Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

III III ~ ~ 0 a: ...J w « :I: u :!E >al 0 tO :I: o.. t00 O'l ....... ~ ~ ... V .D 8 V ~ 0 Z GS X R1 10 0 mounted J erry Cook thoroughly dom inated the Endurance b . 4 and 5 class race at Tampa. . rt Lance Baker (1 27 ) leads J im Nelson at Firebird Racew ay . Baker won the Heavyweight Prod uct io n cla ss and w as secon d in F-2. AliA National Championship Nil/climb Series:Final round Fraizer, Gerencer win at Devil's Staircase By M axine Casey OREGONIA, OH, OCT. II Lou Gerencer blasted up th e five steps of th e Devil's Staircase in 7.34 seconds to set the top time of the day on his o 32 XR750 Harley-Davidson. Tim Fra izer topped the 500cc class wi th a n 8.008 second ride on his 500cc BSA. Dayton M/ C hosted the event . Fraizer fini sh ed third at th e first . four hillcIimbs this season. Greg Williams recently beat him ou t of first by .01 seconds at th e jefferson, Pennsylvania, round. This is the first race Fraizer has won since he started riding three years ago. He is a student of 750cc class rid er Ear l Bowlb y and has certai n ly learned consistency from him. Fraizer go t onl y one ride wh en he failed to get hi s bike start ed in the allo tted time and had to scratch hi s fir st r ide. St eve Krauter fini sh ed second in th e class with a n 8.058 rid e aboard his Triumph. BSA rid ers Rod R iddle a nd Larry Li cht fini sh ed third and fourth , respectively, with times of 8.59 a nd 8.67. Williams placed fifth with an 8.74 second rid e. Williams won th e 500cc number one plate for th e third year in a row and ea rn ed more points than any other class A hillclimber. He also had more fir st place finishes. Fraizer fini shed just two points behind Williams. Bruce Weigart, Doug Kreeger and David Hale rounded out the top five. jim Cl ark took his BSA over th e hill in 7.39 seconds to capture second behind Geren cer in th e 750cc class. Tom Reiser , aboard a H -D XR750 , p laced third with a 7.43 second rid e. ' STP Special Honda-mounted Wade Williams was right behind him with a 7.45 ride. Randy Gabriel climbed th e h ill in 7.50 seconds for fifth . The difference between first and tent h in the class was only .54 seconds. Gerencer was the only 750 rider to win two races this season and captured the Number One plate. BSA rider Bowlby earned second and was the only -r ider in the' top five not riding a' Harley- Davidso n. This is th e first season sin ce he started racing 22 years ago th at he didn 't hav e a first place finish , but his consistent finishes near th e top of the class ea r n ed him runn er-up h ono r s. Reiser and Gabriel were third and fourth, respectivel y, with a one po int differen ce in th eir scores . C eren cer 's son-in-la w j eff Yoder fini sh ed fifth. Resu lts 500: 1. Tim Fraizer IBSA); 2. Steve Krauter (l ri); ' 3. Rod Riddl e (BSA); 4. Larry Licht (BSA); 5. Greg Will iams (Hon); 6. Bruce Sweigan {lr i); 7 . Doug Kreeger (Tri); 8. Ralph Kreeger (lri); 9. Scott Everett (Tri); 10 . Bob Buckmyer (Kaw ). 750 : 1. Lou Gerenc er (H-D); 2. J im Clark (BSA); 3. Tom Reiser (HoD); 4 . Wade W ill iams (Hon); 5. Randy Gabriel (HoD); 6. Earl Bowlb y (BSA); 7. Beeze Wendt (HoDI B. Jeff Yoder (HoD); 9. SIeve Nate ; (BSA); 10. Joh n Williams (Honl. FINAL POINT STANDINGS 500 : 1. Greg W ill iams IB3); 2. Tim Frailer IB1); 3. Bruce Sweigart (56); 4. Doug Kreeger (56); 5. David Hale (54) ; 6. Rod RIddle (501 7. Bob ; Buckmeyer 143) B. Ralph Kreeger (36); 9. Doug ; Klont (32); 10. (tie) Bob KrauterI Steve Kr au ter (28). 