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Cycle News 1981 10 28

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-Rw;;;~-;;;;ib;;"'-_·Cd' ~ ........ "ath.ra Cailieraia-Art•• ~ Open Pro Dan Paulson (701 styIea at OeAnza. (ContinuedfTom page 23) had just pUled Bill Manley. took over and had a tremendous lead by the sixth and final lap. East West M.C.'s Kent Pfeiffer (Yam) held the Open lead from stan to finish. The fint two laps found Mark Zoller (KTM) and Mark Asbury (Kaw) right behind Pfeiffer. On the founh lap, Pfeiffer m~ out all alone and Morgan Malocco pUled Asbury who was being c~ by Rusty Clarke, Steve Glatts and Paul Huffman. Mike Baker wins every event the machine under him allows and today his Da1laI Baker sponIIOied 125 Yamaha held together. Donnie Morrison join~ Baker for the holeshot and it looked as if there would be a race but Morrison's machine blew up. Uoyd Thomas and Brian Manley gave each other a good run until Manley 1000t his gearbox and was ~Iaced by Scott Pfeiffer. Mike GoodWlD and Mark Heth were having an exciting aide by side for founh spot before Heth was centerpuDC~ by a rider being lapped aDd Goodwin ran out of guo At the fmish it was Baker, Thomas, Pfeiffer, OJIinton Smith, Rob Hall aDd Scott Amy. The one and a half hour team race had Mike Goodwin/Kun Pfeiffer leading tbe fint lap then replaced by Mike Baker and Kent Pfeiffer on the iIeCODd. Baker/Pfeiffer went out with a flat while Donnie Morrison and Kevin 'Hopkin. played switeharoo with Brian Manley and Scott Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer and Manley ran out of gu and the Miclr.ey Mouse team from Newhall went for the win. The winning race bike, tu~ and prepared by Hopkins, was a com· bination of both bikes which had broken in the 200cc race. - Unofficial results OPEN EX: 1. Kenl PIeIIlor; 2. Mertt Zok; 3. Margen OPEN AM: 1. _ - . ; 2. Don ~ 3. John SerNI. OPEN HIN: 1. Go..- 1lIley; 2. ChriI Lynn; 3. Eric -.. BEG: I. . . _ : OPEN 2. 0-. SlDCI1edoo••• lYlrnI: 2. Kent Fink (Hull. OPEN INT: 1. Ron ~ lHue!; 2. ..... V _ lMeO. OPEN PRO: 1. _ - . lYom!: 2. BII JeNIIlMeIl; 3. _ e:.-lYomI. JR VETS: ,., _ ~iiluoI: 2. Bob AIIa'/ lYom!. SA VET: 1. 5 _ . . . . lYomI; 2. Ed MIc:heItIIMell. MacC,aclre. ma.t.,. Pro. at Coro... By Kit P.lmer SAN DIEGO, CA, OCT. 4 CORONA, CA. OCT. 9 Paul Denis made his Barona Oaks Kawasaki Motor Corp. debut at Barona Oaks a winning one as he went two for two in the Although Malcolm Smith's Eric MacCracken's (Yam) moto win streak ended on this Friday ni~t at Corona, the Malcolm Srmth Stoclr. Mini Expert cIa., took a tie· breaker from teammate Sam Storer in the 105cc MimI, and had a second in the Modified Mini Expert cIa.. The Modifi~ Mini Ex were by Kenny on his truIty Yamaha as be cruiIed to aD easy two for two victory and left Denis and Storer to battle it out for tbe runner· up spot, which ~ up in that order. The Stock Minis, which fea~ a tie· breaker for Denis over Storer, was a real bam-burner as hoth riden ran aide by aide, lap after lap in the second go-'round before Denis prevail~. Storer was ftry conaiatent all day with two aeconds aDd a third which kept him in contention with Dunlap for a repeat of his 1980 Mini and 10See championship. AI good as the Experts were, the Intermediates really captivated the lDlIDy apecta.ton Sunday as it wu the dO'Dinat~ ~ Noll. nab. DeAnza MX By Kit hlmer SUNNYMEAD, CA, OCT. 11 The treat of rain may have slightly diminished the turnout of riders at DeAnza Cycle Park, but to the surprise of many, it ~ out to be a perfect day of racing under the dark, ominous clouds. The day's action got underway with the stan of the SOOcc Pro cl. . when Maico·moun~ Bill jewell grabbed the holelhot punu~ by Robert Nolin (Yam) aDd Dan Paulson (Mai). jewell managed to extend his lead within a few lapa but Nolin began to piclr. off IIeCOnda with each tum, reeling in the leader by the sixth lap. In the following lapa the two leaden bat~ over the fint place pomtion until the eighth go-around when Nnlin slipped rider's overall domination of the 2SOCC Pro cIa. continu~. It wu a aurprUe DOt seeing Mac CrackeD grab the hoIe1hot of the fint moto in the integra~ race of 1251, 2501 aDd Open Pros. As the riden ~ from the fint tum it wu the mid-sized Graydon Ltd. Suzuki rider Brian Fry who 1'OOIt~ his way into the lead punu~ by Dan Paulson on his Open cIa. Maico, MacCraclr.en aDd Marty Miller on an Open Hmy. Fry extended his lead by the time Mac Craclr.en got around Paulson. It was new for MacCraclr.en to play catch-up, but within a few laps he was putting the preuure on Fry. But no means was Fry going to gift up. At times Fry was able to pull away from the aggraaift Yamaha rider but MacCraclr.en c10aed the gap each time. When the white flag appeared MacCrackeD was hammering down on Fry's rear fender,

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