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~ o G(j ~ (1) ..0 Cliff Thomas le d most of the face but bad luck caught up w ith him. S (1) Yamaha/ DDS-sponsored Nevestich th reatened Palens ke for a short whi le by m o vin g i nto se co n d p lace. Palen ske regained hi s position whe n he overtook Nevesti ch " in the rough stuff," accordin g to Pal en ske. Then it was Nevestich 's tu rn to taste d irt , a llow i n g Stearns to advance into third p lace again . The h eartbreak of th e da y belonged to T homas who was having a n o u tstand ing ra ce and was severa l minutes a hea d of his closest co m pe titor by th e middle of the seco nd loo p a nd on h is way to the wi n . T hree q ua rters of th e wa y throug h the 44-m ile loop, he hit a roc k whi ch crushed hi s pipe against th e frame of hi s Ya ma ha. The pipe event uall y burned through the ig ni tion wire, strandi ng T homas a mere eight miles from the checkered flag. As he frantically wor ked on his bike, one by o ne h is competitors were passing hi m . T he Michelin/Dick Alle n Yamah alICRC/PSIIGA Racing/Pam a nd Loren/ AXO Sp orts/ Sini sal o-ba ck ed rider eve ntua lly so lved hi s ignition problem and was able to finis h fifth in hi s class . With hi s final hurdle, Thomas, side lined.with mech anical problem s, Pal en sk e cr u ised in to take th e overa ll win. Stearns was ela ted with h is second pl ace finish and co uld be ' heard praising th e co urse again a nd again. Morri s slip ped into the th ird p lace slot wh ile Gorgone came in fourth. Arn et was fifth overall in addition to taking the l25cc class win. Nevesti ch held o n for a first in th e Open class a nd six th 'overall. "The course was great," he said. " I sure didn 't think it was me o n that bike!" Seventh to pass the chec kered flag was Ma tt Alexander, o n a Yam aha. H e was followed by Vet ri der Kovaleff, ab oard a H onda CR500, Kenji Gauthi er a nd Ch ase. • :> o Z ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW World Congress Center Atlanta. 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' I Jacob Javits Convention Center ~ IJIfUnil / : ':i°i i)l AVA OrFlCI AL New York, New York ~ LIItDtJ '""'" A'RLINE February 24-26 EXPOSITIONS HOURS: FriIS p.m.-10 p.rn., SaV10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun/ 10a.m.-6 p.m. New York: Fri/12 noon-10 p.m. Watercraft Workl is a new featured section at all 1988/89 Great American Motorcycle & ATV Shows. '"l1li, ' , _mlmlE &ATr Results 0 / A : 1. Grant Palenske (Kaw l; 2. seen Stearn s (Suz); 3 . Cha rl ie Morris (Suz); 4 . Phil Gorgon e (Kaw ); 5. Eddie Arnett (Kaw ); 6. Br ian Nevestich (Yam~ 7. Ma n A lexander (Yam); B. Kir k Kovelelf (Hon ); 9. Kenji Gaut hier (Kawl; 10. Dave Cha se (Hus). 250 EX: 1. Grant Palenske (Kaw); 2. Scon Stearns (Su z); 3. Charlie Morris (Su z); 4. Phil Gorg one (Kaw); 5. Ma tt A lexand er (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Br ian Nevestich (Yam); 2. Dave .Chase (Hus); 3. M an Schwelst erd . 125 EX: 1. Eddie Arn et(Kaw). VET OPEN EX; 1. Kir k Koval elf (Hon); 2. S. Nicholson (Kaw ); 3. Gary Soheidl er (Yam ); 4. Mark Ma ngold (Hon). VET250 EX: 1. Scon Anderson (ya m ); 2. J . Tobin; 3 . Bill Becker; 4. Jim Bu nt in; 5 . Mark Kia!. SR 250 EX: 1. A I Hu ll (Yam); 2. Dave Kerst ing (Kaw ). S/SR EX: 1: Denn is Davidge. OPEN AM : 1. Geolf Sanborn (Hon l; 2. Unk nown; 3. Danny Reider; 4 . Kevin M il es; 5 . J im Clark. 250 AM: 1. Eric Gun ther; 2. Fra nk Cha mbe rlin; 3 . David Byrd. VET OPEN AM : 1. Scon W ebster; 2 Unknown; 3. Dave Chi apu zio; 4 . Gr eg Card; 5. Robert Du nlap. VET 250 AM : 1. David O'Brien (Yam); 2. Mi ke Manhew s. 250 BEG: 1. Eric Lutz (Kaw l; 2. Stev e Nakamoto; 3. Darr en Ruzicka; 4 . Bob Surmon. OPEN BEG: 1. Gr eg Eolf; 2. Ja mes Nug en t (Hon) ; 3 . Nick Case (Kaw); 4. Robert Davenp ort (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1. Brian Davis (Yam ); 2. David Chase (Kaw); 3. Russ Wy lie (Hon). VET OPEN BEG: 1. Ed And er son; 2. Ray Chase (Hon); 3. Clay Hollister. VET 250 BEG; 1. Robert Keller. Competition Husqvarna / CAa.l'VA I-----P/us,---1 BLOWOUT SALE!! All prices too low to prin~! 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