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toward the checkered nag. Brandes gave all, but
Walters was slightly ahead at the finish.
Tirheimer, Vohland and McElroy rounded out
the top five.
Tempers flared when officials assessed
Walters a one-position penalty for an earlier
infraction, handing first to Brandes. Despite
protests, the officials stood firm, and the decision remained.
In the second 125ee molo, Lowell Moural Jr.
timed the start perfectly and was chased in the
early going by Tltheirner, Walters and VohJand.
Moural enjoyed a slight lead at the end of the
first lap. Unobstructed by traffic, Moural used
every inch of the track and his hot lines allowed
him to pull away from the dicing pack.
Suddenly, Moural took a tumble in a back-section tum: ""The front end just slipped out from
underneath me and down I went; it really
wasn't much of a fall, but it took me a few laps
to get back 10 speed," explained Moural. With
Moural down, Tirhcimer moved into the lead.
Walters and Brandes were battling again with
Vohland staying close, but out of harm's way.
On lap three Walters suddenly shook loose from
Brandes, tore past Tirheimer and took over the
lead. Moments later, Brandes also got around
Tirheimer.
Once again, Walters and Brandes fought
tooth and nail, lap after lap. The battle for the
remaining top-10 position was equally intense
with Tirheimer, Vohland, Hummel and Chris
Barker the main players. By lap six Moural also
moved close enough to challenge, but the top
five positions remained fixed on the last lap,
though the racing was very close. At the checkered nag, Walters took the win, eamIng him first
overall despite the earlier penalty. Brandes,
Tirheimer, Vohland and Hummel crossed the
line next, in that order.
In the 250cc Pro class Stone-Age Racingsponsored Tirheimer was the quickest rider at
the gate - too quick, it turned out, as he was
penalized one lap for jumping the gate. Behind
Tirheimer the battle through the first turn was
between Trevor Meagher, Brandes, Walters,
Sven Stillmock and Derek Watkins. Out front,
Tirheimer charged, unaware or unconcerned
with his one-lap-down status. As the lop riders
entered the 6nish line rockers to complete the
first lap, the race was extremely close. Meagher,
Moural and Watkins showed great form in this
section, gaining time on what was arguably the
hot line. Meagher spilled in the west comer,
rejoining the race back in 15th place, and could
advance no further than ninth by moto's end.
At the halfway signal Tirheimer was still
leading but Walters had moved to second and
was closing fast Brandes looked comfortable in
third, but fourth-place Stillmock was under
allack by MouraJ. Stillmock appeared to tire
somewhat and both Moural and Barker slipped
by on lap five.
Shortly after the leaders notched their sixth
lap, Walter. went under Tirheimer in a highbermed turn, and for a moment both of their
Suzukis tried to occupy the same space.
Somehow the two stayed upright and Walters
bounced by and into the lead. Next Brandes
made an aggressive pass on Tirheimer, dispatching him to third. Actually, both of these highrisk passes were unnecessary because of
Tirheimer's actual position.
On the eighth and final lap, Walters reached
the nag first, followed by Brandes, Tirheimer,
Moural and Barker. The official tally was a bit
different, with Moural earning third and
Tirheirner 15th.
The close racing continued in moto two. This
time, Brandes got the holeshot, with Walters,
Tirheimer, Moura! and Watkins also leading the
early charge. The track had become extremely
rough by this point, but lap times were nonetheless down. Slowly but surely, Brandes and
Walters distanced themselves from the field. By
mid race the top two were ahead by a quarterlap.
The lead positions remained unchanged
until lap six when Vohland made a slick pass on
Moural 10 take over fourth. As they entered the
final lap, the fireworks were still flying, as
Brandes and Walters continued with "full contact" racing: On the far east comer of the track,
the Suzuki pilots collided hard, falling with considerable momentum.
The intense competition had obviously
drained both riders of energy and they struggled to remount Fortunately for Brandes and
Walters, they had built such a lead that the race
was basically between the two of them, with
third quite a ways behind. Walters was the first
to recover, and sped down the final straight
towards the last turn. Brandes gave chase right
to the last second, but Walters won again.
Brandes scored a hard-earned second with
Moural third overall with his consistent 3-5
mota tally.
Results
500 PRO: 1. Dustin Bloomfield (Hon); 2. Kevin Andenon
(H..); 3. l.on