Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Rueban McMurter (2 4) and Art Robbins were this close t hroughout t he 750cc Superbike ra.ce at Sha nnonville. Robbins took the w in. S.B .S. deliver maximum braking per forma nce for streetldirt/3 +4 w heel motorcycles. (Kaw); 3. Jason Linn (Suz); 4 . David Picarella (Kaw); 5 . Lincoln Morehead (Suz). J R MINI : 1. Keith Troccoli (Kaw) ; 2. James Glynn (Yam); 3 . Chr is Robson (Hon); 4. Francisco Sierra (Yam); 5. Chad Loiodice (Han). SOJR : 1. Jason Sell (Kaw) . SO 12 -13 : 1. Tony Sonace(Hon); 2. Sen Fraley (Kaw); 3 . Eric Penick (Yam). 80 14 -15 : 1. Gene Kelley (Han); 2. William Ketene (Kawl; 3 . Bruce Stei nfurth (Hon). 125 A : 1. Mike Jo nes (Yam); 2. John Mc Oeavin (Cag); 3 . Sarney Sarnett (Han). Jones dominates SundanceMX (Kaw) ; 3. Srad Quear. 12 5 B: 1. Dave McDeavin (Cag); 2. Ed Sny~ (Kaw) ; 3 . Billy Pen ick (Yam). 12 5 C: 1. Scan Sassett (Han); 2. Kun K' res (Yam); 3 . Chris Grasso (KTM). 250/0PEN A : 1. M ike jones (Yam); 2. Cra ig Manin IHu s); 3 . Ma rk Hum mer (Hon). By Peggy Adamic ~ Exper ience American Motorcyclist Mag azine every month; Touring, Racing, Technical ~ Jo in and unders tan d the fi ght to pro tec t your motorcycling rights; Road and o tt-Road ~ Plus: Insuranc e, Discounts, Trip Routing, Free Rule Books and ' Law Charts Call today to join or request inform ation kit. AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION IN O H I O C AL L 8 0 0 AMA 4 ~ 61 .HUGE STOCK - LOW PRICES EXPERIENCED STAFF Why Buy Anywhere Else? BELLFLOWER YAMAHA 36 10.401 Alond... Bellf lower. CA ( 2 13) 925-5097 NEDLY, OH, MAY 3 On a day wh en the rain would not stop, . Yamaha /G ear Ra ce wearbacked Mike J on es took to th e track a nd rode flawl essly, taking bot h the 125 and 250cc/Open A class wi ns at Sunda nce MX Par k. . Man y of th e 140 riders, so me befor e, some during and some afte r the ir first mot o s, packed it u p a nd went hom e. Race promoters talk ed to ri ders and made the decision tha t, fo r sa fety reasons, du e to track cond itions, no second mot os would be run. By race tim e, th e ear ly morn in g drizzle had becom e a steady downpour as J ones grabbed th e lead a t th e sta rt of the first 125cc A class mo ta , foll owed by J ohn McDi vitt, Barney Barnett a nd Steve Gardin er. T he four rid ers held their po sit ions through o ut th e eight-lap rn oto as J on es ran up a 27-second lead a nd then too k the class wi n. Seven rid ers had signed up for th e 250cc/Ope n A class, but a t th e start of the first mota , a n iy four bik es a ppeared a t the line. Once agai n, it was J on es o ut front in the first turn a nd he rem ained th ere for th e ent ire race, running u p a sizeable lead over second pl ace fin ish er Craig Ma rtin. Terry Deliman was the wi nner in the 250cc B class. Del irnan had h is work cut out fo r h im as the Hondamounted rider had to start backwards after he j umped the ga te a nd a fal se start was called. Chris Kriebel took th e ea rly lead on th e restart followed by Rick Boepple a nd Bria n Doran . Within the first lap, Deliman was in secon d pl ace, hav ing p icked .o ff riders through ever turn . H alf way through the mot a , Delim an was in total control. After passi ng Kriebel , Deliman built lip a six-seco nd lead as Doran pressu r ed Kri eb el fo r second, a battle Doran won on the final lap. The Senior I class was a battle to see who co uld stay on two whee ls. "Ken Frankenberry lead th e group of rid ers through three and a half laps. close ly foll owed by Terry Delima n a nd H arold Dahrin Ger. Fra n ken berry lost the lead 10 Deliman a nd Dahringer as he slid o ut in the m ud. Delirn an the n pro ceeded to cras h a nd lose the lead to Dah ringer. Results P/W: 1. J esse Atkinson IYam); 2. J a son Kin ley (Yam ); 3 . Larry Rust (Yaml . 