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------------------------------ - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. &I ••.•••••••••••.•••••••.•..•••••••••.....•.••......••••••....•...••.••.•.•.•••••.•....•..........••.•••.....•••.•.•• e ;: Ceat..a1 Plpella. ~ Yamaha , dominated the Novices from start to finish on the Okla - E ho m a Cit y Fa irgrounds' Novice Short Track . Aft er winning his afternoon heat race and night - semi , Jones was threatened only briefly when , after a turn one crash stop ped th e race, Bobby Elliott zapped him on the re o start. Jones quickly regained his lead while Elliott and Carl Brandon battled for third . and as the rains came and bik es were tumbling all over the turns, the red flag came out with one lap to go and saw Jones th e winner. Elliott and Brandon followed , with fourth going to Don Tolbert and fifth to Mark Niemi . Same as last year , it was rain on everybody's mind . The only way the race got off th e ground was with promoter Hugo Shea's helicopter drying the track, and much expert track work . Nobody else could have pulled it off, but it turned into a super fast track with the intermittent sprinkles , 00 t"O') ...-l \ Kirschbaum, Lahey, Lee land Flint Hills . win By Dick A insworth DELEVAN . KS. MAY 21 Tim Schultz 1791 and Brad Nuckells 11751 were battling f or the win when they tangled an d Brad w as suck ed into the rear wheel of Schultz. Jones follow ed by Odell Davi s and Bill Orr. Results 36 NOVICE FINALS : 1. DlMd Jones IVam); 2. Bobbv Bliott (C·A); 3. Crl Brandon , Jr . lBul); 4. Doonie W . Tolbert (Bull; 5. Mark R. Niemi !Yam ); 6. John P. sexton !Yam ); 7. Don Shobert (Vam). EXlJR. FINALS : 1. Rick A. Graham !Yam ); 2. Tim L Cartwright !Yam); 3. MM:hael J. Grean IBull; 4. Ronald D. Jones. II !Yam); 5. Odell A . Davis (Bul~ 6. William A . On. Jr .IHonl; 7. Scott Pearson IH-D); B. Ted Boody, Jr . (H-Dl; 9. Steve D. Pendergraft IVaml; 10. Jams D. Bradley IBull. Davy Jones locks Novice ST By Frank H. Harrison OKLAHOMA CITY . OK , MAY 20 Oklahoma City's Davy Jones , riding a Dennis Latimer-tuned "Dam n good racingl" was the comment heard by fans as the Kansas Motocross Series came to and end Sunday. An extra-large turnout of Experts were on hand, including several national riders. Going into this. event. David Thane Lahey had won 20 out of 20 series motos in the 125cc and 250cc Expert classes , which urged many to attend this event with a stop Lahey tone. Leading the attack was Randy Kirschbaum . top Midwest 250cc Pro in the Florida AMA series. Twenty 125cc Experts .tore off the all -grass starting area and onto the excellently prepared Steve Dix track , with Bennie Lee and Mike Boston out front. Kirschbaum was seventh while Lahey and two others crashed. By lap four Kirschbaum was into fourth and then took third. He took second from Boston as Ward Wiebe scooted into fourth. Lahey was battling Chris Coates for fourth as Wiebe crashed , Boston was back in second and Kirschbaum took the win . Lahey holeshot the last moto ahead of Boston while Kirschbaum rode the whoops like a madman to catch up. On lap two Lee took second as • Kirschbaum and Wiebe both got by Boston. Two laps later Kirschbaum was in second and closing on Lahey. but a lap later he motored slowly b y the finish line with a loud screeching noise coming from his rear wheel. It cleared up and Kirschbaum again was flying at full click. This had given Lahey the opporuiniry to open up a gap that Kirschbaum couldn't close. Lahey led 19 other 250cc Experts off the line in the first moto, followed by Kirschbaum and Barry Coates, Holem. . On the next lap Kirschbaum took second and set out after Lahey, who had 50 yards on him. Coates and Holem fought over third with Holem getting it at the end and Kirschbaum closing the gap to within 25 