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AMA/CCS Unlimited Supersports
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Says Thank You To The Following Sponsors Whose
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And Special Thanks To
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Todd Smith (40) leads Georgie Price (1) and Bret Friedel t o t he line
on the last lap of the 125cc class final at Timonium.
$ I $ A; 1. J ack Tysor ; 2 . Don ald Cox; 3 . Rav Hockenberry;
4 . Harold Johnson .
200 A : 1. Pete r Wicks; 2. Larry Sch ultz; 3 . Robert Brow n;
4 . Rickey Hetev.
200 B: 1. M ich ael Hei nr ich s; 2. T. $ chwarzenba ch; 3 .
Rick M angel ; 4 , Chad Br ad ley; 5. Kirk Hoveli ng
200 C: 1. Robert Goodwin ; 2. Ken Ki lli an; 3 . Rebb Handy:
4 . W aller Planl enge; 5 . Jam es Cri st .
250 A : 1. Kirk Ballard; 2. M ark M art in; 3 . Tom Elle r;
4 . Tim A nderson; 5. Mich ael Jen sen.
2 50 B: 1. J ames Nel son; 2. Larry Bever; 3 . Frank
Lau enr oth ; 4 . M ike Farnum ; 5. Randa l Fr ank.
2 50 C: 1. Kurti s Pryor; 2. Craig Harry; 3 . But ch Wo lfe ;
4 . Robert Rich; 5. Tracy Hackler.
OPEN A : 1. Gary Wil liams; 2. Richard Null ; 3 . Vic Kray;
4 . Tho mas Drake; 5. J esse Wessels.
OPEN B: 1. Doug McCloskey; 2. Brad Me lick; 3. Tim
Hetze l; 4. M ich aelMcPeak; 5. Dav id Evans.
O PEN C: 1. Mike Dail; 2. Bill Ste rrett; 3 . Jerry Sp ur loc k;
4 . J i m Bradbory ; 5 . M an in Al gya
Farris first at
Timonium Indoor ST
By Len Breech
T [MO N[U M, MD, NOV. 5
Nat io na l co mpe tito r and five-li me Timonium
Pro class cha mp Rod ney Fa rris was o ne o f
th ree winners who ca p ita lized o n the earl y
lead ers' m isfo rt u ne of gett ing ta ngl ed up wi th
a downed rid er to cla im his first win o f the
five race Ba ltimore Co u m y Trail R iders/
Cockeysvi lle Opti mi st Cl u b-sponsored indoor
s h o rt tr a ck ser ies at t he Timonium
Fairg rou nd s.
Farris took the 250cc. Pro cla ss from Paul
C rum ling, wh ile Joe \ Vhite and Dan Re ich ert ~
a lso were in the rig ht place at th e ri ght time
to la ke win s in the 360 and 250cc classes,
respectively . Todd Stith took a clos e. and for
t he I 25cc class, a ra ther ca lm fin a l, whi le Mike
H acker took the 80ec wi n wi th Pa ul Lynch
th e lo ne repeater from th e o pe n in g ni g ht
ta king the 50n: cla ss over a closely-p u rsu in g
Brod y Mi ller.
Pa ul Cr u m ling loo ked like he was go ing
to repe at h is p revio us week's win as the 250cc
Pro class screamed do wn the ba ck straight
w ith Farris, David Reeves, J im H oll ister a nd
T om Maj eski close beh ind . The co n troversey '
sta r ted as the lead ers fin ished their seco nd la p.
David Mi ller go t into a tan k-slap per on th e
back stra igh t a nd ended U on the outside
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o f th e th ird tu rn w ith hi s bike in th e mi ddle
of t he track. A track offi cial tr ied to pull the
bike off the track. b ut sli pped as Crumling
co m m itted to the inside and Farris wen t to
the o utside a nd in to the lead . Fa rri s kep t h is
margi n at ab o u t two len gt hs to th e fin ish.
T he 360cc fina l loo ked lik e a rerun of ma n y
of last year's fina ls, wit h Greg Boutwell
lea d ing Joe Whi te, Char lie Majeski and Rob
Smith. Majes ki sliced h is wa y into second on
th e th ird la p, and started to pro be Bou twell's
defen ses. U nknow n to Boutwell, h is chain
snapped as he ente red the th ird tu rn on the
10th lap. H e fell down, taking Maj eski bri efly
wi th him. Whi te went into the lead. wi th
Majesk i in th ird . Smi th fell a lap lat er, wh ile
Maj esk i cu t Wh ite's mar g in co nsiderably, b ut
White held o n for th e win .
Mike Mes ter pu t a tire u nd er Warren Diem
[or the lead as th e 250cc class entered th e th ird
tu rn o n the openi ng lap , with Dan Reich ert
and Adam Weiss dose behind. Die m sp u n
briefl y o ff the second tu rn , sli p pi ng to fourt h.
Diem too k thi rd two laps la ter as Wei ss had
to fig h t a grad ua lly flatten in g rear tire . Mester
p ull ed severa l len gths in fro nt as Diem and
Reichert fou ght over second. With two laps
left, Mester go t tangled up wit h a pai r of"
dow ne d riders as he en tered th e thi rd tu rn ,
whi le Reichert and Diem went by o n the
o u tside. Over the fina l two laps, Reicher t held
Diem o ff to win by less than a leng th.
Todd Sti th ma naged to 'stay o n two wheel s
th is wee k as the 125cc fina l headed out of th e
seco nd tu rn , with Bill y Bromley. Georgie
Pri ce a nd Bret Fr iedel close beh ind. O n the
fifth lap Pr ice clea nly passe d Brom ley as the y
en tered th e th ird . turn with Fr iedel taggi ng
alo ng before Brom ley recovered. Wi th tha t.
th e o rde r was set, a lthough only a len gth
sep ara ted the m right up to the flag.
Mik e H acker t ook the lea d fro m J ere
Alexander at the sta rt of the 80cc fin al , with
Robert Mill er, Roy Miller a nd Randy Shank
. righ t beh ind. Alexa nder fell coming o ff the
fourth tu rn on lap five. and go t ru n over by
Robert Mill er. bri n gi n g o u t the red flag.
H acker again too k the lead o n the resta rt . with
Ro y Mill er staying close , trying to rep ea t hi s
wi n of the pr evio us week. H acker held o n 10
win by a few feet,
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