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lo-o ilc up at the end of the 200-yard chute leading on to the MX track that wa used as part of the course. "I wasn't tOO worried about the crash," said Lojak. ·'It was early in t.heraceandthisissuchagoodcourse that I thought I could make up t.he time. They ha\'ee\'eq thing here: light wood, water cra ings. hig'h speed ~ra" trail, an<.J the motocros, \lack. fh" " the ".,,,.? a National I-l:ire . ('famhles shoul;1 he. un." Tenm Can-Am's Ballar<.J agreed thaI Mill\'ilkwasarealfun(our""hllllhe fun didn't last long' enoug'h LOday. Ballard, after coming off Ihe line in the tOP five behind Jeff Soren on's hard running big-bore Honda, led the riders out of the woods and illlo the scoring' barrels after CUlling a 31minute lap. Kadlec and Ron Naylor, 30 seconds behind. were dicing for second and Mark Hyde was a distalll founh. Ballard increased his lead LO a minule and 30 seconds and kept the power on as he charged past his gas crew at the end of the second lap: Ballard's race plan called for one pit SLOp at the end of the Ihird lap. but Ballardranoutofg'asatthefarendof the loop on the third lap. "I really don't know what h~ppened," said Ballard. "I get a mm- imum of 40 miles to a tank of gas. I was a little concerned about seizing and I was running a little rich, too rich I guess. For what I did today I would have been better off not to have shown up." Ballard had to make plane connections Monday in Minneapolis to fly to Italy to join the ISDE Vase team. "Ifell good after the fir t lap," said Hyde. "They had some technkal stuff plus those fast grass trails. I was in the top five, pretty much where I wanted to be, but then 1 got a bunch of woVen wire fence wrapped up in my back wheel at a creek crossing. I was down in the water and mud trying to cut that wire out of the rear hub. It took a long time to get it all oul. 1 was so disappointed, I didn't feel like racing any more. My seventh place overall finish might as weUbe a D F like Ballard's." Tom Buckles wasn't disappointed. Buckles riding a Husky 500 FourStroke from his Hoosier Husqvarna shop cinched the Four-Stroke series championship with his fifth class win, but he paid a price. "I fell off at a scrambles two weeks ago and reinjured my right leg," said Buckles, poinling 10 a huge hruise that reached from his waist 10 th('('alf of h is leg. ''1'111 '0'1 iI f 1 ('an't •ide rt'al good. 1 just fi~ur('d to finish today and take wha~ points I could gel. but when SCOtt Summers ran his Honda out of gas and gave me the (class) lead I t.hought 1 might a well go for it." Dan fargen and Dave Weatherington. both on Kawasaki KDX200s. WentLO the lasllap to settle their class win. "Fargen SLOpped for gas at the start of the last lap." said Weatherington. "And 1 weill around but he caught and passed me when we gOt in the woods. I trit'd to calch him but I was too tired to go that fast. I scared myself silly a couple of times and then I backed off. 1 \Va n't going to calch him. all 1 wa going to do was Cl'ash." "The first five laps were fun," said John Fero. Can-Am's southeastern ,ail'" <.Ji"',IOI and prt'mi," Senior A rider. "but that last lap almost kjlled me. I've got friends back in California - they'll know who they are and the\' worrv about me when I do things like this." Fero. now residing in Georgia. beal second place Senior rider Hank Stankewicz by 13 minutes. Kawasaki "rider Barry Sullberger won the I25cc A class ahead of Yamaha-mounted Tim Carmien, but it was third place finisher Brad Lowe who had the near-miss. "I had a bad start but had worked up to second," said Lowe. "I was gassinl'( it hard and somehow broke the brak(' rod on my KTM and when 1 went over a jump Ihe rod came ril'(ht up through the seat and stuck me in the butt. Hey. a couple of inches over and 1 could have been a soprano." The latest addition to Team CanAm'sstableofriders, Ron Naylor had his string of four National Hare SCrambles overall wins broken. The record was unique; Naylor had only ridden four National Hare Scrambles. Naylor, from Central Valley, California, near the California-Oregon border, does most of his riffing in the deserts, but went play riffing with John Martin during the week prior LO Milh·ille. Naylor crunched a tree and hurt his back and when he went to the starting line Sunday for the race, Naylor moved like he had a coat hanger in his jersey. aylor rode wheel-to-wheel with Kadlec for the first two laps then slowly edged off the pace, finishing third overall and seven minutes behind Lojak. Lon Hallock, riding a Rockland Honda 250, captured the overall B trophy, and Patrick Donaho blew t.he socks off the C class riders with an 80cc Honda. Cindy undgren established herself by being the first woman to finish the race in its five-year hjstory. Cindy rode a Honda 250 to a sevelllh place fini h. Race coordinator and Golden Eagles M.e. member Michael Quinn was pleased with the turnout of 230 riders but really beamed when telling of the support from Spectro Oils. Coca-Cola. SCOll lJSA, Husqvarna, Can-Am plus local cycle shops Larson's Cycle, Yamaha of Rochester, Road & Trail, Bob's Cycle Supply. Cycle City and Burnsville Motorsport. At trophy time Quinn wa drawing names and giving away prizes and prizes. and prizes. Also a knuckle to the duck bill for pring Creek MX Park owner Perry Hendricks and Golden Eagles' President Tom Bigalke. By general consensus of the membership. Bigalke brough t the whole package together.. Results OVERALL: Ed Lo,ak (Hus). OVERALL B: Lon Hallock (Hon). OVERALL C: Patrick Donaho (Honl. '25 A: 1. Barry Sulzberger (Kawl: 2. Tim Carmien (Varni: 3. Brad towe (KTM). 200 A: 1. Dan Fargen (Kawl: 2. Dee WeatheringIon (Kaw); 3. Dave Sulzberger (Kaw). 250 A; 1. Tony Hendon (Yaml; 2. DaVid Lundberg (C-A):I 3. Joe Fierman (C-A). OPEN A: 1. Fritz Kadlec (Husl; 2. Ron Navlor (C· ' AI; 3. Mark Hyde (Husl. 4-STRK: 1. Tom Buckles (Hus); 2. Scott Summers (Hon): 3. Charles oailv (Honl. SA A: 1. John Fero (C·AI: 2. Hank Stankewicl (Husl; 3. Chuck Graig (Husl. SUPER SR: 1. Harv Greenlee (Honl; 2. Charles Galbraith (Husl; 3. Willard Root (C-AI. 200 B: 1. Tim McLaughlin (Kawl; 2. Chris Olson (Kaw); 3. Paul Potier (Kawl. 250 B: 1. Greg Williams (C-AI: 2. Ken Wright (KTM); 3. Craig Ahachick (Vam). OPEN B: 1. Mike Techo (Hus); 2. Scott Leverton (C·AI; 3. Gerald Peterson (Varni. SR B: 1. Jim Spencer (KTM); 2. uyton Erickson (Hus); 3. Richard Rue (Honl. 200 C; 1. Jeft Matejka (Honl; 2. Douglas Muel· lessen (Kaw); 3. Donald Roesler (Kawl. 250 C: ,. St.... Many(Vam): 2. Eric Gray(Hon); 3. Je" latyerd (KTMI. OPEN C: ,. Chuck Niedjielski (Hon); 2. Gary Cor· penter (Vam); 3. Mike Lowell (Hon).