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rider Seal.' Mills lapped every
Mike a nd the others will have their
rider before the checkered finishi ng - - chance as Gran Pri x R acewa y will ru n
way a head of the stock cl ass riders
once again . Of course, Mills would be
another hare scrambles and then
given a separate first place trophy probegin a three race series.
viding he beat the stock class riders,
Results
not affecting the first place trophy
OD YSSE Y: 1. Casey Dutter (Honl; 2. Marvin Sch labash (Han); 3. J eff Fike fHon l .
given in the stock class.
MINI: 1. Jim Kendrtek (Ho nl .
In the last heat , Kraft started in first
125 : 1. Delbert Gingerich IHanl; 2. Doug Klein (Hanl;
place grid , Seal in second. On the
3 . Jim Bemk o (HOI'll; 4 . Tim Faurier IHonl.
200 : 1. Carl Str ou bte tHon) ; 2. Tim W atso n (Ha nl; 3.
third lap Brandon passed Seal for sec John Bornhorst lHon); 4 , Da ve Caskey lHon ).
ond and all positions remained the
250: 1. Dave Santee (Han); 2. Dan Potter (Han); 3.
Ma rk Doyle IHonl; 4 . J;m Robinson (Hool.
sam e through the flagging of the checkMOD : 1. Dave Fishcher (Han); 2. Oon Ging erich
ered. Mills once again led the entire
(Han); 3. Terry Wyse (Honl ; 4. Joe Hershberger (Han) .
pack .
Results
185 MODIFIED: 1. Jessie MilislHonl.
185 STOCK: 1. Jomes F. Kroft (honl; 2. Eddie Seal
(Hon ); 3. Robert E. Brandon. Jr . (Hon) ; 4. Rusty
Loveless lHon l.
Santee takes
inaugural Gran
Prix Hare
Scrambles
By Robert Lisey
CANAL FULTON , OH , DEC. 6
Dav e Santee, on a 250 R Hond a ,
bested 45 other three-w heelers
to win the inaugural Gran Prix
Hare Scrambles run for ATVs.
Id eal weather and a perfect track
greet ed th e mostly Novice ra ce cro wd
to this d ynamic fast growing spo rt of
ATV raci ng .
T b.. ra ce , a 50 minute plus o ne- la p
e nd u ra nce eve nt. was Tun o n a o ne
m ile hare scram bles track featuring;
fla t and banked turns. mudhol es, tight
wood s sec tions. and numerous j u m ps .
Ra cers, di vided into five cl asses paying
six tro ph ies, wer e sta rted m ot ocross
style be hi nd a ra ised sta rt ing ga te and
all ra n toget her.
T he experie nce d riders kn ew what
to expec t, a nd thi s a llowed Santee to
p ull out th e holesh ot o n h is Honda.
Sa ntee never relinquished his lead as
he rode a spectacu la r ra ce to tak e th e
che cke re d flag . With his throttle
seemi ngly wired o pen . Santee proved
to be a real cro wd plcaser as he soa red
off jumps and pull ed WFO berm
shots .
Several hund red spectators 'ga thered
to view th e exciting 20 minute opening
ra ce featu ring Honda Odysseys. These
buggies were thrilling as they flew off
jumps and ran wide -op en thru banked
corner s. Running a co nse rva tive ra ce ,
Cas ey Dutteer , sa ved both his bod y
a nd his machine needless punishment
as he led from ga te to finish . Ed Stein ssing hard until he
ba cher was pre
co llided in a banked co rner and
performed a perfect 360 0 endo (wh ich
t he cro wd loved ). Although out of
content ion, St einbach er pushed his
m achine . a nd proceed ed to put on an
acro ba tic displ ay of j um ps a nd slides
attem pti ng to ca tc h Dutter. Stein bach er hel d th e a irborn tim e record
off j um ps befo re fla ttening a front
tir e .
Alm ost 50 % of th e ent ries co ntested
the 200 cc class . but it was Carl
Strouble who proved eq ua l to the
cha llenge as he fin ished first in his
cl ass and third overa ll. Jim Watson ,
also Honda m ounted . co m ple ted the
same 18 laps , with Stro ub le taking the
silver. a lo ng with , John Bornhorst in
hot pursuit co m ing in third . In a ll, II
riders circ uited th e cou rse 18 times to
fin ish within m er e minutes of o ne
a no the r.
The bigg est di sappointm ent of th e
da y ca me o n th e parade lap when
Mik e Reisinger broke th e swinga rm on
his 400 Maico . Every on e was a nxious
to sec how Mike's custo m m ount would
fare against the Honda "red tide." "I
was rea lly bummed . It wasn't even a
part we m odifi ed tha t broke. I'll have
it ready for next week t ho ug h. " Mike
promised .. "
Parris sizzles flat
track races at
Southways Race
Park
By Maureen Daspit Daniels
PICAYUNE, MS , NOV. 28
The two-stroke Go-Kart class, in cluding two hop ped up four strokes, was the la rgest fla t track
class at Southw ays, crea ting
m uch excitement for spectator viewing. Eugene Parris of Abbeville, LA ,
was the overall winner of the night.
In the first hea t , Randy Hammonds
grabbed the lead , followed by Pa rris.
On the fourth lap , Parris and Troy
Schultz collided after changing posi tions for three laps. Schultz had to pull
out while Parris went on to recover lost
ground in a hurry. On the sixth lap ,
Hammonds had mechanical problems.
Richard Briggs, on his screaming four stroke , overtook the lead, with Parris
in second. Hammonds repaired his
machine .
getting
back
into
competition on the seventh lap. Briggs
finished the heat for the win with
Parris second , followed by Hammonds
and Robert Wood.
In the second heat, Hammonds once
again claimed the winning spot. Parris
passed Wood on the second lap to challenge Hammonds. The checkered flag
found Parris in first , Hammonds sec ond , followed by Wood and Briggs.
Parris, Wood, a nd Briggs were the
only riders who lined their karts u p for
the final heat . All of the other ri ders
had mechanical fail ure. Pa rris took
the lead from the beginning where he
remained the entire heat. Wood held
second until he was passed by Briggs
on the last lap .
With hunting season in full swing
we missed several of our regular threewheeler riders Saturday night. In the
131-220 cc class there were only three
entries, however, it was an exciting
race. Berry Patterson finished first all
three heats , while Bill Polk and John
Hill were tied for second ending the
second hea t. Breaking the tie in the
final heat was Hill , giving him the
ove rall seco nd .
In the Powder Puff class, Dianne
Polk and Cindy Yates, along with
Mona Hill competed heavily on stock
185s and 200s. These ladies handled
th ese tough machines very well . Polk
was th e overall winner of the class followed by Yates a nd Hill.
In the 0-130cc Modified class , the
Pumilia brothers were victorious once
again. Claude trophied first , while
Paul brought home second. Charles
Formby trophied third, after a tough
battle from Rick Bolling .
Flat track races for two , three and
fo ur.wheeled machines will be held
every Saturday night at Southways
R ace Park . For more info call 6011
798 -8296.
Results
0-130 MODIFIED: 1. Claude Pumilia (Yaml; 2. Paul
Pumilia (Yam); 3. Charles Formby IHonl ; 4. Rick Bolling
IYam ): 5. Clyd e Dani els (Yaml .
GO-KART l2·STROKE) : 1. Eugene Parris; 2. Richard
Briggs ; 3. Robert Wood'; 4 . Randy Hammonds ; 5. Troy
Schultz.
