Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.. ~ ~ 00 00 Cl ....... ~ C'J .... V ..0 8 V > 0 Z Kayo Racing (3) goes around t he ou tside of Sport Cycle Rac ing (1 6 ) on t he ir way to a f ifth-place f inish . Sport Cycle w as third Lightweight. Rid ers J ay Denha m a nd Cra ig Ren ck util ized one pi t m ember, o ne scorekeeper , a nd one set of Mich el in slicks 10 tak e their seco nd top-five fi nish in as ma ny weeks o n their 1I00cc Suzuk i. Said Denha m a fter th e race: " We started o n new tir es th at wer en 't scuffed in a nd th at cos t us a few lap s because the tra ck is so slippery. We a lso started 10 use o il a t th e end of the ra ce. " 5 150 is spo n sored by MOIOSp ort , Big Boost. Sportsman Suzuki and T eam G amma. The o n ly Med iu rnweig h t P rod uction cla ss machi ne to land a mong the top five wa s the fourth-place Su zuki 600 Ka tana o f Ro ya le Racin g. Riders Doug Henry an d T en)' Ba iley work ed thei r way up from 11th in th e firs t hour to co m p lete 220 laps with n o spi lls, m iscues or fai lur es for the seco nd week in a row. T heir mount is prepped by Bailey a nd backed by Dun lop, Ts u baki a nd Works Performan ce. " We though t we mi ght ha ve needed a pad cha nge in th e fin al h o u r ," sai d Ba il ey im me d ia tely a fter the race.- "We found that the o ther teams ma ke the ir ow n bad lu ck and we're just gelling o ur share o f th e good lu ck." Ro unding ou t th e top five was th e Kayo Racin~ Yamaha FZR IOOO with 220 laps. RId ers Jim T ribou, Mark Hei ser a n d J err Dean di scovered lat e in p ra cti ce th at seco nd gear was blo wn o n th eir main machine a nd tun er Brendan " Bee " J ohnson reworked th e tra ns missio n gearing, a llowing the m to use fourth through six th. In a n effort to gai n va lua ble po in ts th e team a lso ra n a 750, but it a lso ran into prob le ms and dropped o u t af ter running as h igh as third overall. The Kayo 1100 developed brake p robl em s in the fift h ho u r, roaring into the p its for an unanticipa ted bra ke change, b ut found no th in g wa it in g . Shortly th er ea ft er th e ' mach ine boi led through th e ca rbs. The team a lso spen t four m inu tes in th e p its during th e th ird h our due to a lack o f a qui ck-ch ange rear whee l setu p. CIA Ra cing 's John Copeland a nd Gen e Burch am again took the Lightweight win on th e Arai/Tsubak il Dunlop/Kal -Ga rd /Winner Restrau rant- sponso red Yam aha FZR 400 , co m p leting 2 19 laps .an d fin ish ing six th overa ll. The team di ced with Red Stripe Racing d uri ng th e first CIA Racing's John Copeland and Gene Burcham fin ished sixth overall and f irst in the Lightweight class on their Yama ha FZR400. Team Suzuki is all sm iles after their w in. The Champio nship w ill now be decided at t he Road Atlant a GNF. hou r before p u lli ng a wa y for good in hour two. The first hour en ded with Suzuk i o ne lap up o n th e H u ma ns a nd Ka yo , wi th th e rest of th e top five a lap ba ck . T he seco nd hour agai n had Suzu ki on top, but by two laps 8 1 to HRT ' s a nd both Kay o mach ines' 79. The third hour sa w th e two lea ders bu n ch up with th e H u m a n s o n top b y a l most 30 seco nds. P it sto ps and backma rkers put th e Suzuki m achine on top by fo u r seco nds d uri ng th e fou rth ho ur. Min o r si tuations never bothered ei th er team . Goi ng into th e fifth hou r, Atwe ll p itted wit h fue l starvati on problems . He though t he was running ou t o f gas, but wh en he swi tched to reserv e it cleaned o ut. Sh an p it sto ps for brak e pads a nd rider cha nges a llowed th e Hum ans to p ick u p a lap here an d a seco nd th ere o n ly to see it w h ittled aw ay in the fift h hour with Suzu ki u p b y a lm ost 45 seco nds. Ult ima tely , th e H u m an's down fall came in th e last ho ur. With H all clos ing o n th e slowi ng Atwell , the Yamaha's fro nt brake lin e bl ew , send ing ride r a n d ma chi ne to th e p its. With just 10 min ut es remaining th e ra ce was red-nagged a n d ca lled co m p lete because o f a seven -rider cras h due to a sever e oil sp ill in the back sectio n of th e track. " I just wanted to run conservatively ," sa id a ca lm a nd rema rka bly fresh Atw ell mom ents after lead ing T eam Suzu ki to its fifth o vera ll victory th is year. T urni ng in a n o uts ta n d ing ra ce before succ u mb ing to mech ani cal ill s wa s th e Virginia-based Cycl e Spo rt wi th riders C hr is Quinn , G len n Szarek a nd Chris Hughes o n a Sm it h Sport Cycle FZR IO O. T he O ho m eto wn team ended th e first hou r just a single lap off th e pace o f Suzuki , Hum an Race T ea m a nd Kayo, worki ng. u p to thi rd overa ll the fourth hou r before dro ppi ng o u t with dri ve trai n prob lems. " T he track is ver y slip pe ry and fast er tha n it usua ll y is." sa id H ug hes. " We started the race o n soft Metzeler slicks and th e tir es looked o kay, but th e brakes wer e a bit spo ngy ." • Results _ 0 1 A: 1. Team Suzuki Endu ran ce (Suz); 2 . Human Race Team (Yam ); 3 . 5 150 Racing (S uz); 4 . Royale Racing (5 Ul ); 5. Kayo Racing IYam); 6. CIA Racing (Yam); 7. R& 5 Racin g (5 ul); 8 . Team Dw eeb IYam l; 9 . Honda-BM W Motorsp ort s (Han); 10 . Red St rip e Racin g (Yaml. H/W 5 /B K: 1. Team Suzuki Endurance 15ull; 2. Hum an Race Team (Yam); 3 . Kayo Racin g (Yam); 4 . R&S Racing (5 Ul); 5. Ammag Racing (5 ull. HIW PROD: 1. 515 0 RacinglSull; 2. Team No Br eaks (Suz); 3 . Team Bazooki (SUl ); 4 . Cred it Card Raci ng (Suz); 5. Team Slug (Yam ). ~ M /W 5 /BK: 1. Team Dweeb (Yam); 2. HondaBMW Motorsport s (Hon); 3. Tri-5late (5U l); 4 . Char m Cit y Racing (Yam); 5 . Tea m Moto r head [Suz). M /W PROD: 1. Royale Racing (5 Ul) ; 2. Re-Cycle Racing (Hon); 3 . EClipse Racing (Yam ); 4 . A ct ion Suz uki Raci ng (Suz); 5. Psychoti c Pet un ias (Kaw) . L/W: 1. CIA Racing (Yam); 2. Red Str ipe Racing (Yam); 3. Sport Cycle Racing (Yam): 4. Team Sledge (Kaw ); 5 . Freder ick Town Yamaha (Yam ). 7

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