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RHILLCLIMB ~ N~o~ ~~~.~_illc__b_ ~___o_2~~~~~~~~_ H_ lim &_ s: ho d ~ Gft'g Williams (7) rode to first place in the 800cc class at the Whi te Rose M.C-hosted Nati onal hilldimb in J efferson. Pennsylvania. H is brother Wade finished second. Steven Krau ter (SO) launched off the lower ledge of the 300-foot White Rose hill. Willia sbrothers, Frazier m top White Rose By T imothy Hall JEFFERSON,P..\.,JUNE7 brothers Wad e a nd G reg Williams proved the y co u ld ru n hard and fast, as th ey swep t th e one and two spots in th e 800cc class a t th e White Rose Motorcycle Club-promoted hill clim b in J efferso n , whi le T im Frazier ex tended h is perf ect record to 12 by win ni ng the 540cc class. The White Rose Mo tor cycle Club celebra ted th eir 40th a n niversa ry in gra nd style. as nearly 40 Profession al hillclimbers sho wed up to challenge th e hill. The hill was 300 feet long, with a j ump a t the 40-foo t mark. After th e j u m p, it flat tene d o u t until th e 50-foot mark, th en turned up steep ly for th e rest o f th e ru n. Official s set th e timing ligh ts a t 280 feet. hoping to a llow th e riders to put th e pow er down before clea ring the top. Even so , som e o f th e faster runs sen t rid ers a irbo rne as they reached the peak . H eavy rains p rior to th e event ma de the di rt pack hard, and th e first few a ttem p ts up the h ill p roved it. Michi gan 's Sco tt Evere tt, ranked fo urth in the 540cc class, was th e first man up a nd had a ro ugh start o ff the B 28 lin·e. Everet t struggled to co ntro l his T riumph over the jump. As the da y go t h otter and mor e riders loosened the hill , climbs go t faster and clea ne r. Paul P in sonnau lt , wh o finish ed second a t the previous Iro n H orseman Nat ion a l. wasn't as lu cky here as he lan ded crooked past the ju m p a nd lost va lua ble time regaining contro l. P in sonnau lt nearly went offcou rse o n th e rig ht side. Onl y a sha rp eye cou ld see wh a t happened to defending cha mp Frazier o n hi s first a nd on ly run. Fraz ier came o ff th e lin e clea n aboa rd hi s nitropo wered BSA, bu t as he went in the air hi s right foot ca me o ff th e foot peg and it folded u p , fo rcing him to hug th e fram e as he threw dirt for th e classwinning tim e of 6.660 seconds. New York's Steve Dresser turned in two clean runs, bo th o f which were under seve n seco nd s. But th e hill su rp rised some of the best rid ers. Of th e top five ra n ked 540cc class riders, on ly Frazier and Dresser would com e , o ut o n to p. Las t year's thi rd -ra n ked rider . T ed Wilkin s, co uld n 't ge t his