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lace. E-stt:p'Cl"JCJltuall'jl gOt the upper-,
and to fini I'i stlcohd. "Not bad conidering we touched a valve on the
arm-up lap when it jumped out of
ear!" remarked the Senior Estep.
richsen worked hard, after a hard
et off, to hold on to fifth place.
atliff, Durkee and Bushman were
ixth through eighth.
esults
PRO-AM: 1. Scott Stump (W·R); 2. Ben West
-R): 3. Scott Mohan (H-D).
JR: 1. Bob Farver (W-R): 2. Kevin Heath (H-D): 3.
ark Ashton (H-D).
EX: 1. Doug Davis(H-D); 2. Donnie Estep (H-D): 3.
an Ingram (H~O).
cMillen smokes
outhwoods MX
y John Spear
OUTHWOODS, NY, JULY 27
urt McMillen usually goes
aster in the mud than he does
n a dry track, and he proved it
gain 'today when he swept
our muddy motos at Southwoods
X, capturing overall wins in both
he 125cc and Open Expert classes.
cMillen must have been grinning
rom ear-to-ear the day before the
ace, when the skies opened up and
ropped a deluge on SoutbwoOOs,
eaving the course a muddy mess.
McMillen smoked both 125cc Exert motos, building a big lead both
'mes, then coasting to victory. Kurt
enzland's second overall came via a
-4 finish in the two motos, just edgg third place jeff Dirago's 2-5. Dirgo and Renzland were in the middle
f a four-way ballie for second in the
'nal moto, with Dirago gelling secnd off the line and holding it more
an five laps. Renzland pushed him
ard for three laps before sliding out
nd leaving the door open for Eddie
ao and Chris Brynildsen to slip by
nd chase Dirago.
For two more laps, Dirago withtoOO the pressure, but on lap six the
iders did a major swap in the back
ection and Dirago came out of the
ray in fifth place. Bao had moved
nto second, Brynildsen took third
nd Renzland was back up to fourth;
hat was the way they finished a lap
ater. Bao's 7-2 was good for fourth
verall but Brynildsen had a 13th in
he first moto·and had to settle for
ighth overall. SCOll jacob had his
st ride this year with a 4-5 that gave
im fifth overall.
McMillen's two victories' in the
pen Expert class came a lot harder.
ave McLean pressured him all the
ay in both motos, and the two ran
way from the pack. But while Mcean was always within sLTiking disnce, he never got past McMillen.
ike Spear had a pair of thirds and
oug Mitchell claimed a pair of
urths.
McLean took the overall victory in
e 250cc Expert class with a 1-2 finh, missing a perfect day when he
ot a f1a t tire in the second moto.
cLean's flat allowed Dennis Decker
motor by for the second heat win.
pear, after placing second in the
pening moto, saw his chances for
e overall disappear when he went
own in the first corner of the second
ace. He remounted, then moved
rough the pack to finish third, givg him third overall behind McLean
nd Decker. Decker's win in the second
oto was his first of the season in the
50cc class; he finished third in the
pening heat.
Mike Boucher made one of his rare
ppearances in the Senior Expert
lass, and recorded impressive I-I
OlOS. Tom Salandra was another
ho found the muddy track to his
king; he placed right behind Bouchr both times. In the Senior Amateur
ivision, John Hart motored to a 2-1
finish- to gor b