Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

G CREsptNEL e ~ 0") _ - ROADRACE AMA/CCS Endurance If YO" 've been to the United States Gra nd Prix or the American roun d of the World Su perbike Series in the past th ree yea rs, you probabl y alrea dy know about James Crespinel. His commissioned work includes portraits of Mikhail Gorbac hev, Martina Na vratilova , Micha el Jordan , Bria n Bosw orth and Steve Largent , in additi on to images of James Dean , Elvis Presley a nd Maril yn Monroe. He is quickly becoming one of the most sought after competi tion artists in th e United States. Man y world class riders th emselves own original oil paintings by Crespinel and now lithographs of his works are available for both th e collector and enth usiast alike, through Cycle News Products. EDDIE LAWSON Some call hi m the grea tes t rider who ever lived. Fast approaching legend stat us, nobod y w on mor e 500c c Grands Prix in the 19805 th an Eddie Lawson. In seven vea rs of World Championship competit ion, Eddi e has won thirty 500cc Grands Pri x. On ly the legendary Giacomo Agost in i and Mike Ha ilwood ha ve won more and Ha ilwood 's record of thi rty -seven victori es is wit hi n reach . Cr espinel's image of Eddie Lawson wa s created over a three-dav period a t th e U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in Apr il of 1990. MARCO LUtCHINELLI . .l1 i if:! i": .~ Former 500cc Grand -Prix World Champion Marco Lucchinelli now head s th e Ducati factory effort in the World Superbike series. He ha s been II ~ the impetus behi nd th e current ra ce \ ., effor t from Ducati and has built t he tea m to be the strongest, most effec- • tive, dominating force on the Worl d Superbike circuit. The fla mboya n t Italia n occasionally suits up to show off his riding ta lents at va rious even ts . 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Bo x 498 - Long Beach, CA 90801 -0498 -:l _ ~~ ~~(3~~~~~~~2~~~~ _ ~ ~ - ~ Mo to Libert y's Doug Carmichael and Danny Walker combined to win th e GTU class. was sli d in g, but th at 's endura nc e racing ; th e cha nces a nd decisions you h ave to do to make everyt h ing work with two good riders. " " Re a ll y, I n ever co ns ide red the Ka wasa kis part of the race, because I d idn't realize they were gon na run the wh ol e race," L ynch said. " Even if we wer e to finish behi nd th em , I wou ld n't have been too d isappointed. " Bernard, who bro ught the Du tchman bik e home seco nd on h is first tr ip here, was ge nerall y content . " I came here to Da yto na - I' d never see n th e trac k before - wit h a new team , a new bike fcir a new sea so n and I lea rn ed things pretty quick. Mike Ha rt h gave me a lot of help." . Takagai , the KRT 2 tea m ma nager, was a lso q uick to offer th anks. " Rob MUllY wa s very helpful in exp lai n ing what p repara tio n we sho u ld ma ke, for exa m p le wha t tra ns mission gea ring we sho u ld use. Yesterday, o ur rider went tw o m inu tes. Today the fastest wa s 1:55, I :54, m a ybe eve n so me t h ing better. T ha t's a big , bi g differen ce." Ra y Yod er brought th e Team Arner ica ent ry hom e fourth with Mark Chi n fi ni shing u p fo r Gold Hill II. R ick Shaw had ridde n th e first 22 la p s, follow ed by Chin, Shaw agai n wi th a n ew tire, then Chin. T he tea m used a n FZR750 motor with times j ust slig h tly slower than Gardner's on G old Hill I. Gardner ran mostly 59s a nd 58s with Shaw a nd Ch in do ing 2:0 1s and 2:02s. T eam Too mer a n d H igh Tec h look..d to dominat e th e GTU class ear ly, but bo th wo u ld be dea lt set bac ks. T oom er fried a cl u tch ea rly a nd Hi gh T ech lost several la p s changi ng a battery j ust before th e halfway mark. " T he ba ttery was run do wn, so we charged it a ll ni gh t lo ng ," sai d New Tech's J o n Roberts, who built th e ZXR 6 engi ne as well as ro de. At the h alfwa y m ark th ey were cred ited with 23rd p lace. T hough th ey th oug h t th ey m ight ha ve done be tter , th ey wer e scored in th ird a t th e end. "To co me back from a defi ci t li ke we d id , we did rea l well ," Rob erts sa id. " I hope the' scoring co me s down in ou r ' fav