Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ - BoTT (Con tin ued from page 8) a nd I kn ow Rich 's rid ing style. I co u ld n ' t believe it. I do n' t think he di d either. \\'e went side-by-side past the p its, h eld th e bra king u ntil nea rly too lat e goi ng into tu rn 10, a nd th en blitzed it 10 th e ch eckered flag . 1 was o n the o uts ide. in th e we t, a nd everything was to th e limit. Wha t a fin ish , even if I d id come u p a foot short ." " It wa s a h elluva ra ce, " sa id Griffith. " I didn' t kn o w wha t was going o n up fro nt, bu t back in th ird th ere was plenty of ac tio n . This is reall y a privat eer effo rt and wha t I made fo r th ird ($730) sho u ld pay my way 10 Poco no next week ." • .n 00 O"l (.0 c-r V ,.... -: : ~ Results (A bove) Kenny Carter (center) leads Shawn Moran (left) and Bobby Schwartz. (Bel ow) Schwartz is chased by a pair of Norwegian riders . 1. Ric h Sc hl ach ter (Hon ); 2. Joey Sommers (Yam); 3 . Garr y Gr iff it h (Yaml; 4 . Do n Greene (Hen); 5. Doug Brauneck (Spo); 6. Dave Sadowsk i (Hon); 7. Mi le s Baldwin (Yam); 8 . Robert lugliani (A rm ); 9 . c: Andrew Price; 10 . Greg Esser (Yam); 11 . J im Bon ner (Ya m ); 12 . Brad Hol man (Hon); 13 . J ohn France (Yam); 14 . # 169 ; 15 . M ich ael Coff ey (Yam); Kenny Carter, Bobby Schwartz and Moran in the winner's circle. 16. Rick Dar ling IYam] : 17. Jo e lochniet (Hon); 18. M ich ael Chol en e (Yam); 19 . M ar k Halpern (Yam); 20 . George Magee . Time: 4 2 min ., 30 .73 8 sees. Av erage speed : 71 .699 mph. POINT STANDINGS: 1. Rich Sch lachter (7 5); 2. Schwartz and Moran silence Britain in World Pairs Semi By J . Hipkiss O DSAL. ENGLAN D. J U NE I Bobby Schwar tz and Sha wn Moran proved to be a dyn a mic duo for the U SA in the semi-final of the World Pai rs Sp eedway Cham p io nsh ip at O dsal drop p ing o nl y three points in thei r six races together, a nd lookin g a good bet to take Engla nd's titl e when they mee t agai n in the fin al a t R yb n ik, 30 Po la nd on J u ne 15. The ma in th rea t cou ld then come fro m Den m a rk wi th World Champi o n Eri k G u ndersen and Tomm y Knudsen . who qual ifi ed fro m th e first semi-fi na l, ca rry ing the h opes of th e Dan es, but if th ey can rep roduce th eir sem i-fina l form th e USA will be in a co n fiden t m ood . . In th e huge bowl o f th e Odsal Sta d ium wh ere th e Ind ivid ual Ch am p ionship will be staged in Augus t, Schwartz a nd Moran were a lways certain to ge t o ne o f th e three qualifyin g p la ces, a lt hough they had a minor setbac k in the openi ng heat whe n Schwartz made a h ash o f the start a nd was p us hed back into th ird place by Norwegian rid er Edinar Kyllin gstad . Moran was a n impressive winner but it was Schwartz wh o pl a yed th e leading rol e in th eir next o uti ng when th ey held off th e cha lle nge o f th e Ita lian pairing o f Arm ando Castagna and Valentino Furlaneu o, Ca stagna tried hard to break th rough but th e Ameri cans h eld it tight. leaving no gap for th e Italian . The on ly real shock ca me in th eir third race when they were led from the tapes by th e Ia srga rin g Swedish rider J an Andersson. His a w kwa rd riding style kept him in front although Moran tried severa l times to overtake. After each tea m had tak en four rides Engla nd 's new pa irin g of Ken ny Ca rte r a nd Kelvin Ta tum, were u nbea ten , full y justifying th e co nfidence -o f team manager Joh n Ber ry who ha s ga m bled on th em at th e expense of th e more experienced Pet er Co lli ns a nd C h ris Mort on who took the ti tle last year. At that stage they were ho ld ing a th ree point lead over th e USA, bu t th ere were sti ll two races to co me . Engl and slipped for th e first time in th eir fifth heat wh en th ev met th e Ital ia n s. T~tum wa s sh u t out on th e first ben d a nd had to tak e th e mud from th e Italian 's rea r wheels . By th e time he ha d reco vered he had lost valuable grou nd and th ou gh Carter was a clear win ner, two poi nts had been los t. With Schwanz and Mo ran rid ing to a n easy win o ver th e Czechs, An to n in Ka sp er and Ales Dryml , it meant th ey were o n ly o ne poi III down wh en th ey lined up fo r thei r fina l race aga inst Eng land. Carter wa s first into the bend. bu t "lo ra n was rea llv Ilyin g. H e ca ugh t Carter on the second lap, shot a head , and then on th e fin al ra ce aga in st Engla nd . Carter was first into th e bend. but Moran was rea lly £I ying . He ca ug h t