Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I:a Carrera (Con tinued from page 15) was considered a shoo-in for th e win, but a three-m inute-too-long p it stop caused him to fini sh th ird. Margaret Fowl er, th e only woma n in th e 76rider field, finished sixth in this class on her Kawasaki. Fowler was thrilled just to fin ish , since last year 's ride on a 250 Eli m in ator saw her stopped at the p its and not perm itted to · co ntin ue d ue to the i m pending arrival of the foll owing cars. · Nick Ien a tsch won th e Dual P urpose Singles class on a Kawasaki KLR650, averaging 90.6 mph to defeat form er overa ll race wi nner Steve. Ballmer, who was similarly mo unted. Eiker was disa p pointed with the awards pres entatio n held that n ight at the La Fiesta H o tel. The awards didn 't arrive in tim e, a nd Truesdal e simply read th e results to each rider who inquired. The car dr ivers, on th e o ther ha nd . had a lavish poolside affa ir. Considering th at th e motorcycle entry fee is .$250 and th e car entry is only sli ghtly more at .$295, th e bi ke racers felt chea ted. Truesdale announced th at ' th is fa ll's La Carrera wo u ld be preem p ted by a hilld imb at La Bufodera , wh ich will be held on a 4.5 mile pav ed road , and judged o n a bestout-of-three attem pts basis. Truesdal e al so p la n s to re -crea te th e original La Carrera Pa n Americana this fall, ru nn in g pre-'54 cars aro und mainland Mexi co for seven days . A lim ited nu mb er of motorcycles may be allowed to co mpete. J ohn Win slet t, who owns Del Amo Ka wa sak i / Su zuk ilCa g iva in Redo n do Beach , Cal ifo rn ia , h as raced both cars and bikes in La Carrera. This tim e he drove a Chevy Camara ("a 'Merica n car" ) which ' un fortunat ely crawled home on just four cylin ders. Winslett says th at after winn ing first overa ll in hi s Corvette in the fall '87 ra ce, th e car guys started hassling him because he was associating with the bike ra cers. " Say what you want about motorcyclists, but a bik e guy can enter a car and win; you' d be lucky if yo u could j ust ride a bike down the str eet wi thout falling," sai d Winslett . Results 0 / A : 1. Fred Elker (W-R) 10B.2 mph; 2. Paul Rasm ussen (Duc) 106.4; 3. Duane Summers (Duc) 104.4; 4. Oli n Daunall (Kaw ) 103.4; 5. Clay Carson (Kawl l 03.3; 6. Tom McM ahon (Kaw) 102.4; 7.(TIE) Peter Davies (LavV David Gibbons (Yam) 10 1.3; 9. Eddie Brush (Kaw) 100 .6; 10. Greg laCava (BMW) 99.9. VIN SGL; 1. Bano Rodi (BSA) 73.1; 2. Hal Wor k (Yam) 69 .7; 3. Gil Voillancourt (Vel) 6B.B. YIN TWIN: 1. Peter Davie. (Lav) 101 .3; 2. David Wood (BMW) 95.6; 3. M ichaol Pugh (BMW) 82.1; 4 . Bob Sinclair (Due) BO.9; 5. Phil Conover (Duc) Vance Grabs Gator in ith Go-Power byFramU\utolite! 00 00 Ci'l ...... Tu.ae ia Sours for "Hiddca H eroa"OD tlac N....YiIIe Net - .... rt..Cbcd Joc:aIlistinp for time. Terry Vance extended his top-running, two-wheeling tradition at the '88 Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida, with a win in the Pro Stock Motorcycle division. Thanks to Fram/Autolite , he had the dependable power he needed to propel his Katana 1100 through the trap at a sizzling 7.987ET/16S.OlMPH. . Congratulations, Terry, from Fram/Autolite-your performance partners. We're with you all the way in '88. Allied-Signal, Inc, AlliedMtermarket Division, East Providence, RI 02916 ~ 1988 Allied-Signal, lnc. -,Allied ~Signal 80.0. PRE· 1960 VIN: 1. Ed Meogor (H· D) 6B.B; 2. J ack Hurst (Ind) 53.4 . OPEN SGL; 1. Fred Eiker (W·R) 108 .2; 2. John Scon (Hon) 99 .6; 3. Alden Robertson (Yom) 9B.2; . 4. Arne Ion (Hon) 84.9. D/ P SGL: 1. Nick lenalsch (Kaw) 90.6; 2. Doug Meyer (Kaw) BB.2; 3. Ma rl< Tuttle (Kaw) B4.B; 4 . St eve Ball mer (Kow) 79 .9. OPEN 250: 1. David M . Donnelly (Suz) B7.1 250 STK: 1. Robert Flam (Kaw) B5.B; 2. Tim McClellan (Kaw ) 84 .6: 3. M ike Ross (Kaw) 7B.5; 4. Brian Halton (Kaw) 77 .2; 5. Don Doug Riggs (Hon) 74 .6. 500 2-STRK: 1. Bob Ummel. (Yam) 95.4; 2. John G..elle (Yam) 90 .7. 500 TW: 1. Olin Frank Daunell (Kaw ) 104 .45; 2. Clay Carson (Kaw) 104 .3; 3. Torn McMahon (Kaw) 102.4; 4. Eddie Bru sh (Kaw) 100.6; 5. Brian Canerson (KawI 95.6. OPEN 650: 1. David Gibbons (Yam) 10 1.3; 2. Don Angel (Duc) B5.7 . 75 0 TW : 1. Paul Rasmu ssen (Duci 106. 4; 2. Duane Summers (Due) 104.4; 3. J im Zuccaro (Due) 99 .B; 4 . Jo hn Caldwell (Duc) 93.9; 5. Bar ry Han er (Duc) BB.2. STK 1000: 1. Greg La Cava (BMW: 99 .9: 2. Shawn E. Busehy (BMW) 9B.4; 3. Edw ard K. Glover (BMW) B9.2: 4 . Joe Patt ison (BMW) BB.O 5. Rob : Small in g (BMW) B7.9. . OPEN 1000: 1. Cliff Carr (H-D) 84 .6. OPEN U/L; 1. Nick Nicho ls (H-D) 91. 3; 2. Bob M oore (H-D) BO.9; 3. Dave Fiorell i (H-D) 72.6. OPEN 6 CYL: 1. Bert Banner (Hon) 92.B; 2. George Havelka (Ben)91.6; 3. Charl es Moo re (Hon) 84 .0. 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