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the Bessimer Min e Road pit. A flat front tire also slowed their ride, but the team was credited with fourth. The Class 20 (125cc) win went to th e jubilant team of Steven Buckley and Bob j ohnson, who rode a CRI25 Honda. They finished the race on a flat rear tire with just 10 spokes left. "We couldn' t have gone another mile," said Buckl ey. "We were really lu ckv thev moved the finish. We couldn ' t have made it to the original finish in Lucerne wi thout a tire cha nge." T he Buckley/johnson duo finally had th in gsgo th eir way.T hey have led a lot of major off-road races only to have bad luck strike them down.This time it was in th eir favor. They were sponsored by Lakewood Honda, Amer ican Honda, Grand Sport Tires and wanted to thank the Hilltoppers M.e. for their outs tand- ing help. Buckley/ j ohnson beat th e runner-up, Cagiva-rno unted team of Duane Summers and j ohn Rudder, who had an Ital ian mechanic who spoke no English, by six mi nutes. Another two minutes back came Yamaha riders Scott Anderson and Pa ul Palmer. Kevin Case managed a sevent h in class after breaking his rear brake cable just off the start; then his th rottle cable broke. Case zip -tied the cable to the handlebars and used a pair of Vice-Grips to pull the th rot- tle !T he down time put him back into th e four-wheel traffi c and he reported th at passin g the big trucks was a litt le hairy. Class 30 (riders 30 years old or older) honors went to Steve Subi th and Ken Yarn all (Hon) , Subi th stop- ped to aid an injured Lee Schaffers, who brok e a leg 16 miles into the race. course. By the time Subi th got going again, he was quite a di stance back. Former teammate Bill Harr is (Hon) had the lead , and Subith and Yarnall fin ished the first loop four mi n utes down, bu t did the second loop six minutes quicker than Harr is and David LaPraik , to nail down the win. Harris thanked Al Baker for he lping them when his Honda of Indio/ Hermes Distributin g XR500 blew an engi ne eariler in the week. "AI had a lot of his own problems to worry about, but he took the time to help us," sta ted Harri s. "He was the rea- son we were able to do so good. Also, Subi th is one hell of a sportsman for stopping. " George Er l of Upti te Husqvarna and Saltzman Motorcycles' Bill Saltz - man were the only two entries in Class 38 (38 years and older). Solo rider Saltzman rode his KTM495 to a comfortable 28-minute wi n over th e four-s troke Husky of Erl and Rich ard j ackson. - Results OVERALL: 1. Dan Ashcraft/Dan Smith (Hus) 3 hrs. 25 min . 54 sec.; 2. Chuck Pettigrew (C·A) 3:27:56.0; 3. Randv Morales (Hon) 3:35:54.4; 4. Larkin Wight / AI Baker (Hon) 3:36 :57 .4; 5. Larry Roeseler/ Kurt Pfeiff er (Hus) 3:37 :21.4; 6. Brett Howell / Charlie Morris Jr . (Hus) 3:38 :12.4; 7. Dale OondellMichael Neff (Hon) 3:38 :48.2; 8. Steve Subith / Ken Yarnall (Hon) 3:46 :25 .7; 9. David Lap- raik/8ill Harris (Hon ) 3:48 :36 .1; 10. George Luth- er/ J im Fishback (Hon) 3:52 :03 .9. CLASS 22: 1. Ashcraft /Smith; 2. Pett igrew; 3. Morales; 4.Wight/Baker; 5. Rick lee/ Randy Nor- man (Hon) 3:53:28 .7; 6. Jim Buckingham/8rad Skiver (Hus) 4:07:19.1 ; 7. Jimmy Mea ns Jr .lPhii Means (Hon) 4:13:22.5; 8. Jonas P. Gaaf/8ruce Powers (Hus)4:22:27.3; 9.Trov Hollis/GeorgeHar - ri s{Hon) 4:35 :15.5; 10. Bill Reynolds/Brian Kinney (Hon) 4:47:51.6. CLASS 21: 1. Roeseler/Pfeiffer; 2. Howell/ Mor- r is; 3.Oondel/ Neff; 4.Dave Pett ig rew /Randy Yetto (C·A) 3:39 :44 .2; 5. Mike Frisbv (Hon) 5:48:26 .0. CLASS 20: 1. Staven L Bucklev/Bob Johnson IHon) 3:55 :51.4; 2. Duane Summers/ John Rudder (Cag) 4:01:53 .1; 3. Scott Anderson/Paul Palmer (Yam) 4:03:58.3: 4. John Braasch Jr .lGrag .jchn - ston IKaw) 4:07 :09.0; 5. Gene Elzenberger/Rav Gui leau IKaw) 4:15 :50.9; 6. Guy Kibbe/John Ker- rell (Yam) 4 :44 :08.0; 7. Kevin E. Case (Yam) 5:11 :49.4. Steve Subith (show n) and Ken Yarnall used their Honda to f in ish f irst in Class 30, ahead of Lapraik/Harris and Luther/Fishback. SchwantzS !tOSIHlllrAUIA • ,kes Eve KEVIN SCHWANTZ, riding the YOSHIMURA/SUZUKI GS700ES at Willow Springs Raceway, in the Kerker Superbike Series round one, started dead last. However, th is did not stop him. By the end of the fou rth lap Kevin Schwantz turned all of th e leaders into followers.And fo llowers they were, all the way until the end, because Kevin crossed the f inish line more than f ive (5) seconds ahead of everyone. OFFICIAL TEAM YOSHIMURA SPONSORS I'VE GOT THE POWERI An d you can have the power too, with Yoshim ura products and racing services. We have a complete line of exhaust systems and racing parts available for most bikes and ATV's with a fu lly equipped machine shop and labor service area available to the public. ~O~IHIIIMlUJIA 4555 CARTERCOURT CHINO, CALIFORNIA 91710 (714) 628-4722 . TELEX182956 SUZUKI There is only one phrase to describe th e awesome performance th at Kevin Schwantz and the Yoshimura/Suzuki gave out there: DUNLOP "~~I CiJStJOI URBAN TRAVEL 11