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- (Above) Eric Eaton finished second in the 5005 with a 3-3 tally. (Below) Erik Kehoe finished fifth in the 125cc class. (Above) Ted Hunnicut won Saturday's Unclassified race. while Mike McDonald (Below) struggles in the mudhole. 14 for the overall win . When the banner dropped, it wa s a mad scram b le arou nd th e first two turns with Ash cra ft taking th e wide turn into th e ea rly lead . A downed rid er in th e middle of th e turn crea ted some ea rly exci teme nt but noone hit him. Mean wh ile. T ed Hunn icutt pow ered hi s Yamaha past th e fac tory Husk y of Ashcraft in the desert section . " He (H u n nicu tt) had a really good lin e in th e was h." sai d Ashcraft. " By raci ng Sa turday he had an ea rly adva n tage. because he kn ew th e co urse really well but seemed 10 tir e o u t as th e race went on - I just reeled h im in ." Hunnicull agreed . " I reall y go t tired. My ene rgy level went a way a nd I co u ld n' t hold the m of f," he sai d . "T h ey" were Ashcraft, Chris Cranda ll, aboard the crowd-pleasing AT K thu mper, a nd Brent Joh nson . Ash cra ft wa s seco nd co mi ng around af ter th e first la p and promptly fell in th e mud . Luckil y h e.didn ' t fall in to the deep part, bu t h e was up and runn in g quickl y. "The bike just bogged wh en I h it the hol e a nd 1 fell over." said an em barrassed Ashcraft. " I d idn 't want - to run slow as it was geared really high." , Cranda ll wo rked his way up to seco nd overa ll a nd seemed 10 be closing in on Ash craft whe n he had to p it on th e las t lap wh en th e bolt on h is front brake lever fell OU I. T he o ther hall 01 Team H usky, Dan Smi th had to p it o n the first lap wh en hi s carbure tor cla mp broke. "They've been hav in g p robl em s with th e earlier clamps a nd were rep laci ng - th em . but mine hadn't brok e so 1 figured it was a good o ne, " said Sm ith . " I was wrong and it cost me." Movin g' up into th e top three towa rds the end was Eric Hal lga th o n a Ma lcol m Smi th Motgrcycl es-sp onsored 250cc Husky. "The bi ke ran goo d bu t the re was no wa y th e 250 co u ld stay wit h th e big bikes," sai d H all gath a t the fini sh. Hal lgath ended up third overall. first 250. Hunnicutt took advantage of Cra nda ll's p it sto p a nd m oved back into seco nd. Brent J ohnson 's ride ended o n th e last la p with an un d isclosed DNF. so the fina l sta ndings were Ashcraft, Hu nn icut t. Ha llga th , Cr anda ll a nd Smith. • Results SR: 1. J im Bringhurst (Hus); 2. Ed Dun can ; 3 . Bob Ashcraft (Hus) . 0 -175: 1. Brett Howell (Kaw) ; 2. Duane Summ ers . (Cag); 3 . John Braasch Jr . (Kaw). FOUR·STROKE: 1. Randy Moral es (Hon ); 2. Roger Hurd; 3 . J eff Bauch illon. UNCLASS : 1. Ted Hun nicu tt (Yam ); 2. Kenny Parry (Vam); 3. Randy Norman (Hus). VETS : 1. M ike Sixbery (Yam); 2 . Rick Sh irey; 3 . Richard J ackson (Hus) , NOV : 1. David Alford ; 2. J im Bra un; 3 . Rand y And erson . EX: 1. Dan Ashcraft (Hus); 2 . Ted Hunnicutt (Yam ); 3 . Er ic Hallgath (Hus );.4. Chr is Crandall (ATK); 5. Dan Smith (Hus). . Buchanan MX ( Co nti n ued from page i ) 15 . Bobby Moore (Suz) 1 1· 17; 16 , 8i1lyFrank (Kaw) 18 -11 ; 17 . Doug Dubac h (Kaw) 17 -1 S; 1B. Fred Andrews (HonI1 5-DNF; 19 . Carlo Coen (Hon) DNF16; 20 . Ma rk McLaren (Kaw ) 20-18. _ _ 125 POINT STANDINGS: 1. Ron Lochien (31 7); 2. Erik Kehoe (266); 3 . George Holland (242); 4 . Keith Bowen (19 21; 5 . Rick Ryan (1861; 6. A .J . Wh iting .(168) ; 7 . Mark 8arnell(167); 8 . EddieWarren(1641; 9. Guy Cooper (161); 10 . Larry Brooks (1381. 250: 1. Rick Johnson (Yaml 1-1; 2. Jail Ward (Kaw) 2-3; 3 . Johnny C"Mara (Hon) 7-2 ; 4 . Bria n M verscDugh (S uz) 4-4; 5. Danny Storbeck (Yam) 3 -6; 6 . Bob Hannah (Hon) 5-5; 7 . Jell Hicks (Hon) 9 -7; 8 . J im Holl ey (Vam) 8·8; 9, Tom Carson (Hon) 12-9 ; 10. St eve Burdette (Vaml 10-1 2; 11. M ickey Kessle r (Hon) 11 -13 1 12. Dave Hollis (VamI 16· 10; 13 . All ey Semar (Vam) 15 -1 1; 14 . M icky Dymond (Hus) 6 -DNF: 15 . Haro ld Robison (Suz) 19-14; 16 . John Shay (Vam) 13-DNF; 17. Scooter Stafford (Vam) 14 -DNF; 18 . Gary DePilio (Yam) 21 -15; 19 . Marc Safreed (Vaml 24-16 ; 20 . J im Kapitan (Hon ! 23 -17 . 250 POINT STANDINGS; 1. Jell Ward (3 23 1 2. ; Rick Johnson (2991; 3 .Johnny O'M ara (28 6); 4. Bob Hannah (2 56); 5. J im Holley (1 85); 6. Brian Myerscough (1B21 7 .Je ff Hicks (175); 8 . SCOllBurnworth ; (14 7); 9 . Danny Sto rbe ck (14 6); 10 . Steve Burdette (103 ). 500: 1. Brae Glo ver (Vam ) 1-1 ; 2. Eric Eaton (Vam) 3-3 ; 2. Mike Fisher (Hon) 7-2 ; 4 . Andy,Stacy 6-4; 5. Ron (Hus ) Dunfee (Hon)4-6; 6 . Mark Murphy(Yam) 8 ·5 ; 7 . Seon Manning (Yam) 5-8 ; 8 . David McClain (Honl 11 -7 ; 9 . Kevin Foley (Vam) 9-9; 10 . Jo Jo Keller (HonI2-DNF ; 11. Todd Harrell (Hon) 12 -10; 12 . Dav id McLean (Hon I 14- 11; 13 . Terry' Hobbs (Hon) 16 -14 ; 14 . David Hand (Hon) 15· 15: 1S. Dav id Bailey (Hon) 1O-DNF; 16 . John Coll ins (Hon) 21-1 2; 17. John Spaw (Hon) 20-13; 18 . A lan King (Kaw) 13 ·DNF ; 19 . Mall M anf red i (Kaw I 22· 16; 20 . Rusty Oil (Vam) 19 -1 B. 500 POINT STANDINGS: 1. Brae Glover (3 29 ); 2. David Bailey (264) ; 3. Eric Eaton (198); 4 . Jo Jo Keller (155; 5 . Billy Liles (147); 6 . Mark Murphy (145); 7 . SCOll Manning (144); 8. Kevin Foley (143); 9 . M ike Fisher (141 ); 10 . Ron Dunfee (13 2).