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give Greene some competition as the duo broke away from the Formula Two pa ck by nearly three seconds on the first lap. Although less than a second separa ted th e two men for th e first two la p s, Green e seemed to move awa y from Stephens effort lessly. St ephen s, who was by far th e smoothes t rider , was relegated to second spot for the remainder of th e race. The Menl o Pa rk rid er wa s far en ough a hea d of Stephe n Wickland, Thomas Mon tano, a nd Er ic Condo - third , fourth, a nd fifth respectively - th at th ere was never a threa t to hi s position. After some terrific dicing betw een Montano, Condo, and Wickl and, th e top five look ed lik e th is: Don Green e first, j ames Step he ns second, Stephen Wickl and third , Thom as Montan o fourth a nd Eri c Condo fifth . In The Formula One race Don . Green e sh ined aga in. Riding th e sam e 250cc two-st rok e twin , Green e mad e no pretens e of competing as a secondary rid er. H e started back in th e pack, bu t mad e hi s way to third spot by th e beginning of th e second lap. By the com pletion of lap two, Green e was in co mma nd. and would never relinq uish hi s lead . Alth ough Green e took co ntro l a nd dominated the co mpeti tio n, the race was never boring. Seco nd through fifth slo ts were up for gra bs for th e d ur at ion wi th j ohn Fr eyer , j eff Stern, Ph i l Kress, a nd joe Brett Will iam s trading places back and forth . T he fin ish finally ended . up wit h Don Greene first, j oh n Freyer second. j eff Stern thi rd. j oe Brett Willia ms fourt h a nd Kim j ester fifth . Ph il Kress. who held fourt h spot at the end, was di squal ified for a p par. ent ly run ni ng a la rger displ acem ent . powerplant than is a llowed. 'In 450 P roducti on ac tio n, j effrey H a tfield o f Sa n j ose, Ca lifo rnia posted a victory, th ough he and his fri end and fellow co mpe titor Dale Al exander o f San Mat eo wer e in volved in a final lap in cid ent while lead ing the class. On the white flag lap , Ha tfield and Alexander were making th eir way through the esses wh en Hatfield had a slow er rid er cha nge lin es o n h im , making contact unavoidabl e. Hatfield and h is bike hit the ha y ba les in turn 8A, sending a ha y ba le o nto the tra ck. Second man Alexander cou ldn 't avoid th e rogue ba le and was spi lled onto th e track, breaking his arm. The red flag ca me out and th e ra ce sto pped in the final seconds. Si nce the even t was red-flagged on the fina l lap , th e standings reverted back to the previous lap, whi ch was led by the two men who went down. . Resu lts F-40: 1. Denny Doherty (Yam); 2. Richard Br ady (Suz); 3. lorin Cepparo (Yam). 750 5 1ST: 1. Jaff Hagan (Suz); 2. Scon Cavness (Hon); 3 . Chris Crew (Suz). 600 5 1ST : 1. John Freyer (Yam); 2. Mark McDan iel (Hon); 3. Joe Bren Williams (Hon). 250 PROD: 1. Franc is Mazur (Kaw ); 2. J eff rey Leggin (Kaw); 3. Joe Solis (Kaw). F- l : 1. Don Greene (Hon); 2. John Freyer (Yam); 3. Jeff Stem (Suz). F- 2: 1. Don Greene (Hon); 2. James Stephens (Apr); 3. St ephen Wickland (Ro.). F-4: 1. Jeff Hoeppner (Kaw); 2. Andy Robinson (Kaw ); 3. Shannon Cr iss (Hon). VINT: 1. Dan Phillip s (BSA); 2. James Banks (BSA); 3. Michael Green (Due). . F- SGL: 1. Eron Flory (Hon); 2. Craig M clean (Hon): 3. TIm Kelly (ATK). . 250 51 ST: 1. Kir k Hoeppner (Kaw); 2. J eff Hoeppne r (Kaw); 3. Ray Zech (Kaw). OPEN GP: 1. Jeff Hagan (Suz); 2. Paul Vogel (Suz); 3. Phil Kress (Yam). F-TW OPEN: 1. Jon Gardne r (BMW); 2. Bud Riddle (Yam); 3. David Vanderford (Yam). F- TW 750 : 1. Aaron Kueger (Due); 2. Kevin Erion (Due); 3. Paul Rasmu ssen (Cag). TW 65 0 : 1. Marshall Browne (Kaw); 2. Randolph Decker (Yam); 3. David Gibbons (Yam). OPEN PROD: 1. Chuck Below (Suz); 2. Rich U ukkonen (Suz); 3. Kirk Hill (Suz). 450 51 ST: 1. Mark Schu bert (Yam); 2. Thomas Montano (Yam); 3. Jam es Lubin (Yam). OPEN 5 1ST: 1. Paul Vogel (Suz); 2. Phil Kress (Yam); 3. Shan non O'Hara (Yam). 750 PROD: 1. Jeff Hagan (Suz); 2. Bob Vangrin (Yam); 3. Jim J epsen (Suz). 600 PROD: 1. David Deveau (Suz); 2. Larry Visco (Suz); 3. Kirk Hill (Suz). 450 PROD: 1. J effrey 'Hatf ield (Yam); 2. Dale A le~nde r (Yam); 3. Randy Borg (Yam). ~ ... ~ ~ 1'" 00 00 O'l ....... ~ C(") ....... ........ ...... .... 0.. ~ LOS ANGELES COUNTY RACEWAY Avenue T Palmdale . . California SCHEDULE SATURDAY 12 NOON - TRACK OPENS 1:3 0 - T IM E TRIALS 2 :30 - 4:30 - 6:30 - PRO QUAL 5 PM - ET $ RACE SUNDAY 9 AM - TRACK OPENS 10 AM - T.T.& QUAL 12 NOON - FINAL QUAL 2 PM - MAIN EVENT WEST - (6 19 ) 292-44446 PM - 9 PM WESTERN NATIONAL - (3 15) 735-1661 NOON - 2 PM WESTERN RACEDAY - (8 0 5 ) 944-9123 ALL CLASSES ' WILL RUN! f THE MORE YOU KNOW - - THE·BETTER 'IT GETS FOR RIDER CO URSE INFORMATION CALL: MOTORC YCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION 800·447·4700 .. 53