Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z 2. St eve Reyn osa. 86 ; 3. J oeSol is. 80 .4. Nigel Gale. 55; 5. Don Btave. 41 ; 6. W hitn ey Blakesl ee. 36; 7 . Ron Sweet. 33 : 8 . Chris Grabau, 27 ; 9 . Ma rk Ingall s, 25; 10 . St eve Schr ader , 24 . KERKER SUPERBIKE POINTS: l. Jim v reeke. 9B; 2. Bob Re in en , 66; 3 . Ear l Rolo ff , 65 ; 4 . Walt Nttto . 55 ; 5 . Kevi n Sch wa ntz , 40; 6 . Todd Br uba ker . 36 ; 7. Ken Apl anap. 22 ; 8 . Doug Tola nd . 16; 9 . Vin ce Costa. 16; 10. WesCooley. 13. o rJl ~ .Murray stars at AscotMX By Jan Boice GA R DENA, CA, AUG. 8 Continental Motosport Club (CMC) number one plate holder . Pete Murra y (M-Sla r) put two p erfect mo w s together tonight J im Vreeke leads Earl Roloff, Lee Fleming and Walt Nitto at t he start ofthe Kerker Superbike race . Vreeke won the race w ith Roloff second . AFMiKerker SUllerbike Series: Round 6 Vreeke wins again By Lori Tyson ROSAMO ND , CA , AUG. 18 Jim Vreeke took his Kerker-sponsored FZ750 Yamaha to a second co n secu tive vic tory in the AFM/Kerker Superbike Series, extending his points lead in the series over Bob Reinen t the Will ow Spring Ameri ca.n Fed eration of . Motorcyclists-rneet. Kaw asaki -mounted Earl Rol o ff fin ish ed seco nd a . 38 a head o f Walt Nit ro. " We put o n some new Lectron carbs. " said Vreek e, "and th ey worked gr eat !" Vreeke put inconsistent . low one-minute. 3 l-second lap times o n his wa y to the win . Vreek e sh ot 10 th e lead at the sta rt, a nd was never seriously cha lle nged from th at point, exce p t by himself. Vreek e was determined 10 get his times into the I:30 range, and ca me close unti l he sl id both en ds o f th e bike i n turn th ree o n th e fourth lap. H e rode troub le free from then o n 10 tak e th e win nearl y 10 seconds a head o f Rol o ff. Rol o ff rode a smoo th race o n his GPz750 Ka wa sa ki, leading fe llow Ka wasak i pi lot Ni tto 10 th e £lag. Lee Flem ing tried again to go th e di stance o n his Ho nd a, bu t as las t time, tire problems too k him out o f th e race. Reinen a lso had . rire trou ble. hi s rubber barely scuffed a t the end of 10 laps. " T he tire turned greasy after / th ree laps," exp lai ne d Rein en . But he held o n 10 tak e fo urth. T ire tro uble also affected the o u tco me o f th e 5DOcc Honda In tercep to r Ser ies. Points lead er R ich ard Moor e crashe d in morn in g practi ce due 10 a p oor ch oice o f tire, an d for a whil e th e o ther racers in the series breathed a liule easier, fig uring he was o u t fo r th e day. Moore didn 't give up qu ite so easi ly - he begged a nd borrowed pa rts 10 fix his inj ured machine, a nd mad e i t 10 th e line. Moore led th e sta rt o f th e race, but Steve Reyn osa swe p t ben eath him in turn two 's swee per o n the seco nd lap . Mark " Ja ws" In gall s held third ullli l 450ccace Bill DeBere g ra bbed th e spot from h im , forci ng Ingalls to battle Ben Williams a nd J oe Solis. Reyn osa proceeded to stretch his lead as Temple City Honda 's DeBere and Tustin Honda's Moore decided second. By the las t lap, though, first through fourth positions were secure, the fight still raging for fifth between In ga lls a nd Will ia m s. William s won .the toss. After th e ra ce. th e top three bik es were 10m do wn 10 check their legalit y. All th ree passed in spectio n. With Paul VanZu yle p ractici ng a t Sears Po int. Ma lco lm Hill had a n ea sy time o f it in th e Yamaha RZ350 Cup, h is o n ly co m pe titio n co m ing from th e 250cc GP class that was run co nc u rre~ t l y . Dave " T he Anima l." Sadowski took th e o vera ll lead o n hI S R S25.0R by. the seco.nd lap ; Hill wa s runn.mg with GP rider Pe.te Carro ll bau f ing for second . That fight rag ed on unt il Carroll lost the back end in turn two a nd crashed hard , kn ocking himself silly . Hi}1 rode al ~ne th e re~t of th e ra ce. Chris McN ellis u sed hi s 250 