Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Dave Sadowski was lucky to escape his high-speed crash with~ut serious injury. minute mark and was back in front before his accident. T he ra ce was stopped, th e rid ers pitted for ga s with many cha ng ing tires. So me changed more. " We put a stone in th e radiat or ," Gal e said o f th e Keystone Suzuki , "and I threw o il all over m yself. I'm no t sure we los t a ny ground because we came in just as the accident happened a nd the scori ng went back a lap. " Dutch ma n sent out Halda ne for the re-sta rt , Zampach was o n for Jacksonville, Edwards for O.T.S. and Walker for Go ld H ill. The Jacksonville bike took over the lead for wh at wou ld be a one-ho u r sprint, but o n the sixth lap Zampach pointed to the rear as he flashed pas t and the team wai ted for him to p it. He was quickly in a nd th e rear was changed, only this time th e team put o n a Mich elin ins tead of Dunlop. " Dur ing the red flag we didn 't hav e a tire, " Zampach said. " It was hopp ing and cha ttering and I knew it wo u ld n ' t go th e distance . If we could have p ut it on for the red flag we would have. " Heino had hoped to change the tire d ur in g hi s ridin g stint, before th e red flag. . " O ff the banking th e rear tire eightshaped o n me a nd we ca m e in th e pits, then went back o u t," H eino sa id during the break. " T he same tire Sadowski was using, we're using. It 's 'a concern for us. We don't want to have a tir e blow and get killed. " The lead went to Dutchman and the ra ce was , effectively, over, th e title to Dutchman. " We worked hard," team owner Dave Schlosser said in the win ner's circl e. " T here was a lo t of com pe titio n and we just owe it to o ur spons ors, our riders and everyone else who worked hard to make this record th ird GTO cham p io nsh ip possible. We made a little gamble on fuel a t the end and it worked out. We finished the race, literally, on fumes." " I've been r iding a lot th is weekend an d I'm prett y worn o u t," secondpl aced Zampach said. "I rode th is bike for over two hours a nd I wasn't just riding, I was racing it. T he fro nt brake was really gone, th e ti res were worn an d you just had to hang on twi ce as hard and work the bike and your body twice as hard." Dutchman Racing (1) and Yamaha of J acksonville (20) lea d T eam Mad Dog (7) in ~c; International Horseshoe. After the scoring sna fu was di scovered, Edwards said he th ough t fini sh in g third was " no t bad at all. Somebody came by and said to me we go t th ird. I thought we were way back. We wer e co nsistent (ru n n ing) 2:03s to 2:05s. Chris was ab out 2:03s most of the tim e. I was between th rees a nd fives. Getting th rough the in field was a chore in itse lf. I' d pull the 600s on the bankin g an d they'd catch m e in the infi eld." "After the red flag we had a big slash in ou r rear (Dunlop) from something on the track, so they were slowed some what," Ha nsen of Northwest said. " I rode the second a nd fourth shifts and Mike Karrn rode th e third a nd first. " The GTU class was Toomer all th e. wa y. At the on e-hour mark the y wer e third overa ll, only two GTO bik es ahead o f th em . If they sta yed together they'd win, a nd they did, bringing a big smi le to th e face o f owne r Bill Toomer. • " Yes, I'm sm iling," he said. 