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Smith. " I really started going for it then. 1 just raged around th e second loop ." . Gerber was stiIl leading the row two starters wh en he came in for gas in fifth overall. Corky Mau ghan , Wayne In terrnill and Kell y Sorenson were close behind, and Gr eg Searle was holding o nto ni nt h in fro nt of Jim Thompson. . Roeseler streaked into the" pi ts in 10th , six and a half minutes beh ind th e leader on adjusted ti me. Braasch was in front of the 125s when he hi t p it row in 16th overall, two mi nutes ahea d of arch rival J im my Lewis, and Raynor was battling Kawasaki 's Pa u l Ostbo for the Vet class lead just one place back. Raynor was a bik e length ahead going into the pits, but Ostbo's Kawasaki led the way wh en the hard-cha rging duo cleared the pi ts on their way into the second loop. The 48-mile second loop headed northeast through She ephead .Basin toward Bears Ears Peak and th en head ed downhill to the wor st sand wash of the even t. There were o the r problems to contend with as the dusty race wore on. ~ ' I go t out o f th e dust halfway through the second loop but by then the bike wou ldn ' t run because the filter was so clogged," said Os tbo . Smith's race-lo ng charge started to payoff la te in the second loo p . He caught teammate H amel in a tigh t wash a nd started to close in on H unnicutt. " He was getting close ," said Hunni cutt, " I could look back a ways on some of the roads and see him back the re. 1 j ust tried to keep it go ing." . Sm ith started to make his move near th e end of the last wash, bu t the 48mi le loop proved too mu ch. "I caugh t hi m rig ht at the end and then 1 ra n out of gas," said Smith. " I made a lo t of ti me o n him and 1 th ink 1 mig hr' ve caug ht hi m if that hadn ' t happened." Smi th was carrying gas bu t getting it into the tank too k too muc h time. Hunnicutt sprin ted allthe way to the finish and took the checkered flag with a total elapsed tim e of two and a half hours - less than a minu te and a half ahead of Smith. Hamel slid home just a few bike lengths behind Smith to tak e third overall and first in the 250cc division. . Brandon Gerber brought his KTM540 home in fifth and Roeseler finished sixth. Kell y Sore nson took seventh overall on adj usted ti me , with Corky Maughan, J im Thom pso n and Ed Sorenson rounding ou t the top 10. Paul Ostbo fin ished II th in the timeadjusted standings to tak e the Vet clas s honors . " It 's a far cry from last weekend at the ISDE in Sweden," said Ostbo. "We had 16 mph averages in the woods that nobody co uld keep up with, and lots of roots, rocks and rain . T his is qui te a change. " J ohn Braasch dominated the 125s all the way to the fini sh and took th e class win almost two minutes ahead of J immy Lewis. Of Results 0 / A: 1. T ed Hun nicutt (Kaw); 2. Dan Smith (KT M); 3. Dann y Hamel (KT M); 4. Dan Richardson (Han); 5. Brand on Gerber (KT M); 6. La rry Roeseler (Raw); 7. Kelly Sorenso n (Raw); B. Corky Mau gh an (SUI ); 9. Jim Thompson (Hen ): 10. Ed Sorenson (Yam); 11. Pa ul Ostbo (Raw); 12. Ga rth Sweetla nd (AT K); 13. Greg Searle (KT M); 14. Wayn e Im ermill (Yam); 15. T roy Raynor (Han ); 16. Jo hn Braasch (Yam); 17. G raat Pal enske (Yam); lB. Ji mmy Lewis (KTM); 19.Brian Davis (Han); 20. Dan Harte (KTM). OPEN EX: 1.T ed Hunnicu tt (Raw); 2. Dan Smit h (KTM); 3. Brand on Gerbez (KTM). 230 EX: 1. Danny Ham el (KTM); 2. Dan Richardson (Ha n ); 3. Corky Mau gh an (SUI ). • 125 EX: 1. John Braa sch (Yam); 2. J immy Lewis (KTM). VET O PEN EX: 1. Paul Dstbo (Raw); 2. T roy Raynor (Ha n); 3. Grant Palenske (Yam). Sa. O PEN EX: 1. Bill Maxim JRaw ). BUSABERG CON VERS THE WORLD! 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