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Larry Roeseler won the Sportsman class Sunday and proceeded to win the overall in the Expert class Sunday. D-37 Grand Prix Roeseler etouble winner at Viewfinders GP By Kit Palmer and Nate Rauba RI VERSIDE. CA. MAR. 2-3 Wanfact Information (213) 427·7433 C.O.D . VlSA M • .t.re.nI IlleS""" un 0.. ... W_ _ th e l Zth a n n ua l Viewfinders G P (originally na med the Great Bea r GP ) ....;. sa w Roeseler win the overa ll in th e Sportsman cl ass on Sa tu rda y. rid ing a 5 10TX Husk y fo u r-stroke. a nd th e overa ll Boo st Kits for Inc reas i ng boost • • •• • • • •• • •• • • • • 189,99 during Su nda y's Ex pe rt ra ce o n h is M i ll1ur e Cont rol Un it s for t uning fU8 1 I"lftCti on ••• 59 .95 250XC. " Everyth ing went grea t," sa id 0 &0 Turbo exhaust Svstems . •. • .• • •.. .. .••.•. 220 .00 Roeseler revi ewing Su nd ay 's Expert 243 3 Adams Ave., Deltona , FL 32738 9041789·5550 ra ce. " I sta rted o n th e fift h row a nd began passi ng peo p le left a nd right eac h lap . an d I didn 't cra sh. T he S.I• • . P. " •. S'Nic. I track wa s great - I tho ught fo r sure it Also $ t,..I, Se rvice R.~ir SAM URAI M/ e wa s g oi n g to be d us ty. s ince it ",'a s so Yo.him u•• • M . ... I., . esc, CENTER " hot j ust a few day s before. Instead i t C·N..I. ".' '''' ' ' (213) 473-3006/ 6 972 was perf ect, there was no d ust . th e M . Smith 2 109". Sto ne r Ave., W LA., CA 90025 track was wat ered-do wn enoug h 10 '-.:-. . -. -. -. -.•- .-.- .- . . -. -. -. - .- :- .- . ---- .- ._ ••••• T~~;j ~ !?.aPJY • . . . .- .- •....J ~~~ ~'~o!~ ra.ce:.~Ild ~~~ " Specia lizing in Kaw. ..ki Tu rbo. .Tl d Fual Inject ion M *STAR' MAICO 30 Team H u sq va rn a 's L arry R oeseler a dde d two more victories to h is a lready long list of Viewfinders G rand P rix win s at R iverside Internationa l Raceway. This year - being straights weren ' t too lon g : ' H ow ever. Sa turday 's race, which fea tured th e 125cc Expe rts a nd th e Sportsma n ra ce. wa s so mewha t marred by stro ng wi nd s, ver y co ld tempera tur es a nd sligh t dri zzles from th e o mi nous clouds a bo ve, For Roesclcr, things didn 't go as eas iIy in the Sportsman race, " I had to sta rt a few row s hack a nd spe n t the w hole race di cing ba ck a nd forth wi th Bru ce O g ilv ie: ' sa id Roeseler, "Th en my fro nt a xle ca rne loo se near the end o f th e rac e while I was leading ." In the 125cc Expert race. th ere wa s so me co n fusio n as to who had ac tua lly won th e rac e. Du rin g th e first la p. th e to p six or so rid ers m is-read th e co, ur se mark ers. a,nd. in doi n so , • • • of .. .. so me of th em re-entered th e tra ck downst ream . A talk with the rac e p rom ot er. Bill McI nnis a few da ys later, revea led th at a few riders we re d isqual ifi ed , in cl uding th e to p two fin ish ers - Todd Ca mpbell a nd Keith Sen n. T hi s mean t th at th e third -place fin ish er . Du ane Su m mers - riding a Cag iva - wo n . Saturday At the start o f th e 125cc Expe rt ra ce. Yamaha rid er Mike Bak er led for h alf o f the 9.7-m ile la p . th en was passed by Ca mpbell a turn before a ll th e co n fu sio n sta rted . " I blew the co rn er tha t Campbell got arou nd me." sai d Bak er. " the n we a ll go t o ff co u rse a few turns la ter. T h e on ly rea son wh y I kn ew so meth ing was wrong. wa s tha t I ro de a grand pri x h ere a week before. a nd we sta rted riding o n th e sa me co urse that we used . a nd I kn ew we weren 't su p p osed to do th at. So . as soon as I realized th is. I sto p ped a nd went back where we went o ff a nd lost a bunch o f positions. It was su ch a mess I thought for sur e th ev would resta rt the ra ce. " What ha p pened was, th ere was thi s berm we used last week. but today 's track went stra ig h t over th e berm a nd th e ban ners li n ing the track were down, so th e riders d idn ' t realize th ey were su p posed 10 go straight over th e berm rath er th a n turn ." T his m ish ap put Bak er back in six th . "The banners were kn ocked dow n. " sa id Campbell , "and th e second -, th ird . a nd fourth-pla ce g u ys foll ow ed me aro und . I heard I m igh t be disqua lified , bu t I was later to ld by an o fficial Sunday th a t I uio u ld n't be d isquali fied .': Nevert heless, th e pack ca me a ro und the first la p with Ca mpbe ll a nd Sen n wa y o u t in fro n t. In third was Bria n Truch in ski, wh o was closelv followed hv Kawasa ki rider Cra ig Ca no y, J oh n t • ' •• J . _ ) J