Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wheelwright; 4. Randy Wood ; 5. Chad Harbolt. 250: 1. Chris Anderson; 2. Shawn Coisch; 3. ~ U o a: e, Brent Stewart; 4 . Robin Sen n; 5. Gary Street. 400: 1. Lloyd Haas; 2. Kaleb Nonhrup; 3. Frank Leisson ; 4 . Ron Todd; 5. Bill Warfel. 500: 1. Randy Bronnenberg; 2. Jeff Jack; 3. Alan Hoskins; 4. Chri s Anderson; 5. Bill Wood . 750: 2. Steve Dan iels; 2. Tim Weaver; 3. Mike Lundeen; 4 . Robin Senn; 5. Jim Roberts . OPEN: 1. Tom Elmore ; 2. Bob Fisher; 3. Jim Roberts ; 4 . Pete Power; 5. Dw ight Curran. SR: 1. Jim Street; 2. Greg Haas; 3. Dick Bailey; 4. A.J . LaGra in; 5. Kevi n Northrup. C ~ C > al 5 :r 00 00 e, Koeh'er doubles at Blackhawk Farms RR O"l l""""4 By Gordon Lun de Deana Cowan won the 125cc Pro class at Perris Raceway. a fter lap th ree. H oppe rstad settled for seco nd and Californian Steve Rod den finis hed th ird . In the 600cc Superbi ke rac e, Ho pperstad , Cycles & Sleds Tad Goima rac, and Art Schwadron ra n 1-23 fro m flag to flag. T he real battle in this race wa s for fou rt h in a tigh t mu sica l c ha i rs co n test bet ween Bou lder Yama ha 's G reg Nich ol s a nd Sa n Rafael Yamaha's Steve Rodden , both o n FZR 400s, J&D Racing 's J im Cox a nd Bo ul der Yam aha 's Rod Br u eske. Brueske drop ped b a ck steadily, eventually DN F with pro b lems. N ichol s ca ms h a ft aggressively sh oe horned h im self inbetween Rodden and Cox goin g into th e tight righ t-a ng le right-hander that exits onto Bonneville's lo ng front stra ight. Ni chols passed Cox on the follo wing la p to secure fourth p lace. T h e 750cc Su pe rb ike race was H opperstad's fro m start to fi nis h. Chri s G ardner passed Avon a n d Edelweiss Motorsports' Dale Kieffer on lap four for second, but Kieffer an d Nichols stayed in close pursuit. G ardner attempted to put some space betw een himself and Kieffer, but overcooked th e entra nce to turn four. G ardner made it a ro un d turn four, but was headed directl y at th e hay bal es pl aced o n th e ins ide of turn five's a pex. He swerved left to avoid th e ha y bal es, left th e track o n th e in sid e, an d rode through some loose ha y broken up in an earlier incident, th en back out onto th e track between turns five and six with hay in hi s wa ke. Gardner braked hard to avoid ru n n ing orr th e other side of th e track, and Kieffer and Nichols als o braked h ard to avoi d th e hay Gardner dragged o ut on to th e track. G ardner finished in seco nd pl ace a head of Kieffer a nd Ni chols, respectively, but both filed protests over th e inci de nt. The ra ce jury disallowed the protest in a sp lit decision. Kieffer appealed the decision, but th e can troversial decision was upheld. John Hopperstad also took first in O pen Superbike action, 'with fellow MRA ra cer Greg Nichols in second. KBER radio's Laird White passed Chris Gardner for third on the second lap. Rod Brueske, back in th e saddle of his own FZ750, captured fourth easily after Gardner ran out of fuel. Results 42 50 PROD: 1. Fred Paiz (Yam);· 2. Oave Phillips (Yam); 3. Brock Roberts (Yam). 50 PROO 200 LBS: 1 . Fred Ross (Yam); 2. Roger ' Baird (Yam). 50 PROD WMN : 1. Debra Coles (Yam). 50 S/BK : 1. Jim Billingsley (Yam); 2. Dave Phillips (Yam); 3. Fred Paiz (Yam). F-4 : 1. Brodt Rabens (H/YJ; 2. Chr is Gardner (IVY); 3. Ben Behu nin (Kaw) . I NOV O/A: 1. Shane Turp in (Yam); 2. Br ian Terry (Suz~ 3. Josh Clart< (Suz~ 4. Tim JacI

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