Riders twist the throttle at the start of an AMA/CCS National Endurance race sometime in the late 1980s at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (Larry Lawrence photo)
Road America AMA/CCS Endurance Start
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Looks like a full field. Being a novice roadrace fan at that time I can’t name anyone. However, I would guess there are some future stars in this picture?
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John
I think that’s Dale Quarterley getting the holeshot on the No. 2 Dutchman Suzuki. Someone’s going to have to jog my memory on the rest.
Larry
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Your correct on the number 2 bike. The rider to the right is Carry Andrew from Hyper Cycle. This was the weekend that his teamate James Doomay broke his neck in practice on the fast back section. That accident ended James riding carreer. He was a very fast and talented rider and would have gone on to ride for Yoshimura. This first group was the GTO bikes 750 cc and up. My team was bike 23 in the GTU class 600cc and down. At that time we were Team Miller American. You can not see us in the photo. We finished third in this race. This brings back some great memories!!!!
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John Anderson brings up memories too! Y’all did well with that Katana…and working with Tommy Lynch and all those oil coolers on GSXR’s!
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