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Ricky Gra ham too k th e early lead awa y from Mike Myers but Bobby Sanders on his Ha rley ( n o t h is Yamaha ) ca me screa ming up a nd p assed to ru n away fro m both of th em. Marty H al kola a nd J oh n Sperry shot ou t in front of t he second hea t, wit h Halkola taki ng t he lead . Travis Perron too k second away from Sperry, but J ohn was determ ined not to ride t he semi a nd looked im p ressive try ing to ge t seco nd back . But Penon didn't gi ve him th e opport un ity. . In the sem i, Sperry lea pt out front, r u n n ing side b y side with Art Fried en burg with Art settli ng into the front spot. Every rid er but one would make the m a in and wh e n Da n Mcwhorter's bike q uit th a t mea nt everyone wen t. It d idn't slow anyo ne down th ough , and t he dogfigh t between Mike Myers and Sperry after they got by Fried enburg was grea t to wa tc h as they traded places a ro und with Myer s just win ning at t he fla g . _ J oe Steffen took th e first Novice h eat st a rt to fin ish with Bert Stephens second . Terry Sin gleton got left on th e line in th e seco nd heat , bringing out th e red fla g . O n the restart St eve Adkins took th e lead a nd a lt ho ug h Ron Arlt rea lly pushed he cou ldn't beat Adkins. J ay Lewis had to drop out with mec h ani cals whi le in secon d place behind Kim Jorgensen and a bit later, Kim came off ex iting tu rn two with Stan Kinsey h itti ng Kim 's bi ke and taki ng a ba d fall himself. Rob Sel vy ended th e w inner wit h Kenny Robic hou x second . Two riders crashed on th e stra igh t in the semi , b ri ngi ng out th e red flag and a m bu la nces. and another rider joi ned Kinsey at the hospi ta l. R eports are suspected b roken bones. On th e restart th ey all got off t he line in a tig ht bu nch wit h J eff Allison oozing out ahead of Steve Polson a nd J ohn Lundgren . These fr ont pos itions d idn't change but J im Birkle gave Lun dgren a go od ru n for that fourth a nd final tra nsfer; it was close at the flag . The J u n io rs put on a ti ght -in , elbows-ou t. ra ci ng sho w. Everyone got a front line sta rt in that di vision a nd firs t heat aw ay went Steve Carrillo with Richie Volk and Mike Minnig behind him. Minnig's bike quit and Ed d ie Sa n Roman took over th ird . Steve Monger took th e lead in the secon d Junior heat wit h Br a d Hold , Mike Inderb itzen a nd Don Grigsby tagging along behind . Grigsby passed Inderbitzen on the back straight and set sa il for Holt. The ba ttle was on wit h T vBon e emergi ng thewin ne r . W ayne Ra iney a r ri ved ,on t h e sta rt ing lin e with his handlebars all a· flap and had to call time to have them tightened down . 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