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Dick, Pittman take WMRRA opener 1'~ By Bruce Scholten HONDA KAWASAKI KENT, WA , APR. 27 . Heavy rain, hail, thunder and a small landslide couldn't break the enthusiasm of 87 riders and close to a 1000 spectators in NEW USED BIKES? USED NEW BIKES? AW HECK••• ! 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In rno to o ne. it wa s a dogfig h t fro m th e drop of th e ga te as Phillip a nd Victor Palfreyman , wh o were runners up a t La s Vega s, led 15 o the r sid eca rs into th e fir st turn. T he J ohn Pal Ireyman/Perr y Mellils rig , with th e Whimey brothers braking a t their heel s, were looking for a way around Phillip Palfreyman. but by lap two , . Phillip had man ag ed 10 use th e power of their 1000('c XS650 Yamaha 10 draw a wa y from th e bailie for seco nd place. Pete Wh itney found th e o p po rtunity he wa s looin g for when J ohn Palfreyman went a linl e too wide on In sanit y Ridge a n d Pet e sq u irted underneath th e Ya maha to tak e o ver seco nd , but J ohn ca me right back in th e next turn a nd tried 10 bulldoze past Whitney o n ly to lock wh eels. As th e tw o pilots a nd monkeys IranriGill y tried to uncouple their rigs, the fourth place ma chine of Mike Curtis a nd Todd Redondo closed up o n th em 10 make it a three-way bailie, as Pete a nd J ohn got ro lli ng aga i u . U p front Ph illip a nd Vietor look th e chec ke red £lag o n th eir Bik e W orks/ T su ba k i/ C ycl e P roduct s/ KS I/ Pa c ific/ Ar ai / Sco tt-spo n so red mach in e with a 30-sl'cu nd lead o ver th e Honda powered rig o f th e Whitney brothers, who [inish ed just ahead o f J ohn Palfreyman a n d Mellils. Curtis and Redondo finished a close founh. After th e race Victor said, "Our Yamaha motor just works at this tra ck. In La s Vegas the Whitney rig hooked bett er o n th e tight st u ff, but th ere we ca n usc o ur motor. " ' The Whitneys led th e fir st lap of mor o two with Viet or Palfreym an right o n th eir fend er, trying hard 10 pa ss but ra n off th e track in a tri ck y left ha nd er. Wh illley gassed it 10 th e fin ish a nd th e o vera ll win. SCOll Da vis (Ya ma ha) wa s th e class o f th e m ot orcycl es by tak in g co n vin cing win s in th e P ro cla ss, Da vis took both hol esh ots a nd never had a ny co mpetitio n. Results JR: 1. J immy Mokry (Hont: 2. Terry Kennedy (Kaw); 3. Chad Campbell (Kaw ). 80 BEG: t . Wayne Perry (Yam): 2. Merion Slaugh· ter (Kaw); 3. Chuck Hess (Kaw). 80 NOV: r . Matt McCreery(Hon 2. Geoff Gribble ~ (Kaw); 3. Darren Donaldson (Suzl. 80 AM : 1. M att Lauerman (Kaw): 2. Chip Young (Hon). 80 EX: 1. Jimmy Bunon (Hon) . . 125 BEG: t . Kenny Wentwonh (Hon): 2. Goldi Chad McKeon (Hon): 3. Todd Olson (Suz). 125 NOV STK: t . seen Connelly (Suz): 2. Mark Branson (Kaw t: 3. Oamy Cantu (Suzl. 125 NOV MOD : 1. Joe Reed; 2. Benton Travis (Suzl; 3. Scott Connelly ISuzl. 125 AM STK: 1. Jerry Stuart (Hon): 2. Deana Cowan (Han); 3. Randy Shipley (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Tim W iedeman (Ya m); 2 . Mike Ha rd a; 3. Tim Faus t (Han) . 250 AM : 1. Joe Marziano (Yam ); 2. Glen Weid · man (Han); 3. M ike Rehm (Yaml. OPEN NOV: 1. DAvid Dixon (Honl: 2. Roy'Coburn (Han); 3. Jim Pekur i (KTM). . 