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••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11 •••••••••••••••••• 1 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .••••• Central Pipeline Barry Holem 111 widens the gap on Kim Bandyk 131 at Develan. David Jones slides to a 250cc Pro w in on the Wichita short track. Kirschbaum and Holem dominate MX at Flint Hills By Dick Ainsworth DELEVAN , KS, MAY6 Steve Hendricks shot to the front of the first 125cc Expert moto with Wes Kluckner and Barry Holem close behind . By midway -c 44 through lap one Kluckner and Holem got by Hendricks and were battling for the lead. Ward W iebe mo ved into th ird and one lap la ter he was battling Kluckner for second as Holem pu t the Powers/Yamaha into the lead. On the last lap Jay Horn got by Wiebe and Kluckner st ayed on Helem's rear fender to the finish . The well prepared Steve Dix track. tilled and watered between motes , was in superb condition despite a very strong sou th wind that tried to dry it out. Holem took the lead over Hendricks and Wiebe with Kluckner moving up through the pack to fourth . Hendricks put the pressure on Holem for a while but Holem began to open it up a bit as Kluckner moved into th ird and Craig Coslett up to fourth. With one lap to go, Hendricks crashed giving second to Coslett who was followed b y Horn and Kluckner. Hendricks got up to finish fifth . Holern was riding the Steve Dix/ Mono Mods Yamaha as he and Kim Bandyk led the 250cc Experts around : the track. Bandyk took th e lead while Ga ry Graves moved u p to third but one lap la ter Ho lem got it back and began to open it up . Graves cr ashed in to some snowfence and dropped out. Chris Primm . bega n his late charge from m id -pack a nd go t by th em both on the last lap for thi rd . Ho lem shot to th e fro nt in th e last moto followed by Coates and Primm. He nd ricks got by Primm as He lem and Coa tes bega n to open u p a gap on the field . H orn moved up to pass Primm fo r third but one la p later hi s tea mm a te passed him ba ck. Maic o mou nted Bill Williams led Robert Raw son and AMA National No. 85 Ra ndy Kirschb au m around the track in the first O pen Expert moto. Kirschbaum bega n to mo ve up and on th e next la p he put Rawson back to third and set out after W illiams. T he track is wide with ple nt y of passing room but as the fourth lap rolled a round it was still W illiams leading Kirschbaum . In the long series of whoops Kirschbaum fin ally got by and sailed on to win. Williams and Kirschbaum battled for a while in the last moto bu t it was Kirschbaum a nd his Moto X Fox/ Suzuki winni ng it a ll. As usua l, th e 125ccJunior fray was a wild a nd crazy affa ir . Ra ndy Allen . and Da vid Kleus ch were sid e by side fighting for the lead in moto one until Don Kornbrust and Alan Wells moved into second. It was th en a three-way battle for the lead with Allen holding on as Scott Koons moved into the action and took the lead by the flag poles . Roger Frizzell was trying to take second from Allen and go t it in the long whoops. Koons fell in th e infield and Frizzell won over Koons as H .A . Spaulding, Jr. moved up int o th ird. Toll Luksa led the last moto as 'Frizzel crashed hard and took a long time restarti ng. Luksa had to fend off Kleus ch and Wade W iebe for several laps until Koons mo ved int o fourth . While they fought it out to the wire , Luksa won. Results • MINI NOV: 1. Bruce Bolen (Yam); 2. Oarrin Taylor . 15021 3. Pete Mountroy lY am l; 4. Todd Griffith (SOl); 5. ; Roy Nolan IKawI . MINI J R: 1. J im Rose 1 502); 2. Brad Peterson 1 02); 5 3. David lJIFond 1502); 4. Pete Byrne lY am); 5. J im Hoover 15021 . l00cc: 1. Eric Unre;n lS uzI; 2. John Fekas (SuzI ; 3. Bruce Stap les 1502); 4. Oavid Wayland ISuz); 5. Chris Wa ll lYa ml. 125 NOV: 1. S teve Hersc hel! (Yam); 2. Brad Martin (SuzI; 3. Tom Edwards (Suz); 4. larry Parker (SuzI; 5. Shawn Garr"" 1 5021. 125 J R: 1. Scott Koons lYam) ; 2. Toll Luksa lYaml; 3. Tom Brum hottz CSuz); 4. H.A . Spaulding , Jr . {Yam); 5. Randy A llen (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Barry Holem (Yam) ; 2. Craig Coslett (Suz); 3. W as Kluckner (Yam); 4. Jay Horn (Yam); 5. Steve Hendricks (Yam), 250 NOV : 1. Rodn ey Peterson IVaml ; 2. Mark Crawford (Yam); 3. Bruce Hasty (Yam): 4. Kim M c!nturff (Yam); 5. Tracy Schm idt ISuzl. 