Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126616
the field . This all took pl ace wi th out
the mach in es of J im Asad oorian , Jeff
J ohnson a n d Dave Dod ge, just th ree
of th e known whose mach ines were
no t ready for th e race.
El im in at ions got underway wi th
the Team Yamaha machine o f Ray
Werth a nd J oe Yeager faci ng th e new '
Suzu ki of Vic For ce. Yeager was a ble
to grab th e wi n as Force is sti ll sorting o u t his p iece. Yeager ra n a 10.516/
123.96 while For ce went down with
an 11.374/1 14.94 m p h.
T he next win n er was th e Honda of
Da n n y Devers. Devers ra n a 10.95/ .
118. 11 over the Kaw asaki o f Frank
Gi ordano. Gi ordano su ffered a brok en
tra ns mission a nd was unable to mak e
the run.
J oe Koen ig th en took h is Kawasaki to a 10.716/ 121.78 win over the
Honda of G ar y Godwin. Godwi n , o n
the Ba nza i Cycle m ach ine, co u ld o n ly
muster a 10.95/118. 1I.
John Downs ended the round with
a solo p ass on hi s Suzuki wh en
Na tion al N umber One, Mike Ph illips, was a no sh ow d ue toa bu rn t
cra n k. Downs' ru n netted n o tim e.
In the sem is Yeager down ed Devers
with a record setting ET o f 10.45
seconds a t 124.30 m p h. D evers ran a
10.953/1 16.88 in losing. T he o th er
final saw J oe Koen ig take the Star
Cycle-backed Kawasaki to a 10.705/
121.13 win ove r J ohn Downs. Downs
.
clocked an I I. 725/11 3.49.
The fin al saw th e number two a nd
number three Su pe r Modified racers
in th e co u nt ry facing eac h o the r.
Yeager had th e added ince ntive of
trying to back u p h is new record.
Whe n the smo ke cleared, th e wi n a nd
bo th end~ of the Nationa l Record
belonged to T eam Ya mah a. Yeager
had defeat ed Koeni g wit h a 10.453/
124.65 run . Koeni g 's runner-u p num bers were 10.636/1 22.28.
•
NMRA National
Championship Drag Race
Series: Round two
Top Fuel win
to Vance at
Atlanta
By Gary Van Voorhis
COMME RCE , GA, MAY 8
T e rr y Va nc e , a boar d t he
Suzuki/Vance & H ines Racingsponsored Suzuki GSI I00 based
Top Fueler, collected h is second
. stra ig h t victory in th e resch eduled
ro u nd h eld a t th e NH RA
Southern Na tio na ls a t Atl anta Inter n ational Dragway. Vance turned in a
17.3 1 second ru n at 194 m iles p er hour
. in a solo effort to ta ke th e win . Chris
H and, on the H ickm an/Hand Kaw asa ki entry, was unable to ma ke th e
final run a fter hectic effo rts to repair
a sp lit cylinder head.
" It's no fu n to run alo ne, " sai d
Vance. " The fans don' t co me to see us
ru n solo ru ns. T hat's why we- Vance,
Byron H in es a nd J oe Pace o f VH R were h elp in g Ch ris with th e rebuild ing o f th e engi ne. "
"We needed a bo ut ten more m inut es to finish th e job," said H and o f
h is efforts agai ns t th e clock to get th e
work done. " It's disappointing not to
make it after a ll that wo rk, but wethe tea m- still feel good. The bik e is
fina ll y sh owi ng wh at it reall y can
I NM RA
"5
·
'l A
e 982
".MER
A1
II
e 20' 1 --"