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C) ..... V ..0 o .... u o Terry Bastard (6 7), M ike Beier (32). and Jeff Matiasev ich scramble for th ird on the f ina l la p of the second 1 2 5 cc mota . Moments later Beie r fell. Hicks ' tail. At midm oto Man ley took secon d as Hi ck s began to slo w down slightly. wh ile o u t front H olland enjoyed a co m forta ble lead. H olley wa s una ble to moun t a n effecti ve cha rge a nd remain ed a d ista nt fo urt h . The top fo u r didn ' t cha n ge and H olland went o n to take a n easy win over Manley. Hi ck s a n d H olley. Fo wl er battled wit h J oe Wright (H a n) for fifth until he bail ed near th e end , g ivin g th e positio n to Wr igh t at th e fin ish . Ca hors got a bad sta rt in mota two a n d co u ld o n ly ma na ge a seve nth, but he rema ins in th e lead in th e point sta ndi ngs a fter hi s nea rest riva l. Bill y Frank . spra ine d a n a n kle in p ract ice. Frank rode th e race in pa in to co llect poin ts and p lace d 24 th. 500cc Pro Ell is. a board a Yamaha , led the sta rt of th e firs t 500cc moto with Si mons right behind. All en Berluti (M·S) wa s third just ahead o f Greg Ziu erk opf (Hon), Simons took th e lead o n la p tw o, whi le Zitterkopf dis p laced Ber lu ti o n th e fo ll o wi ng lap. Ph il Larson (Kaw) got o ff to a bad stan but was quickl y mak ing u p time an d wa s in fift h o n lap five. Out front . Simons had a few seco nds o n Ell is, a nd Zitt erk o p f was ra p idl y losing g ro u nd to Larson . J us t o ver ha lfway into th e m ot o , La rson go t Zitter kopf, but Ellis was too far away 10 ca tc h . Eri c McKenna (H o n ) ra n fi fth ahea d o f J oe Sch lag and Arnet. There was n o cha nge in the top five, a nd Simons took th e win a head of Ell is, Larson, Ziuerkopf and McKenna . Sch lag a nd Arn et ba ttl ed do wn 10 the wi re, a n d a lt h o ug h h e had so me trou ble wi th lapped traffi c nea r th e end , Sch lag held Arnet o ff for sixt h . Zitterk o p f took the lead at the start of m o to two with Berlu ti, La rson , Ellis, Simons and Dym ond trail in g . Dym ond went down in a tig h t turn and had to wa it for th e pa ck 10 go by before he co u ld ge t back o n hi s bike. Dymond got going la st, but severa l rid er s had run over his bike a n d he dr opped o ut a few la p s later. Both Larso n an d Ellis went by Berluti on th e seco n d la p, a nd Simons dropped h im furth er o n th e n ext circ u it. Larso n too k the lead from Zitrer kop f on the fif t h la p , a n d Simo ns we nt by Ellis fo r th ird. A lap la ter bo th Sim o ns a nd Ellis d ropped Zitterkopf to fo urth , a nd th e o rde r wa s set fo r th e rem a ind er o f th e ra ce. La rso n ma intained a few seco nd s on Simons to the fini sh . as Simons wa s co ntent 10 sta y in second. kn owing he wou ld capture the overall .bv doing so . "Once I kn ew Dym ond was o u t. I kn ew a ll I had 10 do was get second to get the ove ra ll so I co u ld try and han g o n to th e poi nts lead," sa id Si mons . Ell is fini sh ed third a nd th e sa me o vera ll beh in d Larson, whil e Zillerkopf was fo urth overa ll a hea d o f McKennna . 