Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- Greene and Filice tra ded the lead back and forth as th ey began to open up a gap on th e rest of the field . By la p five th e frontrun ners had five seconds on th e six riders go ing for th ird . Renfrow , Humble, Labrosse, Mc Do nald a nd Merkel were joined by Jay Parnell and the six-pack Circula ted th e track with little more than th ree or four bik elen gths sep arating each rid er. By lap seven of th e 10 lap race, Filice a nd G reene had 10 seco nds over th e battle for third a n d were ru n n ing togeth er with Greene sometim es holding his bra king to th e la st mo men t to gain a n advantage. Filice contin ued to h old on where it counted - at th e start/finish line - although G reene kept th e pressure on . The fi nal lap saw Filice leading G reen e to th e £lag for the w in. M.c Don ald had begu n the lap in third WIth Renfrow regaining the position just before th e checkered flag. Labro sse fill ed fift h just a few feet beh ind. co GRA TULA TIONS I $-I Q.) ..0 o 9-l U o Results 1. Jimmy Fil ice (Yam); 2. Don Greene (Yam); 3. Randy Renfrow (Yam); 4. Sam Mc Donald (Yam); 5. Al an Labrosse (Yam); 6. Hugh Hum ble (Yam); 7. Fred Merkel (Yam); 8. Jay Parn ell (Yam); 9. Joe Lachmet; 10. John Lon g (Yam); 11. Garry Griff ith (Yarn): 12. Dan Gug lie lm o (Yam); 13. J ames Wo lsey (Yam); 14. Gil Martin (Yam I; 15. Rick Shaw (Yam). Ti me: 22 min., 37 .165 sees. Average speed; 102 .655 mph. POINT STANDINGS : 1. Sam Mc Donald (I 17); 2. Fred Merkel (93); 3. Don Greene (86); 4. Jimmy Fili ce 185); 5. Hugh Humb le (83); 6. Dave Emde (64)' ; 7. Craig Morris (53 1 8. Alan Labross e (51 I; 9. Rhy~ How ard (4 3); 10. M ark Homch ick (29). Battle of the Twi ns TEX PEEL-RON ALE XANDER DI CK STOUTEN BURG WINNERS OF THE WINS TON PRO SERIES Adamo all t he way u " DAYT O NA BEACH , FL, OCT. 3 J im my Ada mo cruised ho me the victor in the Battle of th e T win s fina l. Adamo, ri ding the Reno Leon i/ Castrol sp onsored Ducati , made eas y wo r k of the 30.9 mile affa ir. MaIcolme Tunstall, on th e Syd 's Cycles Duca ti , pl aced second. MOIO-G uzzi rider Jon T esauro led a tight battle for th ird ove r Ducati rid ers Ron Sbordone and Doug G ross . Adamo, who has collected nu merous wins this season , took his Da yton a victory in stride an d than ked Ren o Leoni and Castrol for th eir he lp . " T h e bi ke ran stron g and I didn' t have any problems. T hat's abo u t it ," said Adamo. Tunstall, who has made a habit of fo ll owing Adamo to winne r 's circle, was pleased with his second pl acing an d noted that it moved him into secon d in th e GP class p oint standings. Adamo clinched the title at th e Sea rs Point round. The race saw Ada mo shado wed by T u nstall for th e first fou r la ps until Adamo began to us e tra ffic to put ground between h imself a n d second place. Tunstall was follow ed early on by James Mills until he a p parently blew an engine. Tesauro then moved up to third and the top three in th e GP class were set to the finish. T he battle in the Am a teur Mo dified class was a hot one wit h Do ug Gross win ning over Ch ris BannisterBrown. T he two Ducat i riders head into th e final round at Wes t Palm Beach wit h Gross leading the standings for the class by four poi nts over Bannister-Brown. • Result s GP: 1. J immy Adamo (Ducl: 2. Malcolme Tunsta ll (Duel; 3. John Tesauro (M -G). EX MOO ; 1. Ron Sbor.done (Due); 2. Dw ayne W il liams (Nor); 3. Madison Cox IDuc). AM MOO ; 1. Doug Gros s IDucl; 2. Chri s Bann ister-Brow n (Due); 3. Doug McClure (H· D). PROD: 1. M ark Me rca dante 1M-G); 2. Chris Stew ard (Yam); 3. Pete r Brady (BMW) . Time: 18 min.. 27 .430 sees. Av erege speed: 100.644 mph. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FROM _ ~ ~~ magazine CONGRATUlATION! ICKY GR HAM , 1982 WINSTON PRO SERIES GRAND NATIONAL CHAMP From ~ ___.. We All Know lll You can't win a Championship if you can't hold on to the Handle Bars, so...Grab hold of • pair of Ricky Graham Bars by Best Fabrication then get a hold of your own Championship. Ricky Graham Bars by ~ 13

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