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Smith leads Ashcraft during first lap. (Below) Yea! to Smith and second to Ashcraft, while Manley re-entered in third. At the same time, Roeseler putted back into the pits clutching his side in pain and decided to retire from the race. "Last week I crashed pretty hard and I hurt my side," said Roeseler parked in a chair after he pulled 0.££. "I think I may have had a hairline fracture to one of my ribs going into today's race, then I hit a bump real hard and I felt somet11ing snap in my side like I may have broke something, and now it hurts a lot more than it did." On me final lap, Manley started to make another bid at the leaders, but misfortune struck again when Manley picked up another rear flat ending his bid for the overall. So Smith motored on to take me win for the second year in a row followed by Ashcraft and Miller. Only two minutes separated the top three riders, while Adams finished fourth ahead of Chuck Stears. "It was a bit dusty out there," said Smith afterwards. "But it was a lot of fun. I took an early lead while Dan (Ashcraft) hung in there close, but when we pitted, Manley took over the lead and I just followed. Unfortunately for Brian, he got a couple of flats and that was about it." Honda-mounted Roger Hurd was the first rider to take the checkered flag in the 250cc/Open Sportsman race, that started a little after nine O'clock in the morning. Hurd entered the race in the Open Novice class and ranaway with the win after starting on the fourth row. Robert Wemern put his big-bore Yamaha into the second spot when the two and a half hour race came to a close. Doug Kriddell, Daniel White and Kevin Roseberry finished mird through fifm overall. - Results in Results section Choice Rarely does a product come along that is so durable, so dependable, so effective, that it becomes the serious dirt biker's logical choice. The only logical choice for riders with enough dedica· tion and confidence in themselves and their machines to endure the toughest test in the motorcycle world. The test is the 58th ISDE. The racers are Ed and Joe Lojack, Jeff Fredette, Jim Norris, and Ron Ribolzi. And the product .. ? Izumi's a-ring ·chain. The chain that's first with the winners; first by choice. a-rings have .long demonstrated their edge over ordinary chains, especially in dirt bike racing. Now Izumi is demon· strating its superiority over all other O·ring chains. Izumi offers less drag and weight, while being the smoothest and strongest chain for dirt riders today. If you .are serious about riding, use the chain that champ· ions use by choice. Distributed exclusively by Rocky Cycle, Co" Inc. P,O. Box 1431 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 29