80cc Expert Paul Winn (Ya m) led th e stan o f the fir st 80cc Expert mot o but fell in a turn , giving th e lead to Scott Bro wn (H a n) . Brown cou ld n 't hold the lead for lo ng ei the r and dropped ba ck as Chris Young (Ya m) took co m ma nd . Col in Karcher (Yarn ) a nd Ch ri s Neal (Yam ) foll owed closely. On la p five Youn g 's bike quit, gi vi ng th e lea d to Karch er. A la p lat er Nea l p assed Karch er, but crashed short ly a fter. Karch er regained first a nd h eld i t to th e fini sh a head of Winn , R ick Sim me r (Han) , J imm y Button (H a n) a nd Tritt le r (Yam) . Brown too k fir st a t the start o f mot a two a nd led a seesaw battl e between Simmer a nd Young. Simm er began to put pressure o n Brown o n th e th ird la p when Brown ba il ed hard , giv in g th e lead 10 Sim mer. Befo re th e la p was up, Simmer was stopped a lo ng th e track a n d tryi ng to ben d h is shi fter o u t from undernea th th e G1SeS, handing th e lead to You ng . T h is tim e Young 's bike wen t the distan ce, tak in g h im 10 th e wi n over Tri tt ler. W inn ca rne in fifth in the moto to secure seco nd overall, a nd Steve La mson (Ka w) p osted a 6-3 score fo r th ird overall. • (Above) Shane Trittler won the eocc Expert class w ithout winn ing a mota. (Below) J im Holle'( (2 4) leads Terry Fowler in ~he first 250cc Pro mota, Res ults 125 PRO : 1. George Ho lland (S uz); 2 . Terry Bostard (Ka w); 3 . M ike Be ie r (Ya m); 4 . J eff Matiasev ich (Kawt ; 5 . Sha un Kala s (Hon); 6 . Ed Arn et (Ho n); 7 . Doug O 'Donne ll (Kawl: 8 . Robe n Naughton (Ka w) ; 9 . Tony Toste (Suz): 10. Jon Nel son (Hon); 11 . Drey Dircks (Ho n); 12 . T im Rutherford (Kaw) ; 13 . Dean Matson (Kaw ); 14 . Ke nn y Clifton [Suzl; 15 . Sea n Conl ey (Kaw) ; 16 . De nn is Parker (Yam ); 17. W illie M iller (Kaw); 18. Scott McEl roy (Kaw ); 19. Christoph er Neu (Kaw); 20. Pau l Thede (Kaw l. 250 PRO: 1. George Holl a nd (Suz l; 2: Jeff HIcks (Ha n); 3. Jim Holley (Ya m); 4 . Brett Cehcrs (Ha n); 5. J oe W right (Ha n); 6. Br ia n M a nley (Hon) ; 7 . Terry Fow ler (Han); 8. Tracy Oswell (Ho n); 9. Kelly A ndris (Han); 10. G eorge Hoppe r (He n); 11. Ron Watmo re (Yam) ; 12. Russ Wage ma n (Ya m); 13 . Ter ry T inney (S uz); 14 . S hawn Wynne (Ya m); 15. Da mon W ebb (Ya m); 16 . J on Ort ner (Yam ); 17 . Da nny Bole s IYam) ; 18 . J eff Si ll s IS uzl; 19 . Robbie Brow n (Yam); 20. T im Wi nslow (Yam l. 500 PRO: 1. Wi ll y Sim ons IHon); 2. Phil Lars on (Kawl; 3. Jim Elli s (Yam); 4 . Greg Zitt erk opl (Hon ); 5. Eric M cKen na (Hon); 6 . A lle n Be rlu ti (M- S ); 7 . Joe S chlag (Hon); 8. Ron la Pointe (Ya m); 9. Jerome He iberger IM - S); 10 . Randy Rod rigu ez (A TK); 11. Ra ndy law (Honl ; 12. G ary Sm ith (Hon); 13. Pete M urray (M -S); 14 . Tom Combs (Kaw l; 15 . Ed Arnet (Hon) ; 16 . Gr eg Torge rson (Hus) ; 17. Chr is S haw (Ya m); 18 . Thom as Swean ey (Kaw l; 19. Bill Sam e rson (Hon); 20. Oave W eltY (Hon). 80 EX: 1. S han e Tr itt ler (Ya m); 2. Pa ul W inn (Yam); 3 , Steve Lams on (Ka w );- 4 . Colin Karch e r (Yam); 5 . Jimmy Butt on (Hon); 6. Rick Simmet tHon); 7 . Pau l Vlach (Kaw ); 8 . Chris Young (Yam ); 9 . J im my Clay (Yam); 10 . Greg Tirheimer (Kaw ). POINT STA NDINGS 12 5 PRO: 1. Terry Bost ard (2461; 2. Drey Dirc ks (234); 3. ITie) Ed A rne t/Rob ert Nau ghton (23 1); 5. Do ug O ' Donnell (2281; 6 . Sh au n Kaloss (2 11); 7. Denn is Pa rker (19 7 ); 8. T im Ruth e rford ( 190 1 9 . ; Willie S urr att (1541 ; 10. Tony Teste (14 3 ). 250 PRO: 1. Brett Cahors (245); 2. Ru ss W ageman (2 15); 3 . Joe Wright (212); 4 . Tracy Osw ell (1 97 ); 5. B Illy Frank (19.6); q: Rqn.W at m or e (1 B8); 7. Bri an Ma nley (186); 8. Kell y A n dris (183 ); 9 . (Tiel Terry Fow ler lGeorge Holl and 11611. 500 PRO: 1. W illy Sim on s (30 51 2. J im Ell is ; (249 1 3 . M icky Dym ond 12241; 4 . A ll en Berl ut i ; (221II; 5. Phi l Larson (214): 6 . Greg Torgerson (207); 7. Ran dy Rodr ig uez (1981; 8 . J oe Schlag 11 791; 9 . Dave Welty (1691: 10 . Pete Murray (16B ). 80 EX : 1. Scott Br ow n; 2. Chr is Young ; 3. Chris Ne al; 4 . J im"!)' ~8 utto_n; 5 . ~te~e L.s'J1S~""' .: 9;