Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.... Q) ..0 8 Q.) ;:> o Z Team "Lock hart lost the Monsterbike Shoot-Out during their pit stop. The second-ever, f ive-lap dash for cash was won by D utchman Racing , zel l wa s b lo cking my vi ew , .exp la in ed Andrew , who didn 't feel too bad abo uC1he cras h. " I wok e up from this ni ghtma re last n ight . . . I was slid ing o ff th e bike goi ng o nto th e bankin g ... h opefull y, tha t was th e crash I was dream in g a bou t!" The o n ly da mage to th e H yper-Cycle bik e was a bent brak e p edal a nd a brok en fo ot p eg a nd windsc ree n , fixed well before the sta rt of the en d ura nce race . Wyo m in g and Hig h T ech a lso pi tted on la p th ree , with Kieffer a nd Moe rep lacing Mc:-'I u rter and j eurink. Coming across th e sta rt / fin ish lin e to en d la p four it was Ren tzell, Quarterlcy, Kieffer, Moe and David Smi th, who repl aced Englert on the G ib sonia entry. At the fi nis h a la p lat er , the order re mai ned th e sa me with th e excep tio n of Moe ni pping Kieffer a t th e flag. . The 3:00 Su nday a fternoo n sta rt of th e en durance race saw H yperCycl e's Domay lead 61 team s into tu rn o ne. Dutchman a nd Hi gh T ech ra n seco nd a nd th ird , with Smi th leadin g th e seco nd -wa ve GT U sta rt. Asphalt Aviators ra n seco nd in GTU with Autobahn Soc ie ty, who lat er cras hed o u t, ho lding third. Dutchman's Rentzell wasted no lim e in passin g Dorn ay, doing so o n th e banking o n lap o ne. A lap lat er Lockhart's Quarterl ey passed both Domav a nd Rentzell in th e in fiel d , hea d in g omo the bank in g in the lead . T h is tr iggered a back-and- forth tu ssle a t a pace w hich Doma y lat er called " Way too fa st," The High T ech Racin g entry ca me int o th e pits o n lap two wi th a broken shi ft lever , a problem wh ich wo u ld lat er a lso pl a gu e the flyin g Dutch me n . High T ech made th e necessary repa irs, but lost two la ps doi ng so ; at th e end of th e first hour they were list ed in I ith p lace. Smith brought th e Roswell H o nda into th e pits wi th tr an smission prob lems and parked it a fter completing just eig h t laps, an anticl im ac tic end to an exce llen t seas on whi ch saw he a nd tea m m a te Cam Roo s claim the GT U tit le with two races remain ing. T h is handed th e GTU lead to T eam :\;Iill er Am erica n 's Suzuki Ka tana with Island Racing working th eir Duca ti i 50 FI up in to t h ird . Ne i th e r team , h o wev e r , wo u ld fi gu re in t h e o utco me. Bra y soon brought th e fif th- p lace Cri mson Tide mach in e in to th e pits su Heri ng from fuel starvation. Bray th ought he was ru n n ing o u t of gas, odd a t this earl y a stage in th e ra ce, but th e bike checked out o kay and he retu rn ed to the frav . Minutes la ter he returned to the ' pits with gas spe wing o u t an over flow line. T eam Captain Keith Perry brought th e bike behind th e pit wall , made repai rs a nd scm hi m back out. But a sca m few laps lat er th ey were th rough. Loc khart 's season ca me to a n end o n la p 18 whe n Quarterl ey cr hed as in o il laid down by a slower rider in the left-hand infield dogleg . The bike was wa dded, but fo rtuna tely th e resiliem Qua rterl ey was unh urt. " I saw some d ust a nd the n I saw Quarter ley ge tting up," sa id Dornay, realizing th at the tit le was hi s. At th e half-hour mark , R en rzel l pined with a broken shift lever, -th e first of two suc h occu ren ces on th e Du tchman Suzuki . Th e crew scram bled to salvage the sh ift lever from thei r spare bike and los