Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Michael Barnes (2X) leads Todd Hoge (9), David Murray (416) and Daniel Ray (141) on his way to winning two class championships. Ferracci-prcp ared , Bollenb ach Engineering -owned Ducati 851 Superbike. In Saturday's H eavyweight Supertwins final , the form er Pro Twins GP Ch ampion defeated twice-Pro Twins Modified Production Champion Kevin Erion by 42.7 seconds. Erion sta yed close to Quarterl ey through the infield on lap on e, but . when the Du cati rider hit th e high banks, he was gone. " I wa nte d to get in h is dr aft and run with h im up on the banking, just once," said Erion, who was testing hi s Mike Velasco-prepar ed 700cc T wo Brothers Racing H onda Hawk in prepara tion for an assault on th e 1990 Pro Twins GP titl e. Erion did win Saturday's Li gh tweight Supertwins race on a sm aller, 650cc H awk, posting a whopp ing one-m inu te, 25.89-second mar gin of victory o ver H onda-m oun ted J ames McNulty and Kaw asa ki- m ounted Kent Soign ier. Sunday's Un limi ted GP race was th e most exciting, with Quarterley turning the fastest la ps of th e weekend (1:58s) as he came from beh ind Yam aha FZRIOOO riders Mark Chin and H opperstad , th en foug h t off H onda . RC30-riding, _ex-Canadian Su pe r b ike Champi on Ru eb en McMurter to tak e th e win. T h irdranked AM A Superbik e pilot Ri ch ard Arn aiz rode hi s Motor Sport Yamaha FZR750 Superbike to fifth place after co ming fro m the rear of the grid. Quarterl ey ro de th e wh eels off th e red Ducati, and nearl y cra shed on ce when he got into a massive tankslapper wh ile braking for th e Int ernational H o rseshoe. " T here 's no co mpression damping, so ' if yo u cla m p o n th e front brakes the forks j us t bottom, " Quarterley said of th e incident. Quarterley' s crowd -p leasin g a crob ati cs included one- ha nded wh eelies on th e stra igh taway approaching th e infield kink, and long wheelies up on th e west end banking. T he o nly o ther rider to score two wins was Novi ce J eff Pa te, wh o ro de hi s Yam aha FZR600 to wins in the Middleweight Supersport a nd Middleweigh t GP classes. Like Erio n, McMurter was o nly present for testing, but that didn 't stop him from being victorious once, in Friday's 50-kil ometer Solo GTO event. T he AMA/CCS usually runs a Sol o GTO/GTU race , but since th ere were so many ent ries (53 in GTO, 81 in GTU), it was div ided into separa te races. In that ra ce, def eated Suzuki McMurter GSXRIIOO-rid in g Ri ck H erndon of Three-time Grand National Champion Jay Springsteen competed on a Yoshimura Suzuki GSXR750; Springsteen says he'll road race in 1990. Tom Kipp (16) won the Middleweight Superbike Expert race. Florida, GSXR7 50·mounted Geoff Cesm at o f Col o r ad o , Ya m ah a FZR750-mo unted Kip p of Ohio and non e ot her tha n Jay Springsteen, th e H arl ey-Davidson factor y d ir t trac ker who was making his de bu t o n a Yos h i mura -supported GSX R7 50. Springsteen p lans to campa ig n the Superb ike circu it next year, and was entered in a numb er o f classes th rou gh out th e weekend to gai n . valua ble practice. Fo urth-ranked AMA Su perbike racer Donald J acks also pos ted a win pr ior to his AMA/ CCS EBC Brakes Endura nce Cha llenge victory , wh en