Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ak sland a nd Sm ith rou nd ing o u t th e top eig h t pl aces. Rainey's o n ly problem was think ing too m uch abou t th e race he knew h e would h ave to wo rk harder for, th e Formu la One. " I didn 't have an y problems ou t there." he sa id . "T he o n ly real problem was thinking a bo u t th e 500 . I knew I wasn ' t done racing yet , bu t every time I tried to pace m yself the y'd ca tch u p a lillie. I fin ally just co ncen tra ted o n win n ing the th in g a n d n o t worryi ng about th e Fo rmula One." • Results , FINA L: 1. Wayne Rainey (Han); 2. Rich Schlach · ter (Han); 3 . Don Greene (Han); 4 . Jo hn Glover !Yam); 5 . Dwa yne Chung (Vam); 6. J eff Heino (Han); 7. Chuck Aksland (Vamt. 8. Mark Smith !Yam ); 9. 80b Lug lian i (Arm ); 10. Ooug 8 rauneck !ya m); 11. Way ne M ontoya (Yam); 12. Kevin Gardner (Arm) ; 13 . Mike Kenyon (Vam); 14. Kurt Sager !y am); 15. Gordon Hedemark !yam); 16. Dayid Dwy halo !y am ); 17. Edw ard Nehyba !yam); 18 . Dale Frankli n (Han); 19. 80b DeWitt !yaml; 20. Joe Cannon !yam). POINT STANDINGS: 1. Rich Sch lach ter (42); 2. Wayne Rainey (401; 3. Jeff Heino (27 ); 4. Don Greene (26); 5. Dwayne Chung (22); 6. Fredd ie Spencer (20); 7. Chuck Aksland (15); 8 . (TIE) Dala Frankl in /John Glover/John l on g/Da ve Sadowski (I I ); 12. Doug Brau nack (10 ); 13 . (TIE) Steve Bigan skilKeyin Br un son (9); 15. (TIE) R. Lugliani /Mark Sm it h (7); 17. (TIE)K. Gardner/Eric Kondo (6); 19 . A nd rew Price (5 ); 10. Wayne Montoya 14). Battle of the Twins Church beals Williams By Pau l Carruthers SOl':Oi\lA, CA, MAY 19 Gene Church put his H a rley O wn er's Group/ Harley-Davidson Motor Co.-sponsored Harley across th e finish lin e first in th e co m bine d Ba ili e of the T wins race, barely beating J o h n Williams 'o n Dal e Newton 's TT- I Duca ri after Jimmy Adamo's Cagiva broke. O f th e weekend's five main events, th e Batt le of the Tw ins provided fan s with th e closest racing. Church put his H a rley out front a t the start , but wa s followed closely by Adamo's Cagiva a nd David Roper's Duca ri, Lap two saw Chu rch and Adamo touch going into tu rn two, but it was Adamo ex iting in th e lea d. Ro pe r sti ll trai led in thi rd foll owed byS tua rt Cooper's fer o ci ous Visio n-ba sed Yam a h a , and hard -charging Wi lliams. Adamo p ut a li ttl e d istance betwee n himself a nd Ch u rch on la p th ree. T hat di dn 't la st long as Chu rch dove under Ada mo in turn two to sta rt th e fourth lap in th e lead. It was Ch urch 's turn to see if h e co u ld break loose from Ada moan d it appeared he co u ld by th e time they go t to tu rn six. Whatever C h urch gained in th e first six turn s, Ada mo go t back in th e n ext five as h e seeme d to gai n co nsi dera ble ground in th e esses, tu rns eigh t, n in e a nd 10. Church co nti n ued to lead on lap five with Adamo still close, but th e picture cha n ged in th e race for third. Williams, Roper a nd Cooper were deep ly involved in the figh t for the rig h ts to third p la ce, but R oper di scha rg ed himself Irorn th e baule by cra sh ing in tu rn seve n o n lap five. W ill ia ms seeme d to sp r in g to life fo llowing Ro per's cra sh a n d started ga ini ng quickl y o n the leading duo . By th e eig h th lap Will iam s was Results right on Adamo's rea r wh eel who in turn was