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-/--""-.-elt MeltQn.tnade the trip-ulo"f'eu, . nes'see a lot 1~s 'sbttr tOf hi family Kawasaki rider Dennis Stephenson topped the 125cc Stock 12'5 class. Todd Williams (2). Ronnie Renner Jr. (39) and F~ed Peeples (34) get down to some serious racing in. the 51 cc Auto 4-8 class. sive by the fact that he rode the second half of the final moLO with a flat tire. Arizona's jimmy Gaddis pushed his Suzuki LO a 3-8-1 score for second ahead of jason Schultz, Steve Lamson and Steve Childress. jackson rebounded with a third in the Stock class behind the Kansas KX of Emig, who went 1-2-4 for the win. Chad Pederson was in the LOp five in every moLO and gathered second overall with Jon Pierre Levesque fourth and Childress again fifth. Another first-run class was the +25 division, which was won by a member of the Old Guard of the Michigan Mafia, Kris Bigelow. The former topranking Pro bested the super fast South Carolina duo of Mark Ashworth and Robbie Neeley for the National Championship. Neeley looked LO be in control of the class after a furious first moto shootout with Ashworth that saw him grab the win, but he lost all of the control on one of his handlebar in a second We're nearing the end of the 1986 500 Interceptor'" Championship Series, and the dominant riders in every region are pulling away from the pack. In the AAMRR, selfsponsored John Ramsay has built a 21point lead by posting four wins and a Gmg1Jsor: Smokin'in WERAs Mid-Atlantic. second. Greg Tysor, riding for Rocky Cycle Company; has had his work cut out for him in a region packed with talentWERA's Mid-Atlantic division.Tysor moLO tumble. Bigelow and Ashworth remained up front for the next two motos with Bigelow eventually winning Husqvarna its first mOtocross title in quite some time. The +25 class proved to be a favorite with the fans, most of whom gOt their first-ever look at America's first racing hero - Marty Smith. Theonce golden boy showed that he still had the speed, but mechanical problems plagued him throughout the week. Neeley came ba k from his +25 disappointment with the Senior +30 win, taking the first two moLOS then drifting home in fourth in. the final for the title. Claude Mitchell and Barry Higgins nabbed numbers two and three, while Ron jones trailed Art Lucas in fifth. Jones might have been more of a facLOr had not a 16th in moto two put the title out of reach. has knocked off two firsts, two seconds and two thirds on his way to a 50-point lead. With their commanding leads, all the front runners have a chance to think beyond divisional victories to the Road Atlanta Fmal. Thats where the HONDA. _ top five from each division go wheel to wheel for the Championship Title. Sathe best 5DD I\IIERLEPILlH --- - is yet to come. -, - after his brother's Pro-Am injury by capturing the 85cc 7-11 class. Melton scored the first moLO win then fell back LO third before returning to top gun in the final heal. Ezra Lusk (3-22) was a steady second after title hopeful Sean Thornton (2-1-15) had trouble in the last heal. Lusk was even more steady in the 65cc ranks. grabbing all three wins comfortably. The Mini-dynamo looked like one of the Pro-Am boys on the track, leaping the massive centerfield tabJeLOp on every lap as he cruised away from the pack. jesse Begyn and Clint Don CarlLOn moved into second and third when early front-runner Ryan Hoffman finished 36th in moLO three after going 2-2. Patrick McPhearson may soon be the next hot Mini property. He nailed down the 51 cc title with back-to-backto-back wins. Fellow Ohio rider jon Weaks ended up second with joseph Hesse, james Post, and joe Prather all in the top five. The 250cc and Open B action was completely up for grabs compared to most of the other classes. Dawson Ransome notched out a 2-3-7 tally for the 250ccB Modified win with fellow Pennsylvanian Freddie Turjan a surprising second and john Sulewski thir<:\. Tennessee's own Kenny Kizzar won the first heat of the Stock class then eased LO a pair of runner-up finishes behind jeff Mabery for the number-one plate. In Open Bracing Bart Newman proved to be faster than one of America's top woods racers, Terry Cunningham, who was making a cameo appearance on the Loretta Lynn's motocross course. Newman went 1-1-4 for number one, but many fans felt that had Cunningham