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....... ....... Miles Baldwin finished fifth in the Formula One race on his Honda after handling problems slowed his pace. (Above) J ohn Kocinski (15 9 ) leads Wayne Rainey (12) in th e early stages of the Formula Tw o class. (Below) BoTT winner Gene Church. 8 th e rest of the' fiel d a beat ing as he h astil y opened up a mar gin of 20seco nds on the opposi tion and the n sett led int o a secu re pace for th e remainder of the 14-laps o n the th reem ile track. Team Leoni Cagiva rider jim my Ada m o •fin• ish ed seco nd overall a nd • • r r .. ~ 'J • • .. - secon d in th e GP class, bu t wa s never rea lly in th e race after ha vin g cl u tch p roblems o n the warm-up la p a nd starting from the back row of the 25rider field . Once Adamo sliced to seco nd it was too lat e to mou nt an effective challenge to reel in Ch urch. Da ve McClu re, on the H arleyT - - John and Art Dailey streaked to sidecar win at Brainerd in their Suzuki-powered outfit; second place went to Jeff Millard and James Murray. " T h e clutch just went a way," sai d Ada mo. " I kn ew I wa s go in g to ha ve to ride h ard if I wa s to ca tch Gen e (Ch urch) , but having to ge t a push just to ge t off th e line and th en working through th e spray o f everyo ne in front o f me j ust too k too lon g ." McClure quickl y wo rked hi s way to second on lap two and held it until the ha lf way poi nt , wh en Ada mo passed. McC lure the n was dropped to fourth , h is eventua l overall finish, by th e Yamaha Vision-based bike of rid er Stuart Cooper a nd bu ilder Eddie Wilbanks. "I guess I go t caught red -handed aga in," said McC lure at th e finish in referen ce to th e red dye from his David son-backed , Express Ra ci n g Harley, ro lled to the Heavyweight Modifiedclass win , while in the Ligh tweight Mod ified ranks it was Wash ington state Duca ti rider Eri c Ginn tu rning a strong start into a stronger finish a nd th e class win . The ba tt le of the da y was in th e Stock class, two-thirds o f th e way back in the pack. Defending overa ll BoTT title holder a nd Stock class cha mp Will Roeder nipped Bob Crawford a t th e fini sh line by n o m ore th an two bikelen gths - and th ey were th e only two ent ries in the cla ss. " I like close racing ," said Roeder, " but n o t th at close." Both riders recei ve su pport from Harley-Davidso n. Wit h on ly th e O ctober 20 ro u nd a t Da ytona Intern a ti o n al Speed wa y rem a ining , McClure leads Roeder by a sca nt o ne point, 2 18 points to 217, in th e battle for th e ove ra ll series crown . Ch u rch, at 199, still ha s a m athematical shot at th e titl e. " O n ce I sa w jimmy (Ada mo) h ad cl utch p roblems a nd was going to sta rt a t th e back o f th e grid ," sai d Ch urch, " I kn ew th at u n less I blew it th e pressure wa s off. I j us t rod e m y race a nd didn 't ta ke any cha nces." Church began by not taking a ny chances on th e start, as he pu t im mediate gr ound betwee n h im self an d th e rest of th e field, pa id cl ose a tte n ti on to pit sig n a ls from tu ne r Don T illey on every lap, and set sail to th e finish . g loves which coa ted both hands. " It wa s fun ru n n in g seco n d , but after a while I realized a ll I needed wa s a class win and I shou ld ta ke it easy a nd not think a bo u t a good overa ll finish . I tri ed to slo w my p ace a nd n ea rl y goofed up ." Fifth o vera ll fin isher Malcolme Tunstall , in th e Crain Electro n ics Duca ti, a n d Mot o -Gu zzi of North America- bac ked Sherry Frid uss, had a good tu ssle. " I go t the im p ression in the final la ps th a t Ma lcome didn 't want to get bea ten by a femal e," said Friduss. "It __ ~"!1~n ' t worth ri sking a crash b~~ beating him wouldn't do any thing for m y points." While G inn was ch u rn ing his way to th e Li ghtweight Mod ified wi n , Hilto n Van Stade n, Roger Sears a nd R ich W innin g st ad we re trailing behi n d a nd goi ng for points. "Th ird p lace is bett er th an falling off," said th ird -pl ace Sears. " I need on ly o ne poi nt n ow to cli nc h th e class title so th e p ressure at Da ytona 's fin al rou nd wo n' t be o n as much ." . Results GP: 1. Gene Church (H· D): 2. Ji mmy Adamo (Cog); 3. S' uan Cooper (Yem); 4 . Ma lcolme Tunsta ll (Due); 5. Dave Kieff er (Due). HIW MDD; 1. Dave McClure (H-Dt 2. Sherry Friduss (M- G); 3. Paul Ziesch ang (M· G); 4 . Richard Weber (BMW); 5. Ben Stu cken (BMW). L/W MOD: 1. Er ic Ginn (Due); 2. Hilt on Van Staden (Due) ; 3. Rog er Sear s (Due); 4 . Rich Wi nningstad (Cag); 5. A lan Burme ister (Yam). STOCK: 1. Will Roeder (H-D); 2. Bob Crawfo rd. TIME; 30 min.. 30 .15 sees. AVERAGE SPEED: 82 .62 mph . Sidecar Victory to Dailey duo BRAIN ERD , MN , SEPT. I J ohn and Art Dail ey, p iloting a Suzuki-powered rig , cop ped -mile the wi n in the IO-la p , 3D Sidecar final at Brainerd. Jeff Mill ard a n d j a m es Murra y took runn er-up w ith Ian Fi ll er y and R o la n d Reidman in third . Both we re raci ng sideca rs powered by Yamaha T Z750 engines. Newl y crowned series cha mpions Bru ce Lind a nd jack Hart put th eir Yamaha o u t fro nt on th e start , but a seized engi ne en ded th eir ride before th e halfway mark. At th at point. th e DaileyI Da iley team wa s engaged in a battle with Mill ard/Murray for second which quickl y beca me o ne for firs t. Meanwhile, the Yamaha of Paul Knoll a nd Cr ai g T er lau held sway over Fillery/Reidman . Dail ey/Dailey soo n broke away to esta b lish a clear lead a nd h old it to th e finish. Fillery/ Reidman he ld it on a bit longer a t th e end of th e nearl ym ile-l ong fro nt straigh t to p ass by' Knoll lTerlau and th e top four spots were decid ed. The Dai ley's, w ho do n 't sport first names o n their lea th ers, deligh ted in a n ''I' m john, he's Arthur," show in winn er's circle whi le pass ing th e • ch am pagne aro u n d. Results 1. John Dailey/Anh ur Dailey (Suz); 2. Jeff Mi llard /James M urray (Yam ); 3. Ian Fill ery/ Roland Reidman (Yam); 4 . Paul Knoll /Cra ig Teriau (Yam); 5. Roben Garbutt/ Gary Carlson (Kaw1 6. Bruce ; Und/ J ack Han (Yam); 7. Mike Gr iff in/Steve Earnshaw (Kaw) ; a .Marvin Hagele / M ike Sch neider (Suz). TIME : 19 minI .. 33 .76 sees. AVERAGE SPEED: 92.0 12 mph .