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Mark Maygard, flowered Hawaiian .Irt and all, was part of the two-man Ossa wrecking crew In the ea.-ic 250ee class in Lexington, Ohio, his 2-1 score e-nering the overall on his '67 Ossa. Tom McCallister (15) put his 1973 KX400 into fourth pia_in Open Age Expert Miracle winning the second moto and the overall on his '71 TM 125 Suzuki. Nevada's John Hart rolled up a 3-2 tally on his '73 Husky to beat out Brown's 125cc Penton for second. It was an Ohio/Husky combo on top in the Classic 125cc Intermediate contest, as Towning went 1-2 to beat Husky rider Larry Perkin's 2-3 score. New Jersey's Bruce Rounsaville, on a '73 CZ, beat out second-moto winner Vaughan Eddy for third, as Eddy's first-moto eighth-place finish relegated him to fourth overall, just ahead of Strictly Hodaka's Paul Stannard. Finally, in the Classic 125cc Novice class, Glen Kuykendall swept both motos on his '71 Honda SL, ahead of Robert Brooks and Mark Jarecki, both on Hodakas. The Medicare Card class (otherwise known as the Over 60 class) had 30-some entries - and one two-time World Motocross Champion. That would be Jeff Smith, who battled Ted Grabowski for the holeshot in each moto before taking over and pulling well away from everyone else on his '70 BSA. Iowa's Jerry Rewerts, on a beautiful CCM, put together a 4-2 moto score to beat out Grabowski's Penton for second, while Corky Root ignored his painful ribs (he broke nine of them a few months ago) to go 2-4 for fourth. In the Over 60 Intermediates, Kentucky's Bob Adams, on a '72 CZ, tallied a 3- 1 score for the win, with Bultaco jockey Lloyd Stahlman taking second with a 2-3 total. Raymond Brandt, on a '71 Husky, collected third despite a firstmoto win, and Ted Landers, on a '74 Penton, scored fourth with a 5-2 total. Race number six drew a mix of classes, with the 16-strong Sportsman 250cc Experts first to go. Brown's Penton delivered the holeshot both times out, but he eventually gave way to a hard-charging Tim Weaver, on a Hugh's Bultaco. Brown didn't give it up easily, though: He and Weaver battled side by side for several laps each time before the Bultaco finally inched ahead. Eric Muffley had his '74 Honda Elsinore slotted into third both times for third overall, ahead of Cincinnati's Tom Bellamy and hjs YZ and Italian visitor Roberto Cancelli~ on a Montesa. Meanwhile, Elsinore pilot Eric Katzmeyere was capturing the Open Age Novice class, ahead of Curci, on a '74 Maico, and Can-Am rider James Pooler. Race number seven was the one the fans were really waiting for. A pair of former World Champions Brad Lackey and England's Mick Andrews - shared the start line with Jim Pomeroy, the first American ever to win a World GP. Just to make sure the fastest guys didn't have it easy, Hugh Weaver, Alex Moroz and Alex Krisher were among the other Over 50 Expert hotshoes on hand. But it was all "Bimbo," as Pomeroy pow- tually put his CZ ahead of Thompson's Bultaco, which was running sans rear brake, for the second-moto victory and the overall win with a 4 - 1 score. Oklahoma's Larry Shope was a more consistent 2-4 for second overall, with Thompson collecting third with a 6-2 tally. Phil Wheelock, on a '73 Husky, and Richard Havenar, on a '74 Yamaha, rounded out the top five. In the Over 40 Novice contest, David Romine from West Virginia action, Lewis Cooke collected the win on his '74 Suzuki TM400, but the result might have been different if Mike Newton hadn't gotten overanxious and jumped the start, nullifying his second-moto win, although he held on to collect second overall. Tim Bonham had no problems with the start, going 2-4 on his TM400 Suzuki for third, ahead of Curci, who also got jinxed by a too-early start. The Sportsman 125cc Experts Bobby Davenport was trying out his '74 Maieo in the Sportsman 500cc Novice division, recording sixth overall. ered his Pursang into a first-moto holeshot that neither Lackey, on his trick CZ, nor Andrews, on another Bultaco, could top. In the second moto, "Bad Brad" got a little overanxious, jumping the start to collect the holeshot and win, but he got caught red-handed, with a one-lap docking as a penalty. That put Pomeroy on top with a 1-2 score, ahead of Andrew's 2-3 tally and Bad Brad's 5-1 result. Hugh Weaver was a steady 3-5 for fourth, ahead of Maicomounted Alex Moroz. While the World champs were doing their thing, the largest class of the day - the Over 50 Intermediates, with 28 entries - took off in the second wave. Well, all of them except one: Mark Thompson hurriedly traded his nonstarting Maico for a Woody Graves-tuned 360cc Pursang and hit the first turn about 30 seconds after everybody else, eventually finishing the first moto an amazing sixth. John Rinkenberg had put his Honda Elsinore in front for the first moto, but he couldn't manage a repeat in moto two, as Thompson pulled an enormous holeshot with the borrowed Pursang and disappeared ahead of the pack. New Jersey's Bruce Rounsaville even- demonstrated how it's done by sweeping both motos on his Elsinore, ahead of Tim Bonham's Suzuki and Jeff Anthony's Penton. Next to give a riding demonstration was AHRMA off-road czar Dave Boydstun, in race nine's Premier lightweight class. The Arizona resident was pulling feet-up, full-power slides in and out of the turns on his '65 Cotton (and later again in the Classic 250cc Expert class, on a Rickman Montesa). Meanwhile, Amanda Griggs was going 1-1 for the Women's Novice win, ahead of BSA rider Tammy Ritzheimer-Mount, and in the Women's Intermediate portion, Sasha Rinaldo was also sweeping the class on her Elsinore, ahead of Yamaha-mounted Californian Monica McCready. The Open Age races are a "run what ya brung" affair, and Ron Bertrand, on a '74 Husky, topped the Expert division with a 2-1 score, ahead of Brown's 1-2 results and Oscar Gaetan's 3-3 tally. In the Intermediate clash, Pennsylvania's Dave Curci never had his '74 Maico in front, going 2-3, but that was good enough to beat Joseph Kelly's 1-4 score and Jason Stanbery's 6-1 results. In Sportsman 500cc Novice "" y "" I ... kicked off a crowded three-wave race number 12. Eric Muffley was perfect both times out on his Elsinore for the win, ahead of Tim Weaver, on his 125cc Pursang, and Greg Bastek, on his ultra modified Hodaka Wolverine (a.k.a. "The Elsinore Killer"). Brown rounded out the top foursome with another fast ride. (Don't you ever get tired, Kevin?) Wave two of race 12 was the large Sportsman 125cc Intermediate crowd, and Robert Green swept both motos on a '74 TM125 Suzuki, with Rinkenberg equally consistent for second on his Elsinore. Third went to Patrick Miller, on another Elsinore, ahead of Kenny Wagner, on yet another Elsie. Jason Green swept both Sportsman 125cc Novice motos, with Tim Williams and California's Mike Candreia in third, all on Suzuki TM 125s. Race 14 was easily one of the best of the day, as it brought the battlin' Over 40 Experts and Intermediates to the line. In the Experts, it was actually the Battle of the Yamaha Dealers, as Sugar Grove, Ohio's Tim Shepard posted a perfect score over Cincinnati's Tom Bellamy, on his YZ. Both are Yamaha dealers and top-ranked Experts. Brown, riding his sixth and n • AUGUST 13, 2003