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Cycle / Amsoil-sponsored Yamaha . Bordner and Sharp were now dueling hotly for third. The only thing keeping Bordner behind was the hotfoot he was getting from his ground down boot. He go t by briefly on th e 19th lap but had to back off for awhile before repassing on the 23rd lap and drawing away. Frank Ste inhausen slowed severely . to 16th place ' at the end, allowing Gordon Seim a solid fifth place finish . Spencer took the checkered flag six seconds ahead of Chivington's Chivington Honda of Marion, Ohiosponsored Yamaha . "My rear tire kept breaking loose in the turns, " said Chivington. " I was also pretty tired because I haven't been racing enough lately." Resu lts I 1. Freddie Spencer lYam); 2. Dan Chivington lYam); 3. Barry Bornder lYam); 4. Rusty Sharp IYam); 5. Gordon Seim IKaw); 6. J erry Kr...... lYam); 7. Douglas Draper IYam); 8. Nicholas Richichi lYam); 9. Edward Powei llYam); 10. George Rohonczv. Jr. IYam); 11. Dan Guglialmo lYam) ; 12. Gary Penfi ald IYam); 13. Robert Cyr lYam) ; 14. Lai1Gusta\lSOnlYam); 15. Ginny Bovaird (Yaml. Time : 30 mi n., 39 sec. Speed: 78.303 mph . Gipe/Estaff dominate sidecars By Boyd Reynolds LOUDON, NH, SEPT. 3 Gary Gipe and passenger Pete Estaff rode their three wheeler to an unchallenged victory in the sidecar race at Loudon . Their Kawasaki powered, Pete's Machine Shop /Wizard's Custom Painting-sponsored rig has ' won every event, save one, on the National circuit th is season. Gipe and Estaff sta rted off the day w ith an impressive heat race victory over the second place rig of Ro y J Richard and Dave McKenna , who followed at a respectful distance the '- \l,h ole way . The only position swap Jidu ri ng the entire ' heat was wh en W illia m Davidson and Patrick Dunn ( '( came back from a slow start and nrdispla ced Robert Oliver and Brand Sisk for sixth. qmG ip felt running the . track o backwards was a bit dangerous . j.'.'T here is a lot less room for runoff in ~ 'the corners this way ," he said , "and 01 the end of that pit wall looks brutal, a bu t the course should be just as fast in this direction with a little practice. " o In the final there ·was very little q'pps ition changing. Gipe and Estaff led I> for the entire distance. Second was in itially held by the Kawasaki powered lDavidso n / Du nn rig with Ian Fillery ol a n d · Ste ve Quinn running their Kawasaki chair in third and Robert • Oliver and Brand Sisk holding down bfourth with their Honda hack . ~. The only real excitement of the' race ° ca m e as Richard and McKenna flogged their rig up through the ranks , to nail down second by th e end of the I race. " Gary Gipe is pleased to be winning, but had some thought on the future . "A lot of rigs are copying our layout now ," he said , " and it 's goi ng to be In tough .to stay compennve. .. I t costs a ' . . . lot of money to run a hack and the I p'ayoffs a ren't too good, but if we can r work a bigger sponsorship deal next year we'll go with a Yamaha TZ750 ' p owerpla n t. No one has ever got one eli of those dialed in right , but we will • and it'll be fast. " o ' J Resu lt s 1. Gary Gipel Peter Estalf IKaw); 2. Roy Richao"dl Dave M cKenna (Yaml; 3. Wi lliam OavidsonIPatrick Dunn IKawl ; 4. Ian Fillery/Steven Quinn lKaw); 5. Robert Oliver/Brand Sisk IHon); 6. Allen StaplesJGaJy DeBlack (Kaw l; 7. Richard Sch rad erlVVilliam Peat IKawl. lilil !llll m~,~~~====== 1 ft 1 I Best Motorcycle Rider in the ~ ~ Sept. 17/ S~~~~eback~ 'lllllH~\.l\t~ \.\.\.t\l\\.\\\ ~~~~~;;~~,~.,:.'.:'.~~.'.:"~.•~•.~..~,~&~~~~-~~ .. * Latest Ent ries Tom Brooks -Desert Ron Preston - Speedway Mar land Whaley -Trials SUBARU INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE . , * * * * * * * OLYMPIAD ,II * * * * * * * Biggest Professiona l Motorcycle Event of th~ Year Yamaha HILL CLIMB Goodyear Short Track Kawasaki Cross Country ITRIALS Yamaha TT Yamaha Motocross These Moto~cycle Stars Battle fo r t he Ultimate # 1 5C:OTTU~ CAN-AM Gary Semics MOTOCROSS KAW Mike Bell YAM I .Steve Stackable Yam Rex Staten YAM Rick Burgett HON Marty Tripes CAN-AM Rich Eierstedt KAW Jim Weinert YAM Broc Glover HON Steve Wise YAM Bob Hannah YAM SUZ Jeff Ward Kent Howerton Jeff Jennings MAl CAMEL PRO Brad lackey HON YAM Dave Aldana KAW Steve Eklund Gaylon Mosier YAM John Gennai PeeWee Gleason John Hateley Rick Hocking Alex Jorgensen Eddie lawson DESERT Bob Balentine Bruce Ogilvie larry Roesele, MAl YAM HON YAM CAN-AM YAM KTM HO HUSKY Brent Wallingsford AI Baker HUSKY HUSKY ENDURO A. C. Bakken Richard Burleson Carl Cranke Jack Penton Tom Pent n o John Fero SADDLEBACK PROMOTIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: HUSKY HUSKY YAM KTM SUZ YAM (714) 639-5832 SPEEDWA Y Mike Bast Alan Christian Jim Fishback Bob Schwartz WOMEN Sue Fish Trudi Beck CELEBRITY Bruce Jenner OR YAM MAl YAM SUZ YAM YAM KAW (714) 558-1584 9 ·