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Honda blasted berms and shot
through the straights to give the fans
a lot of excitement. Shinlever, an
Open class riqer and Bradshaw, an
Expert molOCTosser, jammed the turns
both trying to get the upper hand.
Bradshaw not officially being
scored in the Open class with Shinlever had very stiff competition from
the word.go. Dave Farris on a KTM
ran a hard race with the two leaders
early on in the first moto. Bradshaw
pulled a fast holeshot with Farris eating his back tire into the first turn
wide open.
Midway through the race Shinlever
made his presence known to all, as he
passed Farris over a towering table
top jump to take away Farris' second
place. The moto wore on with Bradsha"w in full control. Shinlever ran
second and Farris a respectful third.
In the second moto the temperature of the race was turned up to full
blast. Once again Bradshaw on his
Honda took the early lead with Farris
and Shinlever trailing. Shinlever
wasted no time in passing Farris
early on, making it Bradshaw leading the Open classers and Shinlever
in second. All Shinlever had to do to
win the overall was beat Farris but he
was not content with just that. He
went after Bradshaw's 500cc Honda
aboard his 125cc Suzuki. It went nip
and tuck for a long time with Shinlever gaining each lap. Shinlever
kept leaping over jumps at extreme
altitudes in his effort to pass Bradshaw. Bradshaw proved to be the best
but Shinlever wanting to prove he
could ride with the best did just that
by winning his Open class.
Shinlever commented after the race,
"I just wanted to see if I really could
run fast enough to beat an expert
rider Iike Bradshaw, I went as fast as,
it would eanhly go. His bike just
plain outpowered mine!"
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Honda-mounted Andrew Leisner topped the Formula Two class during the
Intemational Road Racing Association meet at Willow Springs.
125 B: 1. Jocly Dixon (V.m); 2. Ron W.rwid<
(suzl; 3. Bri.n Kr.h (Kew).
VET B: 1. G.ry V••nlay (Y.m); 2. J.y Fr.ai.r
(Kaw); 3. Jim T_ardan (Kaw).
MINI B: 1. J.mes H.ndrickaon (K.w); 2. Kip
Smith (Hont 3. Greg V••nlay (Kew).
MICRO: 1. Greg V_nlay (Kaw); 2. Jaeon Rich
(Kaw!; 3. Jeff Campbell (Kaw).
Graves, Cardillo
triple at Willow RR
By Ron MacLain
ROSAMOND, CA,
ocr. 5
Chuck Graves and Steve Cardillo were the big winners at
the International Road Racing
Association meet at Willow
20
Springs Raceway.
ICRT Michelin/Christmans'
M.C.s/Cole Bros. Suzuki/DoclOr
Johns Frame Straightening-sponsored
Graves notched wins in the .Open
Stock Production, 750cc Superstreet
classes, taking second place in the
Formula Three class as well.
Graves set the stage for his winning
performance in the fourth race of the
day, the 750cc Modified Production
event. Graves came into the race as
the points leader, with three other
riders in contention, among them
James Domay. At the green £lag
Graves and Domay banged bars
through tum one, with Domay taking
the lead. As they braked from the
shon straight into tum three Graves
shot past Domay into the lead. By the
fourth lap Graves had a big lead and
was running away with the race,
until the red nag stopped the race in
response to a motorcycle bonfire in
tum two. The downed rider appeared
to be uninjured, his bike was extinguished, and the race restarted.
Once again it was Domay and
Graves both trying to fit through the
same opening in turn one, with Graves
asserting himself this time. Graves
proceeded lO dial up the pace until he
was all alone at the finish. Domay
came in second followed by Terry
French.
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In the Open Stock Production race,
Graves entered his Suzuki GSXR750
and handily smoked the Open class
bikes.
With three wins on the day Graves
enhanced his position in the ARRA
standings, having led in points in all
three classes going in.
L.B. Yamaha/Dales M.C.s/Dunlop/Spectro'sponsored Cardillo
owned the 600cc classes this day, taking wins .in the 600cc Modified Production, 600cc Superstreet and 600cc
Stock Production events.
In 600cc Superstreet action Yamahamounted Cardillo took the holeshot
ahead of more than 50 riders, with the
current ARRA number one plate
holder, Earl RoioH close behind. The
race was red £lagged when a rider lost
traction exiting tum four and met the
hay bales.
At the restart it was Cardillo in
front again with RoioH challenging.
It was nip and tuck for awhile as
RoioH appeared to be setting Cardillo
up for a pass, but Cardillo met the
challenge, staying out front. The race
was effectively over when Rolo£( experienced mechanical problems and
slowed his pace. Cardillo sailed lO an
easy victory, pumping his fist in elation .as he took the checkered nag,
Rolo£( held on for second place, while
Calvin Rayborn came in thir!i
Results
F-l: 1. E.n Roloff (K.w); 2. Andrew Lei.ner
(Hon); 3. James Domay (Suz).
OPEN SS: 1. Eon Roloff (Kew); 2. Kenny Kopecky
(Kaw); 3. Chria Mallory (Suz).
OPEN MOD PROD: 1. K.nny Kopacky (suz); 2.
Chri. Mallory (Suz); 3. Jean Mayne! (y.m).
OPEN STK PROD: 1. Chud< Gr._ (suz); 2. Chris
Mallory (Suzt 3. Jean Maynat (y.m).
750 SS: 1. Chud< Gr..... (Suz); 2. T.rry French
(Suz); 3. Scott Johneon (V.m).
750 MOD PROD: 1. Chud< Gre.... (Suz); 2.
Jam" Domay (Suz); 3. Terry French (Suz).
750 STK PROD: 1. Jame. Dom.y (Suz); 2. Tom
Kopp (Suz); 3. Terry French (Suz).
600 SS: 1. SI.... Cordillo (Y.m); 2. E.rl Roloff
(Kew); 3. Colvin Rayborn (Kew).
600 MOD PROD: 1. Sle... C.rdillo (Y.m); 2.
Mich.el Gre.... (Y.mt 3. CI.vin Rayborn (Hon).
600 STK PROD: 1. SI.... C.rdillo (y.m); 2. C.lvin
R.yborn (Hon); 3. Michael Gr..... (y.m).
450 SS: 1. Birg~ SoyU (Y.m); 2. D.vid Morri.
(V.m); 3. V.nce Specht (Y.m).
450 MOD PROD (2 STRK): 1. Roddy Rodst.in
(V.m); 2. David Morri. (y.m); 3. Chris V.n BUlkirlt
(V.m).
450 MOD PROD (4 STRK): 1. Philip Smith (Hn); 2.
Archi. Slavin (y.m); 3. Eric Lieblcher (Suz).
450 STK PROD (2 STRK): 1. Al.n Fern.ndez
(V.mt 2. Andre Fuehr (Y.m); 3. Jam" Lao (y.m).
450STK PROD (4 STRK): 1. Riel< 'Ihompeon(Suz);
2. Eric Lieblcher ISuzj; 2. Doug Slephens (Hon).
F-2: 1. Andrew Lei.ner(Hon); 2. Kenny Nachm.n
(Hon); 3. Daniel Coa (y.m).
F-3: 1. _Cobb (Hon);2. Chucl