Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Emde, Keith Kiyo ta and the rest of the field . Kiyota moved by Emde on the start of the second lap as th ey entered turn one. Humble, Kiyo ta, Emde, Craig Morri s - the.pole sitter - and Labrosse gathered together in close forma tion in a good fight. McDonald was mov ing through traffi c from a back row start after crashing in his heat race. McDonald was on an almost " new" bike as, he had to rep lace the frame and rebuild his engine Saturday night. Merkel was also on the move and · was into sixth by lap four from a last row start. Morr is, on his ai r-cooled Yamaha 350, w a s sh o w i n g the strength of his engine as he move d into second. As th e field entered th e in field on the fifth lap, Kiyota went down in a fast sweepe r. He was up quickly, but coul dn' t get restarted. Labro sse and Em de moved up a spot to third an d fourt h. Morris moved into the lead on lap six. Humble lodged on his rear tir e and the two pulled away fro m Labro sse and Emde. Merkel led Randy Renfrow, Don Greene, McDonald, Rhys Howard and Russ Pa ulk. On the ne xt lap, Emde moved around Labro sse wit h a smooth outside pass thro ugh the sweep ing tum one. By the halfway flags , Morris had gained a two second advantage overHumble. Em de and Labrosse were in a fairing-to-fairing duel for third as Merkel closed on them. Greene, in sixt h, was feelin g a lot of pressure from McDonald and Renfrow as Paulk worked to move up on the trio. Rod , Cros by was also charging after a start fro m th e back of the grid because of problems on the start. On the ninth lap, Morris went down in the same tu m that had claimed Kiyota earlier and turned the lead over to Humble. Labrosse was now second, followed by Emde, while Merkel wa s eating away a t the gap to third. . On the next lap, Merkel pulled out the stops and ca ugh t and passed Emde for third. H e then set hi s sights on Labrosse. Humble's lead quickly dwindled to only two seconds on lap 12. Merkel moved around Labrosse for second and had clear sailing in his figh t to catch H um ble. "I won fro m the back of th e pack in last year 's Novice race ," Merkel had said before the start, "and I think I can do it . again. " Starting lap 13, the lead four were ru nning nos e to tail. Merkel the n po unc ed and took the lead fro m H umble in the infield. . Merkel put slower traffic between hi mself and H umble as the two started the final lap. La brosse kept close tabs as Emde dropped off the pace a bit, and Green and Renfro w trai led a good distance back. Merkel put a slower rider between h imself and Humble as th e two sped to the chicane. Humble closed the gap again 'o n ly to have his bike " get comp letely sideways on the banking." He slacked off for a moment and chased Merkel to the flag needing two more bikelen g th s to take th e victory. • Result s AlIA WINSTON PRO SERIES AlIA . SANCT IONED SAN C T I ONED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROAD RACES S S'POINT RACEWAY Highway 37 end 121 So noma , CA SATURDAY. SUNDAY. AUGUST 21 • 22' Team Kawasaki Eddie Lawson Team Honda Mike Baldw in SEARS POINT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY ' tfaeIlEC'.'VIIH :1 :.~:.':·f:.:.~':':::}?:.~ ;.::.t.: ~.~;•.~:::.::::-~~ .. ~.~:-.:!?:·1~!:~ v-:.. i;·~~r::.:~·...... !.~~~. ?:~-:~~~.:'::~; " ~ " :':-:'.' ~'::::';~'".:~':":;':' 8/1 82 Unadilla (New Ber lin). New York .: ~.:. ;;;:-• I F/2: 1. Fred Merkel ('ism); 2. Hugh Humble (Yam); 3. Alan Labrosse (Yaml; 4. David Emde (Yam); 5. Don Gree ne (Yam); 6. Randy Renfrow (y am); 7. Russell Paulk (Yam); 8. Rod Crosby (Yam); 9. Sam McDonald (Yam); 10. William Himme lsbach (Yam); 11. Steve Baron (Yam); 12. Rhys How ard (Yam); 13. Joe Summer s (Yam); 14. Don Guglielo (Yam); 15. Alan Ward (Yam); 16. Mark W hite(Y am); 17. Steve Galbra it h (Yam); 18. Mi ke Landrum (Yam); 19. David Geiger (Yam); 20. Wayne Canale (Yam). . FORMULA 2 POINT STANDINGS: 1. Sam McDonald (83); 2. (TIE) Fred Merkel/Hugh Humbl e (69); 4. Craig Morris (53); 5. David Emde (44); 6 (TIE)Alan Labrosse/Don Greene (41); 8. Jimmy Filice (34); 9. M ark Homchick (291 10. Sam Paulk (27); 11. Rhys ; Howard (23); 12. Rich Schlachter (20); 13. Alan W ard( 17); 14. Steve Baron (16); 15. John Williams (151 16. (TIE) Rick Orlando/ Nobuhiro Nakamura ; (14); 18. Keith Kiyota (12); 19. Dave Busby (l l ); 20 . Fred W inters (10). • • -r EllS • 0" .. ; FIM 250cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MX, ROUND 10 KEES VAN DER VEN KTM on DUNLOP 2nd Rick Johnson Yamaha on DUNLOP Congratulations. Kees. on getting the best performance out of your KTM,winning your 2nd G.P. of the season. Thanks for choosing DUNLOP. More~ride.. Dunlop ............ tire iii the world. ~:IIUAT~O~ P.O Bolt 1109. Buffalo. NY 14240 . 13

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