to di ce wi th RZ350-mo u nt ('d Mall H all , until m ech an ical p robl em s fo rced McN ellis o ut. J ohn Well s a nd :ream Spud' ~J ohn Th ornt on went a t It for second 10 th e RZ C up . and a t th e end Thorton took th e nod. . . Rol o ff rook back -to-ha ck win s 10 th e 600cc a nd Open Modified P roduct ion classes. In th e fiO Occ class Rol o ff sn at ched th e lead from fast N ovi ce St ev e C ard ill o midw a y throug h th e race, and went on 10 tak e th e wi n by a huge margin . N itro rode a lone for th ir d . Mi n icepto r pilots Moore a nd Wh illl ey Blak eslee fo ug ht Ya maha ri der Edd y Ka waguch i in a close match for fourth unti l Blak eslee' s rec urr ing seizure prob lem took h im off th e track. Moo re's h ast il yrepai red H onda beat Ka wa guch i, In th e big bike P rod uct ion ra ce, Rol off fo ug h t off th e ad va nces o f Ma rt y Sharpe a nd FZ750-mo ullled Denn is Smith . Rol off p u rring in fast 1:34 lap tim es o n h is way to victory. Sha rpe fin ish ed j ust ba rely ah ead o f veteran racer Smit h, Sm ith showi ng no ru st after yea rs of specta ti ng. Terry Stat u m a nd his GPz550 Supe rbike sho wed the way 10 th e chec kers in th e 600cc Superstr eet , best in g th e u su all y unbeatabl e Doug T ol and , wh o was jet -lagged from £lying in from a WE RA National Endu rance race held in Atlanta Saturday. T oland, riding his stock FJOOD. had a great race_ wi th Ca rdillo for second . " I Vreeke in victory, crediting new carbs fo r his win. co u ld stay with h im fo r a while," sa id a frustrat ed Ca rd illo ," but I j us t co u ldn 't keep up the pace." To la nd us ed lapped traffic 10 ease h is getaway and secure h is uncus to marv seco nd pl ace troph y. . Rol off took yet a no the r win in th e co m bined Open and 750cc St ock P rod uc tio n, with FZ750-mounted T oland stea ling seco nd overall from (O pen class ) FJ liD O-mounted Sh arp e . T oland dogged Sh arpe unti l th e third lap wh en Sh arpe m ot io ned him by. Nitro . a lso o n a n FZ750. got past Sha rpe un til Sha rpe pi cked up the pace a nd won back his po si tion. Rol off led sta rt to fini sh , but bv th e en d T ol and had sn uc k up 10 WIthin th ree seconds o f him . Sh arpe con ti n ue d in thi rd o vera ll. second O pen class, while NitlO ba II led a pha ntom sw i nga r m prob lem. " So m e th in g broke.' said Nitro la ter. "some thi ng in th e swingarrn. It wo uldn ' t turn rig h t." Nit ro nursed hi s ai ling bik e h ome to tak e th e number two 750cc prize. T he end o f th e rac e da y showed th e return o f o ne of th e m ore amusi ng event s for ri de rs and specta to rs a li ke -the Rela y ra ces. It wa s a run-whatvou-hru ng , swap-riders-each -la p. sixlap blast. The FJ I I00 of Solis! Adams! Adam s finish ed o n top, with th e RZ350 o f T at sum il Ross taking seco nd . On e team swa p pe d riders a nd machines - they rode both an RZ350 a nd a H arl ey Evo lution Pol ice Specia l. It was hila rious, and everyo ne enjoyed it. • Results KERKER SB: 1. Jim vreee e (Yam); 2. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 3. W alt Nin o (Kaw) . HONDA VF500F : 1. Steve Reynosa (Hon); 2. Billy DeB ere (Hon); 3 . Richard Moore (Han). F. l : 1. J im Vreeke (Yam); 2. Dave Sadowski (Hon); 3. Bob Rain.n (Kaw) . F- l : 1. Dave Sadowski (Hon); 2. Dav id Frede r ick (Yam). F-4 : 1. Man W in iarski (Honl ; 2. J ames Sm ith (Hon); 3. Pen Pendleton (Hon). RZCUP; 1. Malcolm Hill (Yam); 2. Man Hall (Yam); 3. John Thornton (Yam). OPEN STK PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw) ; 2. M an y Sharpe (Yam); 3. Cunis Adams (Yaml . 750 STK PROD: 1. Doug Toland (Yam); 2. Walt Nino (Yam ); 3. Scott Johnson (Yam) . 600 STK PROD: 1. Doug Toland (Yam); 2. Steve Card illo (Yam ); 3 . Walt Nino (Yaml. OPEN MOO PROD; 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw ); 2. Marty Sharpe (Yam); 3. Carl Nagy (Yam). 