Sammy Bosnick piloted his Suzuki RM250 to the overall victory at the
High Point National Cross Country, his fi rst w in of the year.
Scott Summers motored his Honda XR four-stroke to sixth overall. He
also clinched the Four-Stroke cross country crown .
Craig Brooks (7 9) leads Jim Miller (60) in the 250cc B class. Brooks
went on to w in the class f ive m inutes ahead of Martin Daubert.
AMA/WisecojSuzuki National Cross Country
Series: Final round
Bosnic blasts to
High Point win
By Davey Coombs
I\1T. MO R RIS, PA, NOV. 7
Suzuki-mounted Sammy Bosnic p ulled off
the up set win of the season when h e raced
to the overall victory at the final rou n d of
the National Cross Country Series. Bosnic,
a o ne -time rising star of th e
motocross wo rld. was com pe ting in on ly his seco nd series
race o f th e seaso n. The West
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Virginian ha d recentl y p ut retirement p la ns o n hol d to part icipa te in
the series after a two-yea r layo ff, a nd
hi s re turn was a successfu l o ne.
Beh ind Bosnic's winni ng R M250
ca me Yam a ha pilot Sta nley Lojak ,
Ka wasaki-mo u nt ed Scott Pl essinger,
Yam a ha 's Dua ne Co nn er a nd YZmo unted Mike Toole.
Bosnic's final ta lly a lso co unted as
th e top 250cc A sco re, wh ile Loj ak 's
ride mea nt th e Open A win. Other
class winners incl uded Sen ior A
lead er H enry S ta n k ie wicz. Mike
McCa rre n (200cc A), Four-Stro ke A
rider Ch arl es Dailey, Junior p ilot Bill Moro z, O pen B win ner Kevin
Condon. a nd Craig Broo ks in the
250cc B division. John Petrill a (200cc
B), Tracy Warrington (Fo ur -Stro ke
B), Senior B lea der J a mes Vandenberghe, Super Senior B cha m p J ohnn y Lee. Masters fro nt -runner Ch arl es
H awk , and M in i p ilot Kel vin Hull
a lso scored first p lace tro phies.
T he fina l ro u nd o f th e series was
origi na lly scheduled for th e Su m mit ยท
Po int Racing Facility in West Virgi nia o n November 21, but a change
In p lans for th e ven ue called for the
event to be mo ved else where. H igh
Point Raceway, home of the largest
o u tdoor mo tocro ss Natio na l th is
season, was selecte d as the repl acement course. The woods ro ute featured n umerous cli mbs a nd tight tree
sectio ns wh ile incorpora ting pa rts of
the MX course. Lap times for the
th ree hour race ran just under 15
minutes for the lead ers. The even t
