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one and the number eight qualifier was .12 second I and the difference between the number one and the 16th qualifier was .35 second! First alternate was Pizza John Mafaro. Pogue scratched and Pizza John was inserted into the field. , First round losers were Don Plesser, Dave Flassig, Pizza John , James Adams, Steve Tartaglia, Charlie Gressman, Earl Timmons and Gary Tonglet. In the quarterfinals, Dave Schultz laid a 5.96 on Turner's shutdown 10.71; Keyte shot down Barry Kogut at 5.74 to 5.82; R uss Nyberg edged Steve Spacucello at 5.84 to 5.97 and Randy Mason trailered Folgore 5.65 to 5.86. T he semifinals saw Mason ace Nyberg at 5.65 to 5.86 and Keyte outrun Schultz's sick motor 5.65 to 5.73. In the finals Mason edged Keyte with a 5.70/ 123.29 to a 5.76/125.43. c-r 00 0') Pro Comp Martin Blades, on a Don Newman/ MTC/SBM Kawasaki, led the Pro Comp qualifiers with a new class (FI X) record of 5.53/126.40. J eff Reel was n umber two qual ifier on the Power Enterprises Suzuki at a 5.57 followed by J im McCl u re, on a Harley sponsored by Master Performance/ Sifto n / Kara ta at 5.60 and Mike Pizzitola, on the Union Cycle Salvage Kawasaki at 5.63. Jim Dodich was fifth on the Sumter Cycle/Wiseco/ SBM Kawasaki at 5.67 with Vicki Farr, on a Farr's Cycles /Wiseco Kawasaki, at 5.71; Larry Musick, on Buddy Stephenson's Motorcycles Unlim ited/ MT C Kawasaki at 5.75 and Gary Godwin, on the Banzai Brant Cycle Kawasaki, at 5.80. There was less than three-tenths of a second between number one and number eight and the bottom half of , the field was tighter. In the first round Sam Oskin, Joe Waldrip, McClure, Sonny Michalowski, Ha m p Osburn, Donald Mills, Steve Bishop and Richard Smith were put out. In the quarterfinals, Jim Dodich broke and gave Blades a free pass at 5.53; Harold Windham got the win L light with a 6.00 to Larry Musick's quicker 5.99; Reel laid a 5.58 on ~, Fa rr' s 5.77 and Pizzatola stroked a /5.66 n Godwin's 5.83. , us The semifinals saw Blades lay down 0 / a' winning 5.54 on Windham's 5.85 . and Reel put a 5.62 down in front of / Pizzatola's 5.73. In the final it was Reel's Suzuki with a slowed down - for him J 5.71 1/123 .23 against Blades' even more slowed down 5.62/122.78. b 11th ANNUAL CHAMPION SPARK PLUG 200 JULY 10-11, 1982 .LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY MONTEREY, CA WI NSTON PRO SERI ES EDDIE LAWSON FORMULA - 1 FORMULA - 2 SUPERBIKE SIDECAR WES C OOLEY SUPERBIKE FINAL ON SATURDAY!! WIN A YAMAHA 01-175 ON SUNDAY GENERAL INFORMATION 408-372-1516 CAMPING PERMITS & TICKET ORDERS 408-373·1811 (Visa & Masterca rd accepted) Tickets may also be purchased atTicketron, Bass, including Sea rs and Record Factory; and the Laguna Seca office, P.O. Box SCRAMP, Monterey, CA 93940. 'l,Supe r Elim inator Super Eliminator was won by Keith ., Lynn on an E.T. Engineering/Kae rata/Marwyn Cantrell Kawasaki with I a 5.96/126.59 against the new record he had set for B/MT of 5.89. Homer .O rr drew a red light with his Cycle World of Baton Rouge/Bertaut Engineering Suzuki, running off a factored 6.32 open record to the runnerup. J Comp Eliminator ) Competition Eliminator was won by Steve Holcomb on a Fourmotion Performance/Bazell Oil Kawasaki off his newly set record of 7.82 wi th an _18.ooagai nst Gary T ackett on a Jackson· ville Kawasaki with a 7.193 off a 7.79 '}record. Combo Elim inator " Combo eliminator, the youth and ' sma ll bike eliminator, was won by Ed ...,H art la uf on an H&H Racing Suzu ki 1':\ with a 9.27 against Doug Hawkins, i on a Harley, at an 8.31. ,., The ET class was won by Tony Korzencwski on a MRE/MTC Kawasaki at 6.83/101.23. Ronnie Tate, on a Honda, at 7.40/82.86 was the loser. There were nearly 100 riders entered in the class. • .. . , : '.. : 5/23/82 , ,'. " ', ,' S t INTERNATIONAL 500cc ROAD RACE J ara ma, Spa in KENNY ROBERTS Yamaha OE61 500cc on DUNLOP Congratulations, Kenny, on your 2nd win in your quest for your 4th Grand Prix World Championship. Thanks for choosing DUNLOP. More cycles ride on Dunlop Ihail -.yother tireintheworlcl. ~DUN.£OP FlO Box 1109.Buffalo. NY 14240 . 15