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and McDonald's battle carried them 10 seconds ahead of Quarterley and Beuencourt; Orlando, then Roloff were alone in sixth and seventh. Behind them, Pietri, McMurLer and Cagiva.mountedJimmy Adamo (who missed the first part of the first leg with engine problems) passed and repassed and stu[fed and diced back and forth, McM urter closing to within inches of Pietri at the exit of Turn Nine one lap, backing off, losing ground LO keep from hiuing Pietri's rear tire. Adamo nursed along his Pantah·based Cagiva as best he could shifting early because the engine was sick and he was afraid it wouldn 'tlast. Beltencoun passed Quanerley; Adamo ran his bike up to 10000 on the white flag trying to get past McMuner and Pietri - he got McMuner at the finish line by inches, but Pietri was still ahead. "Everything was perfect," Merkel said after winning. "I just wanted to show the problem wasn't me at DayLOna," said Cooley after his hard ride LO second place. "Right now the Honda is at the top of the class; as far as equipment, Honda has the best. "But I think the Suzuki would do really well on the shorter courses, like Loudon. I think it would be good at Sears. It handles good and turns real well, but doesn't have enough power and didn't have the right gear ratios for this track." Live it to the limit at' the Wrangler Supercross Series! Come on out and cheer for your r - - - -favorite riders as they race through I S their high speed, muscle-jarring / uPercross Series events. The Wrangler brand is I LOCation proud to be the 1984 sponsor of the I ~:::i~ACA ~;; INSPORT-sanctioned Supercross I Atlanta' GA 2/11-12 Series. Get the thrill of watching I HOUsto~ TX 2/25 th ose d· n ers compete for Dallas, 3/24 anng .d II PontiacrX MI 4/14' points in the $125,000 Wrangler I Orland~ FL 4/28-29 Supercross Point Fund. Live it I ' 5/1~ .to the limit in Wrangler jeans. I On and off the track, they'll I fo~ suit your lifestyle. l ~~In Results 'Nra,;gi;"- - - - SUPERBIKE: 1. Fred Merkel IHon) 1-1; 2. Wes Cooley ISuz) 2·2; 3. Sam McDonald IHon) 3-3; 4. John Benencourt (Hon) 4-4; 5. Dale Quanerley (Kaw) 6·5; 6. Ricky Orlando IHon) 5·6; 7. Roberto Pietr; (Hon) 8-7; 8. Rueb8n McMuner (HonI9-9; 9. len Gambo (Hon) 10·10; 10. Richard Chambers (Hon) 11-12; 11. Earl Roloff (Hon) 7·18; 12. Jim Adamo (Cag) 19·8; 13. Jim Vreeke (KawI16-11; 14. Rich Oliver (Kaw) 12-15; 15. Kerry Bryan. (Kaw) 14·15; 16. Berndt Koegler (Hon) 17·13; 18. Kevin Bracken IDuc) 15-16; 19. Mark Thomas (Kaw) 1319; 20. S. Harris (Suz) 20·14. SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: 1. Sam McDonald (29); 2. John Bellencourt (24); 3. (Tie) Fred Merkel/Freddie Spencer (20); 5. Roberto Pietri (19); 6. Dale Quarterley(1 B); 7. (Tie)Wes Cooley/Rueben McMurter (16); 9. Jim Adamo (13); 10. Ricky Orlando 191. Dale Quarterley is legal! For more than a year I've been hearing that Dale Quarterley's GPz750 Superbike was illegal, oversize. I've been told by guys he beat in AAMRR races, WERA races, AMA races. At Riverside, John BeuencourL started a pool among riders, beuing on the actual size of Quarterley's engine. He even took the list of entrants and their guesses over to Quarterley, and asked hi m if he wanted LO kick in a dollar and bet on his own engine size. All in good fun, Beltencourt said later, and maybe it was. But the implication, just like I'd heard before, was Quarterley's results were had with horsepower, horsepower gained by using an oversize engine. It was the same after the finish of the Superbike race at Riverside Race· way. Quarterley, as usual, claimed his bike was legal. Many other riders, as usual, claimed it wasn't, but no one was willing LO put up protest money LO have Quarterley's bike torn down and measured. So I asked Quarterley LO take it apart, let-me supervise measuring it, the results to be published. He agreed. The cylinder head off. I recruited Reno Leoni to do the measuring. I leaned over his shoulder, watched him position the piston at BDC, fol· lowed the ca'1iper's depth gauge, saw it LOuch the piston. The reading; 54mm. That's stock stroke. Reno wiped the oil from the bore and opened the calipers. Both sides of the gauge touched the liner. I watched him carefully remove the caliper and --- --- -- Live it to the limit inWranmi>r ~J';;;" ~ 1984, 81u~ ad, Inc. Bel-Ray/Kawasaki rider Jeff Ward wins Bel-Ray Grand National Series 125cc Round at Hangtoivn. Tbe Lubrication Leader. Bel-Ray Company, 11K. Box 526 Farmingdale, New]ersey 07727 20/-938-2421 15