Stroupe
Pitches Another No-Hitter!
CMC GoldEn
State National
S€riEs Finals
Dag e: Gl€n
H€l€n RacEwag Park
sAN
BERNARDINO, CA,
FEB. 26
I rhen Aust,n Strouoe said
"l
ll be back
YY,"rn"r..*" afrer
hrs record-settinB Day
One
performance
at the Fly Racing,MPS Gold-
en Stare
Nationals Series'Final
Showdown
Weekend at Glen Helen
Raceway Park, one
could
almost hear a collective sigh of disgust
from his foes. But to
prove his performance
was no flLrke, Stroupe
had to
back
it up with a
similar effort.
And Stroupe's
Day Two
performancel
Dittol Ten more moto wins
and five overalls,
tyinS his 24-hour-old record and making his
overall weekend total
l0 wins \,rith 20
consecutive
moto victories!
"Unb€lie€ble,"
was all that CMC
president
Stu Peters could
say after it was done.
Having mrssed
(he
re8'onal qualifying
rounds. Stroupe
was
'neliBible
for series
awards,
so races for s€cond
place
turned into
races
for
champronships.
Prevailing despite
shutouts were a
pair
o[
Travises
-
Freistat and
Baker, each
capping the seri€s with a
pair
of
first-place
plaques.
Freistat's best
effort of the
day aboard his Fl'lF/Forscott
Honda was as
runner-up in the Four-Stroke Amateur contest,
but
he stall claimed the title
in that
clais,
as w€ll
as in the 250cc lntermediate
class. Baker rode
his Torco/Smith/Alloy/Sho€i Protec Yamaha to
the top Schoolboy
and l25cc lntermediate
honors,
with has best showing of the
day a
second to Stroupe
in Schoolboy action.
Stroupe's
attempt at another
perfect
44
laps
led
was dashed in the second l25cc
lntermediate
moto when his shock blew
after
his first-moto win. He
jumped
to another
bike
(unprotested) - a two-stroke - and
got
off
slowly
but
managed to carve
his
way
throuSh
the field, taking the
lead
on
lap three of the
five-lapper
from Pro
Circuit/VP
Fuels/
Chaparral
Honda's
lustin
Workman.
Shaking
off disappointment after
losing
rwi
