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nately for Busenbark, though, Letellier's
KTM would give up the ghost while in
close pursuit.
Busenbark suddenly found himself
with a commanding lead and would
hold on to his advantage throughout the
duration of the race. The Yamaha rider
finished out the 100-mile race in.just
over three and a half hours to claim
.overall honors ahead of Kawasaki Team
Green rider Chris Thiele, who crossed
the finish line a little more than two
minutes behind Busenbark. Finishing a
minute back was third-place finisher
Ken Yount, also on a Yamaha. Rounding
out the top five overall were Allen
Haynes and Chris Garber, both mounted on Yamahas.
In the Intermediate class, Jeff Lappe
completed five laps in three hours and
51 minutes to take top class honors.
Kelly Getz led much of the way until
Lappe passed him On the final lap. Getz
held on for second, 20 seconds behind
Lappe. Third went to Bob Lowery, followed by Mike Kruger and Jason
Counts.
Tanner Englund hammered the Open
class on his Honda CR500 despite the
relentless attacks by Ross Logan, who
never trailed Englund by more than a
minute. David Haworth took home the
third-plac.e trophy, while Stephan Weidan and John Newberry competed the
top five in class.
Gary Mittelberg used a good start to
pull to the fron t on the second lap in the
200cc class. Steve Crews and Kevin
Betts gave a good chase but w-ere basically held back by the choking dust.
Mittelberg finished five laps in four
hours and seven minutes for first place.
Betts held on for second ahead of
Crews.
Jason Stegall, the 125cc-class winner,
came through the scoring ten t on the
first lap in third and slowly reeled in his
opponents over the next four laps. Steve
Bough stayed on Stegall's tail to finish in
the runner-up spot only five seconds
behind.
Mike Windmann made the best of a
good start by going on to win the FourStroke class, leading from start to finish.
Charles Thiele was another rider who
took advantage of a q~ick getaway to
win the Senior class.
Robert Caplinger won the Super
Senior division over John Oller and
Larry Hayes.
On a different course, Mini rider
Dustin Wisecup led a freight train of
80cc bikes across the finish line.
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Flat River GP
Park Hills, Missouri
Results: October 1. 1995
O/A: 1. Chad Busenbark (Yam); 2. Chris Thiele
(Kaw); 3. Ken Vount (Yam); 4. Allen Haynes (Yam); 5.
Chris Graber (Yam).
AAIEX: 1. Chris Thiele (Yam); 2. Ken Yount (Yam);
3. Allen Haynes (Yam); 4. Chris Graber (Yam); 5. John
Roth (Suz).
AlINT: 1. Jeff Lappe (KTM); 2. Kelly Getz (Kaw); 3.
Bob lowery; 4. Mike Kruger lKTM); 5. Jason Counts
(Kaw).
OPEN: 1. Tanner Englund (Hon); 2. Ross Logan; 3.
David Haworth; 4. Stephan Weidan; 5. John Newberry
(KTM).
250 B: 1. Jay Williams (Yam); 2. Kevin Harman
(Yam); 3. Chris Nesbitt; 4. David Gerbes (Yam); 5. Dale
gulley (Yam).
250 C: 1. Dave Osborn (Suz); 2. Jack Tuller; 3.
Kenneth Davie; 4,. Lee lankutis; 5. ArtSimmaneau.
200: 1. Garyt Mittelberg (Kaw); 2. Kevin Betts
(Kaw); 3. Steve Crews (Kaw); 4. Randy Wagahoff (!