Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

i There's no other feeling ~ I like it inthe world . .. ~ .6. • ; , . " ".N"· ~ . " ,~ .. ~ ~ ~ This is the magazine you have been waiting for: t Road racing. High speed. On e hu ndred sixty-sevent yeig hty miles an hour. Neck and neck. Down the str aight. A round t he sweeper . Through t he chic ane . Road racing. That' s ho rsepo wer and speed. On t he pavem ent . On the race tr ack. From around t he w orld and across th e cou nt ry . > Roa~_~~ er M otorcycle road racing . The re's really no ot her feel in g like it in the w orld . Now there is a glos sy, f ull -color m agazine t hat specia lizes in bri nging road racing into yo ur ho me . In an excit ing package un lik e any ot her mot orcycle magazine current ly published in the Unit ed States . Joe Romerez leads the Beg inner class at M id-America MX. Ouellette takes top honors This is the magazine. at Memphis MX Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrat ed wi ll put you at th e race tr ack. Every issue. Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated w il l pr esent the machi nes and By Brad and Sharon Jones ME MPH IS, M O . AUG . 6 Brent Ouel lette took to p honors in th e 2S(kc A cl ass at the T ri-S tate Champ io n ship l\l X at Mid -Ameri ca Cvcle \ Vo rld . O n the sian R ick Yarrow wok his Suzuki int o the firs t tur n a head of Oue llett e.Yarrow held on fo r less tha n a la p . Out-Bett e look over th e lead a nd p u t his Kawasaki int o o verd ri ve. Back in th e pa ck o n the sta rt was Dan" Brummel wh o wa s tracking do wn ri de rs in ever y turn. Bro m me! swun g around Larry Yeager and Kevin Funk 011 t he people th at make up wo rldwide road racing and t he hi gh -performan ce moto rcycle w or ld. us ing w ell chosen words and lots of pictur es. Spec;al Subscription Offer Become a subscr iber to Mo tor cy cle RO A D RACER Illustrated and rece ive six issues (a yea r's w ort h ) Cor.only $9 .00! The regular cov er pr ice is six issues. That means you save $6 .00 . That's 40 % off the norm al cover price . And you save $6 .00 (t hat' s 40%) off the norm al subscrip tion pr ice of $ J 5.00. an unmarked sWl'epi ng rocker section. T hi s pass later sparked a co n trovers ia l prot est . Ouellette put a hu ge lead o n th e pack . lea vin g Brornme l to cr uis e in for second and Funk th ird. After the mote , Brom nu -l's pass wa s pro test ed and ' he was docked two p laces. In mot e IWO. Brommel a nd Ouell ene waged a ho t baulc for the first lap, h ut Brornrnel na iled it hard throu gh the sw ee-p j ng rockers a nd pu lled a wa y fro m O ue llette. Yarrow he ld down thi rd wit h Fu nk a nd Ma rk Allgood pressi ng hard . Brom mel took th e win: but it was Ouell ett e wh o wok the o vera ll wi th a 12 fin ish. In moto o ne o f the 250<:c B class, J ason Ha p ke took a b ig ho lesh o t o n h is Ka w a sak i. H apk e pushed hard on the opening lap, bUI he got sidewa ys on th e camelback a nd he beca m e ta ng led in th e ba nners. R ick Pa tton too k over first pl ace a nd kept it to the ch eck er s. H a pk e ro lled in for seco nd . In motu two raci ng was much close r , as H apke took th e holeshOI wi th Kelly Brow n a nd Pa tro n in [O w .. Hap ke bo bb led and Bo we n shot by for th e lea d . Pa u o n ha d h is ow n id eas a nd passed H a pk e a lap la ter. All three rider s or ba nged bars C a nother lap. With a lap toe, go , Pa tto n LOok o ver th e lead a nd Bo wen fell back to thi rd. Ar th e checkers it was Patton . H a p ke a n d Bowen with a - 1 ~ 2 · 3 fi ni sh . . Results 80: 1. Kent York ISuzl; 2. Josh M ast (Suz). BEG: 1. Clin t Maddy fYaml ; 2 , Tom M addy (Kaw l; 3 . Gaven Mast (Honl 125 C: 1. Stacey Krpan IKaw ); 2. Joe Steven; 3, Jak e Mast (Hon). 12 5 A: 1. Dave Brommel (Han); 2. Brent Ouellett e (Kaw); f~i~~~i.n8:,r~~:;:;~ 3. (Hon); 2 . Steve Reno (YZ); 3 . Tom Tett ers (SUl). 250 8 : 1. Rick Patt on (Hon); 2. Jason Hapke (Kaw ); 3 . Kelly Bow en (Suz). 250 A : 1. Brent Ouelett e (Kaw); 2. Dave Bromm eI IKaw) ; 3. Rich Yarrow (Suz). OPEN: 1. Brad Jones (Han); 2. Terry Chumb ley (KTM); 3. Bryce Siever (Hon). SR: 1. Rich Yarr ow (Suzl; 2. Kelly Bowe n ISuz); 3. Brad J ones (Han), King claims two at Pecatonica Half Mile Just f ill out the M otorcycle R OAD R ACER or Illustrated order C m below: -----------------. Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustra t ed Subscr ip t io n Order For m Name Address Cit y St ate Zip Code Pho ne N um ber o I want: Order D at e Please: 1 Year (6 issues) _ C harg e m y _ $10 00 Use the handy Subscription Form to get your subscription rushed right to your door. _ _ A ccept m y payme nt no w (c heck. cash . m o ney order) Send m e a bill Mastercar d # Visa # Exp . date I II m-".. L I _ _ I Signatu re Road Racer I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 2201 Cherry Av FAX Long 27 -6685 (213) 4 27-7433 enu e,(2 13) 4Beach, CA 90806 i(!Jt;.1fraiM ' M ~ I J I Sell yo ur old motorcycl e with a C ycle News Want Ad! By Ed Ahlf PECATO N ICA, I L , A UG. 17 R ich Kin g , ri di ng a pa ir o f Sexton Raci ng/ Weber Cycle Cen ter/S hoei -backed H ond as took bo th ' he 500<:c and O pen class finals at th e Wi n n eba go Cou nty Fair in Peca to ni ca . This event was th e last of a five race ser ies held at the nort hern l1Iinois hal! mile. Kin g led at th e en d of la p one in th e first 500cc heat, Coliowed by Dave Feggestad, Jon Di l lenberg and Suzuki-mounted Jim Sumner. Sum ner wo rked h is way in to th ird in la p th ree. King stretched h is advantage to th e flag, followed by Di llen berg, Sum ner and Feggestad . wh o fell to fo urth in th e la te going. Steve ro Kasten led the seco nd heat F m sta rt to finish . fo llowed by Rrad C hristense n. Bria n Krornroy and Joe Houpt. The 500t·c fin a l acti on saw Ka sten tak e th e ear ly lead o n ly to he pa ssed by Kin g i ll turn two . H e built a large lead aft er a l ew laps a nd cr u ised to an easy win ah ead of Kasten , Dillenberg and Sumner. In th e firs t Open hem, Dave Camlin too k h is 600cc Harley in to th e led fro m his o uts id e pole posi tio n a nd was never cha lle nged fo r th e vic-wry. Mark G ru ber a nd Ch ristense n fol lowed . I n the second heal , K ing grab bed 29

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