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~'CO IS LOOKING FO~ I!JFAsrMorAS~· ~ . fm A AND JEr SKI RACERS ro JOIN rEAM rORCO. ~ . r-------------------Y ES CLIP AN D MA IL TODAY If you are successful e noug h to become a mem ber of Team Torco, you will have the cha nce to w in a great deal of cash! You're going racing a nywa y, so why not ra ce your way onto Team Torco? . And when you buy you r oil,why not buy Torco...the oil tha t pays you s100. pe r win! Allmotorcycle and jet ski racers a re eligible. Pegram was the fastest q ualifier and won the Hooters' King of the Hill Shootoul. Morehea d and went o n to fin ish in that order. Georgie Price looked like a sure wi nner in sem i three, but he clipped a hay ba le and a llo wed Geoff Clark and Mike Klo pp to sne ak past. Clark scor ed the win over Klopp. Morehead sliced through th e field in the last chance qualifier to earn the last transfer in to the main. The 20-lap main req uired several restarts before it got underway cleanly. C la r k fell o n th e fir st st art , a n d Mor eh ead, Rogers and Grayb eal piled u p on th e restart. Pol e-sitter Davis jumped into the lead on th e second and final restart, ' wi th Rogers in his shado w as they entered turn o ne. As they began lap two, Rogers dove to the inside of turn o ne and slammed Davis back to second. " That 's just short tra cking," said Davi s. " I' ve always felt that if a gu y is fast enough to get ins ide you and not fall down, then he deserves it." While Rogers and Davis battled for th e lead, Pegram settled into third, ahead of Graybeal a nd Burkholder. Davis glued himself to Rogers' rear fender and wa ited for an o pen ing. "Rusty was giving it everyt h ing he ha d.ibu t I kn ew he cou ldn' t keep th at pace u p," said Davi s. " He was heatin g up his tires too mu ch ." Davis mad e hi s move on lap seven, and bu mped Rogers back to second. Once out front, Davis clicked it in to overdr ive and was never again cha llen ged. Pegr am did his best to pass Rogers, bu t was forced to sett le for third ahea d of Graybeal and secon drow starter Poo vey. " T hat was fu n , it was a to ugh race," said Davis. " I hope the fan s liked it, it sure was exciting from wh ere I sat.''' Coward in J eweiers/Dad/Pow erspor ts/ L u kherds Fi ner Food/ Grandm a- sponsored , Wood-Rotax mounted Brian Strong led every lap of th e Pro-Am main event. J am es Haas recovered from a' first-sta rt spill to finis h second ahead of J am es Berry. eN Results J RlEX: 1. Will Davis (H' D); 2, Rust y Rogers (H· D); 3. Larry Pegram (H·D); 4. Erik Graybeal (W· R ); 5. Terry Poovey (H ·D); 6. Brian Tillson (W·R); 7. Kris Kiser (Rtx); 8. Robert Lewis J r. (H ·D); 9. J am es Han (W·R); 10. Steve Burkhold er (H-D); 11. Steve Morehead (H ·D); 12. Geoff Clark (R tx); 13. Mike Klopp (W·R); 14. Char lie Orr (H ·D). P RO-AM : 1. Bria n Stro ng (W·R ); 2. Jame s Haas (Han); 3. James Berry (H ·D); 4. Roger Denmeyer Jr . (Hon); 5. Keith Miller (R lX); 6. Dayne Pierantcni (R.'x ). 1 1 1 Name: ·1 Address: • Send me at no obliga tion-details on how I can win s100. per race . 1 • 1 City: State: __ Zip: 1 1 Type of Racing/ Class: Mail to: TORCO INTERNATIONAL CORP. 1 9916 Pioneer B lvd. Santa Fe S rings, CA 90670 HURRY a GET YOURS BEFORE SMITTY'S MOM BUYS THEM ALL! Pink, grey and black design printed on quality 100% cotton w hite T-Shirt. Available in sizes Medium, Large, X-Large and XX-Large for just . .. s" ,~~!!5!'!ANDlING - • , . ---. , '-VlSA I -~ ' Credit Card Orders are OK T-Shirt (Back Design) To order your Team Smitty T-Shirt, use the orde r form located bel ow the Advertisers Ind ex in thi s issue of Cycl e News. T-Shirt (Front Design) -------------------------------------------------------, AttentiO I! - Subscriberi , 1. For FA ST EST service at ta ch o ld mailing label in space below. If m ailing label is not avai lable. print y our nam e and add ress in this box . - Pl ease allow 3 weeks for change t o t ake effect. When I I I I I I I I I L yoU 111 0 \le. •• 2 . Pri nt yo ur N EW address he re . NAME A D D RESS CITY _ STA T E _ ZIP _ 3. M ail t o : Circulation Department CYCLE NEWS, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 J 25