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* • LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE FOR USED CAR, TRUCK & MOTo.RCYCLE PARTS Proud Sponsors of "Sudden Sam" ERMOLENKO B Production winner Ed Key (1) leads Tim Morrissey at the Indianapolis Raceway Park WERA regional road race. * WILMINGTON. CA STANTON. CA SUN VALLEY. CA (213) 775-8711 (714) 220-3030 WILMINGTON. CA (213) 830-4720 (818) 767-4101 HAYWARD. CA HOUSTON. TX (415) 785-3770 (713) 224-1691 p lace. T hroug ho ut the race , Singletary fou nd no opprotune ty to cha llenge the lead er, Morr is, so the win a nd overa ll fell to Morris, wh ile Sin gletary settled for second . H onda riders Mike Hamjlton, J ames Brown a nd Casey H oover rounded o u t the top rive. . KTM rider Bill y Ca nt rell tota lly do mi na ted th e Pee Wee, Jun ior Min i a nd Senior Min i cla sses, today, winnin g every moto in every class for the victories. Results PEE WEE : 1. Billy Cant rell (KTM); 2. Joey Crawford (Kaw); 3. B.J . Myers (Kaw). JR MINI: 1. Billy Cantrell (KTM); 2. Joey Crawford (Kaw) ; 3 . Joel McGraw (Kaw). SR M INI : 1. Billy Cantrell (KTM ); 2. Russell Radford (Ha n): 3. Chr is Tyson (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Tony Bishop (Kaw); 2. Craig Ray (Han): 3 . Dan Lipscomb (Han) . OPEN AM : 1. Jimmv W illis (Kaw); 2 . Mike Conner (Vam): 3 . Dan Lipscomb (Kaw). NOV : 1. Tony Morris (Kaw); 2 . Grady Singletary (Kaw ); 3. Mike Hamilton (Hon) . ENDURO : 1. Robbie Clark (Han ); 2. Randy Tom Iin son (Kaw); 3 . Jody Edmondson (Kaw) . PRO (Mota one) : 1. Dan Robel (Han) ; 2. Levan Pendergrass (Han). PRO (Mota two): 1. Dan Robel (Han); 2. Chr is Gilmore (Kaw). Key dominates at Indy By Larry Lawrence INDIANAPOLIS, IN, APR. 13 A second day of beautiful weather made for neat racing during WERA 's Regional Sprints at Indianapolis Race- GOOD/'i'EAR EACLE RACINC TIRES ' DRAG-WIder for Increased TractIon EAGLE DTII-NEWShOrt and Long Track Compounds COMPETITION TIllE u.T IIBT CANADA P.O.Box 301 IleaaIng . PA19603 P.O.Box6E6 12151375-6191 15171592-EQl1 P.O. Box 279 5l oavtas. onrano LOS·1PO 14161684·7418 Authorized DistrIbutors • Broolclyn. Ml49230 SEND FOR CATALOG "TIl( lAC( PIlOVEN COOlERS" IServi ng Southem C8IIf0rni8 When you need en item NOW or hew e deedline to meet. cell to get it there on time - Guerenteed. u. For more intormlitiOlll. pI8II. . call 44 (213) 477-0204 ~~a:. • Shipped Daily ::~fRS -_., '86 RZ600RN $2.860.00 .• . - _ - .. '~ C.II U. For All Vou, RZ3&O o,&OON_aJ Contact Rick 519/727-3967 310 Patillo Rd.• Tecumseh. Ont•• Canada YAMAHA way Park. Ed Key, ' 1985 WERA B Production National Champ, continued his domination of the Production classes, by winning the A and B Production races on his Yamaha FZ750. Key's victory in the B.Superbike race was just icing on the cake; he had already won $800 from Yamaha for his Production wins. Key's wife, Barb, was one of the scorers during the Sunday sprints, but both denied that had anything to do with his victories. Kurt Hall rode his Greenrose Honda/EBClKlolZ 500 Interceptor to wins in the C Production, C Superbike and the Honda Interceptor race. Hall's toughest challenge came in the C Superbike race , where Kevin Rentzell stayed close but couldn't overtake Hall. One of the clos est races of the da y was the Clubman race between Friz Kling and Brian French. Kling was riding a Honda 500cc single while French on the other hand was on a high-tech Suzuki RG250 Gamma. French would close th e gap entering every corner using the Suzuki's superior stopping power, but Kling's Honda single would out-accelerate the two-stroke coming out of the turns. Kling went on