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umpteenth holeshot for the year . Someday he's gonna hold it . Unsed Points leader Kent Howerton had a med iocre day . (Belowl Hannah just missed his tr iple crown. " It sounde d a little mo re serious th is time! " Brad commented in the Husky pits afterward, but didn't. speculate exactly what the problem had been. Also on the fourth lap, Bob Hannah had gotten around Gary Semics and into second place. ~ uIes Hannah' s race," a spectator proclaimed, but his statement was proven premature in the next tWQ laos as "Hurricane" Hannah faded quickly from the top runners. A spring in the Yamaha's shifting mechanism · had broken, and unable to change gears, Bob was soon left in the wake of the Semics . / S t ac k a b Ie / Kar s rna k er s frontbound freight train. For the next 10-15 minutes, the th ree seemed content to pace themselves and wai t until the en d of the moto to make any moves. Then Semics started to close the gap on DiStefano. He pulled to within a second's difference on the long, th ree-j ump straightaway, then on the next lap, got by and into the lead: It was short-lived, ho wev er, as Gary mad e a mistake and dropped to third be hi nd Stackable. Pier re still cruised steadi ly in fo urth place. . O nce again, Gary rallied a st rong push fron tward. For severa l lap s he ho unded Steve, finally out-braking o r out-braving him go i ng into a right-ha nder at the foot of a long, fast Cycle Wor ld USA downhill taking the outside line. Once past, he extended his lead until once again he closed o n T he D. With three laps to go in the 4O-minute·plus·two-Iaps mota, Gary pu lled up alongside the leader, but Tony managed to hold him off. T im e ran o ut with DiStefano still in command, Semics second, Stackable third, Karsmakers fourth and Billy "Sugar Bear" Grossi rounding out the top five . Pierre's 1-4 got the nod for overall ahead of Stack's 4-3 and Gary's 7-2 scores. Kent maintained h is already dominant series points lead with a 3-7 fourth, and Billy Grossi took fifth with his 6-5 total. 250 Support Every now and then Mickey Kessler has a n untouchable day when everything falls into place and he takes an easy-appearing win - this was one of those days. Mickey rode his factory Kawasaki to a decisive I-I win over Suzuki rid er Danny Swartz's 3·2 second placing and Bulta co rider Bob Rutter's 2-4 third • Results SOOcc NATION A L : 1. Pie rre Karsm a kers 1..4 (Hon). 2. Steve Stac k ab le 4-3 (Suz). 3. Ga ry Semics 7·2 \Ka W). 4. Ken t Ho werto n 3·7 (Hus). 5. B I Iy Gr ossi 6- 5 (Suz) . 6. Tommy Croft 9-6 ( H on).. 7 . R ic k B u r gett 1 2·8 (Yam). 8 . G ay lo n M osler 5- 1 6 (M al). 9. John A y ers 15·1 0 C al). 1 0. R ich Elersted t 14-11 M H On ) . 11. Pat Rich t er 8·17 (KTM ) . 12 . hUCk Lamp e 1 3-13 (M al ) . 13. wy man Pr iddy 16· 14 (B u l). 14. T erry Clark 11 - 20 (Kaw). 15 . Mickey Boone 10·21 (S u z ). 16. Charl es S u n 23--9 (Hus). 17. Charles Cooper 17 · 15 (P en) . 18. M i k e G illma n 21·18 (Suz). 1 9. DeWi tt K no x 2 Q.19 ( H u s). 2 0 . Bob H arris 18·22 (CZ ) . 25 0cc SUPPORT: 1. M ICke y Kessler 1·1 (Kaw). 2. D enny Swart z 3·2 (Suz) . 3. Bob ~utte r 2·4 (B u l ). 4. SCott Wa ll enburg 4-3 (M al) . 5 . D av id E lli s 7·5 ( Vam) . 6 . Gen e MCCay 6 · 6 (Vam). 7. Ja y Cl ar k 8·8 (Va m). 8. Greg Pres ta ge 9·9 ( Va m ). 9. R ic k y O 'Br ien 5-14 (H·O) . 10. Gary Ca sp er 13-10 (Su z) . U N O F F ICI AL 500cc A M A N A T I ON AL MX SERIES POINT ST A NDINGS , 1. K ent Howert on 128 . 2. G ary serrues 103. 3 . B ob Hannah 9 4 . 4. Pierr e Ka rsmakers 92. 5. St ev e STackable 91. 6. Gaylon M o sier. 7. B i ll y Grossi 73. 8. Tony DIStefano 68 . 9 . R ic k Burgett 60. 10 . John Ayers 59. g 9