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Coleman and ~evans (14) lead Vance Breese and John Morris (59) and eventual second placers Winfried Hopp and Bill Alston (25), Sidecars Ron PIerce geu a grip on the situation, , , and the clutch, hla heat race. took third In the finel, Pier~ won Colemanl Bevans bla·st, from behind By Charles Morey MONTEREY, CA, AUG. 5 Superbike Wes Cooley put it in the wl~r's circle, "Freddie was just going really fastl" After energetic starter "Bouncing Bob" Malley canwheeled down the starting straight, climbed the tower and waved the green flag, Spencer, Cooley, Richard Schlachter (Spencer's Kawasaki "teammate who started from the second row) and Pierce 'Ied the field through lap one. Pierce caught Schlachter just at the end of the opening lap, Klimmann held fifth, and the top five positions were ~t. Spencer pulled out to a three·second lead over Cobley by the end of the third lap. Cooley had a second or two on the tightly·knit trio battling for third place: Pierce, Schla~hter and K1immann. That threesome stayed together for alm~t half the race before settling into their ultimate .finishing positions. , Behind the top five, self-sponsored Kawasaki rider Chuck Parme and Del Amo Suzuki·backed Dennis Smith were giving the other Racecrafters rider, Steve McLaughlin, a run for his Fighting a tough battle all the way, Larry Cole~ man and Mark Bevans muscled their Yamahapowered sidecar outfit around the tough LaguQa Seca road <:ourse and through traffic to take the checkered flag under pressure from the Winfried Hopp/Bill Alston Kawasaki-powered chair and the Vance Breese/ John money. McLaughlin passed both on lap four, but Parme held on to hound the Kawasaki-mounted McLaughlin all the way in a final drag race from the last turn to the checkered flag. Following in to complete the top 10 were Kevin Stafford on the Tom Morgan-sponsored Kawasaki, Ducati~ounted John Bettencourt and Carry Keoshgerian on the Torco/Derale/ Shoei/self·sponsored Kawasaki. Spencer celebrated his imminent victory with a long wheelie in front of the grandstands towards the che.ckered flag. Sick the week before the race Spencer ad~itted to annou~cer ROxy Rockwood In the winner's circle that "The heat makes me really tired.:' What will the high school kid from Bayou country be like when he's feeling well? • Results SUPERIIIKE PRODUCTION FINAL:.!. Freddie S _ 1K8w1; 2. W. Cooley tSuzl; 3. Ron I"-ce ISuzl; 4. Riclwd Scl*:I,.. lK8wl; 5. Horry Klinzm8nn 1K8w1; 6. S.... Mclau9hlin CKawI; 7. Chuck Porme 1K8wr. 8. KlIIIin S_d 1K8w); 9. John llenencourt IDue); 10. Carry K - - - . lK8wl. nME: 24.00.491. AVG. SPEED: 94.999 mph. was at the track Sunday, arm in a sling, with luckily no more than severe bru~. ''I'll be.ready for Poc0!10 next weeki she srmled. Harrold Jumped M . . . . back on after his bail-off, and the pair orrl~ "g. Barely In the top five near charged back to finish futh! On the same la Essaff nd B the start, Coleman and Bevans blasted crashed' L p, S ,a I ry:nt past the start finish line in fifth place na eca s u tra· ahst at the end of lap two, the last unit in a turn thr 10 Baguh tight fi e I d P ee. at were sent 10 t e Essaff;~ -way ~ace among ea en ete hospital. The extent of their injuries is ohn Merry ryWa.Dtf' YdancHe Breese/B'III unknown, but the accident was a bad orTIS, In TIe opp l O n e J Alston W'th those ~o unIts . L_ out or . ell..",r Harrold and Wayne Lougee/Ken I. . back ID the pack, the BreeselMorris team inherited the lead. Meanwhile, . Lap three saw the Lougee/Harrold ng overtake Hopp an~ Alston for third Coleman and Bevans had found a way around the Hoppl Alston rig and rode place, but the next tlme around they had dropped back to 14th place. in second. Lap six saw them pressuring Harrold fell frol!1 the car as they the leaders, and they got past on the plummeted down Laguna Seca's next time around. Never headed but mfamous Corkscrew turns', becoming always under pressure, they held the second passenger that weekend to position to win. On the last tum on the last lap step off Lougee's number two sidecar. Car~erAlsop, who rode passenger ("We Hopp and Alston stuffed their rig d\1n t .caU ~hem monkeys a!1yrnore," under Breese and Morris edging them from second to third . • she said.) Wlth Lougee at their July 15 'R Its . Sears Point victory. also fell off after the previous day's heat race. On the ::~ FINAL' 1 l8rry e - cool·off lap after she and Wayne had (Yoml; 2. WInfried'~ _ CKawI;·J. ~ won the ft0le position , Alsop was ~John Morris; 4. Doug ~ JIrMo CK8wl; 5. W".,... ~ o n _1K8wl' a. W_ t h ~own 0 f b a Iance when Lougee ~ Smilh 1K8w); 7. '-' FiIIoryIS.... ~ shIfted gears, and her ann went under CIIMWl:.8. JIrMo Hoyo/J. CompboII tSuzl; 9. the sidecar wheel pulling her off. She Dunn CK8wI; 10. AIon ~.....,., ::"'0.:- 9