Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

came loose, causing a littl e do wn · time in th e desert and the loss of precious minutes. Moral es was first to comp lete th e second loo p and had another lightening fast change with Miller a t th e chec k poi nt. Roeseler must have made up a littl e bit of h is down time, as he was on ly a m inute a nd 'eig ht seconds behind him. Krause was vis ib ly rel ieved to fin ish hi s loop intact. He is sti ll heal in g from a serious acci de nt th at occured durin g the Nationa l H ar e &: Hound in February. In fact, he had stitches removed from his kn ee o nly fo ur days before th e Moj ave 250 a nd had not mounted a bike since the . accident until Thursday before th e race. " My goal today is just to sta y on th e bik e," said Krau se. Earl y in the second loo p , Barney tumbled down a roc ky downhill tweaking h is bike and ending th e race for hi m a nd hi s partner, Dave Call aw ay, who never had a chance to ride in th e race. Sixbery' s partn er J im Eveland was having problems of h is own. He co m men ted he had a spectacu lar getoff at 80 mph which resul ted in a bent-up fro n t end. H e still was able to maintain th e Vet lead , though, as he raced through the home check. Willis' had a grea t second loo p , passing three com pe titors alo ng the way. H e was followed into ho me check by Vet riders Dan Daw son (tea me d with J eff H aa se on a Yamaha) and Kawasaki 's Ken Parry (paired with Greg Winters). Rieger was first 125cc to enter p it row in sp ite of falling once in a whooped-out canyon. "The bike landed on my head, but it was still running so I climbed back on and went," said Rieger. Miller 's perfect ride continued through th e third loop. There were abso lu tely no problems and he was especially p leased with SCO RE 's placement a nd number of checkpoints. He finished th e loop two minutes and five seco nds ahead of La Porte, who al so had a smooth go . H unn icu tt was no t far behind the leading two som e and noted at the end of hi s turn of riding for the day tha t he had started passing ATV s. " You have to be so careful going by them , they are so wide and mak e , a lot of dust," said Hunnicutt. Sh ul er powered h is Open bik e past Sixbery 20 m iles into th e th ird round of ridi ng. Sixbery had lost first a nd second gear and was tryi ng to hang on to his race. " Winters mad e hi s bi g mo ve for the Vet lead in th e third ro u nd, gai ni ng five m inutes on Sixbery . " It 's getting real crazy o ut th ere," Winters said. " I just went as fast as I could go. I was going so fast th e last 15 m iles my head was jarring around and I co uld n 't see th e roa d. It was bru tal. T here were so me near misses, but no cras hes. Kenny (Parry) jus t needs to go li ke crazy to wi n it." Slipp ing o ne run g down the ladder, but sti ll in Vet co nt entio n, was Dawson. H e was fighting th e effects of his arms p umping up as he rod e o ver the rough co ur se at high speeds. Vansco urt finished his ride through the thi rd loo p still shaken over h itti n g the specta tor a nd a cou ple of crashes had slowed hi m some. Hurd turned over hi s 125cc bike to Rieger with a 15 minute lead over th eir next .class com petito r adding tha t Bob just needed to bring it in for a win. Mora les co ncentra ted hard on the last loop, co n tin uin g his team 's quest for a perfe ct ride. " I knew th ey were beh ind me and I kept telling myself, 'P ush, p ush , push,' .. Morales told Cycle News a t the finish li ne. Dunlop and Kocinski set new track records at Daytona. Every decade or so a rider comes along who rises head and shou lders above the rest. Kenny Roberts was that type of legen dary rider. Now Kenny and Team Vice roy are featuring another young rider wh o shows all the promise of a young Roberts. His name is John Koc inski and Dunlop is his choice . At Daytona on March 12, John Kocinski took first place in the AM A Castrol 250Cc race using Dunlop racing slicks on his Yamaha . In winning, John set a new lap and a new race record . But Koc inski wasn 't finished . In the AM A 600cc Supersport Series, he took another first with a Dunlop K591 (R)-equ ipped Yamah a FZR-600. Again , new lap and race records. A big Dunlop congratulations to John Koc inski. A lso, congratulations to all the Team Dun lop riders inc luding John Moor e, Mike Barnes, Rich Oliver and John rrar.. " . . , Eidenberger on their Victor ie f S . . . * , during Bike Week '89. . . , . . , ~_ ~ & I ~ Like John Koc inski and • • Team Dunlop, you're always a wi nner whe n " you ride on Dunlop. " ' 9 8 9 Dunlop n re Corporation .'~ Slick U1th Us Plessinger Wins AMA National Hare ScrambJes Series, Round 2. Scott Plessinger's PJ1 Go ldfire Pro 2 -Stroke Oil equ ipped Kawasaki took the overall w in and Scott's first National Hare Scrambles Vi ct ory. Congratulations, Scott, On A J ob Well Done! PJl '7IJe InnoYator, Not The Imitator." Ask for PJ1. the exact hi-performance blend of oils and lubricants that factoryrace teams useon t helf winning race bIkes. 21

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