t five mi n utes. Ren tzell lat er suffered a fla t rea r tire o n th e banking a nd had to p it agai n . At the en d o f th e first hour Du tch ma n was listed in 19th p lace, bu t by the end o f hour two th ey were ul > to fo urt h. An y ho pes they had o the cha m pions h ip were das hed ; ho wever , w hen just eig h t laps from th e fi nis h C re vie r p ark ed it a t tra rk sid e: wh en th e tir e blew ea rlier, it sha ttered th e tailsectio n . pinching th e cra n kca se breath er ho se a n d crea ting back p ressure w h ich ca used so me OI l sea ls to b low. McMurter wa s flyin g o n th e RC30, and th ough teammat e Dr. Kieffer wa s n oti ceabl v s lo we r tha n th e Canadia n (T h ey'd tea med u p o nce before a t Dayto na , fo u r years ago , when th ey rode a Mo ri wa ki Ka wa sa ki to th e lead in a si x-hour endura nce race before blow in g u p o n th e fro nt straighta way ), the duo rode a co ns istent race to even tu a l!y fin ish fou rt h. They actu a lly he ld seco nd in th e fi na l la ps, o n ly to coast to a stop w i t h a rounded off , to oth less sprocket. " I thought th e tir e was c h u n k i ng," said th e Can adi an Nat iona l Champion, sh ortl y aft er pushing across th e lin e. Fifth pl ace at th e fin ish wa s Team Florida-Klond ike Racing wi th ride rs J o hn Curwick a nd Ma rk C hi n o n a Suzuki 1100. " T he bike's ha ndl ing bad ly," Ch in reponed, " I'm doing this a s a favor." Canadi an gi rl ra ce rs Ka th leen Coburn and Toni Sharp less turned in a resp ectab le performa nce, teaming w i t h fello w Ca na di a n Mi ke Wal sh o n a pai r of Yam ah a FZR750 Su perb ikes, a ll three tak ing turns on both b ikes in a Round Robin for mal. Wal sh had tun ed for th e lad ies at th e Road Ame rica AMA Nationa l thi s past J une. and was enjoying h is outi ng o n th e track. Coburn was especia lly imp ressive, shadow ing leader Andrew (a lbeit a la p do wn ) for a number o f laps. T he tri o put (Front left to right) Californians Jeff Rheaume, Jeff Stern and Ca rry Andrew celebrate with Eric Moe and Larry Jeurink in the w inner's circle . 'bo th machi nes in th e top ten , with o ne holding third pl ace a t th e end of th e seco nd h our, but both broke within two laps of eac h ot her a t th e 54 a nd 56- la p mark s. T he dynami c duo showed up a t Daytona as Teams Co llarbo n e I a nd II, a name they ada p ted as a result of th e bro ken clav icles each receiv ed this year (Toni a t S uzu ka, J apan ; Kathleen in Mic higan ). T hey were joined by Do m in iq u e Sarron's T eam G auloises G ra n d Prix mechanics, Did ier La ngouet and Pierre Ger main. " T hey sa id th ey needed a vacation. so we fig ured Canad a wou ld be the perfect p lace for th em ," said C oburn. "Oh, a nd by rhe wa y, there 's this race in Flo rida .. ." So uth Flo rida Racin g h eld th ird pl ace at th e end of hour o ne , bu t Bill Kell y th rew it away in th e chica ne. ." T he Iro n t en d lift ed up in th e rippl es a nd I lo st th e front end a nd _ we n t in to th e ha y bales." Kell y sported so me na sty bruises wh ere h is ches t hit th e ta n k, but wa s o therwise uninjured . T eam Gibsonia /Englert Ra cing ra n as hi gh as fourth in th e early going, but lost some time wh en th ey pitted to replace th eir fuel pump, even tua lly fin ish ing 39th. Ano ther team th aI did well before succum b ing to mech anical tro ub les was Tea m Bad News, who ran -as hi g h as fifth before an o il lea k scm th em to th e showers. RS Racing turned in a n exceptio na l perform ance to fin ish th ird as th ei r G SXR 750 was fiu