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GLOCAL EVENTS
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excited with hi s first Amateur win at
15th overall.
T. V. Holmes scored the Senior class
win, while first -time Novice rider Steve
Smith won his class.
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Results
Danny Hamel scored an undisputed win at the Saucer Run Hare Scrambles.
Hamel wins Saucer
Run Hare Scrambles
By Dorinetta and Bob Murray
P hoto by Bob Murray
RED M
OUNTAIN, CA, MAR. 10
t took two starts, but the 22nd
Annual Saucer Run H are Scrambles fin all y go t underway wi th
KTM 's Danny H am el emergi ng victories in the race staged at Red Mountain
and hosted by the In vad ers Motor cycle
Club.
Strong win ds dipped a corner of the
sta rt banner, causi ng severa l riders to
charge ou t a few feet and stop; then,
most of the exper ts and amateurs o n
th e front line took th e false cue and
were off. Som e of the riders turn ed
arou nd at the end of the bo mb, but
the lead riders were not aware of the
false start unti l the first check.
The restart took pl ace an ho ur later
with Kawasak i T eam Green 's Paul
Krau se roaring four mil es o ver the
crossgrain vall ey to reach the marked
trail first . T here was great traction and
little dust, ·thanks to rains that had
soaked the area the previous week and
winds that were keep ing d ust off th e
trails. The leading trio battled one
another for the lead the first few miles.
Hamel too k over the lead as he passed
first Hunnicutt then Krause in what
he said was a " g narly section of
whoops." Hamel was first into the pits,
46 seconds ahea d of H unnicu tt, who
ha d passed Krause at the first check.
Krau se was able to keep H unnicu tt in
sig ht.
Robert Laughl in quickly passed
three riders after the bomb to catch up
to KTM 's Jimmy Lewis, wh o was in
fourth p lace. La ughli n got past Lewis
in a tight canyo n , then crashed into
th e roc ks. Lewi s moved back in to
fourth, o nly to lose it once mor e to
La ug h lin , wh en Lewis tumbled go ing
up a hill near Searles Station. Laughlin came into the pits fourth, followed
closely by Dale Knapp, wh ose Husq varna 250 had a broken p ipe and a
mi ssin g footpeg , Kawasaki 's Dan
Richardson and Lewis. Knap p had the
fastest p it and was out again in a flash ,
with Lewis close beh ind. Ri chardson,
who was riding for the firs t time since
being injured in a race earlier this year,
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30'
said it took him awhi le to get go ing
in the first loop. Chasing him o ut onto
the seco nd loo p was Derri ck Pai ement,
First Vet into th e pi ts was J ohn
Silva, who pursued Vet Kenny Parry
and l25ccrider John Braasch for a long
tim e. Once the gr oup hit the straigh taway area. Sil va powered hi s O pen
bik e ah ead . Abe Baumann was 10th
man int o the pits, while first l25cc
rider was J eff Capt a t l lth overall
Hamel finish ed th e race un challen ged to claim th e win .
" T he o n ly p roble m I had was
pas sing a couple of q uads. I always
seemed to Catch up to them whe n they
were stuc k in an area tha t was only
a bik e's width wid e," said Ham el, wh o
is backed by KT M, Answer, Du ralube,
F&L Fuel, Scott; Metzeler, Alurninire,
Caerne, Acerbis and RK Chains.
A quarter of the way into th esecond
loo p , Krause became aware that Hunnicu tt was not riding up to par .
" I was making tim e on him and I
fig ured something was wro ng becau se
he was n 't go ing as fast. He didn 't race
me whe n I passed him at the second
check," said Krause.
Hunnicu tt had jammed hi s back
going over the bomb area. He hi t a
whoop wrong, came down hard o n h is
seat. Krause continued to work his way
throug h the la pped riders to nab
second p lace. H unnicu tt rode hunched
over hi s bike, findin g it diff icult to
fig h t th e head winds, bu t he managed
to han g onto third place at the fin ish .
Laugh li n cru ised in for fourth. Knapp
rode hi s own race through the second
loop to wi n the 250cc class at fifth
overall.
Silva pass ed Paiem en t and Lewis,
th en diced wi th Richardson halfway
through th e seco nd pass over th e
co urse. Ri chardson, mo unted o n a
25Occ, wo uld take co ntrol th rough the
tight sectio ns; then Silva, aboard a
500cc, would speed away in the open
pa rts of the course. Silva was first into
the fini sh ch ute for sixth o vera ll , while
Ri chardson settled for sevent h. Paiement fini shed eigh th.
Parry , who had run o ut of gas as
he pulled into the p its , overca me a
front flat to ear n ninth o vera ll. Lewis'
o nly comment as he pull ed into the
chu te in 19th place was, " bad day."
Capt noted it was a really. ro ug h
course on a l25cc, but he came in l l th
and won his class. Dan Urbanek was
0 / A: I. Da nn y H amel (KTM); 2. Pa ul Kra u se
(Kaw); 3. Ted Hunnicuu (Ka w]: 4. Robert La ughlin
(Hon) ; S. Dale Knapp (H la); 6. Jo hn Silva (Kaw);
7. Dan Richardson (Kaw); 8. Derrick Paiement
(Ka w) ; 9. Kenn y Parry (Kaw); 10. J immy Lewis
(KTM).
O PEl''; EX: I. Dann y Hamel (KTM ); 2. Pa ul
Kra use (Kaw); 3. T ed Hunnicuu (Kaw); 4. Robert
Laughlin (H on) ; S. Derrick Pa iemen t {Kaw).
2SO EX: I. Dale Knapp (H u, ); 2. Dan Richardson
(Ka w): 3. J imm y Lew is (KT M); 4. Dave Arm str ong
{Ka w) : S. S"",e Sm ith (KT M).
t 25 EX: I. Jd'fC.p , (Ya m ): 2. Roger Hurd (Kaw);
3. Gary Christie (Ka w) .
VET OPEN EX: I. J ohn Silva (Kaw); 2. Gary
Scheidler (Ya m ); !. Dennis T ipto n (Han ); 4. Dan
Reider (Kaw); S. Robert Du nlap {Ya m ).
VET 2SO EX: I. Kenny Parry (Kaw): 2. Phil
Ga rgo ne (H a n ); 3. Bruce J ones (S uz); 4. Sco u
Anderson (Yam ); 5. Larry G eorge (Yam).
sa OPEN EX: I. T .V. H olmes (KT M); 2. J ackson
(KT M); 3. Rex P iu, (Yam): 4. Milch Hedrick (KT M).
sa 2SO EX: I. SIeve Thompson (Kaw).
O PEN AM: I. J im Fowler (Hon ); 2. J erry Sch uma n
(Ka w): 3. J cff Maas (H us): 1. Dale Mo rris {Ka w) :
5. Scc u Herwig (KTM).
. 250 AM: I. Dan Urba nek (Yam ); 2. Bruce Stewart
(Ka w ); 3. Mike Edm o nds; 4. J erry Mercer (Su z); 5.
Rick Man ioc (SUl ).
125 AM: I. Ru ss Wil