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... .-. • • ~. " "", *.: \.~ (TIE) Garry Griff it h / Bruce Ma us (2); 2 1 (TIE) Steve Baron /Stev e Peters (1). fj ~ Battle of the Twins ChamR.ionshiR. Series: Round 2 .~ Springsteen crash hands victory to Adamo T AL LA DE GA, AL, MA R. 21 Jimmy Adamo a nd his Team Leo ni /Sure -Fire - spon sored Du cati ca me out on LOp of th e GP class in th e Battle of th e (Clockwise from top left) Wayne Rainey overcame a hit by a rock for second. John Bettencourt (501 led Steve W ise early, but Wise went on to take third. Dave Aldana (40) and Fred Merkel diced for fourth , Jimmy Adamo (260) took the Battle of t he Twins after Jay Springsteen crashed. Formula Two w inner Dave Emde (1 0 ) leads Hugh Humble and Jay Parnell (102) , 18 final la ps. Em de appea red to have the top end speed for needed for th e cha rge to th e n ag a nd th e ra ce ca me down to th e fin al la p . " I had a bit of a lead sta rt in g th e fin al la p ," sai d Emde, " I got into traffi c in th e in fie ld a nd Hu gh sli pped under me. T he n 1 got h im back, but a lmost ra n off the track a nd Hugh gai ne d a bo ut 20 yards o n th a t . error. 1 kn ew [ h ad to go for i t, but tha t 1 had to wa i t unt i l th e ch ica ne to ma ke m y mo ve. H eadi ng o u t of th e chica ne, H ugh sat up a nd look ed to see wh ere I was. [ got a bett er drive than he d id a nd it proved to be the ma rgi n o f victory." " It 's a sha me in a race l ik e th is there has to be a winner a nd a loser. " sa id Humbl e. Emde nodded in agreeme nt. " We had a great race and 1 ho pe t he fan s e njoyed it," " We both want to t ha n k Chu ck Kerns at Goodyear for a ll the help he ga ve us," sai d Ernde. " C h uc k ga ve us so me h in ts a nd rh ev turned o ut to be spot on." • Results 1. Don Emd e (Ya m) ; 2 . Hugh Hu mble (Yam) ; 3 . Rand y Renfrow (Vam); 4 . Rhy s Howard (Yam); 5 . Rust y Sharp (Yam ); 6 . Phillip J ohn son (Yam); 7. De n n i s Ha ys le tt (Yam) ; 8 . Christine Ba ur (Yam ); 9 . Robert DeWitt (Yam ); 10 . Tom Pedzew ick (Yam); 11. Kev i n Gardner (A rm ); 12 . Ja y Parn ell (Yam); 13 . Garry Griffith (Ya m ): 14 . Steve Peters (Vam ); 15 . David Reed (Yam); 16 . Chns Meurett (Yam); 17 . Russ Pau lk (Yam ); 18 . Mike Perry (Ya m); 19 . James W ool sey (Ya ml: 20. J am es Son nt eune r (Ya ml Ti me : 23 min .. 13.2 3 sees Average speed : 103 .356 mp h . POINT STANDING S: 1. (TIE) RhyS Ho wa rd / Hugh Humb le 1 221; 3 . Oon Emde 1 20); 4 . Rust y Sharp (181; 5. (TIE) Jimmy Fil ice /Randy Renfrow (16); 7. Rus s Paulk (101; B. (TIEl Dave Busby/Ph ilhp J ohnson (9); 10 . Den nis Hayslett (8 1 11. (TIE) Christine Baur / ; Joh n Lon g (7); 13 . Robert DeWitt (6); 14 . (TIEl Don Gr ee ne /Tom Pe d zew ic k (51; 16 . (TIE) Kev in Gard ner /Joe Lechmet (4 ); 18 . Ja y Par nell (3 ); 19 . T wins a fter J a y S pr ings teen crashe d hi s factory H arl ey-Da vid son wit h j us t o ver a lap to go and a 35-secon d lead in hand. Syd 's Cycl es-sponsored Ma lco lm T unstall moved up to second o n Spri ngsteen 's unfortunate in cident a n d Robi son H arley-Davidson rider H al Co lema n rook third. Ducati rider Mad ison Cox topped th e Expert Modified ranks with H ar ley-mo u nted Chuck Quenzl er lead in g the Am at eur Mod ified class. The Stoc k class went to David McC lu re and his factory-assisted H arley-Davidson . Tunstall led th e drag ra ce to th e fir st turn o n th e sta rt with Adamo, Col em an a nd Springsteen behind. Tunstall led a t th e end o f la p o ne wit h Adamo soon taking over. Springstee n moved up to cha lle nge T u nsta ll, soon dropped him to third. and set ou t a fter Adam o. Springsteen a n d Adam o di ced for th e lead o n lap four a nd, unl ik e Da yron a wh er e Adamo was visib lv do wn o n hor sepow er, it a p peared th e two wer e fairl y even . On the fifth la p , Sprin gsteen took o ver a nd quick ly opened up a nineseco n d ad va ntage. " T he stee ri ng damper broke wh il e I was runn in g nat o ut o n th e bankin g," said Adam o. " T he bike sta rted wo bbling so bad 1 th ought I was go ing 10 cras h." Sp r ings teen beg an 10 pi ck up si x to eig h t secon ds a lap as th e final laps of th e IO-lap event cl ic ked o ff. Adamo wa s a sec u re secon d with T uns ta ll hol din g a co m fortable th ird. Back in the p ack , Madison Co x was ro lli ng a lo ng i n what he ca lle d " a race o f a tt ritio n . Everyone else in th e Expert Modifi ed class had p roblem s, but I' ll take the win a n yway," C h uc k Qu enz l er a n d D avid McClure, th e Am at eur Modifi ed a nd Stoc k class winner s, res pec ti vely. led th eir classes nearl y a ll th e wa y. Sp ri ngsteen a ppea red 10 be cruising 10 a n easy victory wh en Lad y Luck frown ed . "I wasn't doin g an ything d ifferent on th e lap 1 cra shed th an o n th e o the rs," sa id Sp ri ngs teen, " I mu st have h it so me o il o r a dam p spot, because o ne second I was up a n d th e next I was down . I' ve got a bi g blood bli ster o n my right thumb and som e ro ad rash o n m y but t. O th er th an th at , I'm fin e." " W he n 1 sa w J a y was down , I began c hee r in g 10 m yself a ll th e way arou nd th e tr ack . I d idn 't wa nt to see h im cras h . bill I di d w.u u til h.rv« a race with h im hcad-r o-h..ad. II rlu damper hadn 't hrok..u . I th in k W I' would han' had a glllld ran'. I would have won ," sa id Ad.uno. • Results GP; 1. J lmm v Adamo (Ouc l; 2 . M alco lme Tuns ta ll IDuc); 3 . Hal Coleman (H -D ); 4 . Ron Sbord one lOu el; 5. Jay Spri ng st een (H-D) EXP M OO; 1. Madi son COIil (Duc) ; 2 . Dweme W il li ams (Norl . AM M OD :. 1. Chuck Quenzler IH -D); 2. Charles Bostwick (Nor); 3 . M ark Me rean danle (M·GI; 4 . Ed Culbert son (Duel; 5 . Sha ron Frid uss (M -G). STOCK : 1. DaVId M cClure (H · D); 2. St ua rt Beal · son (BM W) ; 3 . De vo n Battl ey (BMW); 4 . W ayne Rei ss (BMW); 5. Pau l Don ovan (Duel.