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Cycle News 1981 04 29

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Western hotline !lliiiiiiliIil'rr-:----:-----::-i 00 ~ Marty Moates on an LOP Suzuki, with Sun moving in fillt on his number-oneplated Honda. Crofl led the race for the fInt three laps till he started having engine problems and broke. Moales moved into fint place ill Sun pused to second, while Rhyan slipped to a dOlle lhird. One lap later, Moates had problems and had to go to his pit, but returned 10 finish the race. Sun began to pull away from Rhyan. who Will starting to get pressure from Bob Elliot!. At the end of the tint moto Sun was l!O aeeoods ahead of Rhyan, who came in aecond, and thirdĀ· place Elliott. In the leCond moto, Moates look the holeshot with Sun dOlle behind and Rhyan third. At the end of the f!Tlt lap and at the end of the race, Sun Will in ftnt place, with Moates leCond and Rhyan third. Fint overall went to Sun, with Rhyan leCond overall and Bob Elliott third overall. Asked why he was here Sun said, "I am here for a couple of weeks practicing in the sand and getting the feel of the track in preparation for the USGP which will be held here in Carlsbad and also for the 500cc Nationalsl" Results Jim 0dI0 lSuzl;:z. _ _ IV...; 3. 125 PlIO: 1. R.yT-.antl'!lol. 2liO PlIO: I. Chuc:It Sun lHonI; :z. Kirk GriIIom lHanI; 3. Ron HunaIV.... !iOO PlIO: 1. Chuc:It Sun (HonI; :z. S - ,..,.., IHuol; 3. Bob _ CSuzl. ~/PER Rac'ng Whee'. FInest Rac'ng Whee'. Made A Usizes and widths to fit Minis through Mighties Mfdby: Delton'. Cyde Machine Shop 1902 N. Prospect Chempeign, Illinois 61820 2171362-8983 ~ - BERT'S CYCLEWEAR~ 34 900 W FOOTHILL BLVD AZUSA CALIF (213) 3341288 clas. Gerig almost made it a perfect day but a last minute charge by S~ Rhyan (Hus) in motD two gave Rhyan the moto win but the overall went to Gerig', 1-2. Rhyan, who just Itaned racing again a couple of weeki ago, finiIhed 1eC0nd with a 5-1 over Tony Wanket aboard a Ron Callaway-tuned Yamaha. Callaway wrenched CMC', 2SOcc number ODe, Scott JoImaon, in 1980 and hopes to put Wanket at the top. DougRenno(Yam)wufounh. Staten. after leaving Yamaha, JDOW1ted his new Suzuki and had little trouble with the reIt of the field in the 2SOcc Pro diviaion. Number one 2SOcc rider Scott Johnaon (Mai) puahed Staten in moto one but in moto two he had to BettIe for third. Swa~ with Johnaon for leCood flOIition m moto two wu Tim Lunde (Yam). Lunde', 4-2 combination Will good enough for third overall hehind Staten and Johnson. Mark Howell (Yam) Will founh over Pat Hubbl (Yam). The USa: Pro contat had the larp pune of the day. Jeff Stanford (Yam) and Rodney Brand (Suz) bauled in both motOll and ended up just awitching finiahing positions with Stanford coming out on the better end of the Irick. Stanford', 2-1 overall tally bested Brand's 1-2 for the lead with ROllI Maeda (Suz) third. Robert NoliD (Yam) and Andy Jeffenon (Suz) made up the top five. An updated total of the number one pointl race showa a tie in the 12Scc d_between Robert Nolin and Scott Manning. Gary Semia hu a narrow lead over Brae Glover in the 2SOcc d_ with David Gerig leading the Opena. Results MN.lA: 1. J.lryD1lK8w1;:z. T. ~ CSuzl; 3. J._CSuzl. MN INT: 1. E. _IYomI:2. J. R.y(suzl. MN EX: ,. A. Homme lSuzl; :z. R. Pholpo lHanl. 125 JR: 1. S. Sergent CSuzl; :z. B. Annobong IVomI; 3. P. e;,..,. CSuzl. 2liO.lA: 1. S. _lHonl;:z. R. _IVomI;3. F. IIoguoh IVomI. SClO.lA: 1. P. SIwnbIin IVomI;:z. C. EIIon lMeil. 125 INT: 1. A. _IVoml;:z. J. _lSuzl; 3. B.ClomzIV.... 2liO INT: 1. O. Hopwaad lHanl: 2. M. _ IVoml; 3. M. CIorl< IV..u. !lOll INT: 1. T. IIicIIlHuoI;:z. A. Guor

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