Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

sho wing. Sh ierts had fitt ed a lar ge, seven-gallon fuel ta n k to th eir GSXRl lOO, and co mplained that he cou ld barely reach th e clip -e ns, let a lone feel what th e front tire was doing. Late in th e nice, Dutchman a nd Ro ugh Stock pitted for both front and rear tires, having ga mbled with soft er-compound Michelins to better cope with th e slick rrack , Dujchrnan pitted first, a nd wh en Rough Stock pitted, Quart erl ey retook th e lead . With th e pace as hot as it was, Ro ug h St ock T eam Cap tain Dr. David Kieffer o pted to stay in the pits, leaving th e ridi ng duties to his fast er (a n d mu ch yo u n ge r ) tea m ma tes. Rough Stock 's lengthy p it stop came just five laps from the red flaginduced fin ish, a nd all owed Motor Sport's Arn aiz (who'd outrun th e Du tch ma n II entry) to close . Arnaiz passed McMurter for second place whi le t he Canadian Superbike Champion was sti ll in the pits, but T he R u be set his sights on th e Ca lifornian, passing him o n wh at would turn out to be th e second-tolast la p. The red flag ca me o ut with the win go ing to Dut chman over Ro ug h Sto ck and Mo to r Sport. Dutchman II carne hom e four th with the everconsistent Team Gibsonia/Englert Racin g Yamaha FZRlOOO fifth, both teams co mp leti ng 87 laps. Three laps down in sixth was th e GSXRl 100 of Team T yler. Seventh overall a nd th e GTU win went to Oil T echnol ogy Service/ House of Wh eels/On T rack Supplysponsored Tea m OTS. Yamah a FZR600 riders Frank Klementich and Ro bbie Petersen com p leted 84 laps of the 2.4-mile, IS-turn circu it. OTS was chased to the line bv GT U points lead ers Gl en Barry a nd J on Rob erts o f Team Toomer, who rod e their FZR600 to eighth overall and second in class - th e first time in four races th a t th e pair hasn't won th e GTU divi sion. Ro bert s was ano ther that bailed off in the turn 14 ca ro usel, right in front o f archrival Ca m Roos of Roswell H onda. Newcomers Tea m Klym em ko put a H o nd a CBR600 into ninth overa ll, th ird in class. Defending GTU Champions Roswell Honda fin ish ed a disappointing 10th overa ll a nd fo urth in class. Roos had an especially difficult day, as he was told he'd be riding the first leg fo r the tea m , rather th an ge tting a much-needed, o ne-hour rest after his slew of Sa turday afternoon sp rint races (Roos ri des in three National classes). Roos complai ned about the scoring at first , th inking he'd wo n and saying that no one ever passed him o n th e trac k, but it turned out that Roo s' co-rider, Steve Ma tthews, was quite a bi t slower than him. T eam Toomer now leads Roswell Honda, in the GTU point standings 105 to 63. • like it in the world. • • This is the magazine IOU haye been waiting for: Road racing. High speed.One hundred sixtv -seventv e ig h ty m iles an hour. 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