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uki soloed to the win with an 8.34 at 161.57. Pro Stock Seventeen bikes showed up to duel in Pro Stock this event, so the field was expa nded from its norma l eight bikes to 16. Dave Schultz stu n ned the world whe n he took his Paul Gasttu ned Kawasa ki two-stroke trip le to the quickest time ever in the cla ss during qualifying. Schultz ran an 8.58/1 49.65. Vance tied the National record his nex t pass with an 8.62 and Mike Keyte and his Kawasaki became the fourth Pro Stockers in history to run in the 8.60s with an 8.66. Florida's George Bab or qualified fou rt h with an 8.70. The first round went to the quickerq ualified machines with o ne big excep tio n. Sch u ltz lost to Carpenter when Carpenter ran an 8.92 to the two-stroke's 9.00. In the second ro und Randy Mason ou tra n Carpenter, 8.77 to 8.85. Vance ran an 8.61/154.63 to get around J oe Folgore's strong 8.72/ 153.00. Babor redligh ted away an 8.78 to give Marc Walker th e wi n. Keyte used an 8.69 to defea t La rry Cook's 8.94. In th e sem is Keyte ran a strong 8.64/ 154.00 to win over Mason's 8.80 a t 148.00. An d in the ot h er race, Vance unleashed an 8.55/1 53.58 to cover Walker's 8.78/ 152.00. It was the q uic kest Pro Stock run ever, besting Vance' s own record from early 1981. In the fin a ls it was Suzuki versus Kawasaki an d number one versus num ber two. In eight years of Pro Stock, Keyte had never bea ten Van ce heads-up. Off the line it wa s Keyte by a small margin an d then it was dead even. At the other end of the track neither one knew who won as Vance posted an 8.57/153.84 to Keyte's 8.66/ 152.00. Bu t the win ligh t was on in Keyte's lane as h is bette r reaction time gave h im the no d . In the points standings Vance has the number one pl at e just abou t sewn up with one race remaining. Keyte is num ber two and would have to set both ET and mph records, and have Vance lose early or fail to qualify to overtake him in poin ts. performance lubricants ha ve been the World Champion's oil. So when Bel-Ray introduced new MC-l+ and Brad put it in his works machine, it was inevitable that Bel-Ray's winningest oil would mix with America's fa vorite rider to help make him thefirst ever American 500cc World Motocross Champ ion. . So from one champion to another, "Congratulations Brad-and way to go partnert!" Western Headquarters 10015 Muirlands Blvd. (G) Irvine, California 92714 (714) 859 -0933 Pro Comp Stetson again dom ina ted the class, as he has been doing for the pa st two seasons. Jeff Real, who had been running with Stetson all year, experienced several problems that kept his bike slightly off-pace. Ron Du rham en ded up facing Stetson in th e final an d ran a ga me 8.97/123.96, bu t Stetson too k an o ther win with an 8.41/ 158.17. For Stetson it was enough to insure himself another num ber one pla te, and he had the new record a t 8.36 on his 1265cc Suzuki. • Su per Modif ied This was the p lace Ray Worth was ' going to try an d put his Yamahabacked shaft-drive 750 Seca into the nines. Pilot J oe Yeager ran a 10.03 in the semis. In the other semi , th e season's prepetual runner-up Joe Koenig lost to Frank Giordano, 10.44 to 10.47. In the fin al it was all Yamaha as Yeager ran a 10.06/132.74 to defeat Giorda no's 11.21. . Handicap classes Paul Gast made it his fourt h fina l of the year in Competition Eliminator and defea ted Arizona's T .J . Jackson for the win. In Modified , La nce Boyer sewed up the number on e pla te with a victory over the su pe r-fast AI Modified of Phil Tannery. In a strange break-o ut situa tion (this is bracket racing and you can't go faster than the time you dia l-in ), Ed Malkiewicz won Stock wh en no one remained in the field for him to race in the final. " Crazy Ed " also won Su pe r Elimin a tor over Michiga n 's Vic Force. • : «, :' 817 -8 /82 Nelso n Ledges . OH 5t - WERA24 HOUR ENDURANCE RACE Middleweight Production & 2nd Overall TEAM GOODTIMES. Co llege Station. Texas Yamaha Vision 550 on DUN LOP K291 SPORT ELITE . DA VID ROTH JOE FISHER RON MAYFIELD . BOB SELLERS CHARLES BROTHERS You may not ba running your street bike w id e open for 24 hours straight, but isn't it nice to know you c an depend on DUNLOP K291 SPORT ELITE. ~ ZlUAT~O'" p.o. Boll 1109. Buffalo. NY 14240 21