750 ; 1. Lou Gerencer (B2); 2. Earl Bowlby (70); 3. Tom Reiser 169) 4 . Randy Gabri el (6B); 5. Jeff : Yoder (471 6. J ohn W illiams (45); 7. Danny ; Halcomb 1 5); B. David Newsome 140); 9. Steve 4 Nate (36); 10 . Wade Wi llia ms (34). Byrd takes three at Firebird RR ~y Michael Ros s CHANDLER, AZ, OCT. II Kell y "Too Tough " Byrd wo n th e admiration and respect of hi s competitors Sunday by taking convincing wins in every class he entered and turning th e quickest laps of th e day despite th e fact he had to saw off th e cast on his broken hand to do it. Byrd severel y broke hi s left thumb two weeks ago in a turn II cra sh. Three pins hold the sha ttered digi t together. Byrd sawed off hi s cas t before th e race, wrapped enoug h du ct tape around th e bandages to make it the size of a bat handle and th en slit a glove open to go over his hand. T ech officials were none too happy with Byrd 's taped up paw but let him race. Scott Thomas took the checkered flag 10 seco nds behind Byrd with Dian e Dietzel taking third about five seconds behind Thomas on her very fast ZX600 Kawasaki. Lightweight Superbike cham p, Tim Bergstro m finish ed fourth overall, eight seconds ahea d of Thomas • Eatma n o n his Honda Hous esponsored RZ. The Heavyweight and Lightweight Supersport class saw Team junk's Alan Lee dice with GSX R750 mounted j acq ues Telles until lap eight when Telles fell, taking out Lee. Lee remounted to finish in second but came under protest fo r not re-teching. Gary Burn ha m took the win. Results NOV; 1. Mike Lawre nce (Hon): 2. Joe Serbin (Hon); 3. Dave Vesta) (SUl); 4 . Jim J aquett e (Kaw); 5. Jay Phillips (Kaw). U/L PROD; 1. Steve Jen sen (SUl ). U/L S/ BK: 1. Kelly Byrd (yam); 2. BobUlIey( Sul); 3. Steve Jensen (SUl); 4. Bob Frankli n (Suli. HIW PROD: 1. Lance Baker (Hon); 2. James Mueller ISul); 3. A lan Lee (SUl). HIW S/ BK: 1. Kelly Byrd (Yam); 2. Scott Thomas (Suz); 3 . Diane Dietzel (Kaw); 4. Br ian Enos (Suz); 5. Jim Nelson (Suli. H/W S/S PRT: 1. Alan Lee (SUl); 2. Gary Burnham (Yam). MIW PROD: 1. Mike Ross (yam); 2. Scott Willock (Yam); 3. Tom Eatman (Hon); 5. Derek Mulligan (Hon); 5. Rod Hall iard (Hon). MIW S/BK : 1. Diane Dietzel (Kaw); 2. Scott Willock (Yam); 3. Tom Eatman (Hon); 4. Derek Mulligan (Hon): 5. Rod Halliard (Hon). M /W S/ BK: 1. Diane Dietzel (Kaw); 2. Scott Willock (Yam): 3. Mike Ross (Yam). MIW S/SPRT: 1. Tom Eatman (Hon): 2. Jim DeRosa (Yam); 3. Carlo Roo (Yam). VW PROD; 1. Tim Sheedy (Yam); 2. Doug Lindsay (Yam). VW S/ BK: 1. TIm Bergstrom (Yam); 2. Tom Eatman (Yam); 3. Bill Edelbrode (Yam); 4. Rick Blander (Yam); 5. l ore n Poole (Kaw). A-C S/ BK; 1. Tom Dahl (Hon); 2. Mark Lander (Yam); 3. St eve Pierce (Hon) . F-l: 1. Kelly Byrd (Yam); 2. Bob Utley ISUl ); 3. Steve Jensen (Suz l; 4 . Bobby Franklin (Suz); 5 . Bria n Enos [Suz]. F·2: 1. Dian e Dietzel (Kaw); 2 . Lance Baker (Ho n); 3. Carlo Roo (Yam): 4. Bill Edelbrode (Yam); 5. Tom Eat man (Hon). . F-3: 1. Tom Dahl (Yam); 2. Rick Blander (Yam); 3. Steve Pierce (Honl . F-9 9: 1. Larry Grapentin e (Yaml; 2. Don J ackson (Yam); 3. Steve May (Yam); 4. Brian Fauks (Yaml . VINT 1: 1. J ohn Scott ITri); 2. Steve May (Hon); 3. Mike Haracourt (Nor); 4. Philli p Stevens (Lav). VINT 2: 1. Jim DeRosa (Yam); 2. Bill Mclain (Hon); 3. Brian Sanders (Yam); 4. David Chrone (Due). SITW: 1. John Scott (Tri); 2. Bill Mclain (Hon): 3. Phill ip Stevens (Lav); 4 . Mike Haracourt (Nor). Cook dominates TampaRR By Jack Roe T AMPA, FL; OCT. I I j erry Cook thoroughly dominated th e Class 4 and 5 endurance ra ce at ro u nd six of th e FGPRA Championsh ip Seri es today in T ampa, lapping the entire field. As th e da y progressed and the threat of rain became a reality the ability to change tires or run tread ed tires became a determining factor in the resul ts. . T oddy Ousley on his Yamaha FZ750 finished second overall