Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Scott Russell (3) ran out of track and took to the grass. taking teammate Jamie James (10) with hi'!1' David Sadowski (2) finished second. Jamie James (1 0) leads Doug Chandler (6 0 ). David Sadowski (2) . Mike Harth (7) and Scott Russell during the 750cc Supersport fina l. Scott Zampach and Yoshimura Suzuki's Tommy Lynch rounded out th e top 10. With his sec o n d -p lace finish , Van ce & Hines/Dunlop/R KlBatesl Bell /Su p ertech/Bel- Ra y I O h l inssponso red Sadowski is now tied for the points lead with J amie James, with two rounds remaining. Results 750 S/SPRT: 1. Doug Chandler (Kaw) ; 2. David Sadowski (Suz); 3. Mike Harth (Suz); 4. Scon Russell (Suzl; 5. Jamie James (Suz); 6. Paul Bray (Suz); 7. M ike Sm ith ( S uz~ 8. Cam Roos (Suzl; 9. Seon lampaeh (Suz); 1D. Tommy lynch (Suz ~ 11 . John Eidenberger (Suz); 12 . Chr is Hartcne (Suz); 13. Tom Kipp (YamI; 14 . Fritz Kling (Suz); 15. Doug Tosten (Vam). POINT STAN DINGS: 1. (TIE) Jam ie James/David Sa dowsk i (8 6); 3 . M ike Har th (76); 4 . Doug Chandler 1 65); 5. Seon Russell (51); 6. Seon lampaeh (45 ); 7. Cam Roos (44); 8. Tomm y Lynch (22); 9. Kye Gunn (19); 10. (TIE) Mike Smit h/ J oh n Eidenberger/ On is lance (1B). AMA/CCS Yokohama Supersport Series: Round 6 Zampach nips Kipp for first win Tom Kipp (6 6 ) tries to hold off 600cc Supersport w inner Scott Zampach (21 ). Jeff Farmer and John Ashmead before Farmer crashed, AMA/CCS Yokohama 7SOcc SuperspOrt Series: Round 6 Chandler makes Green Sweep By Brian Catterson Photos by Bert Shepard L EXINGTO N, OH , AU G. 5 Californian Doug Chandler laid th e grou nd wo rk for a Kawasaki green sweep by winning his first of two rac es at Mid-Oh io in tl:c 750cc Superspo rt class. Cha ndler led all but th e first th ree la ps of Saturda y's l 4-lap, 34-mile final, passin g Vance & Hines Suzuki rider David Sadowski a nd Yoshimur a Suzuki 's J a mie J am es on laps three and four, respectively, before sprinting to a scant .179-second margin of victory. " It v.;as just o u r week end, we co uldn 't do nuthin' wrong," said Chandler, who's sponso red by Kawasaki, Arai, Muzzy's R&D, Targa, Dunlop, Ohlins, RK and Fox . " We led a bunch of times wh en th e Kawasaki people were o ut to wat ch us, then finall y wh en th ey're not, we win! " Behind Chandler and Sadowski came gri tty privat eer Mike H arth, who overcame the challenges of the much-feared Yoshim ura pairing of Sco tt Russell and Jamie James to net a hard-fough t third. HI held bot h those boys off for like seven la ps, that's pretty good, " said an exh uberant H arth, lat er. "T ra ffic helped me. Scott came ins ide o f Jamie and they both got off in th e grass, so I turned it up, I figu red th ey'd ha ve dirt on their tires for th e next lap or so." H arth is sponsored by H arth Racing, Mich elin , Arai, Bel-R ay, T sub aki a nd Fox. Ru ssell had neglected to pr e-enter , a nd when Friday aftern oo n's heat races were rained o ut, th e Georgian was relegated to th e rear of th e gri d. Russell quickly joined -the frontrunners, but o n the way he go t into a corner too hot and ra n off into th e grass, taking teammat e J am es with him. Fortunat ely, neither fell. " It was improper setup , too much sag in the rear, " said James. "I started co ncentra ting on making it work the way it was, and by the time I figured it o ut, Scott ca me flying up inside me." Behind th e Yosh boys came the visi ting pair of T eam Su zuki WERA Endurance teamma tes, Pa ul Bra y and Mike Smith , w hi le Smi th' s former Roswell Honda tea mmate Cam Roos finished eigh th. Privateer By Brian Catterson Photos by Bert Shepard LEXINGTON, OH, AUG. 6 Wisconsin pri vateer Scott