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of Ty Birdwell , Shane West a nd Easley. Clowers began to ope n up a lead on Birdwell , while Easley bounced pa st West in so me wh oops. Mean while, Natvig sliced th rough the pack and closed upon the leaders. Natvig railed past West and Easley and set h is sigh ts on Bird wel l. Birdw ell was bu m ped to th ird when Na tvig cu t under him and took his line. Alth o ugh Clowe rs looked to have the win in the bag. Natvig turned up the wick a nd screa med past hi s teammat e in th e wh oops. Natvig took th e win a nd th e overall, a head o f Cl owers , Birdwell and Easley. Clow ers' 2:2 ea rned him second o verall, ahea d of Easley's 44 third overall. " I had to work hard for that one," said Natv ig, " I was worried that I wouldn 't be able to ca tch up, especi a lly since Clower s got . the holeshot." Dana Wiggins trounced the competition in the second division of th e l25cc Intermediat e cla ss. Wiggins hole shot th e first mota ahead of Chris Ridgeway , Joe Bruce and Dan Barnett and pulled o ut an immediate lead. Bruce pr essured Ridgeway for second place, but Barnett suddenly came alive, and passed th em both to take th e runner-up position. Bruce al so forced hi s way pa st ·Ridgewa y a nd pr oceeded to push Barnett 10 the finish. Wiggins took an easy win over Barnett, Bruce and Ridgeway. Wigging grabbed another holesho t in mota two, with Barnett, Bruce and Pat Gomm in tow . Wiggins pulled another disappearing act while Barnett and Bru ce ar gued o ver second, but it was Bru ce in front when it counted. Wiggins took the overall with hi s perfect scores, wh ile Bru ce topped Barnett for seco nd overall. And y Grider blasted o u t of the gate in moto one of 250cc Intermediate division two action, just ahead of Gomm , Dan U lven and Dann y Pacheco. Ulven scoo ted into second in the back section of the track but couldn 't find his way aro und Grider. Grider rod e a stead y pace and crossed the finish lin e in fro n t of Ulven, Gomm and Larry Lawrence. Guy Deckert holeshot moto two, but Grider assumed th e lead on th e opening lap. Deckert co n tinued to push Grider, but co uldn 't find an opening. Lawren ce worked pas t Gomm and held third place until th e checkered flag fell. Grider took th e overall, while Lawrence' s 4-3 earned him second overall. Pacheco rode 10 two fifth place moto finishes to capture third overal l. In 500cc Junior action, Edward Gauley grabbed the holeshot in moto one, on ly 10 lose contro l later in th e race and go down. John Neary took control of th e race afte r Gauley's mishap and walked away with the win over Steven Storie and ·Scott Hoffman. Gauley bounced back in moto two and led from sta rt 10 finish. Close behind were Neary , Travis Mullins and J erry Ryan. Neary 's 1-2 topped th e field , wh ile Mullins was second overall with a 4-3 score. Gauley' s second moto victory offset hi s first moto seventh for third overa ll. Mercedes Gonzalez took th e hol esho t in th e first Wom en 's Pro moto and rim away wi th the win. Katja Repo, visiti ng from Finland, was look ing forward to racing against Go nzalez. Un fort u na tely, Repo went down early in the mota and had to wor k her way through traffic LO secure second p lace over Tami Ri ce. T he second mo ta saw Gonzalez gra b another hol eshot just ahead of Rice and Repo. Once again , tra gedy struc k a nd Repo found herself on the grou nd at th e botto m of theuphill. J eanne Pruitt took up th e chase aft er Plan Now For AMA's 1990 Road Race Championship Series 1990 AMA NATIONAL ROAD RACING SERIES DATES LOCATION PHONE FOR INFO March 2-11 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida (904) 253-6711 May 4-6 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georg ia (404) 967-6143 ' June 15-17 New Hampshire Int'I Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire (603) 967-6143 June 29-July 1 Road Amer ica Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (800) 365-RACE July 21-22 City of Miam i Miami, Florida (305) 665-RACE August 3-5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio (800) MID-OHIO (419) 884-4000 August 24-26 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon (503) 236-8006 September 7-9 Hea rtland Park Topeka Topeka, Kansas (800) 657-7223 (913 ) 862-RACE Sept. 14-16 Willow Springs Int'l Raceway Rosamond , California (213) 370-5651 CALL TODAY FOR TICKET INFORMATION Don't panic. With the right technique, you'll be better able to handle the \f: \t.i . unexpected . And that's what separates advanced riders from the rest.Take a Moto(cycle RiderCourse•. Call 1-800-447-4700. • Motorcycle 5afety Foundation