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their penalties to tally fifth and sixth, respectively. The GTU battle wa s led for th e first h our by Yamah a FZ R600m ounted Sa m McDonald , but a sp ectacul ar turn 14 cras h (h is first of two during th e weekend ) ended hi s da y prem aturely. Roswell H onda th en took over th e lead, but Mat th ews' crash ha lted th eir cha rge, making way for ' Frank Klernentich a nd Robbie Petersen of T eam OTS. " T here was no drama whatsoever. I wish all th e races were like thi s," said Petersen. OTS won th e GTU class, fini shing se vent h o vera ll and leading home th e next three GTU teams. all o n th e sa me lap (89) - T eam Toomer 's G lenn Barry a nd J on Roberts claimed eighth overall a nd second in clas s. followed by Lofgren Racing's Mike Moores and La nce Nordby, a nd Super " B" Racing. Just For Fun managed a 14 th-p la ce overall finish to take fifth in the GTU ca tegor y. The top five all rode Yamaha FZR600s. A number of usual frontrun ners had problem s today, a mo ng th em Team Motor Spo rt. Coming into this . the eig h th ro und of th e IO-event series. T eam Mot or Sport's Rich ard Arnaiz and Phil Kress had held second in points, a co mforta ble three points ah ead of the absent H yp erCycle and 10 a head of Gibsonia/ Englert. But th eir Yam aha FZR IOOO lunched an intake cam in practice. and when th eir backup FZR750 went belly-up. so too did th eir hopes. So wh en Bob Englert offered Mo tor Sport the use of h is spare FZR750, the y graciour'y accepted. However . th e bike was painfull y stock. and wore Michelin Hi-Sport street rad ial s rather than slic ks. Wh en Arnaiz returned from th e warm-up lap. . he summarized its performance ca pa bili ties: " It's a stone." he said. T han kfull y for Kress. he'd never have to ride it . as Arnaiz los t th e fro nt end and crashed unh urt on la p 14 whil e pas sing a la ppee on the outside of turn five. Surprisingly, Englert was not too upset about his wrecked bik e; probabl y because Motor Sport provided him with some replacement bodywork. Fastline Racin g's Jeff R heau me also cra shed in turn five, ending their day . while fellow so ut hern Californians Johnson & Wood suffered an engine failur e. Keystone R a ci n g ' s Suzuk i GSX R IIOO was runni ng poorly a t the start, and Deiter Lane pitted after the first lap. Crew Chief George Fitts swapped the black box, and when tha t di dn 't help , Lane p itted again to ch a nge carburetors. T h e time required to make the ch a n ges dropped. them to 18th overall, a nd 10th in the GTO clas s. nine laps behind the leaders. - I: )?~OC~. '. i=J I Ricky Johnson Jean-Michel Ba yle Johnn y O 'Mara " . .. ""'.) Jeff Stan ton j . Damon Bradshaw "Ron Lechien " ' Guy Cooper Jeff Ward Tom Carson Fred Andrews Mike J0Q.es l3~ " I '. g I • . · , s · d I . .~ ." .. j 1/ " ....... ~/. ~ f . ( ~ I· . : · 1 t I!----J~: i~z . H~4 :. . '.. 1 ' '1 t; ,.,,-r.- rJI/ 7~' .. ." : ' ( .'. '·;:·':' ~O~OHAMA ,~.;;•• I' N "~:~Ji'{~; .~ . ' ~.NA'~Ijr. ·'·· : . ~ ~'JlO i~ : S . ~ .... ~ Sun., OCT. 1sf ." . . . . . ~ ;';'; . '" ' .. DELMONT, PA. Race 1 p.m. - Adm. $12 Saturday, Sept. 30th AMATEUR MX RACING . Practice 8 a.m. Riders fee $20 ' Adm. $20 (Includes Sunday's ticket) Weekend Camping for AMA-Members & Families ($10.00 per vehicle) ~. m!@!!@ :U.-RACiNG' = DIRECTIONS: 12 mi.-E. of PA Tpk on Rt. 22 near Delmont, Rt. 66 N. 3 mi ., then right on Slickville Rd. half mi. approx. INFORMATION: (304) 594-1157/ TRACK: (412) 468-4786 HONDA Corne ride withus. Results EBC BRAKES ENDUR CHA L oi A : 1. Dutchm an Racing II (Suz); 2. Rough Stock Racing All -St ars (Han); 3 . Du tchman Racing (5uz) ; 4 . Team Gibsonia /Eng lert Racing (Yam); 5. Insulate Industries IVam); 6 . Team Boulder Vamaha (Vam ); 7 . Team OTS (Vam); B. Team Toomer (Vam); 9. Lofg ren Racin g (Vam); 10 . Super 'B' Raci ng (Vam ); 1 1. 3· D Racing (SUl); 12 . So ut h Flor ida Racing (Vam); 13 . Excel Racing (S Ul) ; 14 . J ust For Fun (Vam); 15 . Island Racing (Vam). GTO; 1. Dutchman Racing II (SUl ); 2. Rough Stock Racin g All -St ars (Hon); 3 . Dutchman Racing (Suzl; 4. Team Gibsonia/Englert Racing (Yam); 5. Insulat e Indu str ies (Yam ). GTU: 1. Team OTS (Vam); 2. Team Toom er (Vam); 3. Lofgren Racing (Yam ); 4 . Sup er 'B' Rac ing (Yam) ; 5 . J ust For Fun IVam). RACE TIME : 180 m in .. 38 .496 sec. AVERA GE SPEED, 77 .226 mph AMAlCCS EBC BRAKES ENDURANCE CHALLENGE SERIES POINT STAN DINGS GTO: 1. Dutch man Racing (144); 2. Rough Stock Racing A ll -Stars (65); 3 . (TIE) Dut ch man Racing IIlTeam Gib sonia /Eng lert Racing (64); 5. Team M oto r Span (631; 6. Hvper -Cvcle 1601; 7 . Fastl in e Racing (52) ; B. Johnson & Wo od (48); 9 . Sout h Flori da Racing 142); 10 . Team Tyler (33 ). GTU: 1. Team Toomer (121) ; 2. Rosw ell Honda (85 ); 3. Team OTS 1 53); 4 . Just For Fun 150); 5. Gator Racing " 1 ); 6 . Moore Racing (44); 7. 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