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Steve Wise leads Cooley and Pietri through turn seven early in the race. the whole race . Wit h the engi ne down a little o n power, we wer e stuc k a t 1:5 Is. '" didn 't plan on trying to sp rint away -there was no sense in th at-' j ust Celt that I'd race with 'em the whole race a nd th e last few la ps try to mak e a go fo r it. O f co urse. na tu ra lly he had th e sa me pl an , I th ink. O n the last lap, I ca ugh t right up to h im . coming down th is back straightawa y, he'd be ge tting far enough awa y th at 'just co ul dn ' t get in hi s draft." La wson held Ba ld win orr with a bo u t five bikelengths to spare at the checkers. Ra in ey outpowered Cooley down the backstraigh t o n lap three to set h im self into th ird C th e rest of th e or race. By the fin ish , he was nearly 30 seconds back oCth e two lead ers. Cooley a nd Wise - th e other Saturda y heat winner - scra p ped back and Iorth in th e early laps, Wi se throwin g h is bik e int o seven qu ite lat e o ne tim e in particular , skidd in g the rear end a nd practi call y sq ua ri n g the turn while hol ding Cooley off, " Co o ley and I werdicingmaximus," Wi se declared. " I'd get Cooley there every ti me. Every single ti me I'd outbrake h im there, and he'd ge t me back over her e (turn two) . It was incredible; he'd get inside me really good." " He wasa lilli e bit berserk a co uple times." Co o ley said, then added , " He rid es reall y good Cor just starti ng o ff, He hasn 't go t hi s finesse down is I guess wh a t you might say. '" went underneath h im . we came h im back on to the race track . Ithi nk he en ded up going out across the d irt a litt le bit, so I got a way Irorn him there." That locked fourth up C th e or Katana race r, bu t Ra iney was too C ar a head by th at time - la p eight - to reel back in. as Cooley a lso a dmi tted tha t h is bike had bette r low end power th an the Kawask is but lacked th eir stron g peak. Wise's en gine sta rted sp u tteri ng to wards the en d of th e race. '" didn 't kn ow wha t was wrong. so I j us t wanted to save it a n d get a six th. That 's o ne thing abou t road raci ng, the motors, they co u ld go an y ti me so wh en' C it start going, I though t, elt ' Well . poi nts for si xt h is be tter than blowin g it up: " As he backed orr, P ietri closed in - d esp ite a ti re tha t was "slid ing from the begi n n ing so I had to really be on the ball about the tires" - a nd shot pa st down th e back stra ig h t o n la p 14 to sew up fifth . WoI£f rode a consistent race to place sevent h followed by Klinzman n. Richa rd Chambers on the Whi te's Truck Stop Kawa saki bea t ou t Woo af ter a n early race dice fo r n inth . (Top) Dave Busby (6) holeshot the Formula Two race . Fred Merkel (3) and Sam McDonald (29) were 1-2 in the end, (Above middle) Dave Emde (10) dices with Rhys Howard. (Above) Terry Statum (shown) and Mike Krolick won the 200K. (Below) Brian Stulbaum ran off course. losing the 200K lead. Results RACE: 1. Eddie lawson (Kaw ); 2. M ike Baldwin (Han ); 3. W ayn e Rainey (Kaw ): 4 . W e. Cooley (Suzl: 5. Roberto Pietri (Honl: 6. Sl e"" Wise (Hon ): 7. Thad Wolff (SUz); B. Harry Klinzmann (Kawl; 9. Ric hard Chambe rs (Kawl; 10. Jon Woo (Kaw ); 11. Richard Ol i""r (Kawl; 12. Jeff Sl anley (Kaw) ; 13. Joe Pallon (Han); 14. Kevin Bracke n (Due); 15. Bernd Koegler (Han): 16. Fra nk Mazur; 17. Rhys Howard (Kaw t 18. M arvi n W _ (Kaw). POINT STANDINGS: t. Eddie lawson (49t 2. W ayne Rainey (36t 3. (TIE) M ichae l Baldwin/Steve Wose(32 t 5. Thad Wolff (271;6. - ' 0 Pielri (23t 7. Was Cooley (22t 8. «TE) Freddie Spencer/ . 2 . 10. Harry KI........... Formula Two Flying Fred flat out By Mark Kariya Photos by Patrick Behar