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rnoto , and when the pack came down
t h e start hill , Can -Am's Donn ie
Hansen took the holeshot a head of J eff
J ennings , J im T ara ntino, T ed H oyt ,'
T im Locey, Goat Brek er and Greg
Black wel l. H ansen , Jen n ings a n d
Tarantin o q u ickly pu t d istan ce
between themselves a nd a charging
Tim Lo cey, then set up what was to be
a mote-long dogfigh t for the lead . For
eig h t straigh t laps J ennings pressured
H ansen , while T a rantino stab be d h is
Suzuki at J en nings co nstantly. Finally
one of the m b ro ke on the eighth lap.
Hansen , wh ile tryi ng to evade J en nin gs .
in traffic, hit the d irt around W e bco
and dropped to fourth , T h is put
Jennings in co ntrol, a nd Jeff ro d e
flaw lessly to the chec ke red for the win
over T a rantino .
Back beh in d all th e fireworks out
front, Locey was ru nning ahead of
H oy t , Breke r and Bla ck we ll , b ut
Breker blitzed by for fou rth at the
halfway point. Locey hel d on to fif th
for th e remainder of the mo ro ahead
of Blackwell , bu t Breker set his sights
on the lead ers . When Hansen dropped
it late in the race , Breker was right
there to fl y by for third . At the
c hec kered J e n n ings , Tara nti no ,
Breker and Hansen were a ll wit hi n five
bikelen gths of eac h ot he r.
R o u n d two b el onged sol ely to
T a rantino , who led it wire to wire
des pite numerous assaul ts from Bob
Elli ott a nd Greg Blackwell . On the
first lap Ell io tt to ok co m m a nd of
sec ond in fr ont of Bla ckwell , Jennings ,
Ro be rt Re isinger , Ma rk Gam betta
and Breker , but Blackwell m oved into
second q uickly. J ennings tried to get
by both Blackwell a nd Ell iott , but on
the third lap he got off hard , dropped
to 15th, then pulled out of the ra ce .
At the h al fwa y point T a ra nti no led
Bla ck well ,
Elliott ,
R eisin ge r ,
Gam betta, Brek er a nd Lo ce y, a nd
that order held until the la st la p , wh en
B reker overt o ok Gambetta at the
checkers . O vera ll Tarantin o was tops,
with Blackwell , Breker , Loc ey a nd
Reisinger ro undin g out the top five.
O p en act ion sa w J e n n ings and
Breker back at it aga in , a nd aga in
J enn in gs r a n inconsis tentl y ' and
allowed Breker to take the overall
vict ory. Moto one saw J ennings take
the holeshot ahead of Dave W illiams
r idi ng fo r M a lc olm Sm ith , P a r r y
Klass en o n a Maico , and Breker. On
t he second lap B reke r di spatched
Klassen , then fo llowed Williams a nd
J enn in gs for four laps. At the halfwa y
point Breker slip ped by Williams a nd
set after J ennings , Within three la ps
Breker was on J ennings' tai l and the
race to the fla g was very close. Breker
pull ed ri ght a lo ngside J en n in gs a
number of times, but th e checke re d
fl ag c a m e o ut wi t h J e nn ings in
command , Breker a very tight second,
and Williams a he ad of Klassen and
Tarantino.
Wi lliams holeshot the sec on d moto
ahead of Br eker , T erry C la rk .
Jennings a nd Tarantino , but o n t he
t h ird la p B rek er took ov er and
Jennings was back in third . Willia ms
would not let the Suzuki rid er by, a nd
in his efforts d ropped it on the seve n th
and fell to fifth behind Clark and
Klassen. These pos itions held 'ti l th e
flag , and the overalls went to Breker ,
Williams, J en n ings , Kla ssen a nd Terry
Cl ark.
Results
125 PRo: 1. Jim Holley (Yam); 2. W illy Simons
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aml; 3. Tim Locey (Vam).
250 PRO: 1. Jim T.. antina (Suz); 2. Greg Blackwell
(C-A); 3. Todd Brek.. (Hus). .
500 PRO: 1. Goat Brek.. (Hus!; 2. Dave Wi lliams
(Ma); 3. Jeff Jennings (Suzl.
MINI EX: 1. Jeff Stanford (Vam); 2. Chris Mor ey
(Suz); 3. Sam Sl oree(Kaw).
(Continued to pag e 42)
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