were the early-morning LJniform
throughout
the
pit
area,
Suzuki-mounted Dave Fisher
began the
season in
Srand
style, with two dominating
moto victories in
fie ultracompetitive Over 50
GP Expert class. Facint class heavfw€ithts Bill
Silverthorn,
Keith
Sievers and Chris Schleif,
Firher
proved
up to the task.
It was Silverthorn
grabbing
the lead on his
Suzuki as the
pack
exited th€ tiSht left-hand
turn at the start of the first moto.
Close
behind were Fisher and Husqva. a rider
Saevers. l4idway through the firsr lap, Fisher
made
his
move around Silverthorn to take
the
point position.
For the next three laps,
Fisher
continued to build his lead. Meanwhile.
Silverthorn maintained a comfor(able
lead
over Sievers and the rest of the class. At the
che.kers, Fisher was still
pullinS
further
ahead of the class as he took the victory,
followed by Silverthorn,
Sievers and the
14aico-mounted
SchleiI
The release of the rubb€r band at the start
of moto two saw Fisher
blast out of the first
turn and basiGlt disappear from the rest of tlle
pack.
Behind him, F4aico
man Eric Thaanum
and Sievers
gave
chase. Barring an). unforeseen
incident, Fisher €ssentially had the overall
victory
secured by the end of
lap
one. Behind
him, Thaanum,
Sievers and Schleif dueled for
the runner-up
positions.
Near the end of the
moto, Sievers
passed
Thaanum for
second, and
Schleil soon followed suit to claim the final
podium
spot, in third.
Fisher clinched the overall victory with his
dominatinS rides, followed by Sievers
and
Schlei{.
MovinS a
Eeneration
back in bike
design, the
Vinta8e
Sportsman 500cc lnterm€diates'
contest was hiShliShted by close action in both
motos. ln a scene reminiscent ofthe mid-1970s,
John
Lamberr'r CZ and Darryl SedrS s l"laico
launched simukaneously from
the line. Sedig captured the
lead
over the twin tabletop
,umps
on
the front straiSht,
with Lambert close behind.
Sedig held the lead until n€ar
the end of lap one. Then,
Lambert made his move
around Sedi8 for the
lead. The
ensuing four laps saw Sedig
nippinS at Lambert's rea.
wheel. On the white-fla8 lap,
Lambert
put
some distance
between himself and Sedig to
ensure his first-place finish.
Sedig claimed second, with CZ
rider Steve Atlvood third.
f'{oto two saw Lambert
grabbing
the lead as the
pack
powered
onto the back of the
track. This time, Sedag took
command as the firrt lap ended.
Soon after, Atwood made his
presence
felt as he mcA/ed into
se€ond.
The
remainder
of the
moto saw Sedig establish an
insurmountable lead. Other
than a brief mishap near the
end of lap three, which allow€d
Atwood to morn€ntarily lead
the
moto,
Sedig dominated
moto two- He caught and
passed
Atwood on the white-
flag lap to capture both the
moto
and the
overallvictory for
the day. Cll
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D€nnelly (Cz). IRON'IAN
VINT lr,lTr L
John
L:mb.rt
(CZ).
IRONMAN vlNT Ex: r. Gary DeFo.ei
(cz).
IRONMAN GP NOV l. Mike Oom
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(Su!)i
2. Ch&
B6well
(Suz).
liONlnAN GP INI: I Ray crove
(Hur.
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GF EX:
l.
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(Cz)j
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