125 AM MOD: 1. St ev e Akers (Kaw); 2. Jerry Stuart (Hon !; 3. Deano Cowan (Han) . OPEN AM : 1. Jim Renner jKaw); 2. Jo hn Beaver (Yam ); 3. Steve Garrison (M ·S) . OT: 1. Tom Kennedy (Yam) ; 2 . Ernie Ren ner (Han); 3. Rick Myers IHonl . SIDEHACKS : 1. Pete/Scott W hit ney (Honl: 2. Phill ip N tcki Palr eyma n (Yam ); 3. J ohn Palf rey man/ Perry Me" " s (Yaml. PRO: 1. Scott Dav is (Yam) ; 2. Ton y Leon (Han ). . Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association's (WMRRA) season opener at Seattle International Raceway today. Two-time Canadian Superbike Champion Steve Dick was on form winning both the Form ula One and Superbike classes on new VFR 750 Hondas that were air-freighted to him in time 10 win six out of six races last week at Westwood in Ca nada. Canadians took th e top three spots in Fo rmu la O ne as Allied Motorcyclessponsored Steve Dick won a see-saw battle against Pacific Yamaha FZ750 racer Steve Cravier, Tom Walther got th ird on the first GSXR Suzu ki in front of like-mounted Kei th Pin kstaff and R enton Suzuki 's Joe Dav is in third and fourth , respectively. Pinkstaff's Zlock Raci n g teammate Dale Zlockman was proud to ga rner a sixth place on a 1983 GS750 that ha s mo re than earned its retirement. O pen Productio n was run concurrently with F-I and Chuck Wiley emerged from his own retirement to win the class aboard a new Suzuki. but no t before Montana rider Darr Riggen and his 900 Ninja gave him some problems along the way . Ex-flat tracker Stephen Sipes cruised the wet pavement to a third on a 500 Interceptor. Lap times averaged 10-15 seconds above normal and tire selection was crucial in some of the worst raceday weather co ndi tio ns in a decade. Those that had them. ran Michelin rain tires. The next best setup was Metzeler Laser-ME99A. If you had H i-Sport s you just prayed for sun. The 2.25-mile track was still wet when Po rtla n d 's Pinkstaff took the holeshot in the Superbike final. During morning practice h is Zlock Racing GSXR -750 suffered a fractured oil cooler, as it did while running in the top 10 a t Daytona. The p roblem was more likel y related to vibra tion th an oil pressure, but they fixed it. regardless . Pin ksta ff led most of the race while Dick moved past Walther's Suzuki ea rly on and whittled away at Pin ks ta ff's 200-yard lead. Going into th e chicane on the next to la st lap, Dick took the lead for the first time and led Pinkstaff at th e white flag. Pinkstaff's Suzuki drafted the n ew V-Iour Honda, and repassed in turn one. " Then he passed me ba ck on the inside of turn three and held m e o ff till the checkered flag, " said Pinkstaff. " He wa s just faster than I was today. In these conditions. that broad V-Iour powerband is nice to have coming out of turns. This was m y first time on rain slicks sin ce maybe 1982 - and Stev e sure gets plenty of practice on rain ti res up at Westwood' " Crevier's ex-Reuben Mcl\funer FZ7 Yamaha was good for fourth with Rento n Suzuki's Davis in fifth . Prem ier race 0 the day was the 750cc Challenge sponsored by Bell evue Suzuki to highlight the o il-cooled lightweight wonders." An especially brutal downpour sent a small landslide over th e backstretch just befor the morning qua lifier and all wh could, retreated ud ner tents and awnings while faithful turn workers from the Northwest Gold Wing Rider drill team cleaned up th e mud. Eventuall y GSX R-mounted Jo Davis led th e fir st three la ps of th qualifi er, but on the last lap Dick' Metzel er -sh od Honda passed him i th e esses. Davis and hi s Hi-Span ,oe