Paulk (11 leads Harlow, Burroughs and Miller It the end of the first lap;
(below) Flbulous Speed Boys' John Yurejefcic.
"Our only problem is a lack of horsepower and the slower riders who
decide LO change their lines in the
middle of a turn," said Larry Shorts
about his ride on the Taylor Ra ing
Honda 750. Shorts was teamed with
Gregg Smrz. .
Ontario's Ashmead was having a
small problem: "Th brake lever is
set so 1have a hard time grabbing it,"
said Ashmead. "1 have to take my
hand oCC the grip to get a secure hold
on it. Other than that, the transmission is a bit tiff to shift."
"We don't really have a shot at the
title because we had eight scores coming into this race and we can't pick
up tOO many more points," said teve
Schlollerbe k, the non-riding partner
in peed Boys along with Larry Burkholder and John Yurejefci . "We're
racing Z-P Cor Courth overall in the
points. Jim Tribou is our third rider."
North Ridge, with Ralph Johnston
Jr., Doug Cross and Don Sielscholl
handling the riding, also felt if
Hammer didn't break then their battle would be for the Heavyweight
Super!?ike title. "We need to finish
third overall or beller with Quester in
about 12th," said Cross_ "Then we
could take the title. We've won two of
the last three rounds so any.thing is
possible."
There was lillie change in the
standings of the top teams at the end.
of hour three with Hammer up by
two laps on Ontario. North Ridge
had slipped to five laps off the leader's pace while Taylor and Quester
were six laps back with Z-P seven off
the pace.
Schlosser took Ulrich's spot on the
Hammer entry at the start of hour
(our - Ulrich had developed an
upset sLOmach. "r didn't eat anything
this morning because 1 was nervous
and 1 started feeling sick during my
hour on the bike," said Ulrich, explaining the rider change.
Mother Nature sprinkled a few
drops of rain on the track
