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Cycle News 1985 03 20

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SELF-CLEANING SPROCKETS & CHAINS (A bov e) Duane Sum mers end ed up w inning t he 1 25cc Expert class on his Cagiva. (Be low) The tradi tio nal V iewfinders m udhole was in fu ll bloom. ... (A bov e) Sue Fish won the Women 's class. (Below) Keith Senn f inished second 1 25cc Expert but was also DQ'ed. THE ULTIMATE SYSTEM 111 Fair ba nks . Addi son , u 60 101 • (3 12J 543-6696 , 1985 CA TA LOG - SEND $1.00 Gordon Ward almost wo n the overall in the Expert rac e, but a last -lap pit stop ru ined any chances. He ended up taking second overa ll. AGV HELMETS Europe's finest helmet, as worn by top road racers. Hand laminated, lightweight fiberglass shell with anatomic liner . Padded cheeks and neck roll, soft foam and plush velour liner. Flush mounted, 6 position shield eliminates turbulence, even at high speeds. A vailable with Sn ell 85 approval. Most popular colors available, including "repli ca" mode l shown above. List $119.95 to $129.95 depending on styl e. Cosmopolitan Motors Inc. 301 JilCksomriUe Road Hatboro. Pa. l904O (215) 672-9100 . . . . . . . . . . ~ -.il. "'~""."""" : ,,_ -.-... •• 10- II _ I ... AM ....... Viewfinders 34 ( Con tin ued from pa ge 31) . Ro eseler wa s back in th e fifth ro w. During th e first la p . Smi th started p u ll i ng a way fr om H on d a r id e r C h uc k Mill er. whi le C hris Cr andall and hi s ATK four-st roke wer e m o ving ri gh t a long up fron t. But th rou gh o ne of th e fo ur wa ter ho les th rou gho u t th e co urse, Cra nda ll 's ATK drowned o ut a nd event ua lly had to be bump-started a few minutes la ter. It was eno ug h tim e to keep him fro m runn ing wi th th e lead ers. When th e leaders ca me through th e sco rer section after th e fir st la p . it was Smith 10 seconds a head o f Ya m aha r ider Keith Morabito - who had just pa ssed Miller - Husky 's Dan Ashcraft. H o nda ri de r Cr aig Ad a ms a nd Baker. Yamaha rider. G ordon Wa rd ca me th rough seventh o vera ll . o n ly a few seconds a head o f Roesel er , By th e end o f the seco nd la p . Smith's lea d had g ro w n to a huge margi n o ver Mo ra bito . bu t Ward a nd Ro eseler were bo th m ovi ng up through the pa ck fast. A lap lat er, di sas ter struck Smit h when cr esting a rise o n th e tr ack a n d found that th e next co rner had just . been wat ered down by the water truck. " I ca me in to the turn wide open." sa id Smith, "and there was mud . a nd I just la id 'er dow n a nd broke th e sh i ft lever. I had to r id e th e wh ol e lap with it broken ." Sm ith went back to th e pits a nd didn 't ha ve a nother shi fter handy. so o n e of th e m ach anics had to sc u rry ba ck to th e Husk y va n a n d retrieve a nother o ne. But bv th e time Smith had re-entered the race, h e was far behind th e leader s. Just before Smith went down. Ward passed Morabito a n d found himself in the lead. H ow ever, it was time for Ward to pit, which ga ve th e lead to Roe seler th en Morabito . Bak er a n d Ashcra ft. Ward ca me bac k in fifth . At th e halfwa y point o f th e 100 mi le-long race, Roesel er had a co m fortable lead. while Ward ha d worked his wa y up to seco nd. Campbell , who had raced th e da y before, sta rted to get in o n th e ac t by taki n g ove r the thi rd position. At the sta rt of the race, Camp bell's bike su ffered a cold seizu re, a nd h e had to wa tch five rows o f riders go by befo re h e co u ld contin ue . About a minute behind Cam p bell fo llowed Ash craft. At this point, Baker cra sh ed, " Ij us t got m y a rm o u t of a cas t last week and i t was sti ll a littl e weak ," sa id Baker. -" I h i t o ne of the mud holes, and si nce I was a littl e bi t tir ed fro m yester day, I got pi tch ed over the ba rs. Af ter that, I

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