Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Kawasaki-mounted Scott Plessinger finished 60 seconds behind the overall winner. Lojak. for second overall and the 250cc A class win. The 1988 Blackwater 100 winner. Tim Coombs. roosted his big-bore Honda to eighth overall and second in the Open A class. hol e and Lojak was for ced o u t of th e Lojak 's lead would grow to 60 race. O riail graciously made up th e seconds on Plessinger as the riders deficit a nd cro ssed the checkered flag took th e white flag. Brown was as th e only 200cc A rider with all beginning to allo w th e mud to get five lap s accounted for. Loii.\k:sJ quL ... . the better of hi s cha llenge and was by that tim e four minutes down on lap effort was good for second in the class with T ennessee's J eff Aus tin, the front-runn er . McSwain wa s Suzuki-mounted Michael Burke, and stabilized in fourth with Ru ssell a Cagiva pilo t Buddy West going 3stead y fifth. Lojak's lead began to 4-5. dwindle as Pl essinger pi cked up th e As Lojak .pushed hi s YZWR250 pa ce for one last assa u lt on th e overa ll. H e clo sed the gap considerthrough th e lap three barrels he ably as th e rider rode th rough th e extended his overa ll lead on Pl essinger by 20 seconds while Brown rode two o u tback checks, and when Lojak cras hed o n a log three miles from an other five ticks back in third. McSwain continued to fall off of th e th e fin ish Plessinger was th ere to overall pa ce th ou gh hi s Open A lead accep t th e lead position. H is lead was short -lived, however, as a fallen tree over class runner-up Sh ephard by pl ayed th e part of spoi ler for th e KX that tim e stoo d at more th an 15 rider, taking hi s back end o ut as m inutes. Just behind Shephard came Tim Coombs, a nd through the last Lojak went by again. two laps th ose two would battle back The race came down to o ne final ra vine crossi ng within a mi le of th e and forth for th e Open A ru nner-up finish. With lapped riders littering positio n. " We mus t have passed each o ther the spread Lo ja k mad e a do-or- die 10 ti mes on th at last lap," sai d leap across the shortest bank, comShephard aft er th e run. " He would pl eting th e jump but losing co nt ro l of hi s machine o n impact. As Pl esgo by and th en ge t stuck a nd th en I go by and get stuc k. It went like singer took th e long way around Loj ak remounted and shot o nto th e that right th ro ug h to th e finish." main p ath just before Plessinger Coombs led last and took th e second place tro phy well off of McSwain's co uld get a wh eel ah ead of h im . From th ere it was a sprint to the fini sh , fin al time. Husq varn a-mounted Charles Huegel wo uld finish the da y with Lojak fin all y crossing th e line o ne minute ahea d of a disappointed in fourth ahead of a trouble-plagued Summers in fifth. Pl essinger, Brown was next to th e In the Four-Stroke A cla ss Penfini sh , with Russell and Conner nsylvania 's Tracey Warrington put filling ou t the top five in the 250cc A class with five lap s apiece. in four tough la ps to edge defending By being the only Amat eur clas s class National Champion Carey Stump. Warrington, mounted on a rider to complete a ll five lo ops H onda XR600 , bettered Kentucky's CR250-mounted Buren Hamri ck unofficiall y claimed th e B class Stump by five minutes on th e final - overall. The Junior class rider was score sheets. Another XR600 rider, Kentucky 's H arvey Whitaker, placed able to work hi s way into th e top 10 overall A cl ass rid ers w h i le third with Maryland's J ohn Cushing extending his lead on class runnerand Kevin Howser rounding out the up Tom Harris to nearly 15 minutes. top five. Ohio's Mike Frazee fin ished third on th e da y wi th Yam ah a-m ounted Ri cha rd Kresic a n d KTM rider j aisson DeR oche go ing four-five in th e divi sion. An other North Ca rol ina rider , Thom asvill e's Ri chard Faria, capture d the 26-rider Open B win with a three minute cus hion over Ohio's Fl ip J em ore. Clocking in behind th e KTM of J em ore were Ken tu cky ATK pil ot Mich ael Paynter , ,KT M rider Roger Allen , a nd West Virginia 's Kevin H agedorn. . In the 250cc B class KTM rid e Eric Sauer posted a 20 m inute win over Virginia 's Danny Morr ison, both rid ers fin ish ing the day wit h fou r la ps apiece. Pennsylvan ia's Fran k Keega n p ushed his Yamaha to th ird spo t in th e ra ce wi th S u zu ki mounted J eff T ay lor fourth and Yam aha rider Ron ald Pal erm o fifth.• Results 0 / A: 1. Edward Lojak (Yam); 2, Scott Plessing er (Kaw); 3. Kevin Brown (Han); 4. Steve McSwain (Hon); 5, Jeff Russell (Yam); 6, Duane Conner (KTM); 7, Richard Bur leson (KTM); 8, Tim Coombs (Hon); 9. Gene Ona il (Yam); 10. Tim Shephard (Yam); 11. Stan Lojak (Yam); 12. Paul Michels (ATK); 13. Jeff Austin (Hon): 14 . Charles Huegel (Hus); 15. Michael Burke (Suz); 16. Buddy We st (Cag); 17. Scott Summers (Hon); 18 . Richard Moyer (ATK); 19 . Mark Hyde (KTM); 20 . TraceyWarringto n (Hon). OPENA ; 1. Steve McSwain (Hon); 2. Tim Coombs (Hon); 3. Tim Shepha rd (Yam); 4. Charl es Huegel (Hus); 5. Scott Summers (Hon). 250 A : 0 / A : Edward Lojak (Yam); 1. Scott Plessinger (Kaw); 2. Kevin Brown (Hon); 3. J eff Russell (Yam); 4 . Duane Coner (Yam); 5.Mark Hyde (KTM), 200 A; 1. Gene Onail (Yam); 2, Stan Lojak (Yam); 3. Jeff Austin (Hon); 4, Michael Burke (Suz); 5. Buddy West (Cag). 4-STRK A; 1, Tracey Warrington (Hon); 2.,Carey Stump (Hon); 3. Harvey Whitaker (Hon); 4. John Cush ing (Hon); 5 . Kevin Howser (Hon). SR A; 1. Richard Burleson (KTM); 2. Paul Michels (ATK); 3. Tom Meyers (ATK); 4 , Joseph Hull (Yam); 5. Joseph Lojak (Yam), . OPEN B; 1. Richard Far ia (Mon ); 2, Flip Jemore (KTM); 3. Michael Paynter (ATK); 4. Roger Allen (KTM); 5. Kevin Hagedorn (Hon). 250 B: 1. Eric Sauer (KTM); 2. Danny Morrison; 3, Frank Keegan (Yam); 4 , Jeff Taylor (Suz); 5. Ronald Palermo (Yam). Sixth overall went to 250cc A class rider Duane Conner. 200 B; 1. Brian Patterson (Hon); 2. Mi ke Potts (Kaw ); 3. Steven Branton (Yam); 4 . M icha el Mullenex (Kaw); 5. Scot Barr ett (Kaw). 4-STRK B: 1. Walter Mc Lean (Hon t 2. W illiam Snuggs (Yam); 3. Jerry Trivette (Han); 4 . Patrick Short (Hon). SR B: 1. Louis Dearman (KTM); 2. Mike Cluse (Yam); 3. Robert Cox (KTM); 4. Worth Casw ell (CAl : 5. Ernie Mellor (KTM). JR : 1. Buren Hamrick (Hon); 2. Tom Harris (Yam); 3. Mike Frazee (Yam); 4.Richard Kresic (Yam); 5. Ja isson Deroche (KTM). . S/SR; 1. Bruc e Triplett (Kaw); 2. Ronald Rose (Yam); 3.Ned Greeneltch (KTM); 4 , Dan James (Yam); 5. Ken Warrender (Hus). MSTR: 1. Lawrence Hayes (C-A): 2. Charles Stapleford (Kawl ; 3. Johnny Lee (Yam); 4, Willard Root (ATK).

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