Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Formula One (Continued from page 11) peeted broken collarbone, at the corkscrew aCler losing the front end, and the race is between two men. Mamola and Baldwin turned 1:06s for 13 of the next 14 laps, the single exception being a I:07 for Mamola on lap eight, in traffic, and then Mamola erased Baldwin's four-second lead with a 1:05.95 on lap 19 and a 1:05.97 on lap 20, two low 1:06s and the fastest lap of two days, a 1:05.80 on lap 23. Baldwin and Mamola are now nose-to-tail, and complicating matters is the fact that they're racing fulltill through lapped riders. One lap, Mamola leads into tum nine, passing a lapped rider on the outside, but Baldwin sails up the inside of Mamola and lappee and regains the lead out of the corner. Three laps to go. Mamola has body contact wi th Polen entering the corkscrew; Mamola and Baldwin run into turn nine, lapping Renfrow; Mamola starts to go inside Renfrow, gets squeezed off, grabs more brake, pulls right to the ou LSide of Renfrow, barely under control, fighting the bike's urge to get sideways, geLS pointed at the straight, accelerates and instantly is full-lock sideways, sliding. The Yamaha snaps back, upright, almost high-sides Mamola, whose feet fly off the pegs; Baldwin slips inside and accelerates away as Mamola catches it, slides again, and accelerates past Renfrow. Mamola makes it up, but can't get past, the last laps alll:06s and 1:07s. Baldwin wins by an official margin of 0.180 seconds. Franklin had crashed out at turn nine at about the same time Rainey fell in the corkscrew. Ballington is third in the second segement, the only rider nOllapped by Baldwin and Mamola, followed by Renfrow, Goodfellow, Polen, Chivington, Pinksta[[, Brazilian Marco Greco on a Honda RSSOO and Malcolm Hill on his Suzuki GSXR750. Baldwin geLS the overall win with his 2-1 finishes, ahead of Mamola, Ballington, Renfrow, Goodfellow. "It came down to equal bikes, equal riders and an equal team," said Baldwin. "It all came down to luck at the end." "The last lap I had visions of a Day-Glo bike hilling the guard rail," said Mamola. "On the last lap I would have to ride too hard. I just backed off a little bit. I'm second in World Championship points and I didn't want to do anything to jeo. pardize my chances there. I could see at the end I would have to ride a little too hard to win." For me there were two races out there," said Ballington. "There was the race for the GP boys and one for the local boys. I consider mysel£ a local boy because I've been doing the Camel Pro series, and I was. trying to win the local boy race. I was trying to beat Renfrow and Rainey for points." CHICAGOLAN.D'~ M~ RSPOR T CAPITAL presents ,. .. oNAL THE * *RACES N 12 NOON 839-1050 GAlES OPE HOTUNE: (312) TICKET INFORMATION GeHralAdmlssiollAtneGate ADVANCE SALE Adult Child $13.00 $4.00 $10.00 (Sa". $3.00) $3.00 (Sa". $1.00) Send check and ..If·addreued•. stamped envelope to: SANTA FE SPEEDWAY, 91 DO S. Wolf Rold. Hinsdllil.IL 60521 Results F-l: 1. Mike Beldwin(Y.m)2-1; 2.R.ndyMemol. (Y.mI1-2; 3. Kork B.llington (Hon) 5-3; 4. R.ndy Renfrow (1ion14-4; 5. G.ry Goodfellow (Suzl6-5; 6. Doug Polen ISuzI7-6; 7. D.n Chivington (Y.m) 9-7: B. Keith Pinklll.ff (Suz) 10-8; 9. Wayne R.iney (Hon)3·16; 10. Marco Greco (Hon) 11-9; 11. M.Icolm Hill (Suz) 12-10; 12. Larry Shorts (Suz) 13-11; 13. 0.1. Fr.nklin IV.m) 8-17; 14. D.vid Old IHan) 14-12; 15. D... Schlo...r (Suz) 15-13; 16. C.rry . Andr_ (K.w) 16-14; 17. D... Kieffer (Due) 17-15; 1B. Eddie Lawson (y.m) 18-DNS: 19. Doug Br.uneck (Bu.lI) 19-DNS: 20. Doug Ch.ndler (Han) 20-DNS. F·l POINT STANDINGS: 1. R.ndyR.nfrowll01); 2. Korte B.llington (94); 3. W.yne R.iney (6B); 4. G.ry Goodf.llow (56); 5. Rus. Paulk (47); 6. D.le FrenllMn (37); 7. Mil.. B.ldwin (35): 8. Den Chivington (26); 9. M.rco Greco (24): 10. Ste.. Trinder 122). CAMEL PRO ROAD RACE POINT STANDINGS: 1. Wayne R.iney 11241: 2. Fred Mert

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