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wired in some totall y berserk situa tions. The odds fm ally caugh t u p to h im at th e st art of th e third m o ta and so did the pa ck as they ran over him wh en he crashed. Ton y D. cra she d twice in th e first 25 0 mo ta an d kept co ming far an d fast enough to tak e ad vantage of th e Weinert-Lackey shun t to finish seven th . The D. ca me back in the secon d mota to make a des pe ra te broadslide a tte mp t to pass an e qually sideways Jimmy Ellis for the lead . The Suz u ki nev er go t a bite an d Ton y b it a haybale , " T hey're not hay. They are straw." said DiStefan o who got a good close look. Tony recovere d qu ick ly to fin ish se cond in that mota an d cleanly wo n th e third ro un d to fin ish in t hird be hind second place ma n Karsm a kers , For whom the bow l tolls Who w on the Su p erbowl? Can-Am 's Jimmy Ellis to tally d o minate d th e actio n from the o pe ning s ho ts of tim e tri als when he was almost a fu ll second faster th an the nex t closest man . Ellis was a f1y mg foo l as he avia ted his Canadian m ach ine to tre mendous dist an ces over th e j u mps. Th e first mo ta was a romp , th e second was mad e eas ier by DiStefan o's erro r and th e fmal ro u nd was a security putt. Captain Cob alt be co mes t he second man to win the Sup erbow l tw o t ime s in a ro w. Ellis was ecsta tic as h e kept saying " It feels grea t! " And it d id feel tgre a t . J im my has had a to ugh sea so n since his o pe ni ng .win in Han gtown , but now he 's back on top . It also felt grea t fo r moto cross because they put more people in th e st ands th an t he Day to n a 200 or the Colle ge All-Star game. • Results 2 5 0 : 1 . Jim Ell is 1·1 · 2 (C·A). 2 . Pierre K ar smakers 2-4 -3 (Ho n ) . 3. Ton y DISte fano 7-2-1 (Suz ). 4. St e ve Stack ab le 5-5-4 (5 uz) . S. G ay lo n M osler 6·9·8 (Mal ). 6. B rad Lac k ey 8· 3 · 1 2 (Hus) . 7 . Mar,ty Sm i t h l Q..8·6 ( H o n). 8 . Ji m Wei ne rt 4-6 -15 ( K aw). 9 . T er ry Clark 11 -11 -5 (K a w) . 10 . T om m y C ro ft 14-10-7 ( Han) . sao SUPPO RT : 1. Pa t R icht e r .1-3 · 2 (K T M). 2 . Bob Ell io tt 3· 4- 5 (S uz). 3 . Ken Zah rt 6·&a3 lOSS). 4. L uke Messe r 4- 5 006 (Ma i). 5 . Je ff Jenn n gs 2·2-1 7 (S uz) . 6 . E d die Cole 8 · 8·8 (B u ll. 7 . R ich Elersted t 23-1-II Ho n ). 8. Way ne ~ 9y.!! r 5· 7-15 (Bu l) . 9. Je f (Above) Pat Richter rode a heads-up race to win 500 Support, while (below) Gary Chapl in and bike watched. F ol an d 16·9· 4 (KT M) . 10. T . Cla ire 7·1 2·10 (Su z) . 25 0 NO V IC E : 1. Je ff V ld lc. 2. Brian J o d ry . 3 . M arty Moa t es. _ . .. F IN A L SUPE R S IE RS STANDI NGS : I . Weine rt 3 2 3. 2. Ka rsma ke rs 3 17. 3. Ellis 29 3 . 4 . H o we rt on 274. 5. D ISt e fa n o 25 0. 6. Stacka ble 23 7. 7. Mosl er 21 4. 7. S m it h 214. 9 . Clark 1 72. 10 . Cro ft 160. The Los Angeles Flash. , 9