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flag came out and got me a Iitde worried, with about two laps to go, and I got a good restart and e nded up winning the race ," Spencer Jr. said. "It was a great night and good to have Spencer, Spencer, Spencer all on top. Handlebars tangled as they hit tum one in the K&N Filters Open Pro A main event, and Bricker got the worst of it. His leg was trapped under his bike , and th e red flag came out. The second try (complete restart) had Casey and Sam Halbert come together in the tight left-hander, leading to the infie ld . Casey went wide and lost two pos itio ns. Wh en they crossed the stripe for the first time , it was Sam Halbe rt in first followed by John Hlebo , Jethro Halbe rt , Casey, and Rodney Spencer Jr. That tight left-hander into the infield proved to be the trickiest part of the trac k, as Jeth ro Halbert tried to get unde r Hlebo for second and went down. One lap late r, Hlebo, running in second, also laid it down in the same left-hander. Sam Halbert now had a big lea d, with Casey inherit ing second and Rodney Spencer Jr. in third. Another victim of that tight tum was Tom Carriger. Unfortunately he was stuck to his bike and suffered some bad bums. This brought out the red flag, and everybody was happy except Sam Halbert. The ro lling restart closed Sam's gap, but once under way he pulled away again. At the crossed flags it was Sam Halbert, Casey, Rodney Spencer [r., Mark Corsetti and Mike Bese mer. It looked like Sam's night as he pulled away. Meanwhile Rodney Spencer Jr. was applying pressure to Casey fo r second. With four laps to go, all hell broke loo se . Sam Halbert threw a chain as he exited the right-hander and came toward the jump. He then caught the hay bales leading to the jump and went down. His bike was right on the track. Casey, now with the lea d, had Rod Spencer Jr. challenging him on the outside of turns one and two. Rodney Spencer Jr. made the pass, and Casey loo ked for an opening as they entered the tight left-hand er. They came together for a second , and Casey's bike lost fire. Rodney Spencer Jr. led them home, with Corsetti and Besemer finishing on the box. Jethro Halbert put in a great ride afte r going down to finish fourth . Rod Spence r Sr. was fifth. "The night didn't start out so good," Spencer Jr. said. "I was struggling, fell in my heat race and had to come through the semi . I got a pretty good start from the second row, worked my way through and had a little help from the guys' going down, giving me some spots. Then Casey and me were having a good battle , and I finally got by him, and we know what happened after that. The Classic Vintage Twins class was won by Mike Liendan on a BSA. Dan Phillips , David Nicholson, Ray Byrne and Stu Ca rdott all followed him ho me on Trium phs . eN PARTIC IPATING DEALERS twwnMoO:npol1s _Vomaha _ MoO:npol1s Corona VIIITIaha ~ Mooorcydes BeI1'.1Iega lIaI VsmahaofQlcarronga _ of8 Cajon John 1m Cyde Santa _ lAolprspo<1s PaoIIic V _ Mission """""" YsIsyY amaha Long Beach LA. Vamohs __ v........ v ........ Soulll BayMoO:npol1s 5no ClartaMoo>sporls _ _ _ Corona Co&la Mesa CoWla CUcamonga ElCajon Fontana GoIela Hal1u City lognllOguel lM1casler Long Beach - . . 0eIRey _ _cay Yamaha 01_ HcIjwood -. PssadenaV amohs _ e - MoO:npol1s _Yamaha Vamaha o f _ _ SniIhMoO:npol1s -... North HcIjwood 000ansWle Pasadena _ Poway _ _ a - r u MoO:npol1s Fwllliolson (Tn) : 4. RayByrne {Trf ): 5. Sw Canlott (Tn); 6. Bi l Flen (Tn) ; 7. AJan l SNw (Tri): 8. Joe DiSalvo(Tn); 9. Ridw"d Hanington (Yam). TOP GUN 450, I. Br.odley $pence< (Yam); 2. AJ . Kkld Spence< (Yam); 4. Man RoIN" (Han); 5. Dam DeMarlo (Han ); 6. D.-..t Nance (Yam); 7. PaU Rusin (Yam); 8 . Dan Ph;ftip< (Tn) ; 9. Bill Flett (Tr1) 10. f\;chanj ; Hamr,gton(Han); I I. D e n " " _ (yam ); 12. AJanShaw(Tr1) 13. St.... HAl ; (Yam). OPEN PRO , I. RodneySpence<[r. (Han); 2. Marl

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