Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Jamie James tosses his Suzu ki down the road on the fi nal lap of the 600cc Supersport race . David Sadowski (4) gets the jump on th e pack during the 600cc Supersport race. James (58) is second. Pro Twins (Continued from page 14) me las t weekend at a club race here. bu t I wasn 't rea l worried about it. I was going slow when I crashed; I can 't a ttribute it to anything. It 's my first-ever race crash. I wanted to win. I d id n 't wa nt to fin ish second. Bu t I wasn 't on the edge." J oh nson. who broke his collarbone at Loudon a fte r Da ytona . wasn 't using the injury as an excu se. " I hav e no excuses," he said... It was a lot of th ings." Sh ambaugh said he had a lo t of fun. bu t was riding o n rather used up Michelins. " I ra n them a ll week." he said. Fourth place wen t to a nother Duca ti rider, Chris Thomas. whi le local rid er Edward Abdo rode a hard race o n a virtuall y stock Honda Ha wk to fini sh fifth. _ Results PRO TWINS MODIFIED: 1. Gary Stas (Due); 2. Peter Jo hnson (Due); 3. J. Craig Shambaugh (Due); 4. Chris Thoma s (Due); 5. Edward Abdo IHon); 6. Warren Elliott IOuc): 7. Robert Griffith s (M- G); a. William Weidner (Due); 9. Blaine Paulus Jr. (MG); 10 . Steve Aspland (Due). • PRO TWINS POINT STANDINGS: 1. Kevin Erion 140) 2. Denn is Leibr echt (27); 3. J. Craig Sharnbau ; (25); 4. Blai na Paulus Jr. 1 23): 5. Robert Gr iff iths (21); 6. Gary St as (20); 7. Tom Sharp (17); 8. (TIE) Joseph Lamiroult/Pete Johnson/E ric Phillippe (16 ). AMAjSupersporf by Vance & Hines 600 Series: Round 3 Sadowski storms to Loudon thriller By Pau l Carrut hers Photos by Henny Ray Abrams LACONIA, NH, J U NE 19 . Ho m eto w n hero David Sado wski wo n a near race-long war with J amie James at Bryar Motorsp ort Park to win his fir st-ever 600cc Su perspo rt race. The race. however. wasn 't deci ded until th e fin al tum wh en J ames tossed h is Suzuki Ka tana away under bra king while trying to ride around the o ut side of Sadowski. The Exeter. New Hampshire rider th en coas ted across th e line with th e victo ry firmly in hand. Seco nd p lace wa s inherited by Do ug Po len o n the Yoshimuraback ed Suzuki , with J ohn Ash mea d crossing th e line th ird on his H onda CBR600 Hurric an e. Mike H ar th a nd J ohn Ra msay rou nded out the top five. Sadowski set the tone for the final whe n he beat Polen in the firs t heat nice o n Saturday. The second heat race sa w J am es catc h early leader Ashmead, and th en sli p pas t to tak e th e wi n . Ash mead held on to second with H arth third. T he fin al featured chaos before it even started. J eff H ackett and J onat ha n Reh euser co llided on th e gri d en route to the warm-u p lap, knocking Pol en over in th e process a nd bending his brake lever. Nei ther of th e two offenders started th e race. Wh en th e flag dropped. it was pri vateer Sadowski taking the lead right off the bat with James and H a rt h giving chase. Po len was fifth a t the end of lap one. foll o wing fourth-p laced Scott Ru ssell. On th e second lap, Richa rd Burdi ck tossed hi s Ho nda away exiting tum 10. th e bike slamming into th e wall and the n chasing down offi cials by the start/ finish line. Luckil y, no o ne was hit, and Bu r d i ck a lso escaped injury. Sadow ski . turning lap times in the hig h 1:ll .low 1:12-range. open ed up a slig h t lead on J ames during the th ird go -around. The battle for third was intense wi th H arth leading Ru ssell , Polen . and John Ra msa y. On tli e fifth lap. R ussell put himself out of th e race when he cras hed in turn eight. By th e seventh lap . J am es wa s cha lle ng i n g Sado wski and Pol en was right with H arth. A lap lat er. Pol en got past H a rth a nd started making ti me o n th e lead in g du o. . Pet er Brad y/Mi ch elin/ RK /BelR a y-sponsored Ashm ead . m eanwhi le. was o n the move. passi ng bo th H arth and Ra msay o n lap 14 a nd staying there to the finish line. The rest of - the order stayed th e same; Pol en co uld n't catch the two battling u p fro nt. and James finally th rew it away in the final corner. " It was on th e verge of being on its side every lap." J am sa id momen ts after the cras h. " I set u p high to go underneath coming out, but I don 't kno w wha t ha p pened." "A t the halfwa y ma rk I started making u p grou nd. bu t th ey were just far en o ug h tha t I couldn't catch th em ."