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Cycle News 1978 09 20

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- - (Above) Sidecar racing went on between these three hacks with the order reversed at the flag: Breese/Morris (59) were third. ColemanlAndrews (1) were second and Richard/McKenna 1100) were fourth. (Right) Mamola was challenged by Baldwin in the 250cc race before Baldwin broke. t. number . but without a whi te fla g th er e was no stra tegy ." " Cooley called it a "fa ntastic ra ce" and th anked Pop a nd mention ed that ther were look in g forward to the Bol d 'O r.24-Hou r in southern France next week! "W e'd sure like to win th at one, " said Cooley, 1 Mc La ug h lin was o bvio usly disappointed over the la ck of ~ whi~ e flag . but was more than gracIO us 10 praisi ng t he Yos him ura effor t (McL aughlin won the season's opening Su perbike event at ~ayton a aboar.d th e ' Yoshimura SUZUkI , but th en th eir "Pop's relati onship was severed .) bike; has power , but ou r Racecrafters' Kawa saki will be to ta lly together by Davton a and we'll give the m a run for t h~T mon ey. Dal e Singleton d id an excelle nt job of setti ng th e bike u.P: t ~e suspe nsion a nd a ll was perfect , sai d McLaughlin . . Fini shing 4-5 were j ohn Long and Harry Klinzmann , Lo~g, w,ho fini~hed second in Saturday s Lightweight Expert race, was riding th e G ,S. ' Pe rform an ce Group/Udo Gietl BMW . Klinzmann was aboard the San jose BMW / De a n Lear/R on Long/DG Performance BMW . Rounding ou t the th e top 10 were Californians Reg Pridmore . Ke ith Code, Ron Pierce - wh o moved up from' dead last after tangling with another rider, Billy Addington and Bruce Hammer. Results 1. Wes Cooley (Suz); 2. Paul Ritter IDuel; 3. St eve Mclaughlin IKawl : 4. Joh n long IBMW( ; 5. tbry Klinzma nn (BMW); 6. Reg Pridmor e lKaw); 7. Keith Cod e (Kaw): 8 . Ron Pierce ISuz); 9 . Billy Addingt~ (Kaw) ; 10. Bruce Hamm er (!

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