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Larry Roeseler (shown) arid Bruce Ogilvie were the top riders in the FourStroke class. Roeseler captured the class win and second overan. and Jeff Irwin (H usky). Roeseler (second overall) led the Four-Stroke class ahead of Bruce Ogilve (Honda XR600 ) and Vernon Pachoke, The first special test section of the day had Kadlec the fastest with 457, whi le Smith was second with 459. Ba lla rd had the fastest second special test score at436; Roeseler seco nd with 437. The third specia l test , which was shorter in length than the other two , saw Roeseler nab the fastest time at 170; second was Ball ard at 171. Day Two A number or riders dropped o u t during th e second da y, including 250cc KTM rider Bill y Fulmer Jr. , who wa s 14th in class after da y o ne. Fu lmer developed cha in problems at the stan a nd decided to sit out the rest of the day. Also , ha lfway through th e day , Dawson dropped out wi th mechanical problems. ") had a good ride going, today," said Dawson. "I think) caught up to second and was gaining ground on the leader in the special test. But during the second special test, I think:) lost a main bearing. I'm disappointed because) wanted to put up a good showing. I wanted 10 show 'em that) could do the job. Oh well , I guess that 's the way it goes." Other than that, none of the top riders dropped any points on the trail, except Summers, who lost a minute at check 10. Irwin came close when he came into the second gas check 10 minutes late due 10 a flat tire . He changed the tube and still had two minutes 10 spare. H oess and his 250cc Husky crashed hard on the trail during the first loop on day two, causing him to slow. " Nea r the first check, I caught a tree between my lever and handlebar, and that drilled me into the ground," said Hoess. " T h is slowed me down a lillie bit for the rest of the da y. My arm stiffened up because of the fall, so m y special test wasn 't so hot." Husky's Jeff Russell (250cc, sixth after day one )continued to do well o n the trail. not losing any points. but he had his problems in th e special tests. '" always seem to fall in th em for so m e reason , and) don 't kn ow wh y," sa id Russell. '" fell twice in the specia l tests yesterday. a nd on ce today." The fin al test o r th e da y was th e motocross special test. Each lap was a Iittle over two m iles, and each race lasted for five laps. Only 14 points (o r seconds) separated Ballard from RoeseIer going into the motocross event, so the overall was definitely still up for grabs. Ballard's rnoto came before Roeseler 's, which saw the Australian jam right into the lead after the deadengine stan and win from start 10 finish, collecting 847 points, the best (lowest ) score yet . Roeseler 's mota was last, and he wa s practicing staning his big four-stroke Husky just before th e mota. with it starring nearly every time on the first kick . But when the green flag dropped, it took two ki cks for his Husky to start, which mighr 've cost him th e ov erall. Roeseler was nearly dead last going into the firs t turn , but a few turns la ter, he was in second , trying 10 pass Kadlec. Kadlec got out o r shape and the two riders collided hard with Kadlec goi ng down . He recovered in second, while Roeseler jammed into th e lead and easily pulled away Ior the win. But the first-lap traffic was enough to keep Roeseler from beating Ballard 's score. Special test scores again favored Ba lla rd this day . In all three tests, Ba lla rd was the fastest rider, which secured the overall win. He took the overall over Roeseler, 2743-2775. Kadlec wound up third overall, second 500cc with 2806 points. Hough cleaned up in the 250cc class, while Postel captured the 125cc win over Perkins. Roeseler claimed the Fourstroke victory over Ogilvie. • Winner of the 125cc class (above) Peter Postel (302). and Duane Summers start day two. Fritz Kadlec (below) had the overall after day one. Results OVE RALL: Geoff Ballard (e-A); 2 . Larry Roe seler (Hus) ; 3 . Fritz Kadlec (Hus); 4 . Kurt Hough (Hon) ; 5. Jeff Fredette (Kaw); 6 . Dre w Smith (Han); 7 . Tim She phard (Yam); 8. Chu ck Miller (Hon) ; 9 . Dave Bert ram (Hus); 10 . Den nis R. Lerren (Ho n); 11. Jeff Russell (Hus); 12. A lan Wickstrand (Hus); 13 . Kevin Hines (KTM) ; 14 . Fred Hoess (Hus); 15 . Dan Neilson (Hus); 16 . J im Standfield (Hus); 17 . M ark Hyde (Hus); t 8 . Peter Postel (Hon); 19. Jeff Irwin (Hus); 20. John M. Frazee . 125: 1. Peter Postel (Han); 2. William Perkins (Hus); 3 . Tal E. Harv ey; 4 . Jeff M ill er (Kaw); 5 . Duane Summers (Cag); G. Craig Haye s; 7 . Larry A rr in gt on ; B. Larry Lacy; 9 . Mike McCar ren; 10 . Steph en C. Read . 250: 1. Kurt Hough (Hon); 2 . Jeff Fredett e (Kawl; 3 . Tim She phard (Yam); 4 . Chuck M ill er (Hon) ; 5 . Dennis Larran (Hon) ; 6 . Jeff Russell (Husl ; 7 . A lan Wickstrand (Hus); 8 . Fred Hoess (Hus); 9 . Dan Neil son (Hus); 10. J im Str8ndfield (Hus ). 500: 1. Geoff Ballard (C-A ); 2. Fritl Kadlec (Husl; 3. Drew Sm ith (Hon) ; 4 . Dave Bert ram (Husl ; 5 . Kevin Hines (KTM ); 6 . Mark Hyde (Hus); 7 . Jeff Irwin (Hus) ; 8. John M . Frazee ; 9 . Dav id Cra in (M ·Star); , O. Gary Johnston. Four -Stroke: 1. Larry Roeseler (Husl; 2 . Bruce Ogilve C Hon I: 3. James Whit e: 4 . Vernon Pacho lke . 9