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T he ma in event was merely a forma lity for Bayle as' he led from start to finish. Once he had a comfortable lead, he never had to exert himself. Van den Berk held second on lap one befor e Cooper flew by. Cooper handed the place back a lap later when he cras hed in th e whoops. T hat left Dubach a nd Stanton to q uick ly demote the Dutchman on lap four. Ho wever the two Americans were never close eno ug h to engage in battle and Du bach finished second about a q uarter of a lap behi nd Bayle. ~ Ward had been pu toutof contention ~hen he clas hed with Stanton on the o utside of the First turn. but h e 'g rad ua lly worked his back throug h th e. pack. When Cooper sta lled in the tunnel, Ward mo ved to fourth an d the 'first three were too far gone for him 'to improve any further. t Co lin Dugm ore rode a sensible race to finish six th, a nd o nly seven th -p lace E~wi n Even sen stayed o n the lead lap . Eckenbach, who had ear lier offered 'stiff resistan ce to Ward. mi ght have been eighth bu t he was too gen tlema n ly in making way fo r Bayle whe n oeing lapped and bo th Vehkon en and Sch mit took advantage to pa ss' him. Schmit started last after getting pushed /Q t in th e first tum. u -n' At the start of the l25cc final Swink go t th e holeshot bu t was down to fifth 'before th e end of lap one as Belval an d 'Frederick ' Via lle led the charge pa st hi m. Albertyn fell in the hairpin a t the end of the service tun nel, delayi ng 'o ther riders wh ich included Everts, the n Emi g a lso Crashed his way to the back o f the pack. Within five laps all of the lead pack dxcept Craig had h it th e ground at "so me point. Belval crashed hard in the whoo ps on lap two, Buddy Antunez al mos t went into the arena wa ll whi le trying to go around Vialle befor e he fina lly forced his way pas t a la p la ter. Swink lost it at the end of the whoops, j}h en bo t~ ~ nt u nez an d Via lle fell in . .: parate inci den ts on the same lap and e Cra ig was gifted a big lead whe n ~second- p lace Patrick Bolley cras hed in \tl,e whoops. ; Behind Cra ig th e pa ck was so clo se tha t a t o ne stage of the race there were 14 riders in the service tunnel a nd only Craig in sight. Amidst all th e actio n Albenyn had come throug h fro m last to fourth befor e he dis p laced Daniel Obelisco to fin ish thi rd. Albert yn 's effort exhausted h im , but. Antunez found new stre ngt h and relentlessly closed on Craig, wh o was feeling th e strai n of racing a lone for so long. With o ne lap to go, the two were together but Craig just held on for the win. Saturday Normally the direction of the track is reversed during the break , but the layout this year didn 't a llo w that so 'the whoops were merely sharpened. T he added severity improved raci ng. Several of the 250cc class riders dropped out. Schmit didn't want to risk damaging h is knee and pulled out, Dugmore had to watch with a bad ly swolle n right hand du e to a sprained wrist suffered in Thursday night's ac tio n, and Van den Berk was forced to withdraw under th e threat of dismissal from the Ches terfie ld Suzuki team . The Dutchman had ridden the first two days against the orders of his team manager Michele Rinaldi, a nd a fax arrived for him a t noon Saturday which threatened him with dismissal for breach of co nt ract if he co nt in ued 1 participate in the Paris race, wh ich 0 was co-sponsor ed by Camel. Action on the track heated up as well when the Americans tried to stop Bayle. The renewed vitality of Stanton, .. r---.....,~~~~" ~~"'~"""~~~~~,~~~~~,~~, " :i:i: ' ~~" C R C ' . SUNDAY JANUARY 6, 1991 a DO~':;t . .M::: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ !'j: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ?::; . '"8~A_ Ii. -el:J'h • ~ MO f . I . 151, . ~ ~ 'lI ~ ~ .~' ~~ lJ~ ~ NellT +lO-flp:r , • ~tr.• ~ I, fa: · z ,' ~ ~ ~_ ~ >e 1lll'J-' - ~ BqiJired ~ Parada Lap " !!!! 8 :15am 80cc. Women. Vintage Each . . ~ \ .. ~ ~ _. 9 :15am All Nov;ce ClassRace \ ~ i ~ 10:15am CRC Vetsl + 30) 45 Minutes · , " -, - ' V : ~ CRC SR (+ 40) ,. "'~" ' " . •. . ~ 11 :OOam Parade Lap 20% Trophies ~ 11: 30 pm Alllntermediate/Pro Superb MAIL ENTRY $20 ~ 12:30 pm AII8eginners F," h Pi Non-Member $25!!!! 1:30am Jun ior Vets (+ 25 ) in'S er ns PO ST ENTRY $25 ~ 2 :30pm Team Race Cash To Pros Non-Member $30 ~ . ~ Mail entries and two (2)'leglll so tt-oaaressed. s tamped envelopes (SASE) !!!! CALIFORNIA RACING CLUB, 37045 Ran Drive. Palmda" CA 93550 ;~RC ~ ~ 8:00am ~ 'h ~ ' ~ Perris Raceway Perris, California . . ~ ======-':"::::""'~--, ~ CAlI ' _ ' . . . . . ClUl ,'. ~ N o pos t entrv penalty for 2nd class entered 1991 CRC Membership Available for Info Call (805) 272-8889 : C 6 ~ ~ ~~,~~~~~~~~,~~~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,~