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of the track. Eighteen minutes later Ryan appeared first with a full 20second lead on second place Harmon. O'Neal was relegated to third. Ryan stretched his lead through the remainder of th e event taking the checkers on lap ei g h t with 37seconds on Harmon. O 'Neal finished third. Resul ts PRO: 1. Steye Cardwell (Kaw); 2. Pete Sutllven (Kaw); 3. John Rankin (Kaw ). EX: 1. Marcus Pepper (Hon); 2. Jamie Garner (Kaw); 3. TIm Arden (Hon). OPEN : 1. Tony Humphress (Hon); 2 . Nick Williams (Han). . 250: 1. Carlos Gonza les (Hon); 2. Jon Ball (Kaw) ; 3. Steve Herrera (Kawl. 200: 1. Ted Chamberlain (Hon); 2. Jeff Hendricks (Kaw ). 125 : 1. Chris Ryan (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Harmon (Han) ' 3. Donny O'Neal (Suzl . • OVER 30 : 1. Oale McCollough (Kaw); 2. Bruce Smith (Hon); 3. John Gungel (KTM ). OVER 40: 1. Bill Kasson (Vam); 2. Fred Tron (Han); 3. A. Goodwin (Hon). WMN : 1. Charlie Rankin (Kaw); 2. Barb Russel (Suz); 3. Liz Lundell (Suz). SO: 1. William Henk (KTM); 2. Michael Moses (Yam); 3. Scon Ryan (Kaw) . 60 : 1. Jason Moses(Kawl; 2. Sr ian Canion (Kaw). 50: 1. Drew Dunbar (Yam); 2. Lanca Smit h (Suz); 3. Waylon McCollough (Suz). o BEG: 1. John Wilka (Vam); 2. Clay Harper (Kaw); 3. Pau l Payna (Vam). Ragan, Barrow top Paducah ST.opener By Karen Lewis PADUCAH, KY, APR. 3 Mike Ragan topped the Open class while Joel Barrow did it in the 125, 200 and 250cc clas ses as 168 riders were on hand for the season opener at the Paducah short track. Barrow's hol eshot in the 125cc main . carried him ' to the checkers with Eddie Reagor and Robbie Grief playing chase. After topping Mike Voss for the 200cc win. Barrow also went to the front of th e 250cc final. He had his hands full with Denne Williams on his back wheel, but Barrow handled the pressure and took the close win. Marshall Patrick ran third the entire distance over Mark Walker, Grief and Jimmy Allen. The Open class took four heats to whittle down to a 12-rider main. Hea t wins went to Ragan, Bart Sch mu lbach , John Clarke and William s. The start of the main saw Williams go down in tum one and . get nailed by two riders. The end result was a broken arm and leg. On the restart Ragan went to the front and left everyone else to fight for second. John Clark ran in that spot befo re bailing off on lap five. Sch m u lbach took the runner-up posi tio n with Dallas Mayer, Byron Ward and Bill Jackson filling out the top five. John Sh errard totally dominated the 80cc class with a half-straight lead at the checkers. Tommy Hayden took second aft er a race-long bout with Steve Hall and Mike Smith. Chris Boone rounded out the top five. Smith waited for four laps before he overtook Hayden for the lead in the 60cc class. H e didn 't bobble and took the win. Nick Hayden passed his way to third o ver Jarrod Barrow and Jon Camp. Nick Hayden took the 50cc Modified class win over a fast-closing Beau Braswell. Jenny Hayden and Jason Goodwin were next to follow. Braswell came back to win the 50cc Stock class with a wire-to-wire win. Alan Dewey swept the Senior class with a six lap romp. Results 50 STK: 1. Seau Sraswall (Varni; 2. Jason Goodwin (Vam); 3. J osh ua Rude (Vam). 50 MOD : 1. Nick Haydan (Vam); 2. Beau Braswall (Yam); 3. Jenny Hayden (Vam). 60 : 1. M ike Smith (Hon); 2. Tommy Haydan (Vam); 3. Nick Haydan (Vam). SO: 1. John Sherrard (Kaw); 2. Tommy Hayden (yam); 3 . Steve Hall (Hon). . 