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Cycle News 1981 04 01

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I~ ~.,; i i til ~ \ t • "I 111'f I ! . " • '.1:1'1 •.• " t"erD N. . . . . . . . .t ..erD Call and Griewe. The 0YeraIl went to Turner (1-1) with Snoneland (5-4). Griewe (26), johnson (6-5) and Dymond (4·7) taking the other top spots. In the 250cc Pro division. Craig Gonnl~ (Yam) hit the double jumps ahead of the pack. By lap two. Turner again had wen the lead and there was no stopping him. On lap six. jennings actually passed the second and third place riden. Gonn1~ and Snoneland, in mid air off Banzai Hill. Yamaha'. Riclr. johnson, after a bad stan. made his trac1r.s present and pushed ahead of Snoneland and Gonnl~ along with Suzulr.i·mounted Clint Hardiclr.. Hardiclr. and Snone1and hit the double jumps side by side and Hardiclr. put an outside-in move on Snoneland and took over third behind jennings. Winding down to the last lap and Hardick was up on jennings. Two turns were remaining and Hardick edged inside of jennings and th~ both raced to the flag. Turner won by a wide margin with Hardick second over jennings by inches. Founh was Riclr. johnson, then came Snoneland and ~ 00 (j') .-4 Gorml~. Moto two was much of the same. Turner flew away with the win but this time jennings won the batde and the war with Hardick. Behind Turner's 1· 1 overall score were jennings (5 -2). Hardiclr. (2·5) and Snoneland (5-4). The line-up for the 125cc Pro class was fairly respectable. Suzulr.i'. Turner aDd George Holland III. Yamaha'. Riclr. johnson. Riclr. Malr.i and Scott Burnworth. Suzulr.i West'. Gary Denton. Milr.e Beier (Yam) and 25 other competiton were just waiting to hit that fint tum. Burnwonh and Holland hit the top of Webco Hill ahead of the rest but Bumwonh dropped out with m«h a nica1 problems. With Holland leading and Rick john. son second, Turner was ready to ma1r.e his move on johnson. and on lap five he did so. Turner pulled up on Holland and had no problem passing him for the lead. As the race proogit;_d, third place johnson. all the sudden, just bailed off his lCoot. Fortunately his lead over the rest of the paclr. was enough for him to restan and resume his charge. Chasing johnson for third were Roger Hensl~ (Suz), Riclr. Malr.i and Gary Denton. Holland staned dropping off therace badly and eventually was out 0 the competition for the top spots. Turner won with a oneminute lead over second place johnson. Malr.i was third over Denton, Beier and Friu Schelegal (Suz). Turner lapped up the eighth place rider. Holland. Moto two was a big moto for Mike Beier. Although Turner made this his sixth moto in a row, Beier combined a 5-2 combination for second overall. Gary Denton'. 4-4 score was third best with johnson (2-6). Holland and Malr.i rounding out the top six. Results _ JR: 1. R. RogeN fY8ml; 2. G. V _ fY8ml; 3. R. eon. 1Suzl. MINI !NT: 1. E. GIuley fY....l; 2. C. ~ fY8ml; 3. J._fY8ml. _EX:l.P._llyl. 100 EX: 1. C. a..doy fY....l. 126 JR: 1. S. GodiMz fY8ml; 2. Ie. - . fY8ml; 3. T._fY8ml. 250 JR: 1. D. 5. ._ _ , lHonl; 2. S. W_lHonl; 3.S.e-fY8ml. 500 JR: 1. J. G.rtan ly....l; 2. M. Ford lHonI; 3. K. AgoIlooff (KIWI. 126INT: 1. D. Hulen fY....~ 2. R. Engol fY8ml; 3. R. V_lSuzl. 250 INT: 1. D. Hopwood lHon); 2. D. Ruble fY....l; 3. G._IMIlI. 500 INT: 1. M. _ IMIll; 2. T. IIn>wno fY8ml; 3. A. llniIIMIlI. VET JR: 1. D. s..t< fY8ml; 2. J. W_ !Metl; 3. M. V..e-lSuzl. VET INT: 1. G. CIIrk eM-il; 2. M. _ eM-il. VET MASTER: 1. A. Oloon 1M.l; 2. J. -.cit (MIll. 126 PlIO: 1. R. T..... lSuzl; 2. M. _ fYomI; 3. G. _lSuzl. 250 PlIO: 1. R. T..... lSuzl; 2. J. Jenningo lHuol; 3. C.Hor**lSuzl. 500 PlIO: 1. R. T..... lSuzl; 2. P. Si_iC1 fYomI; 3.D.~lIW. ... Where the heck;s Tucker, GA? -9Husqvarna 1980&1981 MODELS AVAILABLE We H SEE US FORA DEAL! . ~ Tit2.§!leMorch Loma. CA 10717 213-634-2311 19. 1981 SIZES SUGG. RETAIL SAlE PRlCE 300-21 64.20 73.80 79.96 89.n 49.96 56.50 63.96 67.33 100190-18 450-18 150181).18 IlI~D~ _ _ .- ~1'iE- ~ ca....- ii>. " 'C'" ... , '0 e -==-. Neme ~ • I .!'> ," • _SUbject To aw,. _ Addre.. _ ......•.. _v__. City UNIHIPPEl) DAILY T&OYamaha 24020 NlII'bonne Ave. THE VEl[ BEST OE ... ~ METZELER ~ _ of the lwgHt atoeks of y l1li'" - for old models tool ITolTllncelRedonclo weal ~-----------_ Stoote_ _Zlp_ _ ANYWHERE IN U.S.A. _. M p.,," . . . .llRE FACTOlIY . o.;;,:o-~ P.......nd.... copies Cycle N _ Products P.O. Box 498 Long Beach. Ca. 9(8)1 -----------_.. L Calif. '~Std"niJ add 6% SDI,s uu. I 35 -

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