Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ir······················~·············', CENTRAk LEATHERSTOCKING COUNTRY The Dunlop 500/125 cc National Motocross Championship Round At U October 14-15th, 1989 RKN Rac ing (7 7j dominated the Lightweight classification. Badger Racing was on e of the few Kawasak i ZX7s all year in th e WERA series to be in contention for Kawasaki conti ngencies. T he t~am spent a good deal of th e race III the to p 10 before some thi ng in th e mot or wen t sour with a little over an hou r left in the race. For Badger, it was a repeat o f th e d isappointment suffered here last year when th ey blew up early in th e race. In the Mediumweight P roduction class it was again a race between We 're Human Too a n d Ro ya le Racing II. We're Human T oo kep t their unbeat en record in tac t by fi n is h ing a h ead of second -place Royal e II by three la ps. J im Sti ll a nd Bruce Bal d us steadily climbed in the overall ranki ngs also, a nd by the end of the race had the We're Human Too Suzuki GSX600 Ka ta na into seventh overall. RKN R a cin g domi nated the Ligh tw eight class from stan to finis h. T h e team ' s FZ R400 ra n flawlessly a nd they won th eir class by five la ps. In th e fin al ho ur , Ro yale Racing o u t-g u nned E&H Ra ci n g wi t h lon ger rid in g stin ts and too k over th ird p lace. After a slow start , Team Ameri ca reached th e top five and stayed there all day. After running as high as fo u rt h, th e FZR600 mounted team fini sh ed a solid fifth overall a nd second in clas s. As th e race wou nd do wn , th e Humans co nti n ued to gain gro und o n lead i n g T eam Suzuki (Ha ll tu rn ing a race-b est la p tim e of 1:10.96) b u t th e fiv e-l ap def ici t proved to be too mu ch to mak e u p. Suzuki sailed o n to victory for the seventh time, co mp leting 257 laps at an average speed of 77.1 m ph. T BA Racing worked back up into sixth overa ll by th e end of the race after droppi ng all th e way back to 26th after th eir cras h. We're H uman Too, Caz Racing, T eam Gateway and Roya le Racing II rounded o u t th e top 10 after six hours. The Human Race T eam sti ll hol ds a narrow lead in th e series point sta nd i ngs, but w it h th e W ER A scoring system o nly the nine best races count. So with seven victories and only fo ur rounds rem aining, T eam Suzu ki is in the dr iver 's sea t o n th e road to regai ning th e WERA Ch ampio nship. • Results 0 1 A : 1. Team Suzuki Endurance (Suz ); 2. Hu man Race Team(Vam) 3. Royale Racing (Vam); 4. E&H ; Racin g (Suz); 5 . Team A merica IYam ); 6. TBA Racing (Suz); 7 . W e're Hum an Too (Suz); 8 . Caz Racing (Vam); 9. Team Gateway (Suz) 10. Royale ; Racing II (Suz). HIW S/BK: 1. Team Suzuki Endurance (Suz); 2. Human Rac Team (Vam); 3. RLSuzuki (Suz); e HIW PROD: 1. E&H Racing (Suz); 2. TBA Racing (Suz); 3. Team Gateway (Suz). MIW S/BK: 1. Roy ale Racing (Yam); 2. Team America (Vam); 3. Caz Racing (Vam). MIW PROD: 1. We're Human Too (Suz); 2. Ro yale Racing II (Suz); 3. Honda of Niles (Han). UW: 1. RKN Racing (Vam); 2. PM Racing (Yam); 3. Rat Race TeamII (Kaw). POINT STANDINGS: 1. Human Race Team (973.11); 2. TeamSuzuki (96B.58); 3. We're Human Too (741.48); 4. Royale Racing (732.22); 5. Team America (676.34). , Th e Unaana Valley Sporn Genter, Inc., At 8, New Berfin, New Vork . TIcke t informati on : Adv ance TICkets available thru the Unadilla Valley Sporn Center , Inc. TIcke ts $ 18.00 Advance Disco unt ~ •Adv ance Sale Price $ 5.00 1 ·Save $3.00 - Order your tickets by mail. Make check or money order payable to the Unadilla Valley Sporn Center , P.O. Bo x 5 119, Edmes ton, New York 13335. Ph.: 1-607-96587B4.0rders mu st be received by Oct. tst, $ 1.00 handling fee per order. '(Offer not to be comb ined with any other discount coupons.) 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