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Kuhl put a little more distance on Wagoner this moto and the Jennings rider had to settle for second again on his Yamaha. Dewester and Chvatal followed for thi rd and fourth overall. Allen Muirhead led the first moto of the Open Seniors on his Suzuki ahead of Larry Blecha and brother Kip. Kip, riding a borrowed Yamaha, got past Blecha on the third lap and closed up on Allen. Then on the fifth lap , Allen put his front tire in one rut and the rear one jumped into another three feet to the left and he went down hard . Kip avoided the melee and went on to win the moto over Blecha. Allen rolled in for third ahead of Larry Chvatal, Allen wasn't able to answer the bell . for the second round. Blecha, Chvatal and Kip led the first lap and maintained said positions to the end of the sevenlap moto. Blecha took the overall, Kip finished second and Chvatal claimed third. There were only three 125cc Seniors entered and Kurt Johnston , KMSA Number One, took the wins in both motos despite the efforts of Jeff Bargell and Mitch Rorabaugh. Johnston led the two through the first turn with Bargell and Rorabaugh handlebar to handlebar. Bargell missed a gear exit ing the third tum and Rorabaugh took advantage to fly pa st on one of. the back -straigh t jumps. The three freight trained th e first two laps and the n Johnston and Rorabaugh began to pull away. Rorabaugh stuck close to Johnston all the way to the flag waiting for a mistake that never happened . Bargell led the second moto out of the first turn with Johnston passing Rorabaugh heading towards the second tum. Johnston nearly overshot it and Rorabaugh, in his attempt to slip inside , fell. He was up quickly to resume the ' chase only to slow with a flat tire three laps later. Johnston and Bargell had a terrific battle for the lead until the fourth lap when Johnston got past. A couple of laps later and he pulled out to a more comfortable lead to win the moto and the overall. Bargell took an easy second for the runner-up over all position. Brian Luedke won both motos of the 125cc Juniors handily on his Yamaha with Russ Pickering and Kurt Ross finishing second and third each time out. Luedke took both holeshots and stretched his leads to the end. Hays pilot Ross moved up from a poor start to snag third behind Randy Bryant at the end of the firsrlap, On the second go 'round, Pickering moved past Ross and Bryant for second as Ross settled into third at the finish . Luedke and Pickering secured the lead positions early in the second moto and Ross again moved up to third by t he second lap. They finished in that order at the flag with Russell Woodson and Bryant filling the top five. Mike Zimmerman led the first lap of the 250cc Juniors before dropping back as Yamaha-mounted Vitus Meier moved past Rod Steinmetz for the lead on the th ird lap. On the fourth lap, Ross worked up to pass Robert Vogt for the fourth position. At the finish it was Meier, Steinmetz, Zimmerman, Ross and Vogt. Zimmerman again led the charge on the first lap of the second rnoto before dropping out for unknown reasons. This turned the lead over to Meier and again Steinmetz and Ross followed to the checkered flag with Mike Domsch in fourth. Great Bend racer Paul Schartz went 2-1 for the Open Junior win . At the start of the first moto, A.J. Warta led Mark Stevens and Ed Heim. Stevens got by Warta on the second lap to hold the lead for a lap before Heim got him on the third lap while Jerry Clason passed Schartz for third. On the last lap Schartz managed to edge past Warta and Clason for second., Scharu and Bill Hinkle took the lead positions for the entire second