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Cycle News 1979 10 17

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IAbove) Kent Howenon (17) grabs an inside line at turn one.IBelow) Mike Guerra topped the Suppon class over .Jimmy Ellis and Larry Wosick. IAbove) Darrell Shultz (20) sailed to a 4-6 fourth overall. IBelow) Chuck Sun '(66) leads Marty Moates (38). Sun took fifth. Moates sixth. Jnadilla ahead of Lackey and Howerton. Shultz looked like he might be able to pull away from the others when he clipped a haybale and went down, remounting again in fifth spot behind Husky's Chuck Sun. With Shultz left behind, soon to be slowed up even more with a flat tire, Barnett wicked the gas up on his 250cc Suzuki and continued to hold off Lackey's monster green 440cc machine for the next 15 minutes. Barnett gave nothing away to Lackey's bigger machine, even on the huge Unadilla uphill sections as Barnett kept the throttle pegged and the transmission clicking. Howerton, still holding down third position, was fading rapidly as the strain of the first moto began to . show on him. If they finished in those positions, with Lackey in second again, then Howerton would still score the overall win. Lackey knew he needed to w;'n and began taking chances in an all out attempt to get by Barnett which finally succeeded, assuring Lackey and Kawasaki of the overall win. Chuck Sun continued to hold the fourth place spot to the finish and Pat Moroney charged his way all the way up to futh spot ahead of Weinert on the last lap o,:,ly to be stopped with a shorted plug wtre. For a rundown on other riders; "Magoo" suffered a crash after the . start of the second moto which left him fairly well detuned after doing so well the first moto with third; National 500cc Champion Danny LaPorte bailed off in the opening laps of the first moto, bruising himself up enough to opt for sitting it out for the rest of the day; and this will be Barnett's last Trans-USA race as he heads off to Japan for testing of next year's works bikes. National Class Team Husqvarna's newly-signed 250cc class National rider Michael Guerra took his box-stock 1980 CR250 production bike, prepared by Charlie Benson, to a near runaway victory in the National Support class. Guerra grabbed the start of the first 30-minute moto and nearly d!sappeared from sight, building up a strong 10 second lead over Kippy Pierce on Can-Am, Yamaha's Donnie Cantaloupi, Husky's Ron Sun and Jimmy Ellis on Honda. Ellis made a determined threat to catch Guerra with "Captain Cobalt" stuffing his 1980 production CR-250 R3 throuJth the riders in front of him and closing to within three seconds of his hometown Connecticut buddy. Guerra saw Ellis coming and got back on the gas even harder to pull out a seven second lead at the finish. Ron Sun dialed in one of his best rides of the Series to pull off third ahead of Cantaloupi who was trying to' smooth himself down from the spills which have kept him from placing well thus far. Finishing in fifth overall, after working up from the back of the pack, was Moto-X Fox rider Larry W05ick, riding a pre-production KX-420 UniTrak for Team Kawasaki on a trial basis for the remainder of the Series. Wosick got pumped for the final moto and grabbed the holeshot himself this time, blasting away with the lead as the other front runners tangled in a tight tum and went down. Guerra explained what happened. "I think Donnie Cantaloupi went doWn fmt. I hit him and Ellis hit me. I heard Ellis yelling at me 'Come on Mike, let's get goingI''' Mike crashed again before he finished the first lap and was back in last place. "I didn't think 1 could catch Wosick at all, but 1 tried anyway," Guerra said. Like a scalded cat Guerra scratched his way through the field to land in second behind Wosick at the 20minute marlc A good battle looked to be in the making as Guerra tried to close the five second lead Wosick held. With just four laps to go, he was picking up second a lap on Wosick. But Wosick found himself with a flat rear tire and was forced to back off from the lead and Guerra took easy control. Ellis also moved up on the last lap to push W05ick back to third . Kawasaki was impressed with W05ick's first ride with them and plan to have him on Lackey's spare GP bike for next week's Atlanta race. Team LOP's Series point leader Greg Theiss seemed to suffer from an off day and couldn't cope with the rough track, finishing no better than eighth overall. • Results INTERNATIONAl: 1. Brad Lackey IKaw) 2·1 ; 2. Kent Howerton (Suz) 1·3; 3. Mark BamelIISuz) 7-2; 4. Darrell Shultz ISuz) ~; 5. Chuck Sun IHua) S4; 6. Marty Moataa IYaml 9-10; 7. Mickey K _ IYam) 23-7; 8. Danny Chandlar (Mail 3-19; 9. St.... W . . fHonI16-7; 10. BrocG_lYamI12-12; 11. Jim WainartIKawI·· 5; 12. PustaIak lSuz) 15-11; 13. Mika Bell lYam) 5.; 14. Mark Gragoon (Yam) 13-14; 15. Roa Williams IHUIl 19-9; 16. Danny S~ IMaii 21-8; 17. Arlo Englund lYam)lo-·; 18. Semics (Han) 11-·; 19. Tony DiStefano fC-A) 17-18; 20. Stave S_lYaml o.v o.v 14-- . ·Deno..... DNF SUPPORT: 1. Mike Guerra (HuI) 1-1; 2. Jim Ellis (Honl 2-2; 3. Larry WOIic:k (Kaw) 5-3; 4. Ron Sun (HuI) 3-8; 5. Donnie Cantaloupi lYam) 4-7; 6. Kippy PiercelCA) 6-5; 7. Darren Rhoten IHon) 10-4; 8. Greg Thai.. IYam) 11-8; 9. Troy Bradshaw IYam) 8-12; 10. Steve Rhyan IMaiI 15-10; 11. Brian Myerscough (Suz) 14-11; 12. Randy Kirahbaum (Mail 18-9; 13. Clark Jones lYam) 7-28; 14. Tim Walker IVamI13-16; 15. Jim Lauer IKaw) 9-21; 16. "'ad Vertucci (Suz) 12-·; 17. Mark Aahworth lYaml 21-13; 18. Mike Twigg lYaml 22-14; 19. John Day lYaml2G-15; 20. Krill Bigelow lYamll9-25. ·Denot.. DNF TRANS·USA SERIES POINT STANDINGS INTERNATIDNAL: ,. Kent Howerton 11251; 2. Chuck Sun (97); 3. Mike Bell 194); 4. Brad Lacl

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