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D e partment, fl a sh e d th e r ide r 's speeds in the fin al st ra ig ht . It wasn' t unusual t o see spee ds in excess of 90 mph throu gh th is sec tion (ma ny riders repo rted that t he fast est sectio ns were on t he lo wer part of the co urse ). Mea nw hi le, the D irt Hillclimb competit io n h ad begun o n t he 9 0 0- fo ot co urse on the "Face" sk i run . Specta to rs had th e cho ice of rid ing th e li ft up the m ountain and getti ng cl ose to th e ac t ion o r k ickin g bac k on th e d eck with thei r f av orite b ever ag e w h ere the y co u ld s ee th e wh ol e co u r se (w it ho u t th e wo rry of an occas iona l roc ks c aree ni ng down t he m ounta in o u t o f c o n t ro l) . S at urda y saw t h e Am at eur c l as ses, run n in g non -s t op u n ti l a l mo s t dark . T h e m oun ta in wo u ld be t ough t h is da y , lettin g fe w rid ers o ve r th e t op . Pre side n t M ick J ensen and hi s cre w , a lo ng w i t h a host of vo lunteers , worked in th e d ust an d di rt t i ll l at e in th e d ay m ak ing su re tha t ev ery competito r g ot a run up the hi ll . As in past y ears, th is eve nt was organ ized , co nd uc ted and scored by th e Southern Wy om in g D irt Ride rs As soci ati on Based in Mountai n View, Wy oming . It was also th e fo urt h an d final round in th e N orth Ameri can Hill cli m b A ssociati on points chase. Th e STTARS Su pe r TT event wa s one of t he m ain eve nts on Saturd ay and, once aga in, o ne of th e m ost popular of th e week end. Thi s year's eve nt at Donner was ro und th ree o ut of fo ur in th e STTA RS Na ti on al po ints series. A ll of th e paved and much of the di rt sec tion were in full view of the sp ectat ors o n th e m ain l o d g e de ck w h i le othe rs lin ed all sides of th e co urse. Su per TT ac t io n got underway in the morning wi th qualify ing and heat r a c i n g. C la sses th is ye a r in c lud ed Li ghtwe ight, Mi ddl ewe igh t , S po rtsman an d Premi er. B y afterno on the qu al if ying wa s done and th ey we re r ead y to rumb l e . Super TT is very mu ch l ik e th e " S uper b ik er" Series that wa s aired on ABC Sp orts in th e '80 s. Race rs t ake o n a co ur se co nsisti ng of eq ual parts d irt and pav ed sec t io n s ab oar d bik es m od ifi ed f or th is purp ose . A typi cal Sup er TT motorcycle starts out as a motocrosser , two -stroke o r fo ur depen d ing o n yo ur pe rsonal pr eferen c e. Probabl y the m ost ex ci ting ev en t was th e Sp o rtsman Super TT Cl ass , w hic h saw 22 rac er s lin e up for th e start. A llen Yarro w est a b lis he d an early lead w it h Gr eg K las sen in sec ond . E ventua ll y, David Hopfe got b y Kla ssen to take over second and put so me p re ssu re o n th e le ade r. Hopfe w as st arti ng to real in th e lead er, bu t ju st ran o ut of time . Fin al st andi ngs fr om thi rd d own we re Chet DuBois , G r eg Klass en , N oah Eva ns , E rn ie Ly le s , Er i c Sha effer , J o e Martin , Bruc e Sell er s, and Danny Martinez. In th e Premi er Ev ent , f orm er Grand National rac er D on Howard le d th e rac e from po le to pole , c apt uri ng t he w i n and edgi ng out D on Can et and (Above) T he free styl e demonstrations were b ig a mongst spectators on both days. (Left) Allen Yarrow ran away w ith the Sportsman class w in in Aspha lt Hillclimb action. (Below) T he late-afternoon sunlight highlights the dust trail du ring the Pro Hillclimb. Paul Ha rt. Aaron Howe, Dav id Hopfe C asey Yarrow , R ic k Pearce, Mar k Cern ic k y , B rok M cAlli st er an d Erni e Lyl es ro unde d out the top 10. T h r o u g h o u t b oth d a y s, h ourly Freestyle MX d emonstrat ion s b y Ry an Han sen , Matt Bouyton and Brian Foster thrilled th e cr owds watc h ing fro m t he deck and around th e co urse. With all eve nts happening sim ult aneous ly , a nd a ll in th e vici ni ty o f th e m ain lodge, th er e was pl enty of exc ite ment for the sp ectators and never a break in t he action. S UNOAY Th e paved Hill cl imbers go t down to bu sin ess ear l y Sund a y morn ing as every trip up th e .hill c ounted as th ey lo o k ed for t he p er f ect lin e a nd th e perfect run . Veteran s and newcomer s alike were pr ep ared to do battle with th e m ountain i n h op es of posting fa st est t im e. Wh en th e day was done and all th e sco res t all ied , it was new comer Mik e Eld er who pos ted th e be st overa ll ( a n d t op O p en S u pe r bi ke) ti m e w it h a 2 .24 .8 5 E T a bo ard a Hond a CBR 9 29RR. Beh ind Mike in th e Op en Super b ik e class w ere D a vi d Franci s and Donner 's ow n Lance Say lor. T op honors in Open Supers port we n t t o Da v id Fran ci s ( 2 . 2 6 .6 4) , Patrick Buins and Tuc k er Fransi en , wh il e Peter Femenia ( 2.34 .54) t oo k Open GP honors. In the Twins class, it w as J o r d y H en dl y ( 2 .2 6 .8 9 ) , Brok eye I e n e vv S • A UG UST 30 . 2000 49