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Tony DiStefano who won the two semi -qualifiers ahead of Rick Burgert 'I a nd Mickey Kessler. Can -Am 's Gr eg Robertson won the co nso lation ra ce . Finally it was time for th e last race of the weekend . Satu rday nigh t' s 20lap main a tt raction. Larry Hu ffman br to ld th e cro wd that Hannah h ad 5 requested a hou se be bu ilt around th e o sta rt ing gate o pera to r so he co u ld n't (' ant icip ate the fall of the gate . The -I house was there to hide the operato r . but Hannah st ill took th e starting 8 ft positi on a t the middle of th e ga te .b besid e th e o pe rator as he had the night be befor e . The o perator was h idden from b" s ight now. but th e lever opera ti ng th e ga te wasn' t. H a nn ah ro ost ed hi s Ya ma ha ove r th e fa lling ga te in seco nd place just beh in d Mick ey Boone , then the lead over fro m Mick ey. . Steve W ise's sta rt was m uch better th is time, off in t hird be hi nd Hanna h and Bo o n e . Beh ind t he m we re H ow ert on . Bell . _Tri pes. Sern ics. Mosier , Smith, La Porte a nd Weinert . Wit hin . three laps, Wise had stuffed his wa y a ro u nd Boon e, th e radical red racer bellowing its way out of the turns like one of Honda 's 450 cc Open class bik es. The bik e was quick for a 250 cc and Wise was even quicker. T og et her they wer t> a potent combina tion . Steve began reeling in H annah , clos ing to withi n three seconds of him . Beh indSteve th er e was a huge ga p as th ey pulled aw a y, t hen a battling g ro u p consist in g of Be II, Boon e , 'T ripes , Mosier and Howerton . There was a not he r big gap , th en lu another battle for eig ht h pla ce amo ng n Re id , Smith, La Porte a nd W einert . Positi ons changed con stantly in these two groups, but no rid er was able to ' brea k out of th em excep t for one . That was Yamaha 's Mike Bell , who in th e closin g laps m oved toward th e leaders in a d etermined bid. Steve Wi se t rie d to close the re ma in ing d ist ance on Hannah , bu t just cou ld n't co me out with a ny more speed .' "T hat guy's th e best. But at least I was a b le to stay with hi m . [ got m y seco nd wind about th e twel ft h lap a nd ' I started ca tc hing u p a little to him ." sa id W ise a fte r the ra ce . -J Steve was so intent on putting a ... noose on Hannah he didn 't .realize that Bell was suddenl y coo king his way up ~ from behind as they clo sed the fin a l laps to th e fin ish lin e. "I got off in sevent h pla ce . [ closed up on Steve six seconds on those last co up le of laps. T hat's not bad for me a t all . It was really difficult for me to get 'p ast Trip es a nd th ose ot her fast gu ys t he first half of th e race ." sai d Bell. .' As Hannah n ew one -h a nded , arm up in victory 5lver the fini sh lin e jum p , Steve Wise was just 30 feet behind . Out of the co rn er of his eye , Wi se cou ld see Bell just n arrowly missing beating him across the line by a scant 12 inc hes. T he fini sh was 'closel But Hannah won again . Wis e was second again. And Bell was third again . • lAbove' Kawasaki's Gassin ' Gaylon Mosier 11 01pursues Team Honda's Wa rren Reid 1191.IBelowl Marty Tripes and Honda mechanic Jon R wait for the show to beg in. Results FRIDAY FINA L: 'l . Bob Hannah (Yam ); 2. St eve W ise (Han); 3. M ike BeU (Varni: 4. Warren Reid (Han): 5. Marty Trfpes IHonl; 6. Rich Eiersted t (C·A); 7. Gary Sernics (Han); B. M ickey Boo ne IKaw l; 9. J im W einert IKaw ); 10. Scott Gillman (Sul); 11. Bic k Burgen (Yam); 12. Mart y Smith (Hon.; 13. Gayton Mosier IKaw l; 14. Greg Ro bertson IC·A); 15. Frank Staev IKT M ): 16. Pat Maroney ISuz); 17. Kent Howerton (Suz); 18. Ken Ad am s (M ail ; 19. Greg Theiss (Yam); 20. Shaun Kelly tHon); 21. Kirk Bigelow ISuz); 22. Danny laPort e (Suzl . SATURDAY FINAL: 1. Bob Hannah IYaml; 2. Ste ve W ise (Hon ); 3. M ik e BeIl IYam); 4 . Gayton M os ier (Kaw) ; 5. Marty Tr ipes (Hen) ; 6. Mickey Boone IKaw) ; 7. Kent How erton ISuzl; 8. W arren Reid tHon) ; 9. M arty Smit h (Han): 10. Danny laPort e (Suz); 11. Jim Weinert (Kawl ; 12. Rick Burgett (Yam t; 13. Ton y DiStefano le ·A); 14. Gary Semics tHon); 15. Micke y Kessler (Yaml; 16. Frank Stacy IKTM J; 17. Kenneth Ad ams (Mail; lB . Scon Gillman ISuz); 19. Stev e Stackable (Yam); 20. Tom my Croft IKaw l; 21. Clark J ones (Hanl ; 22. Greg Robertson IC·Al; 23. Greg Theiss (Yam): 24. David Bow man (Han). • A M AITDY DTA SUP ERCROS S SERIES POINT STAN DINGS: 1. Bob Hannah (.1 791 2. Jim Wei nert : 11 21I; 3. Sieve W ise 1 1061; 4 . M ik e Bell 11041 5. Ma "" ; Tripes (95); 6. Danny laPorte (881:7. Marty Sm ith l86l; 8. Darrell Shultz (811 8. Gary Semics (8U; 8. W arren ; Reid (81); 11. Gaylon Mosier 0 91 12. Kent How erton : 173: 13. RickBurge" (64). 1 11