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SR EX: 1. Bob Bow ers; 2. Darren Coirtright; 3 . Joh n Fry; 4. Ed Jardine; 5. Jo hn Fraser . S/ SR EX; 1. Bill Mc Clinton. Richards nips Dugan on Prairie lake ice By Merle Acord . MARSEILLES , IL, FEB. 14 Mike Dugan wired his XL500 Honda four-stroke to the starter's green light at th e O ttawa Ice Racer's round four series at Prairie Lake Lodge and ro cketed off the line to lead the Pro class in th e six-lap final for all but the last 30 feet. Then Greg Richards, riding a Competition Cycle sponsored Kawasaki 250, found a li ttl e extra traction amidst the pools of watery-slush on th e rapidly deteri oratin~ eighth-mile track and when . th e pan exited turn four side-by-side, it was Richards that won th e drag race to the checkered flag. " I revved the engine so Dugan would know I ' was th er e," said Richard, " and 1 was fanning the clutch to give me a little more drive co ming o ut of the corn ers. 1 thought I might burn it up but that thing is bullet-proof. There wasn 't but one line. The ice was getting soft and if yo u went outsid e all yo u did was sp ray slush . So I stayed in tight and it worked out. " Can-Am rider Tom Norris, in the 200cc heat race , came first off the line and in turn four on the first lap did a number for th e photographers. In the fin al Norris again was first under the start 's green light; found good traction in the soft ice and motored to th e win with Brent Donnenberg, a nother Can-Am rider, second. Dennis Morsatt, aft er a less than spectacular start , never got it together until the final lap when he went under Terry. Larson 's Can-Am and Yam aha-mounted Tom Lawsha to pick up the third place trophy. . Richards won a second trophy in th e 250cc class, going from wire-towire without a challen ge. Ron Lane _ had a lock on second place but got out in the loose and sloopy stuff and lost th ree p laces. John Brinker fini shed second. In th e Open class Jeff Carner took th e holeshot with Dave Shumway on his number plates and Aaron Stout a ti ght third. On the third lap Shumway got around for the lead a nd took the lead. The Senior class was red-flagged after half the riders piled up in turn two, but it didn't make any difference to Shumway and his vintage BSA for he was again first into turn one. ' "I wasn 't nervous about the ice conditions," said Shumway af ter being reminded that a few seasons past his BSA had gone through the Ice about midway through turn three on this very lake when the temperatures had cljmbed into the upper 30s. " I was looking for Mike Dugan or Jeff Wehrli. I thought I would have an advantage, for on a day li ke today when you have to stay down low , this old BSA puts out that steady four -stro ke power and 1 could just stick right in there." Wehrli was riding in the second slot but boggled on the third lap and I let T om Jacobs by. Wehrli came right back and went hard to the inside on . turn two on the next lap, regaining his second spot tha t he carried to the ' flag. Jacobs, in third place, was feeling the heat from Mike Duga n 's Honda and on the fifth lap Dugan 'wen t by and Lonnie Vardell held the sam e line and put his BSA's front wheel in the fourth place position dropping Jacobs back to fifth -. Results 200 : 1. Tom Norr is; 2. Brent Dannenberg; 3. Dennis Morsa n; 4 . Te rry Larson; 5. Tom l awsha. 250; 1. Greg Rich ards; 2. John Brinker; 3. Jeff Weur li; 4. Ron lane; 5. Steve Brinker. OPEN: 1. Dave Shumwa y; 2. Aa ron Stout; 3. Jeff Carn er. . SR: 1. Dave Shu mway; 2. J eff Weur ll; 3. Mi ke Dugan; 4. Lonnie Varn ell; 5. Tom Jacobs. . PRO: 1. Greg Rich ards; 2. Mik e Dugan; 3. Gerry Bayley; 4. J eff Carner; 5. Greg J esp. Williams overalls Team Challenge Enduro By Bill Herndon BARSTOW, CA, FEB. 14 Yamaha rider Steve Williams was the overall individual winner in Southern Californi a Enduro Club 's (SCEC) Team Challenge Enduro, dropping just 1.106 POInts. William s' nearest challenge was Hondamounted Jason In gersoll , who tallied an even two point score, edgi ng Robb Messecher's and J ohn Ferro's 3.39 and 3.76 scores. Ro undi ng out th e top five was last month 's SCEC winner J ordan Chaney (3.96). Williams wasn't th e o n ly big winner toda y. The Barbenders West team claimed top .hono rs in the Team Challenge portion of the event, which was decided by combining individual enduro scores and a motocross (special test) tim e to one overa ll team score. The team with th e low est points tall y was the winner. The Barbenders West team dropped 1399 poin ts to th e VCMC