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Smith sta lled hi s bike a t th e en d of th e whoops. costi ng him a cha nce 10 ca tch L inn. L inn h o lesh ot th e seco nd rnot o bu t' Smi th was q u ick in ta ki ng th e lead and moto wi n fo!lowed by Jeff Ste in rock a nd then L in n . Smith too k the overal l honors with Lin n second. Mark Melto n dominated a ll four rnotos of th e 125cc A and 250cc A classes, Kerle Fleenor, Benja min J oh nson a nd J ason Hatfield led the J u n ior Min is. Fleenor stretch ed out a huge lead as a bailie for seco nd developed between J ohnson a nd Hatfield . J ohnso n a nd H atfield ca ug h t up to Fleen or m idway thro ugh the moro for J ohns~Jt1 to m ove.into fir st and gra b a hall-bi ke lead. Fleenor dropped to fO~llIh a s Scoggi ns Berg m oved into third a ro u n d Fle en o r . P o si ti o n s cha nged ra pi d ly a s Fleenor gass ed it to reclaim fi rst posit ion. fo llowed by J o h ns<;m and Hatfield. Berg crash ed. dropping 10 fo u rt h. Ha tfield moved in to sec o n d . Th e whit e fla g sa w Fleen or stre tch o u t h is lead for th e wi n w~ t h Hatfield seco nd. Ben Joh n so n thi rd a nd Bcrg fourt h. Fleenor domina ted the second moto a s Berg wo rked hi s wav fro m fou rt h to . la im scco m! with I-fa tfield taking c third a fter bein g chased bvu Ben Joh nson . wh o had to settle fOffourt h . Derrick Roe g ra bbed th e lead , in a class o f 35 rid ers. fro m J im Wilkcrson m. mo to o ne o f th e 125cc B for th e W ill. :\1 0 10 two saw Wilkcr so n agai n th e fro nt ru n ner; Roe wa s in fourth. In t h i rd p o sit ion . S te ve Bl a in was hounded by Roe as Roe m oved by 10 chase seco nd pl ace rider. J eff Campbell. Ro e passed Campbell in th e wh oops a nd eventually pass ed Wilkerson to ta ke th chec kered a nd overall win wi th a I-I score . Resu lts 125 B: 1. Derr ick Roe (Kaw) ; 2. J im Wi lker son IKaw l; 3. Gary HazeI IHon !. sR MI NI: 1. Gr eg Der ickson (Kaw); 2. Brett Me l· ton (Hon ); 3. Brent Hol weger (Kaw ). J R M INI: 1. Ker ie Fleenor (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Hat fi eld (Ka w ); 3 . Scogg in s Ber g (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Aa ron Hough (Han!; 2. Rodney Young (Ya m); 3. Gery Hazel (Honl. 0· 50 AUTO : 1. Joshua Hatfield (Yam); 2. Ja ke MOrri S (Yam ); 3. Boyd Wolff (Yam). 250 A : 1. Mark M elton (Kaw l; 2. Doug Smith (Kaw l; 3. Je ff Gr een (Honl. OPEN: 1. M ike Smi th (M -s ); 2. Kevin linn (Hon): 3. Jeff Stelnreck (Hon). ss : 1. Mike Gilleran (Ho n); 2. TIm Smrt h (KTM); 3. I M ike Horn e (Kaw ). PEE WE E: 1. Scogg ins Berg (Kaw); 2. Ker ie Flee· nor IKaw ); 3 . Ja son Hatf ield (Kaw ). SUP sR : 1. Donald Hou gh (Hon); 2. Dave At well (Kaw!; 3. Roger Davis (Hon). 125 A; 1. M ark M elton (Honl ; 2. Rod M arsha ll (s uz); 3. Kevin W olff (Kaw). Texter and Price at Trail-Way ST By Len Breech H ANO VER . PA. MA R. 29 Randy T exter and Georgie Price picked up whe re they left off la st season by laking do u ble wins as Trail-Way Speedway la unch ed th eir 1986 short tra ck program. A new track su rfa ce applied a fter last sea so n whi ch has not fu ll y joined with th e o lder surface caused the tra ck to be the ro ughest a nd d us tiest it's bee n in severa l years. But wi th th e o nset of wa rmer weather. the track shou ld sh ape up. T ex ter shook o ff a mid-rac e cra sh 10 beat R ich Ro we in th e 250cc Pro fin a l. while h e jumped into th e lead a t the sta rt o f Open Pro 0 1J' his East ern Dea lers Associatio n-La n cas te r Har ley-Davidso n a nd wen t o n to win by a few lengt hs o ver a field made up o f m an y o f th e sa me rid ers who com pet~d in th e 500cc Expert class wi th their new Pro -Am licen ses, Behind Tex ter. a fur iou s ba ttle fo r seco nd wa s bei ng waged betw een Larry Berthold t, Ri chard Foard. 500cc Expert win ner Sco tt Sa u nde rs a nd Jim H o llis ter. By halfwa y. a u n de rs had emerged in seco nd . For Price it wa s a n o ther wi n in th e 80ccclass.tak ing the lead fro m Kevin V~ rn~s a n d :\Iik c ponsc ller, a nd wmrung by over a stra igh t fro m Spon seller. P rice p u t h is D&S Cycles-spon so red mach in e in fro nt of th c 125cc Expert field. whi le Jeff Beiler , David N u ko ls, l\Ii ke Varn es a n d Kerin v Mohler battled fo r seco nd. Bv the third la p. Varnes ha d ta ken seco nd a nd cu t down some o f Price's lead bv th e end . . After bein g Oll! o f ser io us co m peti tio n for a few years, Sco tt Sa unders retu rn ed wit h a win in th e m ost co m pe ritive class in this a rea. th e 500cc Experts. Jim Hollister held a sligh t lead over Joe Brom ley, Sa u nders a nd 250cc Expert wi n ner Eric George as the 5 0~s ca me o ff the seco nd turn . By the th ird la p . Sa un ders had p u t hi s T eam Honda/N umber O ne Cycle Cent er /Ca rol Sa u n de rs -spons o red Honda into th c lead . with George mo vi n g . in to th ird. By ha lf way. Ge?rge disp laced Bromle y for seco nd . will ie Lew Woo d s go t by Brom ley for th e show posit io n in th e lat e laps. Da le Gi ngrich looked like he was going to run a wa y with th e 250cc