Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ e 00 00 O"'l ......-4 ~ eo C'I .... V ..0 8 V :> 0 Kayo Racing's Tommy Sloan, Do nnie Rowe and Jeff Dea n fi nished second overall. Yamaha FZR 1 OOOs took the top two positions. of third, so we just called it quits," said Solmax tu ner Vic Fasola. T he . team, led by Cind y Bowen , had also dep leted mu ch of th eir finances. The turning point of th e ra ce occured early in the second hour when rain started falling, con tin uing o n and off unti l th e finish. Many of th e teams in the Su perbike classes were forced to stop a nd cha nge from slicks to rain tires, but all of th e Prod uctio n class entries stayed out on their DOT-approved street tir es. Fo r a se r ies wi th a nu mb er o f different tir e manufacturers in co ntention, it was a chance to demonstrate wha t th eir ra in tires co uld do. The Humans were running Metzeler rain tires and ge tting twice as mu ch m ileage out of the front as th e rear. . Kayo used Yokohamas, a hand-cut slick on th e front a nd a rear ra in tire. Most of the others used Dunlops or Micheli ns. The team that benefited th e most from the mi serable weather was T eam Sledge. Riding a salvage yard specia l Ka wa sak i EX500 with a Yamaha FZ600 fro n t end and Avon street tires, ri ders Sco tt Tea ney, David Bryant and Lawrence McN u tt stayed up o n two wheels a nd o ut of the pits to fin ish third overa l l. This finish p ut th em into seco nd in th eir class in th e poin t standi ngs and eigh th pl ace overa ll, even th ou gh they'd o nly competed in nine of the' 15 series races. Thou gh th eir ou ting was mostl y un eventful , Teaney ha d a n exci ti ng moment whe n h e sma cked his knee on a cu rb a nd ran off the trac k, riding the en tire length of the backstra ight in the mud. Team Sledge is spo nsored by Tsubaki, Sudco, O ' Neal , Avon, F&L Racing Fuel, Barnett and Cycle Slick . They also thanked Team H amm er, who gave them a dump can and m uch advice throughout the season. J im Will iams Racin g won the Mediumweight Superbike class and finished fourth overall. Da vid Devea u teamed with Don Ca ner and Peter Wensloff o n a Suzuki Katana to ride a trouble-free race , their main prob le m bein g Devea u 's fogged glasses: Regu lar team rider Mar k McDimiels was sitti ng out the ' race wi th a brok en colla rbo ne, suffered in a Supers po rt cras h whi le racing for the lead at the Sears Poi n t Na tiona l, Octob er 2. J im William s, sponsored by Yo shimu ra, Mark Ma t zin ~er , Du nl op , Motul , Delta Fin ishing, ND, SL O City Cycle and Slater Bros., narrowly defeated class champions PDQ Raci ng, who fin ish ed fifth overa ll , on e lap back . Badger Racing took sixth o vera ll and third in th e Heavyweight Superbik e class, despite losin g six minu tes in th e pits and dropping to 24th p lace w he n t hey ch a nged fro m. Z Team Sledge took advantage of the miserable weather to put their Lightweight class Kawasaki EX500 twin into th ird place overa ll. Hall gets advice from Fenwick, Tim Morrissey and Dave Zupan . Michelin radi a l slicks to rain s, whic h surprisi ngly lasted th e next four hours. Rider Fritz Kling came into the pits o nce wh en he thou ght th e chain was jumping but th e problem turned ou t to be a brok en mast erlink; they borrowed o ne fr om Team Sledge a nd returned to the fray. Gen o Bur cham shared the riding du ties o n the GSXR7 50. 5 150 Racin g 's J ay Denham and Craig Renck finis hed sevent h overall a nd first in th e H eavyweight Production class on a Suzuki G SXRIlOO wit h Metzeler Co mp K tires . Early in the race they lost a couple of la ps when debris broke a spark p lug lead a nd they were forced to pi t to repair it. T hey 're sponsored by Mot oSport , Big Boost, Sportsman Suzuki and Team Gamma. Royal e Racin g's Terry Bailey a nd Doug H enry once agai n won the Mi dd leweight P rodu ctio n class, finis hi ng II th overall on a Dunlop K591-shod Suzu ki Katana tuned by Bailey. Royal e cli nched their class ti tle largely by virtue of co nsistency, comp leting