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Up front Kaplan made a brief chal·
le~ for the lead, only to find his own
plllIItion c~ by Roee1er. Lany
took the point position with four laps
to go after getting by Kaplan a lap
earlier. After that Kaplan started to
tire and was an easy mark for Kelly.
With three laps remaining Nation
dropped out with unknown problems
and the race set up as a Roseler/Kelly
batde to the fmish. The batde was ul·
timately decided on the motocross
course, where Kelly took the lead and
held on for the remaining two laps to
take the win. "The last half of the
race, ,!hen everybody started slowing
down and pacing themselves, was
when I really started to push it. Iltnew
it was going to be a long race and I
wanted to save my tear-offs so I could
see to make a last-minute move," said
Kelly.
Roeseler took second with Kaplan a
secure third. Randy Morales took his
second Amateur win with a sixth
overall finish.
National1y-prominent motocrosser
Jimmy Weinert recently turned ~O,
and in District ~7, that means you're
eligible to ride the Vets class'. On Saturday, Weinert demolished the Vets
class, winning easily over Rick Shirey
and Jim O'Neal.
Randy NortDan had some success
recendy with an Ed Ellis-tuned Yamaha
TT500, and he used that to easily win
the four-stroke race over O'Neal.
In Saturday's unclassified race, which
served many of Sunday's Expert competiton as a wartD·up, Ken Zahrt took
the win on a 495 KTM. Shawn Mahn
took second with Jeff Kaplan third.
Open Expert winner Tom Kelly
dropped out of the race early when he
lost a grip just as he entered one of the
water crossings and he then tipped
over for a swim.
The most popular spot for spectators
was the second water crossing, which
gave the riden the choice of a straight
jump over the water or a slower bridge
route. One of the more popular pasttimes of the weekend was to tell a rider
that the ramp was low and required a
high speed run to clear the water, and
then go over to the jump and help shovel
dirt to make it higher.
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