Doug Henry (No. 232) races his Yamaha FJ600 in a WERA C Production race at Grattan Raceway in July of 1985. He’s leading novice riders Gary Krahn (No. 310), on a Kawasaki GPz550, and Mark Schwieterman (No. 891). At the time Henry was a regular top-10 finisher in the highly competitive C Production class, which often featured as many as 50 to 60 starters. In this event Henry scored fifth. Henry went on to be best known for being part of Royale Racing, one of the leading WERA National Endurance teams of the era.
Doug Henry (No. 232) races his Yamaha FJ600 in a WERA C Production race at Grattan Raceway in July of 1985. He’s leading novice riders Gary Krahn (No. 310), on a Kawasaki GPz550 and Mark Schwieterman (No. 891). (Larry Lawrence photo)
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Gary Krahn was seriously injured in a CCS race at Blackhawk Farms in ’86. Got bumped off the track between the carousel and T4 and hit a tree at high speed. The crash ended his racing. Haven’t seen him in many years.
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Gordon,
Sorry to hear about that.
When did the chicane after the carousel get put in? I haven’t been to Blackhawk probably since the early ’90s and it wasn’t there then. Just noticed it on Google Earth.
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Pretty sure it was ’92 or ’93, as I did an endurance race sometime around then, and it was there. Defintely safer, as I had a friend bail into the trees as well, though he got away with only a broken shoulder. It also reduces the speed coming into the left by the pits, where quite a few guys hit the tire wall.
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Go Doug! Loved racing against Doug in the endurance series. He taught me much. I remember when he was on the Honda F2 he’d go done the front straights sitting nearly upright and looking like he was out for a short trip to the corner store. But the stop watch showed it was just an illusion; he was always smooth, cool and fast, making it look easy.
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