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THE MORE YOU KNOW .~ THE BETTER ~ IT GETS .~ 0') ,......; Now rid i ng for Yamaha Dan Ashcraft took fourth overa ll . O ' Neal , Scott USA, Metzler, Sp ector , Shoei, CRS a nd F&L. Third-place finisher Arnet had nothing but p rai se for the race orga ni zers. "T hey reall y did a gr ea t job ," he sai d. " T he co urse was ma rked rea lly well , the terrain was perfect and there was n 't very m uch dust. Arn er's nea rest 125cc competi tio n came from J ohn Braasch in ninth overall, with Frank Chase taki ng third 125 in 20th overall. Finishing beh ind Arnet to claim fourth overall was Ash craft. " I just wanted to see how I did on the 250 because I'm p lanning to ride it nex t week (a t th e Gold Strike Wor ld Champi on ship H ar e & H ound )," sa id Ash craft. " Apart from fall ing down in the second loop , 1 had a pr ett y good rid e." H u n n icu tt 's KX500 crossed th e fin ish line in fifth overall , just ahead of th e ailing Baker. Randy Moral es fin ished third in th e O pen Expert class to claim sevent h overa ll. Parry's YZ250 led the Vet co m petitors home ineigh th overal l. Second in the Vet ran ks went to KX250 pi lo t Ch arl ie Barney, who was competing in h is first race in eight mo nths. ~ T he first Open class Vet to cross the fin ish lin e wa s Steve Garner (17th ' overa ll ), whom Open Expe rt Paul Kra use described as, " the craziest man 1 hav e ever foll ow ed in th e desert !" A clos e rac e a ll the wa y III the Ama teur divisio n sa w Bria n Nevestich bring his 490 Yamaha home in 2 1st overall , narrow ly edging out first-time Amateur co m petitor Bob Rieger, who fini sh ed 23rd overa ll o n a KX250. A co nsistent performance by YZI25 pi lot Kelley Pate earned him 41st in th e overall sta ndings a nd firs t place in the Amateur 125cc d ivision . Results • MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION For the Motorcycle RiderCourse Nearest You ... Call Toll Free: 800-447-4700 Motorcycle World with Larry Hu£~~~~ ----Jl!:!J~ 0 / A: 1. Dan Sm ith (Hus); 2. Grant Palens ke (Kaw); 3. Eddie Arn et (Han); 4. Dan Ashcraft (Vam); 5. Ted Hunn icutt (Kaw): 6 . Mi ke Baker (Varni; 7. Randy Morales; 8 . Kenn y Par ry (Yam); 9 . John Braasch (Yam ). OPEN EX; 1. Dan Sm ith (Hus); 2. Ted Hunnicutt (Kaw); 3. Randy Morales. 250 EX; 1. Grant Palen ske (Yam); 2. Dan As hcr aft (Vam); 3. M ike Baker (Vam). 125 EX: 1. Eddie Arn e. (Han); 2. Jo hn Braasch. Jr . (Vam); 3. Frank Chase (Kaw). VET OPEN EX: 1. Steve Garner (Han); 2. Ron Pinion (Yam ). VET 250 EX: 1. Kenny Parry (Vam); 2. Charlie Barn ey (Kaw); 3. Jim Eveland (Vam). SR OPEN EX: 1. Craig Wo lfson (Vam). , SR 250 EX; 1. AI Guzman (5 uz); 2. Dave Kersting (Kaw ); 3. Don Wh it ehorn (5 uz). S/5R EX: 1. Denn is Davidge (Mai). WM N: 1. Lori Conway (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Brain Nevestich (Vam). 250 AM : 1. Bob Rieger (Kawl; 2. Dallas Mar· chand; 3. Dave Sharp (Yam ). 125 AM; 1. Kelley Pate (Vam). VET OPEN A M; 1. Bar ry Robertson (Vam). 5 R AM : 1. Tank Und erw ood (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Ralph Collins (Han). 250 NOV: 1. M ike Matu la (Kaw); 2. Randy Moseley (Hus). W Th is Sunday's Specia l Guests are:- - - - - - - ** NICK IENATSCH ** Assoc!ate Editor MO TORCYCLIST Ma gaz ine PLUS Special Supercross Guest / 1 comes 10 you li ve, every Su nday n igb t fro m JO 10 I I p.m. KOLA 99.9 FM Los Angeles/ R iversid e Orange Co .lSan Bernar dino KT IM 100.9 FM San Fran cisco/Oakland XT RA "Extra Gold" 690 AM Str o ngest AM Station in Western U.S. KSCO 1080 AM Santa Cruz SPOIlSOTf'd by $ SUZUKI Righ t On S uzuk i 25