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• 11II -= ~ -44 styles- t SOLID ALUMINUM CARBON STEEL MX CHROME STREET 0') 'A • l' 0') ,...c / " ~ CN ~ ~ ;;' ~ Jim Lesniewski grabs the holeshot in a 250cc EX. war at Marysville. Buttner (Yam) following. By the middle of the second lap it was a two man race w!th Wood and Wiggins out in front. But Wiggins was in overdrive and screaming. As the race entered the third lap he had taken the lead as Wood began to fade . Wiggins soon left everybody well off the pace and by the white flag held a 19·second lead over second place Wood. Randy Losh (Mai) was well off Wood's pace in third with Pat O 'Donnell (Mai) fourth. The second moto belonged to Jim Lesniewski (Mai) from the first turn to the checkered flag . Lesniewski had an accident in the first moto and had settled with a ninth spot. This time around nobody could touch him . W iggins sett led into second place early and held the spot to the fin ish . Wood held third place for the first half of the mota but gave up the position to Lash at the halfway mark. At the finish it was Lesniewski. Wiggins. Losh and Jim Inglebright (Mai). Wiggins . with h is 2·1 finishes, took the overall prize. The 125cc Experts were up next. Dana Waxham rocketed his Gene's Automotive Su zuk i into th e holeshot and immediately put eig ht seco nds of rea l estate between himself and Moto· X Fox -sponsored Donnie Cantaloupi (Yam) . Don Ferraro was hot o n Donnie's exhaust pipe in third . Dan T u rner (Kaw) foll owed. It looked like Waxham would run away with the rac e. Then , su d de n ly, in th e th ird lap , his engine seized and for ced him to th e sid elines. Cantaloupi , on his practice bike, assumed . the lead bu t immediately was confronted with a familiar foe . Dan Turner. Cantaloupi's . five second lead melted t? just one by the sixth lap of the eight lap mota , and into the last lap Turner slipped his lime -green machine ahead of a suddenly fast-fading Cantaloupi. Turner saw the black and whites first followed by Cantaloupi and Ferraro: After the race Cantaloupi explained that he had experienced unexpected problems from an injured wrist. But the wrist was no problem in the second round. Cantaloupi jetted out in front from the word "go. " Ferraro, Waxham and Turner followed. Shortly thereafter Wax ham settled into second with Turner third. By mid race it was a pretty he-hum contest with Cantaloupi, Waxham. Turner and Ferraro well spaced in the first four positions. All positions held to the finish . Jim Lesniewski came out on top in 250cc Expert action. After an early lead by Dean Wiggins in the first mota, Lesniewski moved ahead and set sail for the checkers. Wiggins was Lesniewski 's only threat as the remaining 24 riders were well back. Lesniewski didn't have an easy ride , though , as W iggins pestered him for most of th e second half of th e race , trailing by riot more than a second throughout. At the finish line it was Lesniewski, Wiggins, Brian Jodry (Mai) and Ferraro. Round two it was Lesniewski and Jodry up front. Lesniewski ho leshot the moto and for four laps his only threat was Pat Wilson (Hon) . But Wil son faded and Jodry moved up from third to second. Ferraro was tight on jodry's ta il and Randy Lash wasn't far behind in fourth . Lesniewski held on to th e end and Jodry followed a couple of seconds later for second. But perhaps the most exciting racing of th e day came fro m th e 125c c Juniors. Aft er taking a comfortable win in th e first mota , Jim Cunningham (Hon) didn't appear a favorite' for th e overall trophy after a last pla ce sta rt in the second moto (he tangled with th e sta rt ing gate). But he wasted no time in playing cat ch up and by th e fifth lap had moved to third place , right behind J im Cressa (H on ) and leader Ri ck McManning (Suz). Cunningham tried a gutsy pas s by Cressa that took th em both to th e ground. It looked like McManning would capitalize on th eir demise and win easily. But both Cressa and Cunningham were up inst a nt ly. Cunn ingham c h a lle nged Cressa again during the last lap. This time he won and moved into second place onl y a cou ple seconds behind McManning. The crowd anxiously waited as th e duo moved into th e track's hidden backstretch. They re o appeared with McManning just barely holding off Cunningham . Twenty yards from the finish line McManning lost control of h is b ike and Cunningham slid in for the win and the overall victory for the day. In other action , Dick Mann (Suz) easily put away the Old Timer and Vets class. King Peters (Mai) had to fight off Scott Rice (Yam) to pin down the win in the Open Junior class . 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