Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Road Atlanta (Continued from page 12) in the winner's circle, are sponsored by Gibsonia Cycle, Penn State Cycle, Cycle Shock, WD-40 and Pennzoil. Behind the third-place finishers came Fastline, South Florida Racing, Johnson & Woods and TeaJJ;l Florida, followed by eighth-overall and GTU winners Roswell Honda. Meanwhile, Quarterley had passed Farmer and the Floridian was giving it all he had lO stay with the swift New Englander. The Dutchman crew's cries of "Quarterley's pulling away" foreshadowed the battle's eventual outcome, and although Farmer gave it all he had, the Suzuki's tires had nothing left lO give. Farroer settled for second, still within sight of the leader. evenheless, Andrew was pleased with Hyper-Cycle's performance: "Jt's very satisfying for us. This is the best we've ever done at this track." Hyper-Cycle is sponsored by EBC, Shoei, Yoshimura, Motul, Performance Machine, Michelin, Bates, Sudco, REC, Fox and Barnett. Dutchman team captain Dave Schlosser dedicated the win to the hurting Rentzell. "This race is for Kevin," he said. "He carried this team last year." Dutchman Racing is sponsored by Fox, Sudco, Michelin, Mikuni, PBI, Tsubaki, EBC, Fast By Ferracci and Pennzoil and Schlosser also gave special thanks to Kelvin Franks. Dutchman relief rider Harth gave all the credit lO the crew: "I just ran real consistent, they did all the work. I appreciate them asking me to ride." "My knee was really hurting in the end. Dr. Kieffer taped it up and I want lO thank him for that," said Quarterley, who added, 'Tdjustlike to see it happen like this all year long so we can win the championship." "I have to go spend some time with Dr. Kieffer to see if he can put another racer back together," said Rentzell, who expects to be out of action for a few months. The race for second place in the GTU ranks came down to the last half-hour, when Toomer's chances were thwarted when they overfilled the gas tank during their final pit stop and the bike took 40 seconds to restart. Cycle Unlimited Racing also experienced diilicul ties in the late stages, coasting into the pits out of gas with just 15 minutes remaining. The miscues cost both teams valuable time, allowing rivals Longevity Moore lO put a lock on the runner-up position. Roswell Honda cruised home first, completing 109 laps, followed by Longevity Moore, Toomer and Cycle Unlimited, all three a lap behind the winners with 108. Lofgren Racing came home fifth with 107 laps. "There was a scoring error and we had lO pass the second-place guys twice," said Roos in the GTU winner's circle. "We were going to protest but I guess there's no point now." Roswell Honda Racing is sponsored by Dunlop, Barnett, Howell Gas, Arai, NGK, DD and MolO Liberty. • Results 0/A: 1. Dutchman Racing (Suz): 2. Hyper-Cycle (Suz); 3. Team Gibsonia/Englert Racing (Vam); 4. Fasllina Racing (Suz); 5. South Florida Racing (Vam); 6. Johnson & Woods (Suzl; 7. Taam Florida (Suz); 8. Roswell Honda (Vam); 9. Longevity Moore Racing (Hon); 10. Team Toomer (Vam); 11. Rapid Transit Racing (Suz); 12. Cycle Unlimited Racing (Yaml; 13. Team Karm (Suz); 14. Lofgren Racing (Varni; 15. Team Uno (Hon); 16. Team No 8ail (Hon); 17. Gator Racing II (Yaml; 18. Team RADD (Hon); 19. Team Miller American (Suz); 20. Just For Fun (Vam). GTO: 1. Dutchman Racing (Suz); 2. Hyper-Cycle (Suz); 3. Team Gibsonia/Englert Racing (Yam); 4. Fastline Racing (Suz); 5. South Florida Racing (Vam). GTU: 1. Roswell Honda (Vam); 2. Longevity Moore Racing (Hon); 3. Team Toomer (Vam); 4. Cycle Unlimited Racing (Yam); 5. Lofgren Racing (Vam). Don"t miss 11II the exciting uperaoss events coming to your .,.. soon. ·'THE BEST OF SUPERCROSS!" IT'S SOMETHING ~ CI988 Adolph Coo

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