Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Above) Dale Burroughs on Team Lockhart's Ninja. (Below) QuesterSullivan (9) leads CG Racing, FJ 11 00 vs. FZ750. P h ill ips and Burroughs co n tin ue d in th e lead and were a ble to keep Qu ester-Su llivan a t bay into th e seco nd hou r. By th e en d o f th e second h our, L o ckh art a n d Qu csr er remai ned o n th e sa me la p . As th e ra ce neared the halfway point , Phillips p ut a lap o n Quester , who led J eff Atwell , Crai g G aver a nd Courtney Colli ns o n th e CG Ra cing/Pet e's Cvcle Co. Yamaha FZ750. CG , in turn, had a la p o n th e Backroad Bandits ' Suzuki GS750 holding fourth . Ed Key, wh o had co me 10 ride with Ontario , was recruited by Backroad Bandit s. By the fourth hour, the Arai /Bassani/Dun lop/ Russell Performance/ KK Motorcycle Suppl y FJ of Mike Harlow, Bo b Voorh ees and Mike Barenbrugge was making a run of it 10 move back o n th e lead la p . Voorhees , who was having a strong ride o n th e Q u ester-Sul liva n ent ry, said, " O ur brak es ar e gone a n d we really n eed so me sli ck s o n this bi ke." The Bridgeport Kawasaki/Spectro/ Metzel er / Street & Cornpetition Cycl e Ninj a 600 pUI a lap on T eam Visa in th e GTU bail ie with two ho urs to go. " I' ve got a great bun ch of riders a n d I th in k we've cu red o ur heatin g problem s with th e Ninj a, " said team ca p tain Forbes Du guid, addin g . " Pa u l (Mi les), Fr ed Doon a nd Mil es Fr ed erick are going g rea t." Team Lockhart co nt in ued 10 o pe n ground as Ph illips a t o ne point was gai ning two seco nds per lap o n Ques- ter . Quester wa s making their tim e back when Burroughs was ridi ng. " Whe n Quester p assed me, I tried 10 pi ck up my pa ce, but co u ld n' t keep my co ncent ra tio n," sa id Burr o ughs. Burrough s and Tea m Lockhart had so me added exci teme nt wh en Burro ug hs wen t by th e pits slo wi n g and looking a t th e ri ght side o f his bike. " I ran o u t o f gas and co u ld n' t get th e petcoc k turned o n reserve a nd lost my dri ve," sai d Burroughs. The fin al hour had Quester's V oorhees turn up th e wi ck o n the FJ and get ba ck on th e ta il en d of th e lead lap. Fading brak es a nd lack of slicks put th e team back down a lap a t th e fin ish. "Th is is fantasti c. I began m y raCing ca ree r a t Summit Point. My famil y still liv es n earby a nd they are all here tod a y to see us win . The bike ran flaw lessly a ll day ," sa id P h ill ip s. Followin g second place QuesterSu llivan ca me CG Racing , the With row Suzuki /West Alexandri a Amoco / Bassani /ND/Barnell Backroad Bandits en try o f Mall Was hington , Ed Key and Ro ben Bub while fifth overall was the Bill Beesch, Mike Mu r p h y Ge orge Irish Suzuki GS550 of Stock line Dist. / Ross Oi l/Suzu ki of Pal m Beach /Blum H ardware/ Bridgeston e Tires/ Tropi cal Sol ar Srock lin g Racin g en try . • Results OV ERALL : 1. Team lockhart {Kawl; 2 . Quester/ Sullivan Raci ng (Yaml; 3 . CG Raci ng (Yam); 4 . Backroad Ba nd its (Sud; 5. St ock line Racing (Sud; 6. Br idgeport Kaw asaki IKaw l; 7, Team Six tee n (Yam); 8. Team Visa (Yam ); 9. Team Northstar (Hon ); 10 . Retread Racers (Yam) . AMA/CCS U.S. Championship Endurance Road Race Series: Round 11 Summit Point locked up by Lockhart By Randy Marrs SUMMIT POINT, WV, SEPT. 7-8 T eam Lockhart's Wendell Phillips and Dal e Burroughs ro de their Kawasaki 900 Ninja to the ov erall win in the Summit Poin t R acewa y ro u n d. The pair co vered 474 miles in 237 laps on th e two-mi