still close to C h urch . Will ia ms tem pora ril y slipped by Ada mo in turn five, but o ne turn la ter and Adamo wa s back in seco nd. Will ia ms was ha ving th e worst luck in th e battle with th e traffi c as th e other two seem ed to slide by a t th e right times. The three up front sep ara ted slightlyon lap 12 as traffic thickened a n d on la p 13, Adamo's Duca ti slowed to a crawl whil e exiting from turn seven. After a coas t down th e h ill a nd into the p its, Adamo 's race wa s over. It didn ' t ho wever, da mpen th e p roceedings betw een Church a nd Williams as th e D ucari seemi ngly' was gell ing stronger. The rac e was set for a last -lap showdown . Chuch had a sligh t lead as the white flag was waved but the lead was short -lived as Church m ade a mi stak e in turn two . With a lapped rider a t th e apex of th e right-h ander, Ch u rc h tri ed to d ive underneath. T here was n' t a ny room a nd th e H arley wa s forced to th e insi de cu rb an d o nto th e d irt fringe. Church hun g on but th e mi stake a llowed Williams a not her shot. Will iams saved h is a ttempt for tu rn II , but h e co u ldn 't ge t by as th e H ar ley won th e drag race 'to the flag . Th ird place in th e Grand P rix class went to a distant Cooper, The H eavyweight Mod ified class win went to Da vid McG lure on hi s H arley- Davidson/Express Ra ci n g < Harley. McC lure was followed to th e flag by Bud R iddl e and R ick Weber o n th eir Yamaha a nd BMW respectfull y. The Lightweight Modified was won by R ich a rd Wi nn in gstad on hi s Eurostock /Cagiva while the Stock class went to Will Roeder 's H arley XRIOOO. • GRAND PRIX: 1. Gene Ch urch (H· D); 2. J ohn W ill iams (Due ); 3 . Stuart Coope r (Yam ); 4 . David Kieffer (Due); 5. Jim Adamo (Cag). HVY MOD : 1. Dave McClur e (H·DI; 2. Bud Riddle (Yam); 3. Rick Webe r (BMW). LT M OD: 1. Richard Winn ing stad (Cag); 2. Dayid Neal (Nor ); 3 . Steve W ickland (Han). STK: 1. W ill Roeder (H-D); 2. Mark Varro w (Vamt. 3. Er ic Paloheimo (H-D). Chivas! Halliday top sidecars By Paul Carruthers SONOMA, CA , MAY 19 The sidecar ra ce was won by Australian Champions Dou g Chivas an d Margaret H all ida y on th eir P eterbilj/ Ya ma ha outfit und~r a pall o f g loom follow ing th e red- flaggin g of th e race afte r a crash kill ed Mik e Pa rkinson a n d left form er AFM motorcycle cha m p io n Fra n k Mazu r serious ly hurt. T he two h it th e dirt wall o u tside tu rn one . . Former U .S . C ha mpions Bruce Lin d an d J ack H art, who raced against C hi va s a nd H all id ay rece nt ly in New Zeal an d and as a resu lt completely rebui lt and modified th eir Ya ma ha T Z750 -powered sid eca r , finis hed seco nd in th e restarted race. • Results 1. ChiYas/ Halii day !yam): 2. Lind /Hart (Vam); 3. Ian Fillery/ Rol an d Reidma nn (Yam); 4 . Randy Ran some/ Bob Lovick (Kaw) ; 5. Tony Ram irez / Peter Breede (Yam ); 6 . Jim Kinne/William Cavanaugh (Kaw); 7.• Ron Thome/John Dolherty !yam); B. Phil Witson/Mike Tayl or (Kaw); 9 . Leon Van Orsdala/ • Berni e Thomas (Suz); 10. Phil Roney/ Jerome A lley. there's no extra charge for this service. A n4, K&K rates are competitive. There's never been a better way to get'insured. So what are you waitingfor?Things aren't going to get any easier. WORKS UKE A-SINGLE MOVING PARI: SUZUKI L- ..... . 13

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