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'" -~ W N W a:: > a:: a:: w ... e > III 0 ... 0 :I: e, l!':l 00 ~ ...... l!':l C'I .... Q) ..0 E Q) ..... 0.. Q) ··CFJ ... -- Greg Zitt erko pf w o n four motos to take the overall victories in the 250 and 500cc Pro c lasses atthe CRC /IRC Tri-Race Series at Sunrise Cyc le Park. Kight lands CRC Sunrise win By Terry Rezek ADELANTO, CA, SEPT. 8 It to o k three motos to do it, bu t Jimmy Kigh t took the overall victory in the 80cc Stock Beginn er class at the final r?und of th.e I RC/ California R acing Club T ri-Race Series here at Sunrise Cycl e Pa rk. Codv Shi I In mo to one, 0 ) rp ey and John Peterson shot o ff th e line together and went elbo w to elbo w for o ver two la ps. In la p 36 th ree, Peterson went down a n d go t up in fift h , as Ben Phalen slipped into second foll owed by J immy Kight. T here were no cha nges a nd they fin ished th e rnoro tha t way. T h ere was so m e interferen ce with the sta rt of moro two , but Pet erson, Sh ipley and Ph al en ca me o ff th e lin e togeth er a nd staye d tight until th e m iddl e o f the lap, wh en Shipley and Phal en .co llid ed a nd both went down. Kight took th e lead in lap three a nd went o n for th e win , but so meone fil ed a pr otest an d forced a rerun o f th e enti re mot o , On th e thi rd start, Kight took a n immediat e lead a nd was never headed. Phal en cha sed Kight for th e en ti re mota without success . J eff Lewis, wh o DNF the first moto , stayed in third a ll th e wa y. Shipley came back in fourth. Even after mot o two was thrown o u t, Kight still took first overall , Phalen got seco nd , an d Sh ipley salvaged a third. Dan Laumbach qui ckl y pulled aw ay 10 wh a t a p peared 10 be a co mIortable lead at th e sta rt o f th e first 125cc Beginner mot o . Lan ce Levitt was close en o ugh 10 shoo t iru o th e lead a t th e end o f lap o ne wh en Laurnbach m issed th e last turn , but o n lap Io ur.Levitt blew a turn, a ll?wing both Laurn bach a nd Dann Little to ge t bv, Little a n d La umbach swa p ped the lead a few tim es u nt il th e la st lap w he n Li ll ie. flew by Laumbach 10 tak e th e first m o to wm . Th e sta rt o f rnot o two was a co py o f th e first, but La u m bac h qu ickl y put a co m fo rtable dis tance on th e pa ck. Wh ile Levi tt a n d Litt le got into a major battle for second , La u rnbach' s su spe ns ion went bad and he fel.' ~ u t o f th e running. bar el y a ble 10 fInts? the race. Litt le seemed 10 be o n hi s way 10 an easy win wh en he c ra s h ~d a nd lost a number o f p laces. Levin moved 10 first a nd qu ickl y finis h ed th e race a nd took first overa ll. Ch~rlie Fl ippen added a fourth a nd a t~trd 10 co me o u t seco nd o,:era ll a n d Liule scra ped togeth er a t~ nd . . T he 500cc Pro w m ner, Greg Zit terk o pf , si mply po wer ed h is H onda 10 th e o verall lea d a nd di ~a ppe~ re~ to th e checkered fla g , easi ly wm n mg both rno tos . In rnoto o ne , J ohnny Ra y lea ped h is H IT-R acin g Kaw asaki 10 an ea rly lead o f th e 125cc Pros. T odd Ca m p bell , o n a KT:\I for Mal co lm Smith, got by a bo u t m idrace a nd Mik e Kell put h is O 'N eal Kaw asaki p ast Ray a bou t a half lap lat er to fix th e.fin ish ing order. Int ermed iat es Jeff Ma bery rock eted 10 a co m manding lead ea rly in th e rno to a nd sta yed the re, leaving J eff Capt a nd Sea n Blan ch ard L sq ua bble over seco nd . a Ca p t pr eva iled a nd fin ish ed seco nd a nd Blan char d got third . . . . T heseco nd n: ot ~ was a n ticlima ctic fo r th e Pro s with Zlt t e ~ ko p r.