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1 y Adam ? (Clock w ise f ro m above ) Battle of t he Twins GP winner J imm Dennis rs Bruce Lind and Jack Hart lead Pete Essaff and Si decar winne c Donald . CrueQe r (12). Top F-2 finishe rs Dave Emde (10) and Sam M For mula Two Lean , me an Emde ret urns t o win ne r's circle By M ark Kariy a MONT EREY , CA, JULY II " It's been so long since I've been in the wi nner's circle (a t a Natio nal ), I a lm ost forgo t wha t cha mp agne tasted like, " exclaime d Dave Emde after wh eeling h is Bell/N O/Bo b Endico tt-tune d Yamah a around Lagun a Seca Raceway' s tricky course at an average . speed of 84.593 miles per ho ur to the win. The winne r of Saturday's first Formu la T wo heat got off the line trailing only K&N of Tulsa/ Lectro n/ Bell Yama ha -moun ted Sam McDo nald, slipped past for the lead on lap three and led every lap aft erward . Emde, who trimme d 15 pound s off his 6'1 " /1 85 lb. frame since th e begi nning of the year, experie nced one scare when he got sideways at speed but repo rted no ot her pro blems. H e was the only ri der in the field runnin g a 16-inch fro nt wheel. McDon ald , on the other hand, did find someth ing wrong wi th his bi ke. " My steeri n g head or someth ing must've went away," he said. "It was shakin g its head all over." That caused the series po int leader to back off a bi t and allowed CP Ent'! ND/ Ca stroIlK aI-Gar d Yamah a rider Don Green , winner of the ot her Sa turday hea t and the polesit ter, to pass by for the runner -up slot on lap 24 of th e 26-lap race. Fr ed Merke l tossed his Wrigh t Bros.!B ratton Cranks /Castro l Yamaha away in tum nine on lap four while lying fourth. " I had th e spot all pi cked out where I was go ing-to-p ass I them, but 1 fell the lap before 1 was gonna do it," he said . "Steam came up throug h the fairin g (indica ting a water leak), and 1 went down." That moved Yamah a-mou nted Hugh H umble to fourt h , though he droppe d from the hunt a short time later and allowe d K&K Racing/J& B Yamah a's Kei th Kiyota to claim the spot for good. Ram py Chevro let/Suz uki's Craig Morris moved into fifth a few lap s past the midwa y poin t for keeps with Yama ha private er Steve Baro n keep in g him in sight to the finish . They were followe d by Cronus -spons ored Yamaha rider Alan Ward, Simi Vly. Cycle/ Bassan i Yamah a-mou nted Tracy DeMur o, Ricky O rlando on a private Yamah a and Jim Chisum backed Keith Day on anothe r Yamah a. Resu lts FINA L: 1. David Emde (Yam); 2. Don Gree ne (Yam); 3. Sam McDonal d (Yam); 4 . Keith Kiy ot a (Yam); 5. Crai g Morris (Yam); 6. Steve Baron (Yam); 7 . A lan Ward (Yam); B. Tracy DeM uro (Yam); 9. Rick Orl ando (Yam); 10. Keith Day (Yam); 11. Michael Halle r (Yam); 12. Gordon Hedema rk (Yam}; 13. Dale Franklin (Yam); 14. David Harr is; 15. James Woolsey (Yam); 16. George M iller (Yam); 17. Raymond Carson (Yam); 18. Ken Botha m; 19. Leland Hancock (Yam); 20. Michael Davidso n (Yam). FORM ULA TWO POINT STA NDINGS: 1. Sam McDonal d (77 ); 2. (TIE) Craig M orris/ Hug h Hum ble (53); 4. Fred Merkel (4 9); 5. Jim Filice (34); 6. David Emde'( 33); 7. Don Gree ne (31); B. M ark Homchick (29); 9. Ala n Labrosse (23); 10. (TIE) Rhys How ard/ Rich Schlaeter (20). Sattl e of the Twins Adam o again By Mark Kariya MONT EREY , CA, JULY II Jimm y A damo soun d ly trounc ed the troops aboar d hi s Reno Leon i-tune d Castr ol/ Moto- X Fox Ducat i by lappin g up to the first four and finishi ng 35 seconds ahead of second place in the Battle of the Twins race - and that was withou t a clutch! The clutch blew at the start of the . 