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th~ top thr~~ places. Four-tim~ wom~n's champion of Belgium, Dani~le Picard, took an American Hondato the runner-up slot with her g-5 placings whil~ form~r multi-tim~ surfing champion Joyce Hoffman Lancor card~ a 5-6 for third. Drl~nding champ Ded~ Cates suffer~ a spill in th~ first moto that left her unable to continu~. Th~ Suzuki s~ter came back to win t~ ~ond moto going away, though. Gates ~nd~ up ll!th overall. Run as a p~lud~ to tbe ~I-Ray U.S. Grand Prix th~ next day and film~ by ABC's Wi4e World of Sports, the race was for 1l!5cc Experts only. Championships in l!50cc Ex~n and all oth~r classes will be decid~d on August gO at Carlsbad. Cates took the lead sbonly after th~ start of the first moto and immediately start~ to build a lead. On the ~ond tour around the rough GP course, though, misfortun~ struck. "I just lost my concentration, hit tins bank and went over the bars," she said later. Due to a tweak~ knee and back, she retired from the moto. Suzuki-mount~ Kim Douglass took the reins at that point and sta~d out front for the rest of the race. Despite her hands and forearms cramping from having to fan the clutch on her stock bike, Holman t~ in a secondplace ride follow~ by Picard who mov~ up from about a sixth-place stan. Nancy Lewis took her Suzulti to fourth with Hoffman Lancor fifth at the checker~. After a 15-minute break to allow the ABC helicopter to refuel, thq Iin~ up again for a slightly shoner 15minute-plus-one-Iap moto. Suzukimount~ Cindy Dumo I~ the pack around the first tuni clearly in front with Do~ne Jean Payne on a Yamaha tuck~ in ~hind. Disregarding the pain from her first-moto tumble, Cates mov~ up quickly, zipping by Dumo as they ~ down the shan straight following Rattlesnake Gulch. Later on the o~ning lap, Dumo got nudged into a fence which caught her bars, tearing the clutch lever and left grip off. She fiiliShed 14th in the moto. As they came around to complete one lap, Payne held about three bike lengths on Cates. Then ca~e a slight gap ~fore Holman ap~ar~ with Hoffman Lancor, Picard and Yamaha rider Tina Clary following. Cates put Payne away shortly after that and said good-bye as she ~ away from the field. Payne held firm in second but coupled with her first moto DNF (her bike seized), would only get 14th overall. Holman kn~w she didn't have to beat CateS to g~t the overall, but wasn't so sure about Payne which worri~ her for a bit. "In th~ last moto, I didn't have to ~at Dede; I had to ~at Kimmi and I wasn't sure who else. I was hoping it wasn't that girl behind Dede, then my dad signaled, 'You got itl' so I just cru~d," the Texan said later. Picard got by Clary on lap two but seem~d to fade towards the end due, ~rhaps, to the unfamiliar heat. Clary went by th~ Belgian a lap ~fore-the end with Hoffman Lancor a ShOTt distance behind those two. MeTc~es Gonzales ran a solid seventh on her Suzuki with Yamaha-mounted Kathy Wall, Kim Bozik and Donna Gilio rounding out the top 10. • pr~~ CRll!5R Results 12Scc EXPERT: 1. KlIIhy Holmen tHonl 2-3; 2. DonioIe Pard tHon) 3-5; 3. .Joyce Holfmon I..onco< IHonI fHl; 4. TIna L. Clory (Yoml S-4; 5. K.It1y Willi (Yoml ~; 6. MercedeI GonDteo (Suzl 9-7; 7. Jon Murray IYomI7-11; 8. Kim Sozik (Yom) 11·9; 9. Donna . Gllio (Yom) lG-l0; 10. M..,., l8wio ISuzl 4-17; 11. Dobbie _ (Yom) 12·12; 12. Dede C8leoCSuzl 24-1; 13. Kim [)ougI.- ISuzl 1-24; 14. Dorene Joen Payne (Yom) 24-2; 15. LOJi F _ (Yoml 16-13; 16. . - . . Morgon (~114-15; 17. Alice T_ _ ISuzlI616; 18. Cindy Dumo t5uz) 19-14; 19. Dobbie'-"-' 1Suzl13-2O; 20. . . . Griohom lHonl17-18. TWO TRACKS IN TOPEKA IN FRIDAY, JULY 3 SHORT TRACK TWO DAYS· ,£~ TOPE'fI7CEWAY Pro. Class C Racing TOPEKA RACEWAY 6 miles east of Topeka on US 40 Open to All Novice - Junior - Experts ADVANCE TICKETS $8.00 Mail Name-Address-State·Zip with cashiers check or money order plus .50¢ handling to: Topeka Raceway 1420 N.E. Happy Hollow Place Topeka. Kansas 66617 Races8PM SATURDAY, JULY 4 TOPEKA GOLD CUP presents & T opekoStereo 3RDANNUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HALF-MILE PROS ON THE BIG BIKES! $20,000 PURSE ",:'" If ----------------------------------------------.. \~J. '. ~. __. --- . I Race Headquarters: Holiday Inn, 3802 Topeka Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66609 913/266-8880 Brought to you by: DAVIS CYCLE 4806 S. Topeka Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66609 913/862-1053 . 1981 TOPEKA GOLD GUP ADVANCE TICKETS FORM • 14.00 x _ _ Reserved Box Seat $12.oox _ _ Reserved Grandstand 1st Level Reserved Grandstand G.A. 2nd Level • 10.00 x _ _ - _ _ POSTAGE AND HANDLlNG_---=:5O¢~ TOTAL ENCLOSED TICKETS BY MAIL EASY • SAFE • SMART You can charge your tickets. OVISA 0 MASTERCARD Account I Name Address City SANCltONEO Gates open 5PM Races8PM Interbank I Day Phone State Checks payable to: • TOPEKA GOLD CUP • .• Mail t o : ' Davis Cycle • 4806 S. Topeka Avenue - • Topeka,Kansas66609 • 913/862-1053 Exp. Date Zip • • • • .• • ._---------------------------------------------_. 6/6/81 Isle of Man' , SENIOR IT & FORMULA ONE GRAEME CROSBY Suzuki on DUNLOP. 2nd RON HASLAM Honda on DUNLOP. 3rd JOEY DUNLOP Honda on DUNLOP.