Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

co CO C') Pro class winner Rick Johnson leads Broc Glover at Carlsbad. a red esi gned track a nd $4000 Pro class purse, a nd j ohnson took home $800 o f th at purse for hi s win. The sta rt of th e first Pro race looked as if K vMar ts blue light specia l was running as so me of th e fas test ationa l a nd loca l pros ca me ch a rgi ng into the firs t turn . As th e rid ers exited it was Broc " Golde n Boy " Gl over grab bing the hol esh o t foll ow ed by j ohnson, Mich ael Cra ig , Larry Brook s a nd Randy Moody. Ryan H u ghes, Kawasaki 's n ewest Team Green rider, was ta ken o u t in a first turn pi leup a nd Mike Pascarella launch ed h is Suzu ki RM 250 over the berm and in to a fence , whi le tryi ng to avo id a mishap. As H ugh es was ab le to rem ount quickly, Pasca re lla was not as fortunat e, as h is b ik e la y teeterin g over th e chai n -lin k fence whi ch in turn pu t him in to last pl ace. Meanwhile up front, j ohnson wa s putting th e pressu re o n G lo ver who was slow ly losing gro u n d to th e Honda pilot. By lap three j ohnson was ready to do ba tt le with Glover as th e duo approached th e infamo us Carlsbad Freeway. G lov er took th e off- camb e red s w i tc h b ack ins id e w hi ch a llowed j oh nso n to be o n the i nside of th e fo llowing left sweeper. That wa s all she wrote for Glov er as johnson flew down th e Freewa y a nd in stantl y began pulling away. From th ere on. j o h n so n proceeded to arouse th e specta to rs with hi s hig h -flyi ng ac t a n d ~n e - h a nd e d clickers. At the chec kered it was J ohnson cl aimin g th e w in wit h Gl ov er takin g secon d a n d Cra ig hol ding off Broo ks for th ird. Aga in it wa s Gl over ca p tu ri ng th e hol eshot fo llow ed by Bri an Manley, Mike Young , Moody a nd j ohnson a t th e sta rt o f m oto two. J ohnson immediatel y began pi ck ing o ff riders one by one as he thru st hi s way to wa rd Gl over. By lap two , j ohnson had mad e h is way into second an d sta rte d to cha lle nge Gl over for first. The two ca me upon the off-cambered switch back where johnson had made th e move in moto o ne. This time Glover cha rged to the outside but ca m e in too hard and went down, allowing joh nson to take over fi rst wi th Pasca rell a a nd Craig figh ting for second a n d G lover retaini ng fourth. Gl over managed to reel ·in Craig, creating a-ba r-ba nging ba ttl e which la sted a few la p s wit h Gl over emerging into th ird . Gl o ver was soon in strik ing distance of Pasca rell a , with Craig a few bike len gth s beh ind. Glover dro ve hard in to rattlesnake Gulch as he ca me wi th in a bike's len g th of #1 Pro Stock WEB-CAM Congratulates Dave a nd Merednh SChultz o n winntng bath the NHRAand IDBAWorld Championsh ip Pro Stock mles. WEIl-CAM Performance Camshatls and Valve T n rai Components_top products for to p performance. For Inform ation or to order, call today. DAVE SCHULTZ Tell them • you saw It • In O _ J 0 DD This!! Conventional Oil All machined meta l surfa ces have a surp r ising amount of su rface rou gh ness. This pict ure is a met al contact surface after convent ional brea k-in has occurred. And TH IS? Optimal Lubrication This is the exact same surface area shortly after chani ng to an OPTIMOll ubricant, ut il izing t he surface improvi ng co ncept . Smoother surfaces mean less fric· tion, greater perfor mance and longer life. A conve nho nal l ubrica nt is not hing m ore than a liquid laye r separating 2 slidi ng surf aces. During conve nt ional break -in the surf aces grind agai nst each ot her unti l sm oothi ng occurs . Th is pro cess a nd the resulting surf aces are pr im it iv e at best. OPTIMOl uses a con cept deve lop ed t hrough years of res eercn. to out -perform all other l ubrication technologies. When us ing OPTIM OL an instant aneo us process occ urs th at act ua ll y ca uses th e metal surfaces to flow into a super smooth ha rde ned sta te . Pho to enl argements and electronic read ings hav e prove n that no other lubricant can obtai n th e surf ace smoothness tha t . OPTIMOl l ubricants can . -. la_ r=:t For a dealer or distributor near you, call (206) 332-4260 I Qpllmgf -- 31

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