as I expected. However, when it started to rain during the final session I was anxious, because it was my first night race and the track condition was unstable. I checked the difference with Tamada on my pit board and controlled the pace. I am really happy that we won the race.”

Teammate Edwards was a very relieved man as Kato swept across the finishing line to score their record breaking win. The Texan said: “This win is more special than my two previous 8-hour wins, because we had a drama at the last stage. When it started to rain, I said to myself ‘I will give ten years of my life, so please don’t rain harder.’ I was ready in the pit with my leather suit on, so that in case it rained harder, I could ride again. But rain stopped after few laps and Daijiro rode brilliantly. I want to thank him for the win.”

The top three Hondas to finish had also dominated the Superpole qualifying session but it was Barros who started from pole for Sakurai Honda. Edwards was second with Okada third. Akira Ryo (Suzuki) was fourth fastest, and looked more than capable of causing and upset, should the VTRs falter at any time during the 8-hours.

Team Manager Koji Koyano was full of praise for the way his riders had handled a tricky race. “When it started to rain during the final stage, I was worried because the track condition was unstable. But the advantage we had before that worked out. Both the riders were brilliant today.”

As the race got underway in scorching temperatures and high humidity it was Ryo who grabbed the lead from the Le Mans style start, heading the two Cabin Hondas, in the hands of lead-off riders Tamada and Kato. The second Suzuki, ridden by Keiichi Kitagawa, held fourth place from Yuichi Takeda, who had chosen to use different tyres than the Cabin Honda riders.

Once the race pace for the first hour was established Tamada hit the front with Ryo in his wheel tracks, Kato in close attendance. But Kato set fastest lap of the session soon afterwards to relegate Ryo to third. Kitagawa slid off the second Suzuki mid-session elevating Takeda to fourth place.

Kato handed teammate Edwards the lead at the first changeover, exiting the pit ahead of Ryo and Okada. The heat and humidity was now intense and was matched by the action out on the track. The top three teams locked in a fierce, no quarter asked or given duel.

At the three-hour mark the top three teams were still running in close attendance, Kato, leading Ryo and Tamada. The Sakurai Honda of Barros and Takeda was now almost a lap down on the top three but they were clawing their way back into contention as the race progressed. They were back in a challenging after five hours and closing the gap on the leading trio, led by the Edwards/Kato from Ryo/Kagayama and Okada/Tamada combinations.

After the changeovers around three-quarters race distance the Hondas were to have the race to themselves, Kagayama touring back to the pits to retire the stricken #7 factory Suzuki. Edwards and Kato had opened a one-minute lead over Okada/Tamada at this stage, Barros/Takeda closer to second place.

Into the final stages Edwards handed Kato a comfortable one minute lead at the final change over, Barros inheriting an almost impossible two minute deficit on the leaders from teammate Takeda. The often unpredictable Suzuka weather brought late drama to the race. As darkness fell a sudden rain shower gave Kato’s challengers increased confidence. Both Tamada and Barros began to eat into his lead but Kato, who had never raced in darkness at Suzuka, held his nerve and was rewarded when the light rain abated after 10 minutes and the track began to dry.

He ran out a clear winner by 25 seconds, Barros crossing the line an equal distance behind Tamada.

The ever-cheerful Tamada was not too disappointed with his race. The All Japan Superbike star said: “During the first session, I was racing with Daijiro (my good friend) and it was great fun. When Daijiro went into the pit one lap before me, I waved ‘bye-bye, see you soon’ to him. But after that I didn’t have a chance to race with him and I felt sad. In the later stage, there was a big difference between us and I knew something must happen to close the gap, and I was hoping for the rain. But it rained for only a brief period and I couldn’t catch up, although I tried very hard. However, this was my first full 8-hour race ride and I gained good experience. I learned a lot from Okada San and that is the greatest result for me.”

Okada was not as happy as his teammate: “My pace was good till the last session, but was a little slow during my last ride so I said sorry to Makoto during the last pit-stop. Although we couldn’t catch up the winner, Makoto was riding aggressively and I am happy with the result. Dunlop prepared us good tires and I want to thank them. This race was a good lesson for me and if I have a chance again, I would like to take part in the 8-hour race.”

