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mechanical problems and Sean Steele seized his engine. Hamel los t second overall to Kevin Steele when he wrapped barbed wire around his rear wheel in loop four, and a plugged air filter put Smith into the pits going into lap five. "The air filter cost me abo u t five minutes but I don't think I cou ld' ve caught Sweetland an yway ," sa id Smith. " He had six minutes on me by that stage." And no one else co u ld ca tch Sweetland either. T he Sunnyslope Honda/ Acerbis/Metzel er/Spectro/ Renthal-backed ra cer was still ou t in front at th e end of two a nd a half hours of grueling racing and was more than six m inutes ahea d on adjusted tim e when the checker ed flag fell. " I had a good ride all the way," Sweetland said. " I just pushed reall y hard and I didn 't have any problems. That's probab ly wh at won it for me. " Sweetland's wife , Lillie, explained his win a little differently. " He was doing what he was told," she said. "The course was too tough for me so I told him to get out there and go fast because th e sooner somebody won th e race, th e soo ner I go t to stop." . Hamel launched a late-race sp rint and reclaimed second with less th an one lap to go. "I lost abo u t a minute ge tting the barbed wire o ut of my back wh eel in loop four and the bik e died in the wat er in th e last loop, but I made it ," said H am el. , Kevin Steele ca me hom e in third, tw o m inutes behind H am el o n adj usted tim e, while Scot H arden was eig h t minutes ahead o f hi s nearest Over-30 rival wh en he swep t in to take the class win in fourth overa ll. A race-long battle for second in th e Over 30 Pro di vision ended wh en Pears on crossed th e fin ish line j ust 37 seconds faster th an Parry to claim eigh th overall. " We wer e within seconds the whole way," said Pears on. "I think 1 paced myself too much a t th e beginning," said Parry. " I expect ed i t to seem longer a n d tougher so I was saving m yself. I . should've ridden harder." A steady rid e by Robert Nolen earne d th e YZ250 pil ot fifth in th e overall sta ndi ngs, with Paul Krause and Dan Ashcraft not far behind. KTM pi lot Gl en T aylor overa lled the Sportsmen in 13th overa ll, 20 minu tes behind th e race leaders, and Bill Maxim came out on top of th e Over 38 P ros in 24th overall. The first 125cc to cross the line was way back in 28th overall and it was Bryan Folks, who took th e I25cc Pro victory a full lap ahead of seco nd pl ace David G ianchetti. • Results a /A: 1. Ganh Swe etl and (Han); 2. Danny Hamel (Suz); 3. Kevin Steele (Han); 4. Scot Harden (KTM): 5. Raben Nolen (Yam); 6. Paul Krause (Kaw); 7. Dan Ashc rah (Yam); 8. Lee Pearson (Hus); 9. Kenny Parry (Kaw); 10. Lance Henrie (Yam); 11. Carlos Serrano (Yam); 12. D'arren Sanfo rd (Suz); 13. Glen Tayl or (KTM); 14. Daryl Folks (KTM); 15. Dan Smith (KTM); 16. Mike Heers (KTM); 17 . Mark Morris (Han); 18. George Pennington (Yam); 19 . Revelle Harrison (Han); 20. Brad Fay (Yam). OPEN PRO; 1. Ganh Sweetland (Han); 2. Kevin Steele (Han); 3. Paul Krause (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Danny Hamel (Suz); 2. Raben Nolen (Yam); 3. Dan Ash crah (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Bry an Folks (Cag) ; 2. Da vid Gianchen i (Han); 3. Warren Lewi s (Suz). OVER 30 PRO: 1. Scot Harden (KTM); 2. Lee Pearson (Hus); 3. Kenny Parry (Kaw) . OVER 38 PRO: 1. Bill Ma xi m (Kaw); 2. Keith Pearson (Hus); 3. Sam Bass (Hus). OPEN SPTMN: 1. Glen Taylor (KTM); 2. Richard W ilk (KTM); 3. Mark Ault (Yam). 250 SPTMN: 1. George Pennington (Yam); 2. Revelle Harrison (Han); 3. Brad Fay (Yaml. 125 SPTM N: 1. Steve Tiche nor (Cag); 2. John Hajews ki (Han); 3. Andy Nelson (Suz). . Over 30 SPTMN : 1. Glenn Warren (Han); 2. Tim Leehe (KTM); 3. Donald O'Kuly (KTM). Over 38 SPTM N: 1. Bill Johnson (Hus); 2. Mark Hardy (KTM); 3. Rick Plan s (Yam). 4 -STRK: 1. Phil Means (Han); 2. Joe Boggio (Han); 3. Tom Ma nnillo (Hus). WMN : 1. Anna Merrin (Kaw); 2. Conn ie Joyce (Kaw); 3. Lill ie Sweetland (Kaw). 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