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Roeder. "I think I tied with LaVoie, " Roeseler said of the log jam of riders who dropped 20 poinu. "Today you're • lucky to go 30 mph. They put a c:ouple of good sections," Roeseler said of his first experience in the Jersey sand. LaVoie finished third in the Open AA class behind Husky riders Burleson and Terry Cunningham, but the tie· breaking procedure put him .ahead of Roeseler and Suzuki's Jeff Fredette who early on looked like the class winner. "It won't stay that way for long. It'll be a tie- breaker and I never win tie breakers," said Fredette. "The run was OK. There were a lot of whoops, trees, ruts and stumps all at once." Overall A class winner Vanaman seemed to keep pace with all that and dropped only 19 points, two of those coming when he burned a check. . "It was the first one in. the afternoon. We all came in together and it cost me two points. 1 hit a tree in the second section and that cost me a point," Husky supported Vanaman said. With Vanaman moving out of the class to claim A overall, Husky's Mike Melton took the 250cc A honors, but wanted more. "I don't know, compared to everybody else 1 went real slow. Basically 1 got smoked," the winner of the Stone Mountain National said. "It was good riding. If we'd have had some rain it would have been perfec!." Three points behind Melton was Team Green's Bruce Kenny. "It was real dusty. The wind helped a little bit, blowing it away. And the whoops were so deep. They were two and three feet deep," said Kenney. New Jersey resident Mike Rosso finished second behind fellow Suzuki rider Mike McHale in the 200cc A class, but dust wasn't his main problem. "I burned a check or two. 1 get beat by not being on top of my minute. It takes some getting used to. You have to get tunnel vision. 1 staTted trying to figure things out whether I'm hot or cold and that slows you down," said Rosso. Overall the run was a success with great cooperation from OCCR. SJER, and the Bamber Lakes Fire Department whose hall was used for quick and efficient scoring. "We had the fire hall cleaned up and were headed home by seven O'clock," OCCR's Cooper said. • .-4 00 C') .-4 GIEEI HOISES POWEI HAMES TO ASCOT WII. With 10 years of racing experience behind him, young Pete Hames faced his biggest challenge at the season opener on Ascot's blazing half-mile. He pushed his Kawasaki-powered flattracker to the line for the Novice final and found himself surrounded by Yamahas. It didn't matter. Pete blasted the corners feet up. KX2S0 horsepower shredded the Ascot clay. Hames was a runaway winner in his first try on the world's toughest half-mile. Kawasaki offers this same KX2S0 engine as a dirt-track kit available from your local dealer. It includes a 38mm carburetor, reed valve, CDI ignition, five\ speed gearbox and optional \\ right-hand shift conversion. . Mounted for motocross ! or fitted for flat-track, the j KX engine is tough and fast. Anyone who's ridden against Pete Hames will vouch for that. Results OveraU: Darryl Kuenzer IKTM) 15. Hi·Point A:. Frank Vanaman (HusI19. Hi-Point B: Richard Lea IYaml 35. Hi·Poin. C: G8Ol'ge Lustig IKTM) 13. Top ten overall: 1. Darryl KuenZI' (15); 2. Dick BUflason 1171; 3. Terry Cunningham lIB!; 4. Frank Vanaman 1191; 5. Kevin laVoie 1201; 6. Larry Roeaeler 12Ol; 7. Jeff Fredette 120); B. Jack Penton 1201; 9. Mike Melton 1201; 10. VIC Ely 1211. Open AA: 1. Dick Burlason tHusl 17; 2. Terry Cunningham IHusllS; 3. Kevin laVoie IKTMI 20. 200cc AA: 1. Jack Penton IKaw120; 2. Vic Ely IKawl 21; 3. Rod Bus/1 IKTM) 21. Open A: 1. Sruce Kenny IKawl 23; 2. Roy Cook IKTMI25; 3. Ed Tom IKTMI29. 250cc A: ,. Mike Melton (HUB) 20; 2. Berry Avery IKTMI 23; 3. Sill Glenn IKawl 25. 200cc A: 1. Mike McHale lSuzI 2S; 2. Mike Rosso ISuzl 32; 3. Glenn DeFranceeco ISuz) 34. 1250c A; 1. Gary Simpson (HUB) 28; 2. Jeff Engle IHusl38; 3. Den Sinkoff ISuzl44. Open ·S; 1. R. Scott May; 2. Ed Phelps; 3. Ralph Wickersham. 2SOcc S: 1. Gene Garron; 2. Joe Palumbo; 3. David Let the good times roll. Runer, 200cc B: 1. Rick Pino; 2. Mark Williams; 3. Joseph Adamitis. 125cc S: 1. Larry Dobson; 2. Martin Goldenmond; 3. Richard Baulch. Sr A: 1. Dick NaUe IHuBI 35; 2. Carl Sharphorn IHuBI 39; 3. Bob Moore IHuBI 46. Sr S: 1. Dale Puff; 2. Russell Henry; 3. Gerald Venancio. Open C: 1. Robert Janoski; 2. Tom Keith; 3. Mike Tinari. 250cc c: , . Louis Verderose; 2. Vietor Bevilacqua; 3. John Kitzmiller. 200cc C: 1. Glenn Scherer; 2. Robert carter; 3. David Galan. 1250c C: 1. Oscar Sanchez; 2. Robert Schwer>; 3. Stawart Forbes. 4-stroke: 1. Bob Dana IHonl; 2. Jerry Bellinghoff IHonl; 3. Wayne Robinson (Honl. Super Sr: 1. Richard Lenover; 2. Mike Sti,.",; 3. Robert Scott. Women: 1. Judy Kenny; 2. Toni Beker; 3. Diane Scovy. 11