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eMOTOCROSS I 6th Annual Volunteer StateChampionship_s Mike Brown (483) leads Todd Neal (1) and Eric McLear (741) away from a first-turn pileup in the l25cc A class. Although Darrell Bailey (34) passed Brad Clark (58) to win the second 250cc C Division Two mota, Clark took the overall victory with his 1-2 mota finishes. Brown walks off with w insatMuddyCreek By Barbara and Loren Williams B LOUNn'ILLE, TN,JUNE30-JULY I here were three double class winners among 512 ent rants at the 6th An nua l Kawasak i Volu nteer State Motocross Ch ampion sh ips he ld at Muddy Creek Raceway, bu t th e bigges t winner was Mike Brown. The Kawasaki rider easily handled the 125 and 250cc A class riders from a dozen states as he turned four holeshots into wins and walked away with $1200 for h is efforts. Brow n produced his first holeshot at the start of the first 125cc A moto whi le eigh t riders who arrived at turn one at the same time tan gled bars an d went do wn. Amid the confusio n, Mike And rews, J im Neese and Kevin Walk er sorted themselves out and remounted to pursue the lon g-gone pack. Walker T 26 ended up finis hi ng II th , j ust ahead of And rews and Neese. Up fro nt, Brow n was outpacing Kenn y Kizzar, Er ic McLea r, Sco tt Watkins, Todd Neal and Brian Swi n k. Watkin s had some bad luck on th e first lap and fell back to midpac k. allow ing Neal and Swi nk to advan ce. Watkin s' luck sp illed over onto Neal when he mi sjudged a jump and cras hed. Neal fell at a narrow part of the track and was una ble 10 remo unt unt il nearl y the entire field had passed him . . T hat put McLear and Swi nk side by side, a familiar situation for the two rivals fro m Michigan. At the end of lap two Swin k drop ped McLear back 10 fourt h and drew a bead on Kizzar. Two laps la ter Swi nk was challenging Kizzar, bu t washed ou t in a hairpin tu m and fell hal£way do wn a hill. Swi nk was able to remount before McLear could pass, and the two battled to the fin ish with Swin k coming out on top. Brown put his T eam Green / Answer/ Pro Circu it/Smi th/Dunlop! Acerb is!Bell-backed Kawasaki across the finis h lin e first ahead of Kizzar. Sean Dukes jum ped out of the gate on Brown 's pegs a t the start of th e seco nd rnoto and hounded Brown throug ho ut the eig h t-lap rnoto. Brown held him off to take th e win. Walker ca me into th e first turn next to Duk es, but sett led into a rh ythm as the two front-runners pulled away. A slightly incorrect line on th e back stre tch allo wed Kizzar to slip by Walker and take over third. A sho rt tim e later Swi n k took advantage of a wide tum and du cked under Walker to go after Kizzar. Swink caugh t him in th e woods section on lap six and poured on the juice to claim thi rd at the checkered flag despite a washing out on a sweeper. Swink 's pai r of thirds was good enough for second overa ll behind Brown . A rain shower prior to the start of the first 250cc A rnoto made th e track a bit slick and muddy in some spo ts bu t held the du st down . While the newly-m oisten ed su rface held back some of the riders when th e ga te drop ped, it didn' t hinder Brown at all as he leaped 10 the front an d was gone. H ot on hi s trail was Walker, Swink, Kizzar and Ch ad Lough. The four riders behind Brown fou ght in a pack for posi tion until a slick spot in a sweeper cut Lough down and forced him 10 retire wh ile th e other three roared on. As Brown 's lead grew to 30 seconds, Walk er zapped Swin k to take over second at th e flag while Kizzar watch ed the whole thing from fourth followed by H ank Moree and Neese. - The final A moto of th e day saw Brown get yet ano ther holeshot wh ile Moree found h im self in close proximity to Dukes in th e first turn. After Duk es out-po wered Moree in an offcamber turn, Kizzar stepped up to cont in ue 10 hound Moree for th ird . Kizzar caug ht Moree in the wood s section, but Moree stood on h is position . Not far beh ind Walk er and Mike Andrews were having their own battl e, wit h Andrews getti ng around Walk er on lap seven 10 take over fifth. _ After getting caug h t napping at the start, Swink came off the li ne last and wasn 't able to make up any ground on th e lead ers. Besides Brow n 's perfect hand in th e A classes, two o the r doubl e-class wi nn ers tu rned in flawl ess performances. Bobby Gilbert dominated th e 29rid er 25+ B class and th e eq ua lly demanding 250cc Non-Current class