Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

19 IF YOU BUY A MOTOR- CYCLE OR JET SKI FROM BURBANK KAWASAKI , I GUARANTEE YOU THE BEST DEAL. MARION Ge neral Mgr. ~~LEOF~ ERS C "," " '/;i!'nA';:;'f;;ft;~~;;,";i6"";"''''''''''''t''',, ' ''''' AMA WRANGLER STAD IU M SUPERCROSS MARK BARNETT Suzuki o n DUNLOP (Next 4 ri ders crossed f inish line on DUNLOP here too ) Record book s sh o w and competitor s k now. Ba rne tt cont ro ls KC I T han k s, U ,S , Suz uk i [T osh, Ko j i. Jeff and Ric k ) f or a so lid t eam effort enabling M ark (an d D U N LOP) t o w in 2 consecutive Sta di um Victories. More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tire in the worlcl. ~DUNLOP The Logical Choice BURBANK 1329 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY 848 6627 KAWASAKI BURBANK , CAL. - KAWA·SAKI SPRING SPECTACULAR SALE " 82 CSR-750 '82 55().LTD YEAR OLD SALE SAVE $1999:: & MODEL PRICE PRICE' $ 699* '82 KD 80 $ 799 $ 499 $300 $1799 $1299 $500 '82 KX125 j~~ki '82 KDX25D $2099 $1599 $500 3 WHEELERS ' 82 250CSR $1399 $ 859 $540 $1499 $1249 $250 ~ '82 KZ440 • '81 550A2 $2399 $1699 $700 \ ' ~~ '82 GPZ550 $2999 $2299 $700 $3499 $2799 $700 '82 GPZ75D ~ $1999~': '82 KZ1OOOCSR $3999 ; $ 2 9 9 9 $1000 $1299~': Certa in Models Limited Quantity from Pl us Taa .l.c;ens., . & Se t Up wh eel stand. " No. I was going slower in the ra in a nd h ad to bac k i t do w n a gea r a n d ca m e out in low ," sai d R o bert s. Fo u r seco nds later Ka ta yam a took th e c hec kers w ith L ucchi n e lli o n ly a seco nd back . Spencer wa s six seco nds be hin d , bu t n o t threa tened bv the res t. Wh en th e scori ng wa s rever ied t o the l -lrh la p . it wa s U n ci n i fifth wi th Fontan sixth . " It wo uld 've been th e easiest win yet," Spen cer said afterwards. " 1£ we ca n h a ve ba d lu ck a nd sti ll score eigh t poi nts we ' re doi ng so met hi ng right. T he la st four la p s I co uld n't p ull si xt h gear. It wo u ld o n ly rev to a bo ut 11,200 ins tead of 11,500. I was thi n k- ing they s ho u ld have sto p ped it a la p before." Roberts agreed. " T hey s ho ul d ' ve sto p p ed i t o ne lap soo ner. At th e en d I went aro u n d a gu y in a low speed co rner a n d th ought to my self, 'This is st u p id . This g uy's going to cras h.' But h e ba ck ed o ff a n d I g ot a ro und him cl eanl y." Sev er al witn esses said th ey sa w Mar.lbo ro Yamaha team m an a g er Gi a com o Ago stini g ra b th e Hagman 's a r m w he n h e we n t to throw th e check ered £lag a lap ea rlier. The th e- o ry being th a t he wa s hopin g th at th e battl e for fifth would ca tc h up 10 Spencer a n d d rop him even furth er ba ck , d en yin g h im preci ous cha m- p io ns h ip p oints. But Ago de n ie d i t sayi ng, " I think th e y s ho u ld 've s to p ped th e ra c e sooner." Rid er re presenta ti ve Mik e T ri m by agreed th at th e ra ce wa s sto p ped when th ey as ked it to be a n d si nce 75% of it wa s r u n, i t was o ffi cial. And Roberts h ad won his first GP i n 350 da ys, si nce th e S pa nis h GP la st year. H e also won h ere i n H ockenheim i n 1981. "I h ope the luck 's come a ro u n d our wa y. 1 kn ew 1 wasn't 100% toda y. We wer en 't ready to beat Freddie. I wouldn 't h av e beaten him. What I wa s working o n was 10 heat up th e tir e a n d sa ve i t 10 make a bid h alfw a y th ro u g h th e ra ce and ma ybe Iluster him . The Honda s are h ard to predict. It am azes m e that a t some tr a ck s wh ere you th ink they 'll work they do n ' t and on other tracks where th ey shou ldn 't work, th ey do. 1 had a top speed a d va nta g e, but there's onl y o ne place on th e track that yo u ca n u se top speed . 1£ th ey get an y more power it 's going 10 be harder. And it 's a bit o f a t ire war. I d on 't kn ow h ow Michel in is doi ng, bu t we'll hav e so me new st uff (D u n lo p ti res ) in Spa in . I co u ld n' t push it 110% with th e front en d p us hi n g toda y. The tir es were o ff, the sh oc k wa s o ff, a n d th e tr an smi ssi on wa s o ff because o f not enough ti m e to set it u p ." Ro bert s added th at h ad h e n ot d one we ll h ere, the seaso n was, effec tively, conceded 10 Spencer. " We n eed o ne more D N F from F red die a nd w e're eve n ." • Resu lts 500cc : 1. Kenny Robert s (Yam ); 2. Takazum i Kat ayama (Hon); 3. Marco Luech inelli (Hon ); 4 . Fredd ie Spencer (Ho n); S. Franco U nci ni (Suz); 6. Marc Fontan (Ya m); 7. Raymond Roch e (Hon); 8 . Randy Ma mo Ja (Su z); 9. Eddie Lawson (Ya m ); 10. Boet Va n Ou lme n (Suz). 500cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. Spencer (53); 2. Robe"s 13 5); 3 . Luc chinelli (2 5); 4 . Fen tan (22); 5. Mamala (2 1): 6. Haslam (20 ): 7. Unc ini (1 9): 8 . Katayama (16 1; 9 . Lawson (15) : 10. Roche (13). 26Occ: 1. Carlos Lavedo (Ya m ); 2. Pa tr ick Fernan- dez (Bar) ; 3 . Didier de Rad igues (ehe); 4 . Br u no Luescher (Yam) ; 5. Reinhold Rot h (Yam) ; 6. Roland Freymond (Rot) . 250cc POI NT STAN DINGS: 1. Layado (341; 2. de Radigue s (32) ; 3. Fernandez (2 5): 4 . Cornu (241: 5. Balde (1B). 125cc: 1. Angel Nieto (Ga r); 2. Eugnenio lazza - rini IGar) ; 3. Pie rpeolc Bianchi (Sa n); 4 . Bruno Kneubuehler (M BA ); 5. Fausto Gresin i (MBA). 1250c POINT STANDINGS: 1. Nieto (30) ; 2. Laz- zarini 124); 3 . Torma (2 3 ); 4 . Kneubuehler (18); 5. Selini (14) ; 6. (TIE) Gianola / 8ianchi (10) . 5Occ: 1. Slehln Ooerfl i"Oer (Kre); 2. Eugenio Lee- zarini (Gar) ; 3. Gerhard Baue r (Zie); 4 . George Looyenste ijn IKre); 5 . Raine r Kunz (FKNI ; 6. Hans SPlis n (TT5); 7. Hage n Kle in (FKN); 8.lngo Emm er ich (FKNI; 9. Gerhard Singer (Kr el. 50cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. La zzari ni (39): 2. Doerfl ing er (30 ); 3. Looye nsteij n (23): 4 . Kle in (19 ); 5. Emm er ich (1 4).

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