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; III -= ~ t 00 1:' 0') , 1"""'4 1:' CN M Q,) " ..0 e ... 0.. \ Q,) Q,) v: Alan Christian 118) found that his Maico didn't slide sideways as deftly as his Jawa speedway bike. (Right! Sue Fish put in a respectable showing. (Below) Jeff Ward scored fourth overall. Staten and speedway rider Alan Christian (M a i) . Staten won easil y after Christian hit a berm t ha t marked the boundry of his lane. Hateley was third ahead of Eierstedr , Lackey, J on es, Roeseler, Bal entine , Hannah and Ward . Weinert was 12th. Yamaha motocross 12 Goin g into the motocross , it appeared th a t Gennai had the po ints lead ; se veral others were within striking distance . Hannah pull ed th e hol eshot off Saddleback's rear starting gate. but was in third behind G illman and Winert at th e conclusi on of th e first lap . Staten , Eiersted t , Gibson and Lac key were in pursuit of the leaders . T wo laps into the Sfl-minute moto, Hannah was dropped to fourth by Sta ten. The Hurricane rega ined th e position two laps later. . The leading tri o of Gillman , Weinert a nd Hannah qu ickly left the pa ck and set up their own exciti ng battle for th e lead . Eiersted t dropped out on lap nine when th e percock pulled aw ay from the ga s tank . Staten was still fourt h and he was leading Gi bson . La ck ey, W a rd , Mosie r , Se mics, Stacka b le . Hat el ey, Glove r a nd Gen na i. On th e 12th la p . Ha n nah nosed by Weinert on a fall -away right hander past the finish line . Still the group stayed tight as Hannah tried a variet y of lines to get past Gillman , Four laps later , Hannah pa ssed Gillman on a fast stretch to take th e lead. Weinert follow ed suit by stuffing it under Gillman in a tight right turn. Stackable wa s out with a broke n connecting rod. Staten and Gibson still held fourth and fifth , but Mosier had worked his way a round La cke y and Ward . Serni cs al so se t Ward ba ck a posit ion . Hateley , Glover (who' d stalled once and fall en once) and Roesel er tra iled th e " Flying Freck le ." Weinert sai d afte r th e ra ce that he was looking for a whi te flag . T here wasn 't one . Seconds aft er th e Hurricane too k th e chec kered flag , Gillman put a su rp rise move o n Weinert in th e final turn to tak e second pla ce a few feet in front of th e J ammer. Beh in d the top t hree wer e Sta ten , Gibso n , Mosier , La ck ey, Se mics , Ward and Hateley. Ha nna h and Wei nert ended up in a l52 .point t i e that was brok en by Hannah's two wins . For his victory , Han nah recived S I O,OOO, wh ich he will give 10 th e Muscu lar Dyst rop hy Foundation, and a brand new Subaru Brat truck : which he said he will give to his sister. . . Weinert , though su rel y disappointed, felt his strong showing will gi ve him a boost heading into the Trans·AMA Seri es as well as signaling a comeback after two mediocre yea rs, " I know Hannah's not going to sleep for a while ." said the Jammer during the trophy presentation held in near darkness . Weinert received $4 ,500. Hateley was onl y three points off the pa ce and his th ird in th e po ints was good for $2 ,000 . Staten, with 142 , was fourth ahead of Genna i, ' Ward , H ocking , Eierst edt , La ckey and Mosier . Law son , wh o had very little success in th e final three eve nts , fin ished 16th - one position out of th e mon ey. • Result s OVERALL 1. Hannah 11 521; 2. W ";nert 1152); 3 . : Hal ~ ev 11491; 4 . Staten 11421; 5 . Ge nna i 11361 6. Ward ; 1131); 7. Hock ing 11251 8. Eierstedt 1122); 9 . Lackey ; ; 1 1 10 . Mos ier 11 211 11. Gibson 1118): 12. J on es 122 ; (118); 13. Brook s (108 ); 14 . Chr ist ian 11 04 ); 15. Roese ier 11 031; 16 . Lawson 11 00); 17. Glover 197); 18. Sem ics 1 ; 19. Baker 1 911 87l; 20 . Alda na 185); 21. Gillman (82); 22. Balentine (77); 23 . Pent on (73); 24. W all ing sfOfd 1 67); 25 . Preston 1 661; 26. r e-e 1 ; 27. Stackable 1 651 591; 28 . Ogilvie 1S 29 . Fosh 1 7); 57); 30 . Woods ISS): 31. Jennings 1 42); 32 . Ba kken 1 11 33 . Bec k 1 4 ; 301; 34 . 301; 35. Howert on 1241. Gleason 1 SHORT TRACK:1. Eddie Lawso n !Yaml; 2. Dave Aldana (Yaml; 3. Rick Hocking (Mai); 4. J ohn Gennai !Mail; 5. J ohn Hateley IMail; 6. Jim Weinert (Kaw); 7. AI Bakel (Hus); 8. J eH Ward fYaml;-9. Gary Jones (Amid; 10. Rex Stalen IVaml; 11. Bob Hannah (Yoml; 12. Jim Gibson IVa",, ; 13. Rich Eierstodt IC·Al; 14. Tom Brooks (Yaml ; 15 . Bruce Ogillrie IH·D); 16. Ken, Howerton (Sull; 17. John Foro (Vam): 18. Brae Glover (Yoml; 19 . Ron Preston ISuzJ; 20 . Jock Penton IKTMI; 21. Gene Woods ISOlI; 22 . Jeff Jennings (Moi); 23 . GoyIon Mosier (Kawl; 24 . Lorry Roeselef IHusl; 25 . Brent Wallingsford tHus!; 26 . Sue Fish (Yoml; 27 . Alan Christian IMoil; 28 . Bob Balentine IKTM); 29 . Trudy Beck IVoml; 30. A.C. Bakken IHusl ; 31 . St eve Stackable IKawI; 32 . PeeWee GIeoson (Yom); 33. Brad Lockey IHonI; 34 . Scon Gillman IVom l; 35 . Gory Semics IC·AI. TT: 1. Lawson; 2. Hateley; 3. Gennai ; 4. 5. W";nert; 6. Hocking; 7. Jones; 8. Gibson; 9. AIdono: 10. Mosier; 11. Gillman; 12. Jennings : 13. E"terstedt; 14. Sernics; 15. Brooks; 16. Hannah; 17. RoeseIer; 18 . Christian; 19 . Gleason: 20 . Wa

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