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lAbove) Jeff Ward ran a strong second before he crashed. (Below ) Marty Tripes showed fine style while running off with his heat race-, that there was no room to pass, passed the Can -Am rider. The three scra pe d pa int right down to th e final turn. DiStefano sta lled his engi ne there, but it was already too late and d idn't matter. Jim Turner ca me in fourth , almost unnoticed . Consolation Pa t J acobsen attempted to pull the slide right out of the carb as he went for the lead. He held it for two laps . but then the bike got away from h im and he crashed. Tony D took over the lea d a nd ra n rig ht to the checkered flag . J aco bsen fell again and fin ished well ba ck. David Taylor again came from back in t he pack to ta ke second. Final Two green m a ch ines led the way int o the first turn . J eff W ard got there first , but T ommy Croft left there first. Smith , Shu ltz , Mosie r and Ha nna h followed. Croft and Ward immediately started opening up a small lead on Smith while Ha n na h took ca re of Mosier on the second lap. Behind Cassin' Ca ylor were Weinert , Bell , Reid and T ripes . Bell , try ing to pass Weinert , cha nge d his line to avoid the Jammer's swapping rear end and hit a rock , crashing. A broken sprocket too th that led to a de -railed chain cost Mike still more time and he wound up 18th. As the race approached its halfway mark. Croft, Ward and Sm ith still led with Hannah moving up to fourth . Following were Shultz , Mos ier , Weine rt , Reid , T ripe s; La Porte, Howerton , DiStefano and Sta ten . Ha n nah passed Smith and started to make u p time on W a rd . But Jeff , who was rid ing his best su percross ride ever , had things go sour . H e missed his brakes going int o a turn a nd cras hed . On the 15th la p , H a nna h ma de his move for the lead. O n the fast back section of th e track, he charged when Croft slowed for a ru t and he came u p with the fro nt spot. Croft cha sed h im as best he cou ld, but H a nnah d idn't want to spend two weeks thi nk ing about being shut out. Sm ith dropped off the pace slightly when he fell over in a turn , but his margin over th e rest lAbove) Steve Wise moves up to lap Doug Taylor 1541 ). (Below ) Marty Smith. Steve Wise and Kent Howerton (17) lead their heat race. of th e pack was still pretty good . Fourth through seventh was a tight battle between Shultz , We inert , Mosier a nd Staten . Passing opportunities were limited said many of the riders, but opportunities or not , there was passing going on . Unfortunately fo r Sh u lt z, it was happening to him. Weinert, Mosier and Tripes all got by before the finish. "I didn't feel like I was going fast ," said the m a n wh o got th e trophy, 'the bubbly and a kiss from Miss Toyota , Dawn C lark . C roft , in seco nd, probably wishe d . th a t his first heat form had stayed with him all the way . "I ro de bett er in th e qualifier th a n I did in the main ," sa id the Toma hawk , who had spent his first full n igh t of competi tio n on the works Kawasak i. Smith retained thi r d and was sa ndwiched by Ka wasak i riders wit h Wei nert finis hi ng fourt h. Tripes, in fifth , was also sandwiched by green in the form of sixth place Mosier. Shultz, Wise , Reid and DiStefano rounded out the top 10. . • Results FRIDAY ANAL: 1. Mike Bell IYarnl; 2. Danny laPorte ISuz); 3. Warren Reid lHon); 4. Bob Hannah lYam); 5. Steve Wise lHan); 6. Gayton Mosier lKawI; 7. Marty Smith ' IHon); a Marty Tripes IHonl; 9. Jim Weinert IKaw); 10. Rex Staten lYam); 11. John Savitski lYam); 12. Roger Brown IHon); 13. Jim Gibson ISuz); 14. Mickey Boone IKaw); t5. Gary Sernics IHen); 16. Mark Gragson lYaml ; 17. David Taylor lYam); l B. Jim Tumer IHon); 19. Darrell Shultz ISuz); 20. PatJacobsen ISun. CONSOLATION: 1. Rex Staten lYam); 2. Bill Jov<;e ISuz); 3. Bob Myers IMall; 4. Rich Binckley lYam); 5. . Rich Eiarstad! IC-Al. SATIJRDAY FINAL: 1. Bob Hannah lYaml; 2. Tommy Croft lKaw); 3. Marty Smith IHen); 4. J im W einert IKaw); 5. Marty Tripes IHon); 6. Gayton Mosier IKawl; 7. Darrell Shultz ISuzl; B. Steve Wi .. IHon); 9. W arren Reid (Honl; 10. Tony DiStefano IC-Al ; 11. Danny laPorte ISuz); 12. Re. Staten IYam); 13. John Savitski lYam); 14. Kent Howerton ISuz); 15. Jeff Ward lKaw); 16. Gary Somics (Han); 17. Rick Burgett lYam); 18. M ike BelllYaml; 19. Roger Brow n IYam); 20. Mick ey BooneIKaw). CONSOLATION: 1. Tony DiStefano IC-Al; 2. David Taylor lYaml ; 3. Dan W aller IMail; 3. Mark Rakestraw IHon); 5. J im Gibson ISuzl; 6. Rick Hill IMai); 7. Phil Oveland IC·Al; 8. Gary Kuest (Yam); 9. Steve Bauer lYam); 10. Rocky Hardland (Hon). AMAITDYOTA SUPERCROSS SERIES POINT ); 58); STANDINGS: 1. Bob Hannah 170 2. Jim W einert 1 54); 4. Mike Bell (49); 5. Marty Smith 3. Steve Wi .. 1 (46 ); 6. Danny laPorte (42); 7. Darrell Shultz 1 38); 8. mel Gaylon MosierlWarren Reid 136; 10. Marty Tripes 1 135); 11. mel John SavitskUR Staten (33); 13. Kent e. Howerton 129); 14. Tom my Croft 125); 15. David Taylor (22); 16. Gary Sernics 1201; 17. Dan Turner 11 4); 18. Roger Brown 1 131; 19. Rick Burgett 11 2); 20. ma) Tony DiStefano/Marry Moates 11 11 . 9