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renee and Mann into th e fir st set of wh oop s. Brown hel d th e point until he s li d d o wn i n a le ft -h ander. He rman too k over th e lead and th en wi th stood bids by Man n and J eff Beckington to preserve the win . In th e 125cc B fin al s, J oel Albrec h t and J ason Edwa rds , a nd J eff Curry and Bill y Co x mixed it up, with Albrecht a nd Cox winning close races. Motocross The 65cc (7-11) Stock class blasts out of the starting gate in the motocross event . Windham was the winner. Bob Hanson (2 6 2) and Mike Padgett (6 4) f ight for the early lead in the 250cc Expert (M X) class. Bro wn said, " I got hooked u p bett er in the swee per and go t by J ay th ere." Kevin Wa lker moved up, swa p ped pl aces wit h Mann, a nd ended u p th ird. Stadium MX 12 Dave Brown and the trac k crew pushed di rt arou nd most o f the ni ght to convert the "IT track to the very popular stadium-sty le mo tocro ss. Evening rai ns aft er the qua lifying hea ts ga ve th e clay surface a sli ck la yer o f mud for the fin als . In a Pee Wee class th riller , J osh Scott led until he cen ter p unc hed a hay bal e and Mike Kan n moved by. .-Scott said , " I got up, chased him down a nd pa ssed him on th e last ju m p for the win. " Carmi cha el a n d Se llards co ntinued to split wins in their ba ttl e for 65cc su p remacy . Wind ha m a nd Reyn ard rolled to decisive wi ns in th eir resp ective 85cc (7-11 and 12-13) di visions. Windham said, " With the muddy ga te I tri ed to s tar t with half throttle. It didn't work and I had to pl a y ca tch- up for the win." Lus k redeem ed hi mself with bac kto -back win s in th e 85cc (14- 15) di vision. Lusk sa id, " I was thi rd off the lin e in the Modified ma in a nd jumped in betw een J eff Dem ent a nd Ti m my Ferry. One of them hi t a hay bale and I held th e lead ." The hot 125cc Expert main o pe ned with Kevin Walker burning off th e ga te wit h Sm ith, Brown , Justi n J ackso n a nd Mann in th e hunt. Bro wn reeled in Sm ith, b ut could not make his move on Walk er. " I waited for Kevin to make a m istake a nd he never d id ," sa id Brown . In 250cc Ex pe rt ac t io n, heat winners Bro wn , Steve Herman a nd J ames Eickel sq uared o ff. Brown led Herm an , Bill y Fosn ock , Ph il Law- Ga torba ck 's n a tiona ll y-renown MX ci rcu it was in imacu late sha pe for event three. Th e co ld front passed , th e su n ret u rned a nd sho rt sleeves and sho rts were in vogu e aga in. Several classes were in near deadl ock at the halfway point. The 85cc (14-15) race staye d tight with Ti m my Ferr y and Dement to pping Lusk for class wi ns. Dement fended off a de term ined Lu sk charge in the fina l Stock mo ta . T he race of the day went to Sean Sheak, Bill y Schlag and J eff Curry in th e 125cc (12-15) Stoc k class. Shea k sa id, "I led, then Curry ca ugh t me a nd we raced so hard that we locked bar s and Schlag slip ped by for the win." Sch lag ran o u t of gas in th e fina l Modified mot a ; Shea k took the mota win and Curry the overall . . Inten se 125cc Expert action featu red Bro wn a nd Man n wiih mota wins, with Brown taking th e overall with a fin a l-m ot e victory. Do wn er s Grov e Yam ah a -supported Fosn ock upset Mann and Brown with a strong performan ce in th e 250cc class. Fos nock sta lked Mann for a n eventua l second in mot a one. In moto two th e Illinoi s rider swep t by Man n in the far end and held the lead ahead of Mann a nd Smit h. Alb rech t took four mo to wins in th e 125cc Stock and Modified motos. Albrecht rode again in th e 250cc B div ision a nd split wins with class lead er Jason Ed wa rds. Grand Prix Riders formed in the grassy field for the traditiona l Le Man s start th at sig na led a 45-min u te gra nd prix. Pee Wees o p ted for a short track fin al e a nd Alea Sh inn stuffed it in the groov e to ho ld o ff eventua l Olympiad Champion Mik e Kann for the win. Carmich ael fin ish ed th ird to Horto n and Sellard but sti ll owned the , 65cc cha m pions h ip. Reynard completed h is victory streak in th e 85cc ( 12-13) clas s, wi nni ng every event, aft er th e first "IT final. Reyn ard said , " I wa nt to thank my dad (Robert) and the Team G reen gu ys for setting m y bik es up so well for this week 's racing." Georgia 's Lusk posted a convincing victory on h is Ka wasak i in the 85cc (\ 4-15) gra nd prix. Sch lag raced wit h Sheak for the 125cc (12-15) cro wn un til Sheak went dow n o n a ba ckwoo d s straight. Schlag earned th e ti tle and came within a few poi nts of ca tch ing 250cc B Ch a mpi on Edward s fo r a n unprecedented double tit le. At th e sta rt o f th e I25/250cc Expert race T y Wa llace, Gary Paul , Mann a nd Kevin Walker sha red th e overall lead. Brown said , "I needed to pass one g uy for the cha m pio ns h ip, but I was too sick to do it." Wa lker fini shed first for th e 125cc win, but Mann 's Kawasaki earne d the 250cc chec kered and Olym pic Cha mpions hip . . Bo b Bea n KT M-sp on so red repeated for his th ird Senior Champio nship by dom in ating hi s specia lty, the gra nd prix even t. At th e trophy cere mo ny , J err y West a nnounced that Ri cky J oseph