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TerryBainbridgefinished second in class
at the String Prairie Hare Scrambles.
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. oW: J. Billy
Pri~liIlte ( H u n );
2. J imm y [ won (Yam); 3. Ed
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Don a ldson ( Kaw).
500 AM: I. Tor In~t'briKt5('1l ( Ka w); 2. Mark Kiser (H un );
3. Todd Ma rslY ll (H u n ); 4. Terrv ('..any (H o »): 5. Craig Collie
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+30: I. Lee Bryant (Yilm); 2. Chuck Parrish (MOle): 3 . Craig
Walten (Hu n ); ... Th omas P~rk i m, (Suz); 5. Alle n Hooker
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7'30-9:30
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8'30-9:45
PRACTICERACING 10:00
AMATEUR
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PRO RACING
( Kaw).
Howerton hauls at String
Prairie Hare Scramble
May 26
June 16
July 21
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Exit 50 off 1- 1. Take Hwy 93 south to
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Sn apps Fe rry Roa d. Sign s will be up .
ArB' lipi's III...
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STRING PRAIRIE. TX. JAN. l l
Kent H owerton earned top ho nor s in th e Pro
class a t round nine of th e Sou th Texas H ar e
Scra m ble Series at Stri ng Prairie.
The Au stin Mo torsports Association laid
ou t a tig h t. eigh t-m ile loop in the sandy
wood s and river bo uoms of the pr operty.
Th ree inch es of ra in four da ys prior to
the event made the sand great and th e lowland mudd y.
Howert on came thr o ug h scor ing first at the
end o f lap o ne with a lO-second adva ntage
over Steve Ca rdwe ll with Dean Lane third .
Lan e closed o n th e lead ers, and wi th a bett er
lin e through so me mud, go t by the leadin g
pair a nd bu ilt a SO-second lead by lap four.
After p itt ing for gas , Ho werton set o ff to
ca tch the lead er. Approx imately J2 mil es la ter
he had Lane in his sigh ts, and sn uc k in to the
lead wit h two lap s 'rema in ing. Lane kept the
p ressure on fo r th e rest o f th e race , but co uld
n o l ma ke a lega l pass o n the tight track.
T he 250(·( ·Open A cla ss was led fro m sta rt
10 fini sh by Sha u n Martin. Mart in co m p leted
six la ps in two ho u rs, 13 min ut es for first .ovcrul l. Jeavi ng th e class win lO William Stidd
wi th T err y Ba in brid ge second a nd Eri c
Nielson th ird.
T he Fo u r-St ro ke cla ss provided some good
an ion as series leader Sa nee T ab assi ha d
tro u ble sta rting hi s H onda XR600 o n th e lin e,
a nd was la te getting a way fro m th e deadengine sta rt. By the sta rt o f lap two, he held
the lead wi th Mike Will iam s second a nd Eddi e
Har rison thi rd. On the wh ite flag lap th e m ud
swa llo wed Ta bassi 's XR, negating a stro ng
run an d lett ing \Vill ia ms by fo r firs t wi th
Ta bassi secon d and H arr iso n third.
Dave Roper. Team Obsolete,AHRMA 500 &350 Premier National Champ
Pat Moroney, Team Obsolete, AHRMA 750 GP National Champion
Northstar Racing. AMA/CCS/EBC Endurance. G.T.U. National Champ
Jim Cox. AMAlCCS S.W.
#1Plate &
3Regional Titles
Shawn Roberti. OMRRA
#1Plate &
6001750 Regional Titles
Shane Turpin. U.S.B.A.
#1Plate &
6Regional Titles
Marvin Braun, WMRRA
_F2 &600 Super Bike
Regional Trtles
Resu lts
AA: I. Ken t H ow ert on (H o n ); 2. Dean l.'Ult' (KT M ); 3.
Steve Card well (Stll ).
250·Q PE N A:- 1. Will iam Slidd (H o n ); 2. Tt'ny lbinbridgt'
(KT M); 3. Eric N iel sen (Ya m) .
200 A: I. Ma rl; Milkr (Yam); 2. Ken l .anKham ( Hun) ; 3, .
R' lIIlly Yut lll!': t K••w ].
(WEN 8 ; I. SOIll Clu llu n ( K,aw); 2_ J ill'! Swnl;' ( H o n): 3.
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