'T h is is our first win in October a t Daytona. We've been fifth here tw ice. The thi rd time is the charm, " the tool company ow ne r fro m La keland, Florida , added . G lenn Barr y, th e mi dd le of th ree riders for the team , sai d, " It took me a while to get go ing a t first. Mik e (Barnes) had built a good lead o f ab out 10 minutes that evaporated at th e restart. In the second part Dr . Meist er wasn't cutting us any slack." " We just don't have th e horsep ower of Toomer," Meister said aft er his fin al shift on the bike. "The tires were getting really, really slick. Wh en I was with Glen Barry ' I was steering with the rear end. The fronts wer e working goo d. We wer e using th e Dayt ona speci a l Mi ch elin and it wa s real predictable. We haven 't ch anged one." Meis ter 's Orion team ra n second for mos t o f th e race with Team Bad Bo y having a big run after th e red flag delay. " We ' re T eam Ama teur," L aney Cobb, wh o joined J a m ie Bo wma n for th e effort o n Bad Bo y, said, " a nd we're in the re with th e Experts ." Cobb said he was rac ing wi th J oh n Ashmead, o f J ohn D. Ru e Racing near the end a nd was hap py for the di ce. J o h n D. Rue slowed to a seventh place finish when th ey ran out o f gas near the end. " I knew tha t me and J a m ie were Class champions Team T oomer won their sixth G T O class of the season. pretty m uc h fast enough to run with these guys," Cobb co ntin ued. "We've been watch ing lap ti mes all weeekend. We ran a good, sol id race and didn't p ush th e bike too hard." CN Results GTO: 1. Dutch man Raci ng (Suz); 2. Yama ha of j ackso nville (Yam ); 3. Team O .T .5. (Hon ); 4. Keysto ne Racing (Su r): 5. Northwest Racing (Suz); 6. Gra p hic Racing (5 uz); 7. Addi cted Racing (Suz); 8. Bep Racing (SUl) ; 9. Mid Citi es Motorsports (Kalw); 10. T eam Ca lico jacks (Kaw); 11. Gol d Hill Racing (Ya m) : 12. T eam Su n coas t (Su z); 13. No rt hstar Racin ~ (Yam) ; 14. T ea m Advent ur e (Suz): 15. Kennedy Racing (SUI); 16. Fastli ne· MCM Racing (SUI ); 17. Acm e Racin g (Suz); 18. T eam Mag ic (Ya m ); 19. So uth County Racing (Suz); 20. Arnol d Ziffel Racing (Suz); 21. Team Mad Dog (Yam); 22. P I< P Ra cin g (Suz); 23. Team America (SUI): 24. Walsh Raci ng (Ya m); ~5 -. Island Boys R~ ci n g (Suz); 26. Ha wa iian Sen sation (SUI); 27. Sunrise Racin g (SUI): 28. T eam R.E.S. (Suz); 29. VN R Road Ra cin g (Suz). Time: 3 hrs .. 42.805 sec. Avera)!e spe ed; 9 1.013 mph. Ma rg sn o r victory: 9.740 sec. GTU: 1. T eam Toomer ( Ka w); 2. Orion Racin g (Ho n ); 3. T eam Bad Bo y (Ho n ); 4. IR C Racing (Ya m); 5. T eam Ameri ca GTU (Yam ); 6. I Can jam (Yam ); 7. Jo hn D. Ru e Racin g (Hon ); 8. Horn blower Racing (He n): 9. New Tech Racin g (H on ); 10. Bad Boy Ra cin g (Yam); II. Team Charm (Yam); 12. Elin Ra cin g (Yam) ; 13. Ne w Tec h Cycle #2 (Ya m ); 14. Wild cat Racin g (Yam) ; 15. Yamaha or J ackson vill e (Yam ); 16. AGV Spo rt (H on) ; 17. Narp Racing (Yam) ; 18. Ande rso n/ jardi ne Ra cin g (Hon); 19. T ach Racing (Ho n ); 20. Flash Racin g (Ho n ); 21. Gra n Prix Racin g (Hon); 22. T eam BiH (Yam) ; 23. Power Racin g (H on ); 24. T eam Cycle Spo rt (Yam); 25. Skat Racin g (Ya m) ; 26. New Tec h Racing III (Yam ); 27. Team Magi c II (Yam) ; 28. Creed Speed Ra cin g (Yam): 29. Team T oo mer G iants (Yam ): 30. T eam Justice (Yam) . fiNAL GTO POINT STANDINGS: I. Du tch man Ra cin g (136); 2. Go ld H ill Racin g (108); 3. Tea m Mad Dog (107); 4. Yamaha 01 jacksonvi lle (89); 5. Bimot a H u man Race Team (75); 6. Team America (66); 7. North west Racin g (57); 8. Team O.T.S. (48); 9. Keyston e Racin g (43); 10. (T IE ) Team Magi c/ Dutchman II (4 1); 12. Team R.E.S. (40); 13. Team Good Times Accessorie s (.34); 14. FastlineMCM Racing (31); 15. (TIE) Northsta r RacinglBS Racing (20); 17. T eam Mad Dog 11(17); 18. Precip ice Raci ng (13); 19. Riverside Kawasaki 11 (12); 20. (TI E) Graph ic Racin g/ Island Boys Racing (10). fiNAL GTU POINT STA NDINGS: 1. T ea m T oomer (152); 2. O rio n Racin g (98); 3. Tea m America GT U (76); 4.. H orn blo wer Ra cin g (62); 5. BH Ra cing (611; 6. M2 Ra cin g (59); 7. T eam Cycle Spo rt (50); 8. (TI E) Myers I< Prussiano/KI

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