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I -' Dr. David Bolm of San' Diego was the lone survivor 250cc Beginner past lap five . Popping over the uphill jump, Big Bird, Craig Weaver and Bill Ham got airsick from flying sO high . Gordon , Dunchan and Rich Peyatt blasted around the flat 180 and disappeared . Laptime lea d changed between Turnbaugh and Busse , Earl Davis ' and his rival leader Bill Banuelos pitted as Busse was now riding without a glove . ' nSteve Dalley and Calvin Wangrud couldn't beat the 250cc racers' pace; Jeff Stout couldn't close the door on Turnbaugh. The checkered fell and Turnbaugh , Busse, Dalley Stout and Wangrud finished in that order. The Big One E ~ t 00 t"O') ,...-4 C'I ,...-4 .... ..I-< , 0.. ~ '\ .. Mark Zoller led the First -wave into the grassy' turn. Straightening out the 400 , Mark opened the throttle and the front " tire waved in the sky like a rearing stallion. Bob Ba lentine. Bob Rutten and Larry Roeseler followed the .p a tt ern , driving th e . spectators wild . Heading into the Day Street moto section the fans wondered who would be leading it. Jim Fishb ack , passing people and hea d ing for the front, had a battle goingwith Balentine. ..lZoller maintained a good lead three-quarters of the way around loop one when a black Husky go t by with a #1 on the back. Mark knew he had been had by Roeseler. Fishback passed Zoller, and Mark threw a chain . Max Eddy beat Roeseler down the pavement but got off at a road crossing and lost a lot of time and posi tion. -.. ;J Tom Lamar and Butch Darling seemed to have the battle for first 250 to themselves. but someone forgot to tell Bruce Ogilvie about it : The big 0 methodically chipped away at the lap time and by the halfway point moved into first 250cc Expert. The Open Amateur leader Lee Scheffers never let off'as Pa ncho Spain and Dana Slater were on his tail for the lead. - ' A t every dropoff, jump , or straightaway, the crowd was dazzled with Roeseler, Fishback : a nd Tom . Lamar. But the guy winning the respect of everyone was Max Eddy r Jim Wells 1324)and Bob Balentine. Making a big splash was easy in .t he Great Bear.IBelow) Scott W ilson 1 4811. Marc Crider (424) and Jim W ilson mix it .up in the Sportsman race . riding like a whirlwind trying to make up valuable time on the lea ders. The dropoff after turn 46. Eddy flew fa rther than anyone else. 250cc Amateur leader Darryl Lumbattis literally tore u p the co urse. His competition was R ick Wallace and Brad Anderson . Hacks had a tough· time. Whitney.: and Jones he ld off Maler and Langosh p lus Nagle a nd Ska tekey. Hal! and Meter were the Lightweight leaders with Maloney and Karell, Wittington and Reedy in that order. . Roeseler continued to stretch out his lead and Eddy continued to gain on Fishback. By the halfway point of lap seven , Max pulled ahead of Jim and t he spectators pointed and shouied . Fishback tried several times to get back his position but determination was burned into Max's mind. and he finally pulled away for good . . Ogilvie co ntinued to hold his lead, . bu t Darling and Lamar never let him run away with it. The final lap began and fans started milling around the Winston sign. After what seemed like an eterni ty, Larry Roeseler ca p tu red the coveted overall win of the sixth annual Great Bear Grand Prix . • Mark Asbury did some styling in the 500cc Expert class. Going down in the mud. 11