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(Above) Dan Smith led the Vikings H&H all the way, (Below) Ed Pierce
rode to third overall. first 250cc Expert.
still led with Upp advancing to second. Pelligrew, who said he wasn't
feeling well, ' lowed to stay out of
l pp's dusl. But after a get-off. he
decided to end his race altogether.
Ed Pierce, ridin~ in the 250cc Expert
class. moved from scventh at the
bomb to third at the end of the first
loop. Andy Mallhews, competing in
the ame class as Pierce. was sixth at
the stan, and he followed Pierce's ri e
to run fourth,
Smith's Husky teammate. Dan Ashcraft. ro'e from 11th to fifth ahead of
Morales. A trio of 250cc Experts Breu Howell, Phil Gorgone and Derrick Paimenl - followed.
Riders leadin~ their divisions included Tom Elias (C bike), McCabe
(Amateur), Darryl Ellis (Vel), An
Knapp (Senior) and Lori Farmer
(Women).
In the Novice race, Open rider
Doug Broaddus had passed Pelli~rew
for the overall lead. with the laller
nOw running second.
AfLer the second loop of 45 miles.
Smith cruised'in for the win. lIpp.
also sponsored by Kal-Gard and Duralube. finished sc'cond. Ironically. il
was Smith who made Upp's ride possible by lVeldin~ a broken exhausl
pipe before the race,
.
Third overall. firsl 250cc Expert
honors went 10 Pierce. Pierce', who
said hc had a ~ood ride other than
one rock-induced chain derailmelll.
tha n ked sponsors MOlllclair Yamaha.
. T Racin~ and Lubridyne.
,hhcraftmade it up LO fourth atthe
finish. still trailed b\' Moralcs, Howell and Gorgone finished 6-7, with
\'erlin \'an Zee working his way up
on the second loop LO finish eighth.
:-.JinLh was top Amatenr McCabe.
Greg Johnston had a pleasant surprise at the finish. Iearnin~ lhat he
was the first C bike in. The 250cc VCI
Expert class. went to Bill Becker.
In the Novice race. PC'lligTcw regained the top spot and held on for
the win. SLeve Carner. LI1(' ea rI y leader
amon~ the Be~inners, lOok the win
in th,IL division.
WOMEN AM: 1. Joanna Needham.
WOMEN NOV: 1. #W45: 2. Jodie Bryan.
Kennedy smokes
Hi-Boots D-38 HS
By Diane Bell
Sl PERSTITION MTN., CA, APR. I
Despile gelling 10 l along lhe
way, 250cc £xpen Todd Kennedy look (irSl overall in lhis Hi
BOalS AMA 0-38 evem, Kennedy finished with a six-minute lead
over Bruce Smith. who LOpped lhe
Open Expert class.
There was some confusion at the
stan, with at least one racer thinking
that the banner had been dropped by
mistake. Open Expen Stevc Basin
LOok the earl\' lead, bUI it didn't last
for lon~. "\ ~as leading for 'hc firsl
two miles." said Basin, "but Kennedy
and Jamie Tucker and some others
had a bel tel' line and they passed me
befo,e the first check."
Kennedy continued on to place
fi rst avera II a nd earn h is second black
bar. "( didn't have a good slart," said
Kennedy .. "but \ followed Jamie
Tucker 10 a really good lille, Then I
passed him before the first check."
Kennedy said the first loop did havc
some surprises: he got lost: "I had to
SLOp and look around. and lhen back
lrack LO the course. Then I saw Bruce
Smith. cui in front of him. found the
trail and kept goill~."
"I wasll't readv '01 the sian." said
Smith. "I had rny ~ogglcs off and
people slill had Iheir en~ines all. bUI
I got goill~. Four or fi ve of us ~otlosl
so we had to look around. but I
fi naJ I y saw an arro\\' to lhl' rig-hi so
we ~Ol ~oing again."
Fi nish in~ Ihird overa II was Yamaha
rider Basi n. He was followed bv Iwo
more Open-class riders. Cre~ :. Dragonfly" Brin~le and SCOLl Ilatfidd.
In I he 12:>c(" face it was Honda
rider Tucker winning with a ,ixthoVL'l'a11 finish. "I had a ~ood stan,"
said Tucker. '''1 didn't know Ihev
w('re going to'drop the nag but I ~O'L
off well. Then I took it easy because
of Ihe wreck I had earlier this season,
I didn'l want 10 push il."
Ron Desrosiers was runningsecond
in lht, class all his I\.TM unlil a crash
on the second loop put him OUI of
conLclllion. His brolher Dan. al,oon
a KTM.then ran second ulllil Expel'l
John Bird passed him. Bird "'elll on
to finish second. but mechanical problems forced Dan Desro,iers out of
Ihe race.
The firsl Vet was Ed Mundv. "I
hada~oodsLaI'l.1iwasan il1lne~,in~
course. bUI Lhe\ could ha\(' u,ed a
lillie more imaiination.lt's lOug-h to
ride something (prt'vio(l; coursc's)
back wards."
John Cerritsen was Ihc' firsl Sen~OI
across the line. ''I'm surlJri~ed 1xT