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Fritz Kling (421) pulled away (rom Phil Pummell (60), R an dy Gaddey, Ma rty
Miller and Steve Patterson (I) to win round one of the Michigan GP Series.
Althou!;h the racing ac rio n was close, the
top five riders held their positions down to
th e che ckered nag. Smith dominated th e mota
with a nine-second cush io n over second place.
H eberlein. '
. When the gale dropped for th e start of the
seco nd mow, it was, aga in. Sm ith jumping
o u t in from pursued b y H eberlein, Dan
Morgan. Bell a nd Hershey. During th e first
lap, Bell pa ssed Mor gan with Hershey also
passin g th e Ca giva-m oun ted Morgan a lap
lat er. Sm ith stre tched o u t hi s lead to a n even
bigger ma rgin than the £irst mota with a 13·
seco nd lead . He crossed the fini sh line with
hi s second win o f th e day a hea d o f H ebe rlein.
H ershey pa ssed Bell o n th e final lap, wh en
Bell dr opped h is Hon da a nd fell back to
fo urth.
Smit h ended up o n to p o f th e 250cc class
over Heberl ein , Bell a nd Morgan . while
H enht'''Y won th e 125cc di vision o ver Larry
Bellman a nd Kacm ar.
Tand y Friley ca p tu red the 125cc: class win
w ith consistent 1-3 mo to scores.
111 the fir st m o w , Mike Mungo led. th e field
th roug-h th e fir st turn a head of J ames Fok y
a n d Dav id J OI1<.·s. FrBC:')' had a midpack start
b u t was wo rking h is way up throu gh the pa ck
in a hurry.
Al the halfway point. Fri ley h old moved in lO
st"nmd and w("nl 10 wor k o n lh e lead er .
Mungo. \\'ilh lh e while nag in sig ht , Friley
lu rn N.! o n the afterbu rne rs in hi s H onda and
ronsted paM :\Iungo. Fril ey ton k lh e win ove r
Mungo. Fok y. Jom's and Mikt, RCKIgcr s.
In round (wo. Rod gers mOlOn'ti into th t·
lead bUI ca mpt"t! oul o n h is rear fend er was
Mungo. Rodgers Iw ld o n for th e narrow
vinor y, finishi n g j usl two st'nmds a hea d o f
Mungo. Mungo , how ever, was penalized a lap
fOI n ltl ing o ff a \('n io n o f the tr.. k in a turn.
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So st'nmd p la('e was aw arded to Friley. wi th
Ryan :\Iarkh am !iten ling inl o th ird . Rodger 's
5-1 la lly gav e h im M"n md o\'t-ra ll.
. Kling took the lead from the drop of the
green nag, with 1988 Mic higan GP champ
Phil Pum rnell on the Honda VFR750 he's
been racing for fou r years a close second .
Randy Gaddey. Marty Miller and Patterson
were ru nning third through fifth , the top five
all in close formation.
During the next th ree laps Klin g turned up
the juice on h is Vita Spel tlRHClFour Seasons
Yamaha /Phil Flack R a ci n g -spo n so red
Yamaha a nd pulled out a n in e-second lead;
hi s third lap (1:27.75 at 82.079 mph) was the
fast est of the weekend.
Gaddy, Pummell and Miller were swapping
second place on almost every lap. Gaddey's
Suzuki GSXRII()()..powerro G SXR750 had
th e pow er adva ntage, but th e 125· pound rider
was ha vin g a tough time nicking th e bik e
th rough the n um erou s Gramm (urns. On the
o ther han d , Pummel! is. very co mforta ble with
his H onda, and he co uld eas ily tak e any line
th ro ug h the turns. Mill er 's bi ggest adva n tage
was the qu ick acce lera tio n o r hi s lightweight.
two-strok e Suzu ki RG 500. which exp loded
o u t o f th e turns, giving hi m a di stinct
ad vantage throu gh traffi c
Klin g averaged 80.8" I mph 10 win the 20mil e race by nine seconds. Gadd ey had enoug h
sta m ina 10 muscle h is bik e to M"Cond, ju st
ahea d of Mill er and Pu m mel I. Mike Karm
started a l Ihe back o f th e 40· hike field after
mi <;,s in g: Sa tu rday 's he- il race. but stead ily
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wor ked h is way throu gh traffic to fini sh fifth.
P att er~on ' s best ra('e (~mt· in th e co mb ined
B Su peTStoc k/ Prod uc tio n race. \ Vit h a field
full of 750s. it was the 600s o f Patt erson a nd
Midlael T aylor who sto le the ~h o w . Steve
Sch eih e led early on a GS XR7:;0. but o n Ihe
lh ird lap Patterson pulled on e o f h is pat emed
fir sl-turn o Ulbra king pas !"tC's to lak e th e Ie-dd.
evenlua lly win n ing by six seconds.
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GRATH);. ~II . AP R. 22
F. ~t abli~t lt'd \'t'Il-ra nS Fritl Klin g and Stev if'
PallersOI1 dom in al ed th e first W ERA ~a nct io llt'd roa d ran ' of the season at Gr attan
Raccwa y wit h th rce victori es ap ie('c. Kling ,
th e defendi n g rr.,' lidl igan Grand Prix St'r ics
C hamp io.lI. bega n hi s til le defen se in the fift h
year o f th e series by win ning ro u nd o ne n n
his Fred Kli ng· tu nro 95(kc Yam aha FZR7,,0.
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ca reer , winn ing th rt't' ha rd -foug h l ran-s o\"er
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