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T racy Oswell was closing ground fast, charging over Coors R id g e and propelling himself into third by the end of the moto. . Second moto action was a heartbreaker for Shultz. Fighting to hold his lead , he finally had to relinquish first to Zahrt, and with an ailing bike demanding his attention, he eventually left the track, leaving th e battle to Zahrt. As Oswell and Losh staged a duel for third , Zahrt swung out into a wid e-open lead , holding it to the end for the moto win , followed by Oswell, Losh, Mike Wickersham and Pat Wilson. Coming home for the overall win was Lash. Chappy Blose banzaied his way in from Phoenix to take home top money in the 125cc Pros. The first m oto was off to a mad start, with a huge flock of riders going down off a rabbit jump. Tim Locey (Suz -DG) took command throughout the moto with Blose . second, Bobby Jones third, Ji m Holley (Yam) running fourth and Pat Wilson, fift h. Loc ey held on to win wit h Blose second , Jones t hird and Holley fourt h . Sec on d time a round , Lo cey led off the line bu t went down, turning the lea d over to Phil Minahan and Blose , who were locked into a wheel- clashing duel. Blose pulled ahead as J ones and Troy Werner went down in the mud . The race ended for Jones as he walked his bike ba ck to the pits with a seized engine. Blose continued his lead with a demon on his tail by the name of Don Draz (Suz-N&J Arco) . At the halfway point a lot of changes had taken place. Holley, who had been running fifth , went down and was set back to last place, and Draz had lost his pipe, forcing him back to sixth. Holley was not about to settle for last and was burning up the track , working his wa y back up and into third. With Mike Brown on his tail , he had a do-or-die battle to the end. When the checkered came out, Blose wheeled his bike into the winner's circle for top honors. Holley ended the day with second overall and third overall went to Brown. I Open Pro racing belonged to Darrell Shultz (Mai) who cleaned up a hot and dusty track with a pair of back-to-back wins. Shultz started off the first moto in complete command with Dean Wiggens in second , Ted Davidson third , Gary Murphy fourth and Jim Ingleboight fifth. With the field fairly well spaced, Shultz led to the end with Scott Gillman moving into second and Wiggens holding down third. The last time around for the second moro , Wiggens took charge with Gillman close behind, followed by Ingleboight. Gillman was closing fast on Wiggens , who had broken his wheel on the second la p and was fighting to maintain his position while making a tremendous comeback in his fifth race since mending a broken leg. Shultz w closing ground , making his wa y up as . Coors Ridge, his Maieo devouring the track. Shultz began dusting the field , making up for a bad start and taking on Wiggens, side by side. Gillman earlier had passed Wiggens and Shu ltz went on to catch him. The MaieoYamaha duel between Gillman and Shultz continued close to the end with Shultz taking over. 1 By the end of the race, Shultz had top money for the class , Gill man finished second overall. Wiggens held th ird and Murphy was solidly in fou rth with Mark White hot on his tai l in fifth . Results , ) 25 PRO: 1. Chappy Blose ISu.!. 2. Jim Holley (Yaml. 3. Mike Brown (Suzl, 250 PRO: 1. Randy Lash. 2. Tracy Oswell , 3. Ken Zahrt, 4. Pat W ilson, 5. Larry Wosick. 6. Phil Crane, 7. Mike Wicket'sham, 8. Tim Loc ey, 9. Doug McRaie. 10. Shawn Hyberger. OPEN PRO: 1. Darrell Shultz (M ail. 2. Scott Gillman (Yaml. 3. Dean W iggens. 4. Gary Murphy (M ail. 5. Mark Wh ite IHusl. 6. J im Ingleboight (Mail . 7. Kent Higgenbotham (M ai), 8. John Saggau (Yaml. 9. Bill Hagen (Yam ). 10. Rich Voss. 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