Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

time was th e key to his win as he turned a n 8.474/ 155.76 to Nyberg's 8.498 / 153. 11. Ji m Dodi ch , a board Chip So lley's new pro stock S uzuki , was su p posed to meet Da ve Sawyer in h is first ro u nd but Sa wyer co u ld n ' t fix a bro ken tra nsmi ssion which brought up an altern a te, Birch . Dod ich sm oked him 8.632/152.49 to 9.395/97 .15. Tire sp in was so me th ing Randy Maso n was usin g a ll h is dr ag racing savv y to co m ba t a ll weeken d . T h is round was no excep tio n. Randy's reactio n time was a .610 to Ni ck Partin 's .539. This m ad e Ra n dy ge t in it hard and th e tire smo ked . Lu ck y Iorh im , the Suzuki o f Partin o n ly ro lled to a 9.952/146.80 so he ca ugh t him a ~ d h is 8.596/ 157.6 1 was good for th e WIII . The seco nd round o pe ned with Mafaro and Schultz. Becau se of hi s ETs Schultz kn ew Mafaro would try to cu t a light o n him. T o keep th e tir e from breaking loose, Dave ca m e o u t a litt le soft figu rin g th e litt le bit he lost a t th e light he co u ld m ak e up . That 's wh en h is han dl in g prob lems magn ified th em selves. H e got all ov er th e track still ma naging a n 8.473/ 158.73 to Malaro 's 8.547/ 155.33 but co u ld n 't ma ke up the tim e lost at th e ligh t a nd went to th e trailer. Wh en Schultz gets h is chassis d ia led in as well as the mo tor is, he' ll be a definit e for ce to be recko ned with. Charlie Gr essma n met Keyte next. G ressm an 's Suzuki was a wa v fir st lea vin g Mike to exami n e hi s tai llight in first gea r. Th en Keyte's Suzuki ca me o n stro ng in third a nd ca ugh t Gressma n . Wh en th ey go r ro th e traps neith er was sure wh o had won. Bu t whe n th e slips ca me up, Keyte's 8.550/ 156.73 was good eno ug h to put Gressman o n th e trai ler wi th h is 8.603/1 52.74. There's n othing worse th a n red light in g an d finding o u t yo ur o p ponent had a bad pass. But that wa s the case wh en th e two Suz u ki-spo nsored men , Vance an d Carpenter met. Carp eru er kn ew Vance had been runn in g a full . 10 faster so he wa n ted to ge t o u t fas t. Well, he did, to a red ligh t. Meanwh ile, Van ce ca me o u t through so me o il or wat er a n d sp u n hi s wheel for a bo u t ei g h t feet. T erry turned h is slo west pa ss of th e m eet - 8.657/ 159.17 to Carpenter's 8.585/ 156.95. Next up found Dodich with a broken a irli ne on hi s a ir sh ifter an d Ma son turning h is fast est p ass thu s far , an 8.434/ 159.46. The semis found Ma faro o u t-gu n nin g Keyt e a fte r a lm os t ide n tica l reaction ti mes. Mafaro 's .489 to Keyte's .48 5. The 8.45 9/ 156.30 to Keyte's 8.595 /1 55.89 tell th e ta le, Randy Mason kn ew h e wou ld hav e to put it a ll togeth er th is round for T erry Van ce. H e cha n ge d a rear sprocket to sq ueeze a littl e more mph out o f th e Kawa saki. The lights ca me down a nd Vance was out fir st bu t th e bike wouldn't shi ft. H e had to back out of it, th en shift. By the n Ma son was mak in g th e pass o f h is life. The sp roc ket didn 't give h im a ny more mph bu t the great co m pe tition did giv e him an 8.398/1 58.95 to Vance's 8.5011158.73. As Mason a n d Mafaro lin ed up for the fin al Randy kn ew Mafaro would come out h ard. Mason kn ew if he came o u t har d hi s tir e would go up in smoke. As th e weekend had progressed he had go tte n a firm hold on th e problem and th e bike was lea ving well and not spi n n in g , so he figured if he ca me o u t easy, he was ge tti ng such goo d mph he co ul d catc h Mafar o on th e top end . Mafa ro's Suzu ki was out first, Randy ca me o u t easy a nd th e bik e bogged for j us t a sp lit seco nd and took o fL It was a ll it took. Mafa ro went in th e bo ok 8.456/155 .87 to 8.470/1 58.61. • Y TO RIDE! - BE READ . our time of year. 'd'Ing season IS y The n . I ady for actIon . Stay re PARTS Parking Lot DEPARTMENT ~JC..~ • RIDICULOUS PRICES • NOTHING HELD BACK • TRUCK LOAD DEALS • CLOSE OUTS-OVERRUNS SAVE UP TO 70% 31

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