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(Left) Flr sl-eorner
action allhe Red Bud
MX In Bu c hanan ,
Michigan, saw
Ri cha rd Walson (367)
trying t o hold off J ay
Wagner (580) and
Mike Has ma (283).
Wagn er l ook Ih e win
in th e 250cc A class.
night, winning a ll three classes he ente red . His
first 'Win came in the 400cc class o n his old-b u tstill-quick Yama ha YZ400. Shafer turned a fine
4.005 secon ds on his first ride to take an impressive win, as jason No rthrup, ridi ng a stock-length
1998 Yama ha YZ400F thu mper, was his closes t
challenger wit h a 4.328-s<.'COnd time.
Sha fer's second win came in the Open class, in
wh ich he rod e his classy Harl ey over th e top in
4.405 seconds for the win, with Bob Fisher coming
in second on his hot Superior Cycle Sportster with
a 4.843-second time. But Shafer was n' t quite done,
a s he returned with his Harley to win the Pu sh rod
class as well, this time stopping the clock in 4.501
seconds for the win . Tim Wigg ins pu t his Triumph
over the top in 4.953 seconds for the second spot.
Northrup had a good night , claiming a win in
the 600ce class to go with his secon ds in the 400
and 750cc classes. His win in the 600cc class, on
h is Sp o rtla nd Hon d a, se t the fast time of th e
nigh t, as well as the hill record on the "new" hill
~ t 3.902 seconds on his first ride. Onl y four times
und er four seconds were recorded and Northrup
had two of them, nailing it in 3.963 seco nds on his
seco nd run , just to show the first ride wa s no
flu ke. Mark Shafer was Northrup's closest challenger as he squ ea ked his KXSOO into the "thr ees"
.with a 3.999-second run to take the second-place
trophy . John Scroggin s turned a 4.241-second
time on his CRSOO for third place, followed by
Mike Lineback and Ron Werner.
Results
FASTTIME:JoUOfl No rthrup (Hon ).
50 AUT O 1. Bla k(" Ca p pe llo ( L~m ) ; 2. Bre nnen Ke rsh aw
(KTM).
85 YTH : 1. Bt>cky Will iolNi (Kaw ); 2. An tho ny Kri vi ()(a wl ; 3.
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