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••••. . . •. •• •••• • ••• •• ••• •• •••• ••• •••• ~ Eierstadr's second mo to win didn't come as easy. At the start Rick Asch ju m ped into a good sized lead with Aaron Bassett (Mai ), John Petty (Mai), and" Scott Gi lman following. Eierstadt stuck his throttle wide open and within four laps made his move in to first. Gilman, running second quickly pulled away from Petty and Asch, three-four. During the 125 Pro motos Rich Eierstadt saw only one rear tire through the whole day. The tire belonging to FMF's Alan Smith . Alan holeshot both motos and led until Eierstadt came rocketing by . Eierstadt rode stock bikes in both 250 and 125 classes. Brian Myerscough rode a 3-4 score which was good en ough for third place money beating out John Oswald in the overall. Results in Results Section. • PHOENIX, AZ, FEB. 2 1-22 z o Ul OJ ~ « ... .J OJ o ... muddy nobbies on rain slicked pavement. A few fishtails as they came onto the pavement added to their caution. Ambulance attendants were pretty much relaxed be cause the only thing hurt in a fall was pride. By the end of the day the riders were soaking wet, but everyone seemed to leave with a smile. It was probably just the thought of an up-eoming hot shower. Results Pendin g. • Eierstadt doubles AMC Saddleback By Dann.y Raymond IRVINE, CAL , FEB. 22 Team Honda's Rich Eierstadt took two class wins in both the 250 and 125 Pr'o divisions. Jeff Foland took his factory prepared KT M to ano ther win riding in the Open Pro class, edging out Ri chee Co llins on yet ano t her KTM . From the start of the first 250 Pro moto Rich Eierstadt shot off to a holeshot that laste d t o the fini sh . Rick Asch (Suz ) was in seco nd until Sco tt Gilman (Yam) go t by. John Petty then pulled past Gilman for second and looked good until with o nly tw o laps to go he bobbled an d fell back to fifth . esses, Then Jim's tire st arted to go aw ay, and as he put it, "It started feelin g funn y in sixth gear, so I eased o ff o n it," The TZ 250 seized with a bang j ust as Jim cro ssed th e finish line . An unfo rtu nate side result o f all thi s was the de cimatio n of th e 500 GP field •• ••· •• P. ·· .· •• ••• You've got mo istur e in your fuel tank. It's cond e nsa tio n t hat fo rms fro m changing te mperatures . Gumout Carb Cleaner can help because it removes th~ moisture. Gumout also gets rid of gum and varnish that constantly build up in you r ca rburetor from heat and evaporation . For faste r, easier starts get Gu'mout Motorcycle Carb Cleaner. By Lane Campbell contingent of Texans trucked out to Phoenix for the weekend. One of them, Marty Bass (Yam) flat put it to the combined 250 /410 /750 Production class, then turned around and took second in 410 Cafe. Box-stock production racing is a big thing in Texas. Arizona's own Randy Gerb er (Ho n), with his 500 no longer stock, took max points in the co mbined Cafe class, as he and Californian Tom Hayner (Yam) provided the fireworks race of the day. (Tom wa s riding o n a no-points, n o-trophies b asis , as he 'd left a lit tl e too much o f his bi ke at home to be st ric tly legal ). Ran dy had a tad bit of top end o n Hayner , while To m was making a high/low line in t he ban ked turn o ne w o r k b e tt e r for hi m th an fo r mo st. The place-swapping between th e two would have fille d a book. Ran d y fi na lly settled it o n th e last lap in the back section of the co urse, having waited about three laps for an opportunity to hammer by. Dave Higbee brought a 250 T'n'T Can-Am from Tucson to take 250 Production, running second overall in the combined Prod. race behind Bass, who ran away with it after slingshotting by Lady Rhea Rediffer's holeshot lead. Another neat 250 was the super-sane VR/Scorpion based Montesa that Tom Aguirra used to take 250 Cafe, A side note on the noise /muffler issue: Bill Simmler was running a street-legal Torque Engineering pipe on his 125 GP Honda, and to the ear, it was sUJXr quiet, Come sound test time the meter read 116 db, most of it valve no ise ! What now, MIC/AMA/ e t al? The day's premier race, 250 GP, turned into a war of attrition as Jim Vialovos ("I'm gonna get you this time, Dave") trailed Dave Emde at the finish (the two surviving EXJXrts) ; and Steve Carroll hung in as so le surviving Novice o n the Fantasy Fac tory Suzuki. Pat Eagan crashed hard after a huge sideways step-out co ming into tum six and Dave Old p ulled off with a flat tire . 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