Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

There's no other feeling like it in the world..• M ike Hale (center) celebrates his Pro-Am v ictory w ith second-place rider Larry Pegram (right) and.third place Stephen Beattie (left), This is the magazine you have been waiting for: Roa d raci ng . Neck a nd neck. Down th e st ra ight. Around the sweeper. Th rough the ch icane . That's horse-power and speed. On the race track. From a ro un d the w orld and across the country. There's really no other feel ing like it in t he world. Now there is a glossy, full -color magazine that s pecializes in bringing road racing into your home. This is the magazine. M otorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated w ill put you at the ra ce tra ck. Every issue. M otorcycle ROAD RACER illustrated will present the mach ines and th e people that make up worldwide road racing and t he high-performance motorcycle world . . Chris Carr benef itted from Shobert' s disqualification by t aking fourth place an d co ll ect ing points while Parker and Shobert di dn't. brakes, a n o ily bald tire a nd a loose exhaust system, Carr settled for fifth ahead of J or gen sen . " It rea lly wasn 't that bad ," sa id Carr a bo u t th e tr ack co nd itions during the race. " I ha ve to gi ve th e riders credit for using their heads." But trac k cond itions, so me speculated, co u ld hav e been a factor in Shobert's d isqualificatio n , with th e great deal of tire wear brought on by the hard surface. The left side of Shober t' s rear tire looked more lik e a slick than a block-pattern dirt tra ck tire. " I wore o u t a lot of rubber," Shobert sai d, and rubber is weight. Juniors The Junior final was th e last race of the day. Originall y set for 10 laps, onl y fiv e were complet ed wh en Michael Stouffer cras hed exiting turn two and su ffered a suspected broken leg. The race was th en ca lled off. Kevin Ath erton won both the fin al a nd hi s heat race. (Sto uffer won th e o ther heat race). Atherton du eled with Mark Wyskiel a nd Stouffer in the br ief fin al rnatch.r Wyskiel took second a nd J ason Fletch er claimed third. Pro-Am Texan Mike H al e wo n the eightlap Pro -Am fina l, af ter a battle with Audi e Huff Jr. After winning his heat race, H al e led th e fin al at th e star t of th e second lap with Huff (also a heat winri er) close beh ind. Special Charter Subscription Offer Huff passed Ha le in turn one o n la p four, wh ile th ey were trail ed by Larry Pegram and Step he n Beattie. Bu t one la p later , Huff cras hed coming o u t of the rough turn two. H e quickl y ro se and ra n, a nd no red nag was shown. By th e start of. the last lap, Hale - using Carr's Mik e Camphousetuned 600 - had a 5.71-second lead whi ch h e n ev er relinqui shed . Pegram nipped Beattie at the finish, while Scott Sehl and Brian Tillson ro unded out th e .top five. e_ Results 25 -LAP GRAND NAT'L CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: 1. Dan Ingram (Han); 2. Steve Morehead (H-D); • 3. Tim Mertens (Han); 4 . Chri s Carr (H·D); 5. Alex Jorgensen (Han); 6. Doug Chandler (Hon~ 7 . Keith Day (Han ~ B.' Terry Poovey (H on ~ 9. Rodney Farris (H·D); 10. Rusty Rogers ( H an~ 11. Billy Herndon (Han); 12. Will Davis (H-D); 13 . George Roeder II (H-D); 14. Ronnie Jones (HanI. TIME: 15 min.. 16.768 sec. 5·LAP CAME L CHALLENGE: 1. Bubba Shobert (Han); 2. Scon Parker (H- D); 3. Dan Ingram (Han); 4 . Rusty Rogers (Han); 5. Tim Mertens (Han); 6. Terry Poovey (Han). GRAND NAT'L CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Scon Parker (208 ) 2. Bubba Shobert (192); 3. Chr is Carr (lB4); 4 . Steve Morehead (150 ); 5. Terry Poovey (123 ); 6. Ronn ie Jones (112); 7. (TIEl Rodney Farr is/ Dan Ingram (B2); 9. Keith Day (63); 10 . Jay Springsteen (611. CAME L PRO SERIES POINT STANDINGS : 1. Bubba Shobert (lBBI; 2. Scon Parker (1001; 3. Chris Carr IB9) 4 . (TIE) Doug Chandler / Steve Mo rehead (B61 6. Doug Polen (Bl); 7. Terry Poovey (65); B. Randy Renf row (47); 9. Ronnie Jones (44 1; 10 . Scon Gray (38). JUNIOR FINAL: 1. Kevin Ath erton (W· D); 2. Mar k Wyskiel (H-D); 3. Jason Fletch er (Rtx); 4 . 8ill Newkirk (Hon); 5 . Kr is Kiser (Rtx ); 6. Roger Bi beau (Rtx); 7. And rew Segalini (W, R); 8. Joe l Phelp s; 9. David Lloyd (Rtx); 10. Richard Foard (W · R). PROAM FINAL: 1. M ike Hale (H-D);2. Larry Pegram (W -R); 3. Steph en Bean ie ( H - D~ 4 . Scan Sehl; 5. Brian Till son (W·R ~ 6. Roben Knapp (H-DI; 7. Todd Hurst; 8. Gordon Schop ieray (Hon); 9. A.J . Snoop (W,R); 10. David Duhaine (W-R). Be come a Charter S ubs cribe r to Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illus trated and receive six issues for o n ly $9.001You save $6.00 (th at's 40%) off the norm a l su bscri pti on price of $ 15.00. 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