th e seaso n witho u t a sing le DNF . T hey're sponsored by Shoei, Nicholson 's Suzu ki, Works Perfo rmance, EBC, Dunlop and P hil Flac k Racin g. Lig h tweigh t class cha mps CIA Racing finished 12th overall a nd second in class while ar ch-rival s Red Stripe Racin g fini shed 41st. The two team s have been waging a war of protests, latel y (Re d Str ipe h ad protes ted CIA for havin g an inelig- Jim Williams Racing (29) took fourth overall and first in Mediumweight Superbike. B Cal Racing (516) took second in Mediumweight Production . ible rider at Summit Point), and th is weekend was no differen t. Today, CIA poi nte d out Red Stripe's lack of safety wire o n their front ax le to a p it marsh all. A co up le of Californian tea ms fared well in the early gain!? before ru nni ng into tro ub le. Fast h ne Racing's J eff Stem and J eff Rheaume (a.k.a. RS Racing for AMA/ CCS events) were joined by Curtis Adams and ran as high as th ird overall o n their GSXR7 50 wi th Du n lop K591 tir es, but Adams found a false neu tral and crashed, brea king th e ri gh t footpeg a n d brake p edal. They reb ui lt the transmission, rejoini ng the race, but were running around in 38th p lace with three gears so decided to p ark it. Liza rdo H azen -led the Medi umweight P roduction class and ra n as hi gh as fourt h overall, but Hazen lost the fro nt end under the bridge and cras hed, dam agin g the ha ndlebars and steering dam per. They finis hed 18th overa ll, fourth in class. Series regu lars H ard Co re Ra cing had problems on th e first lap when a valve cover seal blew, coa ting the bik e wi th oil and spewing smoke, and forcing a DNF. - The victory circle party saw the Humans change their number plates wh ile Fenwick was given a beer bath. The new National Champions are sponso red by Fo~ Ra cing USA, Klotz Specia l Formula Products, Megacycle Camshafts, Metzeler Tires, Tapeworks, La keshore H ar ley/ Yam ah a a nd T sub ak i Chain . • Results 0 / A : 1. H uma n Race Team (Yam) ; 2 . Kay o Racing (Ya m ~ 3. Team Sledge (Kaw); 4. J im W illiams Racing (Suzl; 5. poa Racin g (Suz); 6, Badger Racing (Suz); 7. 5150 Racing (Suz); 8, Centr al J erse v Racing (Suz); 9 . Ammag Racing (Suz); 10. Team Gateway (Suzl. HIW S/ BK: 1. Huma n Race Team (Yam); 2. Kayo Racin g (Yam~ 3. Badger Racin g (Suz); 4 . Ammag Racing (Suz); 5. Team Suzuki Endurance (Suz); 6. Team Balistic (Suz); 7. Thun der Bay Racing (Yam); 8. Top Gun Racing (Yam); 9. Oarotune Racing Onawa (Sud 10. Team Fastlin e Racing (Suzl. HIW PROD: 1. 5150 Racing (Suz); 2. Central Je rse y Racing (Suz); 3. Team Gatewa y (Suz); 4. TBA (Suz); 5. Team Ran (Yam); 6. RRM Racing (Yam); 7. Team Chaos (Yam); 8. Acm e Racing (Suzl; 9. CBS (Sud ; 10 . Team RPM (Suz). MIW S/BK: 1. J im Willia ms Racing (Suz); 2. poa Racing (Suz); 3. SAS Racing (Han); 4. B& B Racing (Suz); 5. Boulder Motorsports (Han); 6. Act ion Honda Racing (Hon); 7. BMH Racing (Hon). M IW PROD: t . Royale Racing (Suzl; 2. B Cal Racing (Suz); 3 . Cycle Exchang e Racing (Han): 4 . • Uzardo Ha zen (Hon); 5 . Team Act ion Su zuki Racing (Suz); 6. Re-Cycle Racing (Han); 7. Wan na Be Racing (Suz); 8. Team New nam (Suz); 9. The Untouchables (Suz); 10 . No Cent s Racin g (Han). LIW: 1. Team Sledge (Kaw ); 2. CIA Racing (Yam); 3 . Team Breeze (Han); 4 . Cycle Speed Racing (Yam) ; 5. Raw Racing (Yam); 6. Team Reliabl e (Yam); 7 . Conn ecticut Cycle W orks (Yam); 8 . Team RZ (Yam); 9. Red Str ipe Racing (Yam): 10. SOB Racin g (Han). FINAL POINT STANDINGS a /A: t . Hum an Race Team (10 20 .86 ): 2. Team Suzuki Endura nce (983 .82): 3. Solmax Racing USA (898. 19);4. Kayo Racin g (89 2.11 ); 5. Royale Racing (793.13); 6. poa Racing (720.09); 7. CIA Racing (706 .77); 8. Team Sledge (688.611; 9. Hard Core Racing (6B4.4 7); 10. Red Str ipe Racing (634 .25); 11. TBA (633.84); 12. 5150 Racing (630.34); 13. Action Suzuki Racing (6 13 .24); 14 . Team Terror (606 .20); 15. Badger Racing (561.05 ); 16. Jim Williams Racing (560.85); 17. Re-Cvcl e Racing (515 .37 ). 5

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