le co u rse du ring th e s ix-h o u r ra ce to beat Quesrer-Sull ivan Raci ng 's Yamaha . FJ IlDO by one lap. Th e Win 14 ma rked th e second of the series for th e Ca lifo rn ia- ba sed t ~am a rid mo ved the m closer to serres pouu lea ders Grc~ ~ 1~ 1!7a nd La rry ? ho~ts onl l.lC Dr. Jo hn s .1 ca m. :\1,?lo G uzzi twm m th e cha mpions hip IIIle chase.. T he ro u nd m ay not go III th e reco rd books as o ne of .the fa~ tes t or closest races, bu t on~ m which th e Lockhart/Dunlop/~hlch ell Wheels/ Perforr.nance l\.Iachll:,e Brakes-sp~ns~)fed Kawy sakl dOOlm.at ed th e en ti re S I X hours. Team Ontario . 1?84 AM A/ C~S U. ~. Enduran ce Ser ies Cha'."p IOns , dl~ n ot even mak e th e g n d . fh e l ea~ s tru.ck ~roke .down ea rly Satu rday m orm~g _00 miles from th ~ tra~k . Dr. J ohn s T earn MOIO:GUZll re ti red after o n l y16 laps of,ra cmg for their second stra ig h t DNf a nd third me chanica l breakdown in th e last th ree ro unds . A field of 28 tea m s began the ra ce with th e T eam Gamma emrydisquali fied just int o th e race for a p it roa d infracti on . At th e gr een , th e hare in th e race was th e Bowm an /M ot or ek Racin g Suzu ki Kat an a whi ch took an ea rly lead over T eam Lockhan a nd Dr. J ohn 's. As th e Kat ana began to bui ld a sligh t lead on L ockh art a nd Guzzi, th e Quester-Su lli van Ya!ll?ha FJIIOO moved ~n lO fo ~rth. Phillips. wh o wa s returrnn g 10 h is home tr ack , began di cing for seco nd wi th Smrz. The Bowrnau/M or ot ek Ka tana soon began smoki ng a nd retired fro m the ra ce o n lap 14. Sm rz took th e lead with Ph ill ips close behind . W ith just 161a p s completed, Smrz brought th e Moro -Cuzzi in to th e pits with a n ai ling m ot o r. " Bang! It -ju st wen t bang," sa id Sm rz, ' '1' g uess we brake a valve spring. It wa s runni ng rea l good a nd I was tu r n i ng 27s, maybe 100 fast. I was goin~ faste r o n the G uzzi th an I' ve ever gone here o n m v Yamaha TZ750. T he trac k is in good sha pe ." Th e Cas t tra r k co u p led wi th th e hi gh ' hea t a nd h u m idi ty became a decidin g factor befo re th e six hours ende d. By th e end o f th e first h our, Lockhart held th e lead th ev would have for the ba la nce of the race fo llowed bv Quester-Su ll ivan. CG Racing's Yam'aha FZ750, Backroad Bandits and Stocklin e Rar ing . Bo th Lo ckh art and Qu est er wer e a la p up o n third and fourth and three laps o n fifth. Th e race in th e GTU class was very close with T ea m Visa 's Ya maha FJ6 00 an d Bridgep ort Kaw a sa ki 's Ninja 600 o n the same lap with Brid gepo rt lead ing. Jon Gray rode Throne /Ropes /Gray's CB11 00 to win at Loudon. AMA/CCS U.S. Championship Endurance Road Race Series: Round 10 TRG wins Loudon By Leon Clark LO UDON, NH , SEPT. 2 The team of Stu Thorne, Tim Ropes and Jon Gray picked up the overall and GTO class wins in the jointly hostedAAMRR and AMA/CCS Championship Cup Series round at Bryar Motorspo rt Pa rk. The Honda e B llOO-mou nted trio completed 265 laps o n the 1.6mil e co u rse in th e six-hour race for a IOta I of '124 mil es a nd fin ished four laps a head of J ohn a nd Tom Sa r torio us a nd th eir T eam Ele- p han t CB750F. Third overa ll and first GTU en tr v was the T eam Un lim- . ited Yamaha 1"J600 o f Gera ld Savage, Bri an O'Sh ea and P aul o uneu-. Riders wh o regu larly co m pe te a t L oudon in th e AAMRR sp rint series domin at ed the race as they swept th e top 10 p laces o ut of 22 en tr ies. GTO

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