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Robison and Carl Hand worked their wa y to fifth a nd sixth while McCune slip ped past a tiring Mauri ce for the third place finish ; Maurice settled for fourth. In the second moto, Rob ison j u m ped to a seven second lead ahead of McCune, Dave Hand, Pagonis a nd Deu tsch. Pagon is lost h is bid for a top spot when he and Deutsch col lided in midair with Deutsch landin g on two wheels while Pago n is esca ped with minor cuts and bru ises and had to watch the remainder of the race from tra cks ide . Hand and Deu tsch q ui ckl y disposed of McCune. Midway through the race, Ro bison crashed leavi ng the way for Hand and Deu tsch to baule for first with Deu tsch pu lling ahead and holding on for th e wi n. McCune fin ished third wi th Carl Hand and Greg Wheeler fi n ishing fourth and fifth, respectively. Once again it was Jon Agi n making a doub le sweep of the 250cc B motos. In th e first moto, once through the first turn , th e top four riders, Agin, J eer Johnson , Shawn Gates and Marty Popovich held th eir respective place s th ro ugh th e entire moto. The second moto was a repeat of much o f th e sa me as Gates had to pla y second fidd le once aga in to Agin [or th e en u re race , Johnson worked hi s wa y through th e pack to pass Popovich on th e last la p o f the moto to finish in third place. James Cauarin took to p honors in the 125cc A class posting 2·2 moto fini sh es for first overall . In the first m oto , Kawasaki rider Da le Spangler and Suzuki rid er Ba rn ey Barnett battled for fir st pl ace wi th Barnett passing Spa ng ler after two laps. McCune work ed hi s wa y through th e pack o f rid ers. pa ssin g thi rd -placed Ca tta rin a fter four laps. Midwa y thro ugh th e race. Sp an gl er lost hi s bid to regai n first whe n Ill"cras hed , leavi ng him in si xt h place beh ind Sco tt Ha in e a nti Bobby Bak er. W ith three la ps to go, McC u ne a nd Ca ttarin passed Ba rn ett to overt ake till" top I wo spo ts; Catta ri n m issed first p lace by less,th an two hik elen grh s. Barn ett fin ish ed th ird in front o f Haine and Spa ngler . who had passed Ba ker o n th e fina l lap. Spangler and Barnet t were first th rough the first turn in moio number two with Spa ngler pulling ahead. McCunr foll ow ed th e du o for two la ps wh en he pa ssed Barnett with Ca uarin foll owing sui t passing Barneu o n th e next lap. McCune and Cauarin hau led for second p lace [or the rest of th e moto with Ca ttarin putting the moves on McCu ne on the la st la p going to take the checkered flag first. Results - -- - Pil> WEE:-l. Kart Soott·(Vam); ·2. Clll'is-Skeels - (Vam); 3. Jeremv Sly (Vam). 60 : 1. Jason Myers (Kaw); 2. M ike Katin (Kaw); 3. Jim my Haffa (Kaw). . 80 J R; 1. Mike 8arker (Kaw ); 2. Mik e Kati n (Hon); 3. Dan Jo hnson (Han). . 80 SR: 1. Tonv Sonsee (Han); 2. M arcu s Sellers (Kaw); 3. Wal l Wl odarsky (Kaw). SUP MINI : 1. Tony 80nace (Han); 2. Marc us Sell ers (Kaw); 3. Rick Sayer s (Yaml. . 125 SCHBV: 1. J oe Ma uer (Kaw ); 2. Billy Penick (Vam); 3. Bryan Jones (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. Br yan Jo nes (Kaw); 2. Tom Timchak (Vam); 3. Jeff Craddock (Kaw). 125 B: 1. J on Agin (Han); 2. Shawn Gates (Han): 3 . Joe M au er (Kaw ). 125 A: 1. J ames Canarin (Kaw): 2. Jeff McCune (Suz); 3. Dale Spangler (Kaw). 25 0 c; 1. Rick Boepple (Hus); 2. Tom Timc hak (Vam); 3. M ike Will iams (Vam). 250 B; 1. Jon A gin IHon); 2. Shawn Gates (Hon); 3. Jeff J ohnson (Hon). 250 Al OPEN A: 1. Dave Hand (Hon); 2. Jeff McCune ISuz); 3. Carl Hand (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Bob Bryson (Kaw); 2. Richard May (Vam); 3. Don Revels (Han). SR DIV 1: 1. Mike W ill iams (Vam); 2. Richard May (Vam); 3. Jack Raver (Vam). SR DIV 2; 1. Tie Ash ton (Hon ); 2. Joc J acobs (Kaw ); 3. Keith Boyd IKaw). Baker smokes IHRA Bayou drags EUN IC E, LA, AP R . 12 T he Louisiana Interna tional Dragway hos ted the International Hot Rod Associ at ions's Ba yo u Nationals, Dragbik e USA Championship Series in Eunice, whe re Bobby Baker smoked to the win on h is Star Cycle-sponsored Kawasaki turbo with a 187.89 mph/ 7.22 E.T pass. On ly two ro unds of qual ifying ,,:,ere available to the motorcycles sin ce ram ca ncelled th e 2 p. m . Saturday shot, leaving 5 and 8 p.m. to decide the nex t day 's fiel d. In round one, Bak er set th e pace at a 7.33/184.80 , whi le Chris Hand o n the " Redneck Express" Kawasaki super nitroburner took second with a 7.43- 182.92. Third was Elm er Tre tt on a Kawasaki wi th ·a 7.61-152.54 run , whi le Kawasaki-mounted Mark Mill er p laced fourth