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T he firs t Vel P il l IIH)(O Iearun«! a th ree- wa v dice lxt wcvn Scmi rs , SI:II" n a n d Ro d ri g ue», H ul lwuy in to lilt, ran'. Stau-u ha d lo un d t lu - h OI lin e in to th e lead h UI co u ld n' t sha keSem ics, wh i lr Rod r ig ll"l il ied a few hikeIl'n gl h, br-hind ill third. Semic, kep i t he pn-ss u re O il Ihroughou: Ihrmoto . On t lu -filial la p . Sl'In ics mad" h is la sl .u u-mp: 10 1 th « leud a nd wa s 'lltH'SSIu l. Wh ill' IH'g ol i:ll in g la p ped Ira ffic. Sl'mi n do...· underu e.uh St a n -n exi ling a rum , o UI·dlagged h im to i lunex t tu rn a nd ro o k 0 ... '1 rlu - lea d. Sem ics held o n lO win th e m o ro a hea d o f S ta ten . Ro d ri u ur» , Ken i'~ 11 1II ( H o n) and jon Mi llel (Ya m) . Scm irs ja m nu-d in ro rlu - k-ad a t tlu: Sia n o f Ih e second m oio. Io llo wed hy Stan-n , Mi lh-r, Za lll ! a lit I Rod l ig llt·l . Two lap, 1:11<'1. S ta n -n slipp ed hy Semi" Io rr lu- h-ad, w h il« Rod rig (l('l m ot ored in lo"-Tolltl. Wh ill' SI:,"'n s tarted pulling away. Semic, a nd Rod r ig uez ba u k-d over ,,'cond o w h ich R o d rig (l('z (·...'llIlIa ll y roo k . Suuen to ok Ih( ' wi n fol lo \\Td hv Ro d I igul·z. S,·mi c,. :\I illel . Za h n a n d Pa ul Th ( ~I (' ( Ka w) , O ver 900 a m a u -u r m ot o cros sers invad ed Sa nd H ill Ra n ch on Sat urday. provid in g a fu ll-fi lled da y o f ra ci ng . Yamaha-mo u n ted ROil ;\lon lelUlle over· ca m e sti ff ro mpeti t ion in th e 125cc j u n ior d ivis ion Ih n 'e class an d nail ed the overa ll w in w it h a:!-4 score. Pau l Mat h ew s. wh o fi nis he d seven th in th e fi rs t moro , pUI in a n impress ive co me- Iro m- bch iu d w ill ill tlu- secon d !TIOIO. w h ich ga ve hi m seco n d overal l. In t h e fi rs t :!50c c jun ior di visi on d u el' m ot o , Fle iclu-r gra bbed th e h ol esho t a h ea d o f R o be rt Kn icse l (H o n). a n d Ya m aha r iders Alex Chcll ew a nd Ra nd y Ba ll a rd . W h i le Fl ei cher was exte ndillg his h -ad . Ball a rd blew by C h el lew u p a lo n g. cho p py uphill Io r ih ird . rh en H u nu-r cr uised bv Kn iesc! for seco nd . ma ki n~ rlu- 'IOP fi ...~ Flei r h er, Fou n ta in . Bill :\I ill el (S u z) a nd Tom Bro w n (Ka w). On the fo u rth la p . ;\1ill el fo und th e h al lint· aro u nd Fou ll ia in for s('con d . Fo unt a in e\'('11Iua ll y dropped 10 fiflh hI' m o lO' s en d . Fici cll el crossed Ih e I;"n ish Iillt· in fro n l wilh :\1iller close hehi n d . T ill' s ia n o f Ih e sec o n d molO sa w Fle icher agai n jam into IIII' lead. fo llow ed by Brown . H unt er a n d C h e Ilew. Th e four ride rs q ui ckl y pulled awa y fro m lh e resI of th e p a ck a s they hall lcd. Dur in g IIll' seco n d la p . Il lIn leI sli pped hy Bro w n fOI seco nd. bUI H u nl er 's effo ns W <'l' · wa sled w heu h is H o nd a IOssed a c ll:lin . \\' i lh F leicher wav OUI in front. 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