Zampach beat Ohio's own Tom Kipp by a mere .20 second to win the restarted 600cc Supersport race at Mid-Ohio, Zampach took the lead at th e start of th e l4-lap, 34-mile final , but was passed by Kipp on lap three, The "ZMan" tri ed to outbrake Kipp aga in and again a t th e end of th e ba ckstra igh t, but it wasn 't until lap six th at he go t past betw een turns one and two. Floridian Jeff Farmer had been circu la ting in third, trying to get on terms with Zampach an d Kipp. Sh ortly after Zampach got by Kipp, Farmer tri ed to outbrake Kipp at the end of th e back stra ig h t. Un fo rt u nately for Farmer, th e two riders tangled in turn seven , a slow, crested left-bande r lined with g uardra il. Kipp sh ut the door on Farmer, with Farmer 's front tire hitting Kipp's rear, sending Farmer straight at the guardrail. Farmer slowed th e bike, but co u ldn 't stop it, and he elected to jump off rather than ride it head on into th e wall. Farmer flew high th rough th e air, th ankfully clearing the gu ardrail, but suffered a possible broken collarbone. Kipp continued on unaffected. On th e same lap, Shawn H igbee fell in turn 14, smacking the tirelined concrete wall defining the pit en tra n ce. With two busy ambulances, officials red-flagged the race , and it would be restarted from the rid er's then-current race standings. Current class points leader Cam Roos had retired on lap three when his Yamaha's steering damper slid o ut of its clamp. " I cou ld have made the restart, but I was already a few laps down, " he sai d later. Wiseco-sponsored Kipp snatched th e lead a t the restart (m uch to th e j oy of th e g uests in th e Wi seco hospitality sui te high atop th e tower ) and led on his Yokohama-shod . machine until lap 12 wh en Zam pa ch again got by on th e back straight, 'never to be headed. . Zampach' s wi n coupled w i th Roos' and Farmer's DNFs moves Zampach into second in the point sta ndin gs, j us t one point behind Roos, 71-70. Farmer, meanwhile dropped to fo urth with 52 points, while Ashmead holds down third with 54. Kipp lies fifth with 44 points. . "It feels real good," said Zampach after posting hi s long-overdue, first Supersport win. " I missed Ohio last year due to injury." Zampach is sponsored by C&J Cycle Products, Du nl op, AG V, Spectro, RK a nd Kerker. . H e also thanked his girlfriend, Nan cy, as well as Vanc e & Hines for th eir extra help throughout this weekend. " It's am azin g; we were turning times two seconds faster than o n my Superbike (in th e heat races )," said Kipp. "It's neat to be out here in front of all the people wh o 've helped me. I rode my butt off but I just couldn't beat my buddy Scott. " Wi sconsin up-and -comer Bill Graef finished third, mak ing hi s first rostrum appearance in the Yokohama Supersport Series. " I'm just so happy," he said, th anking Dunlop, Ya m ah a a n d h is tun er, Tom Ludwig. T exas' Larry Schwarzbach and Florida's J ohn Ashmead ro unded out the top-five fini shers. The top 10, and 19 of th e top 20 were Yamaha FZR600-mounted. Results 600 S/SPRT: 1. Seon lampaeh (Vam); 2. Tom Kipp (Vam); 3. Bill Graef (Yam); 4. larry Sehw arzbaeh (Yaml; 5. John A slimead (Vam); 6. J ohn Eidenbe rger (Yam); 7. Michael Barnes (Vam~ 8. Jon Robert s (Yam); 9. John Jacob (Yam ~ 10. Robert Petersen (Yam ~ 11. Glenn Barry (Yam ~ 12. Mark Heiser (Vaml; 13. Doug Tosten (Yaml; 14. Gary D'Aluisio (Yam~ 15. Todd Hoge (Yam). POINT STA NDINGS: 1. Cam Roos (71 ~ 2. Scon lampaeh (70); 3. John Ashmead (54); 4 . Jeff Farm er (52); 5. Tom Kipp (441; 6. Joh n Eidenberger (36); 7. M ark Ch in (35); 8. (TIE) Bill Graef/ M ike Barne. (24); 10 . larry Sehw arzbaeh (221 . 9-

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