Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

kept up the pace by scoring his fourth win. Ermolenko had to win his final race - it looked as if his chance of forcing a run-off had gone when he was ou tgated by Swede Jan Andersson, but Ermolenko swept past on the outsid e as th ey went into the third lap and th en survived a tricky moment on the last turn before clinching his pl.ace in th e three-man decider with a WIn. Although h e had to take third berth on th e presentation rostrum, Ermol enko wa s delighted. "It has been pretty hard for me, because I haven 't been riding in England this yea r," sa id Ermolenko. "I had some trouble wi th my motors in th e World Team Cup final at Long Bea ch and I was a bit worried a bo u t m y cha nces, but my oid buddy Bobby Schwartz ca me to my aid. "He found me a go od eng ine which was spe ciall y tuned by Eddie Bull h ere in Engla nd, a nd it worked p er fectl y. I kn ew what was need ed , I just had to go out th ere a nd do it. I was delighted." Ermol enko has turned down th e chance of finishing th e seaso n with Coventry in th e British League. H e wants to co nce n tra te o n th e qualifying rounds o f the Am eri can National cha m pions h ips and will be returning to th e Sta tes a fter th e th ree-match test series agai ns t Engla nd . Moran, who wa s listed as favori te foll ow ing h is successes a t Odsal in th e World Pa irs sem i-fina l an d th e Overseas ro u nd of the cha m pionsh ips, was di sappo inted but h e had n o exc uses . " It just wa sn 't m y da y, I co u ld n' t put m y ac t to gether ," said Moran an d th e sa me applied to Lance King, second in th e Inter-Continental . fin al , a nd to J ohn Cook. G undersen was a good wi n ne r. It took a lot of co u ra ge a nd de termi nation to figh t back a fter h is first-race setback, bu t wi th th ree-time worl d champion Ol e O lsen in his co rn er to get h im back o n th e righ t tra il, the title was a lways in h is sights. The cha m p io n kept the world press wa iti ng at the usual pos t-ma tch co n feren ce. T he three winners had to have a forma l drugs-tes t med ical and whi le Ermo len ko and Nielsen made an ea rly appearance th ere was a m yster iou s a n no u nc eme n t that G u nders en had been dela yed. Wh en a reli eved cha m p ion fin all y appeared, h e ex p lained he h ad diffi culty in suppl yin g th e necessar y sa mple. It took tw o bottles o f Co ke, two pints o f water a nd a runn in g shower to get him sta rted . Kelvin Tatum, th e o n ly represen tative o f Engla nd in th e final on h is home territory, faded badl y a fter winning h is fir st heat and finished eig h th with eigh t points. The bottom five places in the score cha rt were all filled by the qualifiers from the Eastern zon e, including 1983 cham p ion, • West Ge rman Egan Muller. ~ ~ ..~ Team Ontario Current AMA Endurance Champions Win With SPECTRa., SPECTRO Lubricants team up with Team Ontario in the AMA 'Cham Pionship C up Endurance Road . Racing Series. The winners, teams like Team Ontario who consistently bring home the checkered flag, rely on and recommend SPECTRO Lubricants for performance and reliability. We can't guarantee that you will win every race because you use SPECTRO Lubricants but you will never DNF from lubricants failure . BPEOTHO SPECTRa OILS OF AMERICA Route 7, P.O. Box 208, Brookfield, CT 06804 (203) 775-1291 Results OVERAll.: 1. E,;k Gu ndersen (13); 2. Hans N;elsen 113); 3 . Sam Ermolenko(1 3); 4 . (TIE) Sh awn Moranl Kai Niem ilTommy Knu dsen (10) ; 7 . John Cook (9); 8. Kelvin Tatum (8); 9 . (TIE) Jan Pedrsen / J an Andersson (7 ); 11 . Lance King (6); 12. Egon Muller 15) 13. Armando Castagna (4); 14 . mEl Viktor Kuz ; netsovlZoltan Adorja n (2); 16. Karl Maier (1). HEAT DETAILS 1: Tatum , 61 .9 seconds. Muller. Kuznetsov . Castagna. 2: Mora n 62 .1. N iem i, M aier , Cook (fe ll -re mo unt ed). 3 : Pedersen 60 .5 . Knudsen . Ander sson . Ki ng . 4 : Niels en 60.4. Erm olen ko. Gundersen . Ad orjan . 5 : Ermo lenk o 60.2. Knudsen . M or an . Tatum . 6 : Gundersen 60.0, Cook. Peder se n, Ku znetsov. 7 : Niel sen 60.3. King , M ull er, Ma ier. 8 : Niemi 6 1.7, Castagna, And ersson , Ad orj an . 9 : Cook 61 .0, King. Tatum, A dor jan . 10 : Niel sen 60 .1, And er sson , M or an , Kuznetso v. 11: Gun dersen 60 .0, Niem i, Knudse n. Muller ONF. 12: Ermol enk o 61 .6 , Castag na, Pedr sen , Ma ier . 13 : Gunder sen 59 .3, Tatum. A ndersson . M aier . 14 : Niem i 60 .4, Erm ol en ko. Kin g, Kuz netsov. 15: Moran 61 .0, Muller . Peder sen, Ad orj an . 16 : Cook 60.1, Muller, Pedcersen , Adcorja n. m. 17 : Nielsen 60.2. Tatu Pedersen. Niem i. 18: Knudsen 60.6. Adorjan. Kuznetsov , Ma ier . 19: Erm ol en ko 6 1.3. An der sson. Cook Muller . 20: Gundersen 60.7, M or an , King. Castagna. RUN-OFF: Gundersen 59 .9. Nielsen. Ermolenko. SHOE' Wins Two At Brainerd ALAN LABROSSE Wins his first Camel Pro Series AM A Formula One National at Brainerd International Rac ew ay , MN wea ring a SHO EI Helmet. SHO EI Rider JO HN KO CINSKI Wins the Br ainerd Formula Two race and takes a commanding 10 point lead in the F-II standings . Forcomfort andConfidence ALAN LABROSSE IIIIdJOHN KOCINSIU reI, on . • • ~HO EI. Th e Choice of Champions SHOEI SAFETY HElMET C OR PO RATION 2 2 2 8 Cotner, Los A ng eles, CA 9006 4 (2 1 3) 477 -6051 t;: ,- !; ... , 19 .

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