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the Bessi mer Min e Road p it. A flat front tire al so slowed their ride, but the team wa s cred ited with fourth. The Class 20 (125cc) win went to th e jubila nt team o f Steve n Bu ckl ey and Bob j ohnson, wh o rode a CR I25 H o nda. They fin ished th e race on a flat rear tire with just 10 spokes left. " We co u ld n ' t ha ve gone a nothe r mil e," said Buckl ey. " We were really lu ckv th ev moved th e finish. We co u ld n ' t ha ve ma de it to the original fin ish in Lucerne wi thout a tire cha nge." T he Bu ckley/j ohnson duo fina lly had th in gs go th eir way . T hey have led a lot o f major off-road races on ly to have bad luck strike th em down. Th is time it was in th eir favor. They were sponsored by Lak ewood H onda , Ame r ica n H onda, G rand Sport Tires a nd wa nted to th ank th e Hilltoppers M.e. for th eir o uts ta ndin g help. Buckley/ j o h nson beat th e runner -up, Cagiva-rno u n ted team of Dua ne Su mmers and j ohn R udder, wh o had a n Ital ian mech an ic w ho spoke no English, by six mi nutes. Another two m in u tes back ca me Yam a ha rid ers Sco tt And erson and Pa ul Pal mer. Kevin Case ma naged a sevent h in class after brea king his rea r brak e ca ble just o ff th e sta rt; th en his th rottle ca ble broke. Case zip -tied the cable to th e handlebar s a n d used a pair o f Vice-Grips to pull th e th rottle !T he down time put h im back into th e four-wheel traffi c a nd he reported th at passin g th e big trucks wa s a litt le hairy. Class 30 (ri ders 30 yea rs o ld o r o lder) honors went to Steve Su bith and Ken Yarn all (Hon) , Su bi th stopped to ai d a n inj ured Lee Sch affers, wh o brok e a leg 16 mil es into th e race. co u rse. By th e ti me Su bi th got goin g aga in, he was quite a di sta n ce back. Former teammat e Bill H arr is (H on ) had th e lead , a nd Subith an d Yarnall fin ished the first loop four mi n ut es down, bu t did th e seco nd loop six minu tes qu icker th an H a rr is a nd David LaPra ik , to na il down the wi n. H arris th anked Al Baker fo r he lpi ng th em whe n h is H on da of Ind io/ H ermes Distrib u tin g XR5 00 blew a n engi ne eari ler in the week . " AI had a lot o f h is own problem s to worry about, bu t he took th e time to help us," sta ted H arri s. " He was the rea son we were a ble to do so good. Also, S u bith is o ne hell of a sportsman for stoppi ng. " G eorge Er l o f Upti te Husqvarna a n d Sa ltzma n Motorcycles' Bill Saltz man were the o nly two entries in Class 38 (38 years a nd o lder). Solo rider Saltzman rode h is KTM 495 to a comforta ble 28-m in u te wi n over th e four-s troke Husky of Erl and Ri ch ar d j a ckson. - Results OVERALL : 1. Dan Ashcraf t/Dan Sm ith (Hus) 3 hr s. 2 5 min . 54 sec.; 2 . Chuck Pettig rew (C· A) 3 :27 :56 .0 ; 3 . Ra ndv Morales (Hon) 3 :35 :54 .4; 4. Lar kin W ig ht / AI Baker (Hon) 3 :36 :57 .4; 5. Larry Roe seler/ Kurt Pfeiff er (Hus) 3 :37 :21.4; 6 . Brett Howell / Charlie Morris J r . (Hus) 3 :38 :12 .4; 7. Dale OondellMichael Neff (Hon) 3 :38 :48.2; 8 . Steve Sub ith / Ken Yarnall (Hon) 3 :46 :25 .7; 9 . David Lapraik/8ill Harris (Hon ) 3 :48 :36 .1; 10 . George Luther / J im Fishback (Hon) 3:52 :03 .9 . CLASS 22: 1. A shcraft /Sm it h; 2. Pett igrew; 3 . M ora les; 4 . W igh t/Baker; 5. Rick lee/ Randy Norman (Hon) 3 :53 :28 .7; 6. Jim Buc kin gha m/8 rad Skiver (Hus ) 4 :07:19.1 ; 7 . Ji m my Mea ns Jr .lPhii M eans (Hon) 4:13 :22 .5; 8 . Jonas P. Gaaf/ 8r uce Powers (Hus)4:2 2:27 .3; 9 . Trov Hollis/Geor ge Har ri s{ Hon) 4:35 :15 .5; 10 . Bill Reynold s/Bria n Kinney (Hon) 4 :47:5 1.6. CLASS 2 1: 1. Roe seler/Pfeiff er; 2. Howell/ Morr is; 3. Oondel/ Neff; 4 . Dave Pett ig rew /Randy Yetto (C·A) 3 :39 :44 .2; 5 . Mike Fri sbv (Hon) 5:48 :26 .0 . CLASS 20: 1. Stave n L Bucklev/Bob Johnson IHon) 3:55 :5 1.4; 2. Duane Sum me rs/ J oh n Rudder (Cag) 4 :0 1:53 .1; 3 . Scott Anderson/Paul Palmer (Yam) 4 :03 :58 .3 : 4 . John Braasch Jr .lGrag .jchn ston IKaw) 4:07 :09.0 ; 5. Gene Elzenberger/Rav Gu ileau IKaw) 4 :15 :50.9; 6 . Guy Kibbe /John Kerrell (Yam) 4 :44 :08 .0 ; 7 . Kevin E. Case (Yam) 5:11 :49 .4 . Steve Subith (show n) and Ken Yarnall used their Honda to f in ish f irst in Class 30, ahead of Lapraik/Harris and Luther/Fishback. !tOSIHlllrAUIA • SUZUKI SchwantzS KEVIN SCHWANTZ, ridi ng the YOSHIMURA/SUZUKI GS700ES at W illow Spr ings Raceway, in th e Kerker Superbike Series ro und one , started dead last . However, th is did not stop him. By the end of t he fou rt h lap Kevin Schwantz turned all of th e leaders into followe rs . A nd fo llowers they were, all the way until the end , because Kevin crossed t he f in ish line mo re than f ive (5) seconds ahead of everyone. 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