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1- he cou ld pass Marty, bu t th ere was no way it could be done easily. He made his mov e on Marty a nd the two of . th em thumped together. "1 d idn't want to ch ance kn ock ing Marty down to get around him, " claimed Tommy , "so I backed off after that. At Honda we go for th e team effort." Tommy must hav e meant a T eam Honda sho w a s h e co n t in ued t o shadow Marty for first place while La ck ey a n d Pom eroy p la yed a hopscotch sh u ffl e for th ird . What really had th e capacity cro wd pegged up against th e fence , th ou gh , was th e paint trading between DeCoster and Hannah as th ey worked th eir wa y a ro u nd Karsm ak ers a nd up int o fifth spot. Lap after lap the two champions bounced th eir wa ys side by side across th e sa nd whoops. A roc k blew th rough H annah's fron t fender ea rly in th e goi ng and no w the fender was nearly gone , all owing th e sp in n ing front tir e to pelt him blindly wit h sand . Mor e than on ce he mi sto ok DeCost er for a berm . "H ann ah 's so wild som eti m es . .. a good rider , but wild. He hit into th e side of me off a jump and kn ocked m y bike out of gear. He's gutsy - n ever afraid of any thi ng . I sta yed away froin his after that ," Roger said. " Roger ai n' t , no angel eithe r. He'll cut you off in a tu rn quicker than anybody, including Weinert ," Bob responded. W ith thre e la p s to go th e Hu rrican e 's fr ont fender brok e completely away . Both Bob an d Ro ger had a lready thrown th eir sa nd ca ked goggl es away and now , with sa nd blasting directly into his eyes, Bob was forced to back off because he cou ld n't see. Up fro nt , th e Hond a steamroller boiled across th e finish line with Smi th , Croft , Pomer oy and Lackey no more than 50 feet apar t. DeCost er was next , t he n Karsm akers rep assing teammat e H annah for sixth on th e last lap , th en Maico's Gas sin ' Ga ylon Mosier , Harl ey's Eie rs tedt a n d Yamaha's Bu rgett. I c.o ~ I-; CU ..0 8 CU > o Z (Above) Close action off the start as DeCoster (1041, Hannah (21 and Rick Burgett (81 blister by.lRight! Hannah's front mudguard is just about gone, sandblasting his goggles and destroying his pace. (Belowl250 winner Warren Reid. (Below rightl Bad Brad gets a handful. Mototwo Round number two of the 500cc Interna ti on a l Cl ass look ed nearly ide n tical to the cu rtain raiser. Smitty aga in na iled down the holeshot , b u t t his time ta gged after by La cke y, Ka r srn a kers , D eCost er , Sem ics , DiStefano , Noyce , Malherbe , Croft , \ Weinert , Mosier a nd H a nnah . In th e first 20 minutes of th e game Roger "actu ally lost grou nd as T ommy Croft «l ia led in ano t her spectacu lar riding ~ displ ay to wh eel right u p to seco nd ' spot - just b eh ind Marty. T eamwork pl ayed a m ajor role ' again as it seemed like T ommy b acked off h is p ace to avoid any confrontation wit h Marty over th e lead . As it turned , ou t Tommy sho u ld have co oled h is 'pace all along as his b anzai charge ; beg an to snap the spo kes in his "H on d a's rear whe el an d even tu ally left r him d ragging his bike b ack to the p its. I Towards th e end of th e mot o the same l fa te b efell teammate " B im bo" " Pomeroy. It is th e on ly major problem the RCs hav e exp erien ced in th e series, Halfway through the moto DeCoster 1fina lly began to in crease h is pace and ( start ed moving forw ard instead of backwards in th e field. H e wa ited a lap too long as it proved at th e checkered flag, with Ma rt y beat in g the 1R .D . across by a sca nt few fee t. t: All along th e way th e crowd cheered .thern on , with Ma rty nea rly b lowin g h is overall vict ory on the last la p when ,he mi ssed a sh ift comi ng off. the big Puyallup jump. The insta nt loss of .rea r whe el torque put Marty into a nose -di ve th at h e al most couldn't save . . . bu t , som eho w he d id. "He's been feel in g down the last few weeks," explained mechanic Da ve Arnold about Marty , "so I' ve been pumping him up th is last week a nd it sure has helped," Tailing Marty and Roger across the lin e were Lackey, DiSt efano , Hannah , and th en England's Graham Noy ce fini shing his first race with Team Honda after suffering a sho u lder separa tio n at his Missou ri ' debut two weeks ago . Pierre Karsm ak ers was forced to ret ire the second rnoto with e n gi n e probl ems, after . running st ro ng ly. Danny LaPorte suffered stall ed engines a nd cr ashes in both motos with h is Suzuki. 250 National Class " 1 j us t wanted to sho w th a t us Cal ifornia gu ys ca n ride sa nd tr acks too, " said H onda' s W arren Reid a fter pull ing off his second win of the Series. in the 250cc Nat iona l Class . The day's exci ting surprise was J im Pomero y's younger brother Ron , who ra n away with the opening ha lves of both rnotos before fat igue got t he best ' of him . Arlo Englund also ran up in 15