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Once again getting a perfect launch, Gruhn's QuickBikes Racing Michelinshod RD got the holeshot. With the red flags erasing his earlier mistake, Delia shadowed Gruhn for the first three laps, but the halfway flags signaled Gruhn to up the pace, and he opened up a two-second lead in one lap. As Gruhn pulled away, Delia came under attack from the father-son team of Lynford and Paul Garland, both on RD400s. First to try Delia was the elder Garland, Lynjord, but before he could mount his charge, he came under pressure from his son Paul. Wasting no time, the younger Garland displaced his father and went to work on Delia for second. Grulm's lead grew larger every lap, and he even had time to pulliongwheelies for the corner workers to show his appreciation. Garland made the pass on Delia coming off the back straightaway into the bowl, but Delia was able to repass him when Garland ran wide midturn. That would be Garland's last chance to pass before the checkered flag flew, giving him a hard-fought third place, ahead of his father. Lynford Garland had a mechanical problem that caused him to crash hard in the first 90, rendering him unconscious and requiring his transportation from the track as his son looked on anxiously. With the removal of the second ambulance, racing . had to be halted until one returned. Winning their classes in the same race were David Cornelison and Butch Sprain in Heavyweight and Lightweight Classics, respectively. The second vintage race of the weekend combined V-I, Mediumweight Classic, and Formula 500, with 28 racers on the grid. At the start, Joey Naval got too good a start on his Bombay Bicycle Club-sponsored Suzuki 500, and he received a stop-and-go penalty for the effort. Grulm, starting from further back on the grid this time, was making quick progress through the field, only to run off the track in the first 90 while trying to pass his teammate Mark Wyland around the outside. Gruhn re-entered the track down the running order but quickly put the superior horsepower of his QuickBikes RD to work. John Stauber had his head down in the lead, followed by Wyland on the second QuickBikes entry. Gruhn could put his race bike anywhere he wanted to on 'the track and had the added bonus of being able to outaccelerate any other bike on the track. On the third lap, Grulm powered past the top two spots on the front straight to take over the lead. Stauber was able to latch on to the number-oneplated RD400 of Gruhn and match his pace until they encountered traffic; Gruhn, having made his way through the field not once but twice, made easy work of the slower bikes. Grulm opened up a three-second lead over Stauber and Wyland at the finish, and Naval came back from his stop-and-go penalty to capture fourth in the Formula 500 class. Robert Brooks used his Honda CB350 to win the V-I class and Butch Sprain won his second event of the day in the Lightweight Classic race. Gruhn attributed the new performance levels of his bikes to the new Moto-Carrena-supplied Millelmium expansion chambers and a new assembly procedure that help the aircooled bikes maintain the salPe running temperatures from start to finish. Merged together in the third event of the day were the V-2, V-4 and Formula Two-Stroke classes, with a total of 27 riders making the 'start. V-4 competitor Van Funchess got the holeshot on his Ducati 750 and immediately opened a sizable lead over the three-way battle for second between Mark Nadelkov and Michael Eiland,'also V-4 racers, and RMANCE MACHINE'S AND RANDY RENFROW _2Rci at ROAD AMERICA! ..pracfce, a blown motor in qualifying . . . . the pacIc start in the main on a' . , trac:L Mast racers would have cloy. IoIand caBs it a WIN! IDIand . - lui floating cast iron discs for serious weight nddon and superb slopping power. His 6 piston PM calipers are 1"9 :cd for maximum stiffness and feature aluminum pistons and titanium fasteners. SIreet or track, Performance Machine products are provtiil the very best you can buy and the only thing that can stop Roland Sands! .! ® ~r~ . Performance Machine· Inc DISC B.AKIS AND WHlllS 68'92 Morlin Circle· La Palma, CA 90623 714.523.3000 • fox 714.523.3007 55