ed w it h D unl o p ' K591 s rre et t i res, eve n m ore so since the team cons isted o f just th e two riders with no pit crew a t a ll (a lth o ug h H yp er-Cycle crewmen Karl Pa u l a nd Ro n Wilson did help th em some). They had a problem wit h th e clutch dragging , fo rcing them to pu t th e bike o n a sta n d to refuel, but otherwise th eir race was worry-free. RS Racin g is sponsored by Fas tlin e Perfo rman ce, Ma tzinger . Racin g , Du nl o p , Yoshimu ra , Mo tul a nd Kerker. " Eric (Moe) rode a n exce ll en t ! ra ce," said ru n ner-up J eurin k o f H igh Tech Racing , who fin ish ed four th in th e poin t sta ndi ngs to keep their n u m ber fo ur plat e for a nother year. " ( lo ve traHic," sa id Moe. " It's just li ke p y lon s . . . l ik e P a c-M an l" H igh T ech Racing is spo nso red by Co nser Coac h , L o ckh a rt and Michel in. Thi s wa s H yp er-C ycl e 's th ird co nsecu tive win at Da yto na (tho ug h th eir win thi s pa st March -was tak en a way following a protest by T eam Crew ch ief Ka rl Paul hurried ly refue ls t he Hyper -C ycle Suzuki. L o ckhart w he n An d re w went stra ig h t through the ch ica ne). " We hav e thi s track wired, " sa id Andrew . The National Champions a re spo n so re d by EBC . S hoe i, Mi chel in , Perform ance Machine, Yo shimu ra , Motul , O' Neal , Racing Engine Components, Ban-s, S udco, Kal- Gard , RK Cha in , Fox , Ba rn cu, Sprocket Specia lists, Yuasa amd EMG O. As far as H yper-Cycle corn ing back · to defen d their title, Doma y sa id, "You ca n bet yo u r life o n it!" • Results O/A: 1. Hvper -Cvcte (Sull: 2. High Tech Racin g (Sull; 3 . RS Racin g ISull; 4 . Team Wvoming (Hon); 5 . Team Fl or ida -Klondike Racin9 (Suz); 6. Fuch sia Racing (Suz); 7. Daytona (Hon); 8. Ouelett e Racing (Suz); 9. Team Excel; 10. Cycl e M otion (S Ul). . GTO: 1. Hvper ·Cvcle (Sul l; 2 . Hig h Tech Raci ng (SUl); 3 . RS Racing ( S ~z); 4 . Team W yom in g (Hon); 5 . Team Flor ida -Klond ike Racin g (Suz); 6 . Fuchsia Racing (Suz); 7. Ouelett e Racm g (S uz); 8 . Team Excel; 9 . Cycl e M otion (SUl); 10 . New J er sey Road Racing (5 uzl . GTU: 1. Dayt on a (Hon); 2. Team Vertica l (Hon); 3 . Asphalt A via tor s (S Ul ); 4 . Pastir Raci ng (Ho n); 5 . Moore Racin g (Ho n); 6 . West Flor ida Racing IHon ): 7. .Just -For -Pun (Hon ); 6. WC6 Racing (Ho nl; 9 . Team RA DD (Hon); 10 . Powercycl e Raci ng Corp . (Hon) . fiNAL POINT STAND INGS GTO: 1. Hyper-Cycle (120); 2. Dutchman Racing (109); 3 . Team Lockhart 1101); 4 . HIgh Tech Racing 199); 5 . Team W voming (671; 6 . Team Gibsonia / Englert Racing (66) ; 7 . Team Targa (56); 8 . Sou th florida Racing (46) ; 9 . Team Wvoming II (3 6); 10 . ECHO Racing (33) ; 11. Team Bad News (33) : 12 . Kavc Raci ng (24) ; 13 . R 5 Racing #2701 19 1 14 . ; K & C Raci ng (1 B); 15 . Team Ma d Dog (151: 16 . Cycl e M ot ion (14) ; 17 . RS Racin g #79 11 31: 1B. Cvcl e Sport Racing (11 ); 19. Team Sanibel (10); 20 . Team florida (101 . . GTU : 1. Roswell Hon da Racing (104); 2. Asphalt Av iato rs 1 ); 3 . Cycle Connection Racing (7 2); 4 . 75 Autobah n Soci et y (7 1); 5 . Sem ino le Ho nda (6 6); 6. Team No Drugs (58) ; 7. Lon gevity Raci ng (4 9); B. M oore Racing II (4 9 ); 9 . J ust -Fer-s un (40) ; 10 . Ji m William s Rac ing (29); 11 . Team M i ll er Am er ican (291; 12 . West florida Racing (29 ); 13 . Team RADD (26) ; 14 . Team Ohio 1251; 15 . Team Vertical (251; 16 . Island Bovs Racing (23) ; 17 . Johnson Racing (1 6); tB. Team Go (l B); 19 . Chic Magne. (161; 20 . Pastir Racing (16). 7

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