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th e big four-str ok e, but was terrorizing his loop with blazin g times until a cable p u lle d off th e fro nt d isc, fo rcing a lengthy pi t. Movin g in to the lea d was th e Im p eria l Pa lace-sp onsored Welch /Pasqua lotto Ma ico , a team which was little th ought o f by th e facto ry team s before the even t. T hey wi ll never be ignored again. Mean wh ile, workin g th rough th e pack was the Ha rden /Roeseler Husky. Bo th riders were no w o n beam a nd , th eir earl y race p roblems behi nd th em , were now hot in purs ui t. For th e J oh nson /Mo rgan H on da , th in gs were go in g th e o the r wa y. First th e brake p roblem , th en a fla t and exha us t p ipe p roblem cos t th em a tota l o f over 20 mi nu tes o f down time. The final half lap started with H a rd en inheriting a slim 26-second lead from partner Roeseler , which he was on ly a ble to extend a not her 22 seconds by the fin ish.' " We wo n and lo st tha t race a bo u t five tim es toda y," re ma rked Harden at th e fini sh lin e, add ing, "T hat was defin itel y a co urse th at sep ar a ted th e me n from th e boys, a n d the bo ys fro m their mo torcycles ." J ohnso n a nd Morgan fin ish ed up th e day with a th ird overa ll and thi rd in class, so me 21 minutes o ff the overa ll time . " We had 'em sca red for aw h ile ," sa id J o h nso n a r ti lt" fini sh . T he 250cc class co u ld be su m med u p in two wo rds; Roy's Bo ys. Sco tt Pfeiffer an d yo u n ger brother Kurt (en lis ted when Kent bro ke h is a rm at San Felipe) were never serio us ly cha llen ged for th e lead, fin ish in g o n their faciorv Honda some 17 mi nutes ahead of the second-place, fifth -o vera ll bike, th e Vosburg/Sportsman Cycle 250 H usky of Daryl Folks a nd Troy Fi tch . Sixth overall was the factory Honda Open classer o f Bo b Ru tten a nd Tom Kell y, who were p lagued a ll da y wiv h m in or problems. Seventh overa ll were local riders Keven Steele an d Supercrosser Lenny Gi ger o n a H onda Las Vega s CR 480. Kent Mill er/Mark Mitch ell (250 Hus), Sco tt Gerber / T od d He n ne ma n (195 KT M) a nd Larry Job /B obby Davidson (250 Yam) ro unded o u t th e top 10. In th e 125cc class it was U p-T irespo nsored O ren Beck II a n d Darin Cartwrigh t on a Husky dominating th e field, fin ishin g over a n hour a h ead of the seco nd I25cc, a noth er H usky ridde n by Brian Fo lk s a n d Mike H eers, T op Class 30 was ear ly lea ders A.C. Bak ken a nd Ga ry J on es with a 12th overa ll. Desert legend Max Switzer tea med wi th th e fastest sen ior in Ar izona. David Mill er, to ta ke Class 38.. T op Sportsman team, with a strong 16th o vera ll, was Er ic Elizo ndo and J oe Jones (Ma i), First 250cc Sportsm a n wer e Gary Od en a nd J im Stev ens a nd th e win n ing 125cc Sports man effort was that o f Ron n ie " Bones" Odo m and Brent Englan d . Bill y McDa n iel ma naged th ree loo ps in 8:45.39 to tak e Iron man h onor s. O ld Mil wauk ee Beer kicked in wi th an a fter race poolside party a t th e H acien da Hot el. H ot dogs, hot ch ili a nd. ho t benc h ra cin g a bo u n de d . Ha rden and Roeseler received a check for $2000 pi us co ntingencies for thei r winn in g effort, plus two gia nt trophies each, o ne from th e race an d o ne from Danny Hopkin s o f Du ra lube Oi l; T he Duralube trophi es eac h h ad a five o u nce silver bar on th em . At th e awards pr esentati on, racem aster Casey Folks a n nou nced the p la ns to run a world cham pi o nsh ip har e a nd hou nd in the La s Vega s area so me tim e in ea rly January. • Results TOP TEN: 1. Larry Roeseler lScot Harden (Hus); 2. KevinWelchl Ant hon y Pasqua lo tt o (Ma i l; 3 . Jack J ohn son /Kris M org an (Hon); 4 . Scan Pfeiff erI Kun Pfeiff er (Hon) ; 5 . Daryl Folks lTroy Fit ch (Hus t 6 . Bob Rutte n /Tom Kelly (Hon); 7 . Kevi n St eele / Len ny Gig er (Hon); 8 . Ke nt Miller/Mark M itchell (Hu s); 9 . Scott GerberlTodd Henneman (KTM ): 10 . Bobb y Davidson / Lar ry Job. (Yam). G~Me{, PRO SA NC T IO N ED 6th. SPRING CLASSIC 20-LAP HALF-MILE NATIONAL WITH JUNIOR INVITATIONAL RANDY GOSS scon PARKER RICKY GRAHAM RESERVED TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT JAY SPRINGSTEEN TICKET MAIL ORDER FORM SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1983 Reser ved Adult Reserved Child (12 & Under) Gen. Admi ss ion Adult Gen. Admission Chi ld (9 -12) $15.00 ea. 5 7.50 ea. 513.00 ea. 5 6.50 ea. TICKETR.0N GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ON SALE AT ASCOT ON RACE DAY ONLY ,;J 1::\ "div ision of \::I ~ CONTIl"OL DATA COIl"POR,ATlON 18300 VERMONT AVE. GARDENA , CALIFORNIA (213) 321 - 1100 (213) 323 - 1142 (Al l children 8 and unde r admi tt ed free t o general admi ss ion onl y .) 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