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- "I broke the countershaft sprocket and went straigh t in to a whole lot of trees," said Wa lker. " It bent th e bike up and put me out of the race." Even Krause was starting to expe, rience some difficu lti es. " My front brake locked on some how and it kn ocked me onmy head a coup le of times," Krause said. " I just rode around carefull y until I got to the pits and we fixed it there." For tea m ma te Hunn icutt, th e I prob lem s were more spectacul ar, " I h ad a good ri de go ing i n second," sai d Hunnicutt. " I was riding in th e du st and all of sudden I, I hit a mound of dirt or a bush or somethi ng and I started cart wheelin g and landed right on my head ." . H unnicutt's gym nastics let Ashcraft, Sw eetl and a n d Va n scou rt power by, a nd the T eam G reen hopeful th en fell victim to aIastminute charge from 250cc Pro J ohn Griffin. Krause was still at the head of th e " pack as the racers wen t ou t on their f fifth and fina l loop, and the racers , now faced a course that was looking less and less li ke the one they had started on. .; " It was a prett y goo d course but it . .. go t awfu lly chopped up by the tim e we got to th e last loop ," said Sweetland. " Yo u rea lly had to watch wh at you were do ing towards the i Ocean Center March 3-5,,1988 a "len d.-" ( But the choppy terrain ca used few Yproblem s for Kra use, who is backed by Kaw asaki , Ans wer, Metzeler, Shoe i, Acerbis, White Bro s., T subak i, Smi th , Spectro, Ren thal a nd F&L. H e kept th e pace going righ t .u p to the checkered flag and swept in to claim overall honor s and th e ."w inner 's shar e of th e purse. I)" Yamaha's Ashcraft crossed the lin e in second overall, almost five mincu tes beh ind Krause, a nd he was startin g to celebrate a 250cc victory wh en he was told of th e three-lap 1 pe nalty th at had been added to his fin ish ing tim e. ' i Ash craft immediately filed a prortest with Distri ct. 38 officials, th e , results of which will be kn own wh en offi cial race results are announced . Mar ch 5. Until th e ou tcome of th e protest is known, ho wever, th e pen alty stands and tu rns Ashcraft's second place finish over to Garth Sweetland. I .Griffin 's last minu te dash brough t { him home hard on Sweetland's heels to cla im third overa ll and th e win CI in th e 250cc Division. Vanscourt e.edged into fourth o vera ll ; second 250;, b by a.slim mar gin. 4 Crossing the line in fifth overa ll was the ill-fated Hunnicu tt. I " I got the holesh ot and I had a If good ri de going at firs t, but Paul Il(Kra use) is prett y har d to keep up rrwit h ,' said Hunnicu tt. " H e rode ,r well a nd he had some rea lly smooth lines. After I went down I did n 't have a cha nce of ca tching him ." H un nicu tt was follow ed in by Robbie No lin, District 38's number one plate holder in the 250cc Class. ', Fellow 250 p ilot Joey,Lane claimed ' b seventh overall. ) Bruce Taylor overa lled the l 25cc b P ro class with a 13th overa ll finis h .• Unofficial results b O/A: 1, Paul Krause (Kaw): 2. Gart h Sweet land ~ (Hus): 3, John Gr iff in (KTM): 4, Mark Van scourt (Kaw ): 5, Ted Hunnicutt (Kaw): 6, Robbie Noli n ~~(Hon): 7. Jo ey Lane (Hon): 8. Tom Mo en (KTM): b 9. Robert Prather: 10 . Bill Lyons: 11. Mike •• Ruhstorfer; 12. Ja ck Bongiovanni; 13. Bru ce Taylor (Kaw ): 14, Robbie Pippin; 15, Mar k McPerry; 16 : John Galea: 17 , Gary Royer. ) OPEN PRO: 1. Paul Krause (Kawl : 2. Garth • Sweetland (Hus); 3. Ted Hunnicutt (Kaw ). H 250 PRO: 1. John Gr iflin (KTM) ; 2. Mark Vanscourt (Kaw); 3 , Robbie Nolin (Hon), 125 PRO: 1, Bruce Taylor (Kaw): 2. 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