Mike Harlow (No. 16) leads the WERA A Superbike final on his Suzuki GS1100 at Grattan Raceway in September of 1984. Harlow was a member of the Quester-Sullivan endurance team, one of the top teams of the mid-1980s. Mike proved he was a pretty good sprint racer too, finishing second to Canadian Superbike racer Roy Hare (whose white helmet you can see behind Harlow in this photo). Running second in this shot is Kevin Kleinau (No. 454) who won the novice race on his Kawasaki KZ1000. Also visible is Dan Clemens (No. 474), who amazingly finished third in the A Superbike class on a Yamaha RZ350. “Billy G” Patterson (father of multi-time WERA national champ Stevie Patterson) is on bike No. 877, then Michael Schultz (No. 367), Edward Hessel (No. 498) and Dave Zupan (No. 98), who was better known as the founder and owner of the endurance championship winning Human Race Team.
Mike Harlow (No. 16) leads the WERA A Superbike final on his Suzuki GS1100 at Grattan Raceway in September of 1984. (Larry Lawrence photo)
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Gee, Larry, you forgot to tell us who was on the RZ500 behind Schultz. I remember Kleinau and Schultz having some great battles that year, but I remember Kevin riding an ’83 GPz1100, where Mike was on an ’82 GPz750.
That was the great thing about the RZ350 at a track like Grattan. You could ride all the way up to A, and still podium.
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Kevin, I couldn’t find the rider on the RZ500. Yeah, that was a cool aspect of the track, but still, a 350 beating open Superbikes is a pretty cool accomplishment.
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Was Harlowe the GSXR and Team Hammer guy?
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ZUPE!
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