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GHARE &HOUN»AM! National Championship H&: HSeries: Round 4 e ~--- After a slow sta rt, KTM's J immy Le wis charged hard and finished third overall . Tim Cauby (1l 7) leads Paul Os tbo (N I ), who later dropped out of the race. Local favori te Corky Maughan (I G) finished fifth overall, dose behind Greg Searle. 24 Grant Palenske was chargi ng hard in the Vet 250cc division. . "It took me a whi le to get my second wind," said Krause. "I had a good loop and a half at the beginning but th e last half of the second loo p tired me o u t. It was so tight we averaged some thing like 28 mph," Yam aha pilot J eff Capt was also movin g up through the pack, drawing even furt her ah ead of hi s rivals in -the l25cc class. Roeseler was pouring on the coa ls as he made the final sprint in to the chec kered flag, and Sweetland an d Lewis were still charging hard in his wa ke. After more than three hours of dueling, less th an 30 seconds sep arated the top three racers as Roeseler shot pa st th e check ered flag , wit h Sweetland claiming the Open class honors in second and Lewis taking secon d 250cc Expert in third . After the race, Sweetland hardly had the energy to smile. " Lewis pushed me and pushed me. I'm whooped," Sweetland said. " I had a really bad threekick start, so 1was dead last but 1passed a lot of people in the first loop and had a good ride after that." Lewi s' slow beginning lasted a li ule longer. " I didn' t really get go ing until .the last loop . 1 was stiff an d tight for a long tim e," said the KTM -backed racer. " I' ve never run that high up at th e front, and it's hard j ust follo wing th e ribbon witho ut some tracks to .go wi th it. They need to bu y some arrows." . Searle crossed the lin e five minutes beh ind the leaders to claim fourth overall and edge Suzuki RM250 racer Ma ughan o ut of third 250cc, and Krause too k second O pen Expe rt in sixth overall. J im Thompson's H onda powered home in seven th ahead of Musgrave, and Honda 's Ch uc k Miller edged Darin Cart wright out of th e Vet class win in ni nth overall. Jeff Capt wrapped up the 125cc class wit h a 16th overa ll finish. eN Results (Unofficial) 0 / A: 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 2. Garth Sweetland (Kaw); .3. jimmy Lewis (KT M); 4. Greg Searle (KT M); 5. Corky Maughan (SU1); 6. Pau l Krause (Kaw); 7. jim Thompson (Hon); 8. Willie Musgrave (ATK ); 9. Chu ck Miller (Hon); 10. Darin Cart wright (Yam); 11. Ed Sorenson (Yam); 12. Don Griewe (AT K); 13. Gra nt Palenske (Yam); 14. T im Cauby (Hon ); 15. Ron Wehr (KT M); 16. jeff Capt (Yam); 17. Kenny Parry (Kaw); 18. Sam T aylor; 19. Cha nce Maughan; 20. Mark Lundgren. ANA NATI ONA L CH AMPION SIDP HAllE Ie HOUND SEIlIES UNOFnClA L POINT STANDINGS (llest five oul of ...<1> rounds): 1. Garth Sweetland (69); 2. Don Griewe (66); 3. Paul Krause (6 1); 4. Danny Hamel (60); 5 Larry Roeseler (55); 6. Chris Crandall (55); 7. Paul Ostbo (SO); 8. Ted Hunnicutt (46); 9. Chuck Miller (39); 10. (TI E) jimmy Lewis/Greg Searle (35); 12. Grant Palenske (29); U . (TI E) Ron Naylor/Todd Q,lley (27); IS. Willy Musgrave (23); 16. Abe Baumann (21); 17. john Ru dder (17); 18. (TIE) Corky Maughan/Randy Moseley (16); 20. Kenny Parry (15); 21. (TIE) Rober. Laughlin/jim Thompson/ j elf Capt (14); 24. (TIE) j ohn Silva/Kenny Parry (13); 26. Dan Richard so (12); 27. (TIE ) Duane SummerslDarin Cartwrigh t (I I); 29. Ed Sorenson (10); 30. (T IE) j ohn Braascb! T im Cauby (7); 32. Ron Wehr (6); 33. Sam Tay lor (3); 34. Cha nce Maughan (2); 35. Mark Lundren (I).