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-, Grand National Cross Country Series .'. (_fin _ . c.- r..aNSorle. au.......,,) I . Marcb 1 & 2 • • Gatorback National Hare Scrambles (ame."d,• . FL RIo 215 E." ott ' ·75, to Rt 23S Nort h •. Marcb 22 & 23 · 3. April 19 & 20 • Loretta lynn's National Hare Scrambles 60 mi,. s W,,,, 01 HUh",,,., TN Of! 1 -40. Elf" ' . 3 • Flflballl00-Tarentum, PA PA rump, le. to Elt il 5. N or' h on RI , 28 to E. ,r ' 4 3. April 19 1"'.1 • May 10 & 11 s. June 14 & 15 .. • ATVs Door Y-R Racing. Redding. CA(Shasta Dam) • Big Bear l00-Bruceton Mills. WV • Blackwater 100-0aYis , WY • ATYs Dol' Thurston DRY Park-McCleary , WA East of Morga"town . WV o n Rr 48. Hl lff/(on 6. July 13 I....) R I .'" 16 Mi/ffS 1. Del. 12 • W~ s t E 29 ." 1ft 01 Ol'l mp l e. WA on H",'I 8 on mudt more! R l 4S-; HlJl flJron EJllt 29 8 Nov. 1 & 2 • Fall Fireball-Tarentum, PA PA Tum p,/(. to E." S. North on Rt 28 to E. " ,. ·S I" nlti. s "." ot AliA NATION AL HARE SCRAMBL.ES SEAlES 'or 81... AATVA N., jon .' S.,ie. • ~ ~ ~I I S.:-..... c~.!r I.1M1 ~~ ---------------------------------------------r&.. IllloP I:Jlflil PSI W:::: SCOTT En t ry For NAM E_ (Ent ry m~y Decop 'ed l , P FERENCE RE ---,- _ ADDRESS (Hon); 3 . Eric Rogers (Hon ). 60 B: 1. Ryan Leach (Hon) ; 2 . Jamie Parker(Hon);1 3 . Eric Rogers (Hon) . On 5.lu,". y Se'o re £e ell 100 Mile' hee"r Octobe' 12 to be ' un 10 • •m. on Sun". , 60 A: 1. Jason McCorm ick (Kaw). PEE WEE: 1. Kavin Eakin (Hon); 2. Bobby Holt , grew (Yam); 3. J oey Garren (Yam). SAT. A1V REG, 12 NOON UC E 2'.M. SUN. li K REli. I A M ES RACE 12 NOON • SUH, l IKES FLORID A UCE t AM Skidmore wins NY Ice C'ships _ ClTYISTA TE Z,.· lIKES "", . . ·Strokt _ 2·51rokl ~ B 4·51 10101 s.- _ OpenA fIW".., women _ 51 A ' h"" _ _ .... . 2-Slrcllo t YOU'fl . ' -I' ~ ' ,"!I i ...., _ _ . ,Stroke lEn'.... l ' n' _ .'1O"1 By Mark Supley _ D-2lXI. _ _ S Sf WORLD SPORTS Route 7, 80_ 459 Mo, ga nlow n, WV 26505 3 01 flWh . ., fIt1lrnrw rs D-2lXI' So I,»"" Jay Skidmore (1 0 0) takes t he inside li ne en ro ute to the Open Expert title at t he New York Sta te Championship Ice Race. . llHler Spnld<.1s, & • Big Bear National Hare Scrambles 1 East of MOf r/lI " to w n. WV * Go..-LN-.&Jor..,'" ." Series clus wi".,.. * H~ 1'oIrof Tim 10 all 2M pI.~ s.rlft wi...,.. * ScoIlIudl. SSS10 "nr." f•• clumplOlts * WJSECO#plales 10 lop 5 I".ad clns * 5<011 GoU'os. 51,. _ SARATOGA. N Y, FEB. 16 ,.,. Entry S2O-","1 Elllry Fee U S Adlll SS--IKIuCI . . ... Dfys . • " ........ - Adlll . S5, ,... o.rl J a y Skidmore co n tin ued his winning wa ys by capturin crowns in both the 250cc an O pen Expert classes at th e New . . ., • .., IOOOftly • ,.,. htry Sn-Pisl Entry S30 GIl, ... tn . 1:J04) 5...· 1157 Mark Gruber f inished second on a Rotax at Loon Lake . Illinois. 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Todd DeHopp K.ith Fox Mike Jone s John Kitsch Brian M cElroy Ja y Man n Andy M ic hner Flip Page (ATV) Carro n Richardson Jason Schultz Brian Stan ley J eff Stanton Woo dy Strickland Tommy Walls self th ird a nd th ird in th e o vera ll wi th 4-3 rid es over Visco (5-4) a nd Gl enn Hunter (S u z), who had co ns is tent 7-5 fin ish es for fifth in th e o vera lls. H onda-mounted Kyle H all got revenge fro m last n ight 's ra ce by bea tin g Kaw asak i ri der Mike NOll for a win in th e 250cc B class . Tom Pilch er (Ka w) was in th e runn in g until a crash put him in fourth where he would fini sh behind H all a nd Mike NOll (Ka w) an d J ason Cook (Ya m). Mot o two had H all jump into th e lea d a n d ta ke it to th e ch eckers. H all h ad a close sca re wh en h e dumped it wit h