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Paul Krause f inished th ird aboard his Open class Honda . do n 't know how he kn ew ' wh ere he was going. but I turned arou nd to follow h im. Eventua lly we found some mo re ribbo n but th a t pUI me back in second. Getting lost cos t me the race." Out in fro nt of the field, Knap p was giving the race every th ing he had . Aft er managin g o nly third overall in his best seri es finish before th e Lo st Angels event, the H usky p riva teer was determined to keep the competition a t ba y and was hard o n th e gas in the twisty sectio n through Sea rle Mo untai ns. " Whe n I pa ssed Da n (Ashcra ft), he ca me back aro u nd a nd was ri gh t o n m y butt," said Kna p p. " We raced like that for a long time bUI he di d n't ca tch me. I was going like crazy trying to stay in front of h im. " . Despite a har d drive ' fro m the ten acious Honda p ilot , Knapp just cou ld n 't be caug h t, and as th e seco nd loop tu rn ed in tow ard the fini sh lin e. th e 250cc Husky was ahead by JUSI' o ver two m inutes. Even a fla t rear tire five mi les o u t from th e finish co u ld n ' t slow Kna p p's wi n ni ng d rive. T he Husky p i lo t charged hom e to take the checkered flag wi th hi s two minut e wi n ni ng margi n a lmost intact , a nd a lso becam e the first 250 p ilo t to overall a series event thi s year. "T hat was gr eat ," said Kna p p, who was so th rill ed wit h hi s wi n that he cou ld hardly stand still. " I had suc h a good race. I lik ed the co urse very m uch , a nd I had no problems a t a ll exce p t for th e ba ck flat rig ht at end. It felt so good to be o ut in fro nt. " Kna p p than ked Mit ch Payton of Pro Circu it and William, th e new o wner o f Van Nuys Suzuki , for their help. . Back in seco nd overa ll , Ashcraft was no t nearl y as ha p p y with his ride. ''I'm so bummed - I wa nt ed to win this thing so bad ," he said. " I' m reall y bummed th at I got lost. I had th e th in g wo n right up ' ti l the n. "T he cou rse itself was good a nd pretty cha lle ng ing, it jus t wasn't marked well eno ugh," sai d Ash craft, who is spo nsored by Honda lin e/ Scott/Shoei /Honda Oils/ P ro Circuit. " I was hi tting thin gs a ll ove r the p lace o ut th ere. I hit one ditch that wasn 't dan ger mark ed so hard I put th e bars down o nto the tank." Krau se's charge fro m behind too k him pa st Cartwright abo u t halfway a ro u n d loop two and into third o vera ll a t the fin ish li ne. SUNDAY A.M, GATES OPEN 6:30 ************************************ All THE FAaORY TEAMS! * * * Ar-tJtur ,. ff1)·AM tf HONDA YAMAHA SUZUKI KAWASAKI PLUS - THE GREATEST NAMES IN MOTOCROSS! ~~ .Bob " Hurricane" Hannah Keith Bowe n Jeff Ward Johnn'y O'Maro~ Rick Johnson * * * Brae Glover ** Billy Ule s ** Ron Lechien Jim Holley rri. ~yt~ ~=. ,- ************************************ = ~ All .nt.~:-TLI~~ ~:t~~ *1.p 7 4--6rM 9~I\-Uv ~ $4el- .:.m..u C.LA: S P ~ ' 2 ~ ClI2~o.OPEN 1<',de(~ l::li,;bl(. . *********************************************** See all the Top Motocross Riders and Teams Take on the AWESOME SECESSION MX ADMISSION: Adults: S17 00SA l./SUN. Kids: S12 .00 S . ONl Y UN !i~~!.?~¥r ~~.!T' f-f· . ,. t1 .,. D. '" e s :I,~ ~III-- J (\20;,.1'50 ~ ~l.Ind~y ~~QIi-fi.~ S9.00 SAT./SUN: CJmplne: $6.00 SUN. ON LY '1t"lId( 'f'rD t r: mof' /, eO 19 JfQr ? " b· (orIr\+o: 1·900'~4b· 77&7 ~"I/u~ 'fDe ~ : CY(!.J.-E C-LUe. p/~n~,,~ ~nf",n-9e7¥7:>rh~ KAL-GARD CONGRATULATES TEAM -HYPER CYCLE! ~~ After racing for 500 kilometers, Team Hyper'Cycie riders Carry Andrew and Jeff Herzog claimed the overall w in in the .AMA. US Endurance Series at Elkhart Lake, WI. Their talent and Kal-Gard's KG-4 gave them the edge needed to w in. Congratulations to bot h on a job well done! [Ka~GaRDJ S300 per niehl {)1~0N.7: :r:s!5-tc Ander"~,.t;~ 70u'Hvn !-\wy 6/ -to f"lat(~ 1QJ. "*?tUMiO\"'l