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Lig htw eigh t C las s ic d e fend ing
c ha m p Ch ris Marsh all had a c o m mand ing p o in ts lead and more o r
le s s just had to finish to repe at as
c h amp io n . Aerm a c c h i pilot Da v id
Roper g ra bbed th e ea rly lea d , o nly to
b e "m e a t b a lle d " after j u m p in g the
st art. As he c a m e in for his stop -and go , he stalled th e moto r. Afte r a push
fro m a WERA offic ia l, he was ba c k
o n his way and tu rning laps q uicker
th an a nyone e lse as he cha rge d ba ck
tow a rd th e fro n t. By lap s ix of th e
e ig ht-la p fina l, Roper had c a ught an d
pass ed th e G ian ni n i Du c ati 250 of
Marsha ll for the le ad . Roper went on
for th e win, bu t Mars h all ' s s e c o nd
wa s g ood e no u g h fo r th e c h a m pi onsh ip . Jens Zastrow gra bbed t hird
pla ce to earn second in the championship .
In the Formu la RD ra c e , Oh io's
Sta nley Lipert ran and h id fro m the
rest o f t he field and c a ptured t h e
cr o w n on hi s RD 400 Ya maha.
Richard Lucas a nd Gene Lucas to ok
second and third in th e race, as well
as second and th ird in the c ha m pi ons hip.
The He av yw e ight Cl as s ic b a ttle
fe a t u re d two rea l "h e a vy we ig h ts " :
Jesse Morris from Phoenixville, Penn sy lvania , o n h is ve ry p otent 500cc
Tr iumph , and D&D Cycl es' T im
J oy ce from Fort Walt on Bea ch , Florida. J oyce had the advantage in the
points , rna xed o ut with 120 . Morris
was a close seco nd with 114 . Th e
race was not as close as anticipated ;
Morris led from flag to flag , pull ing
severa l bike lengths per la p on J oyce
as he coasted to th e win . However,
Joyce 's second -place finish gave him
th e c ha m pions hip by one point over
Morris .
Atantla 's Buff Ha rs h had a "d re a m
seaso n" on his Honda 350, tak ing the
Vintag e On e ho no rs as he blistered
the field . Th e South ea s tern re g io na l
c ha m pion in Vintag e On e a nd Vintage
T wo had a litt le h e a t fr o m Mike
Matth ews , but he s lowly pull ed away
to a 20-bike advantag e . Rixon Brec ko n took th ird , wh ich e a rn e d hi m
fo urth in the cha m pionship. Marsha ll
was a distant fourth a nd sett led for
sec ond in the cha m pions hip .
Lip ert b ecam e th e fi rst d oub le
c ha mpion of the day a s he too k the
Fo rmu la 50 0 win over Scott Bentle y
an d Rich ard Lucas. Ben t ley a nd
Luc as took ho m e second an d third in
the ch a m pio nship .
One of th e best ra c e s of th e da y
was in Med ium we ight Classic . Ch ris
Ke llehe r, Roper and Michiga n's Cra ig
Brec kon wag ed a fie rc e battle for the
le a d fo r three lap s . T h e n Br eckon
dro p pe d out w ith e ngine failu re.
Kell eh er and Roper ke pt it cl o se to
th e end , with Kelleher pu lling o ut the
win.
Triumph rider "Fa st" Frank Shockle y, BSA jock ey Eric Gre en , Har leyDa v id so n XR7 5 0TT -m o u n te d Ke it h
Campb e ll, a nd Yam a h a p ilot Mark
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