second going into th ree and four. Johnson hit a
slick spo t in four with a big slide co m ing onto
the front straig ht, letting th e second -plac e pa ir
close the gap a bit , th ou gh never eno ugh to be
a th reat. Kei th Br adf o rd and Chu ck Clayd on
Sr. held down fourth and fifth.
Steff en co ntinued to wo rk on Reyn old s in
tum two , trying to come up the inside but hitti ng the rut co mi ng out and losing drive onto
the str aight. Reyn o lds bega n to block th e low
line i n t u rn two to ho l d off Steffe n , b u t a
lapped rider on th e back str aig ht was all Steffen needed to ta ke over second going into
th ree on th e ins id e. With the white fla g out ,
Joh nson gassed it u p early to try to take the
spot back but hit th e d ry , slick spot in four
with a big slide , leavin g secon d to Steffen. At
the fla g, John son took a convi ncing win , with
Steff en sec ond , fo llo we d by Reyno lds , Bra dford and Claydon.
Tw o fir st-ti m e winners wen t hom e with the
gold . David Brown , on his BSA Gold Sta r, to ok
the Cla ssic race, and Ray Hensley grabbed the
Op en Nov ice win with his new YZ4 00 Yama ha .
B oth riders receive d a lot of coachi ng and
pra ctice in the off-season, and it pa id off.
Jim Wo od ' s fir st w in c am e in th e 250cc
Sportsman cl ass, leaving J ohns on , Al ex Wood
and DeWayne Jo nes behi nd in a wi re-to -wire
win. Win number two for the Southlan d Raci ng
Prod uc ts rid er ca me at t he ex pen se of t he
400cc Spo rts m an ride rs: he top ped J ohnson
again , ahead of Reyno lds, Al ex Wood and Ian
Fou lds. Fin all y , Ji m to pped the O pen Sportsman cl ass, best in g Leon ard D un can, Chu ck
Cla yd on J r., Sh an e Petti s and Bob Gra ves .
Wat ch out for thi s kid wh en the A.MA A mateur
Nationasl roll aro und!
Gene Walker
Results
ClSC VlNT ; 1. David Brown (BSA); 2. Cill n.. Edgington (Hen); 3.
Dubb Fandl (Ind): 4. Joe PII~ (H·D): 5. Chn s Wllk ula [Tn] .
250 V1NT; 1. Crll ig J ohnso n (Bul) ; 2. J~ Steffen ( Yam) ; 3.
Bruce Reynokfs (B ul );
4. KeIth Bradford (HOI'll; 5. Ch uc k Cl ay don
(Yom).
750 VlNT ; 1. Dtdt Fo...(YIItn) ; 2. Jerry Kenneth ( YIIffi); 3 . Chuck
Clll Ydon ( Yll m); 4. Tom Ferguson (Tn): 5. Lenny Rodrigue z (Y
