Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

r-------=::----------------~-----__, w !:: ha s so much torque tha t it lig h ts up the tir e co rn ing of f the slo wer corners." W T he H amm er bik e was a lso cha rU tering th e fro m e nd bad ly under >CD br ak ing a nd rider T im O'Kcnn ed y said th e learn needs mo re time to di al in rh e new alu m in u m frame a n d th at :I: Q. it di ffers co nsidera bly in set- up from th e Mo ri wa ki fram e the team had been usin g . With both ends of th e bik e pogoi ng in ta ndem a t tim es, th e H arnmer en trv looked 10 be a handful 10 ri de . O 'Kenned y sa id, " T his is m y first ti me at this track , a nd I'm n OI going as fast as 1 would lik e." All was no t smooth sail i ng fo r C ycle Tech, however , as Kocinsk i h ad proble ms 100: " I was just happy 10 keep it up. II was slidi ng a ll o ver in turn IWOa nd so meti mes in turn 10.1 didn 't have en o ug h brak es going into Joey Osowski (shown). Da ve A ldana and John Kocinski won at Loudon. tu rn six. " Kocinsk i was sporting a fat hli srer coveri ng th e entire pad o f hi s ri ght middl e fi nger as a testament 10 brak in g problems. Cycle Tech went o n to win o ver H ammer. Behind th e lea de rs, Speed. Boy s, with rider s La rry Bu rkholder, Mark H ei ser a nd Bob Frank , had a right duel with Cl arke Palmer and Bri an O 'Shea o f th e Pa lm er Racing en try . Both learn s stayed o n the sa me lap with Palmer holding down third for the first five hours. Palmer had cut a cas t off his wrist an hour before the start wh ile O 'Shea 's fir st time on an FZ750 was th at morning in practice. Speed Boys fell from fourth 10 By Leon Clark sixth in th e fourth hour, but were able to rally back after a discharged LOUDON , NH . JULY 13- 14 battery co st P almer Raci n g five laps a n d a controversial one-lap penalty ' in the fihh hour. The Team LS R entry, sp o n sored by Leo Sa ede Racing and Manchester Honda , a nd ridden by SCOll Lyman and Edgar H inton. took advantage of P a lm er's misfortune to clinch fourth overall. T eam LSR 's aging Honda Boys lead th e first la p . followed by T ech 's margin of victory in th e CB900F made a n amazing ch a rge, the Wis eco/Metzeler Yamaha 1157 of six-hour event was two laps having had no front brake since the Nonhridge Racing. th e Bob Ni chols end of th e first hour. L yman said, over T eam Hammer. T eam Motorsports-backed Yamaha FZ750 "We figured th is would happen. This captain David Aldana , Joey of Palmer Racing. and T eam Hammer bik e's br akes a lways go a way quickly. wit h Cycle Tech fihh . The 33-e ntry O sowski a nd J ohn Kocinski pil oted the We tri ed to m ak e it last by coastin g field quickly so rt ed it self out, a n d Cycle T ech /Foxl Arai /Vance & H in esthrough th e turns, but using so much Cycl e Tech had th e lead by lap five. back ed Suzuki GSXR750 for 281 laps rear br ake su re makes the rear wheel Cycle Tech was th ere 10 sta y with th e (489.6 mil es) arou n d th e demand in g hop going into co rners." exce p tio n o f th e seco nd hour when 1.6-mil e Loudon ci rc u it. Tea m H amM & M R acin g, on the Ontario they dueled with Hammer a fter th e m er co m p le ted 279 la p s. whil e th ird H onda l AGV Yamaha FJ 1100 r idden two teams put four laps on the rest o f pl ace Speed Bo ys finished wi th 272 by Ben Martinez, Ralph Murphy , th e fi eld . S chlosser s ta r re d for laps. The si x- hour eve nt, sla ted 10 Linda Murphy a nd Laura Angas, H ammer, with O sowski fir st up for sta rt a t no on, was de layed unt il I : 10 took si x th ov er all a nd fir st HeavyCycl e Tech . due 10 a shortage of co rner workers wei g h t P rodu cti on hon ors. A ver y The fir st round o f p it sto ps sa w a nd lat e-sta rting p ractice. ela ted Mart in ez sa id, " We' re rea l H ammer swi tch to Paulk. while