Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ricky Orlando was unhurt when he crashed the Keystone Suzuki. Rough Stock's John Ashmead and Doug Brauneck finished third. (L to R) Dutchman Racing's Dale Quarterley and Mike Harth celebrate with Dutchman II's Tom Kipp and Donald Jacks after clinching the title. Team Motor Sport's Yamaha FZR1000 ran out of gas in the final turn and Richard Arnaiz pushed it across the finish line to take second place . AMA/CCS EBC Brakes Endurance Challenge Road Race Series: Round 7 Dutchman wins, clinches title at Sears Point By Brian Catterson Photos by Nick Cedar and Catterson SONOMA, CA, AUG. 12 Endurance racing is usually a -team effort, but the seventh round of the AMA/CCS EBC Brakes Endurance Challenge Series saw a one-an-one battle between Dutchman Racing 's Dal e Quarterley and Team Mo tor Sport's R ich ard A rnai.z. T Ile d ~o raced "a t t h e . start an d th e finish of th e th ree- 20 ho ur event - with tea m ma tes Mike Harth (Dutchman) a nd Phil Kress (Motor Sport) providing relief in between' - a nd in. th e end it was Quarterley who bea t Arnaiz to give Du tch m an their sixth win of th e year , and first series championship. T he Du tchm an Racing Suzuki GSXRl l.OO averaged 81.25 m p h . in co mpleting 98 la ps o f the 2:5-m Iie, 12-turn road co urse, toppmg th e Mot or Sport Yamaha FZRIOO by O one m in ute, 29.44 seco n ds. Rough Stoc k Racin g All-Stars J ohn Ashmea d a nd newco mer Doug Bra u nec k finis hed th ird o n a H o nda R C30 a fter bei ng docked two la ps for alleged ly passing under a waving yellow flag. Coming into the race. Dutchman led defending series champs H yperCycle in the point standi ngs, II I to 60. H yper -Cycle' s riders have all been injured recen tly, and th eir effo rt th is weekend with su bs tit ute riders Sco tt Gray and T o m m y Lynch was shel ved by tr an sm issio n pro b lems a fte r runn in g as hi gh as third at th e halfway poin t. Quarterl ey led a t th e start, with Arnaiz m oving into th e lead in turn 10 on lap two. By th e en d of th e riders' first hour-plus sti nt, Quarterley had retaken the lead. When Arnaiz ' teammat e Kress took ove r, he was loo king at a 20-second defici t. Kress quickly reversed th e tre nd, and by the end o f h is sti nt he was 18 seconds ahead of Ha rth/Quarterley. The stage was set for the final Quarterley versus Arnaiz co nfrontation , and on la p . 89 , Q ua rterley retook th e lead with just 15 mi nutes remaining. Q uart erley stretched h is advantage, but th e Motor Sport team dealt the fin al blow to themselves wh en Arnaiz ran out of ga s on the fina l lap, and pushed across the line to take seco n d p la ce. " Wh en the leader sets the pace, it's harder on him, " said Q uarterley after the race. " T h e second guy can be smoother. It allowed us to save the tir es.,. " T h is one's o n Dal e (Q uarter ley),' said H art h, " H e did a lo t m ore th an I did ." With the ti tle sew n up, Dutchman Tea m Ca ptai n Da ve Sch losser is pl annin g to enter Q uart erley and H a rth o n the Du tchman II mach ine at the th ree rema in ing ro u nds of the series in an effort to ea rn th e 1988 Suzuki GSXR llO O seco nd p lace in the standings. Dutch m an Racing is spo nso red by Arai, Fox, Su dco, Michelin, Fast By Ferra cci, Bentley's, Mik u ni , Tsubaki, PBI, EBC, Petrovich , Pen nzoil and 'Z' Lea thers. According to Team Motor Sport Captain Ma lcol m H ill , the Mo to r Sport tea m fitt ed an incorrect, medium-compou nd rear Mi ch elin, which provided ,?ood traction o n th e sli ck track early in the race but went away in th e la te stages, a llowing Quarterley to close. Team Motor Sport is sponsored by Mo tor Sport Ma rketi ng, Ya m ah a Motor Co rp., Michelin, RK , Ara i, Cycle Ra cer , Bel -R a y, Fox , EBC , Ker ker a n d G rizzly Performance. Rough Stock finished th ird (even though Dutchman II 's Tom Kipp a nd Don ald J a c ks we nt to th e w in ner's circle a fter fin ish in g fourth ), ga ining a slig h t advantage on th eir co mpeti tio n whe n Brauneck, durin