Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Summers just kept kickin g and lost time. The Roeseler/Naylor battle began early in the race and pushed them past Brown o n the third la p . Roeseler for feited a pair of goggles and some ski n after hilling a tree on lap four a nd Nay lor took the lead. Bro wn also ba i led, Ilaue rring an expansion cha m ber in the process. Bro wn would eventuall y bring the crippled H onda CR250 through the checkers in seventh place. The Ca lifornia sun broke through the clouds about this time, creating a brigh t glare on the exposed fire roads, whi ch contrasted greatly with the dark. tight trails in the trees. Roeseler charged in' and o ut of the shade to ca tch Nay lor on la p seven, bu t Na yl or held on a nd started reeling in the lead er o n the fin al lap . lap eig h t. About hal fway thro ug h the lap, however, Naylor grabbed a handful of brak e a nd was pitch ed off hi s Suzuki. The tire blew off th e rim, but Na ylor was able to pick himself up a nd hold seco nd to th e fini sh. Roeseler was justifiably tired after today's victory , but felt that Saturda y's Parker 400 was a good warmup. " I o nly rode ab out 150. (m iles a t Parker ), it 's a 300-mile race." Roeseier had flown to San Jose Saturday nigh t a n d r ode a T eam Green prepped Kawa saki KX 250. H e thanked Dunlop, Bel-Ra y. MS Racing, T subaki, Pro Circuit, Acerbis, and CTi for th eir su p po rt. Fators Suzu k: i/Dunl op /Smith Go ggl es/Y o ko / I n ter Iin k/Bi effe/ Optimal Oil-back ed N a ylor was seco nd a t th e checke rs a n d fir st amo ng th e local heroes. " I had strep th roat a nd was in bed all week," sa id Naylor, "so th e fir st cou ple of laps I was really gas ping for air, but the n I sta rted gelling j he feel of th in gs." . Cunn in gh am h ad t he Ieel o f things, lost it, and the n got it back. aga m. " I ~o t a fifth p lace sta rt ," sai d Cunningh am. " A couple of guys fell dow n a nd I got around th em . And the n I just held my own for a co up le of laps, a nd th en I j us t started gelli ng tired." Roeseler a nd Kurt Hough worked past th e Team Green / Scott Goggl es/ HP Racin g/Bel-R ay/Dun lop/ Acerbis /B ell /Tsubaki /P ro Circu it/ Trick Racin g Fu el-sponsor ed Cunningh am. But Cunningh am slowed the pace, go t a second wind. and pushed back up to third by th e chec kers, just a hea d of Plessinger, wh o claimed fourth ove ra ll a nd fourth 250cc A. Sum mers rode in o n hi s Honda XR600 for fifth o vera ll a nd first Open A. Kurt Hough wa s six th a hea d of Brown, Zierrnan, Derrick Personeue a nd Dowell . The top 28 riders managed to put in eig h t laps and abo ut 90 mil es in a lillie · o ver th ree hou rs. Da vid Rh odes comp leted eigh t laps for th e Four-Stroke cla ss win, while seven laps earned wins by Mike Randal in th e 200cc A class. J err y Fou ts in th e Senior A class, and Walter Peterson in the Super Senior A class. Most of th e District 36 B class winners went seven laps. but Veteran B rid er SC Englebrick com pleted Oll eight laps to top his class. Marty Walk en edged out Rod Williams in the 250cc B ' class by two minutes, while J erry Dixon earned the top 500 cc honors, two-and-one-half minu tes behind William s. Ma rk Kerling rode a 125cc H onda to th e 200cc B win. T he seco nd race b rou ght th e Nat ional B-Su pport a nd Distr ict 36 C class rid ers to the line. After two ho urs Mike Denton took the chec kers first on ' his 500cc Kawasaki. Dento n fi nis hed o ne-a nd-a -ha lf mi n utes YAMAHA and HONDA '\\~ ~ Motorcycles present the 1989 DUNLOP U.S'. INT R E NATIONA GRAND PRIX L IAPRIL 74th, 75th and 76th LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA 2S0cc SOOcc Niall MacK_nIt. Am I ""'C TI O "'I D ~i~!i RACEWAY SIDECARS ".I ·:HO N DA. ~DUN~OP Fo~ more information, call (408) 373-1811 YAMAHA Marlboro Nino" II th. offlcial car a rwt truck of La, una SeeD Roce-ay Go ahead, subscribe! You've Earned It! ([!ill~ . To get Cycle News delivered to your door eve ry week, fill out t he subscript ion cou pon on page 3.

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