the 19-year-old rode a 750cc Suzuki to the win in Su nday's Heavyweight Superbike race. • Results FRIDAY SOLO GTO: 1. Rueben McMurter (Han); 2. Rick Herndon (Suz); 3. Geoff Cesmat (Suz); 4. Tom Kipp (Yam); 5. Jay Spr ing steen (Suz); 6 . Gary Lenzhei - mer (Yam); 7. John Cox (Yam); 8. Jeff Rheaum e (Suz); 9. Glenn Szarek (Suz); 10. Oliver Bill ingsley (Suz). SOLO GTU: 1. M ike Moores (Yam): 2. David Murray(Yam); 3. Joe Cole (Yam); 4 . Paul Youngman III (Yam); 5. Jeff Plummer (Yam); 6. John Kappus (Yam); 7. Bob Mia sek (Han); 8. Warren Elli ot (Due); 9. Mark Long (Yam); 10 . J eff Pate (Yam). SATURDAY U W S /TW EX: 1. Kevin Erion (Han); 2. Jame s McNulty (Han); 3 . Kent Soign ier (Kaw ); 4. Lewis Sheldon (Due); 5. James Whitaker (Kaw);' 6. Greg Flagg (Kaw); 7. John Hoffman (Due); 8 . Sherr y Dowling (Kaw); 9. Edward Abdo (Han); 10. Chri s Helland (Cag). UW S /TW NOV: 1. Luke Mulry (Kaw ); 2. Greg Mellinger (Cag); 3. Paul Coviello (Han); 4 . Michael Wade (Cag); 5. Matthew Schneider (Kaw); 6. Paul Marchael (Due); 7. Bruc e Kyll ingstad (Suz); B. J erry Story (Cag); 9. J oseph Mcinni s (Han); 10. Jon Blehar (Kaw). H/W S/BK NOV; 1. Andrew Nobles III (Suzf: 2. Donald Parton (Suz); 3. Rob Bow erman (Suz); 4 . Charles Crowther Jr. (Su zl; 5. Chris Rein er (Han); 6. Ralph Starodoli (Suz); 7. Matthew Sheld on (Yam); B. Donald Ryan (Suz); 9. Bill W ill ems (Kaw); 10. St even Siegfri ed (Han). _ M /W S/SPRT EX: 1. M ichael Barn es (Yam ); 2. Mike Moores (Yam); 3. Tryg Westby (Han); 4 . Paul Youngm an III (Yam); 5 .JacquesGuen ett eJr. (Yam) ; 6. J eff Plummer (Yam): 7. Dani el Ray (Yam); B. Scott Ruehle (Yam); 9. Jody Chodkows ki (Yam); 10 . Pat Johnson (Yam). M /W S/SPRT NOV; 1. Jeff Pate (Yam); 2. Dari n Chic (Yam); 3. James Leslie (Han); 4. Danny Arnold (Han); 5. Jerry Pellegr ino (Han); 6. Charles Rosaly Two Brothers Racing's Kevin Erion gives the "thumbs up" after winning the Lightweight Supertwins Expert race by over a minute on his Honda. (Yam); 7. J immy Fasino (Hon); 8.J im Sharke y (Han); 9. Clayton Blanchard Jr . (Yam); 10. Terr y Gr eene (Han). H/W S /TW EX: 1. Dale Quart erl ey (Due); 2. Kev in Erion (Han) ; 3. Pablo Real (Du e); 4 . Randy Kirn ec (H-D); 5. Roger Reiman (H-D); 6 . Edward Abdo (Han); 7 . Pete Johnson (Due): 8. Chri s Helland (Ouc); 9 . Pet e Strunk (Duc); 10. M ichael Tib erio (M -G). H/W SITW NOV: 1. John 8reeden (Cag); 2. David Fine (M -G); 3. James Vick (M -G); 4. Pierce Thorpe (Due): 5. Nathan Mende (Due); 6 . Robert Tolley (M -G); 7. Russell Quarterman (Due); 8. Dana Phelps (Due); 9. Kevin Murphy (Due); 10. Evan Castle (H-D). . U W S/SPRT EX: 1. Matthew W innack er (Yam); 2. John Cox(Yam); 3. Jimmy Mo sley (Yam); 4 _Peter Schow (Yam); 5. Bootie Ballard (Yam); 6. Bob Part on (Hon); 3 . Kevi n Gul ar (Ho n); 4 . Chris Reiner (Hon) ; 5 . Steven Siegfri ed (Hon); 6 . J ean Claude Dier ickx (Ho n); 7 . Kell y Dr ew (Yam ); 8 . Jimmy Fassin o (Ho n); 9 . Chr isti an Dam ian (Hon ); 10. St even Golub (Hon). _ U W S/BK EX: 1. J effrey Johnson (Suz); 2 . Todd Henning (Yam ); .3. Stan Dil ch er (Hon) ; 4. Andrew Zawil in ski (Yam) ; 5. Willi am Kranenberg (SUl); 6 . Gary Stumm (Yam); 7. Greg Flagg (Kaw); B. John - Lowman (Yam) ; 9 . Stev e Sottile (Hon); 10. James Wh it aker (Kaw) . U W S/BK NOV: 1. Dean