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Gabe Bolivar (48), Tim Staufenbeil (91) and Ty Kady (56) were the top Intermediates.
Young made quick progress and easily passed Drew and Fowler. Ward was
next to fall victim to Young, as he began
to tire in the closing stages of the race
and also fell victim to Fowler.
Zitterkopf, meanwhile, was far ahead
of the pack and greeted the checkered
flag well ahead of Young, Fowler and
Ward.
"I don't know what happened to
Mike, but I just rode smooth and smart,"
said Zitterkopf.
Fowler grabbed the holeshot in moto
two, but Young made quick work of
him and motored into the lead. While
Young began to 'pull away, Zitterkopf
struggled to get past Fowler and Drew,
who started third. Once past them,
though, Zitterkopf began to reel in
Young. Time ran out, though, and
Young nabbed the moto and overall
wins aboard his Eric Crippa-built
Honda XR628. Zitterkopf was second
and second overall, while Fowler was
again third and third overall.
"I had some bad luck at the start of
the first race, but the second moto was
all mine," said JT USA/Sholli/
Hondaline/DunIop/K&N/1()()"Io/Smith/
Showa/Excel-backed Young.
In the Intermediate classes, the
names Ty Kady, Tim Staufenbeil and
Dennis Dahlin became very familiar, as
the three gentlemen argued for the top
positions all day long. With $175 up for
grabs in the Intermediate and Junior
classes, the amateur racing proved to be
hot and heavy.
"None of the manufacturers were
interested in providing contingency
money, so I decided to offer it myself,"
said Racing Enterprises president Frank
Thomason.
Normally a Suzuki rider,. Staufenbeil
borrowed an ATK406 and romped to
easy wins in both 500cc Intermediate
motos and received $100 for his performances. Steve Tollison took home a
well-deserved $50 for second, ahead of
Bubby Hubbard in third. Hubbard
eamed$25.
In 250cc Intermediate action, Gabe
Bolivar nailed the hoIeshot in the first
moto, followed by Kady, Staufenbeil
and Dahlin. The four front-runners
dusted the rest of the field. and at the
finish it was Kady with the win over
Staufenbeil, Dahlin and Bolivar.
Moto two was a carbon copy of the
first, with Kady fighting off the continued attacks of Staufenbeil for the win,
while Dahlin and Bolivar finished third
and fourth, respectively. Kady nabbed
the $100 first prize, while Staufenbeil
and Dahlin took home the $50 and $25
rewards.
With Kady and Staufenbeil each
sporting crisp $100 bills, they lined up
for a showdown in the 125cc
Intermediate class. Kady grabbed the
holeshot in the first moto, but crashed in
the second turn and also took down
Kawasaki speedster Kurt Rood.
"Somebody hooked my front end
and I spun out," said Kady, who
remounted quickly and motored into
fourth by mid-moto.
Meanwhile, Staufenbeil and Dahlin
waged an all-out war for the lead, comfortable ahead of former Pro class rider
Craig Davis. The battle between
Staufenbeil and Dahlin heated up a bit
too much, as they collided on the last
lap and went down in a heap.
"It was no one's fault," said Dahlin.
"That's just racing."
Davis inherited the lead and went on
to nab the win over Kady and Tyler
King. Staufenbeil recovered for fourth,
while Dahlin finished well back in the
pack.
Steven Mitchell nailed the secondmoto start ahead of Sta ufenbeil, King
and Kady. Kady quickly passed King,
and Staufenbeil moved past Mitchell
just as fast. King repassed Kady for
third, but Kady showed him how things
were going to be by slamming into King
and sending him to the ground.
"I knew that Timmy was up front
and I couldn't let him get away," said
Kady.
Staufenbeil, Mitchell and Kady began
to pull away from the field. Only Davis
was able to stay close, but he was still
too far back to challenge for position.
Kady moved past Mitchell and the stage
was set. Staufenbeil was visibly tired, as
he was competing in his sixth moto of
the day, but Kady appeared just as tired.
Kady closed to Staufenbeil's rear fender,
but was too tired to challenge. In the
end, it was Staufenbeil with the moto
win over Kady, Mitchell and Davis.
Kady's
2-2 finishes
edged
Staufenbeil's 4-1 for the overall, while
Bolivar nabbed third overall with his 5-
5.
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J OM Willis (18) couldn't hold off 35-39 Intermediate class winner Ross Maeda (8).
Doug Dubach (14) and Larry Brooks (3) battled for fourth early in the Pro main event.
Results
eo BEG: 1. J...... Fry (Suz); 2. Ryan Mauhill (Kaw);
3. Michael Crawford (Yam); 4. Jack Dupre (Yam); 5.
Sammy Filippone (Yam).
eo JR: 1. Manny Arias (Yam).
125 BEC: 1. Kevin Laird (Suz); 2. Kevin Dftte
(Kaw); 3. Glen Cunningh.m (Hon); 4. Brian Sadler
(Xow); 5. Dan Farrar (Suz).
125 JR: 1. Brian Rodriguez (Suz); 2. Trsvia LoutheT
(Yam); 3. Jason Fl