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ove ra ll by la p 66 of the race but had the ir clutch break on lap 90 a n d ha d to drop out. Bu t they were deter mi ne d to fin ish the race a nd begged eno ug h parts to fix it and rejoi n ed the race to fin ish 109 laps, taki ng seco nd 400cc. Th e Jo hn G lover /Danny Coe Yama ha 550 Visio n was upto th ird overa ll by lap 100 but had to retire after th ey threw a rod on lap 114. he tea m who got th e most cheers for finis h ing was the Chris Me ncher/ Bob Findla y Ka wasa ki of Oceanside KZ550. Mench er crashed ba dly on th e first lap, tak ing the Mike Ha ller/ Aaron Post Ka wasa ki out with him , and th ey spen t ha lf the race on rep a irs. Wi th Men ch er injured and u na ble to ride, Find la y went out and rode 83 laps by himself to finish the race in 27th p lace. Scoring was done by Sport s Ca r C l u b of Am er ica (SCCA) scori n g peo p le a nd went the smoothest th a t it ever ha s. Resu lts were posted a ha lf ho ur after th e race. - Result s OVERA LL: 1. Frans Vandenbroek/ Roger Hagi e (7 50 Kaw) 6131aps; 2. Tracy DeMuro / John La ssak (40 0 Yam) 162; 3. Dan Cashen / Tommy Crawford (Open Suz) 161 ; 4 . Steve Sowden/ J oe Brusce lla (600 Kaw) 160; 5. Tom Hicks / Len Gambo (Open Hon) 159; 6. Phil Barr d /David Foyle (Open Suz) 15B; 7. Trevor Dunne/Chuck Pace (Open Du e) 157; 8. Haro ld Bohrer/Bill Wa ls hlTerry Statum (750 Kaw ) 155; 9. Mark Ruff ner/ Br ian Hew ett (600 Yam) 155; 10 . Stewart Tho mas/AI Nowocinsk i (600 Kaw ) 153. OPEN: 1. Cashen/Crawford (Suz] 16 1; 2. Hicks/ Gambo {Hon} 159; 3. Barrd / Foyle (Suz) 158. 750: 1. Vandenbroek/ Hagie (Kaw) 163; 2. Bohrer / W alsh/ St at um (Kaw) 10 5; 3.Wa de Boyd /Ph il Beck (Kaw ) 152. 600: 1. Sowden/Br uscell a (Kaw ) 160; 2. Ruffn er/Hew ett (Yam) 155 ; 3. Thomas/Now oci nski (Kaw ) 153. 400: 1. DeMuro/Lassak (Yam} 16 2; 2. Ken Sta ck/ How ard Monise (Yam ) 109. Sprint races w arm up Six-Hour racers By Lori Tyson RIVERSIDE, CA , JlJLY 17.. As a prelude to the American Federation o f Motorcycl ists' eighth annua l Six-Hour Classic, reg ul a r sp rint races were held Saturday, us ing th e long course at R iverside In tern a tiona l Raceway. Most of the races were basica lly p ractice for Six-Hour rid er s, who used the track time to set u p th eir bikes. In the AFM 's " Batt leof the Twins," Open c1asser Kevin Bracken took an early lead and showed 750cc rider Tony Guest the way to the flags. Bracken had amassed a sizeable lead by the second la p , bu t Guest proceeded to chip away at it unti l he was only two seconds beh in d by the ninth lap, On the last la p , they were side by side going in to turn seven, but the power of Bracken's big Duca ti won out in the end as Kevin took it, leaving Guest second overall bu t still first 750cc. The dirt trackers p u t on a show in the Stock P rod uct ion race as Earl Ro loff and Mike Mi n n ig traded the 750cc lead the en ti re 10 laps . T hese two sh o wed th ey weren't afra id to slide the tires as if th ey were a t Ascot. O n the last lap, Minnig even overtoo k Open class leader Da n n y H a rt , but Hart regained his lead do wn the back straigh t. Mi ke thought he had the 750cc win sewn up until he loo ked bes ide hi m at th e flag to see Rol off buzz by to win by inch es. Results OPEN TW IN: 1. Kevin Bracken (Due); 2. Chri s Scott (Nor). 750 TWIN : 1. Tony Gue st (Due). FORMU LA 4 : 1. Bar ry Smallwood (Yam); 2. Terry Yarger (Yam); 3. M anu el Renteria (Yam ). FORMU LA4A: 1. Dusty Behrma n (Hon); 2. Richard Trask (Hon). SINGLES: 1. J im Oldiges (Yam). 450 M OD PROD: 1. Ma rk Capell (Yam); 2. Joseph Elki ns (Yam); 3. M ike Morrow (Hon). FORMULA 1: 1. Rhys How ard (Yam); 2. William Knott (Suz). FORMU LA 2: 1. Robe rt Holds w ort h (Kaw); 2. Mike A nderson (Kaw ); 3. Ma r k Shier (Kaw) . 600 M OD PROD: 1..Wa lt Nitt o (Kaw) ; 2. Barry (Top) Vandenbroek overtakes Rich Oliver (21) going into turn six. (Above) The winners, Roger Hagie and Vandenbroek, beam in winner's circle. Smallwood (Kaw); 3 . An thony Aschenbrenner (Kaw) Nov. 750 MOD PROD: 1. M ike M inn ig (Kaw) . OPEN PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw ); 2. Danny Hart (Kaw) ; 3. Kevin Wa rkenton (Kawl Nov. FORMULA 3 : 1. Rhys Howa rd (Yam); 2. Mike Haller (Yam); 3. Leland Hancock (Yam). 600 SUPER STREET: 1. Steve Reynosa (Hon ); 2. Ken Sheene (Suz); 3. Mark Ruttner (Yam). 750 SUPER STREET: 1. Tony Guest (Due); 2. Harold Bohrer (Kaw) ; 3. Mark Shier (Kawl. OPEN SUPERSTREET 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw) ; 2. W il: li am Knott (Suz); 3. Kevin Bracken {Due}. 450 STOCK PROD: 1. Perry Ste i n (Hon); 2. Mike Morrow (Hon) Nov.; 3. Vincent Walker (Hon ). 600 STOCK PROD: 1. Danny Weaver (Kaw) Nov.; _ 2. Anthony Aschenbrenner (Kaw) Nov .; 3. Walter Nitto (Kaw ) Nov. 750 STOCK PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw ); 2. Mike Minnig (Kaw) ; 3. Mario Badillo (Kaw) . OPEN STOCK PROD: 1. Dan ny Hart (Kaw) ; 2. Bruce McFarland (Suz). 15