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and would eventually crash three times
before winding up in 10th place.
Once Ellis established his third
place, the top three spots were set . By
the halfway point, Marty Smith held a
five-second lead over Hannah with
Ellis almost the same distance behind
the "Hurricane."
Following Smith, Hannah , Wise
and Ellis at the start, Steve Stackable
and Maico teammate Ga ylon Mosier
had held down fifth and sixth places,
and they were pursued by Tommy
Croft, Tony DiStefano, Jim Pomeroy
and Kenny Zahrt. J immy Weinert was
in II th , just ahead of Gary Semics and
Kent Howerton.
While Ellis and Wise had been
settling th eir dealings , Croft had
closed on the Maico pair and started
pushing Mosier hard .
" I tried , man," Gaylon said
afterward , holding his injured leg ,
"bu t it was just too much pain, I
couldn't handle it. "
Croft overtook Mosier, then set his
sights on Stackable, passi ng t he tall
Texan approximately nine minutes
into th e race,
Weinert was next to attack
Sta cka ble, closing and starting his
push at the halfway flags . Announcer
Huffman immediately picked u p on
"The Jammer's" ch arge and kept the
crow d 's attention on the inevitable
pass that came on the 11th lap of the
20 ·lap event. Once in front of
Stackable, Weinert was in fifth , and
Tommy Corft was next on his list ,
In sixth, Steve Stackable's paycheck
took a sudden dive along with the
Maico ace himself when he endoed
over a fallen lapped rider. He would
finish 14th,
Smith was flying , and the crowd
loved it. Only an error or mechanical
failure could keep him from winning
now, and neither happened . Both
Hannah and Ellis circled ' the
Superdome course neither ga ining nor
losing more than a few feet.
Tommy Croft, however, was feeling
the heat. Jimmy Weinert, perhaps the
cleverest rider on the track at worrying
someone in front of him , had reeled in
the distance and was putting some
heavy pressure on the Team Honda
rider,
"He was knockin' on my doorl"
Tommy said afterward, " But when
you ho ld it (his position) that long, you
just can't let it gol"
We inert pestered Croft for the rest
of the moto, but Tommy held firm
and they crossed the line - Croft in
fourth and Weinert fifth - nose to.
tail. Sixth place went to J im Pomeroy
with Kent Howert on, Fox Shox
assisted privateer Mickey Boo ne, Tony
D and Steve Wise rounding out the top
ten.
" La st week I was D-lighted ,"
DiStefano punned later, referring to
his 250cc title victory, "bu t this week I
was Dsfeared ." He'd hit Masuda's rear
wheel as Koji , being lapped at the
time, tried to get out of the way,
Smith stood on the victory podium
with promoter Rookie Leopold, trying
to quench his thirst with victory
champagne and thank everyone at
once as an anxious herd of autograph
seekers waited his descent. Marty
admitted that the holes hot had made
the job' a lot easier, posed with the
Popeye's poster, then waded into the
sea of admirers.
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Results
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FINAL: t . Mony S mith lHonI. 2. Bob Hannah lYam).
3. Jimmy Ellis IC·Al. 4. Tommy Crolt (Hon). 5. Jimmy
W ei"",, IKawl. 6. Jim Pomeroy IHonl. 7. Kent
Howerton IHusl. · 8. Mickey Boo ne ISul l. 9. Tony
DiStefa no ISul l. 10 . Stev e Wi .. ISUll. 11. Gaylon
Mosier IMai). 12 . Chuck Sun IHus). 13. Rich Eierstodt
IBull. 14. Steve StBcka ble IMall. 15. Torry Clark lKaw).
16. Riclt 8 urgett IYaml. 17 . Gory Se mico IKawI. 18.
Glon Johnson (SUll. 19. Robert Owen IC·Al. 20 . Jofl
Jemings !SUll .
CONSOLATION: 1. Wayne Boyer lYaml :2. Roger
Jor.-lYaml. 3. Bob Collie lYaml. 4. Barry Duncan 1CAl. 5. Ralph Babin _1. 6. Rick Andoraon ISuzl . 7.
William PI.- (Husl. 8. Philip Poole lYaml. 9. Malcolm
McBrido lYaml. 10. DeW"m Knox (Husl.
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