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... Fourth place was interesting battle. Atwood held it for only a little while , then Denton took it over. The Suzuki of Pomona rider had it for a few laps, {b u t "Little John" Ha teley passed him to take fourth at the finish , behind Br eker , Chandler and Zahrt. Tony Wanket (Yam) passed Denton for fifth , Atw ood was seventh and Dennis Brand (Suz ) was eighth. Moorewood DNFed and Roger Jones dropped back in the pack. Shaun Kell y (Suz). from Houston . ~ TX , holeshot the second moto. This time Zahrt was the first one by, r a h hough Breker was past Kelly before eth e completion of one lap. Magoo was fourth , Denton fifth , Brand sixth , . Hateley seventh and Wanket eighth. Chandler disappeared from fourth on the following la p . His berserk reputation had preceded him , but , th ere was no place worse on the course for it to catch up with him than in the ~D i rt Diggers mudhole. Magoo crashed there and dropped to sixt h. Zahrt led for most of the moto, but ; Breker passed two la ps from the end to make his win as profitab le as possible, -'since the purse was paid according to each moto finish as well as the overall finish. As the moto conti nued Denton rp assed Kelly for thi rd , and Chandler was already around Brand on his way 'b ack up to the leaders. Wanket 'followed Chandler past Bra nd , and a lap later they both got in front of Kelly . 13 On the last lap , with Breker and Zahrt occupying the first two spots, Chandler made it by Denton for th ird , as d id Wanket for fourth. Denton was fifth , ahead of Brand , Kelly , Hateley, .• twood and Eugene McKenzie (Hus) . The overall order went : Breker ( 1· 'l } , Zahrt (3 ·2), Chandler (2·3) , Wanket (5 ·4), Denton (6·5), and !la teley (4 ·8). !16~ a Pioneer Race Dick Man n , on a Dick Mann Specialties- framed TT500, won the " Pioneer" race , held to reunite some famous names from the past as well as a cou ple of present·day pioneers. John Rice (KTM) gave Mann a hard time in the early laps, but soon dropped out of it and Mann ran awa y with the ra ce. Feets Minert (BSA ) ran well until he came to a stop at the top of the uphill . On th at note, Mike Goodwin , th e Supercross entrepreneur, took over second on his Husky 390 Automatic and held it to the fin ish . Bryon Farnsworth (Kaw), Jerry Willingham ( Bu l) and Bill Friant ( KT M) co m pleted the top five . Old TImers Race Mann came back to win th e Old Timers race , an event competed in , scored and checked by the Old Timers MX Assn. Aga in John R. gave Bugs y a hard time, holding the lead for awhile during the early laps. Mann hung in there and eventually finished with a secu re lead over John R . , Blackie Lew is (Mai) and Doug Arc hibald (Mai) . One of the more unique aspects the Old T im ers race was the generosity of one rider , Manny Dau ber. Manny splashed in the lake alongside the mudhole and ended up giving his 250 Elsinore to Louie McKey, who helped drag it out of the water. Racing World operator Ron Hendrickson offered a case of Coors to any unfortunate soul who wound up in the drink. There were several takers . 500 Junior/Expert race Larry Roeseler had been held winless on Saturday, so he responded by coming from the second row to take the 500 Junior/Expert lead in the second turn. Craig Adams (KTM) was second as they prepared to finis h the first lap . Near the s pectator undercross, Larry stalled the 390 Husky, and while he was searching for neutral , Adams took the lead. That lasted less than a lap. Roeseler won with a good lead over Adams , Dave Caspary (Mai), Wayne Martin (Yam) , John Fero (Yam), and Tim Sarien (Yam). Wayne Allen was the first junior at 10th overall. __ Michael Hair (Yam) was the wireto-wire leader in the 500 Novice class . Da vid Kohn (Su z) and Jim Caspary (Ma i) were early challengers, but after they dropped back, Eric Burney (H us) mo