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KTM's Jimmy Lewis topped t he 1. 25cc-class in 1. Oth ove rall . Nevada's Danny H am el led the 250cc racers into th e pi ts in fourt h overall with Roeseler, Cagiva pi lot J ohn R udder a nd District 37 newco me r Dan Ri ch ardson n o t far behind. " I just moved here from Idaho and this is my first District 37 race," said Richardson . " I li ke riding do wn here. The com petitio n's pr ett y good - that's wh at I came down here for, and there aren 't any trees to hit. " Eighth overall was in the hands of Greg Searl e as he en tered pit row, an d Greg Zitterk o p f brou ght h is factory ATK through in ninth, j ust ahead of Vet class leader Hondamo un ted Chuck Miller. " I go t a bad start, but I p icked my way through people and it workedout pretty well ," sai d M ill er. " I'm _ goi ng to do th e whole Na tional series this year, so I' m just concen tra ting on getting to the finish every time;" Yamaha 's Gran t Palenske led the 250cc Vets through in 12th overall, and Lewis' KTM was th ree m inutes ahead of the nearest 125cc com pe titio n in 13th . , T he 41-mile secon d loop head ed ou t in th e same di recti on as the first loop, the n turned to run past Gal loway Dry Lak e an d ou t to Means Dry Lake. . "The second loop was really fun ," said Smith, who was still enjoying clear air at th e front of th e pack. " It had a lo t of nice, vir gi n , tig ht stuff. There was a lo t of fast stu ff too , but the tight stuff made up for it." Back in the pack th e raci ng was fast and fu rio us. Swee tl and wa s moving up fast fro m I Ith; Yam aha 's j Fritz Kadlec was rocketing up from 25th , and Hunnicutt powered past Crandall to grab the number-two [spot, ~ " I go t by Crandall in some rocks and th en it was free air to Smith," (said Hunnicutt. -" I rea lly put forth (an effort to try to ca tch Dan , but I , was running out of tim e, and trying . to ca tc h h im is p r ett y to ugh, (a nyway." 1 The course too k a toll on some of Jthe competitors. " I was do ing pretty well , bu t I fell .on a rocky do wn hill in the second •Ioop and a 250 guy got me ," said .250cc hopeful John Rudder, riding ' a H u sky. Further back Searle was struggling after lo sing his rear brake, an d m echan ical problems forced KTM's Hamel to call it a day. Sm ith's flawless ride continued (mile after mile, and he was still going strong as the course turned for home. Round 4. Corlsbad.CA 1st 250cc Pro . MIKE FISHER · Kow 2nd 250cc Pro LOWELLTHOMSON - S.. 3rd 125ee Pro MIKE CRAIG· Kow 2nd 80cc ExIlert JEFF DEMENT· Suz 3rd 80cc Export SPUD WALTERS · Kow (619) 449-5000 Try Want Ad's NEW "Collectors" section MOTORBPORTB \NAREHOUBE NOWAVAILABLEFORDELIVERY 'goYAMAHA XTZ750A Supe r Tenere Wild advent ure tou r ing. DOHC 5 valv e. water cool ed - triple disc DT200R Super hi gh perf . dua l pu rpose Dua l disc. liq uid cooled . YPVS YSRBO The same f un onl y biggerI ' 9 0 SUZUKI GSXR750 / 1100 Complete updat e. Upside down forks NON-CURRENT BLOWOUTSII '88 VZ490 - $2595 '89 TDR250 - $3295 '8 9 RZ350 - $3495 Call us for pans for RZ500 • TZR250 • RGSOO Gamma W hendle eustDmS broIrerage " shippinganywhere e 33 10 W alk er R o a d w. nd sor On ta rio Can ad a (5 mmu tes from Oetrorn (5" 9) 966 6032 STOP! DON'T TRASH THAT WORN CHROME PLATED CYLINDER. -A LASCO SLEEVE. SAVE IT WITH Los Angeles Sleeve Co. has sleeves for most pop ular makes and models of motorcycles and ATV's. We also stoc k pis to n kits. rebuilt cylinders and Big Bore kits. For more information. contact: LOS ANGELES SLEEVE CO., INC. 8311 Chetle Ave., Santa Fe Springs. CA 90670 c.l1 or writ. for your fr. . catalog and decala. (2 13 194 5·7 57 8 II