600 MO O PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Steve Card illo (Yam); 3. Walt Nino (Yam). 450 MOO PROD: 1. Stuan Wilk.n (Yam); 2. Steve Flem ing (Yam); 3 . Ed Th iele (Yam ). OVER40 : 1. Ray Adams (Hon); 2. Bill Pric.(Yam); 3 . Peter Poland (Kaw) . OPEN "tWINS: 1. Ron Bartels (H· D). 750 "tWINS: 1. Curtis Adams (Hon). F· SINGLE: 1. Scon waters (Yam). 450SS: 1. Malc olm Hill (Yam); 2. Man Hall (Yam); 3 . M ike Cro ugh (Yam). 600 SS: 1. Terry Stat um (Kaw); 2. Doug Toland (Yam); 3. 5t . v. Cardillo (Yam). 750 SS: 1. Ray Adams (Hon); 2. Carl Nagy (Suz). OPEN SS: 1. Bill Ban.ls (H-D). SIDECARS: 1. Ber ni. Sloa ns /St.... Gerbi no; 2. Phil W ilson/Mike Step hen (Kaw); 3. William Burke l J ames MacAlpine (Hon). HONDA VF500F POI.NTS: 1. Richard Moore. 90; in th e fifth ro un d o f th e FMF Sum mer Se ries an d took hom e th e top money in the 500cc P ro cla ss. In th e first m oto Dav e Foltz (Han), Mike M eMillen (Han ), a nd Ron Turn er (Ca g) were fir st o u t o f th e ga te. but a bo u t 200 yards into th e race Turner pulled o ff th e track with a m echani ca l problem a nd Foltz went down hard o ver th e tables. That put McMi llen into the number o ne spo t and Murray int o seco n d . On lap three Murray powered pas t McMillen o n th e roc ke rs a nd a bobble by McM ill en let Sha wn T racy (H a n) a nd Dan Berg (H a n) by a lso. Murrav rode a flaw less race a nd h ad bu ilt up a 10 bi kelengt h lead by the time he took th e chec kered £lag . Tracy was second, foll owed closcl y by Berg a n d McM illen . In th e second m oto Murra y ca me o u t of th e gate in first a nd stayed out in front right down to th e £lag. Berg ra n in seco n d for th e first two laps. but cou ldn 't hold o ff a det ermined Mc1\rillen . McMillen took a welldeserv ed seco nd a nd a seco nd o vera ll. Berg held o n 10 third and took third o vera ll while Tracy brought up fou rt h a nd fini shed fourth overall. T he 250cc Intermed iate co ntest was an in tense d uel between Chris Bo ice (H a n) a nd Gary Goforth ( H o n). The first m o to looked as if it belonged 10 series poi III leader J o hn Garcia (H a n), but a knee inju ry for ced him out o f the ra ce in th e fo u rt h la p . Boi ce took o ver th e lead with Gofort h and David Stablein (Ha n) ho t a fte r h im . Boice m ain tained his lead to th e fin ish line - Goforth a nd Siablci n we nt across second a nd third . Goforth was first off th e li ne in th e seco nd round . Stablein, R ia lm ir Berrogn a (H o n ), an d Bo ice were in tow, but a hard hail o ver th e cra shwa ll doubl es took St ablei n o ut of th e top five. Boice pi cked off Bert og na o n th e fourth la p a nd took off after Goforth with one lap to go. T he two riders were wheel-t o-wheel, making con tact severa l times in a dash to th e finish lin e. It looked as if Goforth had it in th e bag unt il th e la st tu rn before the finish wh en Gofort h wen t wide and Bo ice sli p pe d by o n th e in sid e 10 take the wi n. Goforth was seco nd, Bertogna was thi rd a nd S teve Coster (H a n) was fourth. Bo ice's I-I gave h im th e o vera ll, Go forth 's 2-2 put h im in seco n d, a nd Coster cruised in to th ir d o vera ll with a 5-4. H onda rider Don Wil son won both mot os in th e 500cc Beginner cla ss, but no t without so me serio us co m pe tit ion from Ron Wood (Han ). Wood got th e hol eshot in th e first rnoro a n d had Wil son lir er y breathin g down all hi s neck for the enti re race. Ri ght before th e chec kered £lag Wilson passed Wood a nd to ok th e win . Gary Sch rec he ng os t (Han) rode in third p osit ion from th e sta rt to th e fini sh line. Wilson Ilew out o f th e ga te at th e sta rt of th e second moto with Wood right beh in d h im . pushing the two front runners way out ahead of the rest of the pack. Jim Clark (H o n) made up for a sta lled bi ke in the first

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