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r He got go ing right away but only went a hundred yar ds , off a jump, and lost his chain . Not a good day for Pa t. On lap two Pr eston was in third place behi nd Mina ha n , a nd Coupe was m ak in g his way up to th e front after a m ed iocre start . Yoho was going again and tu rn ing lap tim es as fast as t he le a d e rs b u t t hose firs t -lap prob lems kept h im out of cont ent ion, P rest on passed M in a h an a t t he midway point. Cou p e ha d worked his way up behind Pres to n and followed him past Ph il. T wo laps la ter , Preston was in fir st and Chapm an was in fourth, Preston , Dennis, Coupe and Chapman all took off together pullin g a lea d on everyone . They fin ished in tha t order. The overa ll scores were th e same as th e second m ot o finishi ng position for the firs t four riders. Jay Cook go t the overall in the I25cc Intermed ia te cl a ss after fin ish ing seco nd behind Darrel Chapman in th e first m oto. He won the ne xt on e and Chapman got second a nd th e same over a ll. Al Gre igo h ol esh ot bo th 250cc Expert motos but Eugene McKenzie got by to win . Gr eigo took a t hird :0 be h ind Marvin W ood s in th e first o mot o but seemed to have more poop in .0 the second on e , taking second behind ; McK enz ie a's these t wo p ut a little :E distance between th ird place fin ish in g -e; Ra ndy Pouge. ~ T here were only three Exp erts in the o Open class , so they were started at the :li beginning of th e In termediat e rac e . Mike Yochum started ou t th e moto lea d in g Ken ny Bru ns. wh ile R andy W estb rook to u red th e track on his new RM 400 in third. R a nd y was j ust getting used to h is new mo unt , as he stayed a wa ys ba ck fro m th e two leaders. O n la p four . Yochum go t a lit tle sid eway s go ing off the jum p at the b egi n n ing of " lo o p -ou t- Ia n e " a nd Br uns took fu ll advantage of t h e si tua tion by ca p t u ring the lead . Yochum tried desp erately to ta ke it bac k bu t both rid ers went down in the endeavor. West b ro ok e easily won t he moto with Bruns ge tti ng up first to tak e secon d . Yo ch um rem ounted an d circled th e track th e last cou p le of la ps wit h a rear fe nder pointin g out th e planes as t hey flew past. T he seco nd m oto on ly ha d two Experts because Yochu m decid ed to ca ll it a d ay . Bru ns led th e ent ire m oto and was never cha lle nge d . Westb rook was second Ex pe rt b ut was past by Byro n Goree as he was on his way to a n overa ll win in th e Int erm ed ia te class . Jeff Cunn ingham was hot on the heels ~ f W estbrook wh ile sec u ri ng a second overa ll afte r a th ird place finish in t he first moto. ,u, In the com b ine d O.T.lVets race, T ho mas Go rm a n ha d two firsts to win the overa ll a he ad of Russell Lawren ce in the Vets d ivision . O ld Timers J oh n Fugua and Ea rl Lewa llen we re fi rst and second respect ivel y in th eir divi sion whi le Bill Grigg . comb in ed two first s fo r fir st ove ra ll Ama teur a hea d of R.J. Ga lla thy. Resu lts in Results Sect ion. q Prices can't be beat at Penninsula S/H round three ,j By Neal Fagerud D... SHELTO N , W A , FE B. 26 W he n you' re hot , you' re hot , and wh at else ca n be said abo u t th e team of Dou g and J eff Price , They sm oked t he fie ld in both motos a t Sunday's Sh elto n Fairgrou nds m otocross in Washi ngto n , m aking their recor d six wins for six starts. A tig h t tra ck m ade it exci ting a nd difficu lt for th e hacks, a nd giving up 150ccs to t he big-bore ma ch in es ca lled for consistent and gutsy rid ing to reach th e win ner's ci rcle . Br e m ert on Yam a ha 's tea m o f Lumsd en an d Nail g r abb ed th e holeshot in the firs t m ot o, followed by Price / Price a nd T hompson /Stee le . Pa tience prev ailed as the Price team stayed right on the ta il of Lumsden / Nail, waiting for a brea k . On la p three, it ca me as th e Lumsd en / Na il ha ck threw a chai n. T he moto ended · with Price/Price taki ng th e win with Thompson/Steele ' then Lumsden / Nail following. In the second moto the Lu msden / Nail team was agai n out in fro n t at th e first tum with Price/Price, Thompson/ Steele and Pool/Pool giving chase . Fo r three laps these tea ms creat ed one huge sha dow arou nd the tra ck , until th e Prices pu t a mo ve on that put everyone screaming, as t hey broke into the lea d . Thompson /Steele followed a ro u nd and the fin ish went the same. Overalls went Pr ice/Price . Thompson/ Steele, Lumsden/Nail then Pool/Pool. Resul ts in Resul ts Section. Experts shine at PioneerST By Ann Carr O AK DALE, CA , FE B. 26 Seventy-five Experts d odged the ra indro ps e nro ure to Pi oneer Arena Sund a y and put on one he ck of a show . Thi rt y-four 250s ba tt led through four hea ts. two sem is, a n d a main before Alex "J o rg y" Jorgensen emerged a top t he troops for th e biggest payoff of th e day. The two j orgy's Ca n -Ams, brother Kim runn in g t hird beh ind Mi ke Ind e rb it zen 's Ya m a ha . p re vented a Ya maha bli tz as a ll other point spo ts were ca p tu red b y t he ye llo w a nd black. In o t he r Sp o rt sm arr / E xper t d ivisions,District 35 aces Bert Stephens and J ohn Burnett , looking for short track ex pe rie nce, rip pe d off the 125 a nd 500cc mains whi le D -36 White and Bla ck Plat e #7 Joh n Ta vis slip ped by Johnny Pittm an for the 350cc win . Look for a benefit race soo n for J .T .'s dad , who is still recoverin g from those San Jose H a lf Mile inju ries. Min i Expert action this a fte rnoon featu red BP #1 Do ug Ch and le r 's walkaw ay in the I OOcc main whi le Da nny Moor e a nd Joe Kn ight p ut ou t a good battle for seco nd with Dan em erging on top . 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