Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ti Schocke m (Continued from page 2) about that? "At first, it bothered me, but I got over it, " Gray said. "I looked at my times from last year and I was going faster than these guys (t he current crop of championship hopefuls) are this year." Gray allegedly lost his Yosh imura ' ride because he crashed t oo often last year, costing the team too much money. Speaking of being in the shadow, Ra ndy Mamola Racin g's R ichard Oliver has spent the last few years playing second fiddle to Team Viceroy Yamaha's three-time Castro! 250cc GP champ, John Kocinski. Now that Koci nski is planning to head to Europe in 1990, Ol iver will have his best shot at the 250cc title. So what does O liver want to do? He wants to race in Europe. O liver has spoken with a number of European teams, but so far the main deterrent is his age (27). "They all say they'd sign me, no prob lem, if 1 were 21," said Ol iver. "I can' t u nderstand it. They want someo ne that's going to improve over the next few years. It might take me a few races to get competitive, bu t I' m ready to deliver now." No one was seriously hurt at this year's Sears Point National road race , but the track still came under fire for its dangerous lack of runoff room. Among the most vocal was Lassak Racing's Richard Moore, who finished seventh in the 250cc GP class. "I don't feel comfortable pushing it on a dangerous track. I like fast, technical t racks, not go-kart tracks where you can get killed if you fall off:' Moore said. " The scariest moment was when Richard Oliver's bike crossed the track without a rider; that could have been real bad. " Oliver crashed in turn 10 whi le in . second place on the first lap of the 250cc GP final, with his Yamaha bouncing off the nearby Armco barrier and crossing the track in front of the following pack. Fortunately, no one hit it. J im Doyle, manager of Cagiva factory Gra n d P r ix star Ran d y Mamola, attended the Sears Point National roa d race after recently having open-heart surgery. Doyle, an airline pilot by trade, was taking it easy in a rented motorhome. and says it will be a while before he'll resume flying. "The FAA req uires a pilot to take six months off following any type of heart surgery." Doyle said. "After that, you have to get a checkup; they put you on a treadmill. It then takes a few months to get the results back. If all goes well, I should have my license back in 8-9 months." The Los Angeles-to-Barstow-toVegas Two-Day Dual Sport Ride w ill t ake place Friday, November 24, and Saturday, November 25, of Thanksgiving Day weekend . Friday's ride starts at Foothill Yamaha /Kawasaki in Tujunga and travels over 200 miles through southern California's scenic National Forests before finishing at Barnes Yamaha in Barstow. Saturday's ride leaves Barstow and traverses over 200 miles of desert. ending at the Hacienda Hotel in Las Vegas. Two-day entry fee is $50 while one day (eit her day) costs $30. For entry inf orm at ion, write (enclose SASE) or call: 0 -37 Dual Sport, 3550 Foothill Blvd., Glendale, CA 91214,818/249-2141 . 42 (Continued to page 54) Rob Black Hon G F rguson rog . Wind Brian Patterson Brian Tremblay Mich Do a ael nell Bryan Hunter Suz H on Y am Suz Don Mullett Ma tthew Kulhanek RESULTS Jack Weaver Tril ls Kiag PIlill;, Trl il Rillen WreatlulIlI; IIA J uly 23 TOffY Madain SR VET 35 Gary M ikalson Bob Swatik Jim S;mone Peter Otson John Barone Sr. EX R Comma B. Nagengast G Afron . B. MltU1 P. Be1anver AOV O Bourgue . PLUS 40 Bob Swatik WaherNardi 0.. Lachap.lI. Wayne Garli.ld 125 AM Tony Lorusso M Samuelman . J. Thibodeau INT L Bergeron Wally Silva Max Candidus Will rd Ch. mblf lain a Scottlamont J. Tu cker J. Zero G Tru"dalt . . D. Bouchard B. McCormick A. 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