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tire. The ba ttl e behi nd saw Kuhn slam imo
Brohn from behind en teri ng tum o ne. The
co ntact bent Brohn 's exha ust up and ended
hi s run up front. Kuhn kept h is mach in e u p
bu t he dr opped back to sixth. Hunter go t
arou nd Meister again on lap six for good a n d
ulled away for th e win . Slezewski broke away
rom Breu er, Kuhn and Dave H anso n to finish
th ird behind Meister.
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Results
U/ L G P .EX: 1. Mi~1 Hunter (Yam); 2. Rober l MnslntH on ): 3. Krvin SkrW"li (Ya m ); 4. David HanM'1l (SUl):
5. Rid Brrott (Ya m).
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U/ L S/S PRT EX: 1. Ruber t Mn M (Hon): %. Curtis
Pemeuel (Sw).
HIW S/ BK EX: I. Da vid H a nsen (SUl); z. SIr'W' Pald la
(Suz); S. aurl HerinI': (L w); 1. Mi l~ Kotnn (SUI) : 5. Mar c
8rohn (~w ).
Rob ert Meister (26) led Mike Hunter (750) at Blackhawk Farms Road Race.
as both Atwell and Szarek too k chase o f th e
cagey veteran. By lap two Atwell and Szarek
had relegated Lopez to th ird wh ere a racelo ng feud ensued betw een Lo p ez, Pa ul
Youngm an and J ay Bartlow , with the hard
ridin g Lopez taking third by a wheel.
The co m pe tition was als o hot in m any o f
the Novice classes with Brian Kcra!;:et and T im
Bernisderfer eac h notching two victori es and
Lyn n Campbell finis hing an incredib le thi rd
overall . first Novice in A Su perbike and had
the B Superbi ke Novice race m th e bag wh en
he 10Sl lra ction and dUSled it while overta king
a lap ped rider exi ting tum five, handing the
victory to Bemisderfer.
Resul ts
\ ' t STA G E 2: I. Rrua Anm ( 85 A): 2. Sean Owyn C
BSA);
5. MichM-1 Grrm (Due); .. Bill Bloom ( ~ w).
VISTAG E i : I. Miltr T ibrrio (M-C); !. J~ Morri s (Tri);
3. Gnx~ Mood (BM W); lNT: I. Co lin ('.Duto ( !{oIw ).
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125 PRO: I. Eddie H id. (SUI).
250 BEG : I. Cy Prado (Kaw); 2. Erik Kleven (Ho n ); 3.
Geo rge Furnin (lion); 4. Ma rvin Du nb ar (SUl ).
250 NV: I. J Ot" Haman (Hun); 2. J.i!'1my Chamberlain
(Kaw); 3. Bill y Paul (SUI ); i . Rub Phillip' (Han ); 5. J nhn
Barto l (Ya m).
2!)0 INT : I. Ryan Vonl~!~bcrR (SUI).
250 PR O : I. Bryan Nell,nn (Hon ): 2. T im T d ford (Kaw);
3. Tony Su l~l ( K.l w) .
500 BEC : I. John Munay (Ho n); 2. [ric: lkim (He n ): 3.
Da n Tanner (Kaw).
500 INT ; I. Will Dicso n (HIm ).
JR VET BEG : I. w a vee Poark (Ya m ): 2. Ch ris BdU' (Ya m ):
3. Peter Ha ocbeu (KTM): 4. Mar k whelan (KTM).
JR VET NV : I. loh n Davin (Ha n); 2. Greg ROM (SUI);
3. Mar c: Pr ince (KTM); 4. Eric Haniv," (Yam ); s,. G"f;
H unsak er (Suz). .
VET BEG : I. M...r k Kinll'; (Ho n); 2. n Jon Brrnondino (Sw):
' . J oh n Mu rra y (Suz); 4. Rick Florn IHHn); 5. Randy J Jomn
(H o n ).
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VET NV: I. T o ny M.u o n (Ya m): 2. Mo e Pri lla' (KT M);
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3. SIn-1:' Schmb~nr (H on ): 4. Jimm y IUUC'T ( K.aw); 5. Jnry
;\afKT (H o n l.
VET 1rr. I. Tip Wrilh (5111); Z. Jo hn Bum prd nn (Suz);
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5. Tk-an T al.. lvna ( K.aw ); 4. Marll Man gnl d (Stu) .
Higgins hauls to Muddy
Creek Vintage Motocross
By Barbara and Loren Williams
BLOUNTVII.ll. TN, JUNE8
Barry Higgins sco red the overall wins in three
classe s a l round three o f th e AHRMA/Vintage
Iron Nati on al MX Ser ies, held at Muddy Creek
Ra cewa y. Higgins , wh o ea rn ed the top
American spo t in ,h e 1968 and 1969 Inter-Am
Seri es, scored hi s three wins with perfect moto
scores in th e 40 Pl us Expert. Open Twin and
500cc Sportsman Expert cla sses.
" Vin tage MX to m e is fun because it's so
much mo re lik e motocross was back in th e
early day s. There's a lo t m o re ca maraderie
among vintage ra cers , because for the most
part, th ey don 't have anyt hing 10 prove," sai d
Higgins. " \ Vh a t impresses us here is n ifty o ld
bikes, not wh o 's who ."
H iggi ns' win in the 500cc Expert class
moved him into th e points lead, a head of 1964
a nd 1965 World Ch ampion J ell Smith. and
former points leader Pa t Brown.
In th e 40 Plus class, H iggins and Smith
a rgue d o ver th e lead, trading the poi nt
position seven times . Higgins fina lly cha rged
pa st th e En gli shman a nd sco red th e win .
" . h a ven 't ridden motocross in yea rs ,"
mu sed Sm ith. " Bu, thi s year I th ought I'd
giv e _itanother try."
Vintage Iron 's Rick Doughty sco red the win
in the 125cc Expert class , a lthoug h Greg
Bast ek gave him a run for th e money in moto
o ne. Bastek a nd Dou ghty exchanged th e lead
severa l times befor e Bastek 's Honda qu it in
a turn.
" Even if it had sta rted right back up. I don 't
think I cou ld have cau!; h t Rick, " said Bastek.
" It sure was fun while It lasted. "
Doughty went o n 10 a n un comested win
in mo lO o ne . a nd had little trouble topping
Paul Bu rn en in th e seco nd moto.
Dou!';hty sto rmed o il th e line in th e first
250cc Expert maIO, with Dou~ Wentzel and '
Paul Burn ett in hot pursuit. Doughty rode
th e en ti re mot o u ncha llenged, a nd cr ossed the
fin ish lin e ahea d o f Wentzel and BurnetL
Dou ght y gra bbed the early lead in moto
two , a hea d of Wentzel a nd Kevin Thomas.
Burnett sta rted. fou rth , but rru iscd around the
track with a blo wn fork sea l. Lap by lap,
\Venuel began to ea t a way a t Doughty's lead , .
a nd mad e th e pass on th e lasl lap, Wentze l
sco red th e mota a nd o vera ll wins, a head o f
Dou ght y and Thom as.
Results
125 NOV : I. J