250 JR : 1. Tony Billau IKaw ); 2. Richard Crawford (Yam l; 3. M arty Crowley (Yam) ; 4. Rand y Duvall (Yam) ; 5. Kevin McGrew (Yam l. 250 EX: 1. Barry Helem IYam); 2. Chris Coates ISuz); 3. Jay Horn (Yam l; 4. Steve Hendricks (Yaml; 5. Chris Primm (Yam l. OPEN JR : 1. Frank Springs iY am); 2. J eff Harshman 5 IS uz); 3. Mike Scheppke (Varni; 4. Raben Moore 1 02); 5 . Randy Lowentz lYam) . OPEN EX: 1. Randy Kirschbaum lSuz) ; 2. Bill Williams (Mail; 3. Chris Primm (Yaml; 4 . Robert Rawson IS uzl; 5. Monty Rocky IMan). Martin wins ST .despit e a broken collarbone By Dick Ainsworth 750 H -D well broken in and ready) close. Ron Belt slipped Adams back to third bu t Adams got it back immediatel y: On lap fou r Culver nearly highsided coming into the front chute wh ich let David Jones and Adams get by. A lap later Culver got back past Adams for second but Jones W ICH IT A, KS, MAY 5 WOD . "I'm still gonna get number one" yelled C .D. Martin from the ambulance ; he had just found out he had a broken collarbone. The 500cc Pro hea t was a preview of t hi ngs to come . Ron Belt chased Denny Byrne the entire distance until the last lap when he got by and won. This turn-about brought a" v~ry surprised crowd and pits to their feed • In the final , Belt too k the lead over Byrne and Adams and the trio ran away from the rest of the field . Adams got by Byrne on the inside on lap three but Belt was definitely out to show everyone his heat win and his TT win the week before ' was no fluke. Belt looks better now than he ever did before his injuries that put astop to his racing career for nearly three yea rs. Sco tt Mu rray lea the Min i final for two laps until Little Rock's John Kocinski took the lead on the back chute and won . Todd Ratliff , who was number one Min ib iker last year and has already won two 500cc finals this year, led the 125cc final all the way. Todd Hilyard slipped by Edd ie Hillman for second. Dallas Babcock had to battle off Hilyard and Kris Armentrou t to win the 200cc final by half a bike length. Gary Schlickau, who is now on a 250 , led tha t final all the way. Martin is cu rrentl y leading in . the KMSA po int standings but his injury cou ld make it difficult to unseat the present number one and 1977 National Amateur Open TT Champ Tim Lindfors. It all took place in the 500cc final when Gary Schlickau took the lead over Martin and Todd Ratliff. Bill Snyder came from last , on Dave Aldana's Houston TT Honda , to fourth on ly to come to a dead-engine stop in the first turn. On lap six. C.D. highsided hard coming out of turn two a nd the race was stopped; th is is whe n C.D . broke his collarbone. On the single-file restart Schlickau still led until he too fell in turn three. Todd Ratliff won but Martin came from last . to th ird in one la p . Martin was back on the track a few m inutes la te r for the Open final , broken collarbone and ali i H e took th e lead from th e start over Ma x Wilson a nd T im Lindfors and held it to the end . W ilson 's bike was running on on e cylinde r midway throug h the race , whic h put Lindfors in second with Ma rk Ku rnle m ovi ng into t hird . Martin returned to the pits after his win. pa rked his bike, and painfully wa lke d hunchbacked to the a mbula nce in the infield for me dic a l a tte nti on. After .. t he KMSA poin ts hung ry Ama teurs ran th eir finals it was tim e for the Pro racer s to hit t he well prepared track. Kirk Engla nd appears to be getting out of his winter slump as he led the final all the way . Phil Culver took the 250cc Pro lead with Scott Ad ams (who made all of his Novice adva nceme nt poi nts d u ring Daytona week an d al rea dy has his XR· Results 125 PRO: 1. Kirk England (Vaml ; 2. Renee Kennedy lYaml; 3. Eddie Fost er lY aml. . 250 PRO: 1. David Jones (Vaml ; 2 Phil Culver lY am); 3. Scon Adams iYam) ; 4. Ron Belt lYam); 5. Dan Robertson (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Ron B~ (Vam); 2 Scon Adams IHanI ; 3. Dennis Byrne (Yam); 4. Wi lliam Bewley (Yam); 5. Leroy Hill lYaml. KM SA POINT ClASSES MINI: 1. John Kocinski (Yam); 2. Scott Murray IVam); 3 . Zeb Morton (Vaml ; 4. M ike Alst edt (Vaml ; 5. D.C. Bruso. Jr . IYaml. 125 JR : 1. T od d Ratli ff IVaml ; 2. Tod d Hilyard IVam); 3. Eddie Hillma n IVam); 4. J erry Hill IVam); 5. John Kocinski (Yaml. • . 200 J R: 1. Oallas Babcoc k ISuz); 2. Todd Hilyard (Varni; 3. Kris Armentrout (Yaml: 4. Renee Kennedy (Vam ): 5. Mike Crank (Ho n). 250 J R: 1. Gary Schlickau IVaml; 2. Brian Cranford lKawl; 3. Owen Roets (Hen). 500 J R: 1. Todd Ratliff (Yam); 2. Brian Cranford IKawl ; 3. C.O. Martin tHont; 4. J im Montgomery (Yam); 5. J erry Enns (Yam ). OPEN: 1. C.O. Martin (Varni; 2 Tom Lindfors IHoO); 3. Mar k Kumle Namt 4. Richard Billiones IBSAl.