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Colemanl Tony Deatherage (2) mixes it up w ith John Heemsbergen and Manuel Cummitt I1n) at Cycleland Short Track, Husqvarna SUPERSTREET: 1. Tom Chew (Yam): 2. Nick Theroux (Yam ); 3. Dann y Coe (Yam ). Kits also available for other b ikes Wri te for free literature O ut of sta te ca ll toll free 800-854-4691 90 day money back guarantee Dealer or Direct ~KEWBfJB IDKGI: J . Gordon Seim IKawl. th e beginning and were never really cha llenged by Coleman 1Andrews' Suzuki. Gary Allison/Frank butcher (Suz 750) took thi rd . Brad Taylor brought his Box Stock 'Suzu ki 750 home for the Open and first overa ll Box Sto ck win . Sa l Avelar (Suz GSI000) was second Open and overall . and Phil Beck (MOIO Guzzi 850 ) was third Open overa ll. Dennis Dolan. Craig O'Connor , and Ralph Hudson provid ed some hOI ac tion in th e 411 ·67 5cc Box Stock class. which is be ing dom ina ted by th e Kawa sak i KZ650. Pat Eagan ro de his Honda Hawk to 0 -41Occ victory. Daniel Diaz and Larry Theobald filled out the top three . Results 125 PROD: 1. Kevin K;el IC·AI: 2. Wally Karpynec IDKW I: J. Wayne K;ba IYaml. 210 PROD: 1. Denn is Pow ell (C·AI ; 2. John Chermak (Yaml ; 3. A .J. Parks. Jr .1C·AI. 250 PROD: 1. Gordon Seim fC·A) ; 2. Shura Lewton IC-AI: J . John Chermak IYaml. . 410 PROD: 1. Gennady Liubimsky {Yaml; 2. Dale Alexander (Yaml; 3. Marc Sal v isber g (Yam). 550 PROD: 1. W illiam Small . Jr . (Yam); 2. Larry Schultz (Han); 3. Jo hn Budd enbaum (BSAI . 750 PROD: 1. Bernd Koegl er IHon); 2 . Richard Oliv er IKaw ); 3. AI Bessin ISuzl. OPEN PROD: 1. Vance Breese IM·G); 2. Newton Hildebrand (Suz); 3. M ike Mcl aug hli n (Kaw ). 125 GP: 1. Jeff Legg;n IHonl: 2. Steve Shett el lHonl; 3. Fred W inters. Jr . lHonl . 200 GP: 1. Bill McGrill lBul) ; 2 . Tom Beisheim IC·A ); .250 GP: 1. Rand v Mamo la lYam) ; 2. Dave Garoune 3. To m Chew (Suzl. Flashi ng past the stands its was White Pla te number two Brian T hompson, leadin g the local 250cc Experts across the finish at Cycleand . First · Thompson , t hen Petrich Cycle -sponsored Mike Hall , Ron , Arlr, the Doug Reiswig a nd White Pla te number five Ken Gray. With his win. the Ifi -year-old Thompson broke Gray's 250cc Expert Main victory string at two. although Gray has collected a paycheck of some sort each Cycleland racenight this season. In other 250cc action , H & H Cycle backed Novice Dirck Sauer extended his ex clusive ownership of the 250cc - Novice first place slot with a win over Jon Heiny . The 250cc Juniors were being handled easily by Perry Proiette until the last lap , when mechanical problems dropped him down to fourth . Last week 's 250cc Hand ica p winner Chuck Atkinson was ready and willing to take over the win . Rick Kerrigan was second and Jeff Neva ran third . This week 's 250cc Handicap was won by Novice Heiny from the front line. This was the first Handicap Heiny has eve r entered and su rprisingly enough he m ade all th e right moves to win . Closest to Heiny were Ron Arlt (30yd . hcp.) and J effries Constructionsponsored Da ve Rya n (35yd . hc p.). Dirck Sauer sco red a trophy doub le for the third straight week by winning the 200cc Handicap Main . Chico Datsun-sponsored R a ndy "T .C." SCOtt was second with Bob Boel ler third . Leon Fowler annexed the 360cc Jun ior Main with- Rick Vassallo corning all the way from South Sa n Francisco to finish second. Vassallo edged out Monte Heath, A rider who hasn't gone ho rne empty-handed for awhile is 200cc Ju nior Main winner Terry Atkinson . He's finished on top for three weeks running. Jerry Douglas was second. The Gresham b rothers accounted for two trophies. Mike :-;resham won t he 100cc Mini -Expert race for his first score of the season. J oe y, his b rother. has been knocking at the door for several weeks. He began working his way up with a third three weeks ago. The next two weeks he was second and to night he found the key to finish on top . Roger Heernsbergen a nd John Lamont were second and th ird. La rry Barkhou se won the 125cc Novice Main for his seco nd straigh t score. Br ad Nelson was second and Mike Snider third. Results BOcc NOV MINI : 1. Joey Gresham IYaml: 2. Roger Heemsbergen (Hon): J . John Lamont IHonl. 125cc NOV: 1. Larry Barkhouse (Yem): 2. Brad Nelson (Hon l; 3. Mike Snider lHonl. 250cc EX: 1. Brian Thompson (Yaml; 2. M ike Hall IBun; 3. Ron Arlt (Yam). 2SOcc NOV: 1. D' ck Sauer (Yam): 2. Jon Heiny