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Sweetla n d sa id h e had 10 run a t 100 m p h in th e was hes to do it. " It was ro ughe r th an last year's Vu lt u re, but th at's th e way I lik e it," sai d Sweetla n d a fter the ra ce. "No rea l troubles, but I did have the rear bra ke come off a couple o f times in the rocks. Overa ll, it was a good, smooth race ." He added th at h is win was a ni ce p re lude to hi s Baja 1000 a tte m p t (tea med with Mark H ildebrand a nd J am ie Sims ). as he loaded up h is van an d h eaded so u th to Mexi co . Goin g into this, th e l l th race in ADRA's 1985 sched ule, Sweetl and led th e Expert po ints race by just two points over Sunnyslope Honda 's Mike Powers; with th is win h e widen ed the m argin to 17 p oints. But h e'll have to fin is h ahead of Powers a t th e seri es finale. th e So noi ta to Roc ky Point Hare ' N' H ound (December 7) to earn the number-one plate for 1986. Powers h ad a good ride, running just o u t o f Sweetla n d's dust a n d finish in g four m inutes ba ck for second overa ll a n d th e 250cc Expert win a boa rd h is Sunnyslope H on da/Prem ier Cycles CR 250. Off th e start, M-Star/Duralube/ Nola ns Action Cycle's Pa ul Bennett grabbed th e h oleshot on his GM500 a n d set a qu ick pace. But Sweetland was rig ht beh ind him. a nd a t a bo u t th e three-mile mark, Bennett took the h igh lin e through a tu rn a nd Sweetland ducked insi de and passed. Powers, Sco tt Kindl er (H on), and 1985 ADRA number-one pl at eholder Hildebrand (H us) al so h ad ca ugh t Bennett by th e end of lap o ne , but he the n hung on to linish sixth overall. th ird Open Expert behind Hild ebrand. Bennett said h e hadn 't been able to . practi ce enou g h lor this one, but still re ta ined hi s third place sta nd in g in th e points ra ce, staying close enough to win with a first overall a t th e fin al race. J eff Darland (H on) had one of hi s .best rides o f th e year, finishing third overa ll . seco n d 250cc Ex pert, four minutes behind Powers. Hildebrand was next, ahead of fifth overall, third 250cc Expert J amieSims (H us). Scott Kindl er (Hon), Ryan Armitage (H us) , Ji m Weaver (Ca n -Am) a nd J ames Dunlap (KT M) ro u nded ou t th e to p 10. In th e three-lap classes. Sen io r Expert J err y J ohnston led th em around again on hi s Sun Valley Auto Bod y/ Sunnyslope Honda/Dirt Un limi ted CR5oo. H is tim e of 2:56:24 put him in three minutes ahead of secon d overall an d 250cc Amateur winner Tim Leeh e and hi s T eam Ra inbro KTM 250. Senior Expert J ohn Mill er (Hon ), 250cc Amateur J oe Johnson (Ho n) an d Sen io r Expert Rob Beggs (KT M) fill ed o u t th e top five. In a t eigh th overa ll, Steve Thorn rode th e EES I!AXO /Su nnys lope Hon da /Dirt Un lim ited CR500 Honda to th e O pen Ama teur wi n . And clea r back a t 53rd overa ll , Ch ris Stra ng (H o n) p icked u p th e 200cc Ama teu r trophy. Top pi ng the No vices was 200cc winner Todd Jorda n (Ca g ) wh o finished II th overall . T aking their class win s were: Open Novice Da ve Jablonsky (Hon ), J on Heikkila (Kaw ), 250cc No vice Dan Mies (H us), 30+ Sen ior Vet eran Robert Chadwick (Hon), 38+ Seni or Veteran Al Forbes (Yam). Mike Wadding grabbed th e Dinosaur o vera ll a n d Vinta ge honors a boa rd hi s trusty. ru sty o ld Yamaha 500 by just two seco nds over Classic winner Dan Lo effler (Yam). Mini racin g in the morn ing saw BrookieJeffery (Kaw) beat Denis Hil debrand (Yam) by just 12 seco nds for th e Mini Am at eur win, while Mini Novi ce winner Destry Abb ott (Yam) h ad a good race go ing with Judd Denney (Hon) unti l th e latter crashed. Results OPEN EX: 1. Garth Sweetland (Hus): 2. Ma rk Hildebrand (Hus~ 3. Paul Bennett (M ·S). 2ooAM: 1. Chr is Strang (Han): 2. Wayne Baner· zak (Hon ~ 3. Ken Asch (Suzl. OPEN AM : 1. Steve Thorn (Han): 2. Steve Garr i· son (Ma i); 3 . Rob Johnston (Hon) . 200 NOV: 1. Todd Jordan (Cag); 2. Greg Cosebeer (Han); 3. Scott Core (Kaw) . OPEN NOV; 1. Dave Jablonsky(Hon); 2.Jeff Rog· ars (Cog); 3. Jeff Corbin (Cag). 3B+ SR VET; 1. AI Forbes (Yam): 2. Leroy Johnston (Hon); 3. Joe Prosser (KTM). 200 BEG: 1. Eddie Nordstrom (KTM); 2. Stuart Hamer (Han); 3. Phill ip Brooks (Han). 250 EX; 1. Mike Powers (Han): 2. Jeff Darland (Han); 3. Jamie Sims (Hus). SR EX; 1. Jerry Johnston (Han): 2. John M ill er (Han); 3. Rob Beggs (KTM). 250 AM: 1. Tim L.eehe (KTM ); 2. Joe Johnson (Han); 3. David Kocchi (KTM ~ SR A M : 1. Jon Heikkila ( Kaw~ 2. Gerard Freedman (Kaw~ 3. Jerry Smith (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Dan M ies (Husl; 2. Mark Harri son (Kawl; 3. Rodney Hayes (Yam). 30+ SR VET; 1. Robert Chadwick (Han); 2. Dave Alexander (Hoo); 3. Steve W ein stein (Han). SR SPRTM N: 1. Mike LaBene (Cog); 2. Foster Schne ider (KTM); 3. Olen Webb (Yaml. 250 BEG: 1. James Grandstaff (Husl ; 2. David Van Cooney (KTM); 3 . David Chr istopher (KTM)• OPEN BEG; 1. Bill Watkins (KTM); 2. Roger larson (Han); 3. John Copeland (Yam). DINO CLASSIC: 1. Dan Loeff ler (Yam); 2. Rick Al exande r (Hus): 3. Vince Thomas (Hus). MINI NOV: 1. De. t ry Abbo tt (Vaml ; 2. Aaron Hernandez (Vam ); 3. Randy Toy (Kaw) . M INI 60: 1. Tony French (Han I; 2. Clay Ramo (Kaw); 3. M icah Chlarson (Han). LADIES: 1. Pamela Morton (Yom); 2. C.C. Lanier (kaw); 3. Ang ie Klaja (Han). OTH: 1. Loui s LeCrone (Kaw) ; 2. Mack Garrison . (Hus); 3. Bob Bee (Hus). MI NI AM : 1. Brookie Jeffery (Kaw); 2. Denis Hil· debrand (Vam): 3. K.C. Kirk (Han). MI NI BEG: 1. Daryl James (Yom); 2. Jeff Kraus (H on ~ 3. Donny Miller (Hon). DINO VINTAGE: 1. Mike Wadding (yam ); 2. Tom Rowtand(Hon ~ MI NI ClASSIC: 1. Keney Helgeson (Yam).