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I II. i .. -: • • • ":11 • • l1li nah , • • d••• ~ t <.0 r- 0'1 '"""" 0'1 ..c: u l-< CIl :E a real battle between Bob Hannah and Steve Stackable for the series title, but as the gate opened for the first moto it was Rick Burgett and local shoe Monte McCoy who held down the lead over "Hurricane" Hannah and "Short Stack." After four lap s of battling with Florida's fastest rider, Burgett crashed his works Yamaha and got running again in fourth place. Hannah took over the lead fro m McCoy, then Stackable got by as well. Burgett got smoking again after his crash and caugh t ba ck up to pass Stackable for second. Then Hannah let Burgett on by to take over the lead again. Stackable's ch an ce at winning the series was allover when he dropped his Su zuki in the sand and lost a whole lap getting it restarted. Burgett took the moto win ahead of Hannah, McCoy, Gary Chaplin, Fran Summey, Barry Higgins and Stackable, Team Yamaha's strategy was to have Burgett finish in front of Hannah during the second moto as well, which would still give Hannah enough points to win the series overall, while also moving Bwgett to second in the series ahead of Stackable, The plan almost backfired as St ackable pulled off with the lead and Bob Hannah found himself in the difficult situation of having to go slow enough to keep teammate Burgett in second place and holding off the attacks of Monte McCoy who was right behind. The problem was Burgett had become sick from some bad food he had eaten during in termission and was having an almost impossible time riding. They held -off Monte righ t up to the last lap , but then Burgett crashed and lost half a lap, losing an y chance of a Yamaha 1·2 sweep of the Open class in the series . Steve Stackable smoothly took his Su zuki to the win in the final moto over Hannah, McCo y, Chaplin Higgins, Gratton and Bur gett, bu t Bob Hannah 's second place easily gave him the overall win and t he series. For 19·year old Bob Hannah from Whittier, California his Flo rida series triumph served notice of more to co me. • Results 2 S0 cc : 1. Tony D iStefano 2·1 (Suz) . 2. Danny LaPorte 7-2 (Suz). 3. Rex Staten 5-4 (H-D). 4 . Mike Runyard 4 ·6 (C -A) . 5. J immy £lIIs 3·7 (C-A) . 6 . Kent Howerton 9-3 (Hus). 7. J immy Weinert 1·11 (Kaw). 8. Gary $ern ies 10·15 (Kaw) . 9. Jim Turner 8 -8 (Suz). 10. Arlo Englund 12-9 (Ma l) . 11 . John Sav ltskl 14·12 (Mal). 12 . R icky O'Brien 13-13 (H-Dl . 13. Gary Jones (15-17) . 14. Ed Moor 19·15 (Mal) . 15. John Gurga 21 ·14 (Oss). 16. Sam Dayton 16·19 (Bul) . 17. Sonny DeFeo 20·16 (Vam). 18. Jonn Deemer 18 ·18 (Suz). 19. Don Kudalsk l 28~10 (Hon) ~ 20 ~ James Steele 2 4-20 (CZ) . SOOce : 1. B o b Hannah 2·2 (Vam). 2 . M onte M cCoy 3~3 (Suz) . 3. Steve Stackable 7· 1 (SuZ). 4 . Gary Cha plin 4-4 (Suz). 5 . R i ck Bu r gett 1-7 (Vam). 6. Barry Higgins 6· S (Mal) . 7. Glenn Robbins 8·8 (Mal) . 8. Pat M oroney 9 -10 (Hus). 9. Joey Gratton 14·6 (Mal) . 10. C h arl es Holcomb 10-12 (Hus). 11. Mik e Mcintosh 13~13 rsue). 12. Br u ce Kahlh ammer 1 2- 14 (CCM). 13. Fran Summey 5·23 (Su z ). 1 4. Dan Farley 21 ~9 ( Hus). 15. J oe F'er rlnl 1 8 ~15 (Vam) . 16. S tewart An der son 17·2 0 ( Bul). 17. Gordon B o w den 30.11 (Suz). 18. ~red Little 26·16 (Hus). 19. D on Ander so n 27·1 7 (Hus) . 20 . JoM Ayers 22 ·27 (Mal) . ovER A LL SERIES, 25 0cc: 1. T ony DiStefan o 21 4 (5uz ). 2 . J i m m y Elli s 1 97 (C·A ). 3. R ex S taten 14 5 ( H·D ). 4 . M ik e Ru nyar d 139 ( C · A ) . 5. A rlo En gl und 12 8 (Kawl . 5 00cc: 1. Bo b Hannah 235 (Vam ) . 2 . Ste ve St ac k ab le 213 (5uz) . 3. Rick Bu rge tt 2 06 (Yam) . 4 . Monte MCCOY 140 (Suz ). 5 . Gary Chaplin 135 (Suz) . The bes t of the west, Bo b Hannah, and t he be ast of the east, Tony D. 7