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.. N ex> 0'> ..... (Top to bottom) Steve Shaw's dual 1OOcc Yamaha put in three f irst-place f inishes for the gold. The 100cc Super Stock Heavy class. WFO. Peterson takes Bay/ands PRO Kart opener By Jerry Newray FREMONT, CA , DEC . 10 Baylands Raceway Park opened their racing season in a rather odd fashion for '82. The usual season began with the always popular Nitro Bowl Drag races, but due to the bad weather was forced to cancel. With the hard working crew at Baylands and the cooperation with the unsettling Bay Area .1 ,:"eather it was the Race-Karts taking to the track for the season opener. Not only were there an abundance of karts on hand but also a few imilar racin breed as defending W inston West Super Modified Champion Nick Ringo and stand out sprint car driver Scott Murray b rought out their karts to test th eir skills against some of the sport's top professionals of the dirt. Names like two tim e Grand National Champion Je ff Nelson arid Junior Grand Na tional Cham ion Tim Meyers. both racing for the Invader Racing Ent erp rises. It turned out to be a gr ea t afternoon of karting. In the first heat of the Open Pros . it was a super sigh t to see all 15 karts line up and come down the front straight . W hen the green flag fell it was Jeff Nelson a nd J oh n Russell sweeping int o tu m on e ahead of the rest of the pack. W ith t hese two leading the pack it was the sprint car racer. Scott Murray, making some very bold moves, putting his good dirt track knowledge to use as he worked his way to fourth with Tim Meyers barely ahead of him . At the drop of the white flag it was the In vader kart of Meyers blowing his motor and falling to the back, while former Top Fuel drag racer Joe White moved into fourth . At the checkered flag it was Nelson taking the win, followed closely by Russell, Murray and White. The second heat race saw a little surprise as Greg Peterson, driving for the Sharp Racing team. all but ran away with the second race. Peterson shot out of t he sixth position into t he lead by diving underneath the others. making a super move on Nelson to tak e the- l ead befo re th e fourth tu m. At th e checke red flag it was Peterson followed by Nelson with third going to Ru ssell. In that same ra ce, it was Meyers ge tti ng his second term of bad luck as he blew his second m otor in as m a ny rac es. Meyers was forced to take last pla ce in that heat , an d d ue to th e bad finishes Meyers drew the pol e position in the inve rt ed line-up for the final. . At th e sta rt it was Meyers moving int o the first tum ahead of the field , and - again - Meyers burned up his third motor of the afternoon and dropped all the way to the back of the pack. The spectators at trackside really got their moneys worth as Nelson got hung up in tum three with three other racers and was forced to hook his kart to the inside of the track, spinning out. The incredible race to the front began for the Grand National Champ, as Nelson got his kart back on the track and began to knock off the competition one by one, all the other Pros, to make a big surge to the front . . Leading the race was once again Peterson followed by Sean Scott. At the white flag it was the three karts of Peterson. Scott and Nelson hitting turn on e togethe r with Peterson coming out of tum two slightly ahead of Scott. Going int o tum three it was Peterson pulling slightly ahead of the field while Nelson was trail ing Scott. The mo ve of the afte rn oon saw Nelson draft on Scott and sling -shot underneath to take the second place money. The win for Pet erson and his Sharp Racing Emmick kart allowed him to tak e home the largest pa rt of the mo re than $500 Pro pu rse , Nelson too k home th e second place money and Sean Scott hung on to t hird. Acti on in the 200cc and Dual class saw Steve Sh aw turning in som e im p ressive resul ts as he bl azed the fast Baylands 1/8 m ile banked oval , taking firsts in both heats. In the main Shaw pu t the screws to the rest of the field to wind up first when th e checkered flag fell. The win gave Shaw the only triple win of the day and that stands as a big credit to Shaw's driving ability. Some of th e toughest karters at the Baylands facility would without a doubt be the 100cc Super Stock Heavy. With over 20 karts entered in the class. it was a brawl to see who would come out of th e first turn in good shape. As it would in the first heat Richard Golvio out-ran the field to take first , followed by Mike Ford and Richard Houser. The second heat saw Brett Bell take first followed very closel y by Golzio with Mike Ford third. The main was a real battle, as on the first tum five rid ers tangled and were put out of the race with m echanical problems . The race was restarted with I g kans buzzing the oval . and at the checkered flag it was Richard Golzio pulling off the big win with Mike Ford taki ng second and Brett Bell taking thrid. Fremont's Baylands Raceway Park will be seeing th e biggest dirt race kart race that ever hit California . take place as th e W inter NationaIs take place Feb. 27 ·28. Over $1000 is posted for th e Pro purse , for further information contact Tim Meyers at Baylands Raceway (415 /651·2545) for further inform ation . A1I' Results OPEN PRO: 1. Grog Potorson ; 2. Jell Nelson; 3. Seon Scott. 200 STK: 1. Stove Shaw ; 2. Ron Wr ight 100 SUPER STK LIT: 1. Bren Bell; 2. Stewart Cullom ; 3. Tim McMillen. . 100 SUPER STK HVY : 1. Richard Gelvie ; 2. Miek Ford; 3. Brett Bell. 100 STK: 1. Chris Wilson ; 2. Cliff Madera; 3. Greg Yannazzo . 100 NOV LIT: 1. Rodger Verner; 2 Randy Rotheiler; 3. Rick Mlrtin. 100 NOV HVY: 1. Michael Weters ; 2. Jack Brent; 3. Steve Bieamel. 100 JR: 1. Deve Hell: 2. Shenna Toreneo ; 3. Soon Dawer . ROOKIE JR: 1. Jo hn Belt; 2. Joe W hite n l ). DUALS-200: 1. Mik e Neol; 2. Geoffry Blair; 3. Lesli Lipscomb.