g a n interview over th e publ ic adress system, to ld th e fans th at th ey would have to make three pit sto ps as op posed to th eir rival s' two stops . They on ly made two, but a ny advantage wa s erased by th e aforeme ntio ne d pe na lty . Fif th p lace went to the 3-D Racin g GSXR IIOO of Sears Po in t specia lists David Deveau a nd Mark McDaniel , with Team Gibsonia/Englert Racing's Dave Sm it h and Ben Beasley finishing sixth (desp ite the fact th a t their FZR IOOO lost its seco nd gear). CSE Racin g 's local rid ers Dwa yne Chu ng a nd Bob Vargri n fi n ish ed seventh on another GSXR l IO O. J ohnson & Wood 's Lee Sh ier ts an d Du ane Su m mers ra n into trouble la te in th e race - first with a sli pp ing cl u tch, and th en wh en th e bike ran o ut o f gas a n d Sh ierts followed Arnaiz across th e line on foot to ta ke 15th p lace overa ll , an d 11th in the GTO class. The lowly finish , their. seco n d 'in a ro w, drops th em from fifth to seventh in th e points ch ase. Fastline Racing's J eff Stern an d Jeff Rheaume retired from th e race wi th an ill-han d ling G SXRIIOO, drop p in g the m from third to fifth in po ints. T hey wanted to co m pete o n t heir G SXR 750 , but Stern wrecked it in a p ra cti ce crash. Local rid ers (a nd brothers) Kirk a nd J eff H oep pner of Team No Drugs led the GT U di visi on for m uch of the race befo re a n after market ignition ro tor exploded, sh utting th ei r Yama ha FZR600 down for the day on la p 57. Wi th T eam No Drugs ou t of th e race , th e GTU contest was wo n by defe nding series champs Ro swell H onda wit h riders Stephe n Ma tthe ws a nd Cam Ro o s fi n is h ing eigh th overall on a n FZR600. The wi n a llowed R o sw ell H onda to n arro w th e gap o n GTU points leader s Team Toomer, wh o were a bse nt from Sears Point, 105 to 83. Ro swell H on da is spons ored b y Dunlop , H ow ell Race Gas, Arai , NGK , D&D, Mot o Liberty an d Psych le Ra cing . R o sw ell H onda wa s followed across th e line by Team Just For Fun, who took seco nd pl ace in GTU and ninth overall, ri d de n b y th e returning-t o-ra cin g Larr y Shorts an d Jon Moo re. Dan Chivington was also sla ted to ride th e Just For Fun FZR 600, but h e sai d that a p ra cti ce crash " di d en o ug h harm to th e bike an d to my bo dy," so he sa t out. T hird place in GT U was tak en b y usu al WERA End uranceSeries compe titors Ca z Racing , wi th loca l ri ders Skip Gatrell an d Kirt Kimbel on a Ji m Ca zort-backed FZR 600. • Results EBC BRAKES ENDUR CHAL: 1. Dutchman Racing (Suzl; 2. Team Motor Span (Yam); 3. Rough Stock Racing AII·Stars (Hon); 4. Dutchman Racing II (Suzl; 5. 3-0 Racing (Suzl; 6. Team Gibsonia/ Englen Racing (Yam); 7. CSE Racing (Suz); 8. Roswell Honda (Yam); 9. Ju st For Fun (Yaml; 10. Class Racing (Suzl; 11. 2 Hipp /Stephens Racing (Suz); 12 . Team Magic (Yaml; 13. CazRacing (Yam); 14. Zipperle Racing (yaml; 15. Johnson & Wood (Suzl . GTO: 1. Dutchman Racing (Suz); 2. Team Motor Span (Yaml; 3. Rough Stock Racing AII·Stars(Hon); 4. Dutchman Racing II (Suz); 5. 3·0 Racing (Suz). GTU: 1. Roswell Honda (Yam); 2. Just For Fun (Yam); 3. Caz Racing (Yam); 4. Zipper Ie Racing (Yam); 5. Team M iller American (Suz). 6·LAP MNSTRBK S/O : 1. ' Dutchman Racing (Suz); 2. Team Mo tor Sport (Yam); 3 . Rough Stock Racing All -Stars (Hon); 4. Hyper-Cycle (Suz); 5. Dutchman Racing II (Suz); 6. Team Gibson ia / Englen Racing (Yam). WERA/EBC BRAKES ENDURANCE CHAL· LENGE SERIES POINT STANDINGS: GTO: 1. Dutchman Racing (13 11 2. Team Motor Span (631; ; 3. Hyper-Cycl e (60); 4. Team Gibsonia/Englen Racing (53); 5. Fastline Racing 152); 6. Rough Stock Racing All -Star s (49); 7. Johnson & Wood (481; 8 . Dutchman Racing II (44); 9. South Flor ida Racing (351 10. Team Tyler (33 ). ; GTU: 1. Team Toomer (105); 2. Roswell Honda (881 3. (TIE) Gator Racing II/Moore Racing (44); ; 5. Just For Fun (40); 6. Team RADD (391; 7. Team OTS (33); 8. Super 'B ' Racing (31); 9. Cycle Unl imited (25); 10. Team Oh io (24 ).

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