Carter on the second la p . shot a head. an d the n o n th e fina l ci rcuit Ca rte r blew h is mo tor , lea vin g Schwanz to fo llow hi s p artner home a hea d o f a struggl ing Ta tu m . Moran 's defea t by And ersson cos t h im h is max imum, but hi s 15 points put h im to p o f th e ind ivid ual points list. a n d added to th e 12 scored by Sch wa rtz it gave th e I SA a 27 point to ta l, three m ore than En gl and , who in tur n were th ree points clear of the th ird qualifyin g na tio n , Swede n . T he Swedes h ad relied almos t en tirel y o n Ande rsso n up to the halfway stage. H e wa s unbeat en in h is first th ree rac es, but h is partner Per J onsso n came good in th e last two heat s helping Sweden to overcome th e surprise challenge of Ital y. At least the two Ital ians were a ble to compleme nt eac h o ther bu t neit her Sweden nor Fi nla nd had th e rig ht bal ance wh ile the o ther two contenders, Czechoslovakia a nd Norwa v were never in with a cha nce . Ka i Ni emi did well for th e Finns an d se t a tra ck record of 60.1 seco nds for th e 338 meter track in his first rid e but lik e And ersso n he lacked su p po rt. The contro lled speed of Moran and th e aggression of Schwartz made a fine blend, and although Den ma rk mav be favori tes for th e ti tle th ev ca n expec t. a tough fig ht in Rybn ik. It looks like bei ng a three-cornered co ntest wi th England co mp leti ng th e trio . The o ther th ree qual ifyin g team s, Sweden. Austra lia and New Zeala nd. a nd ho st na tion Po land are not likely to fea ture on the rep resentation rostru m. • Results USA 27 : Shawn Moran (15), Bobby Sch w artz (12). ENGLAND 24: Kenny Cart er (13), Kelv in Tatum ( 11). .SWEDEN 21: Ja n And ersson (141. Per Johnson (7) . ITA LY 17: A rma ndo Casta gna (91. Va len t ino Fur ll ne ttc (81. FINLAND 15: Kai Niemi (121 Ar i Koponen (31 . . CZECHOSLOVAKIA 14 : An tonin Kasper (91 Al es . Dryml (5). NORWA Y: Einar Kvll ingstad (7). RoV Otto (1). Wa yne Rain ey (60); 3 . Do n Gr eene (53); 4 . Dave Sadow ski (3 1); 5. Doug Brauneck (301 6. Jeff Heino ; (27); 7. (TIE)Dw avne Chung /ChuckAksland (221; 9. Freddie Spencer (10); 10. Rober. Lugliani (17). Sidecar Lind/Hart run away LO UDON , N H. J U N E 16 The team o f Bruce Lind a nd J ack H art scored a runaway victory in th e Sidecar fin al. The two were o n th e gas from th e sta rt in the ir Ya ma ha -pow ered o u tfit a nd had nearl y 40 seco nds in hand over the tea m fro m Down Under of Au strali an Doug Chi va s an d New Zeala nder Mar garet H allida y and their Yam a ha. Thi rd p lace went to the team o f. William Alston an d Fred H opp, easi ly th e cro wd favorit e of th e da y. . " If the race had go n e th e fu ll 18 la ps in stead o f being cu t to 12 we wou ldn' t h ave finish ed," sai d Lind a fter the ra ce. "T he en g in e bega n to cu t o u t a bou t th ree laps from th e end and I thou gh t it wa s a fuel feed p rob lern .Trn n ot su re what it wa s, bu t th e engi ne seized as we were completi ng the final lap and tha t's why we stopped righ t across th e fi n ish lin e," The m ost exci temen t of th e race was ge n erated by the Alsto n / Hopp team. They were cha lleng in g Chi vas/ H all ida y for second at the end of lap two wh en they h it a pudd le, sp un ou t a nd H op p go t bou n ced on the track near th e sta rt/ fin ish lin e. Alston somehow kep t th e engine runni ng while m a inta in ing co n tro l a nd stopped a lo n g si d e th e wa ll on th e fro nt straight. moti oning to his passenger to get a move on so they cou ld get back in action. H op p . 10 the cheers of the fa n s, gal back o n to th e rig . On th ei r nex t la p he waved to th e crowd a n d th ey cheered even lou der. T hey worked th eir wa y fro m fourth up to third by the finish. H opp th anked th e fan s for th eir encou rageme nt fro m win ne r's circle a nd the y gave him a not he r ch eer. T he Ch ivas/Ha llid a y team, a fter three stro ng show ings. now h eads for Eu rope 10 co m p ete in th e Belgi an a nd Dutch GPs. • Results 1. Bruce l in d/J ack Han (Yam ); 2. Doug Chives/ M argaret Ha ll ida y (Ya m); 3 . W i lliam A l sto n/ Fred Hop p (Kawl; 4 . J ohn Dai ley / A rt h ur Dai lev (Suz); 5. Ian Fill er y/Rola nd Reedman (Yam); 6 . J eff Millard/ T. M i ll ard IKaw ); 7 . Rob ert Garb un / Gary Carlson (Kaw) ; 8 . M ike Orc hard /Greta Orchard (Suz). Ti me : 15 min .• 38 .516 secs . Average speed; 73 .648 mph .

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