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o CN M V ..c 8 V u V Q uzuki , Andy Kirker's Pro -Tee amaha , David Servais' Yamaha, Jim ' Nea l's Honda , Bill Tarling's Honda , n Clark's Pro-Tee Suzuki, and Mark llis' Yamaha In the second mota Breker was gain first 10 the first turn, this time hased by Lunde , Kreiter a nd Moates . reiter again had some kind Of trouble, Breker was followed by Lunde , oa res, Gerig and Ellis at the cornple on of one la p . Breker didn't p ull as far away from unde and Moates as he did in the receed ing moto . The three stretched ut a bit through th e middle of the 010, but the gap tightened as they pproached the flag . wh ich was to be iven on the l Oth lap ; the race ortened d ue to approachi ng dark ess. Moa tes was again havin g shock roblems, but Lu nde was having oubles wit h the clutch. T he th ree nished in the order they'd rid den for ost of t he race, with Gerig, Lowe, irke r , Ted Vanden Raadt's Ho nda . 'Nea l, C lark and T a rl ing completing e second moto top 10 , Overall, th e order was Breker , unde, Moates, Gerig. Kirk er , 'Nea l. Lowe , Clark , Tarling, and lIis~ The class featu red a $500 purse. here was also a 250cc Pro class hedu led , but that was cancelled due lack of entries. Two O ld T imers classes ran , one for de fs 30 ·40 years of age. and one for ose 41 and older. In the young 'u ns ivision , there were exciting battles rly on between Jim O 'Neal (Kolbe on ), who 'd run earlier in the Pro ass, ISDT veteran Lars Larsson uz) . and motocross/ Baja vet Bill ilverthorne, Larsson too k both ho leots bu t O'Neal ended up with the ad bo th times to win without too uc h hassle . even when he a nd Silver horne b um ped in the second mota d O 'Neal ended up sta lled. Ha llman ponsored La rsson was seco nd over ilver thorne of Lemo n Grove Suzuki. In the older O ld T im ers Division . lick Ma nn won handily, In the first 10tO he started sixth , but was second ehi nd Feets Minert a t the end of on e . nd pass ed him sho rt ly thereafter 10 'in ' going awa y. CCM -m ounted larsh all J ennin gs (fath er of rn oto rosser JeffJ ennings) was th ird . Mann was seco nd o ut of th e gat e in moto two. again behind Minert , but this time Bugsy got by before the end of lap one. The ra ce was combined with the other Old T im ers division (sep ara te starts) and Bugsy shook off the 30 'second advantage and was fourth overall at the end of the shortened six-la p event , There was also a Vintage/Twin/ Dinosa u r class , wh ich went 10 Mike Hair and his beauti ful Trumpet twin with lill ie competition. Sidehacks closed the show (literally. the sun wa s down by the time they finished) a nd th ere was a 101 of banzai action on the som ewha t na rro w - for sid ehacks , a nyway - track. T he team of Tom and Pete W hitney ended up winni ng both motes, but they had 10 do some be rserk pass ing alo ng th e way . The R a lph W hit ney /Pete J o nes team was second bo th times, There was a la rge Open In termediate tu rno ut . but Bo b Brooks' Yama ha showed the pack its rear . fen der in bo th motos, In 15 I ·360cc Intermediate action , Ba rt Hitt (Hon) also won bo th moros, as di d 150cc Intermediate winner Rand y Schwal en be rg (Hon) . Acco rd ing to Stu Peters. the event " was d um pe d in o ur laps" three months before. The schedule and length of races was a little o ptimistic. and to get the show through with. races had to be combined and shortened . and o ne ;ace (two-stroke support) had to be cancelled. Contingency sponsors included Bel-Ra y, Presto n Petty, J im O'Neal Distribut ing. Trac-Pro. Carrera . Hi Point , ProT ech and Cycle News , Results • OPEN PRO: 1. Goal Breker ICCM); 2. Tim Lunde ISuz); 3. Marty Moates IKSI Hen]. OPEN INT : 1. Bob Broo ks (Yam) ; 2. Keith Petrang elo ICCM); 3. Don GloverIYam). OPEN J R: 1. John Brust (Hon); 2. Richard Carlson (Varni: 3. Martin Mlakar (DMRI . OLD TIM ERS DIV I: t . Jim O'Neal IHon); 2. Lars Larsson (Suz) ; 3. Bill Silverthorne ISuzl. OLD TIMER OIV II: t . Dick Mann ISuz); 2. Chuck Minert IBSA); 3. M arshall Jenn ings lCCM l . 151-360 INT: 1. Bart Hitt IHon); 2. Mike Said IHon). 151·360 JR; t . Pete Eunice (Hon); 2. Dan Phillips (Hon); 3. Rick Haag (Hon) . 150 INT: 1. Randy Schwalle nberg tHon); 2. Tom Parker IHon) ; 3. Malcolm M cCasse y (Ho n). 150 JR: 1. M ike Schussman IHon); 2. Kevin Graver (Honl; 3. Jam es Diehl (HMSI. OINOSAURfTWIN: 1. M ike Hanev (Tri); 2. J ohn Barnes ITril; 3. Rod W hitcher ITri). . V INTAG E: 1. Pal Dale IBSA); 2. D.M . Archiba ld IBSA). . SIDEHACK: 1. Tom W hitney/Pete Wh itney lYE); 2. Ralph W hitney/Russ Jones (NEJ; 3. Peter Palfrevmarv J ohn Palfreyman rwasp). (Above left) Dick Mann dominated the Old Timers Div. 1I. IAbove) Tim Lunde scored second in the Pro class with a Kelvin Franks Suzuki. (Below) Marty Moates and t he KSI Honda hauled for third. .