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of th em got ta ng led with Hyson go ing do wn
momentari ly. Simonsen ca me arou nd in the
lead on ly to receive a controversial black flag .
Mea nwhile Hyso n was up quick ly and
runnin l? in third. At the fini sh it wa s
Bachmeier in heri ting th e win o ver Annen ,
Hyson, Wh eal on, Newman. Low e, Liberty,
Mun yon , Dish on and Simon sen .
Resu lts
Georgie Price won the Pro-Am
class at the Afton Half-Mile.
Kevin Siezewski (19) leads winner M ike Moores (137) and Jeff Plummer
in the Middleweight Superbike class at Blackhawk Farms.
Wil son blasted o ver 'he to p o f ' he berm
a llo wing Sh u te to pass. Sh ute held second
until th e chec kered flag. Wilson pl aced third
a nd a no ther Kawasak i rider. Sco tt Rus yn, look
Iourth.
Robertson d ue led with Wilson a t the stan
of moto two a nd came: o ut on top, Sh u te was
third a nd Odekirk missed th e ga te and sta rted
dead last.
Midway throug h lap two, Wi lso n sta lled .
su rre nder ing seco nd to Sh u te. Rob ertson
con tin ued to lead as Od ekirk clo sed. to within
fo ur seco nds of Sh u te. who would not yield.
T he bailie wem on until Odek irk 's Iront wheel
wash ed o u t and he bailed. By th e lime Odekirk
was u p a nd runn in g, Shute had built a 15·
seco nd cush io n. T he Suzu ki rid er sta rted hi s
cha rge aga in a nd withi n three laps he was
o n ly thr ee seco nds beh ind Sh u te.
Meanw h ile. mec ha n ica l grem li ns struc k
Robertson 's b ik e a nd th e enti re sile ncer
assembly brok e and fell o ff. As Robertson
slo wed , Shu te and O dekir k bega n gai ni ng.
When th e wh ite flag a ppeared, Odek irk was
. right o n Sh ute's back lire. As the two cle red
a
th e table top in fro m o f th e sta nds , Odek irk
o u t- j u mped the KX rider a nd assumed second.
Wh en the chec kers waved, Odek irk had reeled
in Robert so n to wit hi n two seconds, but
Ro bertson held o n to wi n. Shu te rema in ed
in th ird and Ru syn fin ish ed fourth.
M OIO th ree sa w Ro be rtson, o n a borrowed
H on da . grab the holesh o t wit h Wi lson a nd
Shute clo se beh ind. Od ek irk gOI a bad sta n
a nd was back in fifth . Wil son fell gi ving Sh u te
second. Robertson blasted away a nd left th e
rest o f the field in his dust. Shute held a
co m forta ble second for another four laps when
Od ekirk began to g-ain. It was a ca rbo n co py
o £ m oto two , the you ng rider rending o ff th e
expe ri enced pro. Wh ile this was happenin g.
gremlin s struck Ro ber tson agai n a nd th e
H on da tossed a cha in . As la p 10 wound do wn .
Odekir k assu med ' he lead a nd hel d o n for th e
wi n wit h Shute in seco nd a nd Rusyn in thi rd
Resu lts
50-60: 1. J ake Ja hn ke (Ya m).
MINI BEG : 1. J im Fer gu son (Yam); 2. Ti m Giff in (!