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••••••• 111.1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.1.11 •••• 1.1 ••••• 1 ••• 1 ••••••••••• 1.1 ••••••••••••••••••• c:ea1l'a1 Plpella. ; ... • ~ l1li E 00 l:' (j) ,....,04 ~ ~ V ~ ~ ....., J California rookie Expert Ric k ey Graha m . Forty-four-y ear-old Bud Lee (1 ) roosts the Op en Expe rts at Hillsboro. Lahey, Lee extend Kansas MX point lead • By Dick A ins worth HILLSBORO , KS, MAY 20 David Lahey won both 125cc and 250cc Expert motos Saturday to extend his streak to 20 straight moto wins out of 20 starts in the Kansas Spring Motocross Series. Bud Lee won both Open Expert motos to extend his winning strea k to 10 out of 10. This was Round five in the 'series . held at the demanding Happy Hills motocross track between Newton and Hillsboro. Tim Schultz and Glen McClure fought for the win in the 250cc Junior last moto, with Schultz leading until the last lap when McClure got by and won by a bikelength, Bruce Staples led David Kleusch for three laps in the Minis until Kleusch got by. Staples stayed close for two laps until Kleusch opened it up a bit. Lahey won both 125cc Expert motos , but the pressure was on hometown favorite Ward Wiebe. who wasn 't in his usually good physical shape due to the demands of being a full time college student and not spending the time racing as in the past. Wiebe held second until two laps to go when he dropped to fourth due to the heat and fatigue . He got a poor start in the last moto , but flew through the pack to take second as he got a second wind. Results l 00cc JR: 1. Erick Unrein (Yam); 2. Melvin Green (Suzl: 3. Wade Wi ebe (Yam). 125cc JR: 1. Tim Schultz 15u21; 2. W es Kluckner (Yam): 3. Wade Wie be (Yaml. 250cc J R: 1. Tim Schultz (Suzl: 2. Glen McClure (Yaml: 3. Gregg Romine lSuzi. OPEN J R: 1. Robert Moore (Suzl: 2. Billy Veith (Yaml : 3. Steve Erichson tveml , NOV COMBINEO; 1. Jim Grillin !Yaml: 2. Gary Dicke; 3. Jim Ismert (Yam). MINI : 1. David Kleusch (Yam); 2. Randy Staples (Suzl: 3. Oon Sleezer (Yam). l\ 125cc EX: 1. David Lahey (Suz): 2. Bennie Lee (SuzI: 3. Ward W iebe (Yam). 250cc EX: 1. David Lahey lHan); 2. Barry Helem (Yaml: 3. Bud Lee (Yam). OPENEX: 1. Bud Lee (Yaml: 2. Robert Rawson (Suzl. Th e Ok lahoma Camel Pro Series rac e was rained ou t, but t he camel race wasn 't . Graham grabs OK Jr./Ex. ST By Frank H. Harrison OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, MAY 20 It's the same every year on the weekend of May 20th at H ugo Shea's big Mid America rally and Camel P ro Series, the floods come to Oklahoma City. You might call it annual atmosphere, the drone of the helicopter drying the track, the thousands of Toad riders splashing down the street in their rai nsuits, street bikes jammed under any overhang, under the grandstand, and racers with alot of Oklahoma clay on their shoes . But Hugo pulled it off again , at least the night short track and camel race. Not the Camel Pro race , it was rained out Sunday', but a real live camel race. After all the qualifying heats were out of the way and before official race time, six real camels showed up , and with familiar names blanketing their sides like Motorcycle Supply, Borg Warner Acceptance. and Wholesale Supply and Fox Dist . , and riders like Doc Holliday , Nevada Jones and Harold Palmer. Harold put on his spectacular scene by promptly falling off the camel as it got to its feet , and camels ain't like bikes , once you turn 'em on you can't tum 'em off. In an instant camels were wildly running in every direction and cowboys tried to rope 'em off. With 4000 spectators in the grandstands an d $3000 up for grabs , races were run with fast" pace to beat the clouds that were constantly threatening, and Novice semis were also worked into the evening program . Semi one saw rookie Expert Rick Graham take a win over Harley rider Garth Brow and Steve Elo's Yamaha . Ronald Jones (Yam) won the second semi over Bill Orr with Ken Brittain taking third. It was rush , rush , rush to get the Expert Junior main off the grid as thunder and lightning was in the offing. Quickest into tum one were California's Ricky Graham. O kla hom a 's Tim Cartwright and Mike Green, ~th Ricky Graham picking up a demanding lead down the backstretch. Cartwright and Green fought it ou t for second, and Green won the battle temporarily as Graham opened his lead . Cartwright m oved back in second and Green had another battle for third as Ronny Jones came on strong. The track was getting slick as another rider fell in turn one and a restart was called. Green was quickest for a short-lived backstretch, only to settle back -int o third and the finish was Graham , Cartwright, Green and .. 35 •