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Eric Hallgath gassed his brakeless YZ125 to seventh overall to claim a w ire-to-wire w in in the 125cc Expert divison . Team Green rider' Larry Roeseler powered his KX250 to third overall, f irst 250.cc Expert, despite a malfunctioning rear brake. " The number of seconds you w in by doesn't matter, " Griewe said after the race. " A ll you have to do is be in front. " Bill Flett manhandled his hand-built Harley-Davidson all the way aro und the 40-mile first loop.-The Harley weighs more than 400 pounds, ... 20 ma in tained third overall a nd took the win in th e 250cc division despite his KX250's unpredictab le brak es. " We need to co me up with a guard for the rear dis k so th is won 't keep happeni ng." said th e T eam Gree n ho tsho t. Second in the 250cc ran ks went to fo urth p lac ed Cartwright, whi le Thomas blas ted in to claim fifth overa ll on his new YZ490. " Boy it was a long race," said Thom as. "The 490 takes som e getting used to after the 250." Thomas wa s followed in by Palen ske, who did a lot of catch ing up after a bad lin e o n the bomb put him back to abou t 35th at the start . . . Eric H all gath screamed in to ta ke a wire-to-w ire win in the 125cc class in sevent h overa ll. • " R i~ ht when the banner went u p the adjuster screw on th e front brak e came ou t so I didn 't have an y brakes th e whole race," said Hallgath, who is backed by Pro Circui t/Tsub aki l Silkolene/ JT. Hallgath's nearest I25cc com peti tion came from Yamaha pi lot J ohn Braasch , wh o rocketed up from 29th at the end of loop one to finish 16th overa ll. - " He passed me abo u t five to 10 miles o ut but my hands were hurting so mu ch I jus t cou ldn't hold on any more and chase him," said Ron Je nni ngs, who claimed third in the 125cc class just three pl aces overall behind Braasch . Bruce Ogil vie's come-from -beh ind efforts earned him th e Vet cla ss win a nd eighth overall. T he al ways consistent Parry edged Charlie Barney o ut of second (first 250cc Vet) by just two pl aces. I' " It was an excelle nt rep resentatio n of wha t a Nationa l course should be - it was tough," said Parry , who claimed 13th overall. Dave Kerstin g was still hol di ng off fellow 250cc Sen ior Steve T hompso n as he flashed into the finish in 41st overa ll with Ron Paproski, who too k the Senior Open win, no t far behind. Clarke Coleman pass ed George Pennington to take th e Ama teur class win and Kelley Pa..'s rapid riding clinched the 125cc Amateur cla ss win and bumped him into the Expert ranks for future events. If th e Nat ional series had a special award for effort , th e round two trophy would have to go to Bill Flett, who muscled his hand-buil t, 400plus pound H arley Davidson all th e way around the 40-mi le first loop. " It 's ni ce to finis h, " was Flett 's understatement. • Results 0 / A : 1. Don Griewe (Hus); 2. Dan Ashcraft (Yam); 3. Larry Roeseler (Kaw ); 4 . Darin Cartwright (Ya m ~ 5. Cliff Thom as (Yam); 6. Grant Palen ske (Kaw ); 7. Er ic Hallgath (Yam); B. Bru ce Ogilvie (Han); 9. Ron Shuler (Kaw); 10. Todd Peugh (Han); 11. Gart h Swe etland (Hus); 12. Curt is Dice (Han); 13. Kenny Par ry (Yam); 14. Dave Chase (Hus); 15. Charl ie Barner (Kaw), OPEN EX: 1. Don Griew e IHus); 2. Dan Ashc raft (Yaml; 3. Cliff Thomas (Yam). 250 EX: 1. larry Roeseler (Kawl; 2. Darin . Cartwr ight (Yam); 3. Grant Palen ske (Kawl . 125 EX: 1. Eric Hall gath (Yam); 2. J ohn Braasch (Yam); 3. Ron J enn in gs (Yam). . OPEN VET: 1. Bruce Ogilvie (Han). 250 VET: 1. Kenny Par ry (Yam); 2. Char lie Barn ey (Ka w). SR OPEN: 1. Ron Paproski (KTM); 2. Gary Vanderpool (Hus); 3. Dick My er (Han). SR 25 0 : .1. Dave Kersti ng (Kaw ); 2. Stev e Thompso n (Han); 3. Larry Gordo n (Kaw). OPEN AM : 1. Clarke Colema n (Han); 2. M ike Kornwinder (Hus). 250 AM : 1. George Penn ingt on (Yam). 125 AM: 1. Kelley Pat a (Yam); 2. Keith Met er (Yam).