Cycle Wh ile th e Suzuki / Bel -Ra y/ Kerkerl ha p py th a t no o ne in o ur class ca ug h t Tech mounted up 17-year-ol d Kocin us. We co u ld do 17s. bUI o ur new rea r Dyn a S I Arai /Emgo Dunl o p -sp on sk i - known to h is team as " Flash ." sh ock rea lly faded . so W t ' wen- do ing sored, G Sl1 50-ba sed H a m m er en try These tw o rider s posted th e fastest 20s and 2 Is. " T his was o n ly th e ridden by R uss Pa u lk. Da ve Schlosser la p ti mes o f th e da y, with Paulk seco nd o utin g for th e tea m . a nd Tim O 'Kenned y was cons ide red cha lkin g up a o ne minute, 12.37 Twenty-two teams fin ished th e race, by m ost 10 be th e pre-race favorit e, second la p , wh il e Kocinsk i ra n a o n e o ut o f 33 sta rters. Of the non-fin ish er s, th e Cycl e Tech entry p roved bett er min ute. 12.65 second fastest lap. The the " Best Try" award has 10 go 10 rh e suited to th e tight and twist y Loudon rest of the ri ders from these teams . F r eed o m Ka wa sa k i-H ond a /P an s circ u it, T h torque a nd ho rsepower were tu rning o ne m inu te, 14 10 15 U n limited /Neiso n Ga m Be ta /T'riof the Ha m m er entry al e up rea r ti res. secon d ci rcui ts. C ity Ka wa saki-sponsored N in ja 600 fo rcing Hammer 10 ma ke a lire cha nge T ea m H am mer wa s o u t fro nt by 12 of Team Wa nker. R idden by Mik e in th e thi rd h o ur a nd th e ch a nge COS I seco nds near th e end o f the second Murph y, Ken Welty, Di ck Blanton th em nearl y IwO la p s. Ad di tional ho u r than ks to P aulk 's q uic k ness problems with a clu tch ho usin g busha nd Da ve Alley, the Wanker entry a n d co ns is tenc y in traffic, bu t th ey ing tha t p opped out ca u sed th e H am spent 52 of th e fir st 117 minu tes in the lost th e lead during a pit sto p , Paulk m er entry 10 be as man y as fou r laps pi ts fix in g cl u tch a nd ove rheating h anded th e bik e to O 'Kenned y. down in the thi rd and fourth hours, p roblem s. Wanker co n ti n ued p ining By the end o f th e third hour, C ycle every five 10 10 laps until the sixth A ga m ble by Cycle Tech o wne r a nd T ech 's leadin g margin h ad g rown 10 hour with overheating. Second in team manager Bill Foster paid o ff as four laps as Hammer changed th e points in th eir class co m ing into th e the team was a ble 10 go th e di stance rea r tire and th en had an unschedrace, Wanker team sp iri ts never sa n k with one se t of tires. " I decided 10 go uled stop to replace a cI ut ch housing despite th eir p roblems a nd a paltry 54 with th e m edium co m p o u nd tires bushing, As Hammer fell back, Paulk laps co m p leted. Perhaps their team 's rather than the harder co m p o u nd wa s given the lion 's sha re of riding T-shin slo ga n sa ys it best: "Unrecommended by Stanley Chan of duties in an attempt to catch Cycle ma tched in method- unequalled in perDunlop. Stanley sa id th e tir e wo u ldn ' t Tech. Pa ul k's aggressive riding got versity-undaunted in defeat-unbeargo more than three hours , so we had back two la ps by the finish, bUI was able in victory." another set ready to go. 1figured we'd not without incident as he gOI into need a so her co mpo u nd to stay up suc h a vicious tank slapper co m in g Results with T eam Hammer," said Foster. out of turn eight th at hi s he lmet shat" T h e set we sta rt ed on lasled just ENDURANCE tered the plexiglass bubble on the OVERAl l: 1. Cycle Tech Rec io g (Suz); 2. Teem fin e." fairing. Hammer (Suz); 3 . Speed Boys (Yam); 4. Team LSR (Hon); 5. Palmer Racing (Yam); 6. M & M Racing Th e dela yed start sa w th e Parts "I got so side ways that 1 though I (Yam); 7. Hacltsa w (Kawl; B. Cycle Speed Racing U nli mi ted z'Metzel er I S pectro/ Ko n iI'd had it ," said P a u lk. " I was look(Vem) ; 9. 5olme. Racing (Yem); 10 . 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