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.. ...u - --- ---- --.,~ ~ ~ -. ....~~ A••~ •• ~- -- -- -- -- - -.-. ---.- - - -- - - - ~.-.-_---- -.-.. start of the final in Englis htown . New Jersey . Terry Vance (1) and John Mafar o (5) drop the clutch at the Vance delivers at En gl is ht ou m dr ag s By Georg e Hoffm an ENG LI SH T O WN, Nj , J ULY 13-14 Terr y Van ce mad e it two Pro Stoc k win s in a row as he cam e hom e with the fina l roun d vict ory over Joh n Maf aro in the NHR Ahos ted drag s dur ing thei r 16th Ann ual ns The first round of eli m ina tio didn 't hold man y su rp rises . but some interes ting things did happen . Rich Heat er. a former sportsm an rider wh o had j ust comple ted his Kaw asaki at H&S Ra cing or Wa shingto n,- N.j., wh en Ma faro was di squalif ied for m et Steve Mil es. Wh en th e lights in e on th e tra ck. cro ssing th e centerl cam e down, th ey were out even with Vance 's winnin g time was 8.499 reactio n times o r .578 to .579. but ' mph. seco nds a t 155.54 when th ey reached th e other en d W ith a slig h t crossw in d wh ich Heat er had won 8.700/1 49.05 to Miles ' d ie off by the la st would event ua lly ...:. 8.779/1 49.80. ro u n d of qualifying on Saturd ay were pri vy tp. th e " '-,. , Fi rst ro und acti on also ~aw Mason ; even in g, the fans quickest time ever 'recorded on a Pro .... " tlie. n u m ber three q ua lifier, ease ou t Dave Sch u ltz. Schult z' en gi ne was Stocker and a very stro ng field. Van ce. sufferi n g effects from a broken valv e on th e U.S. Suzuki /Vance & Hinesguide that bent two valves Saturday. sponso red Suzuki, opened th e bidd in g in the first round of quali fying Sin ce only 14 bikes wer e entered for for the top spo t with a n 8.30 run. . th e 16-bik e field. Vance got a bye run This put him a full . 12 ahe a d o f in th e seco n d round wh ich he put to Randy Mason a nd th e rest of th e good use since he kn ew he would face field. It a lso set th e to ne for the rest of Mason or j oe Fol gore in th e next the day. ro u nd. Vance turned wh at would be The secon d round brough t di sapth e only 8.30s pass o f th e day a n d that pointm en t to many as the field ac tugave him lane choice Ior the n ext a lly slowed wh ile Van ce p u lled a n round. 8.264 /1 59 .17 out of h is h at a n d The next pa iring sa w th e 1,394cc ecl ipsed th e old NMRA record. Kawasak i or Mason aga ins t th e Suzuki The crosswi n d began to dimin ish of Fol gore. Mason was o u t first and as the last round of qualify ing took never looked back and his8.495/15 4.21 pl ace. Wh en it wa s over, Vance had was good enough to trail er Fol gore. produced a reco rd -brea ki n g 8.232/ Wh en asked a bo ut bei ng a full two159.40. T o p u t this in perspec t ive, th e tenths ocr h is qual ifying time Fol NMRA B/Gas reco rd for m ot orcycles gore exp lai ne d, '" bu ild th ese m otors of si m ila r d isplacem ent an d a bo u t 70 m yself. I'v e been trying so me new pound s lighter is 8.24. things th at look ed good on paper, Steve Miles, aboar d th e M&M Racbut ha ve n ot been pa nning o ut. I got ing Kaw a sak i, dropped into seco nd my motor from last year a nd ran it wi th an 8.32/1 56.95 to become onl y yester day an d to day . I th ink it's just th e second person to dro p belo w 8.33 tiring o u t now ." o n a Pro Stocker. Third went to Mik e Keyte met newcom er Ri ch Ka wasaki rider Randy Mason with H eat er in th e next p:rlring . H ea ter an 8.377/1 5 7.67. It was th e first time was out first with a .461 to Keyte's the three to p q ua lifiers a t a