60 JR: 1. Mall Man~olf (Kaw); 2. Randy Soloman IKawl; 3 . Kevin Thompson (Kaw l. 125 S8 : 1. Tony Bonaee (Kaw); 2. Brian Jones 250 B: 1. Terry Deliman (Hon); 2. Brian Doran (Han); 3. Chr is Kr iebel (Suz). Robbins nips McMurter at Shannonville RR By Jeremy Fleming SHA N NO NVIL L E, ONT, CAN ADA, MAY 3 Art Robbins gave th e new Canadian Rothmans Honda Superbike Team a winning debut by beating Rueben McMurter'sl'amaha by in ch es in the Pro 750cc Su perbike feature of th e McBride Cycle Cup, th e open ing even t of th e nine-race Motoplan/ Castrol East ern Canada Challenge Series held a t Sh annon vill e. McMurter' s Yamaha FZR750R, running a new style motor in place of the engine tha t put " the Rueb" o ut of the Match Races in England, was a rocket a nd none of the others cou ld keep up on Shannonville's new back straight. A heat race victory co nfirmed th e machine's sp eed, and McMurter dul y got th e lead a t the start of the final. But Robbins was hungry, even thou gh his new Rothmans, North Amer ican . Va n Lin es/Castra l! T ree n /S hoe i / M i ch el in / Sh ellbac ked Intercept or was getting its first run. Built in U.S. HRC headquarters by Leimer and Bush Engineering along with th e machine of tea mm a te Paul Ma cMillan , . the VFRs bristl ed with tri ck parts but were sho rt o n development time. The handling was sorted by Sunday, but more motor wo uld hav e to wai t. Ev en so, R obbin s pushed by McMurter go ing into th e tricky, decreasing radius double a pex turn four o n lap one, a nd th e leading pair ra n way wide. Former ' Canadian cha m p MacMillan dove for the in sid e, but th e McMurter/Robbins pair sq uared off the turn leaving MacMillan nowh ere to go. MacMillan tried th e front brake, washed out, a nd slid to a sto p unhurt. The lead ing pair used MacMillan 's misfortune to break away from the pack. Robbins got by McMurter a co u p le o f tim es. but McMu r te r wo u ld always power by. Happy with hi s mo tor, McMurter was hampered by a poor selection of tires th at forced him to run rubber he had used in En gl and. Even so, McMurter a ppea red to be in ·the dri ver's seat. After trailing McMurter by a few bike lenghts, at best, for th e second half of th e race, Robbins was right with the lead er go ing into the last lap. H e mad e it around McMurter going into turn four, a nd held him off th rough the new back sectio n of the circui t. Wh en they hit th e turn 10 ha irp in a nd following back stre tch, however, McMurter n ew by. Robb in s lost eig ht bike lengths on the stra ig h t, bu t pulled even with McMurter and o ut-bra ked him going into th e ultra-tight turn 14-1 5 pairing, th e final two corners. McMurter used a n early apex to cut in side Robbins and get th e earl y drive, but cam e up inches sh ort at the finish. " Art the Dart" got th e win. McMurter