· Po len said. "They cou ld ha ve both go ne down o ut the re. I kn ew I was tied with Ashmead for th e points lead. The cras h at th e start kn ocked me over and I go t a cha rlie horse in my calf." " I had a he ll of- a time holding him beh ind me." Sadow ski said. "The sh ift lever broke on th e la st lap. I wo uldn' t have mad e it a no ther la p . Jamie J ames will do anything to pass you . H e beat me here last week." Ash mead sa id he had a li ttl e tro u ble jumpin g back and for th from the Superbike to his Supersports Sa dows ki (4 ) and James (5 8) battled fi ercely in the 600cc race; Sadowski . to ok the w in. The N ew Ham pshire local also won the 750cc race . mo un t. " I go t th e door slammed o n me in o ne at the start. " he sa id. " It's a little spooky o u t there." _ Results 600cc SUPERSPORT: 1. David Sadows ki (Sullo 2. Doug Polen (SUl ); 3. John Ashmaad (Han); 4 . Mi ke Hart h ISul); 5. John Ramsay (Han); 6. Cam Roos (Han): 7. M ike Smith (Han); 8. Sean Osowski (Han ); 9 . Larry Schw aribach (Han) ; 10 . Chris Knight (Han). Supersport 750 Series by Vance & Hines: Round 3 Sadowski again! By Paul Carruthers Photos by Henny Ray Abrams David Sad owski, th e Duke of New H ampshire, completed his domination of the Supersport classes at his home track with a runawa y win in th e 750cc class at Bryar Mo torsp orts Park. Sado wski nail ed th e ho leshot and led wire- to-wire. topping fell ow New H ampsh ir e resident J eff H eino, wh o came fro m the back of th e pack, and Georgia's Sco tt Russell. Sadows ki a n d hi s S u zuki GSXR 750 ac tua lly led two races . as the firs t portion of the event was redflagged whe n Ca lif ornia n Jam es Domay cras hed in turn 10 on th e seco nd la p. Do may su ffered a crac ked verte bra and a brok en a nkle in the mishap . Sadowski the n had to do it again on the follow ing gree n flag, but he led Russell and Mik e Ha rth at the end of the firs t lap. At th is po int. Heino was up to sixth and charging to the front. By th e fourth la p . Sadowski led Ru ssell by 2.2 seconds with H eino clos ing in thi rd p lace. and H art h ho ldin g fourth. Doug Pol en , meanwhi le. was running eig ht h o n a 600cc Katana in 'a field of 32 GS XR750s. " T hey didn 't bring my 750," Polen sa id. " I don't kn ow why . . ." Yo shimura ' s Mr. Wa ta nabe ex p lained: "Too ma ny bik es. We ca n win th e 750. I wa n t to win the 600. Wh en we win o ne (600cc class ) we may qui t. but if we q uit now. people wi ll th ink we are losers. It's too ma ny races a nd too da ngerous for Doug. Ou r p rio ri ty is the Superbi ke." Sadowski he ld his lead to the finis h with H ein o getting past the sliding Russell o n la p 12 of th e 17lap race. Harth held on to finish - fourth ahea d of Ja mie James. " No t enough track time." Ru ssell said of hi s th ird place finis h. " It proba bly wo uld have paid to come up here last weekend." . H eino. who was o n Mich elins whi le th e o the r two in th e winner 's circle used Dunlops, sa id, " I starte d dead last. I wish I co uld have started with " Ski" (Sado wski ) because I would hav e gone for it." " I was di sappointed to see the red flag." Sadowski said. " I didn 't th ink I co uld br eak a way aga in. I th ought Scott (R ussell ) got ca ugh t in a jam ." ·" H e came to my hom etown a nd I sh owed him ." said Russell. who'd . won at Road Atlanta. "and whe n I came to his hometown he showe d me!" - Resu lts 1. David Sadows ki (SUllo2. Jeff Heino ISul); 3. Scott Russell (SUl); 4 . Mike Hart h (SUl); 5. Jam ia James (SUl); 6. Marc Smith (SUl); 7. Stephe n Noquer ia (SUl ); 8. Russell Paulk (SUl ); 9. Doug Polen {Sul lo 10. Brian Kent (SUl) . 67

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