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mud bath
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MARYSVILLE. CA .jAN . 7
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'An unexpected mud-o-cross was
the site of the second Hangtown
qualifier for Spo rt sm a n 's Da y
which is set for March 24 .
125 cc Exp ert Mike Preston of
Hayward , 250cc Expert Pat Wilson
from Au burn , and O pen Expert Rick
Woodson of Olympic Valley , topped
th eir classes as a stea dy rainshower
turned the tr ac k from " nice and wet"
ea rly in the first set of motes, to a
muddy quagmire before th e second
go-a round .
Neal Snarr , of San j ose, found one
way to keep the mud off his face in the
first Open Expert moto ; by gra bbi ng a
holeshot that he took to a win. Ra ncho
Cordova's Bill Swartz grabbed second
on the first lap but had Woodson zap
by him on th e th ird. Swartz came righ t
back on lap four to regain the number
two spot ' for the duration , Woodson
tied up third while j im Inglebright
rod e in fou rt h up to the white flag
wh en Scott O 'D onnell o f Ruff-N ·
Ready slip ped by and relegated
Inglebright to fifth .
There was som ewhat of a turn
a rou nd in: the second moto. Swartz
grabbed the first .la p lead but
Woodson wasted no time in taking it
over. Snarr passed Ing le br igh t fo r
third hal fway into the second la p bu t
Inglebright gra bbed it back two laps
later. Woodson held off a charge by
Swartz la te in the race to take the
overall. Snarr ended up fourth in the
moro , but third overall . and
Inglebright took third in the race for
fourth overall.
In the 250cc Semi -Pro class, Pa t
Wilson earned th e overall with a 1·2
combination, second .only to Reno's
