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Cycle News 1981 05 06

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h~tb.... Callf...ai..An~;'''':·· "~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!'!!!'!!!!!!!!! ting a solid pace with Dale's Modem Cycle pilot Scon Manning (Yam) close behind. Griewe bad gOllen off to a poor start and was deadlocked in fifth place throughout most of the race. The rider who was putting in the fast.est lap times was Zinerkopf who bad started in the middle of the pack and worked his way up to tbird place by lap four. Then he slowly reeled in Manning and Gormley and made it a three way duel. Throughout the second half of the race thete was never more than four seconds separating the trio, but it wasn't until the 10th lap that ZitteTkopf passed Manning and ~ malting serious bids for the lead. It came right down to the checkered flag with Zinerkopf palling Gormley in the last tum and tben being repassed a few feet before the finish line. Gormley got the win and top money with Zinerkopf second overall ahead of Griewe. Troy Manning (Yam) was fourth in thesecond moto after a race·long battle with Griewe, but Troy had to settle for fifth overall behind bis brother Scon. Griewe's luck was much worse in the Open cIasa. After topping ZitteTkopf in the fint round, his Maico lost its carburetor (I) on the second lap of round two. Then Zitterkopf. who bad been leadin, anyway, pulled a huge lead. But With Two-thirds of the .race over he fell and gave the lead away to Ronnie Gibson (Mai). Zitterkopf still got the overall win. The uSec Pro race was the most in· teresting of all with Rick Rodgen (Suz) taking the win with his hand in a cast. Scott Manning won the tint race, but spent most of the second round dicing with Randy Yetto (Yam) while Rodgen pulled away. Manning even· tually got second in that moto and in the overall standings. Results PeE wee: ,. s-. Hunt

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