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Eventua lly , the co ntes t between
Co le an d O swell proved cost ly to
the m both. One o f th eir close en co unters ca used the m both to slo w
sligh tly a n d G am beua got by to take
seco n d . H e fin ish ed th e m oto in th a t
position a nd took seco nd money for
th e day.
Wh ile Ph il Larson was eas ily win nin g th e Open Pro race, brother Mike
wa s win n ing th e l25cc P ro event,
perha ps n ot as easi ly, but just as p ositivel y. Bobby Klin e took th e im medi a te lead with Do u g Gentry a close
seco nd and La rso n in th ird. They
went for half th e race th at wa y, unti l
Gentry went out with a n apparent
en gine seizure. Larson moved into
an d held seco n d, sell ing th e stage for
th e n ext rnoto 's drama.
T h a t d rama was a nt i-cli mactic, at
least as fa r as first wa s conce rned .
L arson follow ed broth er P h i l' s
exa m p le and took the h o leshot tra in
to an un contest ed fi rst a n d first
m on ev. T he exci tement m oved back
to second. T ha t spot was h eld by Pa t
O' Do n nel for six la p s. Klin e had
co m e up from the back of th e pack to
ca tch a nd pass th e th ird-runn in g Bob
Laugh lin on abou t lap fo ur a n d th en
set o ut to get th e seco nd flace tha t h e
n eeded for seco nd ove ral . H e got th at
o n th e seventh lap a nd went from
th ere to th e fini sh in seco nd, O'Don nel a lso got around La ugh lin 10 get
th ird.
Larry Ba ker had th e fastest trigg er
finger in th e first moto o f th e 250cc
Pro event , grabbing th e holeshot,
That was short -lived , h owever, as he
had some h eav y guns behind him, By
th e end of th e first la p , P h il La rson
had put a nothe r of hi s H o nda s into
the lead a nd was bein g chased closely
by Craig Co le on a Suzuki and Ma ico m ounted Ken Zahrt.
La rso n di sappear ed like a co ld beer
on a hot day, and Cole pulled u p into
an unt ou cha ble second.Th is left Zah rt
to bailie w it h Ziuerkopf for third .
T he y eventua lly worried each ot her
back a not ch , an d Bill O u ell et te slipped arou nd th e p reoccupied pair 10
get th ird spot.
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MOIO two was Sim p ly no co ntest.
T h e gat e dropped , a nd La rso n left.
T welve la ps lat er he slowed down
enoug h to go sub -ligh t a nd ac kn owled ge th e chec kered flag o n hi s fo urth
rn o t o win for th e day . Erin Busk irk
h eld seco nd for a w hi le, bu t Co le,
seeing first rid in g rapi dl y a way wi th
La rso n, knew his o n ly cha n ce was for
seco nd monev , and th at 's wh ere he
went. Ba ker ca me up 10 ch a lle nge in
th e lat er laps. bu t OJIc was no t buyin g, and Ba ker h ad to tak e th ird .
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Results
60 NOV; 1. Joel Tokar sy (Yam).
60 INT: 1. Shawn Bates (y am ).
60 EX: 1. Kyle lewi s (Yam); 2. Bubba Erick son
(Yam); 3. Stev e Kots jarvi (Yam) .
M INI BEG DIV 1: 1. ChrisBurgess (Suz): 2. Raben
Makimoto (Vam); 3. Rob Sasson (Hon).
MIN I BEG DIV 2: 1. Paul Bloomq uit (Kaw) ; 2.
Da nn y Barn ett (Yam); 3. Bubb a Erickson (Yam).
M INI NOV: 1. Sh awn Wynne (Yam); 2 . Jason
Davenport (Yam ); 3 . Wade Bone (Yam l.
M INIINT: 1. Kyle Lewis (Kaw); 2.
Ruth erf ord
(Kaw ); 3. Guy Griffi n (Yam).
M INI EX : 1. Bobby Moore IKaw); 2. Jeff Barba coyL
12 5 BEG DIV 1: 1. Richard Lloyd (Yam); 2. Doug
Huff (Yam); 3. Bob Ledesm a (Suz).
125 BEG DIV 2 ; 1. Sal Car los (Vam); 2. M ike
Morrison (Sur); 3 . Wa rren Heath (Yam) .
125 NOV: 1. Richard Reese (K8w l: 2. J im Dom ay
(Suzl; 3 . Georg e Niehaus (Suz).
125 INT: 1. Jer ry Anker (Vam) ; 2 . Bob Simon s
(Vam); 3 . Glenn Cum mons (Yam).
125 PRO: 1. M ike Larson (Han); 2. Bobby Kl in e
(Han); 3. Pat O'Donnell (Suz).
250 BEG: 1. Rick Per ez (Han ); 2. Clyd e W ill iams
(Suz): 3 . Randy Rasm ussen IHon) .
• 250 NOV : 1. Eric Riepe (Suz): 2 . J eff Mo ell er
(Han).
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2501NT: 1. Rodne y Morrison (Su z); 2. Dave W elty
(Suz): 3. Rand y Owe ns (Suz).
250 PRO; 1. Phil Larso n (Han); 2. Craig Cole (Suz);
3. Eri n Busl