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lap two, Ca n no n swooped by everybody a n d took th e lead. Freita s was gai ni ng po sit io ns unt il he ca ug h t Barnett, a nd for the nex t few la ps the two rid ers fo ught it out with Freita s eme rgi ng in th ird pl a ce. Freitas then set his sights on Ath erton ahead of hi m in seco nd, but th er e was not en o ug h time left in th e race to ca tch u p. At the finish it was Cannon , Athert on and Freitas. After th e race Cannon was ama zed tha t h e had won; he would hav e been ~ even more a mazed if h e co u ld h ave seen how easil y he had done it. Cannon jo in s o lder bro ther Chris, who wo n th e Gold Cup J un ior main in 1981. T he re were th ree Novi ce heats, with J ohnson winn in g the first , P .J . Sa nchez (R tx) ta king the seco nd, a n d Bobby McDo well (Yam) th ird hea t victo r. Th ere wa s so me exci teme nt in heat th ree whe n Don Fa ir ha d h is bike a lmost loop o u t o n him. Wh il e Fa ir was stuggling with h is bik e fo r co ntro l, Rodd Saunders ra n into him from beh in d , and th e two ri ders went down. Nothing spec tac u lar happened in th e Novi ce semi , a nd th e win went to Craig Howard (W-R ). In th e ma in, Johnson throttled in to th e lead a nd co u ld not be ca ugh t; Sa nc hez lik ewise held his gro u nd in seco nd to th e finish lin e. Howard had to work h is way up through traffic to come home in th ird pl ace, ahead o f fourth pl ace finish er Robert Damron (Rtx). Resu lts EX MAIN: 1. Pete Hames (H·D); 2. Chri s Carr (W-R): 3. M ike Garrison ( H · D ~ 4. Steve Eklund (W. R): 5. Don Howard (H·D); 6. Randy Green (H - D ~ 7. M ike Arthur ( H · D~ 8. Ross Klan (H-D); 9. Danny Perkins (H· D); 10 . Randy Goss (Hon); 11. Doug Chand ler (Hon); 12. Steve Monger (H· D). TROPHYDASH : 1. M ike GarrIson (H-D): 2. Randy Goss (Hon); 3 . Danny Per kins (H ·D); 4 . Do ug Chandler (Hon). . JR MAIN: 1. Cunis Cannon (Yam l; 2. BriBnAtherton (W -R); 3 . Winkie Freitas( Hon); 4 . Mearl Barnen (Hon ); 5. 8ryan McDowell (Han); 6. Aaron Hill (RlX); 7. Peter Goddard (C·A) ; 8. Don Roben s (H·D); 9. Riel< Albee (Han); 10 . Donn ie Harrell (Hon). NOV M AIN : 1. 8ruce Johnson (H·D); 2. P.J. San · chez (RlX); 3. Craig Howard (W-R); 4. Roben Dam ron (RlX); 5. James Kesler (Yam); 6. 80bby Mc Dowell (Yam); 7. Randy Fisher (Rt.); 8 . Ruben Malaguarnero rtam). McConnell, Peck pulverize Albany supercross By C lay Ught . ALBANY, OR, MAR. 31 Kawasaki riders Dennis McConnell a n d Jeff ' P eck took decisive second moto wins in the I25cc C and 125cc B classes to ta ke overall wins at a so upy Winter Seri es Supercross. Both ride rs used 2-1 tall ies to ta ke top brass in the ir classes, wh ile Kenny Olson went I-I to win the 125cc Pro co ntes t. Keith " Berserk" Berke (Ka w) sailed to the front of th e I25cc C first moto, wh ich wa s the largest class of the da y. Burke stayed up o n two wheels the longest in th e inc red ib le quagmire to pilo t h is KX to th e checkers to tak e the first mot a ove r McConnell (Foot Locker/Kaw ), Dana Anderson (Han ), Mark H amaker (Han) an d Yam aha rider Jerry Aiche r. Burk e th en slos hed hi s wa y in to th e lead in th e seco nd mota, with H amaker a nd Aicher in two . McConnell sped past a n o u t-ofsha pe Burke o n lap two a nd th e duo exchanged leads until Burke went down in o ne o f th e man y " slo p holes" o n th e track . H am ak er was in secon d until he a lso fell victim to a waterhole, Aic he r moved into seco nd a nd fin ish ed beh ind overall winner McConnell. Greg Werner (Han ) was th ird. Ros eburg Honda 's Rodney Kell er took ca re of th e 250cc'Pro classon hi s trusty Honda CR250R, o u trid ing Husqvarna "last Chance" Close-Out Sale This is it, your last chance. We have a limited number of these close-out machines available for the whole country. 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