th ird, and former Cycle Guide rno tojournalist Mike Gillies fourth on his
Yam ah a FZRIOOO.
Gunn had " retired" five months
ago, but his interest in racing was
re-ki ndled when he cam e out to teach
a new riders' school, entered a co up le
of races, and did well . He miss ed
most of practice, gu essed at a setup,
and was deligh ted that it worked
perfect.
Byrd , wh o's girlfriend Diane Dietzel is Arizona 's number two, said that
h is White Power shock faded, leaving hi m wit h in ad equat e rebo u nd
damping. T h is th ird p lace finish was
th e high point of the weekend for
th e likeable Valley Yamaha/ Supertr a pp/C u sto m AT'Ccsponsored
rider. H e rode o ff the track .and fell
during Saturday's endurance race;
th en a sticking th ro ttle caused h im
to crash once, skid off the track, a nd
jam h is kn ee o n th e turn 10 "gator
teeth" in th ree sepa rate in cidents
during Sunday's sp rin t races. H e
fini shed th e we ekend with o ne
troph y and a painful gaping hole in
his left kn ee.
The GTU class of th e lOOK ra ce
featured a ba ttl e between Hurricane
riders Thomas Ea tman a n d J oe
Serbin, with Eatman com ing from
behind to win by passing in a nearcollision through tum 12. Serbin
beat o ut Yamaha FZ600 rider Jim
Cox for second p lace.
In sprint race action, Bo u lder
Yamaha/Jolly Rancher/ Shoei/ BG
O ils/ J ones Glasses-sponsored Hoppers tad wo n the Heavyweight Su perbike event, with.David Clyde defea ting J o hn Burgoyne for second pl ace
aft er a race-long tussle; both riders
were H onda 750 Interceptormounted.
Dann y Walker won a hotly contested Middleweight Superbike
race which was red -flagged twice,
beating Mik e Williams and Diane
Dietzel to the flag . The race was restarted after a terrifying three-rider
accident at th e head of the field on
the first lap, which saw Mik e Lawrence lose his Nava helmet. Fortunately he was not seriously injured,
and retu rned to race in a later event;
th is time wearing his Shoei helmet.
T he ra ce was red-flagged again
and ' called com p lete at the ninth of
17 la ps when Stu Morrison went
down in the esses, injuring his a nkle.
Vance & H ines' Jamie Lewis crashed
into the turn four concrete retaining
wall duri ng the same race, serio us ly
inj uring h is elbow. The da y's racing
was generally crash-marred, with 18
separa te accidents occuring on the
circuit.
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