Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Du tchman was help ing him test tires for the upcom in g Dayto na 200 - bu t th e Du tchma n II machine pi tted unexpectedly wit h a ch u nked rear tire while Greene was riding, and was sporti ng a dented muffler from the inci den t. Gree ne, like J ohn Kocinski a th reetime Formula T wo (now ca lled 250cc GP) cha m pio n, ca lled th e Du tchman bike "an an ima l," bu t said that he was . enjo ying its horsepo wer. Alt hou gh Greene was)ni tially a few seconds per lap slowe r. than Jacks, by the end of the race he had dropped h is 2:05 lap times down to mor e competi tive 2:00s. Dutch man Racing's Mike H arth , who usuall y teams wit h Q uarterley, was off racing in J apan . but will return to the team when he's bac k sta teside. Making the nice interesting in th e early-going was Yosh i mura Su zuki 's Steve Cr evier, who was using th e end ura nce. race as superb ike prac tice. T he Ca na dian Nati on al Cha mp io n gave Q uarterley so meone to race with from the start, but he event ually pitted, leaving Quarterley alon e o ut front. J o h nso n & Wood 's Lee Shie rts held down a top-five positi on a t the start, but an oi l leak o n the Suzuki 1100 nearl y Rut him into the wa ll o n lap three, and he retired. Northstar Racing 's J ohn J acob was also o n the gas ear ly, but a lo w-fuel warnin g lig h t came on and distracted him go ing into turn one , and he rode off into the grass and fell. Bou lde r Yam aha Racing's J ohn H opperstad , Chris Gardn er and Rod Bru eske teamed up on a Yokoham ashod Yamaha 750 to finis h in fo urth p lace, co m p leti ng 85 la p s. Team Elephan t. came in fifth with 84 laps o n a Suzu ki 1100. Behind Team Eleph a nt came Keyston e Racing 's Kevin Rent zell and Mark H eiser, who turned 84 laps on th e George Fins-prepared Suzuki 1100 to fini sh sixt h. Last year, Fitts fielded Co loradoans R icky Orlando a nd Deiter La ne , but Orlando, now in his mid- 30s, has decided to retire , and La ne was recuperatin g from i nj uries sustained in an Arizona cl ub race. Rentzell was barely back in the sadd le hi m self, h aving recei ved a doctor 's approval on the Monday prior to race day. Rentzell rode for Dutch man Racing last year, until a hor rr endous accide nt a t T all ad ega left him with a bru ised bra in. Rent zell sa id th at he'd been having troubl e focusi ng h is eyes at speed, but that during this race he again becam e comfortable, wi th no disor ientation. Keystone started . the race o n Yo koham a 003 street radials because Kayo Racing, th e Yokoham a tir e vendor , said there weren 't eno ugh slicks wid e enough to fit the rear ri m to go around - they on ly had en oug h for J am ie J ames' Du cati su perbike. Bu t wh en Keystone's rear tire chu nked, a radial slick SU den ly appeared at thei r pits, d and Ren tzell used tha t to turn some of the fastest laps of th e race in th e I:58-range, despite still havi ng an 003 front. The team also lost tim e durin g an early p it stop to rep lace a set of glazed brake pa ds. Finishing on the same lap as Keystone were GTU class wi nners Team T oomer, wi th Floridians Jon Roberts and J eff Far mer teaming with J acques Gu enete o n an Avon -shod Yama ha FZR600. Sh own one lap down to T oom er were Just For Fun 's La rry Shorts and J on Moore in second p lace on a Yoko ha ma -shod Yamaha, wi th Northstar GTU 's Mike Moor es and Scott Ru ehle o n an Avon-s hod Yam ah a fin ish ing on th e same lap in th ird. H owever, Northstar claimed th at Dale Quarterley, who last year teamed 'with Mike H arth to win the GTO titl e, team ed with T om Kipp to take th e win. the y were th e win ners, and tha t scoring in correctly showed th em a lap down at the halfway po int wh en they ha d been lead in g. A protest was filed , but the resu lts remained unchanged . T he figh t for the lead in GTU was made excit ing with Farmer and AMA 600cc Su p ersport Champ ion Scott Zampach going a t it ha m mer arid tongs early o n. But Zampach 's Super " B" Yam aha vapor locked du rin g a pit stop , costing the team val uable time. T hey fini shed six th in class, two laps do wn from the winners. Fill ing in th e fourth a n d fifth posi tions in GT U were T h u m per Bro th er s' J ohn Co ndron a nd Bill Ca rde ll, a nd Team OTS' R o bbie Petersen ,. Michael Martin a nd Cra ig Gleason , respectively. [I' The GT O victory lane featured (fro m left to right) Glenn Barry, Mike Barnes, Da le Q uarterley, Dave Schlosser, T om Kipp, Donald J ads, an d Donnie Greene . • USA Un official Resu lts GT O: 1. Dutchman Racing - Dale Qu aru:rley/ T om Kipp (Suz): 2. T eam Toomer T oo - Gl enn Barr y/Michael Barn es (Suz); 3. Du tchm an II Don ald Jacks. Donnie .G reene (Suz); 4. Boulder Yamaha Ractng . John Hop perstad, Chris Ga rdner , Rod Brueske (Yam); 5. Tea m Elephan t • Tom Sartoriou s./Davi d San o rio us (Su z); 6. Keyst on e Racin g (Sua); 7. Fas tline Ra ci ng (Suz); 8. Ska t Racing (SUl); 9. Centr al Jersey R aci ng (Su z); 10. T eam Magic (Yam); 11. Cox Racing (Yam); 12. Addicted Racin g (SUl); 13. Riverside Kawasaki (Suz); 14. Davhar Racing (Yam); 15. Credit Card Racin g (SUl ); 16. . T eam Linds~ Michelle (Suz); 17. Pure Racin g (Kaw); 18. WIZa Racing (SUl ); 19. T eam Excel rd (SUl); 20. T ea m Mad Dog (Suz}; 21. T eam Yosh imu ra (Su z); 22. Tea m Nem isis (Hon ): 2S. John son &:Wood (Suz); 24. Team Helry (Yam); 25 So ut h Flori da . Raci ng (Yam); 26. Mil!

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