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Dale Quarterly (32) took the Sears Point Pro Twins Grand Prix w in over Russell Paulk (315). new champ Doug Brauneck and John Long (24 2). AMA Pro Twins Road Race Series: Round 9 Quarterly wins; Brauneck is champ By Farren Williams SONOMA, CA, AUG 30 Eagle Racing 's Bimota Ducatimounted Dale Quarterl y outlasted Ducati rider R ussell Pau lk and Dr. John 's MotoGuzzi -m ounted Doug Brauneck to top a fierce three-wa y battle in the G rand Pr ix Pro Twins division a t Sears Point International Raceway. Quarterly and Paulk fought it out for th e entire 40-mile, 16-lap main event. Paulk led mo st o f th e race, but Quarterl y passed Paulk in the Ca rousel (tu rn 6) on th e fin al lap, put a lapped rider betw een himself and Paulk, th en motored half a lap to victory. Bra uneck was ho t on the ir heel s, bu t elec ted to watch the ba ttl e fro m a close th ird to ensure his 1987 Pro T w ins Nati onal titl e, wh ic h he claimed with ease. " I caugh t up wi th th em and th ose . guys were flying," Brauneck sa id. "I co uld n 't do an ythin g with th em . On the last la p 1 a lmost ra n into Russell's rear tir e a nd 1 said, 'T hat' s it! . I'll lak e third and th e cha mpio nshi p .' We cou ld n ' t rake the risk o f di cing with the lead er s, fallin g down, and having J imm y (Ada mo ) tak e fir st o r seco n d a n d th e cha mpio ns hip." Ada mo, who had a sli m. o utside cha nce of clai m ing the title, su ffered th rough a mi serabl e weekend. H e crashed in practi ce Satu rday, break ing hi s Team Leoni Du cati in half. H e crashed again in practi ce Sunda y, forcing the Team Leoni cre w to make frantic repairs o n hi s back-u p bik e, a nd Adam o just barely made th e start ing grid for th e fin al. , ,...,.'Ad am o" worked hi s way from seventh a t the start to seco nd on .Ia p eig h t, but began fadin g on the next go -around w ith a n ove r hea ti ng clutch. T he clutch eventuall y failed , th e bike sto p pe d shifti ng and Adamo was forced to ret ire on la p 14, fin ishing 19th overa ll. Peter J ohnson, the new Mod ified Produ ction cha m pion, took th e win in the MOdified Producti on division , finishing eighth overall a board hi s Fast by Ferraci Cagiva. H e to p ped Yam ah a-mounted Mark " D u ke" Yarrow and Harl ey-Davidson rider Thomas Sharp. J ohnson had a race- lo ng battle with Yarrow a nd Harl ey-Davidson rider Allen Satterl ee. Sa tterlee led the Modified Prod uctio n class in laps . four through 12, finished a close second behind Johnson ,· but was disqualified by th e AMA for running ill ega l cylin de rs o n his H ar leyDavidson (they reported ly were aluminum instead of the required stock cast iron ). Brauneck was first off th e line when th e 18 GP riders left the start ing grid, but at th e end of lap one the order read Paulk, Brauneck a nd .Q ua rt er ly. Quarterl y quickly bumped Brauneck to third on lap two, then passed Paulk in th e Carousel on lap three. Paulk returned th e favor before th e lap was over, and the two riders began a fierce, high-speed battle. They traded th e lead for the rest of the race with Pa ulk holding the edge mos t o f the time and Q ua rt er ly running in front when it counted. Brauneck's easy ride in third was interruped bri efly by Adamo, bu t wh en the Team Leoni rider dro p ped o u t, the finishing order