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Devil Ridge hosts
N. Carolina HS
By Nancy Leonard
SANFORD, N .C.. APR. 13
Nearlv 90 riders made th eir
wav to Devil 'R idge for ro u nd
thr~e of th e North Carolina
Hare Scrambl es Series. Th e
-
co urse was ver y fast, a lo ng with so me
tight wood s sec tio n, bu t there w~s a
fai r share o f dust to co n tend with .
Two-and-a-h alf hours a fter the stan .
o ne rid er sh ine d above the rest Steve McSw ain J r. McSw a in a nd h is
H onda beat evervbodv to th e c hecker ed flag , thus ta king th e overa ll win .
Ca n-A m riders domi na ted the co m p et itive 200cc cl ass, but it was Gray
Leonard wh o was the fastest. H e
p roved it by tak in g the win five m in utes o ver th e second -place rider J erry
Russ. Kaw asaki r ider Da vid Ash ley
took third.
Once again, Ca n-A m- mo u n ted pilots ru led a nothe r cla ss; th is tim e i t
was th e 250cc class wh ere th e top
three rider s rode Can adian -built machines. Joel Baker clean ed up with
the win . foll ow ed by R ick Canupp
a nd Jimm y Craven .
The Open cla ss. howeve r, wa s won
by Tony Summey, who rode a H onda .
A Moruesa rider, Ri chard Fa ri a , finished seco nd, while a nothe r H onda
pilot. Mi chael Hix, ro u nded o u t the
top th ree.
.
In th e Four-St roke cl ass, a ll riders
were a rmed with H ondas, but it wa s
T omm y Ashl ey who m ade his go t~e
fastest . Ashley thum ped to th e Will
ahead of Daniel Stephen son a nd Chris
Walton .
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Results
OVERALL: 1. Steve McSwain Jr.,tHon).
.
OPEN : 1. Tony Summey (Hon); 2 . Richard Far ia
(Mon); 3 . M ichael Hilt (Hon) .
250: 1. Joel Baker (C- A); 2. Rid< Canupp (C-A); 3 ..
J immy Craven (C·A).
200: 1. Gray Leonard (C-A ); 2. Jerry Russ (C· AI ; 3 .
.
David Ashley (Kawl.
125 : 1. Steve Genter (Hon) ; 2. Charles Lengley Jr.
(Yaml.
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100: 1. Dan iel Erwin (Hon) ; 2. Mike Eastw ood
(Kawl. .
.
SR: 1. Harry Greenlee (Hon); 2. Steve McSwain
Sr. (Honl; 2. Allen Beck (Yam.).
FOUR- STROKE: 1. Tom my Ashley (Honl; 2 . Daniel
Steph en son (Hon) ; 3. Chr is Walton (Hon).
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