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eLOCAL EVENTS
SR OPEN AM: I. J. O>eslnut (Han); 2. R. Mallinson
(Hon); 3. D. Stay (Hon).
SR OPEN NOV, 1. R. Martin (Yam).
SR OPEN BEG, 1. R. Martin (Vam); 2. B. Backett
(Yam).
SR 250 EX, 1. C. Krickbaunt (Han); 2. K. Jones
lHon); 3. R. Early (Hon).
SR 250 AM: I. C. Spell""'" (Hon); 2. B. Bosh (Yam);
3. M. Velton (Yam).
SR 250 NOV: I. S. Freeman (!(aw); 2. R. Wohlers
(Yam); 3. R. Spagginc (!(aw).
Vf:T OPEN ex, 1. B. Bennett (!(aw); 2. B. Needham
(Hon); 3. B. Jones (Kaw).
Vf:T OPEN AM: I. S. Fowler (Han); 2. R. Barbosa
(Hon); 3. D. Ray (Kaw).
VET OPEN NOV: 1. T. Turnick (Han); 2. D.
Johnson (Kaw); 3. G. Snyder (Kaw~
Vf:T OPEN BEG: 1. Scott Hale; 2. D. Knox; 3. G.
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W~Ier.
Vf:T 250 EX, 1. J. Braasch (Kaw); 2. S. Anderson
(Yam); 3. D. Byrd (Yam~
VET 250 AM: 1. M. Cartwright (Yam); 2. .8.
MO}'Jlo,han (Yam); 3. M. Harpwood (KTM).
Vf:T 250 NOV: I. J. Villegns (Kaw); 2. P. Ba""""
(Suz); 3. Petrigrew (Vam).
VET 250 BEG: 1. S. Tanner; 2. S. Hunter; 3. T.
Lyons.
MAGNUM 2 EX: 1. A. Guzman (Hon); 2. 0 ..
Kerstine (Kaw).
MAGNUM 2 AM: 1. R. Recker (Yam); 2. D. Hawbr
(Kaw).
MAGNUM I EX: . C. SwaHord (Han); 2. B.
Thompson (Hon).
SlSR EX: 1. G. Paull (KTM); 2. W. Eveland (Vam).
WMN EX: 1. R. Alger (K.,w).
WMN AM: 1. D. Eichman (Han).
WMN NOV: 1. S. Morrison (Hon); 2. D. Lyons
. (Suz); 3. F. Cannon.
Shuggart shit!es at Wilkes
County Motocross
By Tamara Preshell
LENOIR. NC