Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Dale Quarterley (32) lapped the field en route to the Pro Twins GP win; here he leads Doug Brauneck (1) before the Dr. John's Moto-Guzzi broke. Local rider Gary Stas inherited the Pro Twins Modified Production victory when Kevin Erion crashed . Stas was very enthusiastic about his win . Kevin Erion finished second in the Pro Twins GP class. but crashed wh ile leading j ust two laps from the finish in the Modified Production race . AMA/Circle Bell Pro Twins GP Series: Round 2 Quarterley at home in Loudon win By Paul Carruthers Photos by Henny Ray Abrams LACON IA, NH , JUNE 19 Massachusetts' Dal e Quarterl ey ran away with the GP portion of Pro T win s co rnp etition a t Bryar Motorsports Park. R iding his Fast By Ferraci Ducati 851 for th e first time, Quarterley lap ped the en tire field. Seco nd p lace went to Ca li. , .. forma s Kevin Enon on th e i no vat ive T wo Brother s R a cin g Spondon -fra rned Du ca ti, which uses Honda fou r-val ve cyli nder heads. Pab lo Real too k th ird o n his Team Leon i Du cati , while Warren Elliott an d Edw ard Abdo fill ed ou t th e top five.slo ts. , 1 he.G P cl.as~ saw on ly 13 starters a nd eig h t fin ish ers. Man y o f the contenders went by the ways ide, includ in g GP cha mp Doug Brauneck, Road Atl anta win ner J ohn Long, J im my Adamo a nd David Kieffer. T he ac tion ea rly was fast a nd furious. Quarterl ey leapt into the lead from the drop of the flag , leadi ng Brauneck a nd Ada mo across the stripe at th e end o f th e first lap . Lo ng was next followed by Kieffer and Real. Erion was seventh . By th e end of the seco nd lap, the leading duo had put a gap on Adam o, who wou ld p it a lap later , a nd then rejoin the fray nine la ps down. After four laps, th e lead ing duo led th e battle for th ird between Long and Kieffer by over 12 seconds . eco nds a fter start ing the fifth lap , Kieffer clipped Lo ng's rear wh eel on th e from straigh t sett ing up for (u rn on e. What foll ow ed was a horrific cra sh . Kieffer went down hard a nd was brieflv knocked un co nscious , whi le Longma na ged to maintain co nt ro l. Two laps la ter it was Long's turn as he cra shed in turn eight. No w the battle for third was between Real a nd Erio n. Quarterl ey was beginning to p u t space between him self a nd Brauneck o n th e Dr. J ohn's ' M OIO Guzzi. . On lap eigh t Eri on got past Real , but by lap 12 was over 50 seco nds -beh ind Brauneck. Quarterley, meanwh il e, had pulled o u t o ver' 10 seco nds on Brauneck by lap 13. On th e 16th lap, Quaner ley lapped th ird-placed Erio n. On th e 19th lap, Brauneck 's Guzzi sna p ped a .ca rn drive pin. " We' re using heavier sp rings and it 's o verstressed," Dr. J o h n sa id later. "It was th e second one this weekend, but th ere was no wa y to fix th e - prob lem here." Th e final six laps wer e cl ear sa iling for Quart erl ey. Erion held on for second wit h Real th ird. " It was the first time out o n the bi ke," Er io n sai d. " I was j ust o u t to ha ve a good time." " It goes great," Quarterley sa id regard ing the Duca ti 85 1. " I just rode it around n ice a nd easy, hoping th at ma ybe th e G uzzi wou ld break and it look s like ir did. Resu lts PRO TWINS GP; 1. Dale Qu. ner l~y (Due); 2. Kevin Erion (Due); 3. Pablo Real (Due); 4, Warre n Ell iott (Duel; 5 , Edward Abdo (Hon); 6. Kurt Liebmann (Due); 7. Peter Johnson (Cag); 8 . Mark' Robinson (Due); 9. Doug Brauneek (M -G); 10. James Adamo (D ue). PRO TWINS POINT STANDINGS: 1. Dale Quarterley (4 5); 2 . John Long (4 3); 3 . Kevin Erion (3 2 ); .4. Doug Braun eek (19); 5, (TIE)Ja mes Adamo/ Kun Liebmann (18); 7 . Pablo Real (20); 8 . David Keiffe r (13); 9, Kevin StansylWarr en Elli ott (I I) . AMA Pro Twins Modified Production Series: Round 3 Stas wins Twins at,Loudon By Paul Carruthers , Photos by Henny Ray Abrams LACONIA, NH, JUNE 18 Gary Stas made it a Massachusetts sweep of the P ro T wi ns classes with his ,win in th e Mod ified P roducti on final on Sa tu rday a t Brya r Moto rsport Park. Stas a nd hi s Ducati took advantage o f Da ytona a nd Road Atl anta winner Kevin Erion 's crash two laps from the end to win th e 19-1ap affair. Seco nd place went to Peter Johnso n wi th J. Crai g Sham ba ug h third. "I kn ew I couldn't get by him (Erio n) ," Stas sai d aft er pushing the Ca liforn ia n for mos t of th e race. " But I kn ew it wo uld , be close. I was pressi ng him, a lways keeping the p ress u re on, but Kevin had so much motor up the hill a nd th rough eight and 10." At the start it was Erion jumping to an immediate lead over Blaine Paulus j r., Sham baugh and J ohnson. Stas was fifth across the sta rt! fini sh line a t the end of th e first lap . By the second lap, however, he was fo u rth, and a la p la ter he was th ird. O n lap four, Stas was second and mak ing a ru n a t the charging Erio n. J ohnson, meanwh ile, held contro l o f thi rd with Shambaugh a sa fe fo urth . After six la ps, Stas was 2.5 seconds behind Erion, a nd three laps later' he was cha llengi ng for the lead. On lap 17, Er ion lost th e front end in tu rn six. " I did th e sa me thin ~ in p ractice," Eri on said. " It's m y first tim e here a nd it's a tou gh tra ck. H e (Stas) beat (Continued to page 67)

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