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pa ck. Willis fell off th e pace when an inj ured kn ee starte d to give him troubl e, Sea rl e was m o vin g up steadily from eig h th, a nd Roeseler sta rted his bid for the lead from fifth. " I go t in to thi rd, bu t I knew I had to bea t Smith to wi n th e ti tle and after my bad sta rt and all th e d ust that was almost impossible," Roeseler sa id. " By abou t halfway around the second loop I kn ew I wasn 't going to catch (S m i th ) un less something hap pe ned to him, so I just started to cru ise. There was no sense in taking an y cha nces for no thing so I just cruised in and two gu ys passed me near th e end." The Vets were also jockeying for position. H arden powered through the pack in an all-out p ush to grab the National honors, but went out o f th e race with broke n cases. H arden 's mi sfort une p ut Six bery o ut in fro nt of th e Over-30 d ivision a nd gave Fowler a no ther shot a t th e titl e. Out in front, Smi th was sti ll go ing - . strong as he sp rinted o u t of th e Iron Ridge Mountains a nd sta rted the long da sh across the vall ey towards ho me. H amel contin ued to give it every thing he had in second but could n't make a den t in Sm ith's o neminute lead. Smith didn 't back off until th e checkered flag was in sigh t and the KTM pilo t was all smiles as he swept in to ma ke it four-forfour in Nationa l H are a nd H ound Ch ampionship competition. "This makes it number four for the seri es a nd it feels great, " said KT M I H i -P o i n tlS co ttl Metzeler I Ar a ilF&: L /Z R aci n g l Ma x im al Sunline-backed Smith. " I had a reall y bad start at the begi nning of this year a nd I didn 't think I wa s going to make it, but everything worked ou t fine in th e end. I wa in to thank my mom and dad a nd my wife, a nd everybody else that's helped me so much this season. " 'H a mel raced home one minute behind Sm ith to claim first in th e 250cc division, a nd there was a five mi n u te wai t before 250cc-mount ed Kna pp rushed ho me to claim th ird overall. Greg Searle's rush th rough th e pack put him fourth overa ll at th e finish line and earned h im seco nd in th e 250cc Nati onal sta nd i ngs behind Team Green 's Hunnicutt. Roeseler p iloted his KX500 to fifth overa ll a nd took second in th e overa ll National standings and second in the National Ope n class . Sweetla nd wrapped up a su ccessful seaso n in sixth overa ll to tak e third in th e Open class National sta nd ings , Chris Cranda ll battled a front flat to take seventh , a nd T om Willis came home in eig hth. Nin th overall went to Krause, who described h is rid e as "prett y boring." Sixbery charged home a t the head of the Vet class a nd Ro n Bragdon sho t past Mik e McDonald to grab second Over 30 just a few ya rds from the finish line. Parry came home a t the head of the National Vet co ntenders, and Fowl er finished close behind a nd racked up enough points to ta ke the Vet class Na tional honors. J im my Lewi s continued his dom ination of the 125s and took hi s fourt h class win of the series. " It feels good to wi n th e series a nd it was ha rd work ," said Lewis. " I really had to earn it. (125cc d ivision runner-u p ) John Braasch was righ t th ere all the way." • Results O/ A: 1. Dan Smith (KTM); 2. Dan ny Ham el (Suz); 3. Dale Knapp (Hus); 4 . Greg Seal e (Han); 5. Larry Roeseler (Kaw ); 6. Gan h Sw eetla nd (ATK); 7. Chr is Crandall (Kaw); B. Tom Willis (KTM); 9. Paul Krause (Kaw). OPEN EX: 1. Dan Smith (KTM); 2. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 3. Garth Sw eetland (ATK). 25 0 EX: 1. Danny Hamel (Suz); 2. Dale Knapp (Hus); 3. Greg Sear le (Han). 12 5 EX: 1. J immy Lewis (Yam) ; 2 . Ke it h Loonsfoot (Kaw ); 3. John Braasch (Yam). 125 AM : 1. Jam es Summ ers (Cag). 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