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his consistent line . while Greenland's aggres· Honda to fi nis h third, behind Schultz. Mark Goodman's second win came in the super- siveness got the better of him and he slipped Goodman Jr. lind Kevin Weaver. both riding co m petitive 750cc class , in whi ch his 4 .174- high in the second tum. letting .Jacobsen into Hondas, filled out the to p five . second first -roun d time on his KZlwasaki triple second. Jacobsen then took the lead from Pugh in the same spot on the following lap. Matthew Weidma n was the qu ickest off the line in the 85cc (7·11) class , leading Michael Radley , Evan Baer , J esse Long and Brandon Schultz wasn't to be denied a cla ss win, how ever. lind he cl ai m e d it in t he Open was just good enough to hold off Lane Schultz, who topped the 150-foot hill in 4 .18 1 seconds on his Yamaha twin. Fortner, Wad e Schultz and Tom Daniels made up the rest of the top started moving , taking third on the back straight on the thi rd lap . He challenged Radley for second In the late lap s, while Weidman Pushrod class , in which he flew his bad Harl ey over the top in a very q uick 4 .005 seconds in the first round. At the end of th e first round , SchulU actually had the top th ree ti m es, on h is three d ifferent b ikes. Sc o tt Sheets Jr. clai med the second-place m oney with a good 4 .077-second ti m e on his Harley . was man y lengths in front. Time ran out for Rob inson as they crossed the line side by side . Sheets also was a class winner , as the 17yeer-old "Scooter" took the Open-class win and Radley took second . with a 4.059 -second run . Mike Kessel claimed Robinson. After his usual poor start. Robinson Usin g the race as a tune -u p fo r the A HRMA Natio nal in two week s, Nick Taylor put th e Nick ·O-Time Engravi ng Yam aha in fro nt of J im Chapma n and Dalla s Baer in th e 500cc fi nal. Un able to ge t around Ch apman on the inside, Baer worked th e outsid e of th e g roo ve for th e pass on the fifth lap . He clo sed in on Taylor, gelling under him as th ey ca me off th e final tum. but Taylor held on to j ust nip him at the line. Oth er winne rs incl ude d Jim Holliste r in the Ov er 30 con test; Steve Heiser. who topped the Ov er 40 class ; and Jim Chapma n, who held off N i c k T a ylo r for the 75 0cc wi n . J aso n Palme r was almost the last ma n standing . winning the attrition-marred 250cc B class . Cory Long easi ly won th e 125cc fi nal, and T rav is Sennett. on a borrowed Rotax, won the 600cc B class . the second spot with a 4. 15 1-second run on his KZlOOO. R• • ult. 50 AUTO: I. Donni~ Robbi ns (Cob ): 2. Dylan Brad y (Pol); 3. Chri s P~t~n (KTM); 4. Brad WIlliams (Pol): 5 . Aaro n Williamson (S

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