''I'm really tired," said Smith. "My
tuner, Bob Hartman, rea lly had me
dialed in on this one. The K-591
Dunlops were awesome. "
Smith 's final victory of the weekend cam e in 'the co mbined Lightwei ght Superb ike class, which
bo asted a total of 50 entries. Smith
not only took the Novice win , but
finished third overall, beating 16
Experts . .
Graham James took th e early lead
and had built up a sizeabl e advantage, but his rear wheel locked u p
entering turn five, giving a sure win
to Brad Lowe. Following Lowe. to
the checkers were John Lowman ,
Smith (the lone Novice among ' the
front runners), Da vid Murray, Mark
Long, and Jeff Burck. Takingsevenrh overall, second Novice, was
James Ronan , while Bill Kranenberg
copped ninth overall, third Novice.
Florida-based Mark Chin, a regular on the AMA/Camel Pro tour,
turned in a bri lliant ride to win the
Heavyweight Superbike Expert race
on a Yamaha FZR750. He bea t out
Ca me l P ro .reg u lars Farmer and
Shorts.
. Chin too k an early lead and pulled
a way from the pack to tak e the win:
Following Chin, Farmer and Shorts
to the flag were Deiter Lane on a
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VFR750 H onda, and Scott Williams,
riding a GSX R750 Suzuki.
, The Formula One race was a flagto-flag romp for Tennessee rider
Kevin Ren tzell , aboard the Kayo
end ura nce GSX RllOO Suzuki.
While Ren tzell ran away from the
field, Chin and Rick Shaw raced for
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seco nd. Williams, Bruce Nield , on . •
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the ex-Doug Chand ler/Freddie
Spencer Racing Honda, John Grush,
and Eric Moe diced for a distant '
fourth.
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By the hallway point, Reruzell had
increased his lead to seven seconds.
N ear the end of the seven-lap fina l,
Chin held a secure second, while
Shaw was losing ground but running a secure third. G rus h , Bob
Green and Williams were all close.
The order remained unchanged to
the finish.
