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Voices (Con tin ued from page 5) come dangerous and so will be involved in accidents. Sir, it is n ot the vehicles themselves tha t are th e cause. The cause IS operators who ignore the n e~ssary , common-sense safety precautions and generally behave irresponsibly. Ma ny horseback rid ers are hurt and killed. Is the CPSC considering the reca ll o f h orses or mo difications to th eir des ign? Shorter legs might help! Many skiers are killed. Is th e CP~C consi.dering changes to the design of skis? Not so slippery, perha ps? Many boaters are hurt or killed. Is CPSC considering recalling boats until something can be found to use them, in which p eopl e ca n n o t drown? ~o , of course !1~1. T~ ey a re proposing better training In operation and safety precautions. This is the approach th a t must be used wit h ATVs. P lease use CPSC's influen ce and clout ~o help all of us, who represent su p p liers of safety eq uip me nt and also users of th ese fun machines to e!1su re wider publicit y to th e n e~es SHy of adequate safety precaution s and o p<:r~lU rt h place rid er. By th e halfway pomt, th ey had ca ug h t u p 1O the ba ckmarkers and O liver used th e traffic to move aw ay fro m G reene. Schwan tz was slipping a nd slid in g ~ is wa y th rough the 't urns a nd traf fic and ca u gh t up to G reen e. Before he co u ld pas s. G reen e went do wn in turn two . Sch wa ntz kept u p the charge a nd caugh t Ol iver. Wh en t~ey ca me o u t o f th e twi sty hill secli on, Sch wa n tz wa s in front. He had ~o pi ck up th e p~ ce even mo re to stay In front of Ol iver, but th e traffic O liver had used aga inst Green now worked a gai ns t him and a llowed S~hwantz, on a.sma lle r d isplacement bik e, to stay In front. Oliver was awa rded th e first pl ace trophy wh en Schwantz ~ithdrew h is entry because th e bike didn't ha ve a rules-required stock chargi ng system ; so th e o fficia l seco nd .pla ce went to class cha m p io n Denny Dohert y. Ron Weiland officia lly took thi rd. Gray a~ d Oliver had yet a no the r match up m the 9pen GP race. Denny Doherty on hIS H annan Machine Ka~asa ki took th e h o lesh o t , but Oliver won th e dragrace out of the turn II hairpin and took th e lead. A lap la ter D<;>ht:rty was passed aga in in turn I I, this lime by Gray. Oliver set off a faster pa ce, but Gray stayed with him, Dohert y had hi s hands full h old ign o ff a ch arge by Ed Woo o n a TZ7?0 . Th e lead er s diced . turning blazin g 1: ~6 laps, until Gray pulled o ff a pa ss In turn II that got h im to th e flag in front of Oli ver. Doheny a lso made a la st-la p pass in II to bea t Woo. Gray a lso won the O pen St ock race on hi s street bik e, a n FJIIOO. Results OPEN GP: 1. Rich Oli ver IKaw): 2. Denny Dohert y IKaw ): J , Edwin Woo IYam l, s -t : 1. _ alt Nino (Kaw); 2 . Don Biava (Ka w) ' 3 W Lee FlemI ng (Hon). ' ' F· 2 : 1. John Glover (Y a m ~ 2 . Wa yn e Montoy a (Yam ): J, James Stephens (Yam). F-4 : 1. Ch ri s Hughs (Hon): 2. J eff Leggitt (Yam)' J Enc Kond o (Yam ). . . . F· S: 1. Kurt Sag er (Yam): 2 , Jeff M urray (Yam )' J Jim Jepsen (Yam). • . F-T-7 50: 1. David Nea l (No r); 2 . Eric Swort zfig ure (Nor): J , SIe ve W ickland tHon), 41