was set for th e top th ree positions. Longevity Racing ' s John Long, ridin g a Du cati, took fourth a nd a no ther Du cat i p il o t, John W ill iams , claimed fifth. Six th went to Yama ha rider Britt Turkington a nd seventh was cl aim ed b y factor y Harl e yDavidson dirt tracker Scott Parker, who wa s ri d i n g " L uc i fer's Hammer." Yarrow nabbed the holeshot when th e 10 Modified Production riders left th e grid in th e second wa ve, foll o wed b y Jo h n so n, N orton m ounted Er ic Swor ts figu re an d Sa tterlee . By lap two Satterl ee was arou nd J ohnson a nd o n lap .three he too k th e lead from Yarr ow. The top positions read Sa tter lee, Yarrow a nd J ohnson until J ohnso n eased arou nd Yarrow o n lap II. Wh en Johnson went around Sa tterlee on lap 12, he set the fini sh in g orde r. Sa tte rle e's disquali ficati on gav e third to Sharp, Swortsfigure took fourth and Stan Friduss was awarded fifth aft er Rob Tulu ie was di squalified for having no ligh ts on . his mo torcycle. • Results . GRAND PRIX: 1. Dale Quarterly (Bim); 2. Russell Paul k (Duc): 3. Doug Braunock (M ·G); 4. Jo hn Long (Ou c); 5. John W illiams (Du c); 6. Br itt Tur kington (Yam); 7. Scan Parker (H· D); 8. Ely Schl oss (Tri ); 9. Randy Shemwell (Cag); 10. Hilton Van Staden (Ouc); 11 . Duane Summers (Duc~; 12. Jam es Adamo (Ouc ); 13 . Fred Eiker (Du e); 14 . Gordon Sein IDuc); 15 . Er ic Ginn (Duc); 16. Art hu r Chambers (Ducj; 17. Sherry Friduss (M·G): 1'8. J im Schm idt INor). MO D PROD, 1. Peter Joh nson (Cag); 2. Mark Yarrow (Yam); 3. Thomas Sharp (H· D); 4. Eric . Swortsfigure (Nor); 5. Stan Friduss (M ·G); 6. Joh n Stapleton (M ·G); ·7. Chris Scan (Duc ); 8. Elmer Riddl e (Yam ); 9. Rob Tuluie (Nor); 1D. A ll en Sanerlee (H-D). FINALAMA PRO TWINS GRAND PRIX POINT STA NDINGS: 1. Doug Brauneck 11 3 1): 2. James Adamo (105); 3 . John Long (103); 4. Russell Paulk (B5): 5. David Kieffer (64 ); 6. Kurt Liebmann (53); 7 . Dale Quarterly (44); 8 . Roger Reiman (4 1); 9 . Hilton Van Staden (36); 10 . Britt Turk ington 1 30). FINAL AMA PRO TWINS MODIFIED PRODUC. TION POINT STANDINGS: 1. Peter Jo hnson (123); 2. Blain Paulus (73); 3. (TIE) Thomas Sharp /Joh n Stapleton (6B): 5. Stan Friduss (59 ); 6. Alan Hippensteal (53); 7. DeanJoas (41 ); B. Mark Yarrow (36 ); 9. Gerard DeM on (34); 10. Chris Helland (33). Doug Polen (23) chased Thomas Stevens (9) for four laps at Sears Point Raceway. then powered away to claim his eighth Supersport victory. AMAjEBC Brakes Supersport Series: Round 9 Polen (who else?) tops Supersport By Farren Williams SONOMA, CA, AUG 30 Texan Doug Po len paced himself for the firs t four laps of th e EBC Brakes Supersport final, passed T homas Stevens on la p five and powered aw ay on hi s Honda 600cc Hurricane to win th e 30-m ile, 12-lap race with a six-second margin o ver runner-up Stevens. Seventeen-year-old Donald J ack s, ridi ng for th e first tim e ever on Sears Point's tight, twisty 2.52-mile course, finished third. Rid er s o n H onda Hurri can es clai med the to p 17 positions a nd th ere were 23 H ondas in th e 37-ri der field. T he vic tory marked an a lmos t p erfect seaso n for Po len, who claimed the Supersport Ch ampionsh ip by winning eig h t o f th e nine rac es o n th e sched u le a nd finishing seco nd behind Stevens in th e one event he di d n' t win. "Every th ing went well fo r me th