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W ANT TO __ LOCAL EVENTS R EUROFILE SUBSCRIBE? IJ~••!I."~ ~~~ ~ u: z UJ UJ a: C 'a:i' " 0..----,.. UJ ::r >- '" '" ~ ::r .. s EE B IR RID Topeka Heartland Park: Dallas Babcock (1) showed no mercy as he rode unchallenged to the Open Pro- Twin victory in Topeka, Kansas. Top eka He artland Park s s Dallas Stellar at Heartland ST INTHEWINC B Y MIKE ZBROZEK s TOPEKA. KS, J UNE 11 Current VDTRA Pro T wins champ Dallas Bab cock didn 't let the five -ho ur rain dela y deter him from scoo ti ng his big XR Harl ey into the lead a nd running unh eeded fo r the win in th e ho tly c ontested Pro-Twin ma in eve nt at th e cou DIRT TRAC eighth roun d of the VDTRA A ll Stars Fl at Tra ck Racin g Ser ie s. Raci ng to catch Babco ck o n T op eka Heartl and Park' s lon g straig hts and demanding tight co mers were Mark Gibson , Steve Ni ch ol s and Gre g Triber. Th ese t hree , alo ng with challe nger John Fike, were knotted Triber wa s came in fourth, with Fike in tow . In the exciting Pro 600 cc event, current class po ints leader Glenn L'Heureux again showed the vetera ns the fast way around as he stonned to the front, with Rog er Sterling and Steve Nichols in pursuit. While L'Heureux worked his magic o ut front, pulling away, Nichols contin ued to pester Sterling , finally sli p p i n g by h im at midrace. By that time, how ever, L' Heureux was out of Nichols' reach . Nichol s was a solid second Sterling was third , with John Jeffries fourth and Jim Strome fifth after a heated contest. In Amateur acti on, Mike Konshak too k con vincin g wins in both the Ope n Vintage Over 20 and Senio rs Ov er 40 contests on the da y. Usa L'Heureux co ntinui ng her string of top -three fin ishes, working her way to second, behind Kon shako in Open Vintag e Ov er 20, and holding off a valiant c harge by J .C. Clark in the 6 00 cc Amateur cla ss to take seco nd- pl ace honors in that division as well . Glenn McNamara took the top spot in the 600cc Amateur contest after a solid and steady ride fro m flag to flag . Th e only bad incident of the day occurred i n t he Open Twin Amateur contest. Class champ Bob Snyder came unsea ted while challengi ng Russ Briggs for the lead on the first lap, cra cking a few ribs in the process. Sny der was unable to m ak e the restart. and Briggs took up where he left off, in the lead , and went on to win the cla ss. Jerry Hinds, Mike Kon shak and Gary Moo re filled out the top four spots. Results S/ SR: I. Dan Maloney (Yam) ; 2. Bob I y ~s (Yam); 3. Woodi~ COfTlffilI dt!r (BSA); 4. RIIY Nichols (YlIm) . o SR 40+: t . ft\ik~ Konshllk (YIln'l); 2. J erry Hinds (Yllm ); 3. RU5JI Briggs (YlIm) : 4. J .e. Cl4rk (Yam) . MSTR 50..: 1. J~rry Hinds (Yllm); 2. GI~nn McNlIlTllIrll (YIIffi); 3. Mlk~ Konshllk (Ynm): 4. GlIry Moor~ (Trl); 5. Joe K llng~r (Yllm ). 250 AM: I. Bob Snyder (Yllm); 2. Rllody Hele (Hon); 3. Dennis Hoffmllnn (Bul). 600 AM: I. G I~nn McNlImllr a (Yllm); 2. llSll L'Heureux (Yllm) ; 3. J .C. CllIrk (YlIm): 4 . Virgil Qaith~r (YlIm) . OPEN iW AM: t. Russ Briggs (Yam); 2. Jerry Hinds (YIllTI); 3. Mike Konshllk (Yllm): 4. GlIry Moore (Tri); 5. Ron Stone (Tn). PRO MSTR: I. Roger St~rling (BSA); 2. John St~r1 ing (Yam); 3. Joh nny ISIl IlCS (Yllm); 4. Bill Snyder (Yam); 5. John Flke (BSA). PRO 600: I . Glenn L'Heureux (Yam); 2. Steve Nichols (Yom); 3. Roger Sterling (BSAI: 4, John Je~ (YlIm); 5. Jim Strome (YlIm). OPEN PRQ.TW I . Detllu Babcock (H-D); 2. Steve Nichols (H: D); 3. Mark Gibson (YlIffi) ; 4. Grl!'Q Triber (BSAI; 5. John Fike (BSA). s INTERVIEWS MOTOCRO son and sta y there to the flag for second place. GIVE US A CALL! CLASSIFIEDS LEACERBC » = .~ for pos ition for ne ar ly the enti re contest, as eac h made a run at th e lead, pushing hard into the co me rs but unable to gain new ground or positi on . 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