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Steve Simmon. (6) leada the peck in the fim Open A moto et Lake
Sugar Tree'. MX. Timrriy Barnes (415) took tim overall.
teammate Donny Russell cleaned up
in the 250cc Expert class with both
moto wins. Second went to Suzuki
Motorcycle &: Marine's Jim Stewart
with a 4-2, Kawasaki of Anchorage's
large team included third place
Ralph Blanchard.
Results
50 NOV: ,. Luu Rambur ev.",~ 2. " - ' Gonzales ev.m~ 3. Shewn ~ ev.m~
80 NOV: ,. Josh R.mbar (Kawt 2. C8My
Johnoon (Kawt 3. Man: ,
• CKawI80 NOV: ,. Chris DeWitner (Kawt 2. " Lindstrom (Kawt 3. K _ GonIon (Hon).
80 EX: ,. Aron Niles (Hon~ 2. Man
(Hont 3. J.mey ~ (Suzl.
'25 NOV: ,. Milul Guthrie (Kawl; 2. llevid _
(Hont 3. Aaron _
(Kaw~
'25 EX: ,. JoB Good (Suzl; 2. . - - . ~
..-.iIh
(lCawt 3........ ~(I(aw).
250 NOV: ,. Greig Cortis(Yamt 2. Norman Harris
(y.m); 3. Scott _
(Hon~
250 EX: ,. Donny R_H (Kawt 2. Jim S_n
(Suzl; 3. R.1ph Blanchard CKaw).
500 NOV: ,. Michael Chl-.(Hont 2. Jeff_
(Huat 3. Tony Mullins (KTM~
500 EX: 1. Jim Mc:CIsin (Kawt 2. Bruce Stingley
(Honl; 3. Brad Bomholf (Honl.
VET: 1. Ron Soule (KTMI; 2. Vince Bancroft
(KTMt 3. Greg R _ (y."').
PRO: 1. JoB Good (Suz); 2. Jim McCI8in (Kswl;
3. . - - . Anderson (Kaw).
Wade whips
Whiteside HM
By Bill Holt
MORRISON, IL, MAY 16
Shawn Wade and the Riders' Meeting/Snake Pit Honda took their first
250cc class win of the season at the
Brush Popper's round of the DC
Cycle/Super Seer/Banzai Bros.sponsored AMA District 17 Championship Dirt Track Series. The half
mile was held on the limestone
cushion at the Whiteside County
Fairgrounds in Morrison.
Wade and Bart Schmulbach were
battling [or the lead when Schmulbach's motor went south. Wade went
on to take the win over the fastimproving Greg J oop and the always
consistent Dan Carter.
The 125's started 0[[ the day and
Scott Huff continued his winning
ways on the Gardener Racing/
Greyboy Kawasaki. Huff styled his
way to the win over Tim Gilliland
and Joop.
Schmulbach didn't let his tough
luck in the 250cc ranks keep him
from showing the 500cc class his tail
for 12 laps i.n the final. Reed Bertilino held 0[[ the charges of fast heat
winner Jim Hinthorn [or the'second
spot and Ter.ry Adams took the
fourth spot from Pat Reinbeck.
Greg JooP, Sr. was the class o[ the
Seniors. He held of[ Rod Noel who
made the trip from Olathe, Kansas,
to ride the deep cushion. Fourth wen t
to Jim Kidman over Dave StanfidJe.
Dave Camlin ran away with the
750cc heat, but never made it through
the first tum of the hot lap before
the final. That left Greg Wagen. knecht to do battle with Dan Powell
and the two Harley riders diced for
the first few laps, but Waggy got
away in the late laps for the win.
Bob Buffington kept his big twin in
front of Bob Brooks for the third
spot.
Mann handles
GeorglaS.x
.By Gary Crider
WRENS, GA, MAY 9
Florida's Bobby Mann turned in a
pair of spectacular rides to win both
the 125 and 25OcciOpen PTo main
events at the second running of the
Georgia Supercross of Champions at
the Wrens Fairgrounds.
The nighttime program consisted
of five-lap qualifIers followed by a
10-lap main event. Contingency
awards were provided by Georgia
Cycle Supply.
SScD Racing/PJ-I/ScottlAnswerl
Bell-supported Mann holeshot the
125cc Pro firtal and stretched his lead
oil every lap en route to the £lag.
Spectators in the stands alongside the
big anthill jump roared their appreciation each lap as Mann launched
his Ka\(oasaki to incredible heights
over the jump. "I wasn't doing that
just for show," said Mann. "It was
faster and it was fun!"
Yamaha riders Gerald Wood and
Robbie Taylor had a brief dice for
second spot. Wood got by to finish
second with a comfortable margin
over Taylor.
The 25OcciOpen Pro main was
hard-fought in the opening laps as
Rodney Neeley showed the way
ahead of Wood and Marm. After
three very hot laps, Neeley went wide
in the turn past the whoops and
Mann followed Wood in tandem on
the inside to drop Neeley to third.
Two turns later, Mann pulled alongside Wood in midflight over the
anthill and passed Wood in the
following big sweeper.
Mann then set sail to win by a wide
margin over Wood. Qualifier winner
Tommy Martin charged from the
back of the pack to finish third over
Neeley and Taylor.
Afterward, Mann explained why
he made the long drive up from
Jacksonville, Florida, saying,
"There-weren't any good races to ride
this weekend in Florida, and I
wanted to get in some track time on
a clay surface. I like this track, too,
it was worth the drive up."
The l25cc B division saw a good
match between Aiken Kawasaki's
Trey Phillips and Honda· of
Augusta-backed Bryan Rice. Rice
narrowly edged Phillips for. the
~oleshot to begin a duel that was
IDt~rrupted when Phillips [ell after
a Jump. Four laps later Phillips
Bobby Mann sailed hi. Kawasaki. to victories in the 125cc 8IId 25Occ/
Open Pro cia.... et the Wran., Georgia SX.
closed the gap as the duo began to
encounter lapped riders. Phillips
took the lead in the sweeper, but Rice
stayed close and applied pressure.
Rice made a last-ditch effort to pass
at the finish line, but Phillips held
while Rice crashed.
Greg Hembree won the 250cc1
Open C qualifier and. overcame a
seventh place start in the main to nail
dow!1 third spot on the first lap.
DaVId Day, however, was making a
charge from the back of the pack and
eventually got by leader Hembree for
the win. Hembree settled for runnerup honors over Gregg Elijah.
Results
65 MINI: 1. RiChie _IKawt 2. R _ Hor1aA
(Kswt 3. Justin Brodt (Kawl.
JR MINI: 1. Richie Horton IK.w~ 2. Ch8cI Kim_
ISuzt 3. Ridcey Ssmonsl