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l!') 00 0") (left) Brubaker and his Ken FunkhousertunedVF750Fonthecool-off lap.fist raised in victory. (Cen t er) Toland launching in 600 Stock. between Nigel Gale and Walt Nino (1), (Right) The vanquished. Toland afterwards. Earl Rol off ba tt led hard on his Seaweed Kawasak i G Pz750 Superbike to fin ish third in the Kerk er Superbi ke race, beating Kerk er-sponsored Jim Vreeke a nd h is FZ750 Yamaha. Vreeke, frustra ted by trou ble so rt ing ou t hi s bi ke's stock downdra ft CV Mik u n i ca rbs, can' t get his Yama ha to accelera te hard off corners when th e th ro tt le is ro lled o n a nd anxiousl y awaits Yamaha 's race kits, which pres u mably will co ntain carburetors o r carbure to r parts. T ol and a lso won th e 600cc Su pe rstr eet race o n h is FJ 600, tuned a nd pr ep ped by J im La Bine, turnin g a best la p of 1:36. 17 in. the S upe rs tree t race vs. hi s la ter-in -th e-da y 1:35.78 in the 600cc Stock race. Bru baker wo n th e co m bined O pen a nd 750cc Superstreet race on hi s 750 Superbike, co m ing from the seco nd wave and turn in g 1:30s to ca tch and pass O p en class w i n ner Denn y Doh ert y a nd h is Ka wasak i in just fo ur la ps. By th e fifth la p Bru bak er had nine seco n ds o n Dohert y. and Don Greene (Han) had .passed J eff Stern (Suz) to ta ke th ird o vera ll , closing to withi n a few seconds of Dohert y on th e la st lap . Rich ard Moore took th e lead off th e start o f th e Honda VF500F Inter cep tor series and was never cha llenged, wh ile a battl e for seco nd swirled beh ind him. Mart y Vogel went from th ird to second early in th e ra ce, th en cra shed in turn th ree, unhurt. N igel G al e. J oe So lis, Ma lcolm Hill a nd Steve Reyn osa a ll battled furi ously for seco nd pl ace, with Reynosa fin a lly fin ish ing second . Third-pl ace H ill and si x o the r riders were di squa lif ied for vario us rules in frac tions ; So lis L.A. SUZUKI-KAWASAKI (for merl y 3 -Star Sport Cycl es) -,,,'.- r: ~ • , 1 \..... 1525 South La Cienega Blvd. ' Los Angeles. CA 90035 \/ was th en credited with fourth , G a le wi th fifth. Starfire Racing 's Dave Sa dowksi and his RS250R Honda ran a way wi th the F-2 race, w hi le F-2 nonsta rter J ohn G lover and hi s Barry Ell io t-tu ned 'r l250 Ya maha ' ca me from beh ind Do herty to wi n th e O pen GP ra= • SINGLES: 1. M artY Lentz (Vam); 2. Paul Rasm u sse n (Han). OVER 40 : 1. Ray Straka (Vam); 2. Ray Adams (Hon): 3. Robert Karol (Hon). VAM A HA RZ350 CUP: 1. Paul Van Zuyle (Yam); 2. Terry Statum (Yam); 3. Will y Sarzi (Vam). 600 MO D PROD: 1. Nigel Gale (Yam); 2. Chr is M cN ell is (Yam); 3 . Stev e Card illo (Yam ). 450 M OD PROD: 1. Ray carson (Yam); 2. Steve Fleming (Yam); 3. Joe Lum (Vam). OPEN SUPER; 1. Denn y Doh erty (Kaw) ; 2. Don Greene (Han) ; 3 . Jeff Stern (Suz). 750 SUPER: 1. Todd Brubaker (Hon ); 2. wen Nitto (Kaw ): 3. Don Biava (Kaw ). HONDA VF500F : 1. Richard M oore (Han); 2. Steved Reynosa (Han); 3. Joe Solis (Hon). 600 SUPER: 1. Doug Toland (Yam); 2. J im Poet (Kaw) ; 3. Henry Tecza (Yam). 450 SUPER: 1. Paul Van Zuyle (Yam); 2. Brian Results KERKER SUPERBIKES: 1. Todd Br ubaker (Hon); 2. Doug Toland (Suzl: 3. Earl Roloff (1(_). OPEN MOD PROO: 1. Ear l Roloff (Kaw) ; 2. M arty Sh arpe (Yam ~ 3. Joe Sol is (Kaw). 750 M OD PROD: 1. Lee Fleming (Hon): 2. Pat • Ryan CTri); 3. Shawn Leopold (Kaw ). OPEN GP; 1. John Glover (Yam~ 2. Denny Doherty (Kaw); 3. J eff Sl ern (Su z,l . Hewett (Yam ); 3 . W illi Sarz:i (Yam ). OPEN STK; 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Joe Solis (Kaw ); 3. Marty Sharpe (Yam). 750 STK: 1. Sh awn Leopold (Kaw ); 2. Ken Borden F-l : 1. Don Bi ava (Ka w); 2. Robert Reine n (Ka w) ; 3. Wa ll Nitt o (Kaw). F-2 : 1. Dave Sadowski (Hon); 2. Dwayne Chung (Han ); 3 . Dan Gunter (Kaw). 600 STK: 1. Doug Toland (Vam): 2. Nigle Gale (Vam); 3. Chris McN elli s (Yam). 450 STK: 1. Ray carso n (Vam); 2. Jo h n Hill (Yam); 3. 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