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250ccrace. Bot h Mike Canepa , aboard h is F3 250 Du cat i, a nd Fred Mor k o n th e Mark Ra ci n g 250 Aer macc hi chased G reen 's Du ca ti. In turn fou r on lap one whi le the front trio freight trai ned away, Michel e Bisso n , on a Ma rk Racin g 250 Yetma n Du ca ri, made an o utside passing move o n Chris Qu inn's Wheel Works Ducati 250, while J im Cooper, a board th e o nly su rvivin g 350 Bul taco , dove for Quinn 's in side a n d sa n d w ic he d Quinn in th e middl e. Bisson got through and made th e pass suck,.but Quinn left battle sca rs o n the right sid e of Mich ele' s Duca ti. Cooper a lso made it through , but unloaded in turn two o n th e next lap while trying to go wid e around Bisso n. Ca nepa tried the entire race to pass Green, but d idn 't hav e a n y success as Green o u t-ho rsepowered him down the straightaways. Canepa's hopes carne a live when Green missed a shift o u t of tu rn II a nd h is bike started to wo bble d ue to wh eel beari ngs . Green was sti ll a ble to ho ld o n, a nd p u lled a way wh en Ca nepa a lso missed a shift. Not far behi nd, Q uin n was on the hum to tak e bac k fourth from Bisso n , bu t wh ile both did a bit of bat tl ing. Qui nn 's motor went sou th lea ving him with a DNF. This moved J eff H~cox, o n a 250 Aerm acchi , borrowed from Canepa in to fifth . At th e fini sh , it was Wa ld en wh o crossed the line first to take th e 500cc win over Troetschl er. G reen too k the 250cc victo ry ahea d o f Ca nepa, w h ile Mark fin ished a dista nt th ird despite a bro ken main bearing a nd piston. Results OVERALL: 1. Dave W alden (Tri ); 2. Dav e Troetsch ler (Duc) ; 3 . Mike Green IDue ). 500: 1. D. Walden; 2. D. Troetschler. 250: 1. M ike Green; 2. M ike Canepa; 3. Fred M orl< . Pierce nearly perfect By Jim Pluhar SANTA MAR IA, CA, AUG . 18 Kawasaki -mounted Ala n Pi erce conti nued h is dom in ance o f the 125 a nd 250cc Interm ediate classes at Spi llway Park in th e l l th Ann ual Elks Benefi t mo tocro ss. P ierce fi nished 'the da y with three firsts in four starts. . In the Pro ranks Gar y Riekki (Ka w) took th e overa ll victor y in th e 125cc d ivision by beating Paul Vill a (H a n) in both mo tos. Vill a ca me back to tak e both 250cc Pro mot os a nd the overall a head of Su zuki -m ou ru ed Mik e Edmo nds a nd Chris Mit ch ell. a lso aboa rd a Su zu ki. Tim Wo rth (H a n) took th e 500cc class wit h a pa ir of firsts as J o hn Ortner (Ha n) ro de to second over Mark Nation (KT l\I). Curtis Haumoru had bad lu ck o n the trac k wh en he brok e hi s leg , but some o f th e pain was ta ken awa y when hi s ticket was drawn for th e year ly door prize-a Suzuki Shuule. Results PEE w eE: 1. Kyle Frazier (Yam ) 2. M at h ew Titt lem ier (Yam) 3. Garry As hbrook (Suz ) . BO BEG: 1. M an Harr ison (Kaw) 2. Andy Gr ider (Kaw) 3 . Dan iel Figu er iedo (Hon) 80 NOV : 1. M ar k Easlev (Hon) 2. Duane Benner (Hon) 3. Torev Roll a nd (Kaw ) BOINT: 1. Lance Good man (Kaw ) 125 BEG: 1. M ike Finch (Kaw ) 2. Bjorn Loe st rom (Kaw) 3. Nea' Tavlor (Hon) 125 NOV: 1. David Noel (Kawl 2. Brad Beaman (Hon) 3 . Duke Loppnow (Hon) 1251NT: 1. Alan Pierce (KawI 2. Ph il Buller (Kaw) 3. Cra ig Kath ary (Kaw ) 125 PRO: 1. Garv RlekJ