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slipped by Pal mer in the whoops. Edwards' next five laps to the checkered nag were flaw less. Palmer claimed second, ahead 01 Chris Young. In th e 250cc ma in . Hawthorne roc keted out 01 the ga te wi th T im Hod es and Grayson Goodma n behind. G add is and Langlord assumed the o ne and two spots on la p o ne, with Palmer and Clowers a lir e len~ th behind. O n lap five, Hawth orne stalled 10 a corner a nd Gaddis and La ng lo rd leaped past. Hawtho rne was ab le to keep third. La ngford kep t the heat on Gaddis. wh ile Pal mer got the edge on Hawthorne to secure third. Gaddis kept the ga s on to win the 250cc main . V{Ico IS FO~ ~ a ~ FEW! !!~J. l O OKIN G A AND JEI' SKI RACERS 1'0 JOIN I'EAM I'ORCO. C'l O"l O"l ,......; Results SATU RDAY 125: 1. T erry T inney (Ho n ); 2. Cliff Palm a (Suz); 3. Jason gJ:~).w (H on); 4. T omm y Clowen (Ka w ); 5. Jason La ngford 250: 1. T omm y CloWC'! (Kaw) ; 2. Cliff Pa lma (SUI); 3. . Jason Upshaw (Ha n ); of. Tnry T inn ey (Ha n ): 5. Denni s Hawthome (Ka w). SUNDAY 125: l. j aso n Edwards (Ka w ); 2, Cliff POIlmC"r (Suz);3. OJ,ris Young (Sw) ; 4. Ja son La ngford (Yam): 5. J imm y Giuldi, (5 ." 250: 1. J immy Gaddis (SUl): 2. J ason La ngford (Yam): 3. C liff Palmer (Sut ): 4. Tommy Clo wrn (Raw): 5. OmDis Hawthorne ( Ka w) . Miller scores Seaford Super Bikers win SEAFORD. DE. DEC. 24 Sealord Speedway hosted its first Delaware State Su pe r Bikers Championsh ip , which was wo n by Mark Miller. The event was based on the o ld Wide World of Sports event a nd pitt ed mot ocross, roa d racer s a nd di rt trac kers against each o the r in a single cornperition, T he riders co mpeted in mot ocr oss, short trac k, IT scra mbles and di rt d rags and were scored o n their best three events . The lirs t event wasthe short trac k and at the nash of th e green ligh t, L&D Suz uki's Miller led the pack into turn one follo wed cl osely by R ic k J o h nson a nd Billy Joe Griffith. At the end of 12 lar.s the positions remai ned the same, with Mill er picking up his Iirst 01 three victo ries 01 th e day. Next up was the IT scrambles a nd th e qualifier saw Miller narrowly edge out Kene Hall for the win. In the IT feature. it was again Miller and Ha ll battl in g for the lead . Hall wou ld close u p o n Miller's rear wheel in the chica ne, wh ile Mill er would open up some room in th e short trac k sectio n . At the end 01 10 lap s, Mill er had his seco nd victory followed by R ick J ohnson. Next up was the mot ocr oss, and Hall swept both mo tos to lak e the o vera ll win. T im Bah an linished second overa ll . The final event was th e dirt drags, and Miller breezed through the two ro unds and o n to victory . After the scores were tabula ted . Miller was nam ed the Super Bikers Champion. He was lollowed by Hall and Rick Joh nso n . r-------------------YE5 CLIP AND MAIL TODAY If you are successful enough to become a member ofTeam Torco, you will have the chance to win a great deal of cash! You're going racing anyway, so why not race your way onto Team Torco? Andwhen you buyyour oil,why notbuy Torco...the oil that pays you 5100. per win! All motorcycle a nd jet ski racers are eligible. I I I I I I I I • Send me at no obligatio~etails on how I can win 5100. per race. Name: 1 Address: City: State: __ Zip: Type of R acing/ Class: Ma il to: TORCO INTERNATIONAL CORP. 9916 Pioneer Blvd. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Results ST 251·Q PEN ; I. Mark Miller (Hon); 2. Rid John son (Yam); 3. Wi.lIi.am Griffith (Yam). 125-250: I. BR"u Joh niOn (Yam). DIRT DRAG ; J. Mar k Mill er (Ho n). T-Shirt (Back Design) MX 125-250 KNOB BY: I. T imothy Bahen (Hon); 2. Kene Hall (Kaw). TI SCRAMBL ES 251-0P EN ; I. Mark Miller (Hon); 2. Rick Joh nson (Yam ); 3. William G riffi th (Ya m) . 125·250 KNOBBY: 1. K~nC' Hall (Kaw ); 2. Ti mo thy Bahen (Han ). SU PER BIKERS CHA LLENGE CUP O/A : 1. Mark Mill er (Hon); 2. Kene Hall (K.aw) ; 3. Rick Jo hnson (Yam). To order your Team Smitty T-Shirt, use the order form located below the Advertisers Index in t his issue of Cycle News, Bartsch blasts Hidden Valley HS By Robert Wiegel SAN ANTONIO, TX DEC. 1 . 5 Rodney Bartsch fough t off a hard charging Guy Wurst for the 250cc Intermedi ate class win a t th e sixth round of th e VP Ra cing Fu els/ AXO/ Dun lop-sponsored South Texas Hare Scrambles Serie s, hel d at H idden Valley Park. Bar tsch 's closest com pei tio n thro ughou t th e two and a ha lf hour even t came in the fo rm of Wurs t, who trailed o nly a m inu te behind Bartsch on eac h lap. Bartsch took th o ho lesho t, but Wurst started in fifth place and closed fast. Alter just one lap Wurst had managed to move up to seco nd . Bryan Hanson and Mark Vickers closed the ga p between them selves and the leaders. Ha nson made u p a th ree min ute defici t on the last three. laps, only to place th ird a m in u te behi nd Wurst. Vickers ma tched Ha nson's lap times, but trouble at one of the five water crossings caused him to lose 3 minu te, placing him six minutes beh ind the lea der an d Iourth in th e class. The Open Intermediate cla ss saw VP / Dunlop-backed Eddie Harrison and Gu y H ipsher chas ing Sh ane Wills throughout th e length 01 th e race. Wills bu ilt a two minu te lead on lap two of the event, wi th Harrison and Hipsh er dogging it out lo r seco nd. Hipsher took the lead for second place o n th e fourt h lap. pas sing Hamson on th e speci al mo tocross test secti on. Harrison charged back 31