by H onda rider J eff Reyn olds. Once
into the lead, Reyn olds co m p le tely
domina ted , whi le Belch er a nd Ty
Da vis (H o n ) tri ed to keep h im in
sigh t. T h e top three rider s sta yed in
this posit ion until th e wh ite flag lap
whe n Davi s ca me to lif e. H e bega n
serio us ly p res suring Be lch er bu t
co u ldn' t ge t by, but h is last a tte m p t,
near th e en d o f th e rnoto, p roved successfu l. Revn ol d s wo n the rno to : seco n d went ' to Da vis followed by
Belcher.
Kawasa ki-moun ted Tony St ra n gio
gra bbed th e h ol esh ot in the seco nd
moto but [irst-mo to winner Reyno lds
was breathing do wn his back . Reyno lds cvenr ual lv blitzed by S tra ngio
a nd ran off with th e win . At this
point, Strangio began dropping off
the pace a bi I a n d was p assed by Ala n
Pi erce (Kaw ) an d Da vis. Near th e en d
of th e race, Davis wa s sett in g u p
Pierce for a p ass an d di d so wit h a few
laps left. Reynol ds swep t bo th mo tos,
wh il e Davis fin ish ed seco nd ah ead of
P ierce a nd St ra ngio.
T h e first m o to of the sidecar even t
had th e Pal yfreym an team sli gh tly
a hea d of th e Pet e a nd Scott Whitney
Honda team, as th e pack emerged
from turn one . Du ane McDowell a nd
Ramsey Harris had th eir Yam aha
o u tfi t in third pl ace, but a t th e en d of
th e fir st lap th e team of John a nd
Perry Mellio h ad found a way aro un d
th e Harris/McDowell team for th e
third slot . All eyes were focu sed on
th e duel for th e lead between th e Palfreymans an d Wh itneys. The battle
was fierce; th e Whitneys were search ing for a ny kind of opening to m ake
th e pass. Although th ey tr ied a number of times, th e Palfreymans held on
to win.
Moto two was 'much the same, but
the Whitneys grabbed the holeshot.1t
didn't la st long, however , as they lost
th e lead ove r a jump when th e Palfreym ans flew by. Once again , the
Wh itneys pressured for th e lead but
co u ld n' t m ak e th e p ass. During one
a tte m p t, th e Whitneys stalled the
motor a n d let th e Palfreyman /Mellil o by for seco n d, a n d that was it.The
win and overa ll went to the Palfreyman s ahe ad o f the Pal freym an /Mel•
lio team an d th e Wh itneys.
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Results
600-B: t . David Ochoa (Kaw).
609·1 , : , . Sean Thornton (Kaw); 2.Jesse James
(Kaw); 3. Denn is Oah lin (Kaw) .
BO JR 9·" : 1. Torey Rolland (Kaw); 2. Ben
Phalen (Kaw); 3. Ryan Surg in (Kaw) .
BOINT 9 -11 : 1. Butch Sm ith (Suz); 2. Sean Thron ton