J ames Middleton (Yam); 2. Perry Meln eciu c (Yam); 3. Luk e Mulry (Kaw); 4 . Greg Hutch eson (Yam); 5 . Ken Prui tt (Yam); 6. Ti mothy Seebold (Kaw) : 7. Steph en Wishin sky (Suz); 8 . Tim Daly (Yam) ; 9 . Edward Borowy (Han); 10. Clifford Sawy er s (Yam). MIW S/BK EX: 1. Tom Kipp (Yam); 2. Michael Bossard et (Yam) ; 7 . Kenny Phillips (Yam) ; 8 . Kurt Barnes (Yam); 3. M ik e Moores (Yam) ; 4 . Scott Horvath (Yam); 9. Rick Jackson (Yam); 10 . Dan Fullerton (Yam). U W S/SPRT NOV: 1. Thoma s Dinardo (Yam); 2. Man .Junqklau s (Yam); 3. David Doe (Yam): 4 . Jordon Brown (Yam); 5. Taylor Mas sey (Yam); 6. Mark Green e (Yam); 7. David Bat zer (Yam ); 8 . Scott Wade Pruitt (Yam): 9. David George (Yam); 10 . Steve Rasmussen (Yam). H/W S/SPRT EX: 1. Robert Wr ight (Suz); 2. Scott Zampach (Yam); 5. John Hopperstad (Yam); 6. Zampach (Su z); 3 . Scott Will iam-s (Suz); 4 . Dewayne Davis (Suz); 5 . Gl enn Szar ek (Suz); 6 . Sean O sowski (Suz); 7. Mark Walsh (Suz); B. John Choate (Kaw ); 9. Nathan Lee Donoh ew (Suz); 10. Brian Kent (Suz). H/W S/SPRT NOV; 1. Andrew Nobles III (Suz); 2. Donald Part on (Suz); 3. Pat Moroney (Suz); 4 . Titi an Bue (Yam); 7 . David Murray (Yam) ; 8 . Larry Schwarzbach (Yam) ; 9. Sam McDonald (Yam); 10 . Todd Hoge (Yam). SUNDAY U/L GP EX: 1. Dale Quart erl ey (Due): 2. Rueben McMurter (Han); 3. Mark Chin (Yam); 4. John Hopperstad (Yam) ; 5. Richard Arnaiz (Yam); 6 . Rick Herndon (Su z); 7. Don ald Jacks (Suz); 8 . Geoff Cesmat (Suz); 9. Tom Kip p (Yam) ; 10. John Jacob (Yam). M /W GP EX: 1. Michael Barn es (Yam); 2. Glenn Szar ek (Yam) ; 3. Todd Hog e (Yam) ; 4 . Pau l Schwemmer (Yam); 5 . Bob Mi asek (Han) : 6 . Michael Lehkin g (Han); 7. Gary Lew is (Yam); 8. Cha rles Crowthe r (Suz); 5. St eve Bro ads tr eet (Suz); Mi ke Lesli e (Han); 9 . Dan iel Ray (Yam) ; 10 . David 6. Paul Kelly (Suz); 7. J ames King sley (Suz); 8. Darabosh (Yam). H/W S/BK EX: 1. Don ald Jacks (Suz); 2. Glenn Szarek (Suz): 3. John Hopperstad (Yam); 4. Paul M atthew Sheldon (Yam) ; 9 . Chris Temme (Su z); 10. Donald Ryan (Suz). U/L S/SPRT EX: 1. M ark Reynolds (Suz); 2. M ar k W al sh (Su z); 3 . Dew ayn e Davis (Suz); 4 . Robert Schwemmer (Suz); 5. J eff Hard er (Su z); 6 . Phill ip Cassat (Suz); 7 . Robert Blev in s (S uzl; 8 . Scott Blevin s (Suz); 5. Phill ip Cassat (Suz); 6. Ron Wi lliams (Suz); 9. John Jacob (Yam); 10 . Tony W idm an (Su z); 7 . Kevi n Len zme ier (Yam) ; 8 . Robert Rauseo (Hon). Bradley II (Suz); 9. Mi ke Reed (Suz); 10 . Jim Billman (Suz). U W GP EX: 1. J oe Cole (Yam); 2. Mic hael Barn es Kirnec (H -D); 3 . Darrel Jones (H- O); 4 . W ill Roeder (Yam); 3 . J effrey J ohnson (Suz); 4 . Pet er Sch ow (Yam); 5. Bob Besserdet (Yam): 6. Ronald Gelwicks J r. (Yam); 7. J ames Oliver (Yam); 8. Lew is Sheld on (Due); 9. Sta n Oilch er (Hon) ; 10 . A aron M erriman (Yam). M /W GP NOV; 1. Jeff Pat e (Yam); 2. Donald U.S. TW /SPRT EX: 1. Nigel Gale (H-D); 2. Randy (H-D); 5. J esse Roeder (H-D); 6. Man Mein art (HD); 7. Thom as Moore (H-D); 8. Si an Keyes (H-D); 9. Blaine Paulu s Jr . (H-D); 10 . Ernest Snai r (H- D). U.S. TW /SPRT NOV: 1. And rew Nobl es III (HD); 2. Pat Mo roney (H-D); 3. J im McGurrin (H-D); 4 . J on Stauffer (H·D); 5. Tom Cleppe (H-D). 7

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