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(Above) Jeff Stanton dominated the Expert clases at Mt. Morris. (Below) Jeff Cia.. (451) leads Rob Kramer (40) and the rest of the peck. nia pilots continued their dominance to qualify for Sunday's Pro race. with overall wins in their respective Watts grabbed both 250cc molO wins classes. Yezek was challenged by North and the first I 25cc heat victory, but a Carolina's Patrick Slate but alwavs clean sweep was in doubt. Mike jones stayed in from at the checkers. AIworth held a comfortable lead going into kept Joe Woodfork and Frank Nitnel the final j ump-£illed straight and behind him for the win. eased over them one at a time - no In C class action Mark Neiderhiser rider had attempted to double any of positioned himseH as the eastern fathe huge obstacles. As jones coasted vorite for the new C class at the IOward the finish Watts roared over Loretta Lynn Amateur Nationals in the hill and launched his KX over the August with a pair of 250cc C wins. first two, then went 20 feet over Brian Patterson also looked good in jones' head on the next two for the the 125ccCclass with a I-I score. Steve most exciting win of the weekend. Kiesler was runnerup in both divijohn Kitsch from Saginaw, Michsions with a 3-2 250cc score and a 2-2 igan fought it out with West Virgi125cc finish. nia's Steve Childress in practically Crowe's double in the super-comevery Super Mini and 85cc 14-15 race. petitive B classes was hard-fought. Childress led /he Saturday opener On Saturday, Crowe followed Florifrom start-IO-finish after disposing of dian Bobby Mann and Kitsch home Team Green wildman junior jackson. in the 125s and went I-I in the 250s. Kitsch- had gated poorly but fought On Monday Crowe stormed 10 the his way into second. For the rest of first-moto win with Mann fi£th. Kitsch the weekend it was Kitsch leading overshot a steep downhill corner and Childress in practically every moto, crashed into a wooded section. The although Childress never gave up on accident broke his leg and sadly ended the sand specialist. his bid at a second class win. Mann Floridian Keith Fox adapted well tried to rebound in moto two and led to the extremely steep and choppy Crowe until the two-lap card came High Poimcourse. A 1-3 in the I 25cc out. Mann'sKX began to sputter and A class on the £irst day put him even eventually came to a hall with what with homeboy Brian Stanley going appeared to be ignition trouble. Crowe into Monday's final. Stanley somehow By Jimmy Derek raced by to take the title, his second of kept an underpowered Yamaha in the day after having wrapped up the contention all weekend long by using MT. MORRIS, PA, MAY 24-26 250cc class. his West Virginia expertise in hillside But the show at High Point beracing to fight of( the visiting hotlonged to Stanton. On Saturday he shoes. Butcarbtroubleon Monday put dueled with fellow MichiganerTodd Stanley too far behind the red-racer DeHoop and Stanley in the 250cc A from the South. Fox was getting fasclass be£ore turning it up a few notches ter with every moto and easily lOok to pull away. Much as he had done at the 125cc A title. the Daytona Amateur Supercross in Nonh Carolina's Damon Bradshaw March, Stanton was double-jumping came to High Point a heavy favorite pletely dominated the Expert High Point, which is the most sucobstacles that a lot of the Pros were in 85cc 12-13 and Super Mini racing di visions by virtue of a clean cessfu! outdoor race on the AMA tour. not attempting. The fans lined the but found his hands full with motor sweep on Saturday and oing The nders compete 10 separa~e races fences for his Open A slugfest with g on Saturday and Monday with the trouble and Brian Swing. Bradshaw's local-favorite Dickie Bellora, another three for four on Monday. The combined scores deciding the overall. YZ [altered in the Super Mini class young up-and-comer wi(h a knack current head of the Michigan Mafia Riders used the same track that Rick but never missed a beat in his age for high-wire action. The two doubled missed a perfect eight-for-eight weekjohnson won the Pro race Sunday division. His task was mainly to stay and tripled their way around the end when his bike faltered with just on. Lap times for the 1200 riders varin front of Swing, a young Team crowd-pleasing course. each pushing hal( a lap 10 go in the final molO of ied with course changes, but at one Green pilot, who, like Kitsch, is desthe air show one step higher. Finally the Nationals. Crowe was impressive point they measured 3:57 for the tined to one day head the Michigan Stanton got the better of the home-boy as always at High Point, his regular Sunday Super Mini race. Mafia. The twO battled in every mow by taking the pace to a level out of stomping grounds. He kept his SuwAlthough Stanton and Crowe were but Swink could never get the bener reach for the Team Green youngster. kis close to the front in every 125cc the only double winners. several other of Bradshaw. Monday was much of the same and 250cc B moto. . riders had exceptional weekends. Local hero Davey Yezek has not Stanton and Bellora launching toThe WisecolTeam Green Spring Tommy WaltS, a high flyer from Kenlost a Mini 7-11 class race in quite gether early before the YZ eased away. Nationals run 10 conjunction with tucky, competed in the 125cc and a while. Neither has 65cc tough guy JLnJlJinue.d.ln.paf{e28J._ th,.AMA PrQ(Q~i,p.l\ilJ. i.\lipM .at••• .2.')~d>.r,,- O1.till;t'jiau.lrd~yinorder__ _ _Jason Alwarth-Th.e-two. Penn )'u'a. _ ___ Stanton, Crowe take Spring Nationals Michigan's Jeff Stanton and Pennsylvanian Steve Crowe each took a pair of overall wins at the Wiseco/Team Green Spring Nationals at High Point Raceway. Stanton com- 16 Bob Broun (863) leads Jeff McClure in the 125cc A cia.. on Saturday at High Point Raceway; Keith Fox won the overall in the 125cc A class.