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.... ... f"'""l ~ < John link ......... Frank StIIcy c:henga en lIir filter lifter warm. dU8ty Dey One. in preperetion for cold. damp Dey Two. It _ Stacy's T_m SuzuId debut. AMA Two-Day QuaIIIer 5eItes: ROInI one Stacy takes John Zink Ranch two years in a row By Dale Brown SKIATOOK, OK, MAR. 21-22 Team Suzuki's Frank Stacy and Jeff Fredette kept their PE250s set on warp drive to post the fastest special test scores on both days of the Tulsa Trailriders-sponsored John Zink TwoDay. At the end of it aU, Stacy was five points (seconds) ahead ofhis teammate in the 250cc Intent class 1058-1063. : . Y~ha s Larry R(~seler turned ~ a blazing perform.ance m the final day s motOCJ'Qll to post the win ~ the 5~c Intent class, and also turn m the ~ best overall score, II seconds behind 8 Stacy. . A mIStake by Jack Pen.ton when he CJ'OlIIed. the yellow flags mto a check two mmutes early gave the I75cc Intent class win to S~'s ~ike ROllO. Dean Joyner. rode his S~ to the ru.nner-up slot In the class, JlVJDg Suzuki .Team ~anager John Morgan something.t~ lIJII~e about. Competition In the 125cc Intent c1~ was so close as to ~ un~lvabl~. Riding the ISDE Q.ualifier Series this year on a small bike, Husky's Dick Burleson led KTM's Rod BaslJ by 10 points at the end of the first day. Bush went out and had a better mo~ special test than BurIeBoo, then him in the day-ending motOCJ'Qll to make up 10 points and create a deadlock for first with both riders at %272. Best score turned in by an A class ri~er be~onged to Open rid~ Perry King, WIth an Open class rider also turning in the best B score. That was Greg Prestage "I haven't ~ the scores yet, but from what they tell me I guess it's true," grinned Stacy in answer to a question. "I'm really happy - a new bike and all. I'm pretty excited about it. The bike works great. " The Tulsa Trailriders did an excellent job in organizing the event, and there were few complaints, except for those about the ever-present rocks. The complex scoring was done by computer and fmal results and awards were made available within a couple of hours after the riders completed their activities D- One' - .. The course (used both days) consisted of three 42-mile loops, and the first two loops shared much eotDmon trail. An acceleration test and two timed blasts through a 2.8-mile gr. . track made up the day's special tests. In the first run through the grass track, Stacy posted the fastest time with Fredette a few seconds back after £alling in the test. "It didn't cost me much time, though. It was just a quick slide down. and I picked it up. Nothing bad," said Fredette later. Between runs through the grass track, the ninth check was a trouble spot for three rjders. Ed Lojalt, John Fero and Kevin LaVoie all checked in a minute early, costing them each 60 route marks. Two of the riders said the flags delineating the check weren't clearly visible; other riders attributed the incident to rider mistakes. In the second grass track, Fredette really cranked it on to claim fast time of the day and wind up five points behind Stacy at the close of the day. In the I25cc I class Burleson took advantage of a good tint special test to lead BuSh !»r 10, with Glenn Hollingshead the third place rider another 20 points back. "With the motOCJ'Qll at the end the way it is DOW, the object is to stay in the ballpark in the tests here. You're not going to gain any giant advantage going into the motOCJ'Qll. That'. when you can gain the biggest advantage. There'. people in the way, there'. dust - there'll be a lot of dust - and if you ~ out and get a holeshot and do a job in the last test you can pick up a lot of time," said Kawasaki'. Jack Penton after the first day, but before any results were posted. Penton was not only in the ballpark, be was 1eading the 175cc I class by 20 points over Mi~e ROllO, with Dean Joyner and Terry Seales lurking in third and founh. Behind Stacy and Fredette in the 250cc I clua were KTM rider Darryl Kuenzer, Kawasaki's Mark Hyde and HUIky pilot Barry Avery. With Kuenzer only 10 seco~ out of second place, it was still a tight race. It was even tighter in the SOOcc I class. Husky's Terry Cunningham put together two consistent special tests to take a two-point lead over Larry Roesrler and Frank Gallo. Gallo had been nearly 10 points in arrears of the others after the first test, but made it up with an exceptional second chance. Maico rider Jack JohlJlOl1 was slighdy of( the leaders' pace. KTM-mounted Carl Cranke would have begun Day Two as fifth in 500cc I, but he crasbed a few miles before the fmiah of Day ODe. "I moved out to pass a rider and I clipped a rock, " said Carl, nursing a left arm with a few stitches in it. He sat out the second day. Dane Leimbach was entered, but did not com~. "It's a mental problem. I just don t have the desire to go do it. I didn't !mow until I got down here that it was going to be like that. If your hean'. not in it there'. no point in going out there and racing around. You mifht get yourself hun," said Dane qUledy. Day Two The trail was the same as the day before, but the acceleration test and the second timed gras track Wft'e eIim-