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Schw artz fin all y p icked up his fir st triumph of th e weekend in event number 5 after he and Ferrell (Ara i/ Vera's Ja w) exchanged the lead for th e firs t two laps, Cook a lso edg ed by Ferre ll for the second spot o n la p three. Bast set it on cruise co ntrol in event number 6 and was unc ha lle nged until he went wide o n the final corner allowing Sigalos to make a cha rge th at ca me up one bi kele ngth short at the checkered flag. The rider who took ho me th e lion 's sha re of the cash Frida y, Sha wn Mora n (S:rP/ Ara i Godd ), picked u p his firs t win of the da y in event 7 when he took Faria by th ree len g th s with bro th er Kell y claim ing third. Sigalos put a smile o n J ohn Berr y's face, h is boss from En gl and, who was in a ttendance, when he led hom e Faria in event nu mber 9. " Booga loo" d id it aga i in event number 10 o ver Brad Oxley (J oe J ones Dist. Wes). Bast led it all the way in event number I I wit h "Cookie" tryi ng all of his tri cks to get by bu t, settling for second. Ferre ll closed o ut the fir st half of th e program by taking an elbow-to-elbow decision over La nce Kin g (J .T.lPJ I Wes) in event nu mb er 12. Bast made it th ree in a row wh en he defea ted h is arch rival Alan Christian (ST P / Seer Good ) in event number 13, with Ferrell winning event n um ber 11 after a n early duel with Faria , who ended up bit in g the d ust. Shawn Mora n had event number 15 loc ked up and wa s looking Ior another jewel for his cro wn wh en he crashed hea vilv into the rum four crashwa ll. Unfort una tely the " Miracle Worker's" luck ra n o u t as he suffered a possibl e broken forearm. The win went to Schwartz who was a distant second whe n th e red came out. Cook cap tu red the win in th e.best r race of th e da y in event number 16. Sigalos gra bbed the lead at the tapes from th e number two slot and led until the fin al lap wh en Cook forged hi s way by. Sigalos a nd Kelly Moran sand wiched Cook a t th e fin ish with theex-Ipswich rid er coming up inc hes ahea d in th e three-abrea st p hoto finish . Cook ca me rig h t back in event n umber 17 for hi s six th wi n of th e weeken d foll owed by Gen e.Woods (7Up/ La ncer Godd ) wh o was no t havin g o ne of hi s bett er days. Reserve rid er Guy Erm ol enko (Ca ptured Sea Wes) go t th e ga te from th e pol e in event number 19. Siga los was ge tting ready to make h is move on th e out side of th e ba ck ch ute on lap one .wh en Ermolenko wen t wide, slowing hi mself a nd Siga los and a llowing Oxley and Ferr ell to breeze by. Oxley the n whee lied comi ng ou t of four, allowing Ferrell a joy ride for th e last th ree laps to win over Ermol enko a nd Sigalos. The two poi nts Sigal os lost co s t hi m a p ossibl e runoff w ith Schwart z a t the day 's end for th e titl e.. Bast closed o u t th e da y with a win over Sch wartz in a classic battle in event number 20. T he win was th e fo urt h in a row for Bast a nd tied him for seco nd wit h Ferrell . Unfortuna tely, mech an ical ill s forced Bast to m iss th e ca ll for the runoff, allowi ng Ferrell to win the easiest race of hi s life, stand ing on th e track. • SUPER NEXT STOP Miller High Life Supercross MarchAstrodome 19·20 Houston CONGRATULATIONS, SECOND STRAICHT NATIONAL ENDURO VICTORY Results FINAL POINTS : 1. Bobby Schwartz (13 ); 2. (TIE) ; Oubb Fa" all /M ika Bast 1121 4. m E) John Cook/ Oann is Sigalos (11 ); 6. (TIE) M ika Curoso/M ika Faria (B); B. John Sandona (7); 9 . (TIE) Lanca King/ Shawn Moran/Kelly Moran (6); 12 . Alan Chr ist ian 15) 13. (TIE) Rick Millar /Shawn McConnell (41; 15 . ; Brad .Oxley (3); 16 . [TIEl Gan a Woods/Guy Ermo lanko (2). JR MAIN : 1. Greg Hancock; 2. Ryan Evans ; 3. Dave Busby; 4. Trin on Cire ll o; 5. Jason Chism; 6 . Jordan Dun can . POINTS OVERALL SPRING CLASS IC: 1. Jo hn Cook (2 5); 2. (TIE) Sha w n M ora n /Denni s Sia al a s (2 1); 4 . M ike Basl /201 4. Oubb Ferrell (181;6 . ITlEI ; J oh n Sandona / Bobby Sch wartl( 16 ); 8 . M ike Fans 115); 9 . [TIEl Lance Kin g/ Mike Cur ose/ Brad Oxley (1 2); 12. m E) Al a n Chr istian / Sh awn McCon nell 11 1); 14 . [TIEl Gene Wood s/Kelly Moran (10 ); 16 . . Rick M ill er (7) ; 17 . Guy Ermo len ko (3); 18 . Steve Luce ro (O): . ' " ., . . .... " .~"", . : , l . ~ • • ...- . . . . . . . . . SERIES Husqvarnas ,M ike M e lton rea lly appl ied the p r e s su r e to the A M A Na t ional Endu ro com p et it or s by w in ni ng h is seco n d straight Nat ional of the season , M i ke 's cho ice of boots fo r t he '8 3 season i s the new Hi -Po int Pro . Th ey off e r the s u pe r b protect io n e ndur o r id e r s d e mand alo ng wi th m any mo re u n iqu e feat ures and advantages. CHECK OUT THE NEW PRO AT YOUR HI-POINT DEALER HI-POINT * R1CIIIG * HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS 3709 West Erie A ven ue, Lorain. OH 4405 3 2 650 · H Mercantile Dr.. Ran ch o Cordova. CA 95670 HI -POINT PRO BOOTS NOWIN REO . BLUE OR BLACK 1.3