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==LET'S GO TO LO DON GRAND NATIONAL Championship Motorcycle Road Races NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDW AY TENTATIVE SCHEDULE · SUNDAY·JU E18 •FRIDAY· JUNE 16 * Practice Alternating Classes Kawasaki's Kurt Hough salvaged sixt h overall after getting lost. girl went to wrrte it and she looked a t the 25, I said 24, and the guy said 25. 1 ma de th e check." Cunningham also down-played th e fact he go t boom eranged by a tree limb before th e first gas sto p as he was jumping a series of wat er hol es-. H e exp lained wh y he had to crea te his own mistakes at th e end. " I had to get a point on him (H ines) because he had beat en me on em ergencies . If we'd tied he would have won. 1 could have won the race a t th e seventh check. I dropped four and Hines dropped four. 1 go t stuck and cras hed five tim es. If 1 would have gone 2-3 1wou ld have had th e edge." Hines said, " I had a reasonabl e . ride. 1 had trouble wh en 1 go t ca ug h t beh ind a g uy before check 14. 1 just zeroed 13. I feel I should hav e a zero or o ne at 14, but 1had to loop aro und him. 1 got go ing again o nly to get beh ind anothe r gu y and wh en he . went off this big log he got stuck in barbed wire and 1 follo wed him in th ere. 1got lost in th e sa me sectio n as everyo ne else for about 4/ IOths of a mile. 1went up th is hill and ca ug h t Wall y Wil son a n d so me o f h is buddies. We ca me back down to a real fast seciton and 1 ma de up a lot of tim e. 1 ca me in and h it th e check at a perfect zero - 30. 1 made one stu p id mistake and it cost me th e run because 1 know 1 beat T .C. at the two tie-breakers. We all ride so close that yo u have to mak e it tougher so it spreads us out, so you ca n mak e a mistake a nd make it back. They should have let th e AAs go for another section ... T ool e said, " With th e tie-break ers Sh ephard sho u ld ge t me. 1 th ink th e first tie-breaker is wh ere a lot of guys got lost 1 had a good da y. Rode co nsisteill . There were so me hol es but you had to p ick your wa y around th em . 1 only had one hairy get -off wh en 1 cli pped a tree and fell into the cold, soupy wa ter." A soggy Shephard said lat er aft er th e race, " I'm dryin g ou t th e wa ter holes. 1 bet 1 found at least five good deep o nes, but my 490 p ulled me through. 1had no problems . The tree roo ts were slick." Bar ry Gaston easily topped the Open A ranks with 27 points over h is neares t competitor T i m Woodruff. • Jim Rob son narro wly edged ou t Kevin Brown in th e 250cc class 21 -23. Brown drowned o ut h i s Honda in th e very last river cross ing and dropped th ree points along -th e way. KTM mounted Scot Ford topped th e 200cc A ranks with 29 points to Brad Sells ' 34. • .* 2 -7SO Supersport Heals •SATURDA JUNE 17 Y· * Praclice * 600 S~port Heats * 250 Grand Prix Heals * Superbike Heals * Kawasaki California JUNE Championship FINAL (SO miles) ~ * SUPERBIKE GRAND ( SIIIIO) * 16-17-18 NAll0NAL CHAMPIONSHIP ANAL (60 mIles) * AHRMA Historic FINAL *. :: * aotrrs 106 - LOU~ON, NH FINAL (40 miles) * Supersport 600FINAL (30mies) ~ * 250 Castrol Grand Prix SuperbikeChallenge (1 6miles) Modified Twins FINAL (30miles) Supersport 7SO FINAL (30 mies) Pepsi ColaEnduranceChallenge FINAL (3hours) ~7 -aQIlDIII-.. ..... r • WEEKEND TICKET ATGATE $60, does notindude paddock • Paddock Ticket$10eachday with weekend ticket purchased at gate. No minimum age. • DAYllCKETS AT GATE: Kidsunder 12 yrs. FREE, accompanied by paid adult, general admission only. • Friday, June 16, $1 5 • Saturday, June 17, $20 • Sunday, June 18, $20 ·Paddock Ticket $10 eachday with ~ DAY TICKET purchase, Fri, Sat, or Sun. No minimum age. .1 . .' / TICKET INFORMATION: LOUDON CLASSIC .-c Kawasaki PO BOX7888 LOUDON, NH 03301 PHONE: 603-783-4744 --------Loudon Classic .,J.... Experience Loudon .. . It's More Than A R a ce!! What's happening? .GILl DAB I IiOODfiEAR Distrib utors or Dea lers Can f or product EACLE RACINC TIRES (213) 946-3581 DRAG-WIder for Increased TractIOn EAGLE DTII-NEWShort and Long Track compounds Results O/A: 1. Terry Cun';ingham (Kaw) 9; 2. Jeff Russell (Yam) 11; 3. Kevin Hine s (KTM) l2; 4. Tim Shephard (Yam) 13; 5. M ike Toole (Yam) 13; 6. Joey Hopkins (Kaw) 14; 7. Kun Hough (Kaw) 15; 8. Jeff Fredette (Kaw) 15: 9. Randy Hawki ns (Suz) 19: 10. Alan Grevit (KTM) 20; 11. Ji m Robson (Han) 21; 12. Riel< Scharphorn (KTM) 22; 13. Kevin 8rown (Han) 23; 14. Wally Wilson (KTM) 23; 15. 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