and first in Class 4. The best battle of the ra ce was for third as j o h n Curwick, on a GSXR750, managed to hold off Buzz Wells also on a Suzuki 750. Curwick was ab le to negotiate h is way around slower traffic more effectively than Wells , givi ng h imself som e brea thing room ' for the duration of the race. In the Class I, 2 and 3 Endurance race Yamaha-mounted Chip Terrell, Eddie Kelley, Dave Robichaux, and Honda-mounted R o bb y Costa fought for the lead . T errell was ab le to put some distance on Kell ey. The ba ttle fo third developed between Costa a nd Robichaux. Robichau x made several attempts to get around Costa, but was unable to do so until Costa went into turn four too hot and took a temporary leave of absence from th e race course. Even tually , Costa was ab le to pas s Robicha ux and regain third place. Foriythree laps later, that was the fini sh ing order with Todd Keessee on his 600 Ninja taking fifth overa ll and was the first Novice to pl ace. The final s for th e Sprin t races featured several good races and rain. The GP 3 race was a tight duel between Kell ey a nd Robi ch aux, both on FZ600s. With never more than a couple bike lengths betw een them throughout the race, Kell ey was able to hold off Robi ch aux for a n impressive victory. In the Cafe 3 feature, Kell ey again got th e hol eshot, but th is time revenge was Robi ch aux 's as he was able to pass Kelley a nd win the race. In both the GP 3 and Cafe 3 events, Keessee fini sh ed third overall a nd first in th e Novi ce cla sses. Keessee had a good da y as he en tered three races and took home three first place Nov ice trophi es. R ~u~ s ~ ENDR 1/2/3 : 1. Chip Terr ell (Yam); 2. Eddie Kelley (Yam); 3. Robbie Costa (Hon); 4. Dave Robichaux {Yaml; 5. Todd Keessee (Kaw). ENDR 1: 1. Steve Saff er (Hon); 2. Buddy Vitt (Yam). ENOR 2: 1. Beau Brooks (Yam); 2. Marcus Day (Kaw); 3. Scott Searcy (Hon); 4 . Sean Dowd (Yam); 5. Steve Wolf (Yam): ENDR 3; 1. Chip Terrell (Yam); 2. Eddie Kelley (Yam); 3. Robbie Costa (Hon); 4 . Dave Robich aux (Yaml; 5. Todd Keessee (Kaw) . ENDR 4 / 5: 1. J erry Cook (SUl); 2. Todd Ousley (Yam); 3. John Curwick (SUl); 4 . Buzz Wells (SUl); 5. Natha n Donohew (Yam). PROD 2 NOV: 1. David Berlound (Hon). PROD 3 NOV: 1. Mark Calhoun (Kaw). PROD 4 NOV: 1. Jack Roe (SUl). PROD 5 NOV: 1. Daryl Graves (Hon); 2. J ake Van Fleet ISUl). . CAFE 1 NOV; 1. Buddy Vitt (Yam). T CAFE 1 EX: 1. Dw aine Williams (Kawl. CAFE NOV: 1. Marc Soucy (Yam). _ CAFE 2 EX; 1. Dann y Baxley (Yam); 2. Marcus Day (Kaw); 3. Rick Herndon (Hon). CAFE 3 NOV; 1. Todd Keessee (Kaw); 2. Mark Calhoun (Kaw). CAFE 3 EX: 1. Dave Robichaux (Yam); 2. Eddie Kelley (Yam). CAFE 4 NOV: 1. Randy Rhodes (SUl); 2. Todd Ousley (Yam); 3. Natha n Donohew (Yam); 4. Jeff Lopez (Yam). • CAFE 4 EX: 1. Buzz Wells (SUl). CAFE 5 NOV; 1. Daryl Graves IHon). GP 1 NOV: 1. Gary Stum m (Yam). GP 2 NOV: 1. Scott Joh n Voll (Yaml; 2. Marc Soucy (Yam); 3. Matt French (Hon); 4 . Scott Searcy . (Hon). GP 2 EX: 1. Danny Baxley (Yam); 2. Marcu s Day IKaw ); 3. Rick Herndon (Hon). GP 3 NOV: 1. Todd Keessee IKaw); 2. Mar k Calhoun (Kaw); 3. M ichael St ucch io (Kaw ); 4. Carl Harm s (SUl). GP 3 EX: 1. . Eddie ' Kell ey (Yam l; 2. Dav e Robichau x (Yam). GP 4 NOV: 1. Randy Rhodes ISul); 2. Nathan Donohew (Yam); 3 . Todd Ousley (Yam); 4 . Kev in Ki ncai d {Yam}; 5 . Calv in Powell (Suz) , GP 4 EX; 1. Buzz Wells {Sullo BoTT NOV: 1. Sta n Keyes (Nor); 2. Robert Batsl eer (BMW); 3. Sean Dowd (Yaml. BoTT EX: 1. Dw aine Williams (Nor); 2. Marc us Day (Kaw). VINT VW NOV: 1. Buddy Vilt (Hon). VINT HIW NOV: 1. Doc Batsleer (BMW). .., VINT HIW EX: 1. Joe Drost (Hon).

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