brok en colla r bone.
A first corner p ile-up restarted the
I25cc Ama teur po rt ion, with Danny
Pa lad in o the artist fo r th e distance on
hi s Co ntra Cos ta / O 'Neal H o nda.
Ryen Wan n displaced Greg Tirheiner
a nd too k seco nd on th e Ya mah a
Co unt rv YZ, whi le Rod Correia worked past Craig Sch u ltz for fourth; J esse
Britain go t th e last-p lace tro phy a t
the checkered .
Chris Nea l, o n Mot o-X Fox Yamaha , is still hop ing he ca n ge t so me
com petition in the Mini ranks but
took off for yet a nother big- tim e win ,
whi le Todd (No Chicks) Hicks did
the ca tch-up job for second over J oey
Rodriq uez' Salinas Yamaha YZ. Rusty
Rust kept h is dad (a n o ld -time race
fa n ) happy with a fourth over Kenni e
McGrath. J immie Cl ay had a trophy
spo t working before he cras hed out,
a nd Er ic Bostrom (hi s dad is Da ve th e
1968Cal State TT cham p) topped th e
60cc portion over Case y Johnso n.
Russ Sco tt led all la ps of the 250cc
Ama teur main, while Ala n Carlso n
worked around Alex Chella a nd Geoff
Woods for the second . Woods and
Sam Nava had a ba ttl e for the th ird
wi th th e RM rider getting the better
part and Dave Minjares co m ing up
wi th th e fina l trophy spot in a good
effor t after ma ny months off th e tour.
Dave Woods led o ut Dashi ell in th e
250cc Pro show with lots of bashing
goi ng o n a bo u t half wa y through th e
first lap . Dashiell ex p lai ned, " I hi t
Woods pretty ha rd in o ne corner a nd
sta lled my bik e, but I got it from
beh ind ha rd enoug h to get restarted
a nd ou t of th e mess. " And a mess it
was as Brett Cahor s a nd J erome H eiberger go t tangled with Rod Sm ith
and Ala n Berl u ri ca us ing qu ite a
pi le-up.
Wood cont in ued to lead Dashi ell ,
with Chris Mitchell in th ird o n the
Zoom Cycle RM. Just past halfwa y,
Da shiell (S ie rra / An swe r/ O a kley/
Ro bin H ill LTD Co ns t/ Pe taluma
Cycle) did the o ld no feet, jump-pass
a nd was go ne. Kell y Andris passed
Mitch ell, th en Nelson passed bo th
before th e checkers. J oey Schl ag and
Berlu ti d id th e ha mmer-an ''
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