Kewneki rider and former 125cc
Nat1 Champion Marty Smith.
Marty Smith (above) went 1-2 in the Champs of the Pest class. but Billy Gross (below) went 2-1 for the win.
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track, sometime going inw the grass
to try to get by Lackey. Then, in a real
technical, dry, slick, downwhill, of(camber turn, DeCoster om-braked
Lackey and stuffed him on the inside.
The crowd was on its feet as they
watched DeCoster at work and on
form.
Shortly after this point, Rodriguez
dropped out of the race when a motor
mount broke and the frame crunched
w where the rear fender was resting
on the rear tire.
reeled-in DeCoster and another fierce
battle was on, bm this time DeCoster
was the mouse. Again, the crowd
went wild and two laps from the finish, Smith used an outside line in a
turn and powered by DeCoster to the
next turn where Smith had the better
line. The DeCoster/Smith duel carried them close to the leader Grossi,
and on the final lap, Smith was only
a few seconds behind. If Smith passed
Grossi, Smith wouJd take the overall,
but the distance was too great for
Smith to make up in the shoTt period
of time. Grossi took the win and
overall, while Smith took second.
DeCoster finished third overall ahead
of Lackey (:1-5), Shultz (6-4), Hansen
(8-6), Thorwaldsof! (10-7) and Weinert (12-8).
In the Pro race, Kawasaki's Ward
and Lechien dominated both mows.
In the first round, Ward grabbed the
holeshotahead of Yamaha's Jim Holley YZ490cc and Lechien. Lechien
. charged by Holley during the second
lap and found a five-second gap separating him from Ward. In fourth was
local favorite Joey Shlag (Honda
CR250), followed by Kelly Andris
(Honda CR250), Tyson Vobland
(Kawasaki KX250) and Shaun Kalos
(Honda CR250).
Halfway through the race, positions remained the same until Shlag
slipped by Holley. At this point,
leaders Ward and Lechien were running into. lapped traffic. Lechien
quickly caught up to Ward, and the
two were inches apart. But once the
