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Steve Aseltine (36) crashed early in the 600cc Expert main. ,but charged back to narrowly edge Ricky Graham (3) for second at the finish. Chris Carr took the lead on lap three of the 20-lap Western Regional TT 600cc Expert main and held it to the finish. Joel Huskey (67) led the 500cc Pro-Am main from start to finish while Paul Polhemus chargedup to finish a few lengths behind in second. Carr, Hannah excite Boise TT Weekend By Mike Thuleen BOISE, ID, APR. 27-30 In closing an extraordinary four-day weekend of racing, Chris Carr grabbed Sunday's AMA Western Regional TT 600cc Expert class win at the 34th Annual Owyhee Motorcycle Club IT Weekend held at their Peaceful ' F T B'd Cove R ' a~lng aCl ny. eSl es the RegIonal 1T, the event 16 also featured short track and moto· cross racing. Harley-Davidson/Arai/Tsubaki/ Alpine Stars-backed Carr defeated Steve Aseltine, .last year's winner, who, after crashmg hard, came from dead last on the restart to capture second at the checkers of the 20-lap race over Ricky Graham. Andy Tresser put it to the 600cc Junior class, stretching it out over Kris Kiser and Speedy Ken, while Joel Huskey wowed the home crowd by running away with the 500cc ProAnt win. Paul Polhemus carved past Randy Bereman to claim second. The day before, U.S. Suzuki/HiPoint/ Answer/Bell/Smith Sport Optic's Bob Hannah shredded the 250cc Expert class on the redesigned summer motocross track, running away with both motos to leave second and third to Idaho riders Lowell Thomson and Mark Hall, respectively. Tony Graves held o££ a tenacious Larry Jackson for the 125cc Expert class honors, while Scott Tyler razzed the Open Experts and Dan Lees reigned supreme in the Vet Expert battle. Short Track Cougar Gulch Distilling/Idaho Gold Brand/Bell/Idaho Silver Brand/Deeley H-D/BBRP/Castrol/ Nymo Plates/TsubakilTeam Panther's Steve Aseltine immediately slashed by Mike Guinn to lead the Open Expert main on the revamped short track course. Aseltine bumped out a few bike lengths as Kris Kiser attacked Guinn. The pair battled heatedly, with Marty Zirben, Andy Tresser and Mickey Fay mixing it up behind. Hanging out in seventh, Ricky Henson led the next group of Speedy Ken, Troy Norris and Je££ Russell. As Aseltine continued to style up front, Tresser made a sharp move on Zirbel to slip into fourth and asserted himself in the continuing struggle for second by Guinn and Kiser. Fay jammed by Zirbell into fifth, but was unable to close the gap with Guinn and company, while Norris charged by Ken and Henson to grab seventh and grapple with Zirbel!. The race ended with Aseltine wheelying victoriously by the checkers, with Guinn, Kiser and Tresser pressed together about a quarter of a lap behind. Fay took fifth, with Zirbel narrowly holding o££ Norris for sixth. Steve Liberty had worked his way from the back to eighth in front of Henson, Kell, Je££ Harsha, Russell, Kit Farley and Jerry Marrs. After battling heavily with O.F. Racing/Western Power Sports/AI Russell/Motion Pro Cables' Russell, Rex Fisher finally made the move into first for good in the 250cc Expert main. Kell diced it out with Ricky Henson, then moved up to successfully challenge Russell for second. It was too late for the charging Kell to make up the quarter-lap lead of Fisher's, as Fisher finished first with Kell, Russell, Je££ Annen, Henson and Steve Liberty freight-training it across the finish line. After laps of trying to make a pass stick in the 125cc Expert main, Richie Reynolds' late-race ~ss on the outside of Jamie Steelsmlth won the day for Reynolds. Chad Wallwork captured third ahead of J.P. Simonsen, Ryan Anderson and Darrell Murphy. Sportsman IT Friday evening's Sportsman TT gave the Juniors a chance to mix it up with the Experts. Kiser bolted out in front ahead of John Wincewicz and Kell in the combined 600cc Junior/Expert main. With the field still. packed together, Ken, Troy Norris and Aaron Hill went down hard up in the slick turn one. This necessitated a restart, and KeIJ was unable to continue. Kiser again established himself in first on the restart with Wincewicz, Norris and Aseltine in the top slots. Wincewicz zapped Kiser in short order, while Norris fell prey to Aseltine. Aseltine quickly shot past Kiser to pursue Wincewicz and the two riders pushed out room on Kiser, Norris, Daniel McDonnell, Randy Roose and Aaron Hil!. A vicious fight erupted between Wincewicz and Aseltine as the two passed each other back and forth for several laps. In the end, Aseltine prevailed and pulled away from Wincewicz for the win. McDonnell made some key passes to score third just ahead of Kiser. Norris nosed out Andy Tresser by a hair as Tresser's last-ditch attempt came up short as he lost drive in the loose stuff. Randy Roose came out on top of Hill for seventh. Paul Polhemus topped the 500cc Pro-Am main, leading the whole race to win by an impressive margin. Tim Selby moved up from fifth to ~ab second from Je££ Annen early m the race. Later on Troy Rose made a move to take over third as Pohemus, Selby and Rose stretched out from the pack. Bob Meiring controlled fifth at the checkers, with Steve Liberty just holding o££ Bobby Ingle for sixth. Ingle defeated David Bachmeier for the Vet Expert class win, while J.P. Simonsen took both the 125cc Expert and 250cc Amateur class wins for the evening. Dan Stanley ·built an impressive margin of victory over Kell for the 250cc Expert honors,' as Fisher battled successfully against Chad Wallwork for third.