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eLOCAL EVENTS
Roberts, Blackmon blitz
Roebling Road
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By Bo b Applegate
More than 100 riders turn ed out lor the Cantamar GP in P uerto Nuevo, Baja
Cali£ornia, Mexico. Ni netee n -year-old Johnny Campbell was the overall winner.
Suzuki-mounted Dann y Roberts won the Solo GTO class at Roebling Road
Faulkvi lle, Georgia. He edged Bruce Nield by half a bike length lor the win.
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FAULKYILLE. GA, MAR. 3I,APR. I
O pahum pk a , Flor ida 's fa vorite so n, jon
Ro bers, co nt in ued th e winnin g strea k he
sta rted a' Da yto na ear lier in Mar ch by taki ng
wins in both th e Ex pe rt :'Ii ddl ewei g ht
Superspor t a nd Su pe rbi ke classes o n a
Yamah a FZR, wh ile th e other Ro berts (no ,
no t th at o ne), Danny Ro bert s, set th e pace
for the Iast time to beat , turning 1:18s ea rly
in th e weeken d.
wh ile no t th e fa stest time ever turned a t
this two- m ile trac k, Dann y Rob erts turned a
slew 01 hot lap , d uri ng Sa tu rday 's So lo GT O
Endura nce eve n t to edge o ut riders schoo l
ins tructor Bru ce Nield by half a bik e len gth,
J ohn Choate, rook ie expe rt Donald Part on ,
and Ph il Cassor ro u nded o u r the top live.
So lo GTU was a ru na way ro m p by Dayton a,
Flo rida 's Nat e Don ah ew , who is still ge lling
'1S"I ,o hi , new Yam aha TZ2 50. " I had a blast .
th at thin g is so mu ch fun to ride and thi s
is a good 250 track," Donahew outlasted 21
e ther fast g uys from a ll over th e Easter n
sea bo a rd , wh o wer e enj oyi ng dr y tra ck
cond itio ns for th e firs( race in four months.
Ag-e a nd expe rience over cam e you th and
exu bera nce in rhe GP bike dominated Expert
Li ghtweight GP romp with Roebling Road
veteran Pat O 'Leary taking the win ove r
Don ah ew and Bob Bossardet, a ll thre riding
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T Z250s. O 'Leary's times cho pped a lew
hundrerh s off 01 Dann y Robert ' earlier 1:18. ,
makin g him un olfi ciall y th e fastest rider 01
the weekend .
On e of th e mo st professional dforts of th e
weekend was turned in by Gr eenw ood , So ut h
Caroli na, rider Chuck Blackmon. Blackm on's
sponso r list reads like a who's wh o of rac ing .
a nd h is i m mac u la te ly- p re pa red Yamaha
RZ350 too k him to triple wins. in Novi ce
Lightweight GP. Lightweight Superbike, and
Nov ice Sportsma n.
Roebl in g Road has a lways been a good
twin s tra ck a nd the Expert Heavywei ght
Supertwins race p ro ved tha t Dou g Brauneck
took off o n the Dr. j ohn 's M ot o Guzzi Daytona
1000 an d d iced a bit wit h Virgi nia n Bru ce
N ield , but pulled in ear ly, ma ki ng it appa rent
th at the Guui was ut ili zin g the tra ck rim e
for suspens io n d evelopment. Ni eld went o n
to wi n the race o n a Duca ti 85 1 over Ran d y
Kirn ec o n a Harl ey, an d Aust ralian en try
Owe n Co les o n a Magni Moto G uzzi. Co les
is sponsored by Moto Guui Aus tra lia. a nd
ha s been cruising the co u ntry since Da yton a.
Rand y Kirnec used hi s Rob ison H -D sponso red 883 Sportster to win th e U.S. Twin
Sports cia." nening $300, with Bru ce Ni eld
seco nd lor $220.
Resul ts
EX l.IW S/SP RT: I. Ma ll j un Kklau:\ (Ya m l: 2. Jimmy .
(Yam) : 3. T im MnrTi ~ (Ya m).
NOV L'w S/S P RT : J. T im uth y Trw (Va m ); 2. K('nn f'lh
Mdlll yrt' (Ya m): 3. Mich;.t('1Mnnr (' (Va m ): 1. Mic-h;l l V,lclllt'y
r
((Y~m );!'. Todd .I ohn ~nn (S UI) .
F.X M /\\' S/ SPRT : I. J on Rf)brll ~ (Ya m ); 2. j uhn C hoa lf'
(Yllm ); 3. Paul Sch WMnmM (Vam ); 4. Mic-harl McKi nl r y
(Yam): 5. Mieh 'lr! Skil l'!> (Ya m ).
NO V M /W S/ SP RT: I. j amf'ro U".rh"rl (lin n ); 2. t:r ie Rotba
(Yam) : , . R . T odd KfT!oN' (H u n) ; 1. J.am n G randy (SUI ):
!) . Dani el H .uVf')' (Hn n) .
EX H I\\' S/S P RT: I. Donald Panon (SUI): 2. j ohn C hn.u r
III (Ya m); , . P h illip C.au nt ( K.ilw ); 1. JnM' So;u n (Sw ): 5.
Mic hotrl Fill pa.tr1l-k fK.aw).
SO\' H/ W SIS P RT: I. Robe rt Ha inn (Vam ); 2. Tndd
J o h m on (SUI); 3. Richa rd Bot tk" ~ SUI): 1. Micharl Krnnki:
!'. Ra lph 1It'''IM"O (Sw).
EX M/W S/ BK: I. J on Robrm. (Va m ); 2. Bru«' N idd lO uc);
, . P;"ul SchwnnOW'r (Ya m): 1. Bob 8cAurdrt (Y;lm); 5. Dav id
Finr (M.C;).
EX LlW SiR K; 1. Bob 8ouoIrdrt (Ya m); 2. J imm y MI,,11l')'
( YOIm): 2. M OIU j un gk lau, (Va m):