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Arlo Englund sets his sight on his overall sw eep in De nver.
Boo Stitcher pulls Carlos Serrano at De nver's first indoor event.
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In th e 250cc class . Dou g Fra nkos got
ihe ho leshot wit h R a lp h " Boo"
Stitcher a nd Ca rlos Serrano too close
for com fort. Arlo Englu nd was fa r
be hind as he was knocked down just
after the start . Stitcher powered by
Frankos in a sec tio n of whoopdies a nd
opened a lead. Frankos faltered again
a nd Serrano too k over second, with
Englu nd on the move. Engl u nd took
over third after an incred ib le ra lly to
catch the leaders.
Stitch er ca me to th e approach of the
bigg est j um p on the track wide open ,
hit a hole and went d own . Serrano
took the lead a nd put some tir e tracks
in Stitcher's back as he wen t by.
Englund, now in seco nd , closed th e
gap between himself and Serrano, but
cou ld not pass. Englund was not to be
den ied thoug h, an d he pa ssed Serano
in mid -a ir to tak e th e lead at th e finish
line jump. Englund crosse d less than
two seconds a head of Serrano ,
Serrano got ou t first in th e seco nd
rnoto , with Englund and Frankos
beh ind . Serrano and En glund began
to pu ll away fro m th e pack as th ey set
the pace. When Serrano a nd Eng lund
began to lap riders, Carlos went dow n
as he tangled with three of the slower
bikes. Englund , with one first be hind
him, beg an to look for another.
Frankos never beca me a threa t to
Englu nd as he crossed the line to take
first overall hon ors.
In O pen class action , Engl und
gra bbed the holeshot in the first mot o
opened
a
and
im media tely
comfortable lead over " Boo" Sti tcher.
Stitcher never was within striking
distance as Englund rode to his win of
th e ni!'(ht .
W ith most of Engl und's competition
finis hing back in the pack, the on ly
man between En glu nd a nd three
overalls was Stitcher , second in the
first mot o ,
Englund see med d etermin ed to bea t
St itcher as he roared out of th e ga te in
th e second moto. Stitcher seemed
determined to win th e moto too , as he
pulled out rig h t on Englund's tail.
Ma ico -rnounted Roger Smith got off
to a better start in third , Stitcher
stayed close for th e ent ire rnot o , b u t
cou ld n ot muster th e power to get by
Englund. -Englu nd crossed th e lin e
first , tak in g with him close to $950 of
the $4000 Expert p urse.
Resu lts
125 EX : 1. Arlo Englund
(Yaml; 3 . Jay Rice lSuzl.
(Yam~
2. Albert F.estine
125 AM: 1. T any Pamd isn (Suz): 2. David Clabaugh
(Vam); 3. Mik e W al e ISuzl.
250 EX: 1. Arlo Englund (Ya ml; 2. Doug Frankos
(Yam); 3. Carlos Serrano (M ai),
250 A M : 1. Dave Danko (SUl); 2. Jay Johnson (Varni;
3. Jimmie Harrison (Kaw).
OP'fN EX: 1. Arlo Englund IVaml; 2. " Boo" Stitcher