Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Human Race Team 's Kurt Hall (2) passes Team Suzuki late in t he race; the Humans finished third overall. a ll it would do was delay me for a few laps," Pol en said. " I was even more determined 10 win after that." Pol en steadily pulled away from Harth, Chivin gton and Zampach to lake a n easy win in A Production. Polen 's bikes were running Dunlop K591 tires; Dunlop seems to be chall enging Michelin 's long standing production racing tire domination almost so lely on the sh oulders of Polen . • Results Dreyer Racing f inished seventh overall while w inning the Mediumweight Production class at Blackhawk. Dreyer Racing made a NASCAR like pit sto p o n their last sto p and Gen e Burcham went ba ck o u t to lak e the Mediumweight Production win. " 1 d on 't th ink we ' re doing 100 badl y," said Dreyer Ra cin g 's Gary J effri es. " In two years Dreyer Racing has entered four endurance races and we've won twice a nd took second twi ce." Up from H arth was insuring a Suzuki win by turning quick lap tim es e ven th ough the Suzuki front wheel was another victim of the a lligato r bumps a nd had a large demo Lu ckil y for the team the from tir e didn't go flat like Solmax Racing's had . The fierce race in th e H eavyweight P rodu cti on . class ca rried Genesis Racing and The Human Race T eam past Team Gamma in th e last hour. Gen esis, la ki ng full ad vantage o f the rul es, was running slicks (a llowed in WERA production rules until p roduction-based race ti res a re ava ila ble for the Yamaha FZRlOOO) a nd had a 150cc ad van tage o n Human Race's Yamaha FZR750. The diff erence a t th e checkered flag was 16 seconds betw een the teams. An interesting side not e in th e ou tcome of th e race was th at four manufacturers were represented in th e top 10. Saturday's practice in th e endurance race paid off for Polen during Sunday's sp rin t action. Pol en won both th e A and th e B Producti on races on his Texas H yperforman cel AG VI D u n lo p -sp o n so red Suzuki GSXRs. Polen didn't have a n easy tim e of winning, especia lly in B Production. In th e heat race Pol en jumped th e start a nd was do cked a lap. If that was n' t eno ugh, Donnie Row e acci den tally ran into Pol en o n th e cool down la p causi ng Po len 10 cras h. Pol en 's helmet, fa ce and leathers were covered with dust, a nd he only had a few minutes to ge t read y for th e A Production ra ce. Anyon e would have understood if Polen would have decid ed to skip the race, but th e undaunted T exan went out a nd soundly beat th e field. In the B P rod uction fina l Polen started on th e last row, but after slicing through the field he passed leaders Chivi ngton, John Eidenberger a nd finally Harth on the las t two laps to take a sp ecta cular comefrom-behind win. "When th ey put me on th e back row I told them (track offi cials ) th at ENOUR: 1. Team Suz uki (Suz); 2. Ge nesis Racing (Yam ); 3. Hum an Race Team (Yam); 4. Team Gamm a (Suz); 5. Team Racerback (Kaw); 6. Cycle Speed (Yam); 7. Dreyer Racing (Han); 8 . Team Veolocity(Hon ); 9 . Team Indy (Yam); 10 . Team Next Door #2 (Kaw) . HIW S/BK: 1. Team Suzuki Hammer (Suz); 2. Team Gam ma (Suzl ; 3. Team Racerba ck (Kawl. M /W S/B K: 1. Team Vel ocity (Han); 2. Team Breeze (Han); 3. M uenks (Yam). H/W PROD: 1. Gen esis Racin g (Yam); 2. Human Race Team (Yam ); 3. Team Indy (Yam). M /W PROD: 1. Dreyer Raci ng (Han); 2. Team St . l ouis (Han); 3 . PDa Racin g (Yam ). LIW: 1. Team Next Door #2 (Kaw); 2. Or ient Express{Ya m); 3 . Team FBI (Kaw ). SPRINT A PROD EX: 1. Doug Pole n (Suz); 2. M ike Harth (Suz); 3. Dan Chiv ington (Suz). A PROD NOV: 1. David Probst (Suz); 2. Mi tch Port er (Suz); 3. Sam Salaj a (Han). B PROD EX: 1. Doug Pol en (Suz); 2. Mike Harth (Suz); 3 . John Eidenberger (Suz). B PROD NOV: 1. Mitch Port er (Suz); 2. Robert Reed (Kaw) ; 3. Ron Widman (Suz). C PROD EX: 1. Ed Key (Han); 2. Jed Kimla (Han); 3. Bob Meurer (Honl . C PROD NOV: 1. Robert Reed (Kaw) ; 2. Steve Ross (Yam); 3. Gary Jellries (Han). o PROD EX: 1. Criag Batt ershell (Kaw); 2. Johnny Copeland (Kaw) ; 3 . Andy Fenwick (Yam). D PROD NOV: 1. Matthew Winnacker (Kaw ); 2. Graig Renck IKaw); 3. Dan Probst (Kaw ). . A S/B K: 1. J ohn Eidenberger (Yam); 2. Scott Zam pach (Suz): 3. Denn is Martin (Yam). B S/BK EX: 1. Donn ie Rowe (Suz); 2. John . Eidenberger (Yam); 3. Scott Zampach (Suz). . B S/B K NOV: 1. David Probst (Suz); 2. George Tapscott ; 3 . Micha el Hunter (Suz). C S/B K EX: 1. Ed Key (Han); 2. J ed Kim la (Han); 3. Gene Brucham (Honl. C S/ BK NOV : 1. Gary J ellries (Han); 2. Alan Bert agn oli (Yam); 3 . Chr is Muenks (Yam). o S/ BK EX: 1. Scott Reavis (Yam); 2. Craig Batt ershell (Kaw ); 3. Johnny Copeland (Kaw) . o S/B K NOV: 1. David Darabosh (Yam); 2. Ma tthew Wi nnacke r (Kaw); 3 . Crai g Renck (Kaw) . FF-l EX: 1. Jo hn Eidenb erger, (Yam); 2. Greg Comstock (Suz); 3. Denn is M art in (Yam). F-2 EX: 1. Paul Mill s (Hon); 2. Bru ce Pet erson (A rm); 3. M ar k W iesboeck (Han). F-2 NOV : 1. Charles l ang (Due); 2. Troy Ken erly; 3. R.H. Tappascott (Han) . F-3 EX, 1. James Fit zgerald (Due); 2. Paul Oppegaar d (Han); 3. M ark Weisboeck (Han), VINT 2: 1. Rand y IIIg (Nor); 2. M ike Comfort (BSA). VINT 3 : 1. Roger Ch ri sten sen (BSA); 2. Don Paru s (Nor); 3 . Randy IIIg (Tri n). _ ClBMN EX: 1. Chuck Mathis (Yam); 2. Roger Christe nsen (BSA); 3 . Howard Spit son (Kaw). CLBMN NOV: 1. R.H. Tappscott (Han); 2. Brian 'Pr itz (Han).

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