Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

DataTracl Shoei/Dynojet-sponsored bike for th e first 90 minutes, a pos sibility becau se of th e oversized gas tank on th e Yamaha FZRIOOO. " In th e first hour and a half I was spooked a lot ," Wal ker sai d. " I had this gigan tic tan k and it doesn 't wa nt to move around well, it doesn't like flicking." Walker had bro ken h is ankle four weeks ago and had had it " aggr essively wra pped. I' ve ne ver had anything so painf ul in my life," he said. "This track is nasty. It 's no t bad on a 250 (he wou ld win the 250cc race later in the weekend). Even slow guys can't move o u t of the way and th er e's nowhere to go. " T eammate' Chris Gardner rode th e final half of the race to fini sh in front of th e three-rider Team R.E.S. Britt Turkington had ridden the first stint, Cra ig Gleason the second , and J aso n Prid mo re the fin al 45 minutes in h is first ride on the team. Toward the end of the race th e header bolts on three cylinders of the Valvo line/ RES /Street & Competition-sponsored entry began to back out, making th e bik e a diff erent beast. " It mad e it mor e to where yo u would roll on more surgica lly," Pri dm or e said. Pr idmor e said he was " rea l intim idated" wh en team ow ne r J ak e Van Vleet first as ked him to rid e the big bike and was worried abo u t go ing too slow, espec ia lly aft er o n ly three laps o f practice. But he wou ld ac q uit h imself well , tu rning the fastest lap of the team toward the end of the race. Sixth o verall was Team Ameri ca 's Wood y Deatherage and Ti tia n Bue, o ne better than th e top GTU team of I Can J am. Bike ow ner J am es Lesl ie had ridden the first and last hours with Owen Weichel doing the middle hour in hi s first end urance race. Lesl ie had not iced a bad igniter box in th e first half hour and rode th e seco nd half hour with the ignition breaking up. But wh en Wei chel took o ver th e problem went away and the team went o n to an easy win. . " It 's o ur first time as a team," Lesli e said , " bu t we'll do ot hers ," he added befor e listing his spo nsors as Spe ctro l Clark's Cycle & Sled / Ji m H amlin and his brother John. " It's my hometown a ro u n d h ere," Lesl ie , o f n ea rb y Rid gefield , Con necti cu t, co nt in ued. " All my frie nds cam e aro und and go t . .me pum ped ." Ninth o verall, an d second GTU was Northsta r GTU 's Mike Moo res and Scott Rueh le. Ru ehl e rode the first hour and had the tea m in second o n the 42nd lap. Moores too k over for the middle hour, ru nni ng consis tent I :23s, giving way to Ruehle for th e fin al sti nt. They had a brief dice with N2 Racin g as Ru ehl e too k o ver, but got ba ck in front after two more laps to finis h second. " O ur whole game plan was to go out and finish," Moores said. " We go t a pre tty good distance on them and stayed in second the rest of th e race. We ~.idn 't wain to ban g fairings a t the end. f~ Resul ts GTO: 1. TIle Hum an Race Team (Bim); 2. Dutchm an Racin g (SUl) ; S. Dutch man Racin g 11 Send me more information (Su'); 4. Gold Hill Racin g {Yarn): 5. T eam R.E.S (SUI); 6. Tea m America (Suz); 7. Keyston e Racin g (SUI); 8. T eam Mad Do g ( Yam ); 9. Riverside Kawasaki II (Ka w) ; 10. Nor thwest Racin g (SUI ); I I. Rice Burner Racin g (Suz); 12. Yamaha o f Jackson - vill e (Yam); 13. b land Boys Racing (Suz); 14. Tea m Adventure (Suz); 15. Team Magic (Yam ). GTU: I. I Can jam (Vam); 2. Northstar GTU (Yam); , . N2 Racing (lio n); 4. Myers &: Pru ssian o (Ho n); 5. Orion Racin g (Ho n ); 6. Refl ex Racing (Yam); 7. Narp Racin g (Yam ); 8. Tam Irelan d (Ho n); 9. Hornb low er Raci ng (Ho n ); 10. BH Racin g (Han ); II. Those Gu y, Raci n ~ (Yam); 12. Te-am Cycle Spo rt (Vam); U. WCB Racm g (Yam); 14. Te-am N.O .S. (Ha n); l5. U no btaini um Racin g (JPM). Ti me: n/a due to red. flag . A.cnge Speed: n/a due to red Hag. Margin ot"Viclory: nf a due to red n ag. Nam e: Address: Ci ty : Leatherstocking Country, n.y. _ Sta re: Zip: _ 327 N. Main St. • PO Box 447 Herkimer, NY 13350 • 1-800-233-8778· (315) 866-1500 I .NY

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