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Wrlllht does no wrong
at Ringgold SX
By Joe Williams
RING G O L D, GA, MAY 7
Danny Wright combined 1-2 rnoto
finishes to take the overall victory in
the Senior Mini B class in round four
of the Supercross of Ringgold Spring
Senes.
. Wright, sponsored by Cornpetiuon Plus, snatched the lead in the
first moto and Kevin Smith was
running in second place before being
passed by Terry Hill on the second
lap. Hill started to narrow Wright's
lead, but soon tired and had to settle
for second. Mark Guess finished
third, followed by Shane Hatfield
and Wayne Harrison.
In the second moto Hatfield
riding for Rose Kawasaki, jumped
out front and started to pull away
from Wright, Harrison, Tim Watkins and Hill. Wright started to close
up on Hatfield, but almost high:
sided and decided to back off and
cruise in second. Hatfield won,
followed by Wright, Guess, Harrison
and Hill. Wright increased his points
. lead over Hatfield with the overall
win.
In the Senior Mini A class Will
McEntyre, sponsored by Kawasaki of
Rome, pulled the holeshot ahead of
James Bryant and Brandon Smith.
Smith took second away from Bryant
~n the second lap and started to reel
In McEntyre. Smith's charge came to
a sudden halt on the third lap when
he went down hard. Bryant regained
second, followed by Rose Kawasakibacked Bryan Gilliam. McEntyre
took the checkered flag with a goodSIZe lead over Bryant and Gilliam.
Smith finished in fourth.
The start of the second moto had
McEntyre and Smith running neckand-neck all the way to the second
comer where Smith took the lead for
good. .with McEntyre running all
alone In second, the race to 'watch
was for third between Gilliam and
Bryant. On the fourth lap the race
for third got too close when Gilliam
and Bryant crossed lines and both
r~ders went down. Bryant was the
first to get hack underway; finishing
just ahead of Gilliam.
In the first moto of the Senior
Men's class Butch Heatherly pulled
the holeshot and started to pull away
from Chris Bonds and Cliff Dockery,
who soon crashed. Charlie Jones
moved up to third ahead of Phil
Phillips. Heatherly took th e ch eckered flag with a five-second lead over
Bonds. On the .last lap Dockery
shook out the cobwebs and charged
past Jones and Phillips to take third.
Heatherly pulled the holeshot
again in th e second rnoto and led
until the second lap -w hen Bonds
made his way to the front. On th e
third lap, a fall dropped Heatherl y
to fifth, but he charged back, displacing Phillips, Jones and Dockery.
Heatherly pulled up alongside
Bonds at the finish and in ched ahead
for the win. Bonds finished second,
followed by Docker y, Jones and
Phillips.
Results
PM: 1. Mason Williams (Yam); 2. Josh Scott '
(Yam); 3. Tyler Smith (Suz).
JR: 1. Jimmy Briggs (Kaw) ; 2. Bob Carroll (Kaw) ;
3. Roben Jenning (Kaw).
JR MINI : 1. Jason Benton (Kawl; 2. Jeremy Camp
(Hon); 3. Tony Watkins (yam).
SR MINI A: 1. Will McEntyre (Kaw); 2.' Brandon
Smith (Kaw); 3 . James Bryant (Hon).
SR MINI B: 1. Danny Wright (Kaw); 2. Shane
Hatfield (Kaw); 3. Mark Guess (Kaw) .
12.5A: 1. Sean Dukes (Hon); 2. Jimbo Loan (Kew);
3. MIke Goolsby (Hon).
125 B: 1. Jason Groga n (Hon); 2. Wi ll Scr uggs
(Hon); 3. Ray Bor uff (Suz).
125 C: 1. Lance Brannon (Honl ; 2. Brandon Smith
(Kaw); 3. A ndy Downs (Hon).
250 A: 1. Sean Dukes (Hon); 2. Chris Ballew
(Hon); 3. Mike Goolsby (Hon).
250 B: 1. Kippy Marks (Hon); 2. Randy Bailey
(Suz); 3. Keith Miller (Hon).
25 0 C: 1. Lance Brann on (Hon); 2. Dann y
Thorn burg (Yam); 3. larry Bolden (Yam).
OPEN B: 1. Roben von Smit h (Hen); 2. Mi chael
Handerson (Hon); 3. Ma rl