Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

NEW 1987 CATALOG # 19 $3.00 NEW , PROD UCTS FOR ALL YOUR PROFESSIONAL ROAD RACING NEEDS. Bruce lind and Steve Schaefer teamed up t o w in the Insulate Industries Six -Hour Endurance 'Race at Seattle. covering 486 miles over 216 laps. wide a nd squared it off , coming undern ea th h im o ut of turn two. On the o u tside, Wak efield also we nt wi de in tum o ne taki ng Ed wards to th e wa ll. T hey , fell into thi rd a nd fo urth pl ace but moved up o ne 'position when Bu man had mech an ical tro uble on lap three. I The ma in event was clas sic Diem , who flew o u t into the lead to stay. Pen nsylvania n Watson took seco nd with New J ersey's Wak efield third. Darsow, the younger Co lorado cow boy , highsided in turn o ne. Diem has now won six Scratch mai ns in a row. Floyd Clark spent h is last week in Divisio n Two tearing up the field . Clark wi ll move into' Divisio n One for the remai nd er o f the season. H e bested newco mer Kel vin Herra lla , Kyle Dixson an d Marco Morello. Results o ~ 1: t , W arren Diem (Gdn); 2. St eve Watson ewes); 3. Dale W akef ield (Wes); 4 . Lanc e Darso w (J aw), HDCP: 1. Tom Burge (Gdn); 2. Bemie n Cornwell {Gdnl; 3 . St eve W at son (Wes); 4 . Warren Diem (Gdn); 5. M ike Buman (Gdn), 0 -2; I , Floyd Clark (Jaw) ; 2, Kelvin Herrala (J aw); 3 . KVle Dixson (Ja w) ; 4 . M arco M orell o (Ja w) . Pittman, Trinder win SIR RR By Bruce Scholten SEATTLE, WA, AUG. 9 Bell evu e Su zu ki's J o e P ittm an wal ked a way with the lion's share of Suzuki cont ingency cash a t Seattle Interna tional Raceway. I n s u la te Indu stries / Meti el ersponsored Trinder beat Pittman in th e G SXR750 co n tin g en cy ra ce. Afterw a rd Pitt ma n said, "That was one o f the best, closest races I'v e had in a long time." Lap times were in the I :31 ra nge. . P itt ma n got' the hol eshot, bu t Trin der o u tbraked him in tu m two. P ittma n said he tends to take the turn as a sweeper, while Trinder di ves in on the inside and squares it o ff. " He'd take the ins ide line and I'd have to slide in behind him ," sai d Pitt ma n wh o th en managed to repass T rinder. This turn two pattern was d u pl icated a co u p le more times , but T rinder go t to th e checkered flag first. P ittm a n took seco nd ahead of Do ug Ren frow , Keith P inkstaff, Mike Su llivan, Californian Chris Cr ew , Sh awn R obert i a n d Da le Fran klin. Australian Trin der won eigh t o ut o f nin e r aces he entered toda y, su itable revenge for running out of gas in the Six-Hour. In Form ula O ne Tri n d er 's fa st Suz uki GSX R 750 bested those of Zloc k Racing's Keith P in ksta ff, and T ea m Bad Boy's Doug Ren frow. Steve Littlejohn 's Lyn n wood Yamaha FZR750 a nd Pa ul Pe iro li 's TZ750 came home fourth and fifth. P ittman was confident going into th e O pen GS XR contingency race. On th e first lap he led into the downhill esses and T rinder ra n off th e escape road. Trinder didn 't fall and reent ered th e fray -in abo ut seventh position. H e quickl y clim bed th e ladder to seco nd. Seen from turn two he wa s visib ly reeling in Pittman. T rinder regained the lead on ly to crash lightl y in the same pl ace o ff . the downhill righ t han d turn th ree. Pittma n wo n, followed by P in kstaff a nd Bruce Lind. Needless to sa y, Lind 's bi ke (which won Sa turday's Six-H our) sported new brakes and Metzeler tires. Joe Da vis was fourth GS X RII OO a nd Greg Frob er g crashed th e party wi th a NES RA H onda VFR7 50. Results F-l ; 1. Craig Tr ind er;.2 . Keith Pin kstaff ; 3. Doug Renfrow; 4 . Steve Littrejchn; S. Paul Peiroli. F·2 : 1. Mike Sullivan; 2. Eric Ginn; 3. Bruce Lind; 4. Richard Wascher; 5. Stewart Gra ha m. SUZ CONT OPEN PROD; 1. Joe Pittman; 2. Keit h Pinkstaff; 3. Bruce Und; 4 . Joe Davis; 5. Greg Froberg . Fiberglass Fairings • Fenders • Seats • Tires Suspension • Handling • Brakes • Exhaust Carburators • Horse Power Hard To Find Performance Parts! ! 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Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91 506 .....-(818) 845-8738_.....1 By Bruce Scholten SEATTLE, WA, AUG. 8 Bruce Lind a nd S teve Sc haefer rep ri sed ea rli er victories by wi n ning th e Insu la te In d ust ries Si x-Hour Endura nce Ra ce at Seattle Internationa l Raceway. Li nd and Randy Skiver wo n the last endurance rac e held by the Wash in gton Mot orcycle Road Raci ng Associa tio n (WMR RA) in 1981. The H ig h lin e Su zuki-mounted team averaged 81 mph to cover 486 miles over 216 laps. They fini sh ed a la p and a ha lf ahead of th e Insula te Ind ustries-sponsored H onda Hurricane H onda CB500 ri dden by Dick Was cher . Scott Moon, Mike Ken yo n and Steve Li ttl ejohn. In sulat e held the lead un til the five-ho ur ma rk when Ken yon pitted and L in d took th e lead. Third p lace went to the J oe Davi sl Scott Frerick s/Michael McBrad y team with 213 laps o n a Renton Su zuki GSX R750. 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