Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Rol off maintained his 1:31/1:32 la p average for another two laps bu t th en started to back off the pace going in to lap eight. " The chain was cha ttering really bad in the second half of the race and I slow ed down in th e last coup le of laps because of th at ," sa id th e 30-year-old from Spring Vall ey, California . " T he ,chain had tighten ed up a lot and I was starting to worry about it." Desp ite hi s cha in -saving slo w do wn , Roloff was still o u t in front by a comfortabl e three seconds over Emde wh en he swep t in to take th e ch ec kere d flag and th e $1000 wi nner's sha re of th e purse, with Do may finishing just a few feet beh ind Emd e to take third. Roloff, whose win and second pl ace finishes puts him out in front In the series po ints race, was pl eased with hi s performan ce. " T he bike ra n realIy good and the .Dunlop tires worked reall y welI too - they go t us to th e winner 's circle again," he said. "The trac k is pretty slick a nd there's a bit of rubber and q uite a bit of oi l ou t th ere from the car s racing, but everyth ing worked good and I had a good ra ce. " T o be honest, not having Scott (Gray) in the ra ce prob abl y let me win," said Ro loff, who wanted to thank Dun lop , Coors, Cycle Rider a nd hi s mechanic, Kevin Thompson. " It felt good to be running o ut in front all th e time. I' m not tryi ng to hang in there when I ra ce - I' m trying to win." Second p lace fini sher David Em de was " one happy gu y" after the race. " It was a pretty good ra ce,'; said the Curt J ordan Engines/Miller Americ an /Dunl op/ Ara i/Cycle R ider sponsored racer. " I got the lead and I was really happy abo ut that, but I knew Earl (Ro loff) had so me extra horsepower. I fig ured that once he went by me I' d just try to stic k with him. My p lan was to stick on h is tail a nd not worry abo u t who was com ing up beh ind me." _ Emde said he made some changes to hi s Suzuki after ro und one's fifth place finish . "We put Car ill o rod s in th e bik e, modified th e head to give -us more compression and we tried a different front tir e," he sai d. " It seemed to work a lo t better. We did our homework a nd it paid off. I was a bit di scouraged by fifth place last time, but I'm just go ing to keep working my way u p a nd I m ight just win one of th ese." Doma y, wh o, once again, too k third on hi s Suzuki GSXR7 50, also made some p re-race changes. " We put a new pi pe o n wi th bi gger diam eter tu bes and moved th e power band up to the top end," the 24-yearold said (Michelin Tires/Suzuki of Gl endal e/Yoshimura ). " I was really h app y with the bi ke. The th ing was runni ng really good, th e Yoshimura pipe worked reall y good and th e Michelin tir es wor ked reall y good for what the co nditio ns were." Domay said hi s biggest problem will be keep ing th e pace going in th e up-coming ro unds. " I shou ld be running second in th e points at the mom ent, bu t it 's goi ng to be hard to stay th ere," he said. "Emde's ~ot a rea lly stro ng bik e and he 's getting used to it, and Jim Vreeke's starting to come back and h is bike's runnin g stro ng. If I don 't ge t tir es a nd more power soon, I' m going ~o "fall away. That's just the wa y It I S. Vreeke got th e jum p o n Adams ' n itro-pow ered Yam aha goi ng into tu rn o ne on the eig ht h la p and held him off in th e final two laps to take fourth overall. _ e raciest ontee ( Scenesnever before sJwwn... • Our cameras were on hand for the Suzuki GSX National Cup -R Series final at Road Atlanta.They ' were there to capture the action as 165 of the seasons top grass rootslevelqualifiers gathered together to go at it for the glory and the money: $40,000 worth. On May 17, you'llwant to tune . in the Nashville Network Cable to see it all: the pre-race excitement, interviews with the riders, and some of the most breathtaking close-uproadracing footage you've ever witnessed.The result is a program with action so graphic, you may neversee anything like it on televisionagain. J SHOWTIMES: Pacific: 7AM, llAM, & 8PM Eastern: l O M, 2PM, & llPM A Right on, Suzuki $ SUZUKI. B 'R A K E S OFFICIAL BRAKES OF WERA ENDURANCE SERIES CONGRATULATIONS scon To Sol Max Racing USA's RUSSELL on wiimlng the WERAlSuzukl GSX-R750 Series race at Pocono, PA May 3, 1987. RUSSELL uses EBC 323 GG compound racing brake pads. scerr Results F-USA: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Oavid Emde (Yam); 3. James Oomay (SUl); 4. J im Vr eeke (Yam); 5. Cunis Adam s (Yam). s Hy- Tech Motorcycle Components • ASK FOR EBC BRAKES ATYOUR LOCAL DEALER 12860 Bradley Ave., Sylmar, CA 91342 • (818) 36 2-740 8

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