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.._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Western hotline Tony Pena gets the j u m p on the Open Experts at Corona. SPEOTOR SPECTRO OILS OF CALIFORNIA 477 Induatrtall Way P.O. BOil 1154 PROVEN Placentia, CA 92670 714-996-6411 PERFORMANCE Laguna Seca 1977 Riverside 1977 First Place Superbike Production First place Team Honda endu ro rid er Rick Munyon (23) was eighth 250cc Expert at Co ro na's Un-leap Yea r Gra n d Prix . Sauer wins Un-L eap Year Grand Prix By Elaine Jones DAYTONA 1978 Yoshimura Racing Tea m #83 Steve McLaughlinIY. R&D/Suzuki 134 Wes Cooley Jr .lY. R&D/Kawasa ki 1201 Shohei KatolY. R&D/Suzuki 1216 John Ben encourtlY. East/Suzuki 1127 Dennis Smith/Del Amo Suzuki/Suzuki RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OF AM ERICA,INC. 5517 Cleon Av e. North Hollywood, CA 9160 1 213-98S-2331 Yoshimura East 264 Marshall Hill Rd. West Milford,NJ 07480 201-72B-1nO -To be cont inued- ._ .......III....lIInmlnll ""'"I """'.m.'mln.."''""I1...lll ntl Service • Parts • Sales ,~ D M G ~ We Race & Service them a ll 40 WR ITE FOR FREE INFORMATIO N P.O. Bo. 5023 "N", Santa Barbara, Calif 93108 . 1505 S. Pacif ic Ave.. San Ped ro , CA 213-832-68441833-130 1 ....IUIMlII..IIIl I...." .."I """. .tltItIIl....I..... lftlttn ll... IIll' _ _ -' CORONA . CA , FEB . 26 Sunday started early with a fog enshrouded track that pro ved to be a blessing in disguise . As if on cue , th e fog lift ed as the first grou p of riders went ou t for practice, but it was still in evidence. just high eno ugh to hol d the moi stu re in the tr ack a nd m ak e r idi ng a co mple te p leas u re . R . A.C .E . offici a ls we re rea lly togethe r a nd from th e front ga te on , whe re th e ride rs received th eir ent ries and a progra m . to the fin ish lin e . everyone kn ew ju st when. where and wh at they were su p posed to d o. Pros, especially the 250cc class , were ou t enm asse and proved the spectators wit h a grea t show . It was DG rider St eve Bauer th a t rea lly had th e specta tors on th eir feet as he turned the six mi les of j u mps , turns a n d whoop -d ee -doos into a supe r h ighwa y. Using a LeMa ns type start, Open Pr o Ken Morga n was the firs t man around. follow ed by Ron Utas ki. Wheelsmith's Tom Taylor . also riding O pen had a firm hold on third with Maico mounted Jeff Eierstedt in fourth . By the end of lap one. Ba uer was on the mov e and was th e eigh th ride r to come around. An d th e folks hadn't seen anyth ing yeti When th ey came by on the second lap , Morgan was still holding first place but Bauer had been a busy boy and was practically riding double with Morgan in se cond . Eierstedt had mov ed up one notch to take over third and Cla y Mus olf had broken into th e elite front-runners as he moved in t he third O pen spot. Jerry Ra ymen , on a 250cc Ya m ah a , had been passing people left and right and had moved fro m 13 into fifth . Ba uer was in total contro l by the th ird lap as he dropped Morgan to second . Eierstedt was still holding in t hird and Raym en had disposed of one more as he moved to fo urth . As the white flag came ou t it was Bau er going away wit h Mo rg a n seco n d and R aym en gelli ng by Eie rstedt t h ird. Bauer was the man of the hou r as he too k th e checkered flag follow ed by Morgan . R aymen , Eierstedt and Mike Hannon . Bill Ba rl ow had th e 125 cc P ro d ivision in his h ip pocket from th e drop of the flag . It too k him one lap before he really started to pull a way a nd th e on ly one who gave him serio us chase was Rob ert Gray. a nd by th e checkered Ba rl ow had managed to ga in daylight on him. Mike Godfrey got off to a slow sta rt but managed to get around Dou g Kondus for third. R a n d y H a yes led th e Open Intermediates and Vets from wire-to wire to capture the overa ll win . Brad Vandenbury, another Open Interm ed ia te , gO! stuck in traffic a nd was a d istant second behind Hayes. Jim Garton was right on his tail but time ra n out and he had to settle for third . Chu ck "Feets" Min ert , a living legend a nd as much of a n inspiration as raci ng itsel f. was the first Vet to m ake it hom e on is ever -fa it hfu l BSA and proved that if you've gO! it you never lose it and "Feet s" has a lways had it. Other top fin ishe rs in th is potpourri d ivision wer e Lee Evans, 250 cc Vet Expert . C a l W a ngrud . Open Vet Novice . Ri ck T olson . Ope n Novice a nd Da ve C rofoot , 25 0cc Vet In terrn ed ia te . Barbara Spi elma n led the 1-I OOcc and Woma n's Division for lap two