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th e '82 Winter AMA, but Keylon went west befo re th e series was resolv ed . J ordan took th e lead a t th e sta rt wi th Rodney Barr, G uy Cooper , Mark McLar en , T im Butl er , Kyle La ndrum , J eff Su rwa ll a nd Chris H oward in good shape. Keylon got jammed on lap one and played catch up. By the time he gained second place, Jordan had a 20-seco nd lead . Keylon 's MXLI Ara iiSinisalo Honda churned the track, nibbling off a couple o f seconds a lap. Tu ner Ray Hem pstead alerted Jordan by ch a lkboard. Keylo n closed to wi thin a len gth on the back section o f the fi na l la p and th e pa ir approached th e fi na l ant hill jump toge ther. " I was wro ng, but h e go t too close to th e fence a nd held th e lead," sai d Ken n v lat er. " I th ought I h ad a nother lap:" Mo to two ' was a lmos t a ca rbo n co py : Keylon too far back to sco re, an d J ordan 's Hi-Po int Yamaha look ing formidable. Aa ron Pi tts rod e from 23rd to 3rd a n d ea rned th ird o vera ll, Mark McL aren fin ish ed fourth' in h is Pro debut. 250cc Pro David Bailey had it hi s wa y in both 250cc motos, hi s Gary Bail ey prepped mach in e perf orming flawlessly. "All my bones a re mended and I'm ready for '83," said Bail ey. ''I' m actua lly rid in g Dad 's bik e to day , He let me use m y ow n bars." Ben olkin led th e ' first lap o f m o to one an d H onda 's Kris Bigelow led in mo to two, a fter tha t it wa s a ll David Ba il ey. Yamaha's Murph y p icked hi s way to a p a ir of seco nds, hi s Paul Murphy tu ned, Hi -Po int Yamaha do in g th e job well. Bail ey said lat er , " Ken n y (Keylo n ) is trying two classes. H e frea ked me ou t when he passed me." Keylon wi thdre w after th e first 250cc sta rt to co nce ntra te on I25cc ac tion. " H on da wants m e to try th e l25 's th is year , so I'd better work on 'em ," sa id Keylon, Kentuck y's Doug Jackson was stro n g in both motos topping Bill y Liles for third overal l. 500cc Pro Honda su p ported John Re inholt hoped to improve hi s third pl ace '82 Winter·AMA fin ish with a rocket hol eshot in th e first rnoto, John Thompson, Mickey Kessler, a nd Keith Oelerich up a nd joined th e hunt. Kessler dogged Reinholt for seven laps. " I raced with J ohn before," sai d Kessler. " I kept th e pressure o n and let h im wear him self O Ul ." Steve Mar tin pl a yed ca tch- u p to fifth by m ot o 's end. " Wo rking wi th Eric Crippa in th e Trans-Cal Series really helped me," sai d Mart in . "The new Open class bik es just ca me this week; I need tim e o n the m." Fi nkeldey also ca me back well, ta king th ird . Mart in ro lle d to a qu ick lead in mo to two with Mike T wigg, Kessl er , J ohn Coll in s, Dan Con way , O el erich, Mi chael Tripes, Reinholt a n d Finkeld ey o n th e move. Finkeldey's Mik e Ro sso tu ne d 495 reeled in th e lead ers a nd went o n to wi n. One spectator yelle d, " Wha t happen ed to that guy since m oto o ne?" FinkeId ey sa id, " T he bik e has a works eng ine . It's unreal. If I co u ld o n ly learn to get starts." • Results 125cc: t . Karl Jordan {Yam ) 1·1 ; 2. Kenny Keylon (Hon) 2·2; 3 . Aaron Pins(HonI4-3; 4 . Mark McLaren (Yam) 3 ·4; 5. Steven Burdette (Yam) 5 -5; 6. Edw in Warren IKaw) 7 ·6; 7. Jeff SurwalilVam) 11·7; 8 . Doug Hoover (Yam ) 12 ·8 ; 9 . M ichaelleeson (Hon) ; 10, Guy Cooper (Kaw) 6 -17. 25Occ : 1. Dav id Bailey (Hon) ' -' ; 2. Mark Murphy (Yam) 2-2; 3. Doug Jackson (Yam ) 3-3 : 4 . Bi:' Liles IKawl 5-4; 5. Oenny 8entley (V. m~ 7 -5 ; 6 . Tom . Bsnalkin (Hon) 6 -7; 7 . Chr is Bor rello (Yam) 11 -6: 8 . Kris Bigelow (Hon) 9 -8 : 9 . M ike Sho emaker (Hon ) 8-11 ; 10 . Tom Car son IHo n) 13 ·10. OPEN; 1. John Finkeldey (KTM) 3 -1 ; 2 . M icke y Kessler (Mai ) 1-3 ; 3 . Ke it h Oelerich (Yam) 4 ·2; 4 . John Reinholt IHon) 2 -6 ; 5 , John Collins (Hon) 6·8; 6. Andy Stacy (Hu s) 9 ·5; 7 . M icha el Tr ipes (Hon) 7-7 ; 8 . Chuck Panridge (Hon) 12 ·9; 9 . Eddie W il• born (HusI 13 ·11 ; \ 0, John 1;hompson (Hon) 15- 10. , . • For fun and competition, day in, day out, PBI sprockets keep coming back for more. PBI sprockets Clackamas, OMgon 97015 No brag. Fact. 'The Best Go West' T-shirts say it all. Please turn to our order blank in the Dealer Directory page and make your statement. 9