Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

You're Known By The Company You Pass. .... ....... .., T eam Suzuki's Smi th (left) and Kurt Hall are int erviewed by Mo'toWorld. required a scoring audit to sort it o ut ; In the en d, CLASS Racin g was credited with the win, followed in short order by Ward Cook, Crai g Renk and Don . Field er o n the T BA Racing GSXR, and the Roya le Racing effort. T he three team s fin ished in fifth th rough sevent h pl aces o vera ll, all on th e same lap. Lik e Tea m Lips, CLASS went th e ,dista nce o n one set of Dunlop K59 1s; how ever, the team fin ished wi th cord showi ng arou nd th e tread's entire righ t-side circu mference. Big City couldn' t quite ca tch T eam Lip s an d had to settle for second in the Mediu mw eigh t Superbike class and eig ht h overall. T eam Fastline's Curtis Adams, J eff Stern and J eff Rhea ume had run as high as sixth before a th rown drive cha in and subsequent broken countershaft cover cost them tim e in the pits, ' d ro p p i n g them to 17th. The trio rebounded to fini sh fourth in th e Hea vyweigh t Prod uctio n class a nd ni nth overal l. Team Sledge rou nded ou t the top10 overall after battling the same tir e proble ms that befell American Spiri t 'earl ier, and whi ch had a llowed Sledge to briefly take the class lead. T he sing le mos t disappoin ted team ha d to be Voight Bros. Racing. Riders Cra ig Voigh t and Ken Greene led th e Lightweigh t class from the get-go, but I their mo tor exp ired in turn three with less th an five minutes remaining in the I six-ho ur event. Team Pasta Marin 's Greg Petrovi c and Eric Elvin inheri ted the class win on their FZR400. l"N ndthe FZR600 has passedthe best. In its first year it won more majorraces than anyotherbike initsclass. Inthe press it did even ~ Resu l ts 0 1A: I. T eam Suzuki Enduran ce (SUl); 2. Mid South Raci n g (SUI); " . The Human Ra ce T eam (Ya m); 'I, T ea m Lips (Yam); 5. CLASS Racin g (SUI); 6. T BA Raci n g (SUl); 7. Ro yal e Ra ci ng (S w ): 8. Big Ci ty RaC"ing (Ya m );9. T ea m Fastline (Su I ); 10. T om Sledge (SUl); II. Boingo Racing (SuLl; 12. G BR Ra cing (Ya m): 13. T eam H awaii (H o n); 14. Cycle Racing ( Hon); 15. Action Suzuki Ra cing (SUI) : 16, American Spirit Ra cing (Ya m ); 17. Barel y H u ma n (Yam) ; 18. Bom Aga in Fa irings (H o n ); 19. Team Pa sta Marin (Yam); 20. Hi per Soa r (Ya m ): 21. Ato mic Raci n g (Suz ): 22. Voi gh t Bros, Ra cing _ (Yam ); 2~. Mot orC)'cln 'R ' Us (SUI ): 24. Razo r Edg e Ra cing (Yam) : 25. Team Tortoise (Han ); 26, FBN Ra cing (Yam); 27. 101 8< R Racin g (Yam); 28. RKN Racin g (Yam); 29. Barel y HUlTl3n II (Ya m) : 30. j o hnso n .I: ); Wood (SU% 31. C lingerman Racin g (SUI ); ~2. H ey Dud Ra cin g (Yam ); ~~. Tram Extreme [H on); 34. Tea m Uno (SUl ); ~5 . Bench Ra cing (Ya m) ; 36. Creen Extr eme II { Ka w) : 37. T hunder &: Lightn ing (Su z): 3S. V i~ ion QueM Ra cin g (S UI ' ; 39. Suspension By J a ke ( H on ); ,10. Insr in cr (He n) : 4 1. GT Racin g (Ka w ); 42. Team T u rk (SUI ); 4 ~ . G reen Extr eme ( K;tw ); +to Cal R acing / Superbrac-e (Ya m); -15. Radioa ctive Racing (Yam) ; 16. Reno (SUl ). H /W S/ BK: 1. Tram Su zu ki Enduran ce (S UI ): 2. Mid -South Racing (SU2); 3. TIle H u man Rare T eam (Ya m); 4. Barel y H u ma n (Ya m ): 5. Mot o rcycles ' R' U. (Suz]. H/W PRO D: I. CLA SS Racing (SUl ); 2. T BA Raci ng (SUI) : 3. Ro yal e Ra ci n g (SUl ); 4. Team Fasrline (SU1); 5. T C'3mSled ge (SUl). Ml W S/ BK: I. Tea m Li ps (Ya m) ; 2. Big Cit y Racing (Ya m) ; 3, GB R Racin g (Ya m) ; 4. Cycle Racin g (H o n ]: 5. Razo r Edge Racing (Yam ). M/ W P ROD: I. Team Ha wa ii (Hon) : 2. Born Again Fa ir in gs l H o n ); 3. Tram Torto ise ( H a n ); 4. Green Ex treme II (Ra w); 5. Suspens io n By J ake (Ha n ). UW: I. T eam Pasta Marin (Yam); 2. Hi pe r Soa r (Ya m) ; 3. Voig h t Bros. Raci n g (Ya m) ; 4. FB~ Ra cin g (Ya m); 5. Hey Dud Racin g (Ya m ). WERA END UR A:"I SE RIL~ POI NT ST AND CE IN G S: 1. T t'am Suzu ki End u ra nc e (281.76); 2. The Human Race T eam (24 1.03); 3. Ro yal e Racing (I8 :t39); 4. T RA Racing ( 182.61); 5. Action Su/Uk i (178.15): 6. Mid-Sou th Racin g ( 161.21); 7. Amer ican Spi ri t Racin g ( 157.3 1); 8. Vo ig fu Bros . Raci n g (147.1 I}; 9. Team Un o (133); 10. RKN Racin g (120.54 ): 11. Tea m Mach in e ( 113.22, : 12. Hall on' S,i ll Racin R (l OK ); I! , Terro r Rad llR f lOnl ); 11. ,II Ho nda of l':i1t-~ Racing ( 103.36); 15. Do 11 (98.02). better. It was" Best 600 Sport Bike" according to Motorcyclist magazine. This year's new fat "Z-rated" radial , tires and four-piston brakecalipers make it" B etter" thanever . The FZR legacy continues with the FZR1OOO, Cycle World magazine's "Best SuperBike." While Motorcyclist magazinechose the FZR400 as " B est-Handling Bike" oftheyear. V -Max, "Best Muscle B ike." Virago 750, "B estMiddleweight Cruiser." Sa if you're known bythe company youkeep, getto know your local Yamaha dealer He'llshow youthe . bikes that earned Yamaha more awardsthananyonein the industry. Andhe'll make youa deal that's just like hisaward-winning motorcycles. Rest ofthe "B est": FJ1200'~l)., "BestOpen-Class Spart-Tourer" ~1J and "Best Open Street B ike." V~ Too good to pass. va . . a a ............ 6h~~t

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