yards. Lahey again got the holeshot in the last rnoto. followed by David Dorsey and Holem. Kirschbaum jumped into third. but slid out and got back up in seventh. He and his Moto-X Fox Suzuki started tearing up the track , picking off rider after rider until the white flag came out and he rocketed by Holem for second. But Lahey again had built up too big of a lead and Kirschbaum was unable to catch him . Bud Lee dominated bo th Open Expert motos, but not without a battle with Oklahoma's Mike Patrick, getting the win , but Lee got the points. Patrick did a few scary things to unnerve everyone except himself. While hitting the take-off jump into the south straightaway, Patrick hit the tall stack of tires with his handlebars. babbled , wobbled and grinned in midair, and passed Lee. Results M)NI NOV : 1. Cun DeVade< (Suzl; 2. Jeny Paige IVam); 3. Darr;n Taylor ISuzl . MINI SR: 1. David Kleusch (Yaml ; 2. Bruce Staples ($ u21 3. Bren t Decker lSuz) . ; 125cc NOV: 1. Jim Ismert (Yaml; 2. Greg Gilman (Suz); 3. Mitch Clemenc e (Kaw l. 250 /OPEN NOV : 1. Don Lee IHon); 2. Jeff ery Atkinson (Suzl; 3. Mark Stevens (Suz). 100 J R: 1. Wade W iebe (Yam); 2. Eric Unrein (Yaml: 3. Melvin Green (Suli. 125cc JR : 1. Louis Kebert (Yam); 2. Wade Wiebe (Yaml; 3. Wes Kluckner (Yaml . 250cc JR: 1. Glen McClure IVam); 2. .Jim Spellman (Yaml; 3. Mik e Bryant IYaml. OPEN JR: 1. BmV Veith IVam); 2. Robert Moore (Sw); 3. St eve Erichsen (Yaml . ENDURO: 1. M;k e Clegg IVam); 2. BillV Blanton (Yaml; 3. J erry Callabr esi (Yaml . 125cc EX; 1. Randy Kirschbaum (SU1); 2. David Lahey (Suz); 3. Mik e Boston (Kaw l. 250cc EX: 1. David Lahey (Han); 2. Randv Kirschbaum ISuz); 3. Barry Holem (Yaml. OPEN EX: 1. M;k e Patrick IHus); 2. Bud Lee (Vam); 3. Robert Rawson (Suzl. Kansas MX Series kings crowned By Dick A insworth DELEVAN , KS, MAY 21 Kansas Motocross Series officials conducted the awards ceremonies and presentations Sunday night with a large crowd of fans and families cheering their favorites. Nearly everyone termed the series an outstanding success and encouraged the organizers to schedule another in the fall . All six events broke records in rider participation and spectator attendance , including those events held in bad weather. Happy Hi lls motocross at Hillsboro, Flint Hi lls at Delevan and Race Place at Enterprise were the Kansas tracks used a nd the series organizers were Stev e Dix , Hank Spaulding and EdwardJaworsky. Twenty huge trophies were presented to th e first four places in five Junior classes . wh ile the three Expert classes received cash awards from a po int fund . plus a sm a ll memory plaque des ignating their achievements . Points were awarded on a per·moto basis and three riders had perfect scores. Forty-four-yea r-old Bud Lee won all 12 Open Expert motos , while David Lahey d id the sa me in the 250cc Expert. David Kleu sch swept the Mini class. Series officials were overly pleased with the acceptance and success of the series and have already started plans to formulate a fall series. They plan to stay with the same basic program , uniform scoring, pay-offs , rules.etc.e Final standings and awards winners _ 125cc EX: 1. Ovid Lahey (Suz; 2. W ard Wiebe (Yam); 3. Bennie Lee (Suzl; 4. Mik e Boston (Kawl . 250cc EX: 1. Oav;d Lahey IHon ; 2. Bud Lee IVam); 3. Barry Holem (Varni; 4. Jay Horn. OPEN EX: 1. Bud Lee IVam); 2. Roben Rawson ISUl) ; 3. Richard Fessler lVam); 4. M ike Moreland (Varni MINI : 1. David Kleusch IVam); 2. Bruce Stapes ISUl) ; 3. Brent Decker (Suzl. 100cc JR: 1. Eric Unrien (Vam); 2. Wade Wiebe (Yam); 3. Melvin Green (Suz). 125cc J R: 1. Tim Schultz (Sul l; 2. Louis Kebert (Vaml ; 3. Wf!IS Kluckner (Vam). 250cc JR : 1. Glen McClure (Yaml ; 2. Gregg Romine ISUl !: 3. Jim Spellman IVam). OPEN JR: 1. BmV Veith !Yaml; 2. Steve Erichson !Yam); 3. Doug Buller !Yam ).