entire race , the top two riders were no more than six seconds apart ! Ultimately Bill Malec ( Husqvarna ) would overcome Roger Ford ’ s early lead to take the win . Ford maintained pace on his Yamaha as he held on for second followed by Rob Waggoneer ( Yamaha ) and Joseph Ragon on a Husqvarna . This battle had many layers , Yamaha versus Husqvarna , and Indiana versus Tennessee as the Husky boys of Malec and Ragon hailed from Tennessee while both Yamaha riders made the trip from Indiana . Malec would sit out Sunday ’ s event , but the competitiveness remained with Ford taking the win be a scant ten seconds over runner-up Larry Miller on a Honda .
Another strong showing of eightyone riders made the start on Sunday , but things looked a bit different on the front row . As if attempting to beat Fred Hoess on a YZ250 wasn ’ t challenging enough , Sam Burroughs made a switch to a loaned Rokon to do battle on Sunday . These two put on a clinic in riding as Sam hung with Fred early on and was less than ten seconds behind after lap one . Trouble settled in for Sam on lap two and he was forced to head for the pits handing the battle for supremacy to Cunningham . Fred was pushing hard with lap times falling into the thirteens and pulling away . Terry had to settle for second while John Ashcraft improved from Saturday by rounding out the top
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