125: 1. Joel Barr ow (Yam ); 2. Eddie Reagor (Suz); 3. Robbie Grieg (Hon). 200: 1. Joel Sarr ow (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Voss (Vam). 250; 1. Joel Barrow (Yam); 2. Denne Williams (Bul); 3. Marshall Petrick (Yem). MEET BUBBA SHOBERT .198 7 Grand National Champion at ~~~ HONDA OPEN HOUSE Schedule of Events: Friday, May 13th - 7:00 p.m. Meet Bubb a.live and in person autographs available - parking lot sale Saturday, Mayl~th Parking lot sale (pric es too low to print), free hot dogs & drinks, poker run, skills test supervised by M SF HURRICANE RIDERS GIVEAWAY!!! SR; 1. Alan Dewey (C-A); 2. Lee Hibbs (Yam). OPEN: 1. Mike Ragan (C-A); 2. Ban Sch um lboch (C-AI; 3. Dall as M ayer (C-AI . a LTD. M arty Smith won a match race w ith ATV pi lot Marty Hart. As k about our Roswell Honda Racing Cont ingency Program COME JOIN THE PARTY ZSO Spree Scooter 11270 Elk ins Road Register Friday & Saturday Roswell, GA 30076 to w in one of these great prizes (404) 442-8460 Smith hauls at Imperial Motocross HONDA By Tom McGeehan IMPERIAL, CA, APR. 6 With $750 winner-take-all money on the line, motorcycle and ATV superstars Marty Smith and Marty Hart squared off for a 10 lap MX match ra ce in Steve Wright's Valley Cycle Challenge at the California MidWinter Fairgrounds. Before an enth usiastic crowd, th e Honda FourTrax-mounted Hart was given a 15second lead in the 10 lap match race. The slow talking, .hard .ridin g Louisiana farm boy looked like a sur e winner, as he led Smith by 10 seconds at the halfway mark. But in the end, Smith's Kawasaki nudged Hart by a whisker at the finish, to take the $750 home to San Diego. In earlier action, Tommy Clowers on a Kawasaki was the class of the field , as he took both 80ee motos to receive the Championship hardware from Baja legend and chief steward Bruce Ogilvie. The fur was flying in the 125cc class. In the first Division, Stephen Mitchell on a Kawasaki scored a second in moto number one, and then clinched the overall with a win in the second. Honda's Travis Cory, an 80cc graduate, who is emerging as the one to watch in the 125s, scored an impressive second overall, .followed by Kelly Weitzel on a Honda. In the seco n d 125cc division, Kawasaki's Danny Anderson emerged victorious in both even ts, Iollowed by Charlie Sampson on a Honda , and Yamaha 's Paul Garthwaite. . San Diego 's Darren Sanford, on a Yamaha, was the class of th e field in both 250cc motos, taking down a first place in each even t. A Cal ifornian also took the next spot, with Scott Takas nailing down second on a Suzuki. Arizona's Mike Olaiz, on a Suzuki, led the " Za ny" contingent to th e finish, with a third in both motos. The 250cc Pro clas s was no contest, with Smith taking down wins in both m OlOS , demonstrating th e smooth, hard charging styl e that made him a National Champion. Results • AMATEUR . 80: 1. Tommy Clow ers; 2. J imm y Weitzel ; 3 . Jeff Grafton; 4. Travis Cory; 5. Jeff TIlton . 125 : 1. Danny Anderson ; 2. Charlie Sampson; 3 , Paul Ganhwaite; 4. Darren Sanford; 5 , Danny Walsh . • 125 : 1. Stephen Mitchell; 2. Travis Cory; 3 . Kelly Weitzel; 4. Robert Williams; 5. Chr is Robinson. 250; 1. Darren Sanford; 2. Scott Takacs ; 3 . Mike Olai:; 4. Ricky Zeigler; 5. Randy Smith. PRO 250: 1. Many Sm ith; 2. Ed Muncey. Hou rs: Fr iday & Sat urday 9 a.rn, to 9 p.rn. and a Come ridewithus. 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