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Bob Hannah was 15th at the start of Sunday's main, but the factory
Suzuki rider worked his way up to fou~ by the finish.
Suzuki support rider Donny Schmit dominated the 125cc main Saturday
night but couldn't repeat his performance Sunday after crashing.
Matson, Ray Sommo and David
Graft.
As they completed the first lap,
Honda rider Robert Naughton
moved into third, dropping Sommo
to fourth. Fifth and sixth belonged
to Suzuki's Willie Surratt and Paul
Win.
Two laps later, both Surratt and
Winn blasted by So~o, making the
top five Schmit, Matson, Naughton,
Surratt and Winn.
From that point on, it was pretty
much a follow-the-Ieader boul.
Schmit maintained about a five
second lead throughout the race and
went on to take an uneventful
victory. Matson held on to second;
finishing comfortably ahead of
. Naughton, who was being hounded
by Surratt. Fifth went to Winn ahead
Sommo and Michael Craig.
Sunday
250cc
Warren began Sunday's event with
the holeshot in the first heat race,
and he never looked back. Warren
dominated every lap while Fisher,
Larson and Dubach chased. The
moto was fairly uneventful with no
passing among the leaders. Warren,
Fisher, Larson and Dubach finished
1-4, and were spread out.
Yamaha rider Todd DeHoop
motored into the lead at the start of
the second heat race, but was passed
during the first lap in the whoops
by Leisk. A few feet later, Stanton
also shot by DeHoop. During the
second lap, DeHoop dropped back
one more position when Tichenor
flew by in the doubles.
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For the rest of the race, Leisk and
Stanton battled for the lead with
Leisk holding on for the win. On
the last lap, while in a comfortable
third, Tichenor lost control of his
Suzuki in the whoops and dropped
to fifth.' King and Ryan finished
third and fourth, respectively.
Bowen and Lechien spent much
of the third heat race dicing for the
lead, while Kehoe and Pederson
chased. The two leaders pulled away
from the rest of the pack until the
third,lap when Lechien put a move
on Bowen. Lechien took the outside
line around a tum to pass, but Bowen'
drifted out wide and into Lechien's
path. Both riders went down with
Kehoe and Pederson taking over the
top two positions. Lechien recovered
in sixth, while Bowen dropped out
of contention.
Lechien got back on the gas and
started triple jumping a section of
the track that no one else had tried.
The Kawasaki rider eventually
worked his way back up to third
behind Kehoe and Pederson. Frisz
finished fourth.
The final heat race featured Ward
and Johnson dueling for the lead
once again. Ward took the holeshot
and led for four laps before casing
a tabletop jump and knocking his
Kawasaki out of gear. That was all
that Johnson needed to take over the
lead and the win. Holland, O'Mara
and Hannah rounded out the top
five.
The first semi was all Bowen's.
Alter passing Manley during the
second lap, Bowen turned up the
boost and puIJed away from Manley
for the easy win.
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Suzuki riders Hannah and
Tichenor stole the show in the
second semi. After swapping positions a couple of times during the
first lap, Hannah settled into the
lead, 'putting a five-second margin
between himself and Tichenor by the
.end of the race.
After banging his way into the lead
during the first lap of the Last
Chance Qualifier, Hicks managed to
keep a charging DeHoop at bay
throughout the moto. Hicks crossed
the line inches ahead of DeHoop for
the win and the final transfer spot.
For the second day in a row,
Tichenor snatched the holeshot in
the main event, inches ahead of
Manley and Frisz. While traveling
through the first double jump section, Lechien, who was running in
the top 10, had another rider land
on top of him, taking the Kawasaki
rider out of action. It was in the exact
same section, lap and manner
Lechien was taken out the night
before.
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After completing one lap of racing, Frisz was still leading ahead of
Ward, Johnson, Manley, Tichenor,
Leisk, Kehoe, HolJand and Fisher.
Hannah was 15th; O'Mara 17th.
During the second lap, Frisz blew
his lead in spectacular fashion. He
lost control of his Suzuki over a'
double jump and was pitched of(.
His bike continued over the next
jump and almost flew into the
stands.
"I came off the jump and was in
a wheelie," Frisz said later. "I hit the
back tire on the third whoop-de-