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Formula Two (Con tinu ed from page 10) wen t on to wi n th e hea t a nd Glover co asted across th e li n e sti ll in seco nd despite the fact th at h is Yamaha seized and sto p ped running on th e last la p in turn eig h t. Jim Stephens was third , Da le Franklin fourth. Rai ney wa s in front of th e fin a l ra ce irnmedi ar elv wi th Sc hlachter close beh ind; Sadowski. rid in g th e ex-Sa m McD o na ld RS250R Honda borrowed from Brett Yaro when his o wn RS250R d eveloped piston cleara nce problems , was third a head of Greene and H eino . On the fir st la p Rainey a nd Sch lacter pulled a h uge lead o n the rest o f the field o n th e fast p arts o f th e co u rse, a nd were seve ral hundred feet a head by the e n d o f tu rn eig h t. Sc hlach ter stayed cl ose to Rainey for a bo u t hair th e race, but was eight seco nds behind a t th e fin ish . Sadowski held a lonel y a n d secure third until five la p s from th e en d of th e 20-lap ra ce; th en th e ex ha ust pipes o n his m ount broke, a nd Green e ca ug ht and p a ssed hi m . G re ene crossed the finish lin e 30 seco nds behind Sch lachter; Sadowski finis hed fourth , with H eino alo ne in firth, well a head o f Biganski , wh o had taped up his co ll a r bo ne before th e start. Glover mi ssed th e start o f th e race and retired with a nother engine seizure. Besides Ra in ey a nd Schlachter, Gl ov er, who won this race last yea r, turned I :30s o n h is 250, i n th e heat ra ce. Ra iney's fastest lap in th e final was a I :30. 10; Sch lach rer ' s fastest was a 1;30.14 . • Results 1. W ayn e Rain ey (Hon ); 2 . Rich Schlach t er (Ho n); 3 . Don Gr eene (Hon); 4 . Dave Sadowski (Hon); 5. Jeff Heino (Hon); 6 . Steve Bigansk i (Yam); 7. Dwayn e Chung (Rtx); 8. Ch uck Aksla nd (Yam); 9. Er ic Kondo (Yam); 10. Andy Pri ce (Yam); 11. Dale Fra nkli n (Hon); 12. Kevin Gardn er (A Rml; 13. Keit h Kiyata (Yam ); 14 . Chris Schultze (Hon ); 15 . Bob Luglia ni (Arm); 16. David Dwyha lo; 17. Fred Thomas (Yam); 18. Ivan Farah IC-A ); 19. 80b DeW in (Yam); 20 . Mark Smith (Yam). FORMULA TWO POINT STANDINGS : 1. Rich Schlachter 26; 2 . (TIE ) W ayn e Rain ey /Fredd ie Spencer 20 ; 4. J eff He ino 18; 5. Don Green e 13; 6. Dwayne Chung 12 ; 7. ITIE) Dale Franklin /John Long / Dave Sadowski 11; 10 . (T1 E) Si ev e Big a-nski l Kevin Br unson 9; 12. Chuck Aksland 7; 13. Eric Kondo 6; 14. (TIE) Doug 8 raun eck/ Andy Price 5; 16. Kevin Gardner 3; 17. (TIEl John France/Keit h Kiyota 2; 19. (TIE) 80b Lugliani/ Chris Sch ultze 1. Team Hammer's Tim O'Kennedy (1 pI goes inside Team Moto-Guzzi's Gregg Smrz on t he way to a four-lap victory. Team Moto-Guzzi now leads AMA/CCS points, 1385 to Team Lockhart's 912. AIfAjChampionship CUp U.S. Endurance Series: Round 3 Hammer wins, Moto·Guzzi scores at Willow By John Ulrich P a u l k and Tim second annual In t he second h our Smrz to ok over th e Mo to -G uzzi a nd spent m ost of h is ride ra ci ng with the Team Spud RZ350 ridden by Darren Fulce. Team Spud 's ride would end in a third- hour firs tturn collision with Da ve Sadowski 's VF500F; Sadowski was rammed from the rear. Da le Qu anerley took o ver the H a rr is-fra m ed GSIIOO P rot o typ e h e shared with Tom Da u bs a nd im me dia tely started turning 1:33sand 1:34s, catchi