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5! Super So Cal Fall Series "$30,000 in Prizes & Money" Gales Open Sign -Up Pract ice FIRST RACE American Billy Liles went 3-7 in Luxembourg for thi rd overall. Geboers was struggling. H e a nd Liles, wh o had cras hed 'o n th e first lap wh en Rossi fell righ t in front of him , were battling into the top 15 but the Belgian faced more and more difficulty as tape go t entangled in his rear brak e. " I had very li ttle rear brake from th e fifth lap, a nd I was havin g to lay th e bik e down hard in the tu rns ," Geboers said. After getting through 10 ninth, a position that wou ld have ensured that T horpe couldn' t cli nch the title, Geboers laid the bike over just a littl e bit too far and bro ke off the rear bra ke pedal. H e to ured disco nsol at ely in to retire. . Tho rpe thus had to finish in the to p three 10 cl inc h the crown provided Leisk, who started the mot o 40 po ints beh ind, was n 't ahea d a t th e checkered flag. T he Australian was fighting all the wa y an d passed Marten s and Dolce for fourth before closing on j obe, but time ran o u t for him ' to demote th e Bel gian. Nevertheless th e 13 points lifted Lei sk to w ith in two poi nts of Geboers. Up front Thorpe had his sigh ts on the win. " My fath er never sig nalled me until th e final co rne r that Eric was o u t," Thor p e sa id. " I wanted another 20 points to gi ve myself as big a lead as possibl e." T en min utes from th e end he passed Nicoll and, alt ho ugh he co u ld never pull a way , th e wi n n ever looked in doubt. T o the jubilation of th e th ousands of British sup porters, Thorpe powered over the line to win the mo to and his third ti tie. For the defeated Geboers there was only despa ir. Told that he was now just two points ahead of Leisk for second in the points, Geboers repl ied " I wasn' t co unti ng. First is first and second is nothing." j ob e's thi rd lifted him above th e absent Kees Van der Ven for six th in the sta ndi ngs, whi le Li les' lat e pass on the fadin g Dolce gave him sevent h in th e race behind Ans tie and Martens and equal sevent h in the standi ngs with Van der Ven, • Results MOTO ONE: 1. David Thorp e (Han); 2. Bill y Liles (Kaw); 3. Kurt Nicoll (Kaw ); 4 . Mervyn An stie (Han); 5. Ja cky Martens (KTM); 6. Eric Geboers (Han); 7. Oietmar lacher (Hon); B. ludovic Lucquin (Hon); 9. Jeff Leisk (Han); 10 . Kenneth Joha nsson (Yam); 11. Dolce (Han); 12. Dir k Geukens (Han); 13. Karl Sulzer (KiM ); 14. M arc Velkeneers (Kaw); 15. Cavatort8 (Hon). MOTO TWO: 1. Thorpe; 2. Nicoll ; 3. Georges ENTRY FEES Spor tsm en Non-Membe r Pros Non-Member Rounds 1 and 3 at Perris Raceway are TWO DAY events. SATURDAY, Sept. 2nd SATURDAY, Sept. 16th SATURDAY CLASSES: A ll Beginners 8< Novices; 12 Years 8< Over BOCc Beg. 8< Nov.; 125cc Beg. 8< Nov.; 250Cc Beg. 8< Nov.; 500cc Beg. 8< Nov.; 25 -29 Beg. 8< Nov.; Vet Beg. 8< Nov.; O.T. Beg. 8< Nov. 6:00a.m. 6;00 - 8:00 a.m. 8:00 - 9;00 a.m. 9:30a.m. $20 $25 $30 $35 SUNDAY, Sept. 3rd SUNDAY, Sept. 17th' • SUNDAY CLASSES : A ll Int ermedial e 8< Pros 12 Years 8< Over 80Cc Int. 8< Pro. 12 Years 8< Over 80Cc Int. 8< Pro; 125cc Int. 8< Pro; 250Cc Int. 8< Pro; 500cc lnt, 8< Pro; 25 -29 Int. 8< Pro; Vellnl . 8< Pro; O.T. lnt , 8< Pro Special Adu ll XR 80 Class. Top six in each class (excepl Pros) in the SERIESOVERALL w in Great Prizes and are eligible 10 w in a HONDA MO lorcycle. No Membership Required Ten Riders Make a Class FREE Overn ighl Camp ing At Perris . September 2-3 Perris Raceway $1,500 Pro Purse September 10 Carlsbad Raceway $1 ,000 Pro Purse September 16-17 Perris Raceway* $1,500 Pro Purse September 24 Glen Helen OHV Park $1,000 Pro Purse September 30 . Perris Raceway $1,500 Pro Purse * Special Appearances by TEAM HONDA on Sunday, September 17th l Meet your favorite riders at Goat Breker's Perris Raceway and get the inside line early this year. Honda Support Contigencies . Include HONDA LINE Apparel, Chemicals & Oils and a New HONDA Z50R to be drawn from top sportsman finishers, Be Part of the Excitel11ent! For more racing details call GFI Racing (7141788-5853 For the HE Inside Line See Your Area HONDA DEALER Today! HOND ",r,;·:a 1~' III u ~ ~ v' ~ Come ridewith us. 11m CiiET .A~.... IM.! ~_ ~_ ' . . Fantasy Muffler SCOTT U:=A Gatorz Bad Boy METZELER DOMINATES NAnONAI ENDURO SERIES Two th irds t hrough the series, METZELER has command ing one, two po ints lead. Team Suzuki's RANDY HAWKINS and Tea m KTM's KEVIN HINES are battling to be crowned t he '8 9 Enduro Champion . What do these tw o top notch Pro Riders have in co m mon? METZELER Tires, of courser Jobe (Hon) ; 4 . Leisk.: 5 . M an en s; 6 . Anst ie; 7 . Lil es; 8. Lacher; 9. Geuke ns; 10. Su lzer; 11. Romano Nannini (Han); 12. Velkeneers; 13. Dolce; 14 . Kurt Ljungqvist (Yam);·15. Costa (Han). POINT STANDINGS: 1. Thorpe (318)' ; 2. Geboers (273 ); 3. Leisk (27 1); 4. Nicoll (251); 5. Ma rtens (I Bn 6. Jo be (165); 7. (TIE) Kees Van der Venl U les (l 64t 9. Geuken s (13 8); 10 . Lacher. - clinched cham pionship METZELER@ FEEL THE DIFFERENCE 4520 107t11 Stieet s.w.• Everitt. WA98204. (206) 348-4000