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Joe Pittman topped the 750cc Production class a t Seattle International Raceway,
finishing ahead of Mike Sullivan and Steve McKissock. Shawn Roberti was fourth.
Jessie Finch celebrates a win in Orange
County Speedway's Scratch main.
Church followed Pendley's Yamaha across tho
li ne 10 take second in tho final rnoto and
fin ished tho n ight in seco n d with a 3-2 total.
After running strong for a win in the opening
mo to, Kelly 's fourth-place fin ish in tho second
even t dropped him to third in tho 200cc B
class.
Bill y Cantrell set the pa re for tho 201·Opon
C class a s he hold his ground to take
consecutive wins while j d f Shealy at tem p ted
to close the gap but finished second in bot h
mo tos, Fin ishing 3-4 on tho night, Chris
McNei l placed third after Tim Caviness, (73) edged a hea d of him in the second moto.
After a third-p lace fin ish ear lier, Rick
jordan powered his way into the load in the
second moto to wiri the 200cc C event, Running
stro ng on his Honda, Chris McNeil took the
checkered n ag ahead of tho pursuit group , but
a fourth'plare finish in tho fin al mot o
dropped him to seco nd overa ll. Patri ck Brown
bat tled to a second-place fin ish in the second
moto, wh ich foll owed an earlier fifth -place
finish. to place th ird in the class.
out front again, this time with Beattie
sandwiched 10 the pack. Buchan na bbed
second with Beattie work ing his way ou t of
the crowd to th ird .
In the Pro-Am main. an uneven start saw
the red na g stop Rober t Tri pp, Kevin Varnes
and Pal Buchanan as they completed lap one.
Buchanan emerged as the leader of the restart,
followed by tho pack. Var nes surged ahead
of the crowd on the second lap with Tony
Burnett behi nd, Tripp an d Kyle Lon g too k
over third and fourth when Burnett slipped
high; P hil Pal mer also took advan tage of
Burne tt's lack of tractio n 10 pass hi m and then
cha llenge Long.
Robert T ripp go t off the line first but Phil
Palmer bea t him out of turn two to take the
checkered nag first in the Ope n cla ss. The
scenari o played twi ce as the red nag signaled
a restart due to a spill in tum two. Tripp
working at closing the gap, but bad to settle
for second while Dan Martin nudged insi de
Tim Humphries to nail down third.
Senior class action saw veteran Ron Rail
pu ll the holeshot , fedinll heat from Dan
Crawford 's stro ng inside 110<' Mt