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Billy Uhl came out of a lengthy retirement to ride the Mile High enduro.
Uhl's ancient Suzuki carried him to fifth 200cc A.
Park.
A first-lap fall sentZitterkopf from
fir t to last place in the first moto.
Atkin took the lead from Robert
Rodgers on the third lap. As Rodgers'
and Dan &rg's CRs battled for second,
Zitterkopf was busy picking up lost
places. By the seventh lap, he passed
tbe dueling Honda and set his sights
on the RM.
"When I saw Greg brake and I
knew he was going to try to drive
inside on me, I'd hit my brakes, so
he'd bave to almost stop to avoid hitting me," Atkins explained. "I did
that a few times, butl was afraid he'd
get mad. You don't want anyone that
fast mad at you!"
On lap II, Zitterkopf got by, and
Atkins settled for second, ahead of
Berg.
Exiting the first turn of the second
heat, it was Zitterkopf, Atkins. Rodgers and Berg. It stayed that way until
lap II, when Zitterkopf stalled, allowing Atkins by. He restarted before the
fighting Hondas came by.
"He was only about one straight
behind me, and that's nothing with a
guy like him," said Atkins. "I just
rode as fast as I could for the rest of
the race." Atkins took the flag about
eight seconds ahead of Zitterkopf.
Richard Sands kept his CR far
ahead of the other 250cc Pros all day
long. Pete Murray's Honda led Taylor Marcell's Kawasaki for the entire
(irst moto for second.
Murray had second tied up in the
second moto until Ian Fitz-Gibbon's
YZ caught him on lap six. Wbile Ian
held off Murray to the checkers, he
could make no progress on Sands.
Paul Burvall's pair of second-place
finishes earned him the overall in the
250cc Intermediates on his Suzuki.
Tim Whitlock's Honda took the lead
from Burvall for good on lap three of
the first moto.
Todd Gibboney's Yamaba led the
second moto right from the start,
with Burvall right behind. This time
Burvall held Whitlock off to the flag
for the overall.
Results
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500 PRo: 1. Riel< Atkins (Suz): 2. Greg Zillerkopl
(Kawj; 3. Raben Rodgers (Hon).
2SOPRO: 1. Ric:Ilard Sands(Hon); 2. Pata Murray
(Hon) 3. Ian Fitz-Gibbon (Yam).
5OOINT: 1. Jim Harris (Yam); 2. Jaaon Coolbaugh
Struthers, who rode a near-flawless
race on his 200 Kawasaki. Chuck
Wells motored his 200 Kawasaki to a
second in class and eighth overall.
Wells dropped a minute on one section to narrowly miss zeroing the
course. "Fast Pete" Keller (Hus) zinged
the Open Intermediates from his first
minute start. Ritch Thurston (Kaw)
was the only rider to not lose any
marks on the "B" schedule, but finished third in his class behind Brett
Jacofisen (KTM) and Curtis Eames
(KTM) in the 125cc Novice division
due to some errors in the special test
sections.
The "B" overall winner, Dale Demares, thumped his way to that honor
plus a Four-stroke c1