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d moto , got out of the gate in second to move quick ly up behind Hornberger , leav ing Woodward back in fourth . Woodward , det ermined never to settle for that position , on th e second la p ca ught Latimer and pressed him hard for five laps. Remembering his las t experien ce wi th Latim er , ( whe n b Wood wa rd thought he had it made 20 '{ feet from chec ke red, Lat imer's Suzuki 1( st rea ked b y to t ak e th e ove ra ll) Woodward pushed th e Yamaha. T he checker ed was out. This time, with on ly th e canyon d rop a nd one j um p lO go, Woodward rea ch ed for m ore ponies a nd fou nd them . to strea k b y Latim er and tak e t he second overall, La t er ., at troph y p rese nt a tio n , W oodward rema rk ed " I go t even for t he last time he did th at to me . I learned m y lesson ." • , Resu lts in Results Sec tion . , , Shawn Smith alive and well at Oak Hill MX n By Dave Nielsen ALVORD . TX. MAY 8 Ever since November of 1975 , Shawn Smith has been mending from serious internal injuries suffered in a fall whil e leading the 125 Experts at Whitn ey. T od ay at Oak Hill , almost a year and a half later , th e Dallas speedster was b ack to his old tri cks again , goi ng WFO and winning that- same cla ss. The loss of a 50 kid ney and spleen apparently hasn't .. a ffec te d h is flamboyant st yle or J throttle hand . b Mike Hullett was chasing Smith in '(t he first moto , but endoed at the lOp of fourth gc;a r, bounced up , and grinned " Gee, that hurt!" Seeing that Smith '(Suz) was unattended in th e lea d o positi on , Hullett pulled in behind him wh en he came around, just to keep h Shawn from getting bored , The pair p ut on qu ite a show whi le some real b racing for second was eventually taken b by Kansan Randy Kirs chbaum over ~ Sea n O'Brien and Mike Brownlee , all _ on Suzukis, Randy Tart r of th e T ES T eam look ed good for a double win in 250 a nd Open Expert , but while leading the first Open m ot o , he got crossed up in th e middle of a double j um pd ropaw ay section and tumbled off th e downhill . The doo r. th en opened for Chris Dublin (Ma i) a nd Dana Wright (Bu l), who took 1-2 overall, as Tarter bounced back in th e final to coll ect third . Aboard a Can -Am in the 250 class, Tarter left little doubt , sweeping both races over Okie Jim Thomas (Suz), Randy Kirschbaum (Suz), and Bobby Kyle (Bul). The day's best trophy race was in Division 11 of 125 Novice , as th e Yamahas of Kyle Hughes and Jessi e Wilson moved almost as one in th e closing laps of the secOlid moto . Wilson had won the opener, but Hughes held h im off to the checkers for a 2-1 first. overall: Mini ace Darin Eames, II , took second in the first heat of 125 Novice Division I, b ut something broke in the final. Not bad for first time on a 125 . Incidentally, it was a 125 engine in an RMIOO bike , _ ideal for a shorter rider. In Junior Mi ni, t he class honors went to La rry McClish (Yam) over RM80 -powered Leonard Dodson, whi le in Senior Mini , it was all Craig Riddle on an RM80 equipped with a Husqvama swingarm off one of Dad 's old bikes . • Results in R esu lts Section , ~ Q @DIAMONIi CHAIN JAY SPRINGSTEEN • •• Mike Hullet crashed. played w it h 125 Expert winner Shawn Sm ith (39), Sargent, Mecham and Greenway UMA's Pro Champions WHETHER YOU RIDE STREET, TRACK, OR TRAIL, DIAMO ND IS THE RIGHT CHAIN FOR YOU. SJ\LT LAKE CITY , UT, MAY 7-8 T he cha m p ionshi p titl e a nd a $ 1000 p urse a tt r ac te d ri d ers fro m th rough ou t th e west. Sa tu rday's ac tion included t he m in is th rough th e ope n cla ss with Su nday reser ved for pro races . In t he 125 Jun ior class Iva n Kaum ans put it to all th e ot he r rid er s . with a n easy victory. The t rack dried out from the racin g the d a y before and th e acti on o n Sunda y was dusty and fast. In th e 125 Pro race Stan Wynhoff gra bb ed t he lead whi ch was short lived as Copier a nd Randy Sargent took over the top two p laces . At the finish of rnot o one Co p ie r h ad the win with Sargent seco nd . In th e seco nd 125 round Copier cou ld n't make th e start lin e because of illness . whi ch left th e battle for the tit le a nd cash ro Sargent a nd th e ot hers. W ynhoff aga in led off th e racin g wit h a holeshot. Sargent and Le tch enbu rg (who ran t he sec on d rn oro wit h a new engi ne in his YZ) roosted pa st tl! take th e lead . :-Vhile ridi ng a hard t hi rd W ynh off go t off a nd le ft . Greg Madsen a n d Mik e 0 ' Dri scoll into th e th ird a nd fou rth posit ions . T he rn oto finished in that order with Sargent t he ove ra ll winne r and seco nd and third place going to Let ch enburg a~d David Wood . In th e 250 Pro cla ss David Mech am sco red th e overall victory whil e David Wood a nd David Bohlm cas hed in with seco nd and th ird spot m on ey. The start of the Open Pro race saw th e red Mai co of Don Gibbs grab the lead but four-stroke Honda rider Pet e Watson gor by for the lead . W illson put on a good show until he crashed a nd handed first over to Randy Evans with John G reenway close behind in second . Befo re t he race e nd ed Greenway slipped by Evans for the victory. In th e final Open race Greenway screamed off the line and held a determined lead throughout the ent ire race r.Evans finished second and Gibbs was in' for third . • Results in Results Section. • THE RIGHT COMB INATION FOR VICTO,RY AT T HE OKLAHOMA CITY V2 MILE 5122/77 By Roger Glazier John Greenway (Mon) dominated th e Open Pro class in UMA Morocr oss Championship action a t Mo LO Qua State Park in Uta h , HARLEY-DAVIDSON • ASK YOUR DEALER FOR DIAMOND "THE CHAIN OF PROVEN PERFORMANCE" DIAMOND CHAINED 22 OF 28·A.M.A. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WI NN ERS IN 1976! CLASS B J1K1 MEMBER d. ~~~K~~~~A!~~!I~••~O!:' 'N .46225 ........ ~~ I N D uaT • • • • Cycle Center . Hodaka ... B u l t ac o ... KTM 1300 East Edinger Ave. Santa A na, CA 92705 7 14-835·782 1 45