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.fHtJJIt.
again. Hartley had the lead, but the
race between Rogers and West was
>
the real show. Finally West got by for
[ second on the sevemh lap.· On the
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15 next circuit both went down. Hanley
:I:
won wilh Steve Latham in his first
lL
race at the lrack garnering saecond
and Perdue was third.
,.:
Resuts
Joey Perdue won the 500cc Pro
short treek et the Virginie Stew
Feirgrounds.
Perdue wins
Virginia ST
By Joe Kelly
RICHMOND, VA, MAY 28
After early week rains the onefourth-mile clay oval at the
Virginia State Fairgrounds in
Richmond was in the roughest
Ohio'5 Jeremy Buehl (1 03) finished third in the 85cc 12-13 yeer-old cle55
in Pennsylvenill; Demon Bred5hew took the win.
Spring Nat'•. MX
(Continued fTOm page /6)
With an Open A victory in hand,
StanlOn would not move back into
the 250cc ranks for a much-anticipated
duel with Pennsylvania strongman
Mike jones. But as the hitman from
Michigan pounded away at jones, all
eyes turned to Emery Anden. The onagain, off-again Yamaha pilot from
the High Point area retires every year
from racing only to find himself with
a new bike each spring. Anden had
been coming on strong lately and was
now racing through the pack after a
terrible stan. He was by no stretch of
the imagination as fast as the longgone Stanton, but by the end of the
malO he had reached jones. only lo
run out of time.
The 250cc A finale was the last race
of the Spring Nationals and everyone
knew it would be all Stanton. With
three 250cc malO wins in hand, StanlOn would need a lOth or worse lo
lose the title to Stanley. But as expected, Stanton raced away from surprising Monday I25cc A winner Anden.
Suddenly, with just haH a lap left,
Stanton grinded to a halt in an infield
corner. A locked transmission on the
YZ was the result of a sheared-away
second gear. As the pack Faced by
one-at-a-time, Stanton frantically
rocked the Yamaha back and forth to
the orders of his rather-calm mechanic/father. After eight riders went by,
Stanton coasted the bike back into
function and babied it across the line
in ninth - just enough (or the Spring
National title.
•
Results
OVERALl
125 A: K.ith Fox (K.w).
250 A: Jeff St.nton (V.m).
OPEN A: Jeff Stemon (V.m).
125 B: Steve Crowe (Suzl.
250 B: StllY1t Crowe (SUl).
OPEN B: Doug Zucco (Honl.
125 C: Scott _ t (Hon).
250 C: M.rt< N.ide
