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Mike Callahan (401 leeds the start of the Novica final. with Joey Osowski (1091. Alan Lane (271 and Benny Del Monico 1181 in tow. Novice winner Alan Collins lats the champagne circulate among the victory circle crowd. Ms. Winston Pro. Lynn Griffis. prefers a soft drink. don't f~1 it until you stop. Then... " and his words trailed off. • Results EJcport Lightweight: 1. Freddie Sponaw IYom); 2. Mike 8eIdwin lKawl; 3. Pierre _ (Vernl; 4. .lema AdIna lVernl; 5. Mark Homchidt lVom); 6. RU01y Sherp lVom); 7. IlIlvid Gor8utte lVeml; 8. Glen Shopher lVam); 9. John -.court lVernl; 10. II8rTy _ lVam); 11. Robert lVam); 12. Gory ColU". lVom); 13. 8fuce Meua lVam); 14. S'lI\I8 Bigenoki lVoml; 15. Mark Jones lVom). e- Novice Nosweatfor Collins By Gary Van Voorhis Photos by Mary Grothe and Van Voorhis LOUDON, NH,JUNE 17 Alan Collins. backed up his third place finish in the Daytona Novice race with an easy win in the 40 mile event at Loudon. Collins put his AAMCO of San Jose (Califomia)/Valley Cycle sponsored Yamaha into the lead on the founh of 25 laps and handily 'ran away from the opposition. A pair of privat~rs gave the New England crowd on hand som~g to cb~ about as Gary Penfield of,Con- necticut and New Hampshire resident Doug Lantz finished second and third. "I didn't have any problems this time," said Collins in reference to Daytona where his seat came loose in the early laps. "It was a fun race." racing with the kids," he said. "My ride was the culmination of a lot of hard work. Other than a rear tire that didn't want to stick, I was fine." Lantz was playing it quiet and cooled off with a big bottle of champagne. A trio of qualifying heats cut the 100 rider entry down to managable proponions with Doug Brauneck, Collins and Penfield taking the wins. Gina Bovaird, one of two women in action - Norma Bonelli was the other put in a good show and rode to a sixth 10 her heat, taking that position with a last lap, last tum pass. To show that she meant business, Bovaird placed her TMB racing sponsored Yamaha in 10th in the fina!. Mike Cal.lahan zipped his way into the lead at the start with Collins in tow and a mad scramble going on ~hind. Callahan led the first thr~ laps, but took an off course excursion as the field hit the fast sw~r and . although he did not go down, was out ofthe race. .Collins took over the lead and never looked back.. Position swapping took place throughout and with the leaders David McKenna gives the Number One sign .s he .nd driver Roy Rlcherds take their cool off lap after winning the 12 lap final. passing slower traffic only a few laps into the program, it was h~lTd to keep track of the changes. Penfield slipped into his runnerup role by lap seven while Lantz had to work his way through traffic and a number of tough competitors like Alan Lane, Gordon Selm, William Knott, Bobby Behel and Lyle Newton to make his mark. Daytona winner Benny Del Monico encountered some mechanical • problems and finished 15th. Results NovIce; 1. AIen Coliino lVeml; 2. Gory Penfielcl'lVoml; 3. Doug lJIntz lVern); 4. AIen lJIne lVom); 5. Gordon Seim lVom); 6. Williern Ie.- lVern); 7. Bobby IlehoI lVoml; B. lyle -.on lVern); 9. Hugh ~ lVeml; 10. Gino _ lVeml; 11. MerIt ~ lVernl; 12. AIen Word lVeml; 13. Thor.- ~ lVoml; 14. IlIlvid SoItlVern); 15. Benny DelMonico lVernl. Time: 31 min., 20 _. Speed: 76.596 mph. Sidecar Richard/ McKenna win By Gary Van VoOrhis Photos by Mary Grothe and Van Voorhis LOUDON, NH,JUNE 17 Canadians Roy Richard and David McKenna emerged as the winners of the Sidecar event, the final race in the Laconia Classic Winston Pro Series W~kend. Following the pair home were Bill Davidson and Pat Dunn with Fred Hopp and Bill Alston finishing third. All thr~ rigs were Kawasaki powered. ''I'm glad to have won," said McKenna in the winner's circle. "But I didn't really want to do it like this." An accident on lap five took out the chair of Kun Kritikos and Pete Essaff while they were running second. The rig slammed into the retaining wall in tum eight. That left leaders Vance Br~e and B. Morris out front all alone for one lap. On the next go around they coasted to a stop with a flat tire. Richard and McKenny thanked everyone for the help provided their R&M Racing 5?onsored outfit while Davidson and Dunn said they couldn't do the job they did without help from R.C. Engin~ring and Castro!. "The track was really slippery. We were having a hard time and slid all over the place a number of times. It wasn't really any fun," said Fred Hopp about the problems of hustling his Fred's Cycle Shop sponsored rig around Loudon for 12 laps. • 17