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~ing 40 points over the two, 23-mile
\Q9ps, just edging out his brother
Dfiane by four points for the win.
Duane's 44 point total gave him
High-Point A class honors.
Mike Ward took third overall on
his enduroized Yamaha YZ250 with
total score of 50 points lost. Frank
Schoenbeck and Mike Ellis dropped
51 and 52 points, respectively, to nail
down the fourth and fifth overaIl
positions.
.. In some of the day's other classes,
Jack Potter scored the 200cc A class
~n on a Kawasaki KX80 as small
displacement bikes seemed to be the
best for the run. The top rider in the
R class was Craig Holasek on a
Yamaha 125.
Results
01A: 1. Charlie Eller.
HI·PT A: 1. DUane Eller.
HI·PT B: 1. Craig Holasek.
HI·PT C: 1. Pat Lisowski.
SR: 1. Jay Hern; 2. Willis Gladding; 3. Roger
McKee.
I EX: 1. Frank Schoenbeck.
OPEN A: 1. Mike Ellis.
~ 250 A: 1. Mike Ward; 2. Chris Kau; 3. Doug
Deering.
. 200 A: 1. Jack Potter; 2. Tim Kannedy; 3. D.J.
{Iyan.
OPEN B: 1. Richard Gronski; 2. Roben Bant; 3.
Mark Vonjof.
.
250 B: 1. Mike Bronk; 2. David Peters; 3. Jay
armeter.
200 B: 1. Bobby Donahue; 2. Rick Parmeter; 3.
~Erickson.
C: 1. Marc Terry; 2. Jerry Voegele; 3. Bryce
Lisowski.
Barrsmokes
Virginia SX
By Danny C. lusti
wYTHEVILLE, VA, MAY 3
Jlactory Kawasaki rider Rodney Barr
showed his stuff in Sunday's opening
round of the Virginia Supercross
Shies. The three race series, pro·
9l~oted by Victory Sports, is being run
at the Wythe Raceway.
North Carolina's Jim Chester led
the show with the holeshot in the
125cc Pro qualifier. South American
National Champion Tommy Rios
held down the second slot followed
by Barr. Barr picked off Rios on lap
two and charged by Chester on the
third lap to take the win; Rios
muscled his way to second by the end
of the race.
Barr holeshot the main and led
from start-to-finish. Rios gated
s~cond, but Aaron Bollinger went to
second on lap two. Bollinger then
J:iUmped Rios, thus allowing Chester
i9 pass both of them. Rios recovered
from the incident and charged back
to take second at the flag.
Barr led the 250cc Pro qualifier
from start to finish while Robbie
Taylor and Rios followed in second
and third, respectively.
.
The 250cc Pro' main was one of
the most exciting races of the day as
Taylor and Barr battled froin the
Start. Barr gated first, but on the
fourtl:) lap Taylor jumped in the
lead. Taylor's lead was short-lived as
WI lasted for only one lap. At that
int, Barr retook the lead. Before
aylor could recover, Chester
lipped by and overtook second.
aylor settled for third position.
Jeff Shuler' 'put in a strong show. g as he pushed his way to the front
f the pack to win the 250cc B class
ver Jay Hayes.
Yamaha rider Kevin Walker dom'nated the 125cc class as he captured
th the qualifier and the main.
alker led every lap of the motos.
ark Mandeville rode his Suzuki to
third place finish in the qualifier
nd a second place finish in the
. ain. Following in third overall was
wain Miller, with finishes of
,. ond and third, respectively.
In the l25cc C class, Mike Padgett
ptured the holeshot in the qualifier
d took the win. But in the main
. hopes of an overall first seemed
.m as he was in fifth after lap one.
ut Padgett wo'ked his way to first
and .captured the main and the
overaIl. Second overall went to Lee
Coones as he compiled double
second place finishes. Ray Boruff
finished third with a 5-3 tally.
Tim Jennings took the overall in
the 250cc C class. After finishing
third in the qualifier behind Steve
Litz and Bryan Hayworth, Jennings
recovered from a first-lap sixth place
position to take the victory in the
main