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_ B mID licrw~_d_~_m_~ _'~_:R_oo_~_2 a nd held it to the end, though Adamo's fears wer e unfounded. Mathews fin ished over 50 seconds behind Adamo. Dr.Dave Kieffer, on yet another Ferracci 851 Ducati, finished fifth after passing Ra ce Co.'s Pet e J ohnson on the sixth lap. Johnson held o n for sixth with Nigel Gale seventh on an H-D lWO. ~ e Results SUPERTWINS fiNAL: I. Pascal Pico ne (Due): 2. Andre w Stroud (Bri); 3. J imm y Adam o (Duc); 4. Step hen Mathews (Due); 5. Da ve Kieffer (Due): 6. Pete j oh nson (M· G ): 7. Nigel Ga le (H · D); 8. Gteg Kop p (Due): 9. Ro nal d McG ill (Han): 10. Lance Holst (Due): I I. Paul Orl an di (Due): 12. Erwi n Rainak (Due): 13. Ero n Flory (BMW): 14. Mar k Crw (Due ): 15. Bob Bossarder (H · D); 16. Bill Fenn essy (Ya m): 17. Kiyo Watana be (Han); 18. j erry j irkovsky (Ka w ); 19. Kla us G roeger (Ha n). Time: 29 min. , 46.474 sec, Distance 19 laps . 41.8 miles. Averagr S~: &4.769 mph. Margin o(Victory: 16.001 sec. AVERAGE SPED); 84.769 mph. SUPERTWINS C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS: I. Pascal Picon e (40): 2. j im my Adamo (32); 3. Stephen Mathe ws (26): 4. David Kieffer (21): 5. Greg Kop p (17). AMA/CCS Harley-Davidson T win Sports Series: Round 2 -- ZampachzapsLslie e By H enn y Ray Abrams MONTEREY, CA, APR. 26 ill ey's H-D's Scott Zampach won h is second H a r ley-Da vidso n - win Sports race of the year , but T unlike Daytona where he was disqual ified, th is time there was no protest and he left the track the winner. And j udgi ng from his rid in g, he deserved it. Pressured throughout by Moroney's Cycles' Jam es Leslie, even briefly losin g the lead at one point. Zampach took the checkers after Leslie nearly crashed while in pursuit on the last of 12 laps. He got back up to speed and finished second, 2.139 seconds back. Nigel Gale finished a close third on the Bartels' H-D. Zampach averaged 76.846 mph for the 25-mile race which he completed in 20 minutes, 44.626 seconds. T wo rounds into the championship, Gale ho lds the points lead wit h 35, ni ne better than Ronal d McGill, fifth today beh ind dirt-tracker Mike Hale on another Bartels' mount. Zampach took th e lead on the second lap with the lead trio splitting. The order was Zampach, Leslie, Gale for most of the race, excep t o n the fourth lap when Lesli e took the lead between turns two and three. Zampach took it back going inside th e right-hand turn four and sped to the flag. Leslie 's hopes for a last lap cha rge went awry as he slid going out of turn two, his left leg flying off the mach in e. T he gap from Zam pach to Les lie was abo ut 10 bike lengths, Gale another 10 back in third, bu t well a head of Hale who'd stuffed his way past McGill in turn II at .the end of the seventh lap. McGill held o n to fifth with Damia n Gregory /Donahue H -D ' s Da vey Durelle sixth from th e seventh lap on . a T Canadi an Pascal Pi co tte thoroughly dominatedthe SuperTwios class at La guna Seca, winning by over 16 seconds. Scott Zampach bea t J ames Lesl ie in the Harley-Davidso n T win Sports race. Picotte in aromp By Henny R a y Abra ms MONTEREY, CA, APR. 26, t wasn't so mu ch a race as a di spl a y, a nd maybe a warning. Fast by Ferracci's Pascal P icotte backed up hi s SuperTwins win a t Daytona wi th a flawless ro m p o n the La guna Seca Raceway circui t, winning by 16.001 seconds, though th at hardl y does j us tice to his dominance. I 12 The Ducati 85l-mounted FrenchCa nad ia n sped into the lead a t the start of the 19-1 p race and by the end of a the second lap had over a six second lead. H e pulled away a t will, com p leting the 40-m ile race in a time of 29 minut es, 46.474 secon ds, at a n average speed of 84.679 mph a nd sho wed that unless he makes a mistake. it could be a very long season for his pursuers. " I kn ew I had no choice but to win th e race," Pic otte said afterwards in heavil y-accented Engl ish. "If I don't win , th e boss (Elraldo Ferracci ) won 't be happy. " I pushed for four of five la ps in the beginning 'and had an eight, 10seco nd adv antage. I had good momentum and kn ew if I don't fall down, I win ," Picotte added. Seco nd th e entire race was New Zeala nder Andrew Stroud, riding th e Br itten V-1000 in i ts seco nd U .S. ap pear ance th is year. Stroud had to co ntend with Gi aCaMoto's Jimmy Adamo for most of the race, but was ab le to pull o ut abou t four seconds at the end in hi s first race a t Laguna. " O nce I got used to the track I found it much easier to use the power," Stroud said. " It's a five-speed, but I o n ly go t into fourth , going up the h ill , short -shifting at about 9,500 rp m. It 's go t so much torque you don 't really need to rev it." Adamo was happy to bring the fluorescent green Ducati 888 home th ird aft er rebuilding the engine the ni ght befor e. The Gl en Cove, New York, resident exp lai ned that he'd blown up a no ther eng ine earl ier in th e race weekend a nd had borrow ed a cylinder, head, and pi ston s. " We finished working here abo ut midnight a nd took it back to th e hotel to work on it. We started it , ran three laps in practi ce and it went. I was scared Mathews was going to catch me because I was going so slow," Adam o said. Ada mo was ref err ing to Steven Mathews on a nother Fast by Ferracci Duca ti , his a n 888. The Atlantan moved int o f1lurth on th e seco nd lap Resul ts H-D TWIN SPORTS FINAL: I. Scott Zampacb ; 2. J am es Lesfie; 3. Nigel Ga le; 4. Mike Hale; 5. Ronald McGill: 6. Davey Durelle; 7. j erry Walla ce; 8. Tony Montenegr o; 9. Nan ey Delgad o: 10. j on Stauffer; 11. Dennis Fonenbaugh; 12. Mark Bautzer; 13. Mike Hedrick; J 4. Chuck Blackm on ; 15. Bob Bossardet. T ime: 20 m in.• 44.626 sec. Dista nce: 12 lap s. 24 mi les. Avera ge SP«d: 76.846 mph Margin o( Victory: 2. 139 sees. H -D TWIN SPORTS POI NT STANDINGS: I. Nige l Ga le (35); 2. Ron al d McG ill (26); 3. J ames Lesh e (23): 4. Sca n Zampach (20); 5. Ch uck Blackmon (19); 6. (TIE) Randy Texter/ Mike Hal e (13): 8. (TI E) Sha wn H igbee/Naney Delgado (11) 10. (TIE) Fran cis Will ia mso n/Da vey Dur elle (10).

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