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-- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --, ~ • Continental Motorsport Club Fred Slifer rod e his 250cc BSA trials special against John Towery, who was mounted on a street-stock Trium ph Trophy twin. and the two waged a very close battle in the Premier 3 class. Slifer led afte r the first loop with one mar k to Towery's three marks, but Towery took the lead on the second loop by earning only two marks whi le Slifer ea rned five. Both riders earned an identical three marks on the third loop, but Slifer clinched victory on the final loop with a clean ride while Towery took two more dabs to finish second on the day . In Classic A class, defending charopion Josh Metzger led from start to finish while Montesa Cota 247-mountedPete Blesser was second on the day . Results . V Presents SUZUKI Y MH A AA H:ON"D.A. ~. so PREM A: 1. Stan Bollin ger (Gn' ); 2. Dick Oli ver (Du e); 3. Dave Mankey (BSA ); 4. Brad Eaton (BSA ~ PREM B: 1. Fred Slife r (BSA); 2. John Towery (Tri); 3. Dan TOW<'Y(I"ri ~ CLSSC A: I . JutJ, Metzger (Yam); 2. Per.-Sl~r(Mon); 3. Ray Done1 (Bu l); 4. Scott WOE'Tlh(0Is); 5. Bryan Lee (Soz). CLSSC B: 1. Paul Da nik (Pm); 2. How ard Grove (Hon); 3. Rich Brooks (H on); 4. Bob Camt'T (Bul) ; 5. Ron Saah (Moo ): Cl.5SC C: 1. mE) Billy Trimbl e (Yam )/J im Trimble (Oss); 3. Jamie Ransophe r (y a m); 4. Tim Sta ndI! (Yam~ 5. Bill Viney (Hon) . TW/5H K BB: 1. M.ark O' Arl'UO CHon); 2. Ma ur y Boutell (Kaw ). TW /5HK B: 1. Bill Karg (Hon); 2. Iason Dutrow; 3. Ted Trey (Hon) . 1W / SH K C: 1. Rog E'rAnnabl e (Hull; 2. Mark Jl>rule1l. (Hon ),;3. Viner Ciounmanco (Fan ). MONO Sa: 1. Jt.-offN.allh (Fan); 2. Ton y DeJuliis (Bet ); 3. Jim Palmer (Bet) . MONO INT: 1. Tim Tayl or (Bn ); 2. Da ve Ba zan (Fa n ); 3. Mark Fritz (Sro ). MONO NOV: 1 . Ton y Burke (Bet); 2. Ca rro ll Plowman Spring Classic N ationals Race Dates/Schedule: (Y~, MON O BEC : 1. Ru!lo5eU Foard (Yam). Manley's the man at Dade City MX I By Kyle Myers DADE CITY, FL. MAR 25 Brian Manley made his visit to Dade Gty Raceway a profitable one by winning both motos in the Open Money class at round four of the Point Series, which played host to 210 riders. In the first Open Money moto, Ricky Hampshire nailed th e hol eshot with Kenny Yoho, Manley, Jason Thomas and Ronn ie Renner giving chase. Yoho flew by Hampsh ir e in the whoops to lead th e o pen i n g lap, and then Hampshire moved over to let Manley by. Yoho and Manley pulled awa y from the eight-rider field to battle for the lead . Manle y stalked Yoho, waiting for the last lap. As the white flag came o ut, Manley flew outside down t he front straightway with Yoho tu cked inside. As the two fron t-runners hit the sweeper tum, Manley dove inside and stayed low in the sweeper to slip by Yoho . Manley held on for the win over Yoho, Ham pshire, Thomas and Scott Lamb. Man ley picked up where he left off in moio one by grabbing the holeshot over Yoho, Ha mpsh ire. Lamb and Renner in mo to two. Yoho immediately pressured Manley for the numberone spot and hou nd ed Manley for three laps until a broken chain ended Yoho's charge. This gave the Thor I FMF I Cycle Sports Cen te r backed Manley a hu ge lead ahead of Hampshire. Renner passed Lamb late in the mota to run third. Manley crossed the fin ish line to score the overall victory with Hampshire. Renner. Lamb and Billy Wood rounding out the top five positions. Hampshire later came back. and won the 250cc A, 25+ and Open Amateur classes. '" Results , P/W (4-6): 1. Ricky ~ (Yam); 2. An~ Moore (Yam~ 3. Sara HiunpdUre (LEM); 4. Jon Cam p (Y.m); S. Outs Wood (Yam). P/W (7-9): I. Mama H..m pWrT (lEM); 2. Cody Roth (Yam); l. Randy Sharron (KT'MJ; 4. M..tt Lee (LEM ); 5. Kyle Chisholm (LEM) . 60: 1. Kylt> W iJlianlliOn (~w); 2. Bam:ott Smith (K

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