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Th e vic to ry in the Mo dern Classic N ovice cla ss , which had 50 ent rants, w ent to Joseph Pinne y, w ho d abbed once on his first loo p before tu rning in two unmarked cards . Behind the Yamaha rid er came Tony Asnicar on a Bultaco and Dav id Kantola on a Honda, scoring tw o points each, fo llo wed b y Robe r t Kirk an d Kevin Kelley w ith three ma rks api ece. The Premier Lightweight class, dominated by British two- and four-strokes, is ano ther of AHRMA's tou g hest. O n this d ay, Cott on-mounted Ken Burningh a m e dged o u t A H RMA ex ecu tive d ir e ct or (a n d forme r Brit ish Tria ls Cha mpion) Jeff Smith on a BSA C15 by a score of 20 to 24 in Prem ier Lightweight Expert. Denn is Brow n lost a mere four , . points on his Greeves in the Intermed ia te class, w hile Do ug Shepa rd, a lso aboard a Greeves, tu rned in a score of six to take the Novice division. Series s ponso r Matt H ilgenberg earned the Prem ier Heavyweight Expert win wi th a score of t I on his Ariel , w hile Ron Winget's BSA Gold Star took the Intermed iate and Matchless-mou nted Jim BoIIingm o was the top Novice . If th ere were a long -d istance aw a rd, it would h ave gone to T.V. Myers, w ho came from Australia to take d elivery of a Dick Mann-bu ilt Gold Sta r just tw o d a ys before riding to fourth pl ace in Premi er Heavyweight No vice. The Classic Expert class was notable fo r a couple of re asons . One was the close battle for the win between Greeves rid er Bob Ginde r and Dennis Burnett on a rare GRM. Gi nder edged out Burn ett by a sing le point, 21-22, after the latter had a bad third loop and Ginder turned in his day' s best card . The class also included th ree riders v yi ng for the Steambo at Iron Man award : John LeFevre, Rob ert Borg and Brad Kenna rd. Altho ug h none of them are normall y Expe rt-level trials riders, th e Iron Man ru les require tha t contestants ride at their highes t skiIl level in all even ts, and a ll three are ranked as Experts in AHRMA motocross. LeFevre, making his d ebut as a trials rider and en tering on the first H usqvarn a tri aler that most people ha d ever seen, distinguished himself with a third -place finish in Classic Expert , wh ile Ossa-mounted Kenn ard was fourth and Borg was fifth with h is Sa face n. Th e po ints to tals we ren't any thing to write home abou t, bu t w hen you're going for your best finishes in three of Steamboat's four typ es of A HRMA compe tit ion , it' s the po sition that cou nts the most, and LeFevre p icked up a valua ble advan tage on his way to the Iron Man title. t,~ Howelsen Park Steamboat Springs, Co lora do Results : September 17, 1998 (Round 12 of 17) GIRDER EX, 1. Dick Hedwall (BSA, 46 pts) . RIGID EX: 1. Mi ke Fenner (BSA, 12); 2. Jami e Je nn y (BSA,19), RIGID NOV, 1. Lyn n Boyer (Tri, 30). PREM UW EX, 1. Ken Bu rni ngham (Co t. 20); 2. Jeff Smith (BSA. 24); 3. Eva n Wilco x (BSA, 30); 4 . Br id Caveney (Tri, 45); PREM L/W [N T : 1. Dennis Bro wn (Gre , 4); 2. Claude McElvain (BSA. 19); 3 . Ro b Sti ckler (Tn , 24); 4. Harold He itmill er (BSA,30). Stop.by the Ducati tent at the Del Mar Mile on October 77th and see some incredible new '99 Ducatimotorcycles. While you're there, you can enter to win a Ducati Performance "Foggy" leather jacket. If you can't make it to the race, call your nearest Ducati Dealer and see all the latest Ducati motorcycles. 800-237-6696. DUCAT' f, PR EM L/W NO V , 1. Doug Sheperd (G re, 6); 2. Don Kelley ITn 12); 3. Jim . Sp rafke (G re , 21) ; 4. La f Yo u ng (Tri , 32); 5. Jim Ca meron (BSA, 42). P R EM H /W EX , 1. Ma tt Hilgenber g (Ari, 11); 2. Derek Belvoir (Vel, 27); 3. Bene Rod i (Ma t. 40); 4. Rood Lighthouse (Ar i, 48). PR EM H /W I NT , 1. Ron Win ge t (BSA, 17); 2. Don Richardson (BSA, 21); 3. Clin' Welsh (AJS, 163). P RE M H/W N O V, 1. Jim Bollingmo (Mat , 8); 2. Da n Wilson (BSA, 10); 3. Fre d Mark (E nf, 13 ); 4. T.V. Myers (BSA, 58). C LS SC EX' I. Bob Ginde r (C re, 21); 2. Dennis Bu rne tt (C RM, 22); 3 . John Lef'e vre (H us , 138); 4. Brad Ke n n a rd (Oss , 170 ); 5. Robert Borg (Sar, 215). CLS SC INT , I. Mik e Pa rsley (GRM, 15); 2. Dan Vita lctti (Gre, 69). CLS SC NOV , I. D.wid Webste r (Bul, 59); 2. Do n From m (Co t.. 60). M OD CLSSC BEG, 1. Kevin Do w ler (Ya m, 1); 2. To m Joh nson (Y am , 8); 3. M. Bruce Waters (Mo n, 9); 4. G il Arenaz (Kaw, 9); 5. Mik e Va it1a nco u rt (C Z , 12). M O D CLSSC EX, I. Tra cy Zen tz (Mo n. 8 ); 2. Gra ha m Fos te r (Men, SO); 3. Dw ayn e Ha ll (Suz , 57); 4. Jim Marc hb a nk (H o n.. 65) ; 5 . Bri an Mck en na (Hen, 97). MOD CLSSC INT, I. Ja mes Smi th (Hen, 19); 2. joe Hardman (Ha n, 23); 3. Alfredo ROOil (Yam, 25); 4. John McClelland (Suz, 28); 5. Ja red Bates (Mo n, 34) . MOO CLSSC NOV: 1. Joseph Pin ney (Yam, 1l; 2. To ny As nkar (But 2); 3. Da vid Kantola (He n, 2); 4. Robert Kirk (Yam, 3); 5. Kevin Kelley (Yam, 3). Current AHRMA d irector and former World Champion Jeff Smith negotiates a section en route to fi ni shing second In t he Premier Li ghtweight Expert class.