Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

FZR600 up in the top 10 before Billy Eisen acher lo st the back end a nd cras hed . T he tem pe ra ture continued to cl imb and many tea m s were bri ngi ng in riders after on ly 30- to 45-m in u te stints. Fo r th e remai nder of the race Team Suzuki co nti nued to bui ld o n its lead. As has been th e case a ll year (with the excep tio n o f P hoe n ix ) the team raced flawlessly. Keith Perry had the pit sto ps choreograp hed perfectl y, a nd it 's becom in g q u ire appa rent th a t th e WERA Champ ionship will once agai n belon g to Team Suzu ki un less something goes dr asrical ly wrong. Behi nd th e leaders. H all ,,' Sti ll ran 40' m in ute stints beca use of th e heat a nd were losing some grou nd to th e ha rd-cha rg in g Bo uld er Yamaha team . H all N' Still had swi tched to hard com po u nd tires dur ing th e red flag, a nd th at wo ul d keep them fro m ha vin g to change ru bber aga in; bu t it a lso kep t th em from running as ha rd as they would have lik ed in the last hou r when Boulder was gai n ing . Boulder Yama ha had fresh Mich elin slicks o n th eir Yam aha a nd moved in to s econd in th e last hou r. " We wa nted to do a ll the WE RA Pro races that didn 't interfere with AMA event s. We had a littl e br ak e fade nea r the end ," expla ined Bo ul der' s J ohn Ho p pe rstad. Amer ican Spiri t Racing had lead rider Gene Burcham bac k a t T opeka. Bur cha m had broken hi s a n kle a t a sp ri nt race in SI. Lo u is a nd was still lim pi ng arou nd th e p its, bu t he a nd tea mma te Dal e Kieffer stayed nea r the front all da y lon g a nd finis hed fo urth ove ra ll , seco nd in class. ASR wa s helped by th e fact th a t Ro bert Wri ght rooe the last hour o n th e Visio n Quest Su zu ki witho ut [rom brakes. That ena bled ASR to pass. It was the best finish for the first-year tea m since the open ing ro u nd a t Roebling Road. Cycle Racer completed the ir fin e race by win ni ng the Mediumweigh t Siiperhi ke class a nd fin ish in g fifth o vera ll. " If we wo u ld have had a q ui ckfill gas ta n k we co u ld ha ve done much better. Ca l (Ray bo rn ) was ca lled in th e pi ts o ne time because W ERA doesn 't allow tea r-off shields . Ot her than th a t things .went rea lly well, " said Dean Mizdal o f Cycle Racer. Deals C ap Racin g wo n th e Ligh tweig h t class even tho ug h the race was mai nly a testing session. "Si nce there was no Yamah a mon ey this weekend we were n' t 10 0 co nce rne d abou t wh ere we fi nis hed. T he bi ke had some problems th at we wanted to so rt o ut before the next race," explai ned Rob • eneker, Honda o f Ni les LOok the Med iumweight Prod uct io n lead whe n Team Ha waii pined in th e last ho u r. H onda o f Nil es used a bik e-to -p it co m mu nica tio n system o n th eir Honda. "T he 51'stern worked pr ett y wel l. We want to use it a t th e' 24-ho ur race a t Nelson ," , ' iles' T om Bickerstaff said. 01 Results O VER ALL: I. TNIn S uzuki Endu rance {Su z]: 2. Boul der Yamaha Racing (Ya m): 3. Ha ll !':' St ill R;'lcin K (SUi ): .1. Am er ican Sp iril Racin g ( Ya m): 5. C yclt, Ran '. (Ya rn); 6. \' ision QU~I R ac i n ~ (SUI ): 7 ~ JD Radng (Ya rn): 8. T RA ~ ( · i n R (SUI); 9. n an' Ro sno R" ci ng (Ho u): 10. Ilt~..1 h. Ga p Ra c in ~ (Yam) : 11.llon d;) o r Ni ll"~ Radll!( ( Ho u ): 12. Team Hawa ii (Hon): 13. Raw Racin ~ ( Y a m ) ; 1·1.Tea m Lips fYa m ): 15. Shar p /Whi tt R;lCin g O 'a m ): 16. T ·S tor m Ra r-ing 2( Ho n): 17. Roman s Racin g {Yarn]: ut Cyc le Speed Racin g (Yam ]: 19. Te.un Ironma u (S UI ); 20. Choin' Racin g (Stll) . l f1 W S/BK: I. T e-am SULUki Eudu ru nce (SUI); 2. Bbuld('f Yama ha ROIci n~ (Y;ml ); 3. J D RaC'inf{(Y;lIn ); 1. T eam Ironman (Su r): .~. Cho il'e R;Killg (S U1.). H / W PROD: I. Ha ll -x Slill (S UI); 2. Americau Spiti t R'.lfin g (Ya rn) ; 3. Visio n Q UI'SI Racing (SUI) ; -l. T BA Racin g (SUI): 5. Ro ya le' ~ dn g (S U1.). M/W S/BK: I. Cydt' Racer (Yam ); 2. Dan ' Rosuc Racin g (Bon ); 3. Team Lips (Ya m); 4. Sharp W h itt Racing (Ya m); .r,. Ro ma ns Ra cin g (Ya m). M/W P ROD: I. Bomb or Nil es (Hon ): 2. T ea m Ha wa ii ( Hu n ); ~ . T vStor m Racin g 2 (Hon ): -l. T · Storm Racin g (Sun; 5. Bates Raci n g (H o u ). L/W: I. Deals Gap Racing (Ya m ); 2. Ra w Raci ng 'Ya m ); 3. Cyc le Speed Racing (Ya m] : -t. Capi ta l ity's Raci n g (Yam ); 5. T eam A Sauru .. Rex (Yam ). ""E~ RELE~SES -VIDEO Now Available Through Cycle News Action Theater STURGIS 1989 - The VIDEO "The Official Video of the Black Hills Motor Classic" (# 104) For 51 weeks a year, St urg is, Sout h Dakota is a quiet Black Hills tow n of 5,000 people. For on e week in A ugust, it roars with 100,000 motorcycles . 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