th e ch eckered £l ag in sig ht. but remo u nted in time to sa lvage th e win over NOll (2-2) a nd Pilcher. who went 4-3. Kevin Ea ki n had a good weekend. wi nning th e Pee Wee classes both ni gh ts. Ea kin keeps gelli ng bett er with ea ch race a nd to n ig h t rode un co nt ested to th e fin ish eac h time o u t for a doubl e-m o te dem ol it ion o ver Bobby H ol tgr ew (Yam). wh o posted 3-2 rides ahead o f " j am rnin " J oey G arrell. a lso o n a Yamaha , who went 2-3. In 80cc C action. Ch ris Pat erson (Ce nt ra l Oregon Building Su p p ly/ Yam ) rode a rampant pa ce to clobber th e 80cc C ma in event. wh ich was a IO-rid er free-for-a ll . Pa terson eas il y wo n a hea d o f J a m ie Parker. Er ic Rogers. Grayson Klam pe (all o n H ondas ) a nd Sa lem 's Roby L each (Ka w), Results 250 PRO: 1. SCOll Tyler (Yam); 2. Don Bisceglis (Yam); 3. Larry Visco (Kaw), 125 PRO: 1. Kenny Olsen (Kaw); 2. Mi ke Bell (Hon): 3. Grayson Hart (Kew). 500 PRO: 1. SCOll Tyler (Yam); 2. Grayson Hart (KTM ). 250 B: 1. Kyle Hall (Hon); 2. M ike Noll (Kaw): 3. Tom Pilcher (Kaw) . • 250 C; 1. Dan Gregory (Yam); 2. Robbie Wilcox (Yam ); 3 . Ron Stevenson (Hon). 125 B: 1. Denni s M cConnell (Kawt; 2. Ed Jensen (Hon) ; 3 . Darren Rogers (Hon). 125 C: 1. Dan Gregory (Han) ; 2. Sean Riesterer (Kaw) ; 3 . Scon Garrison (Kaw) . " BO B: 1. Oanny Ulven (Kaw); 2. Dusty Brown (Kaw); 3. Bobby Eyman (y om). 80 C: 1. Chris Paterson (Yam); 2. Ja m ie Parke r York Stat e Championship Ice Race. Sk idmore. a Millbrook. New York. resid ent. qu ickl y figured out th e od sha pe d o va l a nd we nt o n to to tall dom inat e th e co m peti tio n in bot classes, Skidmore was H onda -mounted in bo th classes. Eleven Ligh tweig ht Sidecar clas rigs took th e g ree n flag wi th th e team o f Ronald Daros a nd Mi ch ael Burn ham qu ickl y gra bbing th e lead. Mar Finto and R obert Moak got th ei Rokon-po wered ri g o rr to a sl ow start, but wo r ked th eir way th roug th e field a nd pressured Daros an Burham,wh o were co m peting with H onda -p ow ered sidecar. Daros an Burnham held o rr Finto a nd Mo ak t wi n the race and th e tit le. In Am at eur class ac tio n . Dou Moriski led th e 250cc class from star to fin ish . holding off Mark Smith a nd Chuck Fell er a ll the way. Results MINI : 1. Robert Robichawd. Jr . (Hon); 2. Jusli Mulchy ; 3. Lawren ce M axw ell (Kaw). U W SIDECAR: 1. Ronald Daros/ M ichael Bu rn ham (Hon); 2. Mark Fiato /Robert Moak (Rok); 3. Ra Van Guilder/Phillip Wonh ington (Hon). HIW SIDECAR: 1. Roymond GuildeniEdwar Rudinger (Nor); 2. Peter Reutzel/James Porca r IKaw); 3 . Joseph Cournoyer/Joseph Menard (Yam) SR : 1. Ala in Desrosiers (S uz); 2. Warren Finch (Yom); 3. Robert Geltc (Hon). 125« AM ; 1. Robert Gehc (Hon); 2. Thomo Hessessey (Honl; 3 . Todd Honkar (Hon). 125cc EXP: 1. Thomas Dane le (lCaw); 2. Timo t h Kn app (Hon); 3 . Bob We iss (Hon). 250cc AM: 1. Doug Moriski (Suz); 2. Mark Smit ISuzt 3. Chuc k Feller (Bul). 250Cc EXP: 1, Jay Sk idmore (Han); 2. Tim ot h Knapp (Hon); 3. Glenn Neols (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. Alain Desrosiers (Suz ); 2. Rob e Durano (Yam); 3 . Warren Finch (Yam ). OPEN EXP: 1. Jay Skidmo re (Honl; 2. Chuc Wager IRtx); 3. Stewart G. Anderson (BSAI. UNSTUDOED: 1. Joseph Glasby (Suz); 2. Je Kvinlaug (Hon); 3. Charles Rickson (SU2). Gruber grips Loon Lake Ice By linda Blum ANTIOCH . IL . FEB. 16 "It was luck , but I'll tak e the an y wa y I ca n get them" sai Pa bst 250 Cha llenge winne R ick Gruber . after edging au current o vera ll Pro class points lead e Vern Bro wneand hea tw inner Mar

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