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Spidi G loves & Alpin e star Boo ts OHler Inqui,.. Invited 30 Arcadia. CA (818) 574-7625 ~ ... • • . MAICO e SAlls e PARTS e SERVICE MOTORCYCLIST SERVICES " W e care about yo u and yo u r cy cle." 880 Piner Rd . #4 3 & 4 4 Santa Ro .... CA 95401 (707) 526-3804 Arena in th e Expo Park. Phillis too k two classes in hi s four-cla ss quest. toppi ng th e 125 a nd 250cc A mai n events, wh ile H ar sh a h eld o ff P hill is to ta ke th e Open Pro mone y fina l. Ph illis ca me a ll th e wa y u p fro m th e Eureka. Ca lifornia. ar ea a nd had win n in g o n h is m ind . In fact. Phill is' o bjec ti ve was to set a new SO MA record by winning every event with th e excep tio n of the 60 a nd 80cc events. wh ich h e was much too o ld to co ntes t. Phillis' first win came in th e I25cc A ma in event after so me in credib le rid in g by th e T ea m Green KX pilot. Phillis pou nded th e whoop -dedoos to nab to p brass after defeat ing seco nd-p lace fin isher T ro y Co burg (H a n) a nd Don Peterson (H on) , wh o was th ird over Kaw asaki rid er Rick Beck. In th e 250cc A mam even t, it was Ha rsh a taking th e lead o n th e Pa u l' s Sport Center KX wh ere h e would stay until an overly aggressive Phill is came through traff ic. th is tim e o n a Yamaha. an d rammed th e local P ro o u t of fir st pla ce. good for h is seco nd win of ni ght. Wh en th e du st clea red. it was Har sha taking second over Yama ham ou nt ed Mik e Ham ilt on. H onda rid er Den n is Roth erham and Suzuki rider Frank Word III. Phi ll is ca me u p with th e short en d o f the stic k in the Open A ma in event. losin g o u t in a d uel with Honda rider Ron Milligan. Ph ill is p ressured Mil ligan a ll th e wa y, bu t to no ava il. an d took a seco nd over Peterson (H a n) . Phillis had one last ch a nce to log a trip le win. which would be good for a tie in th e SO MA record books with tea mmat e La nce Burgess. who swe p t th ree classes in T'I' actio n two months ago. But once again. P hi lli s wou ld be doo med for runner 's-up h on or s a t th e completion. th anks to some hard ridi ng o n th e pa rt of AMA 'TT specia list Harsha. Ha rsh a hooked up the best to lead the Open Pro contestants around th e gnarly Rich Word-designed trac k on th e openi ng la p . whi le Frank Word pu t h is Na tional number 85-p la ted Su zu ki 250 int o seco nd. follow ed by Mik e Zillgitt (Han 250) a nd P hill is. a board a bor ro wed Yamaha. Ph ill is came from nowh ere to nab th e nurn her-th ree slot ear ly in th e race a nd set up a fierce ba ttl e for seco nd with Word . T he due l between the MX Pro (P h ill is) a nd th e Pro n a t tracker (Word) ended wh en Phillis sen t Word down in a heap after a n ultra-close pass. Har sh a had a n untouch able _ lead wh ich he wou ld tak e to th e chec kere d n ag for what wo uld be hi s on ly win . Phillis took a seco nd a hea d of Milligan (Ha n 250). Zill gitt a nd Word a t th e co m p letion. Zach R u nd (Ka w) had been a domin ant force in sma ll whee l60cc action for the past severa l seaso ns in so u thern Oregon. a nd tonight was much th e same as th e loca l dim inutive ace ca m e a way with th e win aft er beat ing class front-runners Sh aw n Highland (Kaw) an d H onda -mounted J oe Don Ireland. wh o had a brutal battle going on for seco nd to th e fin ish wh ich went the way of Highland. Krist in Cowan (Suz) mot ored a way with the 80cc A main event. while Colb y Sa ilyer (Han ) took a seco nd over Darrell Mabry and Sh awn Cox . Results OPEN PRO: 1. Jeff Hars ha (Kaw) ; 2. Tim Phill is (Kaw) ; 3. Ron M illigan (Han). OPEN A : 1. Ron M illig an (Han ); 2. Tim Phill is (Yam ); 3. Don Peterson (Han) . 250 A : 1. Tim Ph ill is (Yam); 2. Troy Coburg (Han); 3. Do n Peterson IHan). 125 A : 1. Tim Phi ll i s (Kaw }; 2. Ron M ill iga n (Hon); 3. M ike Ham ilton (Yam ). 80 A : 1. Krist in Cowan (Suz); 2. Corb y Sallyer (Han); 3 . Darr ell M abry . 60 A : 1. loch Rund (Kaw) ; 2. Shawn High lan d (Ka w l; 3. J oe Don Ir el and (Hon ).