teer chase the factory rider
off the line,
around the first
turn and on to the
main straightaway.
There were
no
surprises
-
until both riders were
suddenly
sliding
instead of riding. Burkhart
was the
first one to
get
hit
by
the
one-two
pun€h
of
rainwater
and ungrooved
slicks;
McDonald
was next. Both riders
still led
the lield down
the main straight,
flat on their
bellies. Rick Crist happily
tiptoed
past
both riders and into the lead.
He had
been
paying
attention to the weather
forecast
all week long
and was running
a set of
3-year-old cast-off rain tires
he
had found
in a
buddy's
garage.
Crist and the rest of the
pack
had
driven by long
before either
bike caught
up to its slip-n-slide rider.
Once upright,
both riders kicked the
mud off
and the
motor on. I''lcDonald began
the second lap
of the race
at the very
back of the
pack.
Burkhart was not
that
much further
ahead. By the crossed
flags, however,
both
riders
were nearly air-dried
and running
in second
and third, respectively.
Crist was
still defiantly holding on to
the race line
as
the three leaders streaked
under the
white flag.
Driving through
the infield for
the last time. McDonald
saw his chance.
Burkhart seemed to
get parked
iust
long
enough for him
to
squirt past
and
into
second
place.
Then,
without
any hesitation, he went inside
Crist two turns later and took
the
lead.
When
14cDonald
got
the checkered flag,
every
Canuck in the
place
went
wild, eh!
By the
second moto, Burkhart had mounred
new
rain tires, and he easily checked
out on
the
rest
of the
field. Crist's
cast-off tires
also
''checked
out," so he was
unable
to
give
chase. l4cDonald rode most
of the race
by himself and finished in
second
place -
a
lonely
sec-
ond,
but when combined
with his win in the first moto,
that
put
him
ahead of Burkhart and
Crist in the final
points
standings-
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