Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Phil Kress finished third for t he second consecutive time. moving into a tie for eighth place in the F-USA point standi ngs w ith Curtis Adams. a nd Er ic Liebsche r ·were worried about Du ane Summers ' Du cati 851 Superbike, afra id th a t the WSMA official s would allow Sum mers to ride it in th e. F-U SA L ightweight class. The worries were unjustified, as Summers had to ride it in the Unlimit ed class , finishing 12th after battling with Voge l. "I can tum 1:32s on m y F-I too," said Summers, clai ming that h is new bike is no faster th an his old one, which is legal for the Lightweight clas s. " I don't ha ve any .parts for it, so it's development a t my expense," he added. Domay led from the-start, ch ased by T om Aqui no, Green e, Kunitsu gu and Er ic Kondo. Yoneda, 25, som etimes te~t ride r for Yoshimura, worked hi s way up to th ird by lap two . R iding hard, he ·went into downhill, left-hand turn three mor e th an o nce with the rear wheel two feet in th e air and bo th feet off th e pegs. Yoneda 's been ra cing for five years - in the U.S. for seven mo nths - and wou ld like to stay he re and race permanently. Kondo pu t his Ya maha T Z250 pas t . both Aquino a nd Kunitsug u o n lap three to take four th place. Domay co ntinued to ho ld the lead until lap five when he was passed by both Green e and Yoneda do wn th e fron t str aigh t in on e fell swoop. . Once past Dorna y, Greene a nd Yoneda left him beh ind. It look ed as th ough Yoneda mi gh t ge t past, but he was so on the edge and G reen e was ridi ng so smooth ly that it proved imp ossible. . . Fourth p lace fell to Eric Kondo aft er a lonely race, while fifth went .to Da vid Gibbons on a H onda RS250 after he passed Ku nitsugu near th e end. . Sixth pl ace fin ish er Kunits ugu rode J im Dickinson's Action Fours H o nda CBR600 H u rr ica ne in the third ro und of the series, fin ish ing fifth , a nd was imp ressed by the p erform ance of th e rad ia l ti res . T oday, Kunitsu gu 's own Hurri cane sp orted a new Mit ch ell rear wh eel which was wid e enough to run a Dunlop radia l slick. " I fina lly got the ra dials, a nd now th e su spe nsion 's messin g up, " he said di sheartedl y. Du e to his light weight, he had difficu lty setting up th e compression damping of th e aftermarke t Sh owa shoc k, which he says has less travel th a n the Fox he'd . trie d previously. He la ter finished .seco nd to Do may in the Yam aha/ Matzinger Racing C Superb ike race. Kunitsu gu had passed Aquino on lap eigh t, just before Aq ui no bailed off in turn four. " I knew he would be close, but a whe n I turned around to look, he wa s gone," said Kunitsu gu . Aquino, who was runnin g a 635cc Wiseco piston kit in hi s Hurrica ne for th e first time, said he was using a too- ha rd-com pou nd rear Dunlop ra dia l tire on the Kosman-wi den ed stock rim. " We je tted it wrong, so I was tryi ng to m a ke up too much ground in the corners," explai ned Aquino. Vanc e Specht fini sh ed a dis appointing eigh th p lace af ter scoring a fo urt h and a fifth at the last two rounds. His bike is an interesting mix of o ld an d new - a 1978 TZ250E chassis wi th an RZ350 motor in it. Specht has lapped as fast as I :33 o n the bike, but hopes to buy a T Z or RS250 for 1989. Ano t her