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Miller, who had taken over after
Ogilvie rode much of the loop, blasted
into the finish line with only seven
minutes or so having gone by in the
countdown to take the overall win.
The winners thanked, the crew at
Dale's Modern Cycle, their primary
sponsor last year, who also did much
of the pitting and preparation for this
event, and Hi·Point Racing Products.
Wallingsford and Harden, who had
won this event for Team Husky the
past two years, indicated that they had
had no real problems except for traffic
on the course.
Kelly brought the KTM in to finish
third. "Too many little problems,"
said Balentine. Founh went to the
WelIt/McGowen team ahead of Finger
and Kaplan, who admitted they were
still getting used to an Open class
machine after racing a 250cc for two
years.
Fifth went to Roeseler and Johnson.
after Roeseler rode most of the race
solo and managed to work about 10
minutes off an original gO minute
defi,cit.
Pfeiffer and Pfeiffer saw their Class
21 win go down the tubes when their
machine seized twice, requiring a
change of jets on the second loop.
Fishback and Rutten took it in to
finish three minutes ahead of the
Pfeiffers. Rutten arrived at the finish
minus his helmet visor after a check
worker had gotten his thumb stuck in
the stub can on Bob's handlebars and
knocked off the visor with his arm in a
frantic attempt to get free.
Finishing third in class was the
Yamaha of Mike Sixbery and Mike
Eckhardt, followed by solo rider Kent
Miller. also Yamaha·mounted.
In Class 20, Maxwell and Coulter
slipped by the leading KTM on the
final loop and won. Finishing less than
two minutes behind was Midas Muffler
Yamaha of Scott Atchison, who rode
alone. Teel and Cloutier finished
third.
"Bitchin' ridel" grinned Max Switzer
at the finish, as he and Bill Hill
teamed to win Class gO by seven
minutes. Second went to Mac Douglas
and Lon Peterson (Yam), despite the
fact that Peterson was riding with a
broken rib, and crashed on it again.
Third went to Shirley and Gaetz.
David Miller repeated his win in
Class g8 from last year, finishing with
a four' minute lead. Also joining Team
Yamaha this year is the venerable duo
of Dick Vick and John Watkins. They
finished second in spite of a" raft of
seizures. "We'll get it soned out,"
grinned John. Third went to the team
of Tom Senner and Ken ThonH on a
Yamaha.
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Results
CLASS 22 lo.- 251cc): ,1. 8nJce OgiMelChuck
Miller, 5:08:59.14 (Yom); 2. _
WallingsfofdlScot
_ , 5:12:01.96lHuol; 3. Tom KeltylBoli Balentine,
5:12:30.00 CKTMl; 4. MikII M~C_ Wolk
(Yom); 5. Rid< Finger/Jell ICapIon IHUIl; 6. t..ry
.JoIw-. IV"""; 7. Krio Morg8nISid
T.ben (Huo); 8. Rob _dlKOIIin Bi80 IHus); 9.
KOIIin WoIchIMoI Chopmon (C-Al; 10. Jemie AvoIoIRon
SmiIh (Y"",,.
CLASS 21 l25Occl: 1. Jim _ B o b Rutten,
5:29".28.46 IV"""; 2. Scott PfeifferlKont Pfeiffer.
5:32:18.48 (Y,,",,; 3. MikII ~1Mil