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whi le the Nov ice ranks fell victim to Oregon 's J im Du n ken. ' . Expert hea ts were th e best so far this season , loaded with as many as five Nationa l number riders in the th ree h eats th at transferred th e top . three directl y to th e mains. National number 70 Jeff Campbell (H -D) and Mickey Fay (Han) duel ed in front of John Win cewicz (T ri) with Fay ta king th e lead o n ly to lose it back to Campbell la te in th e h eat. Campbell went on to wi ll and transferred as did Fa y and Win cewicz. T he seco nd h ea t put three Triumph 750s into th e fin a l pi lot ed by La rr y Legarra . Del Sch nitzer a nd Mik e Su llivan whil e th e fin al direct tickets wen t to Green , rooki e Mi ke Oglesbee (Ha n) an d J err Ha rsha (Ya m). • . The eveni ng's fast ti me went to Campbell on th e H i-Po in t/ Sim pson/ Bea ve rt o n H o n d a / L il l ie /M t n . Springwater H arl ey with a 15.0 1. T imes were much slow er tha n usual du e to a cho p p y, dry, slick tra ck wh ich had Legarra (15.06) a nd Green (15.08) joining fourth fas test Wince: wicz in th e Expe rt tro p h y da sh . The dash sa w Green a nd a much improved Campbell dici ng fo r the lead, b u t in _ th e en d it went Green 's wa y wi th Campbell , Wincew icz a nd Legar ra in tow . T he J u n ior dash had Zibel , top Juni or fas t time qua li fier H orba n , Bu gsy Boo th and Spokane 's Tim Stults (H a n) .whi le Du n ken took th e Novice da sh . Du n ken sa t the p ol e for th e 10-lap Novice main a nd d rill ed th e h ol esh o t despite th e sweltering heat th at caused severe fat igue. Dunken (:' lr. Bubble/ Be avert on H an/Han ), Rich Msch ichowski (H- D), Todd Gary (Ya m ), points leader J im Servo (Hus) and Washington 's Keith Barnha rdt (Hon ) filled o u t the ea rly to p five o n the d us ty co urse . Dunken saw h is lead dis appear, but co m ing do wn th e h ill on lap two . he shot past Msch ichow ski for th e lead a nd set sai l in sea rc h o f th e chec kered flag . Servo nabbed G ary a s d id a n on -the-g as J ason Nay lor ,(H a n ), whi ch m ad e up th e top four unt il ea rl y lead er Mschicow ski fad ed a nd dropped to fifth in a batt le with Gary, Barnh a rd t and Bo b Fro hs (H a n). At th e fi n ish it was D unken wi th a co m ma n di ng lead over Servo, Na ylo r , Mschich owsk i, G a ry an d Barnhardt in th e top six. H orban shot off th e lin e a t th e flash o f th e green lig h t sign a li ng th e sta rt of th e Ju ni or mai n even t follo wed closely by Zirb el. S teve Ken d ig (T ri) a n d Ver I Smi th (T ri). Horban set sai l o n th e sma llest ma ch in e o n th e tra ck , whi ch wa s h is trusty 500 Ro ta x, and did a ll h e co u ld a t keepin g Zirb el in seco nd u n til Zirb el used a ll 750cc o f raw power comi ng down th e h ill a nd n abbed the G rants Pass rider [or the lead. From there it was a duel as Hor ba n didn't give up in wh a t was most likely his last J u nior ride. Hor ban rode ah ead of a Ra ndy Roo se/Ken d ig /Boo th / Bill y Tay lor shootout that went Roose's wav la te ' in th e race after a poor start. Roose h eld on for third behind a close 1-2 of Zir bel /H or ban . Kend ig took fourth a nd Boot h fifth. ' Green sa t o n the lin e loo kin g q u ite confiden t [or th e staging of the Expert main even t an d grabbed th e hol esh ol foll ow ed by Legurra. Cam p bell, Fay. Sch m itzer a nd Win cew icZ. Campbell push ed p ast a surp rised Legarra o n la p I W O a nd went after Green, w ho ea rlv in th e race seemed unca tch ab le. 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