21-lap event, causin g Adamo to come around fifth on the openin g lap. He quickly cut throug h the pack ah~d of him, taking the lead on lap Iive and runnin g away.. .ab~O , aVfragel speed of 88.918 miles pe r hour. Early lead er Dave Aldana droppe d o u t after two laps when his Bob Work Yam aha XV920 sta rted runnin g on one cylinde r. It was im pressivel y fast while it ran, though, as Aldana pulled ground on th e field until pulling into th e pi ts. After an early ra ce pa ss/ repass bate tle, T riumph -moun ted Jon Minno no took second positio n from Duca ti racer Winfri ed H opp who easily won . the Expert Mod ified class. Fourth overall and third GP bike was Doug Lantz on ano ther Duca ti. Using a bor ro wed and slow engine that dragge d its exha ust pipes in the many left-ha nd turns didn' t discour age him, though . "Thi s is my fir st time a t this tra ck; I' m happy." Phil Beck on a Mot o Guzzi took fifth overall , second Expert Modified. Right behind came Amate ur Modifi ed win ne r Doug Gross on a Du ca ti. Vance Breese took his S&S Prod.! Bub En t. H arley to seventh overall , fourth GP bike, fo llo wed by Palo Alt o Yamah a's Lou Vall erga aboa rd a four- strok e for the first time, a Yamah a vertical twi n utilzin g a H arry L illie 750 motor. " I like it ; 1 think I'll go do anothe r one" he said of both the machin e's a nd his debut. Ch ris Steward took the Stock class win easily on his Yama ha Mtr. Corp.! APA Trk.!K aI-Gard XV920. Resu lt s GRANO PRIX: 1. James Adamo (Duc); 2. Jon M innono(T ri); 3. Doug Lantz (Duc); 4. Vance Breese (H- D); 5. Louis Vanerga (Yam); 6. Donnie Staman (M-G); 7. Doug Roper (H-D); B. David Al dana (Yam). EX MOO : 1. W inf ried Hopp (Duc ); 2. Phil Beck (M- G); 3. Ron Sbordon e (Duc); 4. Bill Atkinson; 5. W ill i Scheffer; 6. Madison Cox (Duc); 7. Wendell Phillips (Nor); B. Ely Schiess (Tri); 9. Kevin Bracken (Duc). AM MOO : 1. Douglass Gross (Duc); 2. M ike Green (Tri). STK: 1. Chris Steward (Yam); 2. Larry Theobald (M-G); 3. M ichae l Jo hn son (Yam); 4. Trevor Dunne; 5. Mark Mercadante; 6. Richar d Kelly. MONT EREY , CA, J U L Y II Bruce Lind and J ack H art teame d up on their Han Racing Yama ha outfit to domin ate the weeke nd's sideca r events, winnin g both the Sa tu rday heat and Sunda y's l O-Iap final, which th ey comple ted at an averag e speed of 84.493 miles per hour. " I'm tired," Lind declared after the ra ce. " I rode two Formu la One heats plus this. 1 hav e to ride Formul a O ne to afford (racing sidecars )." Second went to Peter Essaff/ Denni s Cruege r on th e Lindri Ent.!Laconia Kawas aki rig. They secured their positio n on th e first lap, as did th e third place team of Fred Hopp/ William Alston on the Fred 's Cycle of Philad elphia Kawasa ki . The biggest battle was for fourth . Frank Mazur/ Doug Daniel s held it on th e fir st lap on their Bob Karo l Designs/ Arai/N D Honda Gold Wing, but Wayne L ougee/ Sean J ackson passed the m o n thei r Kawas akipowered outfit the nex t time around . Mazur/ Daniels never let th em go , howeve r, desp ite the ir rat he r slow (and stock) mo tor. "Mazu r grabbed his (Lougee/jackson ) fairing once," Daniels said."I ho ped to get a tow on him ," Ma zur repl ied. They couldn 't get a pass to stic k, though they were th e final riders not la p ped by Lind/ Hart. Charl s R ice/ W illiam Newm an took their Rennsp ort Cycle Works Yam aha to sixth followed by Karl Cleeto n/Robe rt Eng on th e #1 Cycle Shop Suzuki , Barnet Clutch -backed Tony Ramire z/Peter Breede , Bernar d Sloan/ Steve H ardwick and Leon Van Orsdal e/Bern ie Thoma s on the Shoei/ • NEP Sprockets Suzuki. Resu lts Sidec ar FINAL: 1. Bruce Lind / Jack Hart (Yam); 2. Pete r Essaff /Dennis Cruege r (Kaw); 3 . Fred HopplWi lliam Al ston (Kaw); 4 . Wayne Lougee /Sean Jackson (Kaw); 5. Frank Mazur /Douglas Dan iels (Hon); 6. Charls RicelWil liam Newman (Yam); 7. D. Kar l Cleeton/ Robert Eng (Suz); 8. Tony Ramirez/ Peter Breede ; 9. Berna rd Sloan/St eve Hardwick ; 10 . Leon Vana rsda le/Bern ie Thomas (Suz); 11. Paul Lin d/H art lead the way J .~lJolI(Tj m M~qey ~Kj!Y") ' I I ") I I 1 , 9