with a 7.647173.03 pass. The Suzuki Iueler ridden by Larry McBride failed to keep fired • on two attempts and didn 't qualify th e first round . Wh en th e seco n d round of qua lifyin g ca me aro u nd under th e lights, trac k co nd itions had impro ved co nsidera bly fro m ea rlier, a nd tim es sta rted to qu icken with th e n igh t ai l' a n d th e sticky tra ck. In th e seco nd ru n, T re t t and Ha nd stayed in th e p its. whil e others m ixed up th eir qual ifying p ositi ons. Mark Mill er an d hi s Kaw a saki found three-tenths o f a secon d for the seco nd quali fyin g pa ss a nd climbed [ro m fo urt h to seco nd . from 7.64 to 7.34. whil e a dding six m p h to h is top speed, kn ocki n g Hand from seco nd to th ird , a nd Trett from third to fourth. Wh en Sunday rolled around, Dawn Allee's number eigh t q ualified Kawasaki wa s found to be a ilin g from a n overdose of nitrous oxide, so the Lake Charles La Zir TC m ach in e of Pete La ncas ter was placed into th e progra m . However, Lancaster suffered damage to h is tire d ur in g the fi nal q ualifying shot and ha d no replace • _ ment, .puuing .rhe . seco nd . a k ern a re , into th e p ro gram - Da ve Covey, who went against T ret t. In round o ne, Baker and Larry McBride 's Suzuki faced off with Baker zooming to a proficient 7.210· 187.89 to McBride's stout 7.48-190.67. In the seco nd pairing, Hand prevailed as Tommy Brounko wski parla yed a gate-job gamble into a red light. Hand went 7.40·176 .80. When Covey a nd Trett went at it, Trett clicked-off a q uick 7.30·1 96.93 to Covey's 9. 19- 152.28. In the semis, Bak er a nd Ha nd had a close match -up with Baker edging the win, 7.226-187.89 to 7.51- I 76. 12. During the secon d semi, Trett went u p against Mark Miller. T his ru n was all Treu's, as he climbed to a 200 mph top speed, the firs t time ever in Dra gbi ke USA Championship Series competition, and the first ever at a IH RA race. T he final ro u nd ca me down to th e Baker/ T reu match up, but it was Baker 's da y, thanks to his Star Cycle entry. Bak er clocked h is th ird 7.20 in a row with a 7.22- 187.89 to fin ish off the day. Results TOP FUEL: 1. Bobby Baker (7.334· t 84.80); 2. Ma rl< M iller (7.348- 179 .28); 3. Chri s Hand (7.4351B2.92); 4 . Elmer Tren (7.615-1 62.54); 5. Larry McBr ide 17.744-1 72 .74) ; 6 . D. W ayne Carl ock (7.792- 174 .75); 7. Tomm y Bho unlcowsky (7.92 9173.41 ); B. Daw n Allee (8.480-15 1.00); 9. Pete Lancaster (9.100-1 44.46); 10 . DaveCove y (10.11491 .46). Gresham scores lodiwin By George Cooper L O D!, CA, AP R . 6 Open ing day a t Lodi Cycle Bowl almost didn 't come off as mother nature dumped alm ost an inch and a half of rain on the faci lit y th e night befo re. A fra ntic effort o n the part of so me 20 vol unteers soon ha d th e program ro lling and a large group o f en th usiastic an d gra teful racers took to the track wit h Mike Gresha m taki ng the Pro class win. T he race marked the first of many Pro-Am events scheduled to be hel d at Lodi this season and all of today's 16 entries in the P ro class rode like th ey wanted th e lion 's share of the purse. After so me whee l-to-wheel dicing in h is hea t, G resha m of O ro vill e came off the lin e in fro nt of the rest of the pack a t th e start of the main even t. Gresham was cha llenged th e entire 12 lap s by Dan McDonnell a nd Bo bby McDowe ll , but the narrow blue groove m ade p assi n g a lmost im p o ssib le forcing them to wai t for a mi stake that never came. At the fin ish line the tr io fini sh ed exactl y in the order th at th ey had begun . Sportsmen racing saw a double wi n ner as Sco tt Eich elb augh sewed up the number op e spots in both th e 500ccJun ior and Vet classes. A smoo th ride in th e Vet main a llo wed Eichel bau gh to co me from behind and tak e co m mand on lap six. He neve!' loo ked back and too k th e chec kers 10 bik elen g th s a head of seco nd place. Again in th e J unior main a pa tien t Eichelbaugh paced h im self j ust behi nd a ver y fast gro up o f ride rs. wai ring for and then tak ing advan tage o f op portu n ities that a llo wed h is second win of the day . So me of th e winners in o ther classes incl uded Mik e McDonnell topping th e 500cc Experts ahead of Ken Netto a nd yo un g Pau l P ol h em us at the number one spot in 250cc Novice; a very fast Matthew Wait do m ina ted the 80cc Experts. Results PEEWEE: 1. Ely Huerta ; 2. Eric Martin; 3. Kenny Cypriano. 60 NOV; 1. Me rt in Mon tes. 80 NOV: 1. Larry Sh ute; 2. Herbert Callen . 80 JR/EX: 1. Man Wa it 2. Vinni e Corschi! " •

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