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Ut.han Jim Cox took four cl ......t SNRR '. La. Vega . road race.
25 0 INT: 1. Randy Howe (Suz); 2. J oh n G08I helo
(Suz); 3 . Br ian Uan (Hus~
25 0 EX: 1. c un McCuistion (Kaw); 2. John Whelchel (Yam~ 3. Troy Manning (Yam).
to no avail. "Mr. Clean" was on a
roll, and nobody was going to spoil
it. They finished Tecza, Hodum and
Cox, Stephens
four each at SNRR
In the 450cc Super Street class, the
two rookies, Jim Cox and R ick Elias,
dueled with veteran Mike VanNatta.
This time youthful exuberance prevailed, a nd Cox took the winner's
spot with Elias second and VanNatta
third.
Next on the grid were the combined 750 and Open Super Street
classes. In the Open race, Stephens
took the win over the turbo 900
Kawasaki, sponsored by Cycletron
and ridden by Jon Parisena. After the
race, Jon said that the old 900 was
just about ready for retirement.
In the 750cc assemblage, Tecza,
Hodum and Haupt were dicing it
out. Tecza, however, was not to be
denied, and at the flag it was Tecza,
Hodum and Haupt. _
The final race of the day was the
500cc GP class. With only three '
entries, it didn 't promise to be a real
cliffhanger, but when those three are
Cox, Elias and VanNatta, you just
never know . With Cox in the lead
and Elias constantly challenging, it
turned out to be one of the better
races of the day . VanNatta, obv iously
down on horsepower compared to
the other two , rode his mount to the
hilt and played a waiting game, but
his hopes of capitalizing on the mistakes of th e two "Young Turks" were
to come to naught. At the finish it
was Cox, Elias and VanNatta.
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Bruce Bunch picked up three NMA w in . for Suzuki.t S.ddleback .
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. VET JR : 1. Ken 5 _ (Ylm); 2. Jaa Ruf (Ylmt 3 .
DroIen (Husl.
VETINT: I . ~ Lozenby(Suz); 2. Kim She-
the whole day . He took his green
machine out in front in the first
rnoto, but on the second lap Kyle
Lewis slid by him. Suzuki's John
Conney was gaining yardage on
Skibel and soon made the pass. Then
on a slippery downhill section Conney fell down, and Skibel regained
second place. Conney wasn't out of
the contest, and he remounted his
bike and set out after Skibel. He made
the pass on the finish line jump.
Conney followed Lewis throughout
the rest of the race while Skibel
placed third.
Skibel had another excellent start
in the final rnoto but lost the lead to
Lewis, Conney and Dennis Parker.
Though Lewis was not able to take a
ho leshot, his aggressive style of riding earned him the overall win with a
I-I tally. Conney's 2-2 placed him in
second ahead of Ski bel's 3-4 and
Parker's 6-3.
..... lSuzl.
VET EX; I . t - I I Spi.. (Ylmt 2. Rl ndy Lewis
IHUIl: 3. lIny S'-mII