Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ L.A. SLEEYE Co., POWER Products Division Illi nois-based Second City Racing claImed third at ~e.mphis Motorsports Park. making it a Suzuki sweep of the top three positions. "T he heat 's not really bothering me " sa id South Florida's Rick Sh~w. " I do all my training in weather like this in Miami, so I'm used to th e heat. 1 would like a coo l vest, though . 1 s~e a. coup le .of guys using th em . We re Just trying o ur best to be consistent a nd will try a nd go the distan ce o n th e tires we have , on. " After losin g 30 laps in th e p its to make repairs to their Suzuki that was damaged in th e cras h, Kayo got back into th e race in an attemp t to collect some valuable points , but then soo n pitt ed and retired for good. " My kn ee and foot hurt real bad from whe n 1 cras hed. We need th e poin ts, but 1can 't see tryi n~ to finis h th e way it 's running," said Kayo's Kevin Rentzell , T he Kendall O illSu perTrapp/ RSClKMW System s/Cycle R iders/ RK Yamaha FZ600 of Paul Smith Racin g had mo ved into the GTU class lead over Cu stom Design and Kayo GTU was a clo se third. H yper-C ycle co ntinued to charge back fro m th eir cras h , ge ring around South Florida for ..seco nd behind leader Lockhart. On lap 56 th e Sloans Cycle/Kayo Corpo rati on /Yokoh am a /D . I. D/ GS /Cycl e Performan ce/ Shoei / Au to-Litre/Kerker-sponsored Kayo GTU Honda ca ug h t a nd passed Cu stom' Design for second In th e GTU class , still a lap down on class . leading Paul Smith Racing. H yper-Cycle's charge came to an end on lap 67 after a second a:ash. " I was going ar ound a slow er rider, he moved Wide into my line, and it developed into a slow crash ," said Carry Andrews. . Nearing th e halfway POIn.t, Lockhart still led South Florida had moved back i~to second, High T ech was third, Second City fourth , ~nd the Paul Smith entry was fifth overall, first in GTU. Only three teams - Lockhart, South Florida and High T ech were on the lead lap at th e end of 75 laps, but three laps later Lockhart had lapped th e field. By lap 81, Kayo had moved arou!1d Paul Sm ith for th e GTU lead with the Calam ar i Racing Yam ah a FZ600 ridden by Bill fteesc.h and ] o!J.n France movin g in to thud with Mik e . Sturdevant and Andy Deatherage-on - . th e Asphalt Aviators Yamaha F]600 fourth. The H igh Tech team of Larry ] uerink and Eric Moe retook second overall behind Lockhart, dropping Second Ci ty to third. South Florida suffered a setback with their second crash on lap 110. Ear lier, Ken Stephens had crashed the team's Yamaha FZR 1OOO, breaking the steering damper. an o.lIe ...., s-a Fe . . . ., CA 90670. cain. Order Number & TecI1lnlo. (213) 945-7571 NaIIonal Toll-Free Order Number I Charge your Cycle News subscription with you~ , .", , Visa or Mastercharge!! ~J Pau l Smith Racing ga rn,ered f ou rth in Memphis . " I hi t th e paint stri pes during my stint a fter Ken (Step hens) had cras hed the first time," said Sout h FI.orida's Rick Shaw. " With the steering damper brok en it j ust wo ul dn 't steer a nd the front end locked up o n me. It 's a shame because we had a good race in the bag today ." South Flori da would event ually finis h II laps off the pace , sevent h overall and fifth in GT O. Second Cit y and H igh T ech co ntinued to fight over seco nd a nd Second City held th e spo t o n lap 106 wh en they p itt ed for fuel and turned it back over to H igh T ech . , Goin g into th e lat e stages of the race, Lo ckhart had built their lead up to a full lap p lus 10 seco nds o ver Hi gh Tech. Lockhart p itted o.n lap 136 and Hi gh T ech made th eir last pit stop on lap 141. . Kayo Ra cing's GT~ en try ~lth Kevin Rentzell handhng th e final riding stint had a firm lead over Paul Smith, but th ey .saw that I ~ad ~nd the class win sh p away with Just eig h t laps rem aining a~ Rentzell coasted to a stop In tum eigh t. " I ran o ut of gas a nd co uldn 't get the petcock tum~d up to ~eserve, " sai d Rentzell . " I fin all y got It turned and primed and going but by th en it was too late." T oo lat e In that Paul Smi th Racing flashed by to tak.e th e GTU class lead and go o n to Win. As the checkered flag waved to end . th e eve n t, i t wa s Lockh art th.e winner, H igh Tech getti ng their second runner-u p fini sh of th e y~r , Second City taking thud, Paul Sm it h fou rt h , and Kayo GTU fifth . "The hea t' s to ugh o n us oldtim ers," said Pa ul Sm ith. " Do nald (Jacks) deserves a lot of the cred i I beca use he rode two- thirds of th e race. We got a break today wh en Kayo ran out of gas .. But we'~e had a lo t of breaks go against us this year so it 's time we had on e go our way. ~ Results OVERALL: 1. Team Lockhart (Suz); 2. High Tech Racing (Suz); 3. Second CilY Racin g (Suzl; 4. (1ST GTU) Paut Sm ith Racing (Yam); 5. (2NO GnJI Kayo Racing GTU (Hon); 6. Top Gu n RaCin g (Yam); 7: South Florida Racing (ya m); 8. (3RD GTU) Calama" Racin g (Yam); 9. R.J , Racing (Suz); 1D. (4TH GnJ) Aspha~ Aviators (Yam). GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR HONDA YAMAHA SUZUKI KAWASAKI • SAVINGS UPm25% O FFPARTS • ASK ABOUT O DEALER OISCOUNTAND UR MICROACHEPROGRAMS Weare Now ~~~ERS 1·800·321·0593 CAG..VA . ESTIMON-THU 10-9 PM-F11 aSAT lO·liPM RS • Porting - S us pe n sio n. l8J H~~~~;;~~ leI (216) 261-4274 UPS DAILY IN OH'O, CUSlOllEA =~~ P.O. BOX 32397. CLEVELAND, OHIO « 13 2 (8 1 8) 449-ERIC 13 61 E. Wainul SI . Pasad ena. CA 91 106 Got aD OpilliOD' Write a ~ letter to the EdItor! 1987's ARE HERE! PIPE PROTECTORS Honda CR&ATV ) Riders - The Banzai Bros. Pipe Skid. 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