LORETTA LYNN RANCH
VOL. 55 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 14, 2018 P117
Grewe and Suzuki-mounted Barry
Carsten, both participants in the
very first Loretta Lynn's back in
1982, battled tooth and nail in the
first two motos, with Grewe get-
ting the edge both times. But the
third moto got testy when Carsten
raced to the inside down along the
front of the massive Loretta Lynn's
billboards, just as Grewe was go-
ing from inside to outside. Carsten
yelled at Grewe just before the
two collided, with Grewe going
down and suffering a jammed
thumb. He got up to finish sec-
ond, enough for his sixth vet class
title since 2014, but the effects of
the thumb injury haunted him in
sued. Brown rode a wide bike out
front, keeping Renner just behind
him, sometimes even touching
wheels. They kept it clean and
close, and then on the last lap
Renner made a slight mistake and
Brown snuck away for his fourth
title in two years. Brown won his
first Loretta Lynn's way back in
1988 in the 125 B Modified class!
"He nearly wore me out!" said
Brown of Renner's extended at-
tack. "That was all I had to make
it to the end. It's hot out there and
it's rough, but it's always fun to be
racing."
The Masters 50+ class wasn't
quite as clean. Michigan's John
spectrum was 2001 AMA 125cc
National Champion Mike Brown,
now 46 years old. The Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna/FXR-backed
Brown easily won the Senior (40+)
class over the even-older Barry
Carsten of New Jersey and Greg
Pamart of Pennsylvania, but was
even more impressive in the Junior
25+ class, where he won two of
three motos from much younger
competition. Only Florida's Ricky
Renner was able to stop Brown
from having a perfect week, taking
the second moto in this division.
The two went into the final moto
tied with 1-2/2-1 scores, and one
of the best battles of the week en-
