Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

him. Leading French historic racer j ean-Luc Cuvil lier had sadly retired his Manx Norton o n th e first lap with a slip pi ng clutch, while Sp aniard J oaquin Folch pulled ou t on la p four wit h oi l on the bac k wheel I ~~~J~~ch~~,a2'a~~~~ ~~:20~~~~ I th e first lap, bu t picking up p laces fast o n th e howling P a to n. By lap five the lea ding group began to thin o u t sligh tly , wi th 'only' four riders sti ll exc hangi ng the lead - O sborne, New by, Evan s a nd Dea rd en, whose fron t brak e had faded badly, ca us ing th e o ther leaders some anxio us moments. Cutts had dropped back slig h tly, unable to hold th e pace, as had Gl auser , while Read 's misfire had returned , th ough he struggled on for a while in a scrap with Cl ark 's similar Mat ch less before pulling off on lap eigh t. Cathcart was now seventh, ha ving overha uled Glauser, b u t unable to make a n y more headway agai nst th e red- hot pace up fro nt , which now saw New by a nd Evans make a break for it , as Dea rden dropped ba ck with his brake probl ems a n d Osborne enco u ntered gearbox problems on his Seeley. T he last two la ps saw a ser ies of dramatic lead changes befor e Eva ns o u tbraked the four-va lve Norton at the last cor ner to retake the lead a nd hold it very narro wly to the line for the closest o f victories. Groot o nce again was th e best fore ign finish er in 10th place, just ahead o f fellow Dutchman Fr eek Berkers o n th e su perbly-orig ina l Drix ton H onda tw i n fo rm erly ra ced in GP s b y Australian rider T err y Deneh y. The battle royal a mongst th e 500s rath er o vers hadowed a sim il arl y grip ping, b ut ultim atel y not so close ra ce in the 350cc class;.whos e small field of just 12 riders sta rte d 40 seco nds aft er th e 500cc class runners . i Anoth er four-way duel saw Du tch rider j oop Froorn o n h is Duca ti ta c k lin g Aerrn acc h i r ide rs Ph i l ;Woodha ll , Graham Godward on a Drix ton-fra med machine, and P aul Ba rr ett on his U .Sc-sp ec H a rl ey Sp ri n t version, while Germa n rider J ulius Ilmberger th rill ed the crowd with the sight and sound of h is exotic Bia nchi twin. Bu t once they start ed l passing the slo wer 500s, th e leadi ng group split up slig h tly, with Barrett - winner of the 350cc class a t the Fren ch G P, a nd Woodha ll , fresh fro m o vera ll vic tory on his 350 bike in th e su p port event a t th e Bol d 'Or ' th e previous weekend, battling hard for victory. Barrett mad e the fastest I ap, bu t Woodhall ha ndled the traffi c better and too k th e fla g just over a - seco nd ahead after a n exciting race within a race . g IH R O p la ns to contin ue it s operI ations in 1988, and already has five rac es co nfirme d a t major in terna tiona l meetings and G Ps , th e first o f wh ich is in Spai n in Februa ry. Historic bi ke racing has mad e it s . mark on the contine nt of Eu ro pe now, not on ly in Bri ta in where it th reatens to usu rp modern mach ines in terms of su p port and popu larity with spec tators: the same da y as the IHRO ra ce at Doning ton , 3000 spectators and 300 competitors were a tte nding a 'classic bikes-on ly meeting at Mall or y Park , just 25 miles away. • Resu lts 500: 1. J im Evans (See); 2. Bob Newb y (Nor): 3. Tony Osborn e (See); 4. David Dearden (See): 5. Richard Cun s (See); 6. Ma lcolm Clark (Mat); 7. A lan Can hcart{Pat); B. Franz Glau ser (See); 9 . Dave Hughe s (M at): 10 . Ton Groot (See): 11. Freek Berke rs (Hen); 12. M ick Hemmings (Ma t ); 13.'J oh n Ruth (Ma t); 14 . Oirk Kraai kamp (Nor): 15 . Peter Brow n (Nor); 16 . Dan Sho rey (Nor); 17. Adrian Sellars INor); 18 . Michel Lafargue (See); 19 . Marten Morren (Nor ); 20. Jan Rein derink (Nor) . 35 0 : 1. Phil Woodhall (Aer): 2. Paul Barr en IH0); 3 . Graha m Godward (Aer); 4 . Joop Froom (Due); 5. Ian Lee IAer); 6. J ulius Limberger IBia); 7. Rob Edwards (Aer); 8 . Rolf Bctleter IA er) . WE'VE EXHAUSTED THE COMPETITION Mark 1987 as the year of Kerker's AMA Clean Sweep. With Team Honda , our magnificent men, Wayne Rainey and Bubba Shobert, and their Kerker powered flying machines, we've completely captured the year'smost prestigious titles. The Kerker Exhaust System reigns supreme as the • 1987 AMA Superbike Champion • 1987 AMA Grand National Champion • 1987 AMA Camel Pro Champion. Which proves once again that in motorcycle racing, trying to win without a Kerker is an exhausting proposition . ...... C'-J .... 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