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.. ._._. ._.... ._._. " ... ~. '" ..... ".- Carlson capers to OCIR night win By J oel Jamieson I EAST IRVINE, CAL., APRIL 28 If Dave Carls on isn't roosting the t125 Pros with his Franks/Honda then he's sure to be tearing up the 't racks with a Competition Cycles 250 Maico , Carlson got off to a slow night, fin ishing a d ist an t third in the first 250 Pro m o ta , but cam e alive the final two races , ta king both holeshots alo n g with so lid wins. Dave left first moto wi n ner t l o rris Malone and his Pre mie r Cycle Research RM to hold back Val Jra m ie tti's Track-Nv Travel Maico for runnerup spot. Co nsiste n t 500 Juni or winner at O.C. I. R., Mike Bomer, appeared to be on hi s way to ano ther vic tory after nabb in g the first m o t a wi th his Bassett Racing equipped Suzuki. But a get off . in the second rou nd, while attem p t in g to put a m ove 'on the ov erall winner Ric k Gause, set Mike back to second. • Re sults in Results Se ction . Perkins pockets Corona win u By Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL. , APRIL 28 Danny Perkins has been patiently . ~ai t ing for his chance to claim the .l25cc Expert tit le and it paid off as he to ok both the short track and half-mile even ts . He led the short 'tr ack from st art to finish while rival " l ike Tidwell had to work his way fro m . ir d to even get a sh ot a t h im . On the half-mile Danny again took it from start to finish. This time Tidwell was right behind him , trying every trick he kn e w , b ut Mike never go t a b reak. Terry McC reery took the third. Tidwell collecte d th e 250 Expe r t half-mile des p ite J o e . Steffe n tryin g to k no ck h im off the m ount ain . Jay Lewis, b ack af te r a lo n g absence, was th ir d . ike Minnig , in his first ti me o ut since he go t his cast off, hasn 't lo st h is to uch ' as he u nseat e d Mike Ti dwell on th e sh or t tr ack. J ay Lewis was th ird in that one to o. _ Llo yd Patzke t ook a bad fall d uring h is semi bu t ca m e back to ta ke the 250 Amateur short track over Sc ott Thurlow and Bobbi Hunter. Bobbi tu rned the tables on all of them on the half-mile regu lat in g Scott to secon d an d Lloyd to th ird. . Eddie San Roman, for the second wee k in a row, won the 250 Expert Twin. Look o ut Ascot, he's sent away fo r his license. Mike Paulson hit fo r two, winning the short track and half-mile 125 Novice goes. Terry Singleton followed him home on both . • ...... ~. J ~~....... ~;" IRWINDAL E, CAL., AP R IL 30 David T ayl or showed up with a new spo nsor an d even a new mot orcycle, but th e end result was no different as he again made a cle an swee p of th e 125 Pro ac t io n . T aylor is now riding fo r D & G Perfo rman ce an d this sponsorsh ip just mi gh t be the o ne th at David 's be en lookin g for. Taylor fo u n d his best frie nd an d now team mate, Gary Denton, his n umber o ne oppone n t in the 125s wi th Dave Pessy (lIon) , .John Atwood (Yam) : and . T he Thunderbird concep t w as born when we asked ou r eng ineers to develop a mo t orcyc le t hat would satisfy the de ma nds of th e most seri o us off-r oad ride r, no t o nly t he compet iti on ride r , bu t a lso t he weekend r id e r who demands the finest in equ ip ment . We t old t h em tha t it mu st be reliab le, since rel iability w ins races an d m a kes pl easu re ridi ng tr u ly a p leasu re . It should posse ss t h e fi nest h and lin g charact er ist ics , __ se cond to n o ne . It mu st hav e su ffi cien t horsep ower to be compet itive in an y circu msta nce, .. Mainte nance sho u ld b e mi ni ma l, a nd p ar ts re ad ily ava ilab le . .. Th e fr ame an d su spe nsion should be p recise ly dialed into eac h owner 's req u ire me nts . , . it s p r ice mus t be re aso nab le . . . a nd fina lly , it mu st be eye app ealing and p ro vide p rid e of o w ne rshi p for ye ars . FR AME: C & J Prec ision Products EN GINE : Based on 350 Honda. w ith race p roven mod if icat io ns, 40 3 ee. Lec t ro n Carbu r. tor a nd much more. ., SUSPENSION It w as a diff ic u lt as sig nme n t, b ut t he a bove req ui re m ents were m et wi t h T hu nd e rb ird . We have ble nded p rem ium qua lity comp o nents (as sh own at rig ht ) into a light, n imbl e h an d ling. be aut ifu l m ach ine th at has an u nbel ievab ly wide torque range . It go es qu ic k and st rai gh t in t he ro ug h , h an d ling w ith mi cro m e ter p rec is io n . A m ac h in e t ha t ca n b e r idden fo r p leasu re on weeke nds and p repared for a long dista n ce event by only ad d ing fu el. 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