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C\I 00 Q') ...... (Above) Traction. (Below) Charles Ford's rear wheel shows why. th e first to ever go over , but this year brought him 992 feet and 15th place. Brad Barner was on the way to a good second run o n a SOHC H onda 1100 with a wrinkle wall paddle tire on the rear. He was flagged out while Keith Roessler was still on the hill. though . He hit Roessler , who tried to jump away, endi ng his ru n. The club offered h im another ru n, but he was sore a nd his bike da maged so he opted for his shortened ninth place run. Hillside reg ulars figured, because of the roughness of the hill. tha t the superlight speedway-engined rigs, of which there were two . wou ld do well, but neither pl aced well . AMA number one pl ate hol der for 250cc climbers, Charl es Ford of Co lorad o , put in a notable climb in the Exhibitio n class. H e urged h is '81 RM 250 up to 960 feet! H is bike ra n a stock frame wi th a len gthen ed swi ngarm . Fo r a rear wheel. he ra n two ri ms in the rear welded tog ether in th e center with steel paddles welded directly o nto the ri m. T hat ride put h im somew here in the top 20 in the Exhibition class. H e picked up th ird in the 250-37Occ Expert class with a rubber tire on the same bike. Some riders who had a spot of trouble in Exhibition took home prizes in the 751-0pen class. Last year's champ Roessler went 901 feet with a rubber tire on his lOOOcc Honda, only 170 less than his best run with paddles. Indiana's Tom Elmore got 990 feet in Exhibition but did not place. His 746-foot run in th e Expert class gav e him second. Will Alford was th ird. Dick DeRosa' s 515cc Yamaha took the Expert 501-750cc honors over T exan Mike Polley's Kawasaki 750 tri p le. Ron Hopkin s of Washington was third on ano ther big-bore Yamaha thumper. One of th e most interesti ng ride rs of the day. certai nly on e of the sho rtest, was Travis Whitlock. Travis is 12 years old and rides a 465 Yamaha and a YZSO in hill clim bs. In local climbs, he frequently wi ns th e 125cc classon h is extended swi ngarm mini. H is first ride netted h im 765 feet a nd th ird pl ace in the 371-500cc No vice class . Wh en all the bikes had ru n, Kerry . Peterson ro lled hi s big H arley to the line again. H e fired it u p, saw that on e exhaust pipe was hanging bu t couldn't be repaired the n , then revved the engine a few times and rocketed over the hill again! H is time was an awesome 36.1748 seconds, more th a n 43 seconds faster than the o nly other rider to cres t the hill. He com men ted, " I didn 't get on it really hard. I wasn 't trying to set a time record, just get over the top. No sense breaking it RUB ELBOWS WITH JAY (SPRI NGSTEEN AND RANDY GOSS n o w ." Peterso n was th e del ight of fan s who co nsi der Widowmaker more of a " hap pen ing" than a race. The Salt Lake City newspapers called it one of th e rites of sprin g, and it remains on e of th e last grea t motorcycle classics. The Bees' have a lease for five more years, if you have nver seen a bike that roosts tree limbs, baseball -sized roc ks a nd literall y bu ckets of dirt , fin d some way to go next year! .. Results EXHIBmON: 1. Kerry Peterson (H-D 1(00): 2 . Vi nce B..nolucc i ITri l 000t 3. TroY Bani.. (Yam 500): 4 . Lance Lu ndg r..n (y.. m 490); 5 . St..ve Sm it h ITr i 750); e.lee Olsen (Yam 600); 7 . Richa rd Groen (Yam 490): Dick D..Rosa (Yam 515): 9 . Brad Barner (Han 11OO 1D. K.. ith Roessl..r (Han 1(00). t EX 750-0PEN: 1. K..ith Roessl ..r (Han 1(00); 2 . Tom Elmor.. (Kaw 1132); 3 . Will Alford (Kew 800); 4. Mark Cox (Yam 490); 5. Gary Wedde11 ITr i). 50 1-750 EX: 1. Dick DeRosa (Yam); 2. Mik.. Pol· ley (Ke w ); 3 . Ron Hopk ins (V..m ); 4. St..v.. Wh itlock (Y..mt 5. Mel Kirriball ITr i). 371 ·500 EX: 1. Ronald Hopkins (Yam); 2 . Kerry Pet..rson (M ..i); 3 . Carl Colle ..n (yam); 4. Bob Bak..r (Yam); 5 . Dani e1D..Voung (Ma i). 250-370 EX: 1. John D..Rosa (Yam); 2. Ray Sim mons (Suz); 3. Charles Ford (Suz ); 4. Suwall (Yam); 5. Mark Pol..n (Oss). 501-750 AM : 1. St .... Faux (Vam); 2. Steve Jorgesen (Ma i); 3 . Dave Jorgensen (Ma i). 371 -500 AM : 1. Lance Lundgren (yam l; 2 . Mel Kimball (Yam); 3. K..nt Argyle (Yam). 250-370 AM : 1. Holley Perry (Yam). 501 ·750 NOV : 1. David Coon (Vam ); 2. Je ff Ashton (M al). 37 1-500 NOV: 1_Kenny Kimball (Yam); 2. Kent A hl een (Han); 3 . Travis Whitlock (Yam); 4. Larry Davis (Yam); 5. Rod Whitlock (Yam). - 2 51-3 70 NOV : 1. Dou g Neil son ISuz); 2. Jo hn Hammer (Suzt 3. Lynn Hia tt (Suzt. e. SEE THE MOTORCYCLES THESE CHAMPIONS RIDE But Hurry! T he first 50 p eople wi ll receive a Free T -Shirt. Stop by o n of the H a rl ey-Da vidson Dea lers o n the da tes listed below from 5 to 7 p .m. H a ve r efresh m ents a n d meet t he Cham pions of the H arleyDa vidson R acing T ea m . 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