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Eddie Kelley picked up three cia.. wins at Tampa's road race. Ron Ewerth won three cia.... at the Talladega road race. AKA Natloaal Champlo.shlp BlUcllmb Series: ROaD. ~ WilliaDls, Wendt ~in Indiana opener By Maxine Casey MIDDLEBURY, IN, MAY 17 Iron Horsemen M, C, of Goshen, Indiana, hosted the first round of the Pro Hillclimb Series and a record-breaking crowd was on hand to see Lou Gerencer's racing team sweep the first three places in the 750cc class. Beeze Wendt finished first with a 3 049-second blast w..~a..., aet _.at.l~ ".te17 II PERFORMANCE IGNITIONS • E.-.. F-WY"IM inlI SIIa eM Senice . . . . . .1{( .... ~ ....... T • OEM' :' 'III OEM ~ (Wt. s-iciIII. ....... I ITII • ..., • Fer . . . . . . . . . c:.I. WriII: ••11" t USA 11lS ........... ~ . . . . .1 ' - - - - - 4 ' i l U f - . . . ' N - - -...... .. •'4............... --_: . ..... MOTORCYCLE CENTERS g _ N2J2 f. _ _ Hwr u _. CA . . 1213J 9l6.J$ _ ,._BIwI . . . . . . !IIlII_ ..... SolI _ CA 9JJ5l (118) _ 12t._.. . . 151·_ _CA_I213I5»OJU .... _ ~. _ . CA _lIN) 5lItUrlV-'" UrIV_·CA_ (213jqJ-a18 "'·1OflI Special Honda. Triumph-mounted Bob Krauter finished second with 3.~72-sec~nds and Tim Fraizer ~as' th~rd with. a 3.877-second nde. . .. Tnumph nders Doug Klont and aboard the ~OO% Lowe-bwlt XR7~0 Doug Kreeger finished founh and Harley-Davtdson. Jeff Yoder came m fifth respectively with 4 359-andsecond with a 3.l48-second ride 4 573-second rides' . . while Gerencer earned third with a ' time of 3.263 seconds. Wendt and ". The II:on Horsemen added clay to Yoder came off the big Harleys at the bottom of their hill making the the crest of the hill while Gerencer already mean breaker 10 feet longer. rode his down. The change in the hill surface made BSA pilot Eart Bowlby earned for interesting viewing as the Pros fourrh place with a 3.264-second ride. sorted it out. Crashes, wheel stands Bowlby crashed at the top and cut and crashes were the order ofthe day. a large gash in his cheek. He was Triumph rider Conley Newsome able to make his second ride, pulled one of the best wheelies and however. still made it up the hill. Results Wade Williams rode the 750cc STP Special Honda to a fifth place finish. 500: 1. Greg Williflml (Han); 2. Bob Krouter(Trit Rick Hunter the newest member 3. Tim Fri. CBSAI; 4. Doug lOon! (Trit 5. Doug of Gerencer's team, finished a respeCKr_(Tnt 8. RIIy Stern.IBSAI; 7. R.u....1Hmon (Suzj; 8. David Hale (Tnt 9. Ernie Pellin (Hont 10. table seventh in his first Pro ride Scan E _ (Tnl. aboard a 750cc Harley. His time was 750: 1. - . . Wendt (H-Ot 2. Jeff V_ fH· Ot 3. ~ I i . - lH-Ot 4. Eerl -..v (8SAI; 3.420 seconds. 5. Rendy Gebriel lH-bt 8. W_ Williema (HonI; Greg Williams won the 500cc class 7. Rick Hunter lH-D); 8. Denny _ (Tnt 9. Conley Ne••_ _ (Tnt 10. David New_ (Tn1. with a 3.474-second ride on his STP