Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Co n tin uedjrom. page 12 ) di ffere nce a nd cost a bo u t $ 1 p er linear foot o f barrier. O u r immedi at e reacti on is ' Hey, buy a coup le of car loa ds o f th e stu ff.' But all th e racetracks in th e U.S. aren't a wa re th at H excel exis ts or w here to get it or ho w good it is, a nd th e AM A sho u ld be ma kin g th em aware of tha t fact. Bo yce know s abo u t it n ow . H ex ed isn't per fect. It has to be protected from rai n a nd it has to be re p laced a fter bein g h it . But i t's a ste p in the rig h t d irecti on. And Costa has found so me o ther th ings that a re p rett y good, s uch as u ncrus hed beer ca n s in p las tic bags a n d styrofoa m shee ts a nd pell ets in p la stic bags. Have you run into much opposition in yo u r crusade? That wa s th e thing th at kind of s urprised all of us, tha t we got o p posi tio n from a co u p le o f pl aces. So me o ther ri d ers d idn 't under stand o u r m otives and felt that th e J on Woo Mem orial Safety Proj ect was just d oing negativ e thin gs to ro ad racin g. La rr y T h eo ba ld, a club ra cer from Californ ia sa id we would ki ll racing a n d wrote letter s to Cycle N ews and AFM News say i ng th at. When we took Jerr i Wo o to Will ow to gi ve th e awa rd, T heoba ld told her th e whole thin g was b.s. a n d left h er i n tears. I wis h h e'd said it to m e a nd left her o u t of it ! T he th in g th at rea lly s urp rise d us . was th at we we re try ing to m ake racing safer fo r every body a nd H on da 's P ubl ic Relations man , Stuart Ro wla nds, sa id th at H onda a nd its ri ders wou ld n ot suppo rt the JWM SP beca use, and these a re hi s exact words, "We wa n t to bui ld u p road raci ng, not tear it down. " O bviousl y we' re not tryi ng to tea r dow n ra cin g. We' re tryi ng to im p ro ve it, to ma ke it be tte r. Your first press release had a list of riders joining the JWMSP, and that list included Mike Baldwin and Eddie Lawson. Neither are on yo u r latest list. Why? Baldwin 's name got on th e lis t because of a screw u p . We' re rea l so rry, and we wis h it had never happen ed. It was just a case of misunderstandin g. Wes Cooley was do in g so me recr ui ting fo r us a nd I th o ught he sa id h e h ad rea ch ed Bald win a nd Baldwin wa s in. In fact h e sa id h e h ad n't reach ed Baldwin to see if h e was in. So rry. Lawson sa id he was in from th e sta rt, tha t h e su p porte d th e program 100%, th at we co u ld use h is nam e a n d tha t he'd tell a ny body w ho as ked tha t he back ed us. But w he n it ca me time for Edd ie to sign the lega ll y-binding agreement li ke th e o the r g uys di d, he wo ul dn ' t. So we too k h is na m e o ff the list. H e's in a to ugh posi tion , si nce he ha s a co ntract wi th Ya m aha to r id e at Laguna. A few factory guys signed des pite contracts, includi ng Cooley, J o h n Bett en co u rt a nd Da ve Al d ana . Those are the riders wit h th e cou rage of their convictions, and I respect them for th at. Where do yo u go from here? After kin d of a rocky beginni ng. a sha ky start, we' re at present negotiating a nd worki ng through the AMA and we 're in this for the lo n g term . If wecan keep o ne racer o ut of a wheel chair or cas ket, then tha t's eno ugh fo r Br u ce H a m m er, a nd for the J WM SP . I know a lot of racers and rac ing is dan gerous. b ut it d oesn ' t necessa rily require th at people die or get spinal in j u ries , Th is is a moveme n t tha t's starti ng to ca tch o n . R id ers a re co ntacti ng us abo u t o t he r tr a ck s, talk in g abo u t specific safety proble ms. We aren 't going away . We' re goi ng to be he re for a long tim e, a nd we ' re