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\ Ray Merimon won the outhouse race . o nslaugh t , bu t be assured th ey are tri ck, th ou gh rare. Robbie. surprised the 28 rid er field with 1-1 m arks, while J o nes hu stl ed for second , and Kir k Spe ncer (Yam) too k third overa ll in his first race o ut of the Novice ranks. Fo rmer class champ Mike Athens today went Expert an d ran fifth in a very tough p air of motos , both wo n by budding professional Mel Ne wm an (Suz), who man aged the di fficult task of holding off Wyman Priddy (Ya m) in th e clo sing lap s of the fin al. The old DNF bu g b it Eddie Ro berts (Yam ) and Lou is Presley (Ho n) in th at second moto , leaving third and fo urth open for Mike Hull e tt (6-3) an d Do u z Coo k (5-4). Bo bby Pic kard was on his w ay to ano t her dou ble win in the 250 and Open Expert classes and wo uld have had it save for a blown base gasket in the Open second moto , Lo ngview's Mike Gro ce (Yam) then co lle cte d th e win, but his ch allenge slipped to fourth in th e 250, running 6-2 behind Darrell Hollingshead (2-3 ) an d J eff Krin g (3-4) . ,'. King conquers Rio By Mark Knowl es HOUSTON, TEX., FEB . 8 A small 125 Expert class lined up at the starting gate with local favorites Glen Johnson and Shawn Kelly findin g defeat in the form of st o ck machinery and Robert Coreale . Robe rt Coreale grabb ed t he ho lesho t of the firs t mo to with Mickey Pizzat o la running second. Both J o hnson and Kelly had go t te n p oor starts but mo ved into third and fourth wi thin a few laps. J ohnson mo ved past Pizzatola in to second an d started to pressure Corea le as Kell y an d Pizzatola battled for th ird. J ohnson passed Coreale o n the next to last lap for th e vic to ry leavin g Coreale in secon d while Kelly p assed Pizztola in the las t turn for third. Glen Jo hnso n pull ed th e j ump at the start of the second wi th Core ale hot o n his fende r wi th Shawn Kelly running third. J ohnson an d Coreale pulled away from the pack in a battle for first whi ch ended when Coreale easily motored past Johnson's stock bike on a back straight in to the lead and first overall. J ohnson (1-2) finished second fo llo wed by Sha wn Kelly (3-3) . Kin g Tieken tasted victory in th e 250 Expert class af ter a tight two moto battle with Rey Lon goria. Longoria too k th e lead of th e firs t m oto with Tieken in second ahea d of a hard charging Kei th Duffy. Duffy dr opped Rare ph oto of Bobby Pickard behi nd someone . It's the first lap and a brief moment of glory fo r Mike Gr oce in the 250 Experts. out e arly le avin g Longoria and T ic ken to bat t le as the y eas ed aw-ay fr om th e pa ck. Tieken pass ed Lon goria near the m oto's end to win as Mike Buckmaster trai led in third . Keith Duffy ret urn ed fo r t he second moto , b laste d away from t he star ting line an d the pack unchallenge d to win . Tieken ran hard but co u ld n ' t m atch Duffy 's rap id pace so he settle d for second in the m o to an d first o vera ll. Rey Lon goria maintaine d a safe third pla ce ahead of Wayne Rutherford to fin ish secon d o verall fo llowed by Mike Buc km aster (3-5 ) and Rutherfo rd (7-4). The Open Expert class was a Keith Duffy benefit as he motored aw ay from the pa ck to a perfect I-I fin ish . Rey Lon goria had second pl ace sewed up un til suffer ing bike problems in th e seco n d moto and dropping o u t. Tieken returne d to the pay line to snatch second overall (3·2) while Bart Batson picked himself up off th e soft dirt t wice whi le running with the leaders to pl ace third. Results in Result Section • Third Annual Chadron 24 Hour Endurance Race By Don Kellogg CH ADRO N, NEB R., JAN. 24 & 25 Die hard cyclist s fro m sta te s as distant as Washin gton and Michigan coverged on this little 29