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Cycle News 1998 08 26

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had gat ed poorl y a nd completed lap one in e ig h t h pl ace . O ve r th e nex t cou ple o f laps, Daniel bega n to stretch his lead o ver Diez, who w as no w engaged in a battle with both Keller and Lawson for the second position. Lee s tarted his ch arge to the front a nd now occu p ied the fifth spot. As the moto neared the halfwa y mark, Diez bega n to fall o ff the pace, as both Keller a nd Law son found a way around him. On the next lap , Lee not only slipped by Diez but also p ut th e pa ss o n bo th Law so n an d Kell er , Lee, now in seco nd . began to go a fter Dani el an d the lead . As Lee had closed to wi t hin tw o bike len gths o f Da niel , the bat tle was on , al thoug h Dani el was fo rced to back off ......the victim of a flat front tire. Lee now had the lead and enjoy ed a lO-second cushion over seco nd- p lace d lawso n, w ho had go ne arou nd Keller rig ht before the white flag came ou t. At the finis h, it was Lee ta king the moto wi n, Law so n in se co nd , and Keller claimin g third . Wh en th e pack hit th e "track in mot o two, Dennis Ga lla ghe r ' s Ya ma h a g ra b b e d the hol es ho t. Daniel hel d sec o nd , w hil e La w so n w as in third. Wh en the g ro u p ca me o u t of the ba ck sec tio n o f the co urse, Lee w as in th e seven th po sit ion a fter a terrible s ta rt on his Ya ma - ha thu mpe r. At the end of lap o ne, Cal fagher still held the lead , although Dani el was breathin g do wn his neck a nd was looking to ma ke the p a ss , l a w so n , o n his Ka w a sa ki, wa s fi rm ly en trenc he d in the th ird slo t. On th e next lap, Dani el we nt a ro u nd Ga llag her fo r the lead a t th e scoring sectio n, In l aw son' s s ha do w , Lee wa s working his way u p to fou rth , With 1\ \ ' 0 125 BEG: I. Danny Porter (Hun) ; 2. Brad Daugherty (Suz); 3. jarrod Hl'fl.-"ll'Y(lton). 125 NOV : l. K,uw Ja~ (Yam); 2. Kurt Ca~'lIi ( Ka w); 3 David Sullin., ty am }, 125 L"IT 1. J,-oremi.lh M before Smith slow ly reeled him in and then ra iled a rou nd him in a co rne r to tak e the lead . Smith pu t a couple of seconds on Dunh am by the finish, w it h Sh al een an equ a l di st an ce back in third. Dustin Lund e held off White for fourth . Smit h nailed th e se co n d- m o to s ta r t, w ith Lu n de an d W hite tr ai lin g . Dun ha m had h is w ork cu t o ut for him a fte r .1 last-p la ce start. Smith was in co ntro l for the en tire 10-lap sec on d mota and ea sily took th e wi n on his Ante- lo p e Va ll ey ·Ka w a sa k i / Ra d ia to r Sho p / O'Nea l /FMF -s po nso re d KX250 . T he lo ng m o to worked to Du nham's adva ntage, as he w o rked a ll the WilY up to th ird for th ird oyer- all behind t he 3-2 rides o f Sha leen a nd hi s YZ250. Th oma s Pon ce De leon led t he 250 cc N ovices fo r a lap in t he first mot o befo re YZ400F -mou nled Owen Dick son sh ot pa st. Dickson' s reign la sted for three circuits of th e tr a c k be fo re