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seco nd p lace slo t. T he H onda charger
th en set hi s sigh ts o n th e lead er.
" Morehea d was slow in g a little in th e
fou rth turn. I got a lo ngside , h eld it
o n, a n d p assed him on th e fin is h lin e
stra igh t," exp la in ed a sm iling J ones.
In th e J un ior ma in, MC Ra cing /
H ogwash Cl eaner/DID/Ron Woodsponso red Ville lla led a ll th e way af ter
a first turn ba ttle with Bru ce Joh nson
a nd Eric Sassaman . Sassama n a nd
J o h rison p ro vided the action for the
runner-up spot, wi th J ohnson's Alm a
Trans pon /Shoei/ Lill ie Ro tax holding o n in a th riller. Villella sai d, " It
was m y first ri de o n a Wood -Rotax
a nd I wo u ld like to thank Ron Wood
a nd Brett Flam e for hel p in g m e get
this win. "
Pro Am actio n featured West Enterp rises/Cycle Shack-sponso red Majewsk i h olding i t a ll the wa y, with
Will iam McCoy p ick in g off Scott
Sanders o n th e final la p , ca p tu ri ng
seco n d in th e fin a l. Majew ski sa id,
" My rear suspenion damp ing softened
o n m e. I'm sure g lad this was a
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smooth track o u t here ton ight."
Results
EX: 1. Ronnie Jo nes (Han); 2. Steve Morehead
(H·D); 3. TIm Mertens (H-D); 4 . Sammy Swe et (H-D);
5. Pete Hames (H-D); 6. Danny Ingr am (H·D); 7.
Roger Durkea (H·D); S. Randy Texter (H· D); 9.
George Roeder (H-D); 10. Tony Pite:oek (H-D).
JR : 1. Bryan Villell a (WR) ; 2. Br uce John son (RlX);
3. Eric Sassaman (H-DI; 4 . SryanMcDowell (Rtx); 5.
P.J. Sanchez(WR l; 6. LesWashbon(H-D); 7. Raben
Lewis (Ru ); S. Cecil Lewis (Rtxl; 9. John Holmes
(Han); 10. Srad Furlong (H· D).
PRO·AM ; 1. Tom Majew ski (WR); 2. Willi am
McCoy(H on): 3.Scott Sanders(Hon); 4 . Mark Ma d·
dad (Honl: 5. Chance Darli ng (Rtx ); 6. Richard Foard
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Husqvarna 's Dan Sm it h finished second ove rall in the Expert race but won
the 500cc class and Saturday's Sportsman race.
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(Co ntin ued from pag e 24)
Proc ida (Suz) took over th e Vetera n
250cc Novice lead in lap si x a nd conti n ued to open up a comfortab le lead
by the en d of th e 10th lap.
Den se fog early Sa tu rday morning
restricted visi bil ity on the co u rse and
dela yed th e stan o f th e G rand P rix 's
Sa turday raci ng p ro g ram by over a n
hou r. Although th e fog li fted a little
a fter th e sta rt o f rac ing, it rem ained a
problem for m uc h o f th e da y, especia lly o n th e back sectio n of th e n in emile co urse. " It's pretty g loomy o ut
th ere, a nd th e fog made it a bi t hard
- yo u get it a ll over your goggles,"
sai d Hu sk y p ilo t Bill Saltzma n after
leadin g from sta rt to fini sh in the
Sen io r Expert class. " I' m g lad I'm a
pi lot with a n ins trument rati ng ! It
wa s real slippery o u t th ere too ."
T here wa s cl ose raci n g in the 81I 75cc Ex pert cla ss, with Pro-Cycle's
Todd Campbell (KTM) ta ki ng off fo r
th e early lead. Campbell h eld o ff stiff
competi tion from Cagi va 's Duane
Summers until a pit stop going into
lap four gave S ummers a mere 12
seco nd lead. Ca m pbell was in fro nt
again as- th e two went through th e
check a t th e sta rt of th e nex t lap, but
dropped o u t o f th e ru n ni ng lat er in
the la p with wh at wa s reported as a
broken chain, leavin g Summers to
ta ke th e checkered flag.
" I took th e lead in th e fifth lap: '
said Summers. " I just tried to keep
goi n g really co ns istently. Eac h lap I
wou ld go fa ster and faster. "
Summers was follow ed in by Greg
Flana gan (Kaw) wh o said he lost
three or fo ur m inutes cha ng ing a
whee l d urin g th e race.
First Novice home was J oh n Gomez,
who sai d he loved th e jumps. "T he
jumps were gr eat - tal k about getting so me a ir! T h e on ly trouble was
the m ud - m y ha nds go t to o m ud dy
a nd I ha d to cha nge g loves d uring th e
race."
Saturday's Sportsma n' s race, which
started in a blanket o f fog, served as a
warmu p for Sunday's m a in even t for
m any of th e riders. Dan Sm ith took
th e ch eckered fla g in th e Open class,
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