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Kennedy, came smoking down pit row wi th th e overa ll lead . He was followed by Livingston and another IVCC Yamah a rider, Tom Moen, wh o were runni ng first and second Open bikes. Amateur 250 Steve Kos- man , (Yam) was lead in g a host of Open bikes p iloted byMark l\IcPerry , SCOll Ha tfield, Jim BUllS and Rick Lee. Bird still held a slim lead over Dan DesRosiers (KT M)and San Diego Kawasaki West's Bob Bell. Up tigh t Husky's Breu Cushing was leadin g his fourth Vet race o f th e veal' and looked to be a shoe in for th e ~\'in . Bill Carr a ppeared to be likewise running off with th e Senior race,
As th e six loop race wore on, posi-
tions began to change. On the third la p, Livingston took the lead from Ken nedy. "He was practica lly stop- pi ng and pushing hi s bik e under the trestle,' just mo tored past," sai d Liv- ingsto n. The same str ing of Open bikes were still running th ird through seven th. led by Moen. Missing from th e lead group however was Kosman who cracked a case and lost a ll hi s engine o il. T h is allowed John Mark- in g to move in to seco nd 250, eig h t overa ll. St ruggling a long a t th ird 250 was KTM's John Bird, with a sus- pec ted broken fool.
T he 125s fou nd KTM rider Dan
Morgan sa i ling th rough th e pack 10 take th e lead at n int h overall after a bad start, Bell had just passed Des- Rosiers for second when h is exha ust pipe broke wide open ending his da y, as a smiling DesRosier s cruised back by. Early leader Bird crashed hard and retired after three laps.Joey Lane was plugging along, in third now,on hi s spa re hik e after his race bik e couldn't be repaired in time for this race,
Stephen Plourd (Yam) was flying
around th e track and had gone from 3ith on th e firs t lap to 10th overall and th e Vet lead.Cus hing was now in second and feeling pressure from Pat Flanagan (Yam) on ly two positio ns hack. Roger Adsit was thumpi ng h is four-stroke Husky af ter Carr as th e bail ie for first Senior tighten ed up. With just under two la ps 10 go,
Kennedy was determin ed to mak e Liv ingston earn th e win by passing him back in th e silt hi lls . Livingston, caugh t by sur prise, couldn' t beli eve it. '" felt so bad, and thi s guy st ill wan ted to rare! 'quickl ywicked it up and pa ssed him hack by check one," said Livin gst on. T he last pit found more good news
for Livingston. Moen was lighting up the track after overcomi ng h is very slow pits. He was up to thi rd and dosing q uickly. Lane was nowseco nd 125 after DesR osiers developed a flat. Plourd contin ued to run away with th e Vet lead as Flanagan mot ored h is way past Cush in g for seco nd. Adsit now had Carr in sight and wasmaking his last effort to gra b th e Seni or lead. :'o loen 's la st -la p cha rge fell just
short. A tired Livin gston cro ssed th e finish line first . Moen sti ll finished a respecta ble second overa ll after edg- ing his way past Kennedy just befor e thefin ish . Rick Lee, number oneSRA Open Honda rider had ridd en a steady race and worked into fourth overa ll, third Open. John Marking, normally an Open rider, adapted well t9 his new mount and trailed in fifth , second 250. Brvan Hart (Hus) sn uck into th e top 10and thi n l 250 des pi te a fla t and
.brok en spokes. Dan Morgan followed Open rider Ha tfield in a t sevent h ove ra ll for an eas y 125cc wi n. " I had a bad start, but I ca n go fas t on this type of tra ck ." La ne was a distant second with Ben Galindo moving into thi rd, first amateur. Plourd took a n eas y Vet win, fin-
ish in g a creditable eigh th overa ll. Flanagan held offCushing for second. Adsit, after preparing hi s last cha rge
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