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; .. WHEN TEAM HONDA ENTERED THE ~ 1 981SUPE. KISERlEI, THEY ~ BROUGH LONGSO. TITLEINSURANCE••• TA THEKERKEREIH AUSTSYSTEM. f' Wayne Rainey & Team Honda- Powered by Kerker . 1 Superbike Champions. 987 Team Uno (50) finished second in the GTU field, behind EMHO , stop at th e three-h our mark , adj usting tire pressure to com pensat e for lower track temperatu res (with th e sun going down , th e course was coo ling rapidly). Shorts handed th e bike over to Quarterley a nd the Lockhart team maintained the lead; at the 95-lap mark, they hald th e edg e o ver H yp er-Cycle and High T ech. With 252 miles (402 kil ometers) complete a t th e 100-lap mark, Lockhart led High T ech Racing, T eam Hyper-Cycle, T eam J eff and northern California-based T eam Silver Star. Delta Finishing paced th e GTU division in sixth overall , foll ow ed by Atlanta La wn Sprinkler/Palmer & j ones/NGK/Ka yo /Wiseco /Kerkersponsored T eam Uno (GTU), Big Guy Ra ce (GTO ), so uthern Californi a' s EMHO Racing (GT U ), Bowman Kin caid (GTO) a nd Kayo Racing (GTU). Hyp er-Cycle p itted just after th e 100-lap mark and Carry Andrew took over piloting chores for th e Anaheim, California-b ased team. Five m inutes later, Andrew cras hed in turn six. He wa s unhurt but th e Suzuki was d isabl ed. For th e second time in th e afte rnoo n, th e team running in seco n d ov erall had crashed out of the race. When Hughes went down in turn 10, 14 laps later, T eam Lockhart was .still first overall, tak ing th e red £lag a head of Hi gh T ech Racing, T eam j eff, T eam Silver Star, and Big Guy Race . EMHO raci ng had moved to th e front o f th e GTU di vision, besting T eam U no , T eam Delta Finishing, Kayo Racin g and Bad Habit Racing. The resu lts became official wh en official s decided not to restart th e race. The battle wa s so close in the GTU d ivision that each of the top three finishers protested th e resu lts (each team th ought th ey had won th e race). A scoring check showed that EMH O took the lead o n lap 108, relegating T eam Uno a nd Team Delta Finishing to seco nd a nd third, resp ectively. " It went qui te well ," sai d Sho rts. " It was hot and lat er o n, with th e sun ' going down, we cou ldn' t see. The.on ly thin g we shou ld have done different was set the bike u p higher; we had some pro blem s with gr ound clearance. We finished th e race on one set of tir es, Mich elin rad ial s." • The SweelSound 01 V;do,.,~ . '-~~:i!£;. .......\ ~'~:'':;:1~' ;_, ·~~ ; . Kerker Exhaust Systems .- Canoga Park , California 818-999-3060 Motorcycle World with Larry Huffman --1'f!J~ . via sa l d / i l f' " This Sunday's Special Guests are: ** FRED MERKEL ** ** WILLY SIMONS ** Former Superbike Champion . Motocrosser It comes to you live, every Sunday night from 10 to .11 p.m . KOLA 99,9 FM Los" Angeles/Riverside KTIM 100.9 FM San Fran cisco/Oakl an d KSCO 1080 AM Santa Cruz O ran ge Co.lSan Bern ardino Call in and talk with all the lop personalities .a n d be part of motorcycle world. Sponsored by XTRA " Extra Gold" 690 AM Stro nges t AM Statio n in Western U.S. $ SUZUKI 1-(800) 228-5249 CY,cle News every week! ~ The latest on two wheels!j Metzeler Wins National Championship Congrat ulations to Dr. J ohn 's Moto- Gu zzi on w inning the 1 9 87 A MA Nat io nal Pro Tw ins G.P . Class Series Champio nship . Dr. J ohn's Moto-Guzzi, with rider DO UG BR AU N EC K, w as the m ost consistent Pro Twins G.P. Class team in 19 87. The winning team used the Metzeler Belt Syst e m M BS racing slicks throughout the season. Resu lts O/A : 1. Team Lockhan (Suz): 2. High Tech Racing (Suz): 3. Team J eff (Suz); 4 . Team Silv er Star (Suz); 5. EMHO Racing Team (Han); 6. Team Uno (Yam); 7. Team Delt a Fin ishing (Han); 8. Big Guy Race; 9 , Bowman Kinca id ( Suz~: 10. Kayo Racing GTU (Han). GTO: 1. Team Lockhan (Suz); 2. High Tech Racin g (Su z); 3 . Team J eff (Su z); 4 . Team Silver Star (Suz); 5. Big Guy Race; 6. Bowm an Kincaid (Suz); 7. Grupp e One Racin g (Kaw); 8. Second City Racing (Suz); 9. Total Control (Suz); 10 . Heresport s (Suz); 11. Team Wyoming (Suz); 12. K&C Racing (Yam); 13 . Lightn ing Expr ess II (Suz); 14 . Adp ac Racing (Suz); 15. Team Hvper -Cvcle (Suz). GTU: 1. EMHO Racin g Team (Han); 2. Team Uno The Winners are Changing to METZELER Tires, Isn't it Time You Did Too? (Yam) ; 3 : Team Delta Finishin g (Ha n); 4 . Kayo Racing GTU (Han); 5. Bad Habit Racin g (Yam); 6. Cycle Import s Racing (SUl ); 7. Team Big Dream (Yam); B. Team Moto·Vation(Yam); 9. Mom 's Racin g Team ISuz); 10 . Team Sun set (Kaw); 11. Bedr ock (Yam); 12 . An Racing (Han); 13. Out & Out Racin g (Yam); 14. Paul Smith Racing (ya m); 15. Swedish Mea tball s (Kawl . '7;me to make it METZELER" METZELER@ 4520 107th S.W . . Eve rett. WA 98204 (206) 348-4000 25