Early in the first moto, Women's National MX Champ Oede Cetes holds a slim lead over Sue Fish.
Kathy Holman. founh overall. leads Usa Akins (29) and Fish.
tired - and took the mota win 25
seconds in front of Akins.
Finishing third was Holman,
followed by Rhe Helms. Cates took the
flag in fifth, pursued by Cindy Duma,
April Dunlap, Mercedes Gonzalez, Jan
Murray, and Kay Attwood from
Canada. Dorene Payne had been
running third after Cates' crash,. but
dropped out late in the race.
Fish took the largest chunk of the
$500 purse donated by Dunlap
Roofing Co. Taking fourth overall
behind Akins and Cates was Holman.
Fifth through 10th in the overall order
was Helms, Duma, Dunlap, Gonzalez,
Payne and Attwood.
Lynda Ledlow took the overall win
in the Amateur class with a 2-3 score_
Moto winners Debbie Jamerson and
Dena Decker both had problems in the
motas they didn't win. Debi Irby (6-2)
took second over Susan Brennan (4-4).
Karen Leitinger took first in the first
Novice mota, then backed it up with a
second in the second mota for the
overall win. Second mota winner
Elizabeth Hollenshead took a fourth
the first time around to garner second
overall. Mimi Selly posted a 2-3 effort
for third overall.
Dede Cates' brother Dean won the
Pit Tootsie race with little trouble.
The Expen class was filmed by
ABC's Wide World of sports, and
preliminary plans call for the race to
be aired in March or April of 1980.
Working with little advance notice,
promoter Vicki Miller Haag and AMA
referee Butch Lee pulled off a smoothrunning event.
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IAbove) Runner-up Usa Akins.IBelow left) Debbie Jamerson and Dena
Decker each won an Amateur moto, but Lynda Ledlow Irlght) won ov8rll1l.
Results
EXPERT: 1. Sue Fish 1-1 (Yam); 2. Usa Altins 4-2
(Suzl; 3. llede C. . . 2-5 (Suzl; 4. Kathy Holmon 7-3
(Yaml; 5. Rhe Helms 6-4 !Yam); 6. Cindy Dumo U
(Kaw); 7. April Ounla 10-7; 8. Mor~ Gonzalez 9-8
(Yaml; 9. Dorene Payne 5-13 (Kawl; 10. Key Attwood
11-10 (Suzl; 11. Jen Murray DNF·9; 12. Joyce Lancor
16-12; 13. Jennie Miles 14-16; 14. Chorlene Higgens
12·18; 15. Pouline Pitt 17-17.
AMATEUR: 1. Lynde Ledlow; 2. Debi ~by; 3. Susen
Brennan; 4, Evelyn Hodges: 5. Debbie Jamerson: 6.
Oone Deck...; 7. Myriem Kubat; 8. Sherry Lowery; 9.
Denise De Vines; 10. Tandy Jenkins; 11. Maria
Gonzalez.
NOVICE:
1. Koren Leitinger; 2. Elizabeth
HolIensheed; 3. Mimi Setly; 4. Diana Tweedy; 5. NOna
RiChardson; 6. Marci Micl1a'..; 7. Can_ Haag; 8.
Kalhy Anglin; 9. Cindy Monohan; 10. Debbie Whitt; 11 .
Jemie Gaaert; 12. Crystal Calderon; 13. Rockita
Ellingson.
PIT TOOTSIE: 1. Deen Ca.es; 2. Kevin Gtl"'es.
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