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o 00 0') r-4 ...... .... .0.. M < DeMrt 8peC' R ta lMry Rollllir (who 8IlIo must be judged an ISOT specialist) and Scot H.den attIIck I special test tum. n Zink Two-Day loops of the coune(s) , this time ran backwards, as well as another circuit of the grass track, also run in reverse. Then came the motocross, run on a circuit with the waist high grass and weeds trimmed down with several jumps added. Greg Davis had an unusual experi· ence in the grass track: ~ carburetor was ripped right out of the intake manifold by a branch! "We were riding it backwards, and all the trees had been bent the other way from the day before," said Davis. "So I went through a few turns, then aU of a sud· den the bike goes uugh. I look down and the carburetor has been ripped right off; it was dangling by the fuel lind So I jammed it back in, but I must ha~ lost about 20 seconds." Gold on Day One turned to bronze the foUowing day for Husky's Frank GaUo. He hit check five two minutes late, and apparently had some sort of bike difficulties in the grass track, where he dropped about 900 poinu.. Finally, in his MX heat, he got a terri· ble start, worked his way through heavy dust up to third, then ~hot a comer. and had to double back. Yamaha's Ron Ribolzi, already on bronze from the day before when he got lost and dropped a bunch of route poinu, proved it wasn't his. weekend by getting two llau on Day Two. The final motocross - run in timed heats with 10 riders going five laps in each ~ .wOllld play a.deciding. role in each class. In the first heat, which con· tained the 125cc I and A class riders plus early 175cc starter Rosso, saw Rosso take the holeshot, only to spin out in the fourth comer. DaviS, who knew he needed to malte up 18 seconds on Leimbach for the win, took over die lead and started to puU away. Leimbach stayed close enough to protect his lead in the early laps, but went down twice in the same comer and finished 25 seconds behind Davis, putting him in second place. Rusty Reynaud fmished third U5cc 1 in both the motocross and the overall tabulation. Jack Penton was seven seconds faster than Rosso in the motocross, but the lead Rosso had built up from the day before and the morning's test enabled him to hold on to the win by two poinu. Kevin Brown won his heat and moved into a tie with Vic Ely (KTM) for third, but Kawasaki's Mark Hyde had the fastest five laps in the 175cc ranlts. The reason Hyde didn't win his heat was that Frank Stacy was on the track at the same time. Stacy normally would have started in a later heat, but one rider was unable to start, and his place offered to waiting riders. Stacy took it and flat ran away from everybody, setting a time 19 seconds faster than any· one in the 250cc class. (The only one who could come close was 500cc rider Larry Roeseler, eight seconds back.) Kuenzer, Chuck Miller and Dick , .811r1~ all, won ,their ~eau. Miller's time was two seconds faster than that ofJeff Fredette (who finished second to Burleson), and Chuck moved into third ahead of Fredette by just one second! Burleson was fifth and Can·Am'sJohn Martin sixth. Van Watermeulen still led the 500cc class going into the MX, but ran into difficulties with a poor start and crashes - reportedly injuring some ribs that would drop him from first to sev-enth in the standings. Roeseler led start to finish in his heat, with Husky's Scot Harden (in his fin( two-day qualifier) and A.C. Billen running 2·5 to the flag. Billen had problems on Day One and was running on bronze, however. John Ayers (Suz), on silver after Day One troubles of his own, won the second heat after Fishback had passed him, only to fall and drop back to second. Jack Johnson (Yam) won the other 500cc heat. The MX settled the 500cc class in Roese!er's favor. FIShback had the fast· est time of the day m the moming grass track, but Roeseler's IS-second advan· tage in the MX gave him the class win by fOil r seconds. Stacy, who will have to make the tramition from long grass tracks that even include pavement (the thrice used special test included some sec· tions from a paved figure eight track in the middle of a field) back to the world of Pro MX in time for Apr. 26· 27 Pontiac Supercross, said of the spe· cial test, "When l walked it .Eriday I was hating it. I didn't think I'd like it - the pavement and stuff - at all. But after a while, I got into it. There were some pretty neat sections." • Results 125cc 'or': 1. Gfeg Oevis,ln4lHu1l; 2. Done Leimbech. 1779 CKawI: 3. Rusty fWynoud. 1800; 4. Gotth Williams. 1842: 5. Don Dillon. 1915 CKTMI. OTHER GOlD: None. SILVER: None. 175cc "''': 1. Mik. R~. 1723 lSuzJ; 2. Jack Permn. 1725IKaw): 3. me Kevin Brown IVam)!Voc Ely CKTMI1743; 5. Mark Hyde. 1754~. OTHER GOLD: Mat ClJIins: Joe GnIco; Bill Ilem>th; Roger Morris: Dwighl R.-. SILVER: James SI.......: Mike Ooyo; Ricky Pitta. 250cc "I": I, Frank Steey, 1627 IKTM): 2. Derry! Kuenzer. 1647 IKnoll: 3. Chuck _ . 1m IVamI: 4. Jeff _ . 1674lSuzl: 5. Dick 8urtesln. len IHuo). OTHER GOLDS: John Monin: Drew Smith; Mik. Melton: John Foro; Ted Leimbech: Kevin Piasecki; 8an'y A-r. Gene eum.n: Allan ZittlI; GerTy 8loehle<: Hens _ : Drigan W_; Bred Young: Jeff Hill; Rick F'"II": Sam Ely; Don AIhc:roft. SILVER: Ron~; Richord Jung: Jeff Vmcent: Marty HenoIey: Dele Wormuth; Don Aw-: Alvin McCannon: Kurt Johnoon; St""" Pa-khurst; Dennis I Aukomp. 500cc "''': 1. l.or!y _ . 1661 CYamI: 2. Jim - . 1665 IVo"": 3. mEl Scot HordenIJack Johnoon IV_I. 1693; 5. Bruce Ogilvie. 1895 IV_I. OTHER GOlD: Randy _ n ; Steve Van W.......-; Cor! Crank.: Roy Coogrove; Fronk - . 0 : W."... Mortin: Mark Hvn-. SILVER: Jeff Henning: Frank Sunon: Kevin DIVis; Eert Schnell: Tony 0 .....; Woyne Beindorf; John Ayers; Robert McQuery; Robert Sutliff; Kevin L.ovoie; Glen Evans. 200cc A: 1. Morrin Griffith 118001: 2. Kyle Doty 118121; 3. Pat McDoneld 118471; 4. David Fogle 118491: 5. PIltJI Kellner 11674), . 250cc A: I, Delle Doyle 118351; 2. CleiIFumellIl662l; 3. Steve Cross 1111591; 4. Done Meroble 119541. OPEN A: 1. llenieI L_dt 118311: 2. Denny _ 118731. , 125cc 8: 1. J. Stenfield 186101. 200cc 8: 1. Chuck'Cooper 11828): 2. Tom Joseph 119011: 3. Woodie crofton (19801. 250cc 8: 1. Crllig Mertin 118701; 2. Scott Ripley 119531: 3. Randy Pa-ish 119871, OPEN 8: 1. Roberl Ripley 11822); 2. Michoel Palmer 118681. , < 9