Steve McSwain captured third overall and second in the Open class.
Honda-mounted McSwain was the early race leader.
AMA National Championship Hare Scramblesj.
WisecojYamaha Cross Country Series:
Rounds 3/2
Summers dominates
Dude Ranch National
Honda XR600-mounted Scott Summers was the overall winner at the
combined National tiare Scrambles and Cross Country race in Tennessee.
By Davey Coombs
Photos by Gary Plessinger
HURRICANE MILLS, TN, APR. 2
Ron Naylor piloted a Suzuki RMX250 to second overall and captured
first place in the 250cc class. Almost 400 riders entered the event.
Kentucky's Scott Summers scored his firstever AMA National Hare Scrambles win
with the overall victory at the Loretta Lynn's
Dude Ranch round of the series. Summers,
riding an XR600 Honda fourstroke mounted a four minute
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lead over the ay s overall
runner-up and 250cc A winner
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"Ron Naylor, who was aboard a
RMX250. Early race leader Steve
McSwain placed his CR500 Honda
in third overall at the checkered flag
while KTM's Mark Hyde and Indiana Team Green pilot Kurt Hough,
second and third in the 250cc A
ranks, rounded out the first five
overall.
YZl25 pilot Stanley Lojak captured the 125cc A class win, while
Kentucky's Carey Stump finished as
the top Four-Stroke A rider on the
day. Kawaskai-mounted Jeff Fredette
was the 200cc A class victor, while
Georgia's Terry Mealer headed up
the Senior A division.
The rest of the top 10 included
Yamaha WR250 rider Jeff Russell,
third place Open A rider Tim Shephard, Suzuki-mounted Bryan
Adams, Missouri's Tim Newell, and
Ohio Kawasaki rider Gary Roach.
The Lorett~ Lynn'.s Dude Ranch
event LD Humcane MIlls, Tennessee,
has been one o[ the most popular
races on the ational schedule for
the past few years. This year's version
hosted a record 390 motorcycles,
including 40 250cc A competitors
and 86 250cc B riders. The large
turnout crowded the eight-mile trail
throughout the afternoon, causing
problems for some of the frontrunners; both Hyde and Team
Yamaha's Ed Lojak would suffer last
lap mishaps as a result. "But that
is just the type of problem the sport
can use," said Summers at the trophy
presentation.
The riders lined up in an open
field according to class rows, with
the Open A riders in the front line.
The start followed the tree line until
it funnelled down into a 100 foot
creek section, and when the first wave
of riders exited the water it was Team
Green's Robbie Neeley'out front;
bringing up the rear was Summers.