was surprised, and even came around to get the checkered nag for the traditional victory lap after the cool-off. His onl y solace came from the Pro Open (F-I) event held earlier in th e da y, when he took a clear win over Maclvlj llan in a race Robbins chose not to enter. Results AM 125 GP: 1. john Vit o (Han); 2. M ike Busby (Yam ); 3 . Tom W oodley (Han). AM F-2: 1. Den Stan (C·A); 2. Geoff Davies (Han); 3 . John Bickle (Yam). AM 400 PROD: 1. M ark Lloyd (Han); 2. Rich ard Cret e (Ho n~ 3. Ste phen Maxey (Han). A M 600 PROD: 1. Ken Cooper (Suz); 2. Benoi t' Pil on (Suz); 3 . Rob Tronier (Suz). A M 750 PROD: 1. Jean· Francois Leclerc (Suz); 2. Jean Bouret (Kaw); 3. Senoit Pilon (Suz). AM 750 S/ BK: 1. Mike Marcelli (SUl); 2. J .F. Leclerc (SUl); 3. Jean Bouret (Kaw). AM OPEN : 1. Glynn Lloyd (Suz); 2. Mike Marcedlli (Suz); 3 . J .F. Lecl erc . VINT: 1. Frank Mrazek (Han); ~. Gary McCaw (Due); 3 . TIm Wood (Due). S/CAR : 1. Kevin Gale/Mike Hanel (Yam); 2. John & Art Da ile y (Yam ); 3 . Pau l Cairoli /Martin Hagg (Suz). son: 1. Larry Strung (BMW>; 2. Frank M razek ( H o n~ 3 . Gary McCaw (Due). PRO 125 GP: 1. Dana Green (Han); 3 . Lucas Roskell(Hon); 3 . A I Ferg uson (Han). PRO F·2: 1. Jon Cornwell (Yam); 2. AI Ingli s (Rtx~ 1 3 . Paul Chapelle (Han). PRO 600 PROD: 1. Eddy Srunet (Suz); 2. AI Royer (Suz); 3. Dan Johnson (Suz). PRO 750 PROD: 1. Norm Murphy (Kaw); 2. Jean ' Paquet (Han); 3. A I Royer (SUl ). PRO OPEN PROD: 1. Jean Paquet (Han); 2. M ichael Griffiths (Suz); 3 . Tim J oh nson (Han) YAMAHA RZ CUP: 1. James Pietsch (Yam ,-2Paul MacMillan (Han). 3 . .Jean-Luc Cabana (502). PRO 750 S/BK FEA: 1. An Robbins (Hon ~ 2. Rueben McMuner (Yam ); 3 . Norm Murphy (Kaw); 4. Bob Bergman (Han); 5. Jean Paquet (Han); 6 . M ichael Griffiths (SUl) ; 7. Ton i Sharpless (Yam); 8. Kath leen Coburn (Suz); 9 . M ike Walsh (Suz); 10 . Bryce Dowler (Suz). Tresser wins lodi Cycle Bowl TT By.M ikki McBride LODI, CA, MAY 10 On a hot and dusty Mother' s Day a t th e Lodi Cycle Bow I, And y Tresser o n hi s well -tuned Yam ah a rode 1.0 victor y in bo th the 500cc Expe rt and th e P ro-Am classes . In the 500cc Expert race, Scott Cha ppell o n hi s Ro tax was firs t off the line a nd into the long sweeping curve goi ng in to the sharper tree turn on the 'TT tra ck. Chappell oversho t th e turn and had to take a long way _ around th e o uts ide of the hay bal es. That move put Andy Tresser in the lead wh er e h e s tayed for th e remainder of the race wh ile Chappell ended up a t the back of th e pack. Rob ert Damron o n hi s Rotax held on to second pl ace for severa l laps until he went 100 wide in the tight switch-back on turn four com ing ou t of th e infi eld . This opened up room for J ohn Hl ebo on a Yam ah a and Kris Kiser on a H onda to come through 10 tak e over second and third, respectively. Coming ou t of turn five, goi ng into turn six, Kiser mad e a beautiful pa ss o n th e o utside of Hl ebo to tak e over second pla ce a t th e chec kered flag fo llowed by Hl ebo in th ird , Damron in fourth and Crai g Johnso n in fifth . Onl y eig ht riders showed up for the Pro-Am class, bu t T resser was first all the way wi th Kiser and Damron battl in g it o ut for second. Kiser took Dam ron for second followed by Dean Brook s fo urth and

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