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t . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _. _ . _~ _. _ . _. _ . _. _._._._. _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ annual ND Spark Plug Golden State Road -Race Series. Besides Riverside, there will be ND points at Sears Point on june 3' and Ontario on june 10. Bates will be a t Sea rs Point on june 24 and Ontario on the 10th. The race program started with th e 250cc GP. and Eddie Lawson didn't leave any chances to the competition and especially Mark Homchick (Haynes Manual Yam ) as they battled during the first laps of the eight-lap race. john Glover and Mike Baeder (Triple jack Construction) were doing the same thing behind the leaders. Before the halfway mark. Lawson was out of immediate danger. with Homchick a few seconds behind him . Attention then concentrated on the Glover/Baeder battle, very intense since th e drop of the green flag. On the last lap on the back straight Edd ie Lawson broke t he tank strap. a nd it started to fall off. breaking th e gas petcock. "I had to coast the bike all th e way to th e finish line , a nd I barely. finished ahead of Ma rk Homchic k," said Eddie. The 500cc Open GP race was the first rac e for Wes Cooley (Kal Guard Yam) since his performances in England and France. He was racing withou t the AMA restrictors pla tes on the carburetors as did Harry Klinz m ann (Mr. AI's Restaurant Yam ). but Bruce Hammer (Kal Guard Yam ) did run with them . "That way I ca n test my bike for th e Loudon Na tiona l," exp lai ned Hammer. At th e sta rt of th e ra ce, Klinzmann was leading Hamm er , Cooley and Gil Martin . It took two la ps for to pass his Kal Guard teammate a nd then Wes .. on th e follo wing lap he also went by Harry , Martin did something sim ila r and passed Hammer to capture third . On the next to last lap , Klinzmann recaptured the lead , and a close finish was about to ta ke place. "W es and I were very close in turn six. We went by some slower riders and I got them in the inside in seven , but Wes got stuck. All I had to do was to hold him until t he checkered . I fi nish ed half a bikelength ahead of him ," recalled Harry. In the 601cc /Open Su persrreet , Reg Pridmore (Vetter Kaw ) d idn't have much to do to assure his firs t place. Steve Mallonee and Chuck Parrne, both on 1000 Kawasakis, tried to give him some problems in the first laps of the race . Mallonee retired on th e second lap after losing his countershaft sprocket . Parme th en had just to assure h is runner-up posit ion. Pridmore had some problems in his apparently easy rid e: "T he new pipe was d ragging in turn nine and lifting the bike . I al so had some clut ch adjustment pro ble ms, but beside that the b ike r a n re a lly smoo t h ," comm ented the AMA Supe rb ike Champion. Result s 250 GP: 1. Eddie I..awson (Yaml ; 2. Mark Homchick . (Yam); 3. John Glover (Yam). BOX STOCK 410 STOCK : 1. Dain Ginger e1li (Yam); 2. Larry Theolbald !Yam ); 3. Dan Cashew (Yam). 550 STOCK : 1. J eff Tuttobene (500 LVI; 2. J im Boeckle (500 Yaml ; 3. Ander son Duggar (Yam!. 750 STOCK: 1. Mark Shelton (Kawl; 2. Francis Mazur (Hon); 3. Steven Gilbert (Han). OPEN STOCK : 1. W hitney Blakeslee (Kaw ); 2. Denn Smith(Suz) 3. Donnie Slaman IM-G). is ; 50 GP: 1. Franco Garavaglia (Suzl; 2. Raydo lph Agu ili (Suzl; 3. Dona ld Hale Utjl. 100 GP: t , Mike M cAvoy (Kaw ); 2. Dusty Behrman (Hon); 3. Rem Juluissen (Kaw). 125 PROD: 1. Richard McClanahan (Yam); 2. Jim Harry Klinzmann leads Bruce Hammer and Wes Coo l' y in AFM's Open GP. Lester (C-Al ; 3. H.M . Sliv er (Hon). . 200 PROD: 1. John Ch...mark (Yam): 2. David Herman (C-Al ; 3. Christine Bauer (C·Al . SSO PROD: 1. Greg Bush (Kawl; 2. Thomas Perker IHanl : 3. Jim Boeckle (Yam). 750 PROD: 1. John W illiam s (Kaw); 2. Steve G... ke (Kawl ; 3. David M essemer IS02I. OPEN PROD: 1. Lee Remm ing (Duel; 2. Denn is Sm;tI1 (Suzl ; 3. Whitney Blakeslee (Kaw) . 410 PROD: 1. Thad Wolf (Yam); 2. Dick Fuller (Yam); 'r ' Park free at carlsbad USGR Ride your bike to the World Championship and be a guest 01 U.S, Suzuki in our special secured parking area. It'sFREE lor any make 01bike -both days, too (June 9,10 ). Just 10110'.'1 the signsat the Raceway: Suzuki Slalom on Saturday. Don't miss thisnoontime action ! Hot-shoe CMC l25cc p ilots will ride identiool Suzuki bikes over a twisting ski-like course. Meet Suzuki's Motocross Team. While you're at the Slalom course, meet 'learn Suzuki. Roger,Gerrit and all the gang will be there to shoot the breeze and sign autographs. Also, see the huge display 01 Suzuki street and dirt machines in our special exhibit area. See the big one on Sunday. . This is it !30 01the world's best riders and machines let it __ * all hang out on S unday. It'sAmerica's b iggest World Championship motocross race. Don't you dare miss it ! _~,,~_~~~ m~_ SUzukl.1be performer. S UZUKI " 35