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flailed around. But I had a great time. It feels pretty good to win this one." Raper had a good race with Richard Head who finished just 13 seconds behind as second Open' Amateur, also on a Honda. Head was five minutes back on the first lap, then ran the class' fastest on his second to catch all but Raper. Fifth among the Amateurs was 250cc runner-up Greg Casebeer, riding a bike borrowed at the last minute. Six of the nine Senior Experts had a good chance of winning, but it was perennial favorite Jerry Johnston in for the win with a 2:32:01 and a 27.63 mph average on a Honda. Honda-mounted John Miller was next, '37 seconds behind. His second lap was two minutes quicker than Johnston's, but a first-lap endo cost too much time. "1 overcooked a corner, straightened it up at about 60, grabbed the brakes and hit a big log. I must've flown about 25, 30 f et into the air ... really exciting," he laughed. Clive Frayling was in three seconds after Mi ller for third. Senior Amateur Bryon Farnsworth (KTM) had no trouble taking his class, but 30+ Senior Vet winner Robert Chadwick traded the lead with Dan Post each lap to finish with an 18-second margin. Senior Amateur Bryon Farnsworth (KTM) had no trouble taking his class, but 30+ Senior Vet winner Robert Chadwick traded the lead with Dan Post each lap to finish with an 18second margin. Other notabJe rides included Randy Putt's win in his first Open Novice race, Keith Williams' close win over Kent Piper in the 200cc Novices, and Donna Golosewski's domination in the 250cc Beginner battle. Other riders' comments included: Beginner Larry Hefley: "It was incredible watching Dircks go around me in the rocks. Wish 1couJdgo like that!" 38+ Senior Vet Ed Hope: "Fun, great course - lots of broken bikes out there ... people laying in the creeks cooling off. We had a good race, our first in over a year." Open Amateur Roger Huffman: "DUST was super bad in spots, like a total white-out!" Novice Bob Kinnaman: '1 spent at least 30 minutes at the traffic jam on 'The Hill' ... there was no wa y through." Mini racers are not forgotten at Prescott, in fact they have their own special course. Six miles long, it also offers everything from fast road to rocky uphills, twisty trails and water crossings. A close race in the Mini Amateur class saw three different riders hold the lead. Denis Hildebrand led off the StaTt, then crashed and had to pit his Yamaha for repairs on the fifth lap. 'Destry Abbott then took over on his KTM and led on the road, but Kawasaki-mounted Jason Birdson was ahead on time. But on the last lap, Hildebrand regained the lead to win with an eightlap time of 59:44anda 24.11 mph average. Birdsong was second, about two minutes slower; and Abbott was third, one second behind. "A little dusty but lots of fun. I finally caught De~try in the rocky section - good race!" said Hildebrand. Abbott said, "Denis caught me he was flying -1 don't know how he caught me. Nice race. You get your money's worth out of 'em." Billy Newby cleaned up in the fa B e Thomas Gorman (499) prepares to pass John Turner in a wet section of the course; Gorman won the Over 38 Novice class. Mini Novices, and Alex McElyear held off Damon and Chris Ramsey for the Mini Beginner trophy. Though it was a tough race, most finished the day. Out of the 251 starters, 180 riders took the checkered, a 71. 7% ratio. • Results OPEN EX: 1. Mike Powers; Z. Jeff Derland; 3. Pat Prosser. 250 EX: 1. Gary Dircks; 2. Tim Laeha; 3. Ken Kozlik. 200 EX; Dray Dircks; 2. Robert Tod; 3. Swain Cha... OPEN AM; 1. Glen E. Raper Jr.; 2. Richard Haad; 3. John casebeer. 250 AM; 1. James Stott; 2. Greg calabeer; 3. William Chambers. 200 AM: 1. Chril Spurlock; 2. Monty See",; 3. SCott Core. . 30+ EX: 1. Jerry Johnston; 2. John Miller; 3. Clive Frayting. 30+ AM: 1. Bryon Farnsworth; 2. Phil Teis!; 3. Ed Daedler. 30+ NOV; 1. Robert W. Chadwick; 2. Den Post; 3. Robert A. Strupp. . 38+ NOV; 1. Thomas J. Gorman; 2. Dick Milani; 3. strom; 3. Dean Foster. 200 NOV: 1. Keith Williams; 2. Kent Piper; 3. Syd Nichols. ~ '. OPEN BEG: 1. 1lt81'Stal"; 2. Scott S. Hayes; 3. Steve Wylie. 250 BEG: 1. Donna Soloaewki; 2. Ronald T. Smith; 3. John Hakenaen. 200 BEG: 1..Edw~Wng; 2. Bryan Bruning; 3. Cynthia McShane. DINO C: 1. Chris Rousculp; 2. Dan Leolfler; 3. Wade Boehme. DINO V: 1. Vincent A. Thomas; 2. Mike Wadding; 3. Phil caldwell Jr. LADIES: 1. Janies Simi: 2. Angie Klaja; 3. Alicia Turner. MINI 60: 1. Clay Romo; 2. Chris Freedman; 3. RyanToon. BEG MINI: 1. Alex McElyea; 2. Damon Ramsey; 3. Chris Ramsey. NOV MINI: 1. Billy Newby; 2. Cody Romo; 3. Tommy Manion. AM MINI: 1. Denis Hildebrlnd; 2. Jason Birdsong; 3. Destry Abbott. 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