is yea r, " he sa id . " T h er e were n o p robl em s a nd th at's what it rakes to wi n a cha m pio ns hip. I kn ew I'd do well , but I didn 't kn ow how well. " Pol en sta rted th e weekend off by winn in g th e fir st Supersport qual ifying heat race wire-t o-wire o n Saturda y, clocking in at nin e minutes, 19.15 seconds [or a n averag e speed of 80.48 mph. Michael Graves fini shed seco n d and l a i n P er o rounded o u t the top three. R icky Orlando a nd Jim J ep sen co ll ided o n lap two wlflle running second a nd third, respectivel y, a nd bo th riders wen t down. Orlando was unhurt. but J epsen was transported to So no ma Vall ey H ospital with a brok en h ip. H e was listed in good conditio n. R ich ard Moore g ra bbed the holesho t in the second five-lap heat race but fell in turn 11, givi ng the point posi ti on to St evens. Moore was uninjured. Stevens wen t on to win over Jacks, who started the heat in 12th position on row three, a nd David Devean. Stevens ' winning tim e was nin e minut es, 30.4 9 seco nd's, for a n average speed of 78.88 mph. It was the youngster J acks who led th e field of 37 riders into turn one a t th e start o f the fin al , wi th Steven s in second, Polen third and Per o fourth . By lap two, Steven s a nd Polen were around Jacks. Stevens was setting a quick pace, turning lap times in th e o ne minute, 52-seco nd range, but Polen dipped into the 1:51s to reel him in. Stevens was suffering from rear shock problem s, which ca used hi s Honda's rear end to drift and cha tter in th e corners. " I got into a cou p le of real bad slides," he said. On lap three, Stevens was tra iled by Polen, Jacks, Devean a nd New Zealander Pero. Polen swu ng in side a nd mad e a diving pass under Steven s as the du o entered turn six on lap five. Steven s managed to stay with Pol en for a lap, but after th at it was a ll over. Pol en powered away, lea vin g Steven s to sett le for seco nd. J acks finish ed third. well beh ind Stevens, at th e expens e of Devean , who rode on J acks' rear fender for the ent ire race. Devean passed J acks o n the wh ite flag lap, but lost th ird wh en Jacks repassed o n the fin a l goaround. Devean sett led for fo urth a nd was foll ow ed hom e by Pero . " I starte d o ut with a good pace a nd stuc k with them for a while," said Pol en. " It 's a long race and you can' t go as hard as yo u can right off the ba t." " Do ug was reall y goi ng good today," sa id Stevens. " I was havi ng a littl e p roblem wi th m y shock. It' s bett er to fini sh than to throw it away. Th is is a track tha t you ca n ' t mak e a ny mistak es on." " Man, th ose two guys a re unreal ," said Jacks. , • Results t . Doug Polen (Han); 2. Thoma s Stevens (Han); 3. Donald J acks (Han); 4 . David Devean (Han); 5. Ian Perc (Ho n); 6 . Chr is St eward ( Hon~; 7. Wa lt er Nino (Han); 8. M icha el Graves (Han); 9. Ricky Orlando (Han); 10. 8rin Turki ngt on (Han); 11. RIchard Moore (Han); 12. Scan Russell ( Ho n~ 13. Mor gan Murphy (Han); 14 . J eff Hoeppner (Han);' . 15. Kirk Hoeppner (Han); 16. Doug las Tosten (Han); 17. Craig Seh er (Han): 18. Eric Elvin (Han); 19. Tom Aqu ino (Yam); 20 . Mike Krynock (Han); 21. Kev in Lenzmeir (Hont; 22 . A lexand er Wh it e (Yam) ; 23. Sam Storch (Yam): 24 . Skip Gatr ell (Han): 25. Adam Khan (Kaw). 9

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