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_._._._._._._._._.- r.a II IIG ;I': ride a consolation for a shot at th e final. Dave Miller (Hon). winner of the second qualifier. owned the final. Barring bike failure or a bad fall . there was little question as to who would win after the gate dropped. Val Tamietti (Mai) 'was second the entire race . Things were more interestin g behind them , though . Bob Stem (Yam) ; Da ve Will iams (Mai) and Joe Stern (C-A) completed the first lap chasing the lead duo . Willi ams dropped out on the second lap with a sudden, unexplainable pain beneath his right shoulder blade. Steve Rhyan (X -Up Suz) jumped in to fill fourth with T im Lunde claiming fifth. Both moved up a slot on lap seven when Stem's rear whee l went over a small berm he'd been using on the outside of a right-hand turn . He kept it turned on , though, and com ing out of th e turn, found a trash barrel in his path. T eeth undoubtedl y gritted. he safely crashed his way over the man-made whoop , bu t two places down . Stem regained his composure and got by Lu nde two laps later. Lunde had a harrowing experience in the section after the scoring tower on lap 10. While chasing Stem . his front brake cable snagged. locking up the front wheel and sending him through the banners, just missing one of thos e wicked me tal stakes. He got going quickly, but relega ted to sixth as Dale Anderson (Mai) took over the vacated fifth spot. Moto one of the 125cc Pros was marked by falls from th e first turn on . Tolar held the lead in the early laps . Lett (Yam) . Maki (Ya m ), Kev in Harlow (DG) and J im Holley (Yam ) gave chase. Tolar slid ou t on lap five. Lett quickly capitalized on his er ro r , though Tolar was going again before Lett got mo re than a few lengths ahead. T im Locey (Yam) went down a lap later. mov ing Johnson (Yam) int o fourth and Lunde (Fra) to fifth. On lap seven, Johnson slipped by Mak i With Lunde do ing it the next lap. Luck ';as not with Lunde. however. and his bike seized . While making his bid for the lead on lap 10, Tolar wen t down again. this time reinjuring hi s left knee and forc ing him out for the day . This put Johnson in second for the rest of th e moto. , Holley and Mak i traded third and fourth until the end. finishing in that order. Lett allowed Johnson to lead for a lap in the second moto . After that, he cranked it on to put a couple lengths over second on his way to the win. Holley and Gomez filled out ' the frontfour which was not spread more than about 10 seconds the entire moto. The train put a lot of ground over Maki in fifth . Toward the ' moto's end . Holley closed on Johnson. He harassed him for two laps before bouncing past in some whoops on the last lap. Results . .,. MINI JR: 1. Tony Totono ISuzl; 2. Tony Asa ISuzl. 3. Jim CobhamIVam). . MINIINT: 1. Ray Hernandez!Yam); 2. Mark Toyama !Yaml; 3. David Crigler ISuzl. 100 JR: 1. Tommy Benca ISuzl; 2. Charlie Walker .!Yaml; 3. Ernie Becker ISuzl. 100 INT: 1. Greg Fountain (Vam); 2. 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