with four first-place fin ishes . Kirk Hayes, a multiple amateu r dirt tra ck ch ampion . sho wed hi s winning hand of four aces in the Four-Stroke and End ur o cla sses 10 claim top hon ors. Kawasaki Tea m Gr een' s Gregory Ran d was a lso well on his way 10 th e same p innacle with do uble moto wins in the Seni or Min i class over Robert Stock and wi th a first-mo ta win in th e Schoolbo y class. However. a run- in w ith Bo Sh an no n i n th e seco nd Schoolboy rn oto pu t Rand over a berm and ended his cha nces of a pe rfect sweep. Pat rick Slate won the rnoto , and combined with hi s th ird pl ace finish in th e first rn oto he clai med the overa ll victory. Bret Beauch amp turned in a 2-2 sco re for seco nd overall while Shannon took third overa ll honors. Brad Clark had to work for h is victo ry in the first 250cc C moto as he came out of the hole fou rth behind c.c. Shafer, Scott Moore and Mike Nutter, H al£way thro ug h the moto, Clark had slipped to the front and went on to take the checkered flag' ahead of Moore. J amie H arrison . Jeramie Kin g and Shafer. Darrell Bailey n ipped Clark to win the second moro, but Bail ey's firstmoto seventh was only good for second ClI overa ll beh ind Clark. Results 50: I. Aaron Li ndsey (Yam); 2. Ru sty Dockery (Ya m); 3. Robert Smith (Ya m); 4. Nicky H oba ck (Ya m); s. Roger Chi les (H on). ~ (7-11 ): I. Mar k Burkhart (Kaw); 2. Brian Thornbu rg (Kaw); 3. Jak e Norri,(Kaw); 4. J osh Scott (Kaw); S. Joey Balli nger (Kaw). JR MINI: I. Mall Harri son (Kaw); 2. Bryan Stevens (Sur ); 3. Corey Crane (Ho n ); 4. Mark Burkhart (Yam ); S. J ake.Norri ' (Ya m). Sll. MINI: I. Gregory Rand (Kaw); 2. Robert Stock (5ur) ; 3. Na tha n Ram sey (Ho n ); 4. Robb ie Felts (Sur); S. Scott G raves (Kaw). SCHBY: I. Pat rick 51ate( Yam); 2. Bret Beauchamp (Hon ); 3. Bo Sha nno n (Sur ); 4. Eric Pinson (Hon); S. Gregory Rand (Ka w). ENDR: I. Kir k Hayes (Sur ); 2. Keith H en sley (Sur ); 3. Richard Ship ley (Sur); 4. Johnny Ra sar (Sur) ; S. J ell Lane (Sur ). t25 A: I. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Brian Swink (Kaw); 3. Kenn y Kizzar (5w ); 4. Scan Duk es (Ho n); 5. Mark Kane (H on). t25 B: I. Brer Beaucha m p (Ho n); 2. Paul Dalt on (Hon ); 3. Sha ne Hatfi eld (Sur ); 4. Steve H yatt (Ya m); 5. Brandon Smi th (Kaw) . t25 C 1).1: I. Chad P iu (H on); 2. Brad Cla rk (Kaw); 3. Peter H owell (Hon); 4. Scott Moor e (H o n); S. Greg Nelso n (Sur). t25 C D-2: I. Joh nn y Cox (Sur); 2. Kenn y Kowal czyk (Hon); 3. Will iam Wibon (H on); 4. Eric Pinson (H on); S. Kenny Currin (H on). 250 A: I. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Scan Dukes (H on ~ ,. Kenny Kizzar' (5w); 4. Kevin Walker (Yam); S. H an k Moree Jr. (Kaw). 250 B: I. Pau l Dalto n (H on); 2. Billy Adkirts (H on); , . Brandon Smith (Kaw); 4. Sha ne Hatfield (Sur); S. Eddi e Addair ( 5 w ~ . 250 C 1).1: I. Brad Clark (Kaw); 2. Darrell Bailey (Hon); 3. j eram ie King (Suz); 4. Jami(: Ha rri son (5w); S. Scou Moore (Ho n). 250 C 1).2: I. Mitchell J on es (Hon); 2. Ronald Palemc (Ya m); 3. Troy Garmon (Hon ); 4. Johnny Gi bson (Hon); S. Mike Edwards (Kaw). 25+ A: I. Tim Jenning> (Sur); 2. Jefl Lyons (Kaw); 3. Larry H arri son (Sur); 4. Eddie Branch (5w ); S. David Eller (H on). 25+ B: I. Bobby Gi lbert (Ho n ); 2. Dean H err in (Kaw); 3. Ron Palerm o (Ya m); 4. Clil! Dockery (Ya m); S. Sam Kistler (SUI). OPEN AM: I. Ji mmy Leach (Kaw ); 2. Ch ris Sho rtri dge (Kaw); 3. Chri s Wilso n (Kaw); 4. Dean Herrin (Kaw); 5. Gary Osbo rn e (Ho n). 5R A: I. Eddie Branch (Sur); 2. Larry Harri son (SUI); , . J eff Lyo n, (Kaw); 4. Jell Ra y (H on). sa B: I. Den nis H ilton (Suz); 2. C ary Osborn e (H on); 3. T om my Ha Y (Suz); 4. Thomas Malon e f:5 (Ho n) ; 5. Benn y Durrau gh (KT M). S/SR: 1. J ack Phi llip!! (Hon); 2. J ohn Thompson (SUI); 3. Willi am Hagar (Hon); 4. Ted Fields (Ya m); S. Jim Rice (Hon). 4-STRK: I. Kir k Hay es (Sur ); 2. Keith Hensley (Sur); 3. J eff Lan e (5Ul); 4. Robert Rhodes (Yam); 5. DoUR Ph illip, (Hen). NON-CURR t25: I. J eff H ensley (Sur ); 2. Ryan McCa nn (Ka w ): 3. Kevin Bro wn {Hon): 4. Gr(:g Ha wkins (Hen); S. Clifford Phillip, (Sur). NON-CURR 250+: I. Bobby Gilbert (Hon); 2. Harvey Wiggin s (Kaw); 3. c.c. Shaler (Hoe) : 4. David wh iuon (Ha n); .s. Joe: Will iams (Ho n). V11''': I. Frank Stro man (Mai); 2. Patr ick Bro wn (Hon); 3. Mark Eller (Puch); 4. Dennis Erwi n (Ma i); S. Allen Bucha nan (Ya m).

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