Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Sponsor, tu ner and mentor, Ren o L eo n i, was the fir st to grab Adam o as h e made his wa y to win n er 's circle after th e fin ish . " I was a bit tired at first , after j ust fi nis hing th e Su pe rbike event, " said Adamo. " I wa tched m y pi t signals and saw Da vid was closing in , so I gassed it u p. I think my bike was a bi t better suited to this track than the H arley." " I triedto stick close to J im m y in the ope ni ng laps," sai d Em de. " He saw I was closi ng a nd used traffic a nd a stron g engine to o pen th ings u p. My engi ne bega n to slow a bit in th e final five or six laps." "The circuit is demanding, but fun to ride," sa id Mills. " It's been a heck of a pas t three ho urs. V.J . H er bez, my sponsor, deserves a lot of cred it for me bein g here," Results 1. J im my Adamo (Due); 2. Dave Emde (H-D); 3.' Jo ey M ill s (Due); 4. Gene Church (H· D); 5. CHuck Quenzler ( H ~ D ); 6 . David McClure; 7 . Stuart Beat son (BMW); 8. Ben Martinez; 9 . Ron Sbordone (Due); 10. Bill Atk in son (BMW). TIM E: 29 min .. 49 .5 sees. AV ERA GE SPEED: B2.079 mph. Sidecar Essaffj Crueger strong in victory _......--I BELL 1978 to serve not ice th ey are ready to defend th e tit le th ey won la st yea r. Fred H opp an d Bill Alston fin ish ed 19 seco nds behi nd th e leading team with Bru ce Lind and J ack H art, th e 1981 titleholders, h oldin g o ff a challen ge for th ird . T ire choice was cr itica l to all sideca r teams for the race since th e track was wet. Various co m bina tio ns o f ribbed a n d slick tires were fo und on most rigs. In additio n, th ere had been litt le practice a nd no qua lifying heat had been ru n. This compou nded the ap prehension of learn ing a new track under racing conditions. The H op p / Alston Ka.w asa ki took the lead on th e o pe n ing la p wi th Lin d/Hart, on th eir Yam aha un it in second, and th e Essaff/Crueger Kawasaki in th ird . T he Yamaha pow ered rig of Ian Fijlery and Bruce Ceelen followed in fourth with Paul Knoll and Rolla nd Readrnann, in a Kawasaki chair, rou ndi ng out th e top five. Essaff/ Crueger quickly dropped th e Hopp/ Alston effo rt to seco n d an d was n ever headed in th e rest of th e 12 lap, 28.8 m ile event. J oh n and Ar thur Da iley, racing a Suzuki-powered sideca r, fo und th e wet track co n ditions a bit o f a p roblem and went off the track. They eventually worked back to fifth. ' Essaff /Crueger led the remain ing 1 II la ps with H opp/ Alston in a secu re seco nd . T he real ba ttl e was for th ird between th e Fillery/ Ceelen tea m and Lind/Har l. . The two teams swap ped th ird repeatedl y with L in d/Hart grabbin g it on the final lap and h oldin g off a la st tu rn ch allen ge by Fillery/Ceelen to • earn th eir win ner's circle ticket. 1980 * BOTH DAYS "HURRICANE" HAS NEVER WON LA. STRANGE FACTS • "Hurricane" has never won the Final at the Los Angeles Coliseum. • Bob Hannah has never won a Supercross with more than 40,000 fans. • Hannah has not won either a California or network TV Supercross In six ' years. _Hannah has not won a stadium Motorsports event for 14 months. Hannah wins twice as frequenfly on non-stadium Molorsports SUpercross tracks as on stadium Motorsports tracks. The "Hurricane" has won just 4 ra ces (23.5% of his starts) on tough SMC!Goodwln designed tracks In the last 6 years versus 2.1 wins (48% of hisstarts) on all other SUpercross tracks, which apparenfly are easier for the "Hurrica ne". • $5,000.00 BOUN1Y· FOR NUMBER 1 AT THE AUGUST 6th ROSE BOW LEX IN GTON, O H , MAY 22 The team of Pe ter Essa ff an d DennisCrueger took th e MidOhio round of the Sidecar Road Racing Championship Seri es GLOVER * 1982 ·SMC will pay $5 .000 special bounty purse to the winner of the 8/ 6/83 LA Superbow l Riders must wear specified sponsor 1.0 . to Qua lity. 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D VIIA D MAnlICAB) InNorbanll: _ _ _ _ Exp, Dot. _ Day_ l ERS Results 1. Peter Essafl/Den nis Crueger (Kaw ); 2. Fred Hopp/Bill Alston (Kaw ); 3. Bruce Lin d!Jack Hart (Vam); 4 . Ian Fillery/Bria n Ceelen (Yam); 5. Joh n Daile y/Arthur Dailey (Suz); 6. Paul Knoll /Rolland Readmann (Kaw); 7. Fred Wa llis /M ike Orchard (Suz); B. Ron Thorne/ Larry Dobbs (Vam). TIM E: 23 min .. 14 .72B sees. AVERAGE SPEED: 6 1.948 mph. 13

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