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AFM/Vance & Hines/Suzuki/Kal-Gard GSXR .Series: Round 4 Domay, Steward score· at Willow Springs By Brent Ross ROSAMOND, CA, MAY 17 _ Fierce battles raged u p fron t an d midpack th is windy Sunday at Willow Spri ngs Internation al R aceway but the day's stiff competition was m arred by two waving red flags and the death of long. M rt Sie el nrne racer a y g . The Open Stock Production class blasted in to action wi th . Suzuki GSX:R-mounte.d, Dun lop, AP~ Trucking, Shoei-sponsored Chns Steward clicking off I:32.6 lap s: He was not a lone, however, as Rlc~ard Moore .and New .Z eala~d National Superbike Champion lam P~ro , also .aboard Suzuki .GSXR s, Illppe~ at hIS heels. As the triO be~an br~ak~ng away from the pack, ~Ike Minning held 0':. to a rel a tl v~l y secure fourth posiuon.. Meanw~l l e, a three-way frenzy boiled for fifth spot, between Suzuki-mounted J eff Hage.n, Marty SIegel and St eve Cardi l lo (both atop Yamaha FZRIOOOs). Pero, lying third, had th e best seat in the house to watch Vane & Hinessponsored Moore searching for the openi ng he needed to sneak his front wheel into the lead. Throughout four lap s Moore unsuccessfully tried to pass the experienced AMA 250 pi lot and BaTT ChampionSteward on the entrance to turns one and two. Moore finally got the better drive out of turn nin e, slingshoting past Steward. Lap times continued dropping as Moore and Steward swapped the lead with Pero attached to them as if he were riding th e back half of a tandem :' Moore had the upper hand on th e tight half of th e 2.5-miJ e track with Steward repassing through high-speed turns two, eight' and nine. On the fifth lap th e scrimmage for th e number five spot ended in a threebike pileup in turn one: Marty Siegel _ lost th e front end of his Yamaha FZR, taking with him rac e-long shadows Cardillo and David Gibbons. Seigel and Steve Cardillo left th e tra ck in a m nula rues Si,' ge l passed a wav at . I th e horsepower, .ma king it an even 9:30 p .rn. Su nda)'. Ca rdillo su tfeled mat ch . T he field was so com pe titi ve inj u ries to L1w knee a nd elbow; tha t Min ni ng lost th ree p laces o n the G ib bo ns was un hu rt . T he race was six th lap, wh en he ran just a tad wide red-flagged '",i lh S tewa rt la kin g th e in turn one. O n the whi te flag la p win . followed by Moore an d Pero , Domay m ad e good use of the lapped In th e case of Suzuki. $1300 wa s up riders and stretched his lead over for grabs for a first place finish in Cavness. the 750cc Stock class. Carroll had moved to third folSo it' s no wonder 39 of the ' 42 low ed clos ely by Moore, who drafted starters in th e class were straddling past only yards before the checkered Suzuki GSXRs. At the drop of the flag . Cav ness' seco nd p lace finish green flag. Pero jumped into the lead was his best so far and Demay's win only to be passed by Anaheim makes it his third. • Suzuki 's Moore taking an inside line. Chris Steward and Jeff Hagen were Results F-4 : 1. Steve Dyer (Hon); 2. Widdi n Doyle (Vam); a little slow off the line, but cut 3. Cheng St eph en (Hon). through th e pack q uickly, positionF-2: 1. Richard Bar nett ("Vam); 2. Kevin Ctark (Yam); 3 : Clinto Whitehous e (Yam). ing themselves in the top five by th e F· 1: 1. James Domay (Suzl; 2. deff Stern ISuz); . second bend. Moore, Steward, Pero, 3. J eff Rheaun e (Suzl. Hagen, Domay, and Cavness had OPEN GP: 1. Jeff Hagen (Suz); 2. Jim Poet (Suz); 3. Russ M illerr (Suzl. a lready shaken the pack by the back 250 GP: 1. Curt is M addox IHon ); 2. Robert Dew itt straight. The second lap saw the lead (Vam); 3. Kevin Clark (Vam). . OPEN TW: 1. Nigel Gale (H· D); 2. Trevor Dun n change hands to the eventual winner (Due); 3. Lloyd Johnson IDu c). James Domay, as he passed Steward 750 TW: 1.. Duan e Summers (Duel; 2: Aron on the inside going into turn one Krueger IDuc); 3. Chris Scott (Norl. SGL: 1. Denny Doherty (Rtx); 2. Brain Agh ajan i and slipped around Moore in sweepIVam); 3. Flory Egon (Hon). ing turn two. But the race was not 25 0 MOD PROD: 1. Don Canet IKaw ); 2. Ben Wi lli ams (Kaw ); 3. Chuck Graves (Kawl . that simply won, as a multi -bike 450 MOD PROD: 1. J eff McCabe 9Vam); 2. David crash in turn five brought out' the Robert s IVam); 3. Willia m Dnovon IVam}. 60D MOD PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. J oe red flag. Since the race was less than Willia ms (Hon ); 3. Dav id Deveau (Hen ). half over it had to be res tarted. _ 750 MOD PROD: 1. Soett Cavness ISuz}; 2. Glen Smith (Suz); 3. Earl Roloff IKaw) . The restart found Domay in the OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Jeff Hagen {Suzl; 2. David lead followed by Pero and Steward. Gibbons (Vam); 3. Steve Cord ill o (Vam). Five riders - Domay , Cavness, 450 STK PROD: 1. David Roberts (Vam); 2. Way ne Emerson (Vam); 3. Jeff McCabe (Varni. Steward, Moore, and Minning 60D STK PROD: 1. Richard Moore (Hon); 2. Mi ke exchanged th e lead repeatedly for the Graves (Hon); 3. Steve Reynosa (Hon). 75 0 STK PROD: 1. J ames Domay ISuz); 2. Scott first three laps. Meanwhi le, further Cavness (Suz); 3. Richa rd Moo re (Suz). . _ ba ck Peter Carrol was moving up OPEN STK PROD: 1. Chris Stew ard (Suz); 2. unnoticed, picking off a rider here, Richard Moore (Suz); 3. lain Pero (SUl ). 450 W /STK: 1. Ja mes Martin {Honl; 2. Blaine a couple there, until he was dueling Ida (Vam); 3. Roddy Rodstein (Vam). with St eward and . Minning for 600 S/STK: 1. Wa lter Nitto (Kaw); 2. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 3. Steve Cordillo (Vam). fourth position honors. 750 S/STK: 1: Scott Cavness (Suz); 2. Jef f Hagen Vying for the number one spot (SUl); 3. Earl Roloff (Kaw). S/ CAR: 1. Wi lson /To lley (Kaw ); 2. Breedel were Cavness and Domay, turning Stecklin e (Varni; 3. Rainsl Becker (Vam). . lap tim es in th e mid I :32s. Domay OVER40: 1. Randy Radmond (Suz); 2. RayAdams (SUl); 3. 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