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Cycle News 1979 05 09

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business in the 550cc class. Running second was the Charles McDona ld / Hal Colman /Will Harding 492cc Honda . Third was the Gary Broeder/ John Buddenbaum 500cc Yamaha ; they would settle for fifth by the end of the event. Fourth and fifth places were under control of the eventual 2·3 placers in class behind the winning Motorcyclist group . the J eff Gehrs/ Michael Morse team and the Dick Basford/Wade Boyd Honda team. In the 410cc category , the winning John Williams/Glen Shopher/Douglas Draper Yamaha had the race already in hand . and they were followed by the other Motorcyclist magazine team of Ken Vreeke and Rich Cox . Third at the time was the Mike Baeder/Darrell Lee team ; they eventually would take second; the Motorcyclist team dropped out. Fourth place was held by the J o h n Welch /Dennis R og e r s Yamaha. With tire wea r the only problem, a nd that only near t he end of the race , the Yoshimura bi ke sailed on out in front. From -the halfway point on, t he overa ll, O pen , 55 0cc and 4I Occ victories were settled. The 750cc class, however, saw some changes. The Fuchs/ Sorensen Kawasaki and the Ulrich/ Eagan Suzuki made forced pit stops which whittled away their halftime leads and allowed the ultimate winners, Runyard/Vandenbroke /Hagie, to take command. The Ulrich/Eagan Cycle World bike took the lead while the Fuch /Sorensen Kawasaki was in the pits , then they too had to stop when Ulrich's front tire went nat at the five -hour, 15·minute mark. They switched front wheels , returned to the track , then pined again three laps later to change the rear slick . It had worn through to the cords. Ulrich and Eagan put the stock Suzuki wheel s and tires on and rode to finish second . Fuchs and Sorensen had to settle for third . As the clock wound down . the Yoshimura pit crew flashed Aldana a . sign ma rked , "O K?" referring to the tire wea r problem . Aldana gave them the high sign and kept pushing the Suzuki to 2;08 ·2 : 10 lap times. Sudden ly it was over. Alda na came down the front straight , the crew flashed him a lap time, and t he checkered nag appeared , much to the team's relief. The last few laps were tense, to say the least. " An o t h e r day , another _ race ," Yoshimura's joe Weinroth shrugged in mock indifference. But the grin that was breaking through his full beard and 'srache was too big to hide. • o I "It's the hardest I've ever rldden:'Larry Roeseler . After nearly 11 hours of racing flat out over the rocky Nevada desert, Team HusqvarnalTorco riders finish 2 minutes apart and 30 minutes ahead Of the third finisher. First Evers1st Woman to finish the Cannonball Baker sea to Shining Sea Memorial TrOPh Dash.J wendy Epsteln/SSO Suzuki 1st Woman to finish the Tecate 500 EnduroDiane Holemant2SO Husqvarna 1st Women to finish an ISDT TWo-Day ouallflerTrudy Beck/250 YamahaSliver Rhe HelmS/250 SuzuklBronze Las vegas 4001st OA-Larry Roeseler! Jack JohnSOn/HU5qVarna 2nd OA-Scot Harden/Brent walllngsfOrdlHusqvarna It was another runaway victory fOr both Torco tubrt- cated Team Husqvarnas, despite a raft of speed vs. rock Inflicted problems. others think the two-day qualifier was tougher. But, again Torco CP-7 and MTF provided that extra finishIng and winning edge. Torco racing lubricants. The finishing and w inn ing edge. we're going to t each you a th ing or two about 011. Send $1.00 for our proeuet application chart and an ed ucation on eu Shamrocks ISDTTWoDay OuallflerGold-A.C. Bakken/390 HU5qvarna Gold-Kem Parkl250 Husqvarna MoreWlnsLee SchefferslYamaha1st Open Expert-Rovers H & H 1st Open Expert-Desert Squirrels HIS Results OVERALL: 1. neve EmdelOave Aldana ISuzl; 2. Chuck ParmeilarTy ParmelGiII Martin IKaw ); J. Wi lli Scheff8l'IWendeil Phtllips ISuz); 4. Kevin BurkeJKen Groono lSuz l; 5. Stove SowdenIKovin Staffo

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