Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

THIS WEEKEND ~ . BEAD FOR YOUR 8 COUNTRY BOME. ~ Da le Franklin (7 ). Jeff He ino (2 4 7 ). and Joey Sommers (9) dice it out f or seventh place . For those who like their sports action fasl aDd furious hold on for 10. Eduardo , in the lead , wa s ga in ing o n Brauneck a nd St ep hen s. Spen cer 's avera ge speed a t th e en d o f 15 laps wa s 102,284 mph . T here was n o cha nge in th e to p three wh il e Lo ng and Schlach ter or Sch la ch ter and Long - dep ending on th e pa rt of th e track yo u were wat ch in g were battling fo r fourth . Brunson , H eino a nd Franklin tra il ed th e to p five to th e fini sh. T h e o n ly cha nge in th e to p 10 wa s Ya maha rid er Ed ua rdo Alem a n m ov i ng past Brauneck in the closing lap s for n int h after Step hen s slip ped back to fini sh 15th . T he o n ly drama in th e last eig h t la p s was the swa p p ing o f fourt h by Long an d Sch lach ter. T he two traded th e lea d nea r th e sta rt / fin ish line o n eac h la p with Lo ng in co m ma nd o n th e fina l o ne. Comin g to th e chec ke re d fl a g , Sch lac hter bro ke o u t o f Long 's draft and inched a longside o n ly to co me up a foot short . ''I' m very p lea sed with th e way thi ng s wen t," sa id S pe ncer. " We lea rned a bo u t a p ro blem wi th th e ga s tank wh ich appa rent ly developed a crack fro m vib ra tion a nd was leak in g ga s on me in th e fi na l la p s. T ra ffic wasn 't 100 bad a nd I wa s ca ref u l 10 pass exiting or entering tu rn s. " I lik e Daytona ." sa id Lo ng , "and thi s was o ne of th e best races I' ve had here. I di dn 't have a 250cc ride beca use I didn 't buy the H ond a RS250 I was go ing 10 . I go t lu ck y a n d Sa ntiago Londono loaned me h is bike when he co u ldn ' t ride. T reavor H ea th di d a ll th e work o n it a nd I just tu rn ed th e th ro ttl e. I was d reading th e last few la ps beca use th e cl u tch was slip ping in sixth gea r, especia ll y o n th e fron t stra ig ht. R ich ard p u lled o ut of m y draft and I saw h is whe el co m e a lo ngside. I figured it was a ll over, but I held h im bv a foot or two ." " It was close, bu t I didn 't h ave enoug h power to ge t aro u nd John ," sai d Sc h lac h ter. "It was a good race. Possibly I wa ited too lo ng to pu ll ou t of th e d ra ft, I don 't kn o w. I had 10 mak e a move. I had problems with the front bra kes - some times th ey wou ld work, sometimes not - from a bo ut th e eig h th la p on . When i t first happen ed I lost a lo t of grou nd th at I co u ld n' t mak e up until I fel t more co m fo rt a b le with th e situation . I cha nged m y riding sty le 10 m in ima l bra king an d tried to compensa te with riding h arder co m i ng off th e turns. I owe St ua rt T oomey, with h elp fro m Chuck Aksla nd, a lot beca use they p u t th e bi ke back togeth er af ter I dinged it up in a cra sh i n q ual ifyin g ." • Results 1. Freddie Spencer (Hen); 2. S iegfr ied M inich (Yam); 3 . Andy Watts (EM C); 4. J ohn Lon g (Yam l; 5. Rich Schlach ter (Hen ); 6. Kevin Brunson (Arm ); 7 . Jeff He ino (Hon); 8 . Dal e Frankl in (Ya m); 9 . Edua rdo Alema n (Yam ): 10 . Do ug Brau neck (Spo); 1 1. Dwayn e Chung (Rot); '2. Al ajandro A lem an (Yam); 13 . Jo hn Fra nce (Ya m ); 14 . Robert Luglia ni (A rm ); 15 . Ja mes Stephens (Spo); 16 . Gary Gibson (e -A); 17 . Gary Gr iffith (Han); lB . Tony Head (A rm ); 19 . Joe Lachnie t (Hen ); 20. Eric Kondo (Ya ml. liM E: 57 m in .. 47 .950 secs. AVERAGE SPEED: 103 .475 mph . "AmeriCiUl Sports Cavalcade" for everything &om aulo raciDg 10 rodeos. Saturdays. Sundays, wilDess the spectacle of exciliDg Superbike rac:iD.g on "The Peler Starr Molorc:yde Sow." "Americ:aD Sports Cavalcade" Saturdays, 12:30 PM. 6:00 PM (PST) "The Peler Starr MOlorc:yde Show" Sundays, 12:30 PM. 5:30 PM (PST) () lHE NASHVlUE NETWORK... AMERICA'5 COUNTRY HOME e GI'lOUP W SATELLITE COMMUNICATIO 1965 NS

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