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For his first Florida race. Bob Hannah was really stoked. "Rocket" Rex had engine problems in the first moto with his new Harley. but n Gary finally finished a race on the new Jones bike, taking fifth. o f teammat e Han nah , Cl ar k, Stack a ble an d Florida's J o ey Gratto n . The second mo to seeme d like a rep eat o f th e firs t as Stackablc gra b be d the lead fo r a lap. then b ail ed off, turn ing the le ad over to a very smooth Te rry C lark. Bur ge tt ha d second p o sition as Slack re covere d in th ird , fo llo wed b y H an nah , Dan Farl ey, Gratton , th en Harris-Ay er s-H iggin s battle for seve n th, By mid -mo t o Gary Ch apli n was o ff th e p a ce w ith b lown sho c ks a nd Ba rry Higgins w as o u t "i ilh e ngi ne p roblem s. Stack able p icked hi s rh ythm back up to p ass both Burgett a nd Cl ark t o take ba c k t he lead . Cl ark stayed w ith S tackab le when h e went b y a nd h oped to tak e b a ck hi s le ad before the ra c e ' ended , On th e last lap T erry made a valiant c h ar ge to ree l in S tackable whi ch only resulted in a hi gh sp eed endo on the wh o op -de es, S t ack ab le to ok th e m or o win ahead of Hann ah, Burgett. r lor id a ' s Monte McC o y (w ho had pro bl ems in the firs t m oro }, wi th Terry Cla r k lim pi ng across in fifth . Bob lI ann ah ti ed hi s . Y am ah a teammate Rick Burgell for t he ove ra ll w in . but the vic tory went to lI annah b y vir t ue of his bette r ' p er fo rm a n c e in th e second moto . No o ne in th e Op en class . had a n easy ra ce , and with all the to p talent o n han d. this is o ne c lass wh ich p robab ly won't h ave its champion • d ecided u n ti l t he very last race. Results 250cc PRO : 1. Tony DiSte fano I-I (Suz). "2 . Jimmy Ell is 2·4 ( C-A ) . 3 . Jim Turner 6·5 (Suz). 4. Joh n Sav itskl 5-6 (Ma l). 5. Gary Jones 4·9 (Ma i ). 6 . A rl o Englund 7-7 (Kaw). 7. John Gurg.1 9 ·10 (ass) . 8. Denn is Brand 10· 12 (Hus). 9. Denny ShaelZ 17·8 (Yam). 10. Alb in Johnson'12·13 (Vam). 11. Mike Runyard 18·11 (Vam). 12. Jimmy Martin 18-11 (yam). 13. Danny We ir 13·18 (Kaw) . 14. Buek Murphy 30-3 (C-A). IS. Phillip John 8·25 (Hus). 16. John Grant 11·23 (Yam). 17. 22-4 (Hon). 19. Rlek Walsworth 24·6 (Pen). Charlie Lott lSe20 (Hon). 18. Ricky O'Srlen 20. Ron Westmorland 27 ·15 (Suz). 500 PRO : 1. Bob Hannan 2 ·2 (Yam) . 2. R ick Burge tt 1·3 (Yam) . 3. Steve Stackablo 4·1 \SUZ). 4 . Terry Clark 3-5 (Hus) . 5. Robert Harr s 8·7 (CZ). 6 . Oan Farley 7 ..8 (Hus). 7. John Ayers 10 ·6 (Mal). 8. Joey Gratton 5 -11 (Ma l) . 9 . Joseph ~errln l 9-9 (Mal). 10. Char les Halcomb 12-8 (Hus). 11. Gary Chaplin 6-17 (Suz). 12. Charles Cooper 13-14 (Pen). 13. Rleky Kldd 12·16 (Hus). 14. Stewart Anderson 16·15 (Bu l) 15. Je ffery Loft 14·18 (Hus) . 16. JOhnny Borders 23·13 (Bul). 17. Gordon Bowden 18 ·19 (Suz). 18. bruce Kahlhammer 2().20 (CCM). 19. Joseph Bruer 17·23 (Kaw) . 20. Dan Stephenson 21·21 (Yam). 7