Englishman , Chr is Kni gh t, took ninth place on a Su zuki G SX600 Katana. Knight is a member of T eam Hammer Foreign Affairs, wh ich fin ished fir st in th e Mediumweight Superb ike cla ss at last week 's WE RA R ocki n g h am Six-Hour Endurance race. Knight, an Arai emp lo yee, was re commended to T eam Hammer by British GP star Ron Haslam. Joe Brett Will iams rounded o ut the top ten on his H urricane. " I go t a -bad start, but I fig ured I' ve got 10 la ps to catch Domay," said Greene. " I thought about letting Yoneda pass, but I tho ugh t 'W hy make more work for myself?' " • Results F- USA OPEN: 1. Scon Gray (Suz); 2. J ames Doma y (5 uz); 3. Phil Kress (Yam ); 4. Earl Roloff (Yam ); 5. Ken Davi s (Yam); 6. Curt is A dam s (5uz); 7. Chu ck Gr aves (Su z); 8. Ch ri s St eward (Yam ); 9 . And rew St roud (Suz); 10 . J eff St ern (Suz). F-U5 A L/W: 1. Don Gr eene (Hon); 2. Kazunobu Yoned a (Yam); 3 . Ja mes Dom ay (Hon ); 4. Er ic Kondo (Yam); 5. Dav id Gibbon s (Hon); 6 . Kent Kuni t sugu (Hon); 7. M ichael Graves (Yam); B. Vance Specht (Yam ); 9 . Chr is Kn igh t (Suz); 10 . J oe Brett Will iams (Hon) . F-2 : 1. Don Green e (Hon); 2. M ichael Graves (Yam); 3 . Vance Specht (Yam); 4 . A lex W hit e (Hon ); 5. Yoshi o Ish iyama (Yam). A 5 / BK: 1. Phil Kress (Yam ); 2. Ken Davis (Yam); 3 . W illi am Beck (Suz); 4 . Duane Sum mers (Duc); 5. A ndrew St rou d (Suz). B S/B K: 1. Chuck Graves (5 uz); 2. Jeff St ern (Suz); 3. Duan e Su mm ers (Duc); 4 . A ndrew Str oud ISuz ); 5 . Chr is Kni gh t (Suz). C S/ BK: 1. James Dom ay (Ho n ); 2. Kent Kun it sug u (Hon); 3. Br ad Hazen (Han); 4 . Jo e Br ett Will iam s (Han); 5. Eric Lieb scher (Han ). D S/B K: 1. A dr ian Gau t hier (Yam ); 2. Dave Skaien (Yam); 3 . Je ff W ell s (Yam ); 4 . Darr ell Clingerma n (Yam); 5 . St even laPlum e (Yam). OPEN TW : 1. Lloyd Johnson (Duc); 2. Mick Of ield (Nor). CHA LL CUP OPEN: 1. Geor ge Zepeda (Suz); 2. Henry M oradill a (Suz); 3 . Raymond Hat hc ock (Kaw ); 4. J eff Wa like (Suz): 5 . Jerr y Coffman (Suz). CHA LL CUP 600: 1. Dann y Lizardo (Hon): 2. Ja mes Dobson; 3 . Raben Bowall iu s (Han ); 4 . Dave Skaien (Yam); 5. Lar ry Spektor (Han ). POINT STA NDINGS F· USA OPEN: 1. J am es Dom ay (65 ); 2. Earl Roloff (33); 3. Pau l Vogel (32); 4. Scon Gray (30); 5 . Barr y Burke (29 ): 6. Ken Davis (26): 7. Carry Andrew . (19); B. (TIE) Phil Kre ss/ Curtis Adams (1B); 10 . (TIE) Peter Chr istensen/Wes Cooley (10). F-USA L/W: 1. Don Gr eene (50); 2. J ames Doma y (33 ); 3 . Kent Kuni t sugu (22 ); 4. Kazunobu Yoneda (21); 5. Rich Ol iver (20); 6. Ben Williams (lB); 7. Tom Aquino (17 ); .B. Vance Specht (16 ); 9. (TIE) Alan Cart er/Andy Leisn er (1 5). Congratulations, Jeff, on another Championship. W an t t o g o racing!? Ch eck th e Cycle News calen dar section . r------------------------------~ I . , I ! WHEN I I I I I YOU MOVE... ! I 1. For FASTEST se rvic e att ach old mai li ng la be l i n space bel ow If ma il ing ~a b el is no t av a i lable. pr in t your ol d nam e and address i n t h is bo x. Ple ase all ow 3 w eeks fo r ch a nge t o ta ke eff ect . 2 . Pr i nt yo ur NEW addre ss here . Name _ Address _ City ...:...... Zip State 3. M ail to: L ~ Circulation Department _ _ _ CYCLE NEWS. Inc. P.O. Box 498 Long Beach, CA 90801-0498' ~-----

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