Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/142447
(Top) Terry Vance (near lane) and Mike Keyte went against each other in Pro Stock. V~~ceg~t the record. but "Superbike Mike" took the victory. (Above left) Rick Stetson took the Pro Comp win and two records. (Above middle) Joe Yeager demolished the Super Modified records. (Above right) Top Fuel winner Terry Vance. (File photos.) . NMRA National Championship Drag Race Series: Round 9 Racers assault NMRA record .book By Steven Crosby FREMONT, CA; AUG. 7-8 Over 30 new National records were set at the third annual National Motorcycle Racing Association Golden State Nationals at Baylands Raceway. Heading the list of recordsetters was the Vance & Hines Pro Stock Suzuki, which ' ran the quickest Pro Stock times ever with a best of 8.55 seconds. Vance also matched the 154:63 mph speed record twice. However, when the day was over , "Superbike Mike " Keyte was the day 's winner in Pro Stock. Vance did record a Top Fuel win. 20 In other record-setting action, Pro Comp winner Rick Stetson (Suz) lowered the ET record to 8.36 seconds, and raised the mph record to 158.17. Three weeks ago, the record stood at 8.62/154.63. The Yamaha Seca Super Modified machine of Ray Worth, with Joe Yeager at the controls, ran an astounding 10.03/132.74. Top Fuel Terry Vance was declared the winner after Elmer Trett broke a chain on his Kawasaki shortl y after leaving the starting line. The Top Fuelers decided to run an un-tirned oneeighth mile race due to bumpy track conditions in the shut-off area. In the first round Vance defeated Dave Cauldwell's double Harley, Trett went around the new HarleyDavidson of D.R. Mitchell, and Clyde Rawlings nipped Russ Collins' Battlestar. In the semis Vance had a single and Trett received a solo when Rawlings broke the connecting rod on his Harley-Davidson. Funny Bike Terry Kizer led all qualifiers with a potent 7.59/177:86. But the Parsons and Kizer team broke a motor later in qualifying and then broke a transmission on Sunday morning and barely made the call for the first round. The number two qualifier was Craig Burns on the Burns, Berry and Hahn Kawasaki with a 7.70/ 176.12. Jon Baugh had an 8.09 and Mike Bruso, aboard Sandy Kosman's new Kawasaki, ran 8.42. In the first round Kizer's bike was not fixed. but he came to the staging beams hoping to force Bruso into a mistake. Bruso didn' t fall prey to Kizer's tactics and took the win with an 8.70 over Kizer's redlight start. Burns broke a transmission on his turboalcohol machine and Dale Walker, aboard the only Suzuki in the class, took the win with an 8.22/162.44. Baugh outlasted Russ Glashan, 8.25 to 8.48, to move into the semis. In the semis Bruso had the bye run, / and Baugh and Walker ran identical 8.17s with the win light going to Walker. The final pitted two old rivals against each other. Walker, who now lives in Santa Clara, was on Rick Wright's new turbo machine. Bruso had come in from Florida to ride Kosman 's new bike. The pair had faced each many times at this track . Bruso began to playa game at the starting line by flickering on the prestage light and then backing out. Walker waited a while, and then . moved his ride into the stage beam. Bruso moved forward again, and then backed out just as the starter hit the switch. Bruso redlighted and the Suz-