ved in to take second , followed by John Wozniak (CZ ) , Mark Force (Yam) and Rocky Huish ( Ya m ). Earl Roeseler preceded his son's successful example by winning the Senior class , lea d ing all the way. Dick Camp (Yam ) was seco nd, ahead of Bruce Lewellyn (Yam) and Earl Carpenter (Yam) . Gary Deckert (Yam) was the first novice at fifth overall. J ohn McCown (ITI75) didn't quite make it to ninth; at the finish, Little Kooki e was a nose in front of him . Women's Race rea lly worked ; there was a BMW competing , as well as a CCM motocrosser. Bu t nothing Japanese. Joh n Ba rnes (Tri) led the first few laps, until Cummings passed him in the mudhole. Frank Brewer (Tri) was third, Bill DeMichele (Tri) fourth and Bill Hair Sr. (Tri) fifth. The chap above the 500 Indian, and underneath all the feathers, claimed not to be the Phantom Duck of the Desert. "He talked me into it. I'm a friend of his, and besides , I had the old bike." • Results 500 NOVICE: 1. MK:haeI Hair (Yaml. 2. Eric Burney IHus), 3. John Wozniak ICZl, 4. Mark Force (Yaml, 5. Rocky Huish IYaml, 6. Gale Tyler ISuzl, 7. Jim Caspary IMail, 8. Michael Goodwin 1Hus>. 9. Steve Harper IY am). 10. Jerry Beaman ICZl. OIST. SENIORS : 1. Earl Roeseler IHUS-EX! 2. Dick , Camp (Yam-Ex), 3. Bruce Lewellyn (Yam-Exl, 4. Earl Carpenter (Yam-Exl, 5. Gary Deckert (Yam-Ex), 6. Charlie Morris (Hus-Ex). 7. Francts Christensen (Vam- Ex), B. Richard Burley IKTM ·Ex!, 9. J . McCown & Kookie, J r. (Yam-Exl. 10. Wayne Lumbanis (Mai-Nov), 500 JRIEX: 1. larry Roeseler IHus-Ex!. 2. Craig Adams IKTM·Ex!, 3. Dave Caspary IMat-Ex), 4. Wayne Martin (Yam-Ex). 5. Jo hn Fero (Yam-Ex), 6. TIm Sarisn IYam-Ex), 7 . Mark Barnes ISuz·ExI. 8. Andy Bolander _ IKTM-Ex1, 9. Butch Darling ISuz·Ex), 10. Wayne Allen IYam-Jr). PIONEER: 1. Dick Mann IYam), 2. Michael Goodwin (l-lusl, 3. Bryo n Farnsworth (Kaw l. 4. J erry W illingham (Bull, 5. Bill Friant IKTMI, 6. Bleckie Lewis IMail, 7. Larry Earhart (Bun. 8. Don Surplier, 9. Daniel Kline Sue Fish (Yam) found herself outdragged going up the start hill by DeD e Cates (Yam) and Cherry Stockton . That was the only time anyone got by the "Flying Fish ," who flew to a gigantic lead in winning the women's division. Carey Steiner (Yam) rode to an unchallenged second over Dawn Grant (Hus), Cherry Stockton (Yam) and Diane Harmon (Hon). Dawn Paiment was first novice , finishing seventh. V intage Race Th e "Br it is h -A m e r ican" or " V int a g e " class went to Chuck Cummings (T ri), who led the fourstrokers in. Neither of the above titles (Gre). 10. Kasey Rogers ISuz), 11. Dave Schuler (Yam), 12. larry Heinselman (Yam). WOMEN'S: 1. Sue Fish, 2. Carey Steiner , 3. Dawn Grant 4. Cherry Stoc kton. 5. Diane Harman. 6. M. Tbunderpussv, 7. Dawn Paiement. 8. Patti Newman. 9. Usa Christ ense n. 10. Kelly Gaspary. VINTAGE: 1. Chuck Cummings CTri). 2. John Barnes (Tri). 3. Frank Brewer (Tri). 4. Bill DeMichele {Tri}, 5. Bill Hair, Sr rr-n, 6. Phil HaskelllTr il, 7. Ed Ogden ITril, B. Neil Anderson IMtc), 9. Tim Henderson ICCMI, 10. Pat Coghlan ITnl. 2SO PRO: 1. Goat Breker IHus} 1·1: 2. Kenny Zahrt IBull 3-2; 3. Danny Chandler IKTMI 2·3: 4. Tony Wanket (Yam) 5-4; 5. Gary Denton ISuzl 6-5; 6. John Hateley IKTM) 4-8; 7. Dennis Brand ISuz) ~; B. John Atwood (YamI7·9; 9. Shaun Kelly IS uzl l 4-7; 10. Jim Hoover 12·11 . OLD TIMERS MASTER 1. Dick Mann (Yaml; 2. : John Rice IKTM); 3. Blackie Lewis IMail. OLD TIMERS EXPERT: 1. Basil Sanchez IKTMI; 2. Ken Williams (Yam); 3. Bill Bird (Yam). OLD TIMERS AMATEUR: 1. James Jones IMail 2. ; DickVarvelIM..l ; 3. Chuck Woody (Yam). OLDTIMERS NOVICE: 1. Miles Addy IHonl; 2. Don Jensen (Maij; 3. lowell Smith IVaml. SALE OF THE Y"EAR * Sale ends Nov. 30 FOR THE DISCRIMINATING ENTHUSIAST ... THE ALTERNATIVE TO STAMPED-OUT, ASSEMBLY LINE REPLICAS. FOR THE INDIVIDUALIST WITH A MIND OF HIS OWN ... 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