or because I thi nk we did better th a n th at ." IR C Racin g's rid ing chor es we re even ly sp li t a mong th eir three rid ers wit h G len n Szare k bringing the team in seco nd, th oul;h he was n' t su re what p lace they were Ill. " W he n I came in for gas, it sa id th ird a nd then lat er it sai d second. I didn 't kn o w if it was me or someone behind me," he said. " I ha d no idea who was behind me or ho w far back they were . I was j us t sayi ng, ' Do n' t ru n o u t of gas, don 't run o ut o f gas. Wh ere's th at whi te flag?' " Mota L ibert y/ Nan kai finished th ree laps in front o f second a nd third . wi th 86 laps. Not bad for a first time effort . Dannv Wal ker than ked team ow ner Sa m Ya~ash i ta before describing h is race. " We sta rted on the 21st row; the re wasn 't a bike behi nd us. We just kep t plugg ing a t it a nd kept going faster a nd faster. Do ug p u t in th e same lap times as me on worn o u t tires. I was im pressed, " Walkor said. Floridi a ns La ney Cobb a ndIfi-yearo ld J ami e Bo wma n finished fo urt h o n . th e T .B.R . Endura nce Honda C BR600, co mp leting 83 la p s, wit h the H immeslb ach Endura nce effort o f brothers Will ia m a nd Mike taking fifth o n th eir H onda 600, a lap in a rrears. CIi R esults GT O /GTU O / A: I. Fa \ IJind MCM Racin g (SUl); 2. Dutch man Ra cin g (S UI ); 3. Kawa saki Raci n!t Team I (Kaw): 4. T eam America (Sul) ; 5. Kaw asa ki MUllY 2 ( Ka w): 6. Go ld B ill Ra cin g 11 (Ya m ); 7. Mo tu Liberty/Nankui {Ho n ): H. Gold H ill Raci ng (Ya m) ; 9. T eam Ma~ i(: (Ya rn): 10. Team Mach ine (S UI ); 11. Non hw est R4Jcinfj: (S UI) ; 12. Tea m Black wak (SUI): 13. I Re Ra r -ing (Ya m) ; 14. New Tech Racin g (Kaw): 15. T .B.R. Endurance (H a n); 16. C lass Racin g ( Ka ..... ); 17. H im melsbach En du ra nee {Ho n): 18. E 'Ticket Racin g (Suz); 19. leland So)'S Ra cing ( Ho n) : 20. AG\' Sport ( Han); 21. N~' Trch Racing I ( H o n); 22. J &::P R'lcin g (SUI); 23. Addicted Racin g (2j); 24. Kr-yslo nr Racin g (Suz); 25. T eam U no (S UI ); 26. T eam Calico J acks (Ka w) : 27. H o n da- S uz u ki World Ra cin g (H a n); 2M T Qm . to Plus (Ya m ): 29. Viper Enduran ce ( KaW); 30. Co vore Raci ng (Ya m ); 3 1. T eam Ami (H o n j: 32. Mid Cities Motorspons (SUI ); :U. T eam N .D .S. (H a n); 34. S5 Raci ng (Ya m); 35, T ram Tr iam eri ca (H a n) ; 36. Unobtanium R'Ic-in K (He n ): 37. Kennedy Ra cing (S UI ); 38. H o rnb lo wer Racin g ( Ha n ); 39. Ar nold liHd Racing (Suz); 40. Rep Racin g (SUI); 41. R ivers ide Kawasak i I I ( Ka....·); 42. Ri!!o in g Star Racing (Ya m ): 43. Those Guy s Racing (Ya m ); 44. !":("w Tech Cycl e (Ya m) ; 45. No rthstar Raci n,.-:: (Ya m) ; 46. Ru bber Tongue Rao ul( (H o n ); 47. Performance Connection (Ya m) ; 48. T ram Two FOOl [Hon): 49. 1':2 Racin g ( S UI ); 50. American H on da (H a n ); 51. T eam Cha rm (Ya m) ; 52. T eam Tundr (Ya m ); 53. a T ea m Tal (SUI): 54. T eam T rim {Sua); 55. T wo Bro thers Racing (H e n ): 56. Cox Raci ng (Ya m ): 57, DC Raci ng (Ya m ); 58. Bimc ta-Lol Ley ( Bim ); 59. Psych o Ra cin g:(Yam ); 60. T eam Yama ha Endurance (Ya m ); 61. H a itia n Sensa tio n (SUI ); 62. T eam Toomer (Ya m) ; 63. Tea m Amer ica, GTU (Ya m); 64. Sadows ki Racing (Suz); 65. H ornblower II (H e n): 66. T eam Dream (Yam ); 67. Team Day ton a (Yam ); 68. Gu yana Mo tu r Racin g C lub (S UI ); 69. Fireball Tea m Ra cing (S Ul ): 70. T urk Goes Raci n g (S U1): 71. Rosetree GT U (Yam ): 72. H IlcH Racin g (SU1). GTO: 1. Fastl in elM CM Racing (SUl ); 2. Du tch ma n Racin g (SUI); 3. Kaw asa k i Racin g T eam I ( Ka w ]: 4. Tea m Amer ica (SUI): 5. Kawasaki Mu ll)' 2 [ Ka w ]: 6. Go ld Hi ll Raci ng III (Ya m); 7. Go ld H ill Ra ci ng (Ya m ): 8. Team Magi c (Yam); 9. Team Machi ne (SUI); 10. Northwest Racing (SUI). G T U: I. Mom Liberw / Nankai (Han); 2. IR e Racin g (Yam); 3. New T N h Rac in g { Ka w): 4. T .B. R. Endurance ( H o n}; 5. H im mel sbach Endura nce (H em ); 6. Islan d Boys Ra cing (H o u ): 7. AGV Sport (He n ): 8. New Tech Racing I (H e n ): 9. H o nda Su zuki World Racing (H a n) : 10. Viper Endurance ( Hon ).

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