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Saturday's even ts featured a full
sla te of No vice, Junior and Expert
races which served as a shake down
run for Sunda y's Western Regional
races. The rider list was down somewhat fro m previous yea rs due to t he
increased cost of transporting a team
to Sturgis and also because of a schedul ing con flict with a race in DuQuoin ,
Illinois.
In the N ovice final on Saturday,
David Durelle served notice that his
good p lacings during th e week's sho rt
track events were no flukes by winning
th e Novice final over Jeff Johnson an d
Mike Garrison. Rounding out the to p
fou r was Friday night sho rt track
winner , Bill Sco tt .
Richard Arnai z of Stockton , CA ,
piloted his Harley to a win over the
BSA of Todd Giesick in the Junior
fina l.
Fr ank Word of Grants Pass , OR
bested Coloradan Chubby Armou r in
the Expert fin al, and Team Honda's
Jeff Haney held thir d away fro m T y
.
Cawley on a H arley.
In Sunday's ra ces , the leaders board
started out the same with David
Durrelle again taking th e No vice final
over Mike Garrison and Mark Rooks.
Things were a bit different in the
Junior final , however. Jim Filice got
the circuit wired early on and won the
race over Steve Oort and Daniel Atkinson . The best that Saturday's Junior
final victor, Richard Arnaiz could do
was fourth ahead of Todd Giesick.
The real race of the day was the
Expert final which was bumped up in
the program list to head off a gathering storm. From the first to the last
tum it was a contest between Mike
Minnig and Team Honda's Jeff
Haney. Though the ra cing was tig ht
for several other places, especially
among J oe Wilson, Mickey Fa y (Hon),
and Brad Hurst (Tri) for fifth through
seventh slots , all eyes were at the front
of the field.
' For the second year in a row , Team
Honda p rovided the excitem en t although they have yet to win here.
Haney was all over Minnig and Minnig
tried everything he could to shake the
shadow that followed him , but
cou ldn't. So it was , lap after lap , Minnig thundering down the straights trying to use the sheer horsepower of his
750cc Harley V-twin to flee from
Haney's 500cc single-cylinder Honda.
In th e turns , Haney sliced the distance and would attempt a pass , first
on the inside , then the outside of
Minnig, but Minnig didn't flinch.
Down the straight again , Haney hung
in Minnig's slips tream , drafting Minnig, wa iting for a slip, any kind of
mistake. Minnig made none and
wheeled to a much deserved and
fought for victory. . it was the closest
Expert fina l race in recent times. To
call it spectacular would be an understatement.
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Results
SATlJRDAY:
NOVICE MAIN: 1. DevidDunIIIelHonl; 2. Jeff JohnIlln lYom); 3. Milto GorrUllYom); 4. Bill Scott lYom);
5. DaIo . - lYom); 6. ~ P _ lYom) 7.
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Cion DuIonoy lYom); 8. Lome Wolford lYom); 9.
Oonnio_lYom).
JU!lJOR MAIN: 1. Ric:hord Amoiz lH-D); 2. Todd
Giooi<:k 1BSAl; J. Randy T _ IH-O); 4. ChrIoo
Nonomoro lYom); 5. S _ Oort IH-O); 6. DonioI
AtIdnIon lYom); 7. Keith Sotro (Tn'!; 8. 8'''n Andonon
(Tnl; 9. Kevin_
(H-O); 10. Sol HoffmonIH-O).
EXPERT MAIN: 1. Fronk Word lYom); 2. Chubby
Armour IH-O); 3. Jolt Haney IHonJ; 4. Ty CawIoylH-DI;
5. Joe WIloon(H-DI; 6. Peter Hoole (H-OI; 7. Mickey Fey
lHonJ 8. Miko Minnig IH-O); 9. Donnil F"otzo (H-O); 10.
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8todloy Wo~... IH-D); 11. Dow Busby lYom); 12. E8-1
RolofflYlm).
SUNDAY:
NOVICE MAIN: 1. Dlvid Durello IHen); 2. Miko
Gorrloon lYom); 3. MorkRooks (Hon); 4. lome Wofford
lYlm); 5. Dion Dulonoy lYom); 6. Terry Singloton
lYom); 7. PetrickSelglo lYom); 8. Mort< WillominlYom);
IBull; 10. TnlVilllobcock IHen).
9. Devid_
JUNIOR MAIN: 1. J im FilicelH-D); 2. SI... Oort IHD);3. DonielAtI