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Current National hare scrambles points leader, ATK's Tony ' Hendon
grabbed the holeshot at the start of the f irst Expert wave.
Donnie Simone (50), despite crashing hard once, spent the day dicing
w ith 125cc Expert w inner Glen Sabol. Simone settled for second.
Jerome went down abo u t six m iles
o ut a nd I was seco n d."
" After tha t J erom e an d I were
go ing bac k 'a n d forth for pretty much
th e whole first lap th en he pulled
into th e p its, bu t I didn ' t because I
had a big gas ta n k," said Dow ell. " I
took o ff a nd was runnin g seco nd
u n til abou t five m iles ou t before the
seco nd p it w hen , got a rear fla t.
Dea n was rig ht beh ind me a nd Fritz
was beh in d h im . But just before
comi ng into the pi ts, I hit a chu nk
of co ncre te and went over th e bars.
. I was pissed. , got ba ck up, switch ed
wh eels and took off, trying to ca tch
ba ck up, but th ey were pushing
th em selves a nd running th eir own
race. The fog got prett y bad in th e
m ounta in s; yo u co u ldn ' t see 50 feet
a head o f yo u. "
The I25cc bout wa s a clos e battle
between Sab o l a n d Simone.
'" was leadin g Sab o l a fter th e fir st
lap, but Sabol had a real fast p it an d
beat me co m in g out," said Simone.
'" ca u gh t up to h im o n th e fire roa ds
but he was goin g too fast. , just let
him go. He's good. , didn 't want to
ki ll myself to sta y with him."
Rhodes, who was workin g hi s wa y
up through the pack, di cing' with
class riva l J eff Irw in, was slowed
with a fla t ti re.
Irwi n dro p ped ou t after th e first
lap whe n th e rear brak e o n h is KT M
thum per went away.
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Results
OVERALL: 1. Eric McKenna (Hon); 2. Fr itz Kadlec
(Yam); 3. Dean J oyner (Va m ); 4. Curtis Dice (Hon);
5. Duke Dow ell (Hon); 6. Dave Bertram (Suz); 7.
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J erome Heiberger (Hon); B. Phil Douglas (Suz); 9.
Jo hn Nie lsen (Kaw); 10 . Donn ie Simone (Kaw ); 11.
Duane Hughes (Hon); 12. Paul Funa ro (Honl; 13.
Duane Scott (Va m ); 14. Bob 'Sch ield: 15. Robert
Neeley (Kaw).
OPEN EX,.1. J erom e Heiberger (Hon') 2. Jo hn
;
Nielsen (Kaw); 3. Paul Funaro (Han); 4 . Alle n Sine;
5. Michael Carl son (Kaw ).
250 EX: 1. Fr itz Kadlec (Va m ); 2. Dean Jo yner
(Yam); 3. Du ke Dow ell (Hon ); 4 , Dave Bertram (5 uz);
5. Don Hougland (Yarn).
200 EX; 1. David Porter (Hon); 2. David Shelly
(Hon).
125 EX: 1. Glen Sabol: 2. Donnie Si mone (Kawl :
3. Robert Neeley (Hon); 4. Gorgo Egyed (Hon); 5.
Chad Echelberger (Vam ).
SR; 1. Bruc e Rust (Suz); 2. Gary Vanderpool
(Hus); 3. Eddie Egyed (Hon); 4. Bill Maxim (Hon);
5 . Dave Taylor (Ha n).
S /SR : 1. Phil ip Fr isbie {Hus); 2. Charles Galbraith
(Hus); 3 . ' Rich ar d Car lson (KTM); 4 . Den nis
Hau smann; 5. Cloyse Holla nd.
4 ·STRK; 1. David Rhodes [Hus].
DIST VETS: 1. Er ic McKenna (Hon); 2. Phil
Douglas (Suz); 3. Duan e Hugh es (Hon); 4 . Duane
Scott (Vam) ; 5. Bruce Rust {Suz].
DIST SR: 1. Gary Vanderpool (Hus); 2. Eddie
Egyed (Hon); 3. Bill Maxim (Hon); 4. Dave Taylor
(Hon); 5. Louie M arshall (KTM).
DIST S/SR : 1. Denn is Hau smann; 2. Cloyse
Holla nd.
.
OPEN AM : 1. Bob Schield: 2. Jon Andrews; 3.
Ray Nei l (Han); 4 . Tim M arat in .
250 AM : 1. Doug Taylor (Kaw ); 2. Jo seph Abrams
(Han ); 3 . Chris Pet erson (Han); 4 . J eff Jones (5uz);
5 . Brian Dickey (Yam).
125 AM : 1. Mark Kerling (Hon).
SR AM : 1. Peter Gio (j