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to sto p in its tracks," said Lew is aft er he handed over to Hamel for the sprint to th e fin ish. " If I co ncent ra te hard, I migh t even get th e bi ke h it by light ening." Ham el to o k a m or e trad iti o nal ap proach to wi nni ng the race a nd laun ched an a ll-or-no thi ng blitz that rocketed him past Sweetland and into second overa ll just four m iles from the fin ish . But he was too la te to catc h th e T eam G reen rid er. T he Kawasak i/Yoko/Maxima/Scott 's Perfo rm an ce/FM FI Ma ierI R enth a ll T u sbaki /O ' N ea I/ S m i t h l Kal -G a rd Shoei /Nolene -backed KX500 d uo too k the checkered n ag with a total elapsed time o f six hours a nd 10 minutes, finis hi ng eig h t minutes a head o f Ham el a nd Lewis. Sweetla nd fini shed ano ther two minu tes ba ck in third. The win ning team pi cked up $520 for the Open Pro victory , but overa ll honors meant more than money to Ostbo. "T h is is my first overall win in so meth ing big like th is and it feels wonderful, " Ostbo said. " I think it 's fant astic, especiall y beati ng Danny (Hamel) because he 's lit the desert o n fire dow n in District 37 latel y. It feels really good to beat tha t team. " According to Hamel, th e com pe titio n wasn ' t the o n ly thing that go t to ugher as the race wor e o n. " T he course was all virgin terrain and o n th e seco nd and th ird loops the rocks starte d co m ing o u t," sa id Ham el. " You were h itt ing rocks a ll" the time but you cou ldn't see them ." Ka wa sak i-back ed Sweetla nd was ph il osop h ica l abo u t third . " After everythi ng that happe ned to us, I just want ed to ma ke it to the fini sh ," said Sweetland. KTM p ilo ts Brandon Gerber and Brent Fox capped off a consistent performance with fourth overa ll, a nd the lop-sided KT M d uo of Gr eg Searle a nd Sco t H arden grabbed 250cc Pro ho nors in fifth . " Greg had a grea t day but he was riding with an anchor - me," sa id Harden. " He'd get o ut there and get the o vera ll and I'd get o n the bike and slow him back down." Mark Morris and Kevin Steele took seco nd 250cc Pro in sixth o verall , and the Braasch /Kawell I 25cc carne o ut o n top o f the 125cc Pro du el in sevent h, 14 min utes a head of second- p laced Klin e and Palm- .. Iron Ma n Daryl Folks crossed the finis h in ninth o verall and, aft er nearl y seven hours in the saddle, he was ha ppy to see the last of hi s KT M mou nt. World cha mp io n wind-surfer Matt Schweitzer teamed up with first-tim e desert racer Sco tt J ohnson and topped the Over 30 Pros in 15th overall. " My part ner 's a motocrosser. He's never ru n a ribbon ed co u rs e bef ore ," said Sch weitzer. Schweitzer was foll owed home by Over 25 Expert winners Scott Gl imp and Floyd Bradl ey, and T im Leeh e and Jim Stott grabbed Over 30 Expert hon ors o ne pla ce ba ck i n 23 rd overa II. Cl'I Michigan Harley-Davidson Dealers Association Presents AMA 600 NATIONAl CHAMPIONSHIP Junior National Pro/Am Michigan State Championships ~ June 22 1991 ~ Michigan 's First E~er 600 Notional ~ Resul ts 0 / A: I. Paul Os tbo / Gr eg Zittcrkopf [Ka w}; 2. Da nn y H a me l/ J im m y Lewi s (KT M ): 3. 5C Oll Morris/ Garth Sweetla nd (Ka w) ; 1. Brandon Gt"rber/ Brent Fox (KT M); 5. ereg Searle/Scot H arden (KT M); 6. Mar k Me t ria/K evin Steele ( Ka w) : 7. J o hn Braa scla/jeff Kaw ell (Kaw] : 8. John Rudd er/Tim Ca uby (ATK) ; 9. n ar yl Folk, (KT M); 10. G len n T a ylor / Ri ch ard Wilk (KT M) ; II. C. O rvill e 1): 12. Ch a rli e Klin e/ Nort hr op/ Sea n Steele (SU Michael Palmer (S U1); 13. Chad T ichenor /jesse Heers (KT M); 14. Ran d y G illmore/ Mi ke Powers (SU 15. Mat t Sch weitzer/Scou Johnson (KT M); 16. 1); Sco u G li mp / Flo yd Bradley (KT M); 17. Paul Pill ' / George McQuislon (SU1); 18. L in coln Pensol / Cotton Stucliffe (Suz); 19. David Wil son / Cra ig Hu([a (KT M); 20. Micha el unlow /J im M('a ns [Hon]: 21. Jonah Street/Eric Larson (KT M); 22. Bren t Bush /Destry Abbon (KT M); 23. T im Leeh e/ Jim Stou (KT M); 21. Dennis Stevens/Scon Fo rwood (Ya m); 25. J oe Delm ue/Eddie Bozart h ( KTM ~ rr!r'~ ~IJ r1lf. /tfIX VETS! Guys 30 + years Women 25 + years *Newfor ' 9 1 - Pro Cia .. (w /50% paybackl* 4 /13 MX Carls bad 4127&28 Porter ville II for information: (2 13) 83 2ยท7585 CYCLE NEWS READERS! The first to know! 39