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shot a t th e sta rt o f th e seco n d mo to , foll o wed by Ron Urma n . Urma n went down , a nd Steve Pi a to ni (H a n) briefl y too k seco nd befor e he fell in a turn . Pi erce th en took o ver seco nd. but Belch er had moved o ut to a com ma nd ing lead. Davis ba ttled h is wa y into thi rd, a nd the finishing order was set. Belcher took the win , but a six th in mo ta o ne left him third o verall, P ierce pl aced seco n d in th e mot o , but h is 3-2 wasn 't good enoug h to bea t Da vis' 1-3 winning score. • Suzuki p ilo t Mark Tuker jamm ed in to th e lead of th e fir st mo to o f th e I 25cc J u n ior division -one class. o n ly to be passed by Cagiva rider Ro b Sassen . Tuker was hi t by Mik e D urbin (H a n) as th ey nego tiated the u p h ill and went down . d ropp in g to seve n th while D u r bin to ok o ver seco nd. By lap two Sasse n h ad pu t 10 seconds on Durbin . a nd a co up le o f la ps la ter the top fo ur positi ons were set when Steve Hunter passed J on James (Ka w) for th ird . Sas sen crossed th e lin e wi th th e wi n followed by Dur bin . Hunter a nd James. Sasson gra bbed th e hol esho t in mo ta two foll o wed by Du rbin , Tom Lam son (Kaw) an d .S teve P arent. Durbi n moved in on lap two wh en Sasse n slo wed dow n. w hi le Pa rent moved by La mson for th ird. Pa ren t was eager to pass a nd pressured D urbin . bu t j us t as he was a bo u t 10 stri ke. Durbin moved pa st Sasse n fo r th e lead o ver the doub les. Sasse n dropped even farth er back whe n Parent mad e a deperate pass a nd moved int o second. Sassen retook seco nd o n the top section o f th e track. a nd three turn s lat er j they switched agai n . T h is tim e it wa s for good as Par ent held o n 10 fin ish seco nd behind Du rbin. who a lso got the overa ll victo ry. T hefirs t mo tooft he I25cc Begin ner class had Kawasak i-rid er R icky For bes taking the holeshot closely foll ow ed by Jimmy Wilkey (Ka w), An thony Aquino (Ha n), Da n iel Gatt (Yam) and J ohn Crow (Suz). Fo rbes mo ved o u t to a good lead and went u nc ha llen ged to the checkers. Wilk ey finished seco nd ahea d o f Levi Nobl e. Fo rbes grabbed th e hol esh ot in th e second mot o and wen t o n to a nothe r runa wa y win . Cro w sta rted in seco n d and sta yed th ere fo r th e entire race to end up seco nd o vera ll in the final sta ndi ngs beh in d Fo rbes. THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY 10 CAtCH MlCHEUN ATWILLOWSPRINGS. Few things test the strength ofa tire or the skill of a rider more tha n the 24-hour endurance ra ce at Willow Springs. Where it's on accomplishment just finishing. ButMichelin d id much more tha n that. Tostart with, Cycle Tune and Performance Machine, two teams that chose Michelin tires, swept first and 's eco nd place in the Heavy Weight Superbike Closs. And also finished first and second overall. Butou r success didn 't finish there. In the Heavy Weight Production Closs, Michelin riders on Cycle Race r's Team Scorpion took first place. While the Santa Barbaro Rider's Endurance Team continued the streak by winning the Medium Weight Superbike Class. Many of these ride rs beat the com petition with o ur Hi-Spo rt production racing tires. Which a re street legal. Our success endured more tha n the 24 hou rs a t Willow ~:;;..::~ Springs. Itendured a ll season. In fa ct, there weren 't e nough days in the yea r to catch Michelin. lo-< Q.) ..0 o ...... u o MlCHEUN" IlKAlJSE SOMUQf ISRIllING ONlCUIllllE Results 60 0 -8 : 1. J am ie Reyes (Kaw) ; 2 . Dav id Ochoa (Kaw ). 60 9 - 11: 'l, J esseJam es (Kaw); 2. Denn is Dahlin (Kaw l; 3. J acob Sw ain (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. Bruc e Bleecker (Yam); 2. Matt Harri son (Kaw); 3. Br ian Ensey ( H o n ~ BO JR 9· 11: 1. Chr istop her M cCal lie (Yam): 2. Tyle r Hummel (Kaw) ; 3. Torey Rolland (Kaw) . eo INT 9 -1 1: 1. But ch Sm it h (Suz); 2. Denn is Dah lin (Kaw ); 3. Jesse J am es (Kaw) . 80 J R 12 -16 : 1. M ark Easley (Han I: 2. Grayson Goodm an (Kaw): 3. J oel A lbrecht (Kaw). eo INT 12 -16 : 1. Craig M ill er (Kaw): 2. Er ick Hilton (Yam): 3. Pat W eide (Yam). 12 5 BEG: 1. Ricky Forbes (Kaw) : 2. Jo hn Cro w (Suz): 3. Levi Nobla (Yam). . 125 JR DIV 1: 1. M ike Durb in (Han): 2. Rob Sasse n (Cag); 3 . Steve Par ent (Hon); 125 J R DIV 2: 1. SCOtt Sto ne (Kaw) : 2. Ken Arnold (Kaw): 3. John Edwards (Kaw ). 125 INT DIV 1: 1. Scott Brown (Ha n): 2. M ike Mclain (Kaw): 3. Terr y Szucsl< (Kaw ). o 12 5 1 DIV 2: 1. Ty Davis (Han): 2. M ich ael Craig NT (Yam); 3. A lan Pierce (Kaw ). 250 BEG: 1. Bill Kolkman (Han ): 2. Larry Erisman (Yam); 3. Ron Andruss (Han). 250 JR : 1. Br ian Sw ean ey (Suz); 2. Rob Sassen (Cag): 3. Loren Barr ett (Suz). 250 INT DIV 1: 1. J oe M elt on (Suz): 2. Sean Blancha rd (Hon); 3. Ji m Perry (Kaw) . 250 INT DIV 2: 1. Tv Davis (Han I: 2. A la n Pierc e (Kaw): 3. Doug Belc her (Kaw l. 500 BEG: 1. Baro n Sym ter (Yam): 2. Ton y Pautson (Han): 3. Pau l Flores (Han). 500 J R: 1. Greg Kan holz (Honl : 2. Tony Ow en (Han); 3. Bob Hedland (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Greg Sm il h (Han); 2. J im Owen s (Yam ); 3. Lor en Poch ir owski (Ha n). VET JR: 1. M ich ael Johnson (Ha nI: 2. Gary Jaehn e (Kaw ): 3. M ark A rthur (Suz). VET INT: 1. Eric Hellgren(Hon); 2 . Rand y Peipkorn (Han); 3. Rich W illi ams (Kaw) . VET M STR: 1. M ike Lane (Han I: 2. Duane Hug hes (Han ); 3. Gary Wilson (Han). OT J R: 1. Terry Pratt (Yam); 2. Norm A rm st rong (Suz): 3. Carl Ellen (Kaw) . OT INT ; 1. Rola nd Tho mp son (Suz); 2. Geoffrey Fox (Yam): 3. Rich Lakely (KTM) . OT MS TR: 1. Terr y Davi s (Han ); 2. Jim Holm es (Yam): 3. Ern ie Cabral (Su z). SIDECARS: 1. Pete/ Scott W h itney (Han); 2. John Palfr eyman /Per ry M ell ilo (Yam ); 3 . Philli pN ietor Palf reyman (Wasp). 21