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ciass th at could be a challe nge to hi m, Pau l re plied , " I d on't know. " T he 125 Ama teu r/E xpe rt s were rea lly go ing at it wi th Ron S hu ts (Ya m) and Ti m Melan con (YZ) chasing each other all ove r the tr ack, co nstantly swapping the lea d, an d shu tting each other off in the comers. Tim came ou t first with R o n a close second. While all of the good s tuff was taking place down on the track, up on to p of a hill o'verlooking it, some fool was se tting off fi reworks in a preview celebration for the Fourth of July. What th is fool mig h t or might not have realized was that th e area he was playing in was bone dry, and he was lucky that the whole p lace didn't catch on fire. Back on the track, in the 250 Beginner Main , the stage was set as it looked like little Stan Kinsey (Yam) might clean up the class, as he was also d oing in th e 250 Novices (figure it out, J though t you're either a Begi n ner o r a Novi ce, not bo th!) . As the n ag dropped, Stan an d sever al other rid ers bl as te d off fo r th e first rum, only to have St an an d Dean McCanes (Mo n] go down in a brutal cras h that put McC an es o u t fo r the nig h t with injuries. It w as ju st be ginning to m a ke Kin sey's night a lo ng one that would be beset by m ec hanical probl ems and some m or e fire works th at wou ld be co m ing out o f St an 's dad. Anyhow, Doug Henn inger (Ya m) won the Main very co nfi de n tly o ver Steve Miller ( KTM) an d Bru ce Ho fer ( Hu s], Kinsey made it bac k fo r the 250 Novice Main wi th cl u tch p roblems : he was co nstantly stalling the en gine in gear on the line , an d wound up j um ping the lin e twice because o f the p roble ms. Afte r the two jumps, trac k o fficial Tom Fortu ne directed Kin se y to the bac k line of the starting area with another anx io us ride r. During the Mai n , G reg Zehner ' ('I am) stuck in the lead over Stev e Bald wi n (YZ) with Gary Fe ener (Oss) ta kin g up th ird. Stan Kinsey plac ed a po or sho wing, an d af ter the Main , he came ou t of th e pi Is to give Fo rtune a piece of h is mind ab out ho w he sho uld ha ve been starte d o n the line. With th at , he t ra m pe d back to the pits to regr oup. After th e start of the last Special Novice m o t o , th e Kin sey Klan , with Mr . Kin se y leading , ca me ou t to re all y d o battle with Mr . Fort une, who was waiti ng for the ine vitable. T he al legation aga inst Tom F ortune wa s tha t he had penali zed S tan Kinse y fo r " ci rcu m stan ces beyond h is co n tr o l." Wh ile the y m ay have been beyond h is co n tr ol, they certa inly we ren' t beyond the rider's respo nsibility o nce he had pos it ioned him sel f o n the starting line. Mach ine prep is part of racing, to o. All so rt s of in fla ted threat s ra ined d own. It was o ne o f tho se n igh ts. Bruce Reynolds (Bul ) to ok the 250 Expe rt co ntest Over Steve Fortune (Bu l) as pretty , yo ung pit too tsies o o hed , awe d , a nd cheered t he m both o n as the y slid th eir way aro und the track. Fo r both of these guys, it w as going to be one of t hose n igh ts, judging by the q ua nti ty a nd quali ty of th eir fans. I guess that d ue to the benefit TT in Corona, all the big bo re Experts decided that was w here the action was ton ight. But the 50o-Open Novices kept t hings lively as Art Junker (Yam) rode to a very exciting and com manding vi c t o ry, leavi ng the fight for second up to Wayne Goodwin (T ri ) and Mark Lehrola (Yam). with Way ne getting it over Mark. I n the Sweepstakes Final, T im ;\Ielancon and his YZ led the whole thing from start to finish, with only the cast of characters be hind him constantly changing as the la ps rolled on . Firs t Paul ;\lc Pherson looked like a good chance fo r second mos t of th e tim e u ntil Bruce Reyno lds came up on h im an d too k t he second p lace spo t away . Then AI Glover came alo ng a n::! b u m pe d Paul into fo urth . From th ere o n; everybody remai ned mu ch th e same un til the checkered ca me o u t. So met im e later , aft er everythi n g was all over. I had th e c ha nce to mee t Norm Jam ison , o ne of th e h igh er ups in th e Side hac k Associa t io n who wo uld ho st th e next d ay ' s 0·3 7 TT ru n. He then introd uced m e to ot her me m bers o f th is ou tfi t. a nd we proceeded to have o ne of the weirdest , wildest pa rt ies I've eve r been t o - all in the back of a small van, And to think tha t after all the st uff tha t went o n (I bailed o u t a t th ree a.m.) , t hese guys wer e going 10 race the ne x t day ! More Elsinore 11' o n page 20. • uas OE). ~ ~ rnrn~~~ ij ~ ~lli ~rn rn~ ~ ~ ~ Immediate Delivery Sales reps needed now! 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