Na ylor he ld a stro ng lea d a n d
Zierman too k control of second from
Sm ith o n the th ird la p when Sm ith,
". . . waved me by while po inti ng at
his bike," said Zierm an .
Sm ith rep orted ly was also su ffer ing
fro m the flu , gi ving u p positi ons to
Porter a nd Nielsen by the end o f the
third lap.
Roeseler had worked his wa y up to
sixth by the end of the th ird lap , with
Sum me rs holding tight less than a
min ute back. Rh od es co nt ro lled eigh th
overa ll ah ead o f d irt tracker J oe Ko pp
a nd desert race r Garth Sweet la nd.
Untouc ha ble ou t in front, ATK/
-Yo ko / Du n lo p/Sm ith/O p timo IlSport
T rack-sponsored Na ylor dialed a 15
'min u te lead to wi n the race o ver
Zierm an .
Roeseler pushed past Nielsen a nd
P orter to ca pture th ird overall, wh ile
Su mme r roosted hi s Honda XR600
across the fin ish line in fo urth , bu t
r ended u p fift h o n elapse d ti me.
Perh a ps the ha p pi est rid er of the da y
' was Port er, who edge d o ut Sum me rs
on ela psed ti me.
_
"SCOll go t me o n th e la st tr ee
section, " said Po rter. " He wen t wh ippin' by a nd he was gone! But I ca ugh t
back up to h im a nd fell over. He bea t
me to the flag by two seco nds."
Ni elsen to ok sixt h o vera ll with
Rh odes severa l minutes behind him.
Smi th fin ished eig hth overall to wi n
the O pen A class over Swee tla nd. Kop p
ro unded o ut the to p 10.
Followi ng the 250cc A rid ers Corky
Mau ghn and Tommy Ady in 13th
overa ll was the wi n ning team of Kurt
Lee a nd J ason Ha wks. T hey had o n ly
23 seconds to spa re o n the second
p lace d tea m o f the Egyed 's, Eddy
Jun ior a nd Sen ior.
.
J o hn Darn ele ca p tured th e o vera ll
B class victory with a 12th p lace
fin ish .
_ '" had a terrib le sta rt from th e
...seco nd-to -las t row," sa id Damele. "A
f lot o f times th e dust was so bad th a t
I co uld n ' t see a nythi ng."
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