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J ohn Ar c hu leta (Yam) held the lead in the first heat of t he 250cc Expert class , but KO 'd in a corner a nd Da le Bohm (M ai ) filled the ga p with Rya n Christensen (Yam) shooting in for second. J ohn m anaged to stay in the race a nd took third. Second heat a c t io n e x p lo d ed and a ve ry determined Archu leta snatched the lead , b ut Dale a nd Ryan took turns chewing on h is rear ti re . Archu let a mi nded h is riding t his ti me and roared in for first wh ile Rya n ma intained seco nd and Dal e moved in for a close third . A hea ted struggle for t he lead in the Mini Am at eu r ( 12-15) class had Mark Gren (Ya m ) a nd Brent Gray (Yam) pa ssing th e front po sit ion ba ck a nd forth. The in tercha ngea b le cat and mou se ga m e wound up with Mark pulling a hea d for a first a nd Brent settling for seco nd . One di saster a rea was deadman's cu rve , litt ered with who ops and wa ter a nd popping up righ t after the big jump. Q uit e a few r id e r s were swa llo wed in th e muck beca use th ey co u ld n't fly high and sti ll m ak e th e o ne-line tu rnaround the m ess. A tr ack cha nge resu lted when Ri ck Ch atwin (Suz) dumped here a nd had to be tak en to th e hospital. The new, tig ht er co rner cl ipped the wings of the high flyer s, Frankly Juli ano (Suz ), a . 125c c Exp ert , is o ne of th e best for gettin g lots of a ir! He flew skywa rd a nd performed a head p lant whe n he th e co r ne r. co u ld n ' t m a ke Co nse q uent ly. he wa s out of th e com pe titio n . Greg Madsen (Suz) took fu ll advantage of Franky's misfortu ne and he ld o n to firs t . p lac e , Mike O 'Driscoll (Ya m) kep t cha lle ngi ng , but sp ot s to pa ss were al most ex tinct. Mik e co uld n't affo rd to lose his seco nd position to Da n ny Wood (Ya m ), wh o wa s h o ve ri n g be hi nd , pat iently'" awaiting a m istake . T he y kep t their " ., I spots and finis hed in tha t o rd er . Steve Lie dburg (Suz) worked his way ' , up through the Mini Amateur (7 -11)" pack and t hri lled the crowd by " sm oot hly ridi ng away with the first place trop hy. Snell J oh nson (Suz)?" couldn't cu t the mustard . wound up " with a seco nd and Br ad Fra m p ton 11,1 (Suz ) loped in for third . . A jam-packed 250cc Novice cla~ ' /I had to be divided , and even with th e j; d ivision the front line loo ked like " C raig Smith , Eri c ., sa r d ines . Satterwaite (Hon) and John T u rn er LI (Suz) wer e a ll stri ving for the lead in th e A cl ass, It was a peg-to -peg batt le I a ll the wa y. with Craig finally winning 1 t he spoi ls. J o hn took seco nd by boo ting o u t Eri c , who gotthe tr op hy for third . I The B cla ss had J o hn Glassey (Yam ) number o ne in th e fir st heat , out Frederick Ch ristense n (Yam) snatch ed it a way in t he seco nd moto a nd re cei ved the first place t rophy. J o hn held in the re for a seco nd a nd Shane Call oway (Yam) whi sked away with third . . Resu lts in Res ults Sect ion , The great GrizzleYl Bear One-Day Trial ' By Mike Kinsella FO UTS SPRINGS , CA , MA R . 19 Ri chmond Ram b lers held a u niq ue event in Northern Californ ia, a kind of enduro wit h special tests , The 82·mile cou rse began with a cold sta rt a t 8 a.rn . The ri d ers were req uired to ,sta rt their m ac hi n es and progress 22 ya rds within o ne minute . T he first 30 'm ile loop got a little tricky five .miles out at the firs t water cro ssing; the first of ma ny wide a nd deep st reams forded that day. T his