Team Manager Kazuhiko Yamano had hoped for more from his team: He said of the team performance. “Although I am a little disappointed, because we wanted to win, I think Tamada and Okada tried their best and we did a good race. Before the last session, I told Tamada to keep going without coming into the pit even if it rained. He pushed hard under the unstable condition and closed the gap.”

Koji Nakajima, General Manager for the HRC factory team at the 8-hours, was delighted with the result. Nakajima said: “A 1-2 finish today was fantastic. 6-pit stop tactics worked out and the fuel consumption rate was better than we had expected. Tamada and Barros were catching up at the later stage, but the advantage of the team worked out. Kato was cool and clever, although it was his first night race. Today, the lap times were slower than we expected. But we are happy that the new record of 219 laps (previous record 217 laps, set last year) has been established.

“Above all, the riders who helped us to materialize the plan did a great job. The technologies we proved today will be adopted to other racing machines and production models. As you know, one of the main aims of Honda to do racing is to gain technologies,” the General Manager concluded.

Wataru Yoshikawa and Takeshi Tsujimura finished fourth for Team YSP Racing Yamaha, two laps behind Edwards and Kato and three laps clear of the Challenger Yamaha team of Norihiko Fujiwara and Tekkyu Kayou in fifth. The Weider Honda Automotive pairing of Osamu Deguchi and Hiroki Noda brought their VTR1000SP-2 Honda home in sixth place.

The Zongshen Suzuki World Endurance Championship regulars filled seventh and eighth places, nine laps down on the winning Hondas. Stephane Mertens and Warwick Nowland leading home teammates Igor Jerman and Bruno Bonhuil.

Results:
1. Daijiro Kato – Colin Edwards J/USA Cabin Honda 219 laps

2. Makoto Tamada – Tadayuki Okada J/J Cabin Honda 219

3. Alex Barros – Yuichi Takeda Bra/J Sakurai Honda 219

4. Wataru Yoshikawa – Takeshi Tsujimura J/J Yamaha 217

5. Norihiko Fujiwara – Tekkyu Kayou J/J Yamaha 214

6. Osamu Deguchi – Hiroki Noda J/J Weider Honda 211

7.Stephane Mertens – Warwick Nowland B/AUS 210

8.Bruno Bonhuil – Igor Jerman F/Slo Suzuki

9. Makoto Tokinaga – Yasuhiko Sato J/J Yamaha 210

10. Adam Ferguson – Jordan Szoke AUS/CAN Super Production, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 210

11. Akira Tamitsuji – Yoshihiro Konno J/J Suzuki 209

12. Yosinomi Takahashi – Naomichi Nakai J/J Kawasaki 208

13. Hiroaki Kawase – Takatoshi Onishi J/J Suzuki 208

14. Mitsuo Saito – Takahiro Fukami J/J Yamaha 207

15. Yoshiyuki Sugai – Tomohiko Kawakami J/J CBR954RR Honda 207

35. Mike Ciccotto/Kyoichi Kosaka, Super Production, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -22 laps

43. Motohiro Hisazumi/Naoki Yamaha, Stock Sport, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -29 laps

Top Prototype team, Keiichi Kitagawa/Noriyasu Numata, Suzuki GSX-R1000, -18 laps

DNF, Akira Ryo/Yukio Kagayama, Superbike, Suzuki GSX-R750, -64 laps

DNF, Doug Polen/Takahito Mori, X-Formula, Honda CBR954RR, -197 laps

Fastest lap: Barros 2:07.844s = 163.92km/h.

Updated Post: LRRS Officials Disavow Lee, Who Now Denies Claming He Raced With LRRS, And Question AMA Pro Licensing

