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Kenny Roberts Jr. (17) leads wi n n er Alan Scott (44) through tu rn four during the Formula II . Rober ts crashed wi th th ree laps remaining and fai led to fi nish . riders ou t, Oli ver was left with a clear ru n to the flag, and he topped hi s team mate by five and a half seconds. Martin rode a steady race to take th ird , foll owed by Graves and Ren frow . Scott Gray, in his first race in nine mo nt hs, finished an encouraging sixth in th e second leg and sixth o vera ll. "I reall y hope to win the cha mp io n ship for Marlbor o and Kenn y," sa id Oliver. " A lot of peo ple thought it was going to be easy, but there wa s some good running superbikes ou t there today and there is always a local read y ' to give yo u trouble." The'Airtech Formula II race was one of the better WERA Pro Seri es races of the year. It was a four-bike race nearl y the entire way. Kenny Roberts Jr. a nd Alan Sco tt of the Ra iney Racing team swapped the lead back and forth while rejuvenated Donnie Greene led at tim es o n his Dian eticssponsored Yamah a. All the while local ace Mike Su llivan was right in the thick of thi ngs . Mich ael Graves was also in the lead pack early before hi s bi ke exp ired. With three la p s to go, Ro bert s cras hed af ter dr afting by Scott and h itting so me bumps o n th e outs ide of tu rn two. T ha t left the race to Sco tt, Greene or Sullivan. Greene made hi s mo ve at the right pl ace and led with two turns to go . Sco tt, in a fa niastic mov e, drove underneath Gr een e o n th e las t turn to win by half a bik e length. In other racing, J oe Pittman was un stoppable in th e Dunlop Superstock races. Pittman handily beat Kurt Hall in the A Superstock race, then tu rn ed around and bea t Chuck Graves in the (L eft to right) Petersen, Oliver and Michael Martin celebrate on the rostrum. , , B Superstock event. It was a great day for the Oak H arb or , Washington rider. Bruce Lind, 43, sho ws no sign of slowing down. He won the C Superstock race after starting from th e rear of the field. In 'the Metzeler Fu ture Stars race, Or ega n rid er Peter Sch ran er had no problems, winning easily over Brian Honcoop. Sch raner rode a Cycle Sport of Sal em-spo nsored Yamaha FZR600 . CN Results F-U5A LEG I: I. Rich Ol iver (Yam): 2. Robbi e Petersen (Yam): 3. JOt." Pillman (S Ul); 4. Do nald J acks 5. Mich ael Martin (Suz): 6."Britt T ur kin gton (SUI ); 7. Dou g Renfrow (SUl ); 8. Brian Bern ard (SUl ): 9. Scot t G ra y (Suz); 10. J oe Brett Will iam s (Ha n). F-USA LEG 2: I. Rich Oliver; 2. Robbi e Petersen ; 3. Mich ael Mar tin ; 4. Ch uch G raves: 5. Dou g Renf row : 6. Scott G ray; 7. Bri an Bernard; 8. Joe Breit Willi ams; 9. Steve Littlejoh n; 10. Adam Fassett . OVE RALL: I. Rich O liver (Yam); 2. Robbie Petersen (Ya m); 3. Michael Martin (Suz); 1. Dou g Renfro w (SUi ): 5. Ch uck Gr aves (Sua): 6. SCQII Gr a y (Suz); 7. Brian Bern a rd (Ya m ); 8. Joe Brett Will ia ms (SUl) : (Ha n); 9. Joe Pillman (Yam); 10. Steve Litt lej ohn (SUl ); I I. Brill T urkington (SUI); 12. Do na ld Jack s (Suz) : 13. Ada m Fau sseu (SUI ); 14. Sean Smythe (Ha n); 15. Ch ris Calla n (5 Ul); 16. Paul Vogel (Yam ); 17. Mark H askin s (SUI); 18. Peter Sma ll (Hen ): 19. Michael McBrady (SUl ); 20. Jeff Haga n (5 Ul). £-11: I. Ala n See n (Yam); 2. Do n G ree ne (Ya m) ; 3. Mike Su ll ivan (Yam ); 4. Brian Bernard (H a n ); 5. Peter Wensloff (Yam ); 6. Ben Williams (Yarn); 7. Chuch Sorensen (Yam); 8. Ross Hah n (Yam): 9. Todd Bowman (H a n); 10. Steve Dahl stro m (Yam ). A Superstock : l. Joe Pi ttma n (SUI): 2. Kurt Hall (S Ul ); 3. Dou g Renf row (SUI) ; 4. Mark H askin s (SUl ); 5. Mike Krynock (5Ul ); 6. Skipper Nilsen (Yam). B S/ST K: 1. Joe Pillma n (SUl ); 2. Ch uck G raves (Suz): 3. Mike Sullivan (Suz); 4. Dav id Duprey (SUl ); 5. Mich ael Mart in (Suz); 6. Ada m Fasseu (SUl.); 7. Dal e Kieffer (Suz); 8. Shawn Roberti (Suzjl: 9. Paul Haarre ll (Kaw); 10. Ed Sadvar (5 Ul); I I. Ed Sorbo (5 Ul ); 12. Andy McKay (SUl ); 13. Peter Sma ll (Han); 14. Michael Ben son (Yam ); 15. James Bailey (Suz); 16. J onat han Wetzel (Kaw) : 17. J ohn Burden (Yam ); 18. Arden Friesen (Ya m). C S /ST K: I. Bru ce Lind (Han); 2. Dal e Kiefer (Yam); 3. Ti m Heale fYarn); 4. Alan Schwen (Yam )p; 5. David Sta nto n (He n ): 6. J. And rew Mihon ; 7. John Hea le (Yam); 8. Bill y Vassiliou (Ya m ); 9. Dou g Kadler tvam ): 10. Ri chard Ma tth ews (Yam) ; 11. Joh n Burden (Yam) ; 12. Arden Fri esen (Yam) ; IS. Peter Mison (Han); 11. Berks Jell (Han). WERA FUTUR E ST AR: I. Peter Schrane r (Yam); 2. Brian He ncoo p (Ya m); 3. Steve Atamanchur (Ya m); 4. Brian Les ter (Ha n); 5. Kevin Pi ttm an (Hen): 6. Bill Krant (Yam). 23