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(Clockwise, from above left! Showing some European style, Jim Pomeroy leans through one of Red Bud's turns ; Tommy Croft won the first moto but couldn 't recover from a slow start in the second go to challenge the leaders; Jeff Je nnings put in two hot rides till spills spoiled his day ; Steve Stackable rode to a consistent 5-3 score for second overall; Alan Hahn gives Tony the overall sign in the secon d moto. Mototwo 14 " C a p t a in Cobalt ." J im m y Elli s holeshot the second moto with his u lt r a -qu ick Can -Am as Wein ert tagged-in b ehind . Th e next 4 5 minutes belonged to Ellis and no on e got closer than 10 seconds to the leader who , afterwards, claimed, "O ne day I am going to put two good moros together." Jen nings had gotten off the lin e in third place ahead of Pom ero y. stayi ng th ere for two la ps. Jeff was babying a n inj u red leg from th e first moro crash with Weinert a nd di d n' t want 10 p ut his foo t down in t he tu rns . On ,a hard su rfaced co rner the front end of his Suzu ki washed out without aid from his hu rt leg and the bik e roo k a flip , Bim bo was righ t behind, and like Wei nert , nai led th e downed Suz uki 10 ta ke a spi ll. Jimmy got goin g ag ain 10 work back up to fourth pla ce and hold off Hannah at th e end of th e rn or o . Both DiStefano and Ma ico m eister Steve Srackable would clai m second and third spots beh ind Ellis. Tommy Croft. saw his pot ential overa ll win disappear when he pulled a slow sta rt and never recovered his wav out of th e du st a n d m id .pa ck'. Teammate Sm ith looped his newlv "reen gin ed " bike on a tri ck y set of d;'u b l,' ju m ps to tear off the rea r fender a nd ha lf th e scat to which th e fender was attached. As usu a l. Ha nna h was the fastest rider on the track . but his poor sta rt s co nt in ued 10 hamper him a nd fifth was the highest he could work up to, behind Pomero y, before the race ended . SOOcc Support T er ry Cla rk co nti n ued his romp in th e 500cc Su ppo rt class . taking his fac to ry Kawasaki 10 two easy rn oto wins . Roger Jon es on a Suzuki ou t of Parad ise, Ari z.. ran second the e nt ire first rn oto behind T erry. as Hu sky's Arlo Eng lund work ed his way up 10 third pla ce on th e p re · produ ct ion p ro to type 390 Aut om ati c. The second rn oto saw Arlo drop out wit h a broken tra nny , a nd Kenn y Zahrt move his Iacrorv Bultaco u p into second spot after carbure t ion problems held him back in the first race . Jeff Heaston from Fort Wayne . Results 250cc NA TIONAL: 1. Tony DiStefano 2·2 ISuzJ; St eve Stackatne 5-3 (Mai l, 3. Jim Pomeroy 4-4 (Hanl Jim W einert 3-6 (Kaw). 5. Tommy Croft ' ·11 (Han). Jimmy Ellis 13·' IC-Al. 7. Bob Hannah 6·5 (Yam}. Kent How erton 7:3 IHusl. 9 . Billy Grossi 10·14 tSu 10 . Gary Semics 15·10 IKawl . 11 . Rex Staten 14-12 ,( 0 1 12. Chuck Sun 8-'8 (Husl. 13. Rich Eierstedt • . (Bull. , 4 . Mi ckey Kessler 12-17 (MonL 15 . Ma rty Smi - ·9 (Hon). 16. Danny laPorte 9 ·22 (S ul l. 17. Gavl Mo sier 16·16 (Mail. ta . M iCkey Boone 11· - (Sull" 1 Rick Burgen 20-13 lYam). 20. Denny Swartz '2 -, (Mail. • Did net place in lOP 20. 500cc SU PPORT: 1. Teny Clark , ., IKaw l. 2. J. Heaston 4·3. 3. Kenny lahr1 B·2 {Bull. 4. Leona Chiesa 5·5. 5. Robert Aylor 9-6 IM ail. 6. Ri Walsworth 6 -10 (Pen). 7 . ChriS Berg 10 -7 IHus}.; Roger Jones 2-16. 9 Oon Van HOOler 11-8 (M ail. 1 GarvPustetak 16-9.