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Cycle News 1985 04 10

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TEri YEARS AGO Kenny R o berts won three o ut of the four races he entered , leading th e Am eri can team to o u t-sco re th e Bri tish team in th e J ohn Pl ayer Mat ch Races. Th e series wa s shorte ne d to o n ly four races when the Bra n ds H a tch meeting was snowed . sleeted and iced ou t o f exis tence . Fina l points were U.S. 278-U.K. 243; Dave Alda na, Don Castro, Ge ne Romero an d Pa t H ennen were a lso high sco rers. With 500cc World Champ ion H eikk i Mikko la injured and temporar il y sidelined. Husqvama-rn ounted Kalevi Vehkonen roa red to victorv in th e first Internati onal mot ocro ss o f th e seaso n held in 5 1. Aruh on is, H ol land . Brad Lackey, a lso a boa rd a Husk y, p laced seco nd ove ra ll . a nd Hakan Andersson fini sh ed thi rd . Th e 18-mo nt h sit -i n strike end ed at the Tri umph motorcycl e facto ry in Meriden , Eng la nd , wit h the Ma rch 6 agreement to sell th e facto ry to a co operative fo rm ed by th e Mer ide n fa cto ry workers . Th e new co-op will purch ase th e factory bui ld ings a nd the mach in er y to prod uce motorcycle s: ho wever , No rton Villiers T rium ph (i'\ VT) wi ll retain all righ ts to th e T ri u m p h name. a s well as rig h ts to a ll designs . patents a nd fut ure e ngi neer i ng d eve lop me n ts. Al so pe cu liar a bo u t the a rr an gemen t is th at ;\,VT retains o wnersh ip o f a ll Trium ph too li ng. wh ich it wi ll lease to the co -o p on a job- by-job basis. The co -o p is under a tw o -year co n tra ct to manufa cture twin-cylinder , Bo n neville mo torcycles; NVT will continue to prod uce th e Tr iumph Trid ent and th e Norton Commando model s at o ther facilities. Ron n ie Wrigh t took hi s 400cc mo no shoc k Yamaha to vi ctory in th e Maywood H are Scra m bles, he ld in Lucern e. Ca lifornia . Wri ght ed ged o u t seco nd- p lace La rry Roeseler to clai m hi s thi rd overa ll win in a row. After rid ing a 250cc Husk y for the p ast few months, Bob Ba lent ine cha llen ged o n a n Open bik e and fini shed in th ird pl ace. Bru ce Ogilvie cha nged to th e 250cc class th is vear, a nd finish ed seco nd 250cc Expe rt - Roeseler 's seco nd-o vera ll ea rned h im th e fi rst 250cc Expert honors. Rex Staten put in an o utsta n d ing perf ormance at the CMC m ot oc ro ss held a t Saddleb ack Park in Irvine, Ca lifo rnia, to def eat G ay lo n Mosier, Jeff Vidic a nd Bo b Ha nna h , Mosi er posed a serious second moto threat, onl y to break his handl ebars on a downhill straigh tawa y. Danny LaPorte dominated the fir st m oto o f the l25c c Pro class, but Warren Re id put together a second -morn victory to top the cla ss. • SUPERTRAPP -RACING 1985 .. . IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING HOUSTON ASTRODOME (Feb. 8-9 1985) SHORT TRACK: RANDY GOSS - 1st TOURIST TROPHY: scon PEARSON - 2nd DAYTONA BEACH (Speedweek '85) DAYTONA 200: WES COOLEY * - 2nd RON HASLAM * - 4th JIMMY FILICE - 6th MIKE HARTH * - 7th BAnLE OF THE TWINS: GENE CHURCH - 1st ROGER REIMAN - 4th LC':l 00 0') o ~ .... l-< 0. « FREDDIE SPENCER at Houston The winners circle is getting to be a familiar sight for SuperTrapp. Which is understandable. Afterall, when SuperTrapp'goes racing we are not out for a good time, we are out to SMOKE THE COMPETITION. , Serious professionalism puts SuperTrapp in some pretty fast company: FREDDIE SPENCER , 1983 W orld Champion and 1985 Daytona 3-Class C hampion , joins SuperTrapp in sponsoring RANDY GOSS (two time Grand National Champion) and DOUGCHAN DLER (1983 Rookie of the Year). T eam Goss-Chandler challenges the G rand National Championship under the banner of FREDDIE SPENCERISUPERTRAPP RACING. WES COOLEY, member of Super T , 1979-1 980 Superbike Champion eam and 1981 Daytona winner. RON HASLAM, member of Super T eam, Honda UK factory rider and leading contender in the World Championship . Other SuperTrapp.powered riders include: Dale Quarterley, Rich O liver, Jimmy Adamo, Jay Springsteen , Scott Parker, Alex Jorgenson , Gary Scott, Lance Jones and the list goes on and on and on . So when you're ready to run with the big boys, bolt-on a SuperTrapp and SMOKE THE COMPETITION. RACERS - Phone SuperTrapp Racings' Advanced Research Team (ART) for information on one-off hand built Racing Systems. Stainless steel, tapered head pipes, 4 into 2 into 1, you name it. Bring your banker. . Special Thanks to: Jerry Griffith and Denis Jones, T Tucker and Super Team, YamahaMotor om Corp" Harley Owners G roup, USA Network, MotorweekIllustrated and Motoworld,-Roxy Rockwood andLarry Coleman. 'TTT7 ~SUpe;~~D~:.~~:a?~~~~.~'!.~f:z£?~:rc~~r;::'~~~., CA 95616. 1916} 7560 ·5 6 9 • SuperTrapp Um ited Edition Supertlike Silencer s used on HRC head pipes . Silence rs availab le from SuperTrapp Racing: $240 .00 pair. BROC GLOVERWins- Gainesville, FL sOOcc AMA National Motocross with PJ-l Lubricants. Special Thanks to Broc's mechan ic Jon Rosenstie l BROC also leads the AMA Supercross point standings. And PJ- l Lub ricants' RICK JOHNSON and KEITH BOWE N are cu rre nt ly 6t h and 8t h in Supe rcross poin ts . Askfor Pjl. theexact hi-performanceblend ofoilsand lubricants thatfaaory race teams useon their uiinning race bikes. . 3

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