Nation a l .496 reactio n a nd Keyte's 8.614/1 51.61 came in under 8.40. co ul dn ' t m ak e up th e tim e lost a t th e T h e crossw i nd tha t had so Po li tel y sta rt so Heater 's 8.633/1 50.45 was back d isappea red Satu rda y night was good eno ugh to wi n. y in th e g uise of a h eadwin d Sunda '" th ink' rejett ed too ri ch ," sai d t ou t th at had the flags flying straigh Kevte . " As ' would inc h up on Ri ch and slowed th e compe tition, but didn't my engine would pop an d I would necessa rily hurt it. Summ ernati onal s at Racew ay Park. The all-Su zuki final saw Vance . via his slowe st run of th e meet. take the win by defau lt 28 slip back .' was really looking forward to thi s race beca use we had so me work done to this h ead a nd with th e carbure tor I'm runnin g we had gained eig h t horsep ower o n th e dyno ." Th e last p a ir in th e round was Bob Ca rpenter agains t the Gatorn ational winner Mafaro . Mafaro wa s in th e q u icker left lane, but Carpen ter was out fir st. Howev er. hi s 8.734/1 50.65 co u ldn' t keep him out or th e spectator stands as Mafaro 's consistency p aid o ff with a 8.504/1 54.37. Mason had been co m in g u p with qui ck reacti on times all week end a nd was hoping to ca tch Vance off guard in th eir sem i run . ''I'm usuall y a .530 rider wh en it com es to reactio n tim es but all weeken d I've been hitting 460s and 480s," sa id Mason . Mason was out first with a .467 to Vance's .5 10. but th en a jett ing problem very sim ila r to Keyte's left him down on power. His reactio n time combi ned with his 8.570/ 153 .84 co u ldn't sta nd against Vance' s 8.4311 155.54. t. . Heater 's Kawas aki was out first in th e other senii;·b ut .not for longas Mafaro quickly caught him and was gone at 8.527/1 53.89 to Heater 's 8.6061 • . .•' . 150.05. The final looked like it co u ld produce the raceof th e day as Mafaro , on . his Vance & Hines/ LAW-s ponsor ed Suzuki , ; had been in .40s all day excep t for one .30s pass: Mafaro and Van ce usually react very quickl y so ne ither was really going to jump out on th e other and this narrow ed the raetors down to one - lane cho ice. Vance had the left lane as h e had all day and this would prove to be th e key. As th e last yellow light blinked out on th e sta rti ng tre e. both were offlike the y ca me out or a cannon . The reaction ti mes were th e week end's best for both - Van ce at .478 to Mafaro 's .480. Mafaro 's rear wh eel began to break loo se a nd whil e he.fou ght to regain tractio n he began to drift to th e left . Vance was having h is own proble m. as h is Suzuki screa med throug h first gea r Van ce sh ifted ana th e motor ga ve that momen tary hollow sound o r an engine ocr the power band: The transm ission had gone into third gear a n d mi ssed seco nd and Vance drifted a little to th e righ t. As Van ce regained the power and sta rted pullin g away, Mafaro crossed th e centerline by a couple of inches and th en backed out of it. '" came out h ard and ap parent ly h it some o il that wa s on th e track. I dr ifted left a nd crossed the centerli ne before ' could ge t my co ntro l back," said Maf aro. He was d isqual ified for • crossin g ov er into Van ce's lane. Fieldsh eer 's Corn ich e leather jacket sell s Ior $ 172.95 an d Ieatures su m mer a nd winter zip pe rs, padded sho u lders and elbows , three outside zip p ock ets and a full quilted lining. From yo ur dea ler or Nelson -Rigg USA, Inc., Dept. CN. 5082 Bol sa Ave. Unit #109, Huntin gton Beach , CA 92649. 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