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;. ~ ~ .. ,- Kenny Lee Roberts. 14. (holding trophy) poses with brothers Kurtis (far left). Tyson (right) and his father. three-time World Champion Kenny Roberts. Roberts, Roitinger, Selby &Jorgensen tops at Lodi Marathon By ~i11 " Big T ime" Spencer Lam : CA. DEC. 4 CamelPro Seriescompetitor Chris Carr and 'th e Lodi M.C. combined forces to produce marathon madn ess in and around the Lodi Cycle Bowl ~s over 100 riders competed in the event which was held to raise 'fu nds for the club's AMA Regional Championship Dirt . Track Seri es short track race 42 next sprmg. , The event cou ld possibly draw a footnot e in future racing history books 'as it marked the track debut of fourteen-year-old Kenny L ee Robert s, son of three-time World Champion Ke~n y R C?be.rts. Fourteen- year-old Ken won his firstever race, riding a PJ -I-sponsored Yamaha YZ80 to victory in th e Mini class. Ken's eight-year-old brother Kurtis also competed in the race, also hi s first, and finished I l th . The deep fog and co ld temperatures during the Mini class race blew a way for the running of the 200cc class event in which John Roitinger du sted th e competition on hi s Kawasaki KX125. Bobby McDowell had second in th e bag until two laps from th e end whe n his throttle cable broke. McDowell 's problem s turned second over to road race r Thomas Stevens, a member of T eam Nordica/Roberts , who lik e hi s team manager's son was riding hi s fir st marathon, but certain ly not h is fir st race. Former Mini class whiz Shawn Black fini sh ed third over Marv Dunham. Roitinger took it easy during the 250cc class race, leading most of it on th e same 125buttakinga leisurely pit stop that allowed Tim Selby and Ed Santin to co ntest th e lead. Dirt Digg ers North Vet Expert Santin led for a few lap s but Selby reasserted himself and won. Nearly 40 starters tried to fit in the first corner at the beginning of the Open class race a nd successfully did so despite much banging of th e bars. AI McGeh ee a nd his KTM led the first lap over Larry Col em an and Clo yse Holland. Lap two saw veteran Alex Jorgensen tak e th e lead on his Kawasaki KX500 with Col eman in second over McGeh ee, Holland a nd 250cc clas s winner Selb y. Jorgen sen motored o n to a bigger lead , event ua lly winning by nearl y a minute a nd a half. Holland a nd Col em an fought over seco nd with Col em an taking th e runner-up hon ors. J ohn Madri took fourth behind third plac fini sh er H olland and Kim Jorgensen ca me home in fifth a hea d of GaT) Gallagher. Superbike road racer Rich Amai : and h is recentl y purch ased T err Sage Yamaha were in second on th 16th lap o nly to run into a rid er wh had blown a corner. The damage front rim and brak e arm - t Arnaiz's Yamaha dropped him ou of th e race. Results MIN I: 1. Kenny Robert s (Yaml; 2, Dustin St ern i 3, Jeff Ouadros; 4 , Mike Knoll , 200: 1. John Roitinger (Kaw); 2. Thomas St even (Yam); 3, Shawn Black (Kaw); 4, Marv Dunha (Suz); 5. Matt Patterson. 250 : 1. Tim Selby (Kaw); 2. Ed Sant in (Yam 3. M ike Berger (Kaw); 4. Rob Pacillas; 5. Sh aw Berg . OPEN : 1. A lex Jorgensen (Kaw t; 2 . Larr Coleman (Kaw); 3. Cloyse HoliandJr, (Suz); 4, Joh Madrid (Yam); 5. Kim Jorgensen (Kaw ).