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That was the largest turnout so far this year. In the 125 TT and Half Mile class, the Montclair Yamaha Team of Fast Eddie Lawson and Mighty Mit e Mike Tidwell arrived on the scene bound bent and determined to put their biggest threat, Little Mike Minnig, on th e trail er and send him home with his head hanging. To stan things off, Fast Eddie took to the TT co ur se lik e a stroll in the park, and continued hi s winning ways the re st of th e night. Fo ur starts, fo ur firsts. The ' 125 TT Main began wi th an unreal battle for the lead . When th e three leaders made th e jump it was Lawson, Minnig and Tidwell. On the next lap T id w ell got by Minnig who really got sh ook and le t tw o more riders ahead of him before he got his ac t ba ck in one piece. In the 125 Half Mile Main the same three rid er s ju mped to the head of the pack but t his time Min nig h eld o n to seco nd. It was n 't easy as Tidwell got beside him on every lap in t he corners but j ust didn 't have it in the straights. Forty one riders were signed up for the 250 TT class . The only way it co uld have been more exciting would have been a streak ers he at. When the heats were over and the riders who made the main lined up, it was some thi ng to see . Th e fastest 12 men we re lined up and th ey all knew that the money stopped at number three. Dennis Briggs (Yam) made off with the big ones but not without a real battle for it . Steve Scott managed to get by and hold off the hard charging Elbert Turner fo r second. It Was close all the way . Charles Soderstrom made it three in a row on the half mile as he flew to an impressive victory followed b y Dennis Briggs and Scott Marshall, The 5 0 0 TT was w on by Earl Roloff followed by Kirk Redding. Just a few second s o ff th e fast pace set by the leaders was Brad Hoes. Kirk is a real crowd pl easer on his b ig Maico as he does some really strange things off the Ascot j ump . This week's 5 00 Half Mile Mai n was beyond a doubt the fastest , closest an d thrilling race that has been run at the CMC events here. Dennis Briggs got off the line and into the corn er first, behind him came a pack of riders that looked like a bunch of ho unds on a fox's tail. Above the scream of the two-stroke bikes yo u co uld hear the th under o f Shorty Seyborn's BSA Gold Star. Now Shorty had some troub le off the line but once h e got moving he j um ped to sixth place on the first lap . So mewhe re in th e next two laps he mo ved up to fifth. On the fourth lap he passed three b ikes in tu rn t wo . When t he white flag dr opped, Shor ty was breathing d own Brigg's throat. Again in t urn two Shorty let th e big BSA have it and flew into the lead. By the way , this was only t he sec ond ti me ou t for Shorty in five years an d he • has won the main both ti mes . Results 125 TT : 1. Edd ie Lawson (Vam) . 2 . Mike Tidwell ( Y am ) . 25 0 T T : 1. Denn is Br iggs (Vam). 2 . Ste ve SCott (Bul) . 500 TT: 1. Earl Roloff (Yam). 2. K irk Red d ing (Ma l) . 125 H ALF MILE : 1. Eddie Lawson ( Vam) . 2 . M ike Minn ig (Kaw) . 250 HALF MILE: 1. Ch arles Soderstrom (Vam). 2. D en n is Briggs (Vam). 500 HALF MILE: 1. Shorty C BSAl . 2 . De n n is Br lg9s (Kaw). 5eyo orn _