to take the win by only bikelengths. Pat H ernon 's victories in the Formula One and A Superbike ra ces were not quite as exciting.. By the tim e Hernon would enter turn one on the Team Hammer machine the race was as ·good as over. Not even Jim Knipp's T Z500 GP bik e cou ld keep pa ce wi th H ern on. Ca na dia n Al Miller was th e class of th e Novice ri ders. Mill er rode hi s Suzuki RG500 Gamma to wins in the B Production and C Su perbike Novice con tests. Results · F-1 : 1. Pat Hernon (Suz); 2 . Jim Knipp (Vam); 3. Carl Muffley (Suz ). F-2 EX: 1. Bruce Peterson (Arm); 2. Br ian French (Suz); 3. Paul Mills (Han) . F-2 NOV : 1. Erl in Anderson (Yam); 2. Peter Tapacan (Hon) ; 3. Mike Bratz (Suz). F-3 EX: 1. Greg Coms tock (Han) ; 2. Harold Page (Han) ; 3 . Terry Guimond (Han ). F-3 NOV : 1. Gerald Rast (Hon) . A PROD EX: 1. Ed Key (Vam); 2. Tim Morrissey (Suzl; 3 . Jeff James (Vom) . A PROD NOV: 1. Dennis Mortin (Yam); 2. Duene Dreyer (Yam ); 3. Daryl Kuhn (Yam) . B PROD EX: 1. Ed Key (Vam); 2. Jeff James(Vam); 3. Tim Morrisse y (Suz). B PROD NOV : 1. A I M iller (Suz); 2. Scan Zampach (Vam); 3. Dennis Martin (Yam) . : C PROD EX 1. Kurt Hall (Han); 2. John Eiden· berger (Yam); 3. Ed Key (Vem). C PROD NOV : 1. Rendy Milford (Yam); 2. Ed Strohm (Yam); 3. Robert Hamilton (Vam). _ PROD EX: 1. Andy Fenwicl< (yam); 2. Todd Johnson 3. Lynn Riethmiller (Yam). . o PROD NOV : 1. Steve Ponerson (Vam); 2. Hugh Melling (Vam); 3. John Copeland (Yam). A SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Pat Hernon (Suz); 2. Tim Morrissey (Suz); 3. Carl Muffley (Suzl . B SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Ed Key (Yam); 2. TIm Morrissey (Suz); 3. Car l Muffley (Suz). B SUPERB IKE NOV: 1. Mike Gr iffiths (Suz); 2. AI Miller (Suz); 3. Scan Zampach (Yom) . C SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Han); 2 . Kevin Rentzell (Yam); 3 . John Eidenberger (Yom). C SUPERBIKE NOV : 1. AI Miller (Suz); 2. Jed Klmla (Kowl; 3. Jeff Wudi (Vam). SUPERBIKE EX; 1. Eric Moe (Yam); 2. Andy Fenwick (Yam); 3. Phil Pummell (Yoml. SUPERB IKE NOV: 1. Lee Von Norman III (Vam); 2. Jeff Wudi (Yom); 3 . Mart Royer . VINTAGE 2: 1. Gregg Wills (BSA) ; 2. Frnec George (Han) ; 3. Pete Smokula (Vam). HONDA 500 INTERCEPT. EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Han); 2. Steve Campisana (Han); 3 . Bla ine Baham (Han). HONDA 500 INTERCEPT. NOV : 1. Mike Br illll'l (Han) ; 2. Robert Delie (Han); ' 3. Clemont PhilipS«l (Han) . CLUBMAN EX: 1. Fritz Kling (Han); 2. Br l.n French (Suz t 3. Bob Marquardt (Han). CLUBMAN NOV: 1. Mart Royer (Hon) ; 2. Mich.el Graham (Yam); 3 . Roman Brotz (Suz). o o o McGary explodes atT'N'TMX By Walter Parks SAN ANGELO, TX, APR. 13 Kawasaki-mounted Brian MeGary blew away the competition in the 125and 250cc Expert classes at TNT Raceway for the second round of the West Texas Championship Series . Riders bauled high, gusty winds and blowing dust throughout the day . Wh ile Brian McGary motored from start to finish victories in the 125cc Expert motes, second and third place found J.R. Hampton and Michael McGary in a see-saw battle with Hapton emerging ahead and moving into seco nd pl ace in the series. After breezing to a Iirst-moto win i n the 250c c Expert class, Brian McGary found Monte Sullivent leading th e second rnoto: however, by th e seco nd lap, McG ary found the hot line and sailed home for th e win, leavin g Monte and Levi Sullivent fight over second a nd thi rd . Levi eventuall y found his way into second, which leaves him lied in points for second with Monte. In the 125cc Intermediate class,

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