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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.
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"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.
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wendy Epsteln/SSO
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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
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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,
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provided that extra finishIng and winning edge.
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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