ng and passing Ashmead a nd Lo ck h art 's Vreeke. O ' Kennedy, now riding for H a m m er, put another lap o n Vree ke , Ashmead, Shorts a n d the fiel d , t u rning bes t la ps of 1:32. McD onald en te red a nd departed fro m the tra ck severa l lim es during ~ he remaini ng rime, testing a nd tun m g. At the en d o f th e second h our Lock hart's N inj a su ffere d a flat front ti re whil e running about I ~ la p s a head o f Mo ro-Guzzi and a bo u t two laps behind H ammer ; Vreek e pushed th e bike in fro m turn five across th e infield; th e team 10Sl nine m inutes to th e p roblem . At th e beginning o f th e third h our th e sh ift lever broke o rr Hammer 's Suzu ki a nd Paulk pitted for a repla cem ent; during th e sto p cre w ch ief Ken H o ogl and noticed loose bolls o n the rea r w heel sprocke t ca rr ier and m ade a wh eel cha nge. T he stop took three min u tes. Quarterl ey was pl agued by handl in g problems ca use d by too-soft fro nt suspension. H is partner, Daubs, tagged a lapped bike with h is righ t leg a nd suffered a gash o n h is th igh ; then the bike lost its co u ntershafr n u t; finally the trans missio n seized w ith Dau bs r idi ng a nd he crashed, u nhurt . In th e th ir d hour Phillips, making u p lost ti m e, wor ked past Shorts a nd Andrew, who were r u nning together for m ost o f th e hour. " I' m ri di ng th at G uzzi as ha rd as I ca n rid e it ," sai d Shorts after the finish . " It has a reall y bad cha tte r problem arou nd turn eigh t a nd [urn two a nd yo u ca n o n ly go so fast. But it ru ns st rong a n d doesn 't break , a nd we 're r id ing it hard ." T ecza tha n ked Sam 's Town Casino and Nevada Yamaha , both of Las Vega s, as he wa s interviewed in the winner 's circle for topping the GTU cl ass. Sev eral Moto-Guzzi su p p o rt e rs co m p la ined in th e winner 's circle a bo u t th e inclusion of a Prototype class in th e race. " La st yea r AMA/CCS had a P ro to type class co u n ting to wards their cham p io ns h ip, a nd when we finished fourth in the 1984 Kerker 4-hour, n obody complained," said Paulk a fterwa rds . " T he AMA / CCS d ecision to di scontinue th e points and purse-pa ying Prototype class at th e end o f 1984 had to do wi th low class tu rno u t a n d th eir system o f paying by class win . not overall finish. Fu ll -house Super bikes a re still al low ed and th is m achine isn 't a ny m ore capab le th an a good Superb ik e. T o p ro ve th at , look a t the lap limes th is week en d , or loo k a t rh e co m peti tion we face in WERA end u ra nce races. " With points from th is week end, Tea m Mot o -Guzzi stre ngthened i ts cha m p io nshi p p oints lead a nd is in a n exce lle nt p osi ti on to wi n the ser ies titl e. • Results 18 OVERALL: 1. Team Hammer . Russ Paulk/ Tim O ' Kenn edy (S uzl; 2 . Team M et e-Guzzi , l.8rry M Short s/Gregg Smrz1 -G); 3. Team Lockhart. We ndell Phill ips/ J im Vreeke (Kaw ). r PROTOTYPE: 1. Tea m Hamm er; 2. Quart erley Racing, Dale Quarterley!Tom Daubs (Suz.l· GTU: 1. Double Down Racing, Henry TeCla/ Nige l Gale (Yam); 2. Team Cvcle City, David M orris/ Har old Bohrer!Tony Matthews (Ya,l; 3. Team TNT, Thomas Krause /Randy BechtellThomas Dahl (Suz). GTO: 1. Team M ot a-Guzzi; 2. Team Lockhart; 3. Team Canyon Cycles, John Glover /Lance Woolery (Han).