These e-mails just in from LRRS officials Don Hutchinson and Jerry Wood: Re: Your article about James Lee and his 2:07 lap times at Mid-Ohio (See “No, 36 Seconds A Lap Off Fast Time Is Not Quick Enough For An AMA Supersport National,” posted 8/3/02): Mr. Lee has never raced with us at Loudon nor has he held a license with us at any time. He does not show up in any of our records going back to 1985. I have often questioned the AMA licensing requirements and find it hard to believe that this has not happened in the past. Don Hutchinson LRRS-GP/PRO After reading about James Lee I had Don Hutchinson check the LRRS records. James Lee is not a LRRS Expert, in fact he has never raced with us. The LRRS is one of the largest road racing groups in America if not the largest. We run 1000-1300 entries per weekend and have a Junior class. It is a long, hard road to Expert. Please inform the world that this squid did not come from the LRRS series. Jerry Wood LRRS And now this response from James Lee: I have never raced with the LRRS. Never have claimed to. I haved raced CCS in the Mid-Atlantic region like my license says. I don’t care to race in the LRRS. I don’t know who Jerry Wood or Don Hutchinson is. I don’t appreciate these people calling me a squid. Why is there a campaign against me? Does David Swarts have something against me? James Lee (Editorial Comment: David Swarts reported what he saw and what he was told at Mid-Ohio by AMA Pro Racing’s Ron Barrick and by racers Jimmy Moore and James Lee. His reporting is backed up by the notes he took at the time. Generally speaking, turning lap times 36 seconds off the pace and making obscene gestures at the Superstock series points leader on the track, in full view of reporters in the press tower, and punching the Superstock series points leader on the track, will tend to attract press attention. Reporting what happened and what the participants said at the time does not constitute “a campaign against me.”) (Note: In SPEED Channel TV coverage of the AMA Supersport race at Mid-Ohio, racer Ty Howard #235 was misidentified as being James Lee #200 when seen on Jake Zemke’s on-board camera during the opening laps. It was Howard leading Zemke in early stages of the race, not Lee, who did not start the event.)

Frank Trombino Leads Sunday Morning F-USA Unlimited Superbike Practice At Road America

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Synergy Racing Technologies’ Frank Trombino led Sunday morning Formula USA Unlimited Superbike practice at Road America with a time of 2:18.646.

Participation was light and lap times were slower than normal in Sunday morning practice as the four-mile, 14-turn track was still damp in places from overnight rains. The forecast for the rest of Sunday includes a chance of rain.

Sunday Morning Unlimited Superbike Practice Times:

1. Frank Trombino, Honda CBR954RR, 1:18.646
2. Michael Barnes, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:19.628
3. Eric Wood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:19.661
4. Larry Pegram, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:20.770
5. Geoff May, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:21.647
6. Michael Himmelsbach, Aprilia RSV1000R, 1:22.527
7. J.J. Roetlin, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:23.433
8. Scott Greenwood, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:23.655
9. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:25.174
10. Steve Johnson, Aprilia RSV1000, 1:26.437
11. Joe Spina, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:27.401
12. Jason Knupp, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:28.134
13. Dave Ebben, Suzuki GSX-R750, 1:30.601

Several Buell Lightning series riders did not record a time within 115% of Michael Barnes’ pole-winning time in Saturday’s qualifying session, but many of those riders will be allowed to start Sunday’s Buell Lightning race based on their lap times from practice.

Hoban Brothers H-D/Buell rider Jeff Johnson crashed during the Buell Lightning qualifying session, was disqualified because his heavily damaged machine could not complete a post-race dyno run but will start Sunday’s race from a provisional starting spot.

Johnson crashed when his engine locked up while at full speed between the turn 11 kink and turn 12, a.k.a. Canada Corner. F-USA officials reported that Johnson left 236 feet of tire skid marks before he dropped his Buell. Johnson was treated and released from a local hospital Saturday night.

Revised Buell Lightning Series Qualifying Results (All on Buell 1200s):

1. Michael Barnes, 2:23.408
2. Clint Brotz, 2:26.657
3. Dan Bilansky, 2:30.158
4. Richie Morris, 2:30.487
5. Jason Smith, 2:32.396
6. Bryan Bemisderfer, 2:32.934
7. Joseph Rozynski, 2:37.141
8. Jeff Harding, 2:37.298
9. Paul James, 2:38.497
10. John Spinelli, 2:39.088
11. Greg Avello, 2:39.131
12. Scott Korol, 2:42.650
13. Karl Kegel, 2:46.829
14. Tom Fritz, 2:48.439
15. Mike Ralcoczy, 2:56.209
16. Daron Conrad, 2:57.619
17. Mark Bernard, 3:05.846
18. Robert Pirog, 3:06.858
19. Jeff Trudell, 3:10.680
20. Steve Luxem, 2:52.501
21. Jeff Johnson, 2:30.985

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