Tittl em ie r re e le d h im in a n d p u s h ed him ba ck to seco nd p la ce , D ic ks o n wo u ld shadow Tit tlcm ier a ll the w a y to th e chec kers fo r a close secon d . Dickson absco nded with the holeshot in the seco nd rou nd a nd ran out front for the first half of the race w hile Tittl emi er clawed his wa y forwa rd from th e ba ck of th e fie ld . T itt le m ic r would eventua lly make the pass and slowly pull away from the thumper p ilo t to w rap up the ov e ral l. Po nc e Dele on fi n is hed third a ga in , beh ind Dickson. Results r jW BEG: 1. Bla ke wein (KTM ); 2. Keith Robinson (KTM I; 3. D.m il'll1nmtro (Yam I; 4. Ta nn er H ICk.s (KTM). r jW STK: 1. Michael Stewart (Ya m ); 2. A.j. Ho rtun (Yam) ; 3. Aaron Dyer (Ya m ); 4. Cha rlie Len ten (Y.lm); 5. Kylt>Pnece (Yam ). P/ W 5 /STK (4~) : I. Otrili Deeds (KTM); 2. Sh.wm Rhint.·hart (l.em) r /w 5 /STK (7-9) : 1. Dann y Conaalez (Co b); 2. Preston Lundin (KTM); 3. Andrew Couto (KTM); 4. Ca lt. Summt.·rlt.)rd; 5. Chrn Bel l (U"IJ\ . ) r jW MO D (4-6 ) : 1. Chase Lippie (KTM). - &0 BEC: 1. bchary Brown (1(.Iw); 2. Gll-1;ory Grou to.ofl (Kaw ); J . Dan ny Gonulcz (lC w); 4. Garrett lilly (KTM); 5. Jacob Bueln.1_ a (Kaw l. .___ 60 (0-8 ): 1. T..tnneT -Lmgh;:tm cTGlWl; 2. Shdwn Bulk,. (Kaw ); 3. "Ston"Lu;:;din (Ka w ); 4. Da...d Medina (Ka w) ; 5. Sh.m a Rhme i hdrt lKaw). 60 (~1 U: 1. Tye Hames (Ka w ); 2. Kyle 't"f\kil\!o(tUlW); 3. Deereck Murphy OUlW). 80 BEG: 1. Ricky Pa rks (Yam ); 2. Mkhad Ram..S (Suz); 3. ' Darin QU...hoI.m (Ya m); 4. Ada m Wilson {Hon}; 5. ~hldlt"11 AIS()o brook ()(.lwl . 80 (7· 1 1): 1. Randall HaU (Ka w); 2. Kvlc Foltz (Ka",,' ); 3. Edward Hl.'mng (Kaw). ... 80 112-13): 1. Dennie Gritton ( Ka w); 2. Chrn. Nihan (Suz ); 3. Chn:. Noer (Suz) ; 4. M m s , (SU.l). . 250 PRO: 1. ' a!lOnDubin (Su.z). 500 NO V: 1. Tyso n Titt lemicr U-Ion); 2. Nonn Sch il'! (Hon) . S1X1 INT : I . Gary C)u"{" (K1'M) . k JR VET BEG: 1. Chris Wa knt (Ya m ); 2. jolS(Jn Bikowski (Kaw); J. Da nte Hl-m.. l (Suz ); 4. J -n illIOn Shean" (Yam) ; 5. P.1trick Inm.. 'S!I UUlw l. JR VET NOV : I. Rob Hall (Yam); 2. BobGonnan (Yam) ; 3. Jeff ~bthew, (Yaml. JR VET I~'T: 1. Chuck Kobe r tSuz ); 2. [ustin rdtil.."f (Yam) ; 3. Du stin Lunde ()(.aw l. _ VET xov. t . Darren Sta ffer (HynJ ;2.-MMc'"rtincC(Yilm); J. John J.aclulon (!Caw };"'_ Steve Norr( Hun); 5_Ma rk Fid d, (Yam ). VET 1"-": 1. J OI" H o pk in s ( K.aw); 2. Bruce Tebo (Ho n); 3. Randy Wilkin:; (Suz); 4_Willi-1m Wd ch h.lna.- (Hon); 5. M,l lk Hor ton (Yam ). SR BEG·fI,;OV 1. Steve Roark (Y.ml; 2. Bub Dunham (Yam) ; : 3. Mike Andl"fSOfl (Yam). SR u..,.·EX:). Kc.-ruw Zlhrt (Ydm l; 2. Rod Rich.tnbon (Yolm) ; J . Bob Shimp (Yam ); 4. S~nn Schiel (Yam) ; 5. Rul" RtJ..~ (Yam). OfT !'WOV: 1. Fran k Derby (H on>; 2. Eric F.,;h (Yam ); J . Bub 'Cf Klatt (K.aw); 4. Bruce HOO\ (Kaw); 5. Steve POf'IOY (Kaw). O fT AM: 1. Don MI.1ncr (Hon); 2. Richard fk-alcr (Yam); J ' Jdf Ha wthorne (Su z ); 4. Jr (Yam) ; 2. Kns Hibocts CHon); J . Mol k r Quinl~r

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