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Quarterlv p~\~'erctfpast L~lIle"s rz' to' tak e th e lead a nd th e win. Results STK B: 1. Ch uck Lee (Suz ); 2. Da n Elders (Su z): 3. James Byrd (Yam ). STK C: 1. Je ff Hoepp ner (Kaw) ; 2. Glenn Smit h (ka w ); 3. Norm M eyer. STK 0 : 1. M i ke Cun n in gha m; 2. Tim Sheedy; 3. M ike Reynold s. SS A : 1. Wa lt er Nino (Yam); 2. Deit er Lane (Yam); 3 . Denn is Scully (Yam) . SS B: 1. Walter Nitto (Yam); 2 . Deiter Lane (Yam); 3. Crai g Skin ner. . SS C: 1. Nigel Gale (Yam); 2. Greg Smith (Yam); 3. Roben Sm ith (Yam). SS D: 2. Greg Smit h (Yam) ; 2. Tim Bergstr om (Yam); 3. Jeff Franks (Yam). F-l : 1. Dale Quarterley (Yam); 2. Deiter Lane (ya m); 3. James Byrd (Yam) . F-2 : 1. Robe rt Sm it h (Yam); 2 . Wayne Martella (Yam): 3. Mick Frew (Yam). F·3 : 1. Greg Smith (Yam ); 2. Tim Ber gstr om (Yam); 3 . Jeff Frank s (Yam) . VINTAGE 1: 1. Jo hn Scott (Tri ); 2. Craig Skinner (Tri) . VIN TAGE 2: 1. Ki rk Mi tchell . BoTT: 1. Jo h n Scott (Tri); 2. Kir k Mitchell . NOV : 1. Glen Smith (Kaw ); 2. John Kno x; 3 . Dale Kieffer (Yam ). MATCH RA CE: 1. Dal e Quaner ley (Yam ); 2. Wa iter Nino (Yam ); 3. Deit er lane (Yam I. Ingle, Word wild at Medford ST By Clay Light ME DFO RD, O R, FEB. 2 AMA Expert fla t tracker R ich Word and Bo b Ingl e ca me awa y with top laurels in indoor short track racing at th e J ackso n County Expo Park in Medford a t th e third in a series o f one-eigh th m ile oval races in Compton arena. Ton ight , Word wo n th e 125cc A main even t on his H onda , wh ile Ing le took th e Open A main o n hi s H onda C R'180. Kawa saki rid er Zach Rund also went wild , winning th e 60cc a nd 80cc A main events, but hi s o n ly brass came in th e 60cc class a s his 80cc ride was merelv an exhibition. T h e rid~s pu t in by R un d showed the dimi nu tive speedster to be un stop pa ble. Ru nd manhandled the60cc class first on h is Kawasa ki, wi th a big win over Honda-mount ed J oe Don Ireland, wh o was to be R u nd 's closest co m p et itio n throughout th e da y. Kevin O 'Conner mad e things close in a battle for second, whi ch went th e way of Irela nd. In the 80cc A main , R un d sho t off th e lin e on h is KX60 a nd was never h ea ded. Irela nd was a lso 60cc mounted, aboa rd h is trusty H on d a , bu t co u ld n ' t fin d a way around h is pe sk y riva l a nd followed his main co m p etition across th e line. Good news came when it was rep ort ed that R u nd was contestin g in exhibitio n status, which gave Irela nd a jubilant win for first-place brass over Co nrad Schubkagel and Brit Salmon. T h ro ugho u t th e d a y, th e two wheelers pl ayed seco nd fid d le to th e three-wheelers, bu t o ne of the best ra ces of th e day ca me in the form o f th e 125 cc A main e ve n t. Word (S.O .I\1.A.!Hon) did a number on th e I25cc class to come away with th e top brass a fter defeating Will ie Beck and Tony Sprangel. Word th en came rig h t back to compete in th e day 's highlight, th e Open A mai n eve nt. Tt was a battle between three Class C pro fessio na ls when In gl e, Word a nd Junio r P ro Ro bbie Blagg (H on 500)jammed i nto turn o ne . Both Word a nd Blagg faced handicaps in the event. Blagg had done very little racing sin ce last summer's TT sea so n up north and rode o ff th e pa ce, and Wo rd was aboard h is X R200 , w h ich was well down on power com p ared 10 the 500s. In gle p ut hi s morocrosser in to the lead and held o n to the fin ish. wh ile Blagg took a seco n d on th e Specialty Cvcl es H onda. Word took a third whi le Yamaha rider Mik e Hamilton trailed for first 250cc at th e ch eckers. Results OPEN A : 1. Bob Ing le (Hon ); 2. Robbie Blagg IHon l: 3. Rich Word (Hon) . 125 A : 1. Rich Word (Hon): 2. W illy Beck (Hon ); 3. 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