Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Dealer inquires AND MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURERS 30 DAY M ONEY BAC K GU ARANTEE welco med . INTER-GUARD CORPORAn ON 6 Windsor Road Que nt in Hogan leads Joh n Haskin a n d Pa u l G ille n throug h turn four at PI R . Brown endures at Oregon JlR By Russ Cazier Phot o by Dale Veith PO RTLAND, O R, JUNE 20 The Oregon Mo torcycle Road Racing Associa tion demons trated its ma turity by 'conducting a successfu l race at Portland Interna tional Raceway on the sa me day that the Washing to n cl ub was raci ng 150 miles away. The nearly total absence of the barbarians fro m the North must have contri buted to gentlemanly conduct, as th ere were few crashes, despite fierce competition in most races. G ene Bro wn established a record of some sort by racing in every h ea t of a two-round, seven -race forma t. Bro wn posted two firsts (in Formu la T wo a nd 850cc Ca fe), a second, a third, two fifths and a sixth for his efforts an d moved in to a comman ding lead for season points and a re pe a t of last year' s win of the Oregon n u m ber one p la te. Brown , who lists his age as between 25 and 40, had few opportu nities to coast on the track. Despite only th ree en tries}n Formu la Two, Brown, Do ug Guthrie and Steve Dawley stayed bikeleng ths apart in both heats. Brown won tha t class when Guth rie, who had won th e first heat, crash ed while in the lead in the second heat. "Temporary insanity," said Guth rie. Don Horn made Brown wo rk for second pl ace in 430cc Prod uction, and Dawley pressed h im again in Formu la One. The p henomenal part of " Iron Man " Bro wn 's performance was that h e was clearly faster in the second round of heats. The P inkstaffs had a superb racing day. Howard won Open Single GP on his Garner Yamaha-sp o nsored th um pe r, in addition to ge tting in to the track free because he was accompanied by h is son, Keith . I t was Father's Da y, you know. Keith P inksta ff carried th e Whee lsport colors to wins in Open P rod u ction and Form u la One, and rode perha ps his best race ever when h e came in second about two feet beh ind Dan Bennett in O p en Cafe. Pinkstaff, pe rha p s feari n g a protest for a lack of a charging system on the Da n Freeman/Wheelsp ort Kawasaki superbike, ran hi s stock Suzuki G SI IOOin Open Cafe. Da n Bennett, th e young AMA dirt racing phenomenon, staved off a las t turn , last lap, second heat pa ss by Pinkstaff for me Open Cafe wi n. " I though t I had h im for a second th ere," Pinkstaff sai d. "I don't th in k he was expecting th e pass. I outbraked h im into turn nine a nd go t a wheel past on the outside. Unfortuna tely, we were still 30 or 40 feet fro m the fla g , and when we bo th go t .• back on the gas, he j ust shot away from me. Danny is learnin g fast. " Results OPEN PROD: 1. Keit h Pinkstaff (Suzl; 2. Kevin Frazer (Suz); 3. Jeff Morrow (Suz). 750 PROD; 1. Tony How ard (Kaw ); 2. Mike Johnson (Yam); 3. Quentin Hogan (Kaw l. 550 PROD: 1. Mike Johnson (Yam); 2. Quentin Hogan (Kaw); 3. John Haskin (Kaw) . 430 PROD; 1. M ike Sulliva n (Yam); 2. Gene Brown (Yam); 3. Don Horn (Yam). OPEN CAFE: 1. Dan Bennett (Hon); 2. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 3. Kevin Frazer (Suz). B50 CAFE: 1. Gene Brown (Yam); 2. Kevin Brown (Hon). 600 CAFE: 1. Mike Johnson (Yam); 2. Joe Bouquet (Hon); 3. Quent in Hogan (Kaw). FORMULA ONE: 1. Keith Pinkstaff (Kaw ); 2. Dan Bennett (Hon); 3. Gene Brown (Yam). FORMULA TWO: 1. Gene Brown (Yam); 2. Steve Dawl ey (Yam); 3. Doug Guthrie (Yam). FORM ULA THREE: 1. Dean Zinter (Hon); 2. Warren Burton (Mon); 3. Chris Kerber (H-D). OPEN SINGLE: 1. Howard Pinkstaff (yam); 2. John M offett (Kaw); 3. Bill Staff ord (Yam). Morris Plains. New Jersey 07950 201-539-9 186 Pro Rider Promotion Speedwfly Tire Stile 00° . emnm $I-.J '?J~O+\~ ~ Ryan runs to Cycleland ST win The Fantastic By Lit t le Rich CHICO, CA, JUNE 19 CALL (714) 772-2348 A good turnou t of riders made for a good night of racing at the fifth race of Cyc1eland 's 18race short track series. • Don't fo rget the Wor1d Rnals August 28th , LA Coliseum • This and other sueenor products distributed by Sure Rre The 250cc Novice main was due for a restart when Ch ris Carter went down in turn three while leading. The restart had Mark Kill in gswort h take the lea d and h ol d on to the checkered fla g while being pressured in the final laps by Dea n Clark. Kil lingsworth got a well-deserved first place; he 's been ou t here a while trying to put it all togeth er. In the 250cc j unior round, Larry Staggs got to start from his favorite position - the penalty line! Mike Cagle took the lead from the green and held it to the finish. Meanwhile, Walt Bevens, in his first Junior race, made his way up through the traffic to take charge of second. Staggs, slightly upset a bout starting on the penal ty line, push ed hard all the way for a th ird, al mos t n ipp in g Bevens at the finish whe n Bevens lost a chain just before the checkered. The 250cc Expert s were up for a restart when Dave Walden and Tim Skov tangled on me front straight and went down hard. Neither rider restarted. O n the restart, Bill Rogers got me jump for the lead but promptly laid it down, letting Ra ndy Blankenship take over for one la p , since Dave Ryan had ot her ideas. Ryan opened up a comman ding lead while Da le Hansen put the pressure on Blankenshi p an d sli pped by for a second position. 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