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There was a full class of Powder Puff in both th e Odyssey and motorcycle races. On the Odysseys . the gals were all over th e track . even roll ing one over bu t right up and over again to keep up with the rest of th e pack. Nancy Newman was the winning Odyssey Powder Puffer. With the motorcycles the novice d ivi sion had Jammin' Joyce taking the trophy for her effort. Powder Puff Expert Debby Rocha won both her motos with eas e. Results in Results Sec tion. Sullivan Double Winner at Hanford D·35 Qualifier By Cosmic Cat & Co .. H AN FO RD . CA . MAY 14 Trying not to wreck in t he first tum and trying to see where they were going were the main conce rns for riders at the third AMA D -~5 Qualifier held at the Hanford Fairgrounds. It was the first night race ever held at Hanford and it may be th e last - until ample ligh ting is provided. Turn One was probably th e darkest . and was where most of th e many crashes occu red . The races were almost stop pe d aft er th e 125 Novi ces , but th e idea of lin ing th e turn with lime and readjusting what ligh ts were th ere helped ou t some a nd t he action resumed. The 125 class at th e past two qualifiers have had th e sa me winner. Rodney Sullivan (Ya m) . a nd this tim e was no di fferent. Sullivan led flag to flag but had to fight Scott Cude (Ya m ) through out th e ra ce . Cude tried to pass on Laps Two and Three but Sullivan wouldn't budge. At the fini sh it was . Su llivan . Cude , and Todd Parker (Yam) in third . Jim Birkle (Yam ) led th e first lap of the 250 Main but it was Sullivan taking over th e point st arting th e second la p. Birkl e sta yed close the rest of lap two but cou ld n't find a way around th e hard riding Sullivan . Sullivan went on to his seco nd win of th e evenin g wh ile Birkl e d ro p ped second to ScottCude (Ya m ) in th e first turn of la p three' a nd the two finis hed in th at order . 1UGeeEnterprisesInc. DEALERS - CA LL O R WRITE FOR LAT EST CATALOG Bultaco ~L.e~ Maico Ossa KTM! Alba is moving soon! Watch this ad 720 Broadwa y C hu la V ista. CA 92010 714-427-9166 Eat, drink, and be merry , for tomorrow you diet. Mike Vital (Yam) followed Mini Main leader Rob Ely (Ya m ) through Lap Two and then went ahead for th e lead in the first turn of Lap Three. Ely tri ed to come back down the straight but cou ldn't do it. Vital took the win followed by Ely a nd a fast closing R obert Land (Yam) . Mike Garrison (Yam) and Mike Ragan (Yam) had a good 100 Main dice going whe n three b ikes . including third -placer Mark Ritchie (Yam) went down hard in the first turn of the second lap. The race was red flagged as the leaders came around for the third lap and it was ca lled a race with Garrison the winner. Ragan second . and newl y-transfered expert Bert Stephens (Ya m) third . All of th e downed riders made it to their feet. The 200 Ma in was a fr ee -for-all in th e opening laps . Entering th e first turn th e positions were Danny King (Ya m) first. Mik e Garrison (Ya m) second . and Lee "Pritchard (Ya m) th ird . Leaving the turn . the position s were Pritcha rd . Kent Bowser (C -A) a nd King. Prit chard and Bowser battled side by sid e throu gh Lap Three and startin g La p Four. Bowser took th e lea d for keeps goi ng into the first tu rn a nd Pri tchard was forced to be co ntent wit h second . King stayed in th ir d . J eff Lessley (Yam ) was on th e move in th e 500cc race . Lessley. running third . rook second from John Burnett (Yam) on Lap Two . Le ader Dan Lafferty (Ya m) was th e vict im on Lap Three in th e fir st tu rn a nd th en lost secon d to Burnett on Lap Four. Burnett kept co m in g and almost too k th e win but was edged out by Lessley a t th e line . 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