goi ng to make raci ng safe r and better for eve rybody. . Wat ch us and .see. • C h urch in ching h is wa y forw ard from fourth. H opp had d istance ov er Shord one a nd M ill s whil e Bat t lev, At kin so n a nd Chris W yckoff m ade up the o n ly unl a pped riders. Ad amo had upped hi s gap to 13 seconds o ver Em de, w ho had Tunsta ll right o n h is rear tire. H owever, the two had a n 18 second gap on C hurch in fou rt h . Hopp, Sbordone and A tkin son wer e n ow the o n lv ri d ers sti ll o n the lead er 's lap a s th ey' began the 16th to ur o f th e circuit. By th e 2 1st o f 25 laps, Adamo was ro lli ng ri g h t a lo ng with 24 seconds in hand . Ernde sti ll h eld T u n stall at bay a n d th e rest o f th e to p f ive remained in p osition. Adamo h ad lapped a ll bu t th e top five. On th e 23rd lap, Tunstall m ade h is m ov e a n d got arou n d Em de fo r se-: co nd o T u ns ta ll used traffic to h is advan tage o n the wh it e flag lap to lead Emde across th e lin e. Emde then pulled o u t a ll th e stops to regain secon d a nd hold it to th e flag . Adamo 's m argin o f vic tory was n earl y 26 second s. H e won the GP class whil e Church, in fo u rt h o vera ll , was the Expert Mod ified class winner. Fah ey a nd McClure to ok th e Amateur Modifi ed a n d Sto ck class w in s, res pecti vely. Results BATTLE OF THE TWINS GRAN D PRIX: 1. Jimm y Adamo (Duel; 2. Dave Emde IDue); 3. Malcolme Tunstall (Due): 4 . Ron Sbordone (Due): 5. Tom Dobrowski (M ·G). EXP MO D: 1. Gene Church (H· D); 2. W in ifred Hopp jOucl; 3. Chr is Wycoff (Due); 4. Joe y M ilis IDuc); 5. John Stapleton j M -G). AM MOD: 1. Steve Fahey (Yaml; 2. Chuc k Cuenz· Jar (H-D l: 3 . Marc He iser IDue); 4 . Steve Hansen j M- GI; 5. Mark Sturtevant INor ). STOCK; 1. David McClure j H· DI; 2 . Ben Martine z (Yaml: 3. Stuart Batson (BM W) ; 4 . Wayne Reiss j BMW); 5. Tom Dabus (H· D). Tim e: 31 m in .• 8.489 sees. Aver age speed : 77 .068 mp h. Sidecar Lind/Hart top swapfest L O UDON , N H , J U N E 19 T he team o f Bruce Lind a nd J ack H art, with a strong final four laps in th e 12 lap, 19-mile Sidecar final , took a hard earned vi ct ory o ver Pet er Essaff a nd Dennis C r ueger. Winifred H opp a nd Bill Alston fill ed o u t winner 's circle. Essa ffi C ru eger a n d their Yamahapowered rig led th e initial two laps before L in d/Hart m oved th eir Yamahapower ed sidecar in to fir st. Trai l ing in th ird was the team o f Ian Fill er y a nd Bri an Ce len followed by th e H opp/ Alston d uo. T h e four cha irs bu nc hed up o n the n ext go arou nd a nd p ro ceed ed to put o n q uite a show fo r th e a pprecia tive crowd. On la p five, the fig ht for the fro nt dropped to three sidecars as th e Fill ery / Ce len pair coasted into the p its . At t he h alfw a y p o in t , E ssa ffl Crueger ha d a sca nt three leng th advantage on L in d/Ha rt wit h H o p p / Alston just a nother len g th or two behind. T he three beca m e two as H o p p / Alston dropped off th e pace. Lind/ Hart took over for good o n la p n in e, b u t co u ld n't pu ll o ut a ny brea th in g room u ntil the fina l la p w hen they we re ab le to com ma nd a bout 20 len g th s on Essaff/ C rueger. "The crowd was grea t," said L ind, "a nd that m akes it fu n to race. " " We had a bi t o f a n ad va ntage o n th e fin a l tu rn at the start / fin is h line a n d th a t was a definite edge. I'm g la d we coul d p u t o n a show," sa id partner H art . • Resu lts SIDECAR : 1. Bruce Lind / Jack Hart {Vaml ; 2. Peter Essaff/Dennis Crueger (Yam); 3. Fred Hopp l Bill Laston (Kawl; 4 . John Dailey/Art Dail ey ISuz); 5. Ian Fillery/Bria n e elen (Yam). Time: 16 min ., 3 .109 sees. 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