Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

---- --- --------- - - -------- ------ --- ------ -- -- ----- --------- -- , Over the years I ha ve sponsored many legendary racing greats such as T om Kelley, Bob Ballentine, Monle Lee , Lori Farme r and Ron Bishop 10 name but a few and the list is end less. T hese riders have depend ed on my lubrication know-how 10 fin ish and win long an d grueling races. T o all of you my tha nks. ~--+---4--~ETZEI::ER~ I P.O . Box 15536. Pittsburgh. PA 15244 I __1.-_.....J T O MY LOYA L FRIENDS, CUSTO M ER S AND RACERS in tire MOTOR CYCL E IN DU STR Y. For ma ny years I ha ve brough t you th e finest 2-cycle engine oi ls that scienti fic research a nd engineering imagination could produce. Now th at State-of- th e Art tec hno logy a n d kn ow-ho w must co me tog ether under a new name Formulas as well bal an ced a s m in e need,per iod ica lly to be modi fied a nd re- ba lanced to m ee t th e cha ng in g d em a nds o f gasolines a nd o ther field problem s. This a ttention to d etail keep s your machines running wo rry free at peak pe rfor ma nce . T his I h a ve done o ver th e years. T he N EW Sta te-o f-the-A rt technol ogy is wi th th e man behind the name, a n d the New Name is LU BRA DYNE. Y(Tnr-P~ (The ma n behi nd the name ) Dea lers: Call (213) 798-0801 Founder and developer at Duralube Results . OV ERA LL: 1. Dou g Toland/JaffTuttobene(Kawl; 2. Lynn Miller/Luke Wik le (Han); 3 . Ken Vr eeke/D irk Vandenber g (Han). OPEN: 1. Ly nn M ill er /Luther W ikl e (Honl : 2. J oh n Ulrich/Kerry Bryant ISu z); 3 . Tom Hicks/Len Gambo (Hon). 750: 1. Dou g To land/ Je ff Tu tto bene (Kaw l; 2. Ken Vree ke/ Oirk Va nde nberg (Han ); 3. Lou is Val - lergs / Dave Garou tt e (Yam ). 600 CLA SS: 1. Ch uck Pace/Dav e Little (Yam l: 2. Ste ve Gilb e n / M ike Van Ne tt (Yaml: 3 . Cu rt Mad - dox/Kent A pl an ap (Yam ). 450 CLA SS : 1. St eve Dilall o/Mark Capen (Vam l; 2 . Doug Boo th / Rick Solow ay (Yam ); 3 . Ed Fer r i/ · Dei1hiS Roge ts l(V","", I ,. ( l :J I r I j t 1 r I v , manding II -lap lea d th e last h alf o f the race until th eir tir e wo re throu gh th e brak e lin e an d th ey lost 18 m in- u tes in the pi ts. After tha t problem was sol ved . th ey had a no the r in th e las t five m inutes o f th e race wh en th e fro nt tire went fla t. But th ey sti ll had su ch a lead tha t they still fi ni sh ed seco n d overa ll a nd wo n th e O pen class. The team th a t finish ed th ir d o ver- a ll, Team H ypercycle (Carry Andrew, Wende ll P hill ips a n d Ma r k T ho mas ), was d isqua lified aft er a protest was lod ged an d th ey ref use d to tea r d own their motor. T h ey had a lso lod g ed a co u nter p rotest aga ins t T eam H i- Desert / River sid e Ka wasa ki, bu t i t bac kfired o n th em w hen th e bi ke' was fo u nd co m p letely legal a n d th ey lost the i r m oney. T h e ho leshot in th e race was tak en by T had Wolff pi loti ng th e Escarg ot / H ein o Broth ers Suzuki a n d Thad, alo ng with p art ner J eff H eino,' h eld th e lea d for th e fir st two h ours a n d 15 m inutes. " I felt so meth in g funn y go in g into turn eig h t, a nd then some- thi ng hit m e in th e ba ck a nd all o f a su d de n I was o n th e ground " ex- pl ained Wolff af ter he fell. His tir e had a p pa re nt ly ex p lod ed o n him , a n d h e wa s lu ck y to susta i n o n ly a broken h an d a n d fo ot in th e h igh sp eed fall. After th ey went o u t T eam Ontari o too k th e lead. The team th a t held seco n d a t that poi nt, Lee Flemin g/Denni s Sm it h o n the Kill er Mo r iwak i, was p lagued wi th a co u nters h aft sprocket th at refuse d to stay o n th e bike a n d the y event u ally retired wi th engine pro b- lems. Th e oth er Mo r iwa ki b ik e , th e G Pz550 pil o ted b y Walt N i tto / Whi tn ey Blak eslee, a fter p utt in g o n a good sh owi ng we n t o u t a t th e 1:20 mar k wi th a brok en rod bearin g. Ano the r fas t 550cc team, Aaron P ost / Jim Poet , went o u t a bo u t th e same tim e with a ro d stuc k through the front o f th eir motor. T eam R-Cal Racin g (Mi ke Krolick/ Frank Mazur/Steve Big anski ) h ad mov ed up to fifth place ov erall by lap 200, but crash ed with four minutes left in th e ra ce. T hey managed to sal - vag e a seventh p lace, fourth 750cc, anyway. Quite a few 450cc class riders fell off during th e race . Onl y 15 minutes into the race Ed Ferri/Dennis Rogers crashed in turn five but managed to ge t ba ck in th e race and finish ed third in th eir class. Th irt y m in ut es into th e ra ce, Howard Monise go t o ff hard in turn eigh t a nd a t this wr it ing is s till hospi- tal ized with a sha ttered a n kle a nd other in j u r ies. Bob Cobb, o f the More Right Wrist Racing T eam , fell at a lm ost th e sa me pl ace sho rt ly a fter. Bob was OK but th e bike h ad a ter- m in al case of bent front end. So they d ra g ged t he bik e back to th e pits a n d re p laced it to rej o in th e race. But i t sim p ly wa s n ot th eir da y, as th e bike was cr ash ed a gai n later. They just had to fin ish th e race, so th ey switched a few things o nto a no the r bike a n d went o u t again, o bvio u sly out o f th e race officiall y, but th ey finished the race a ll th e sa me. Even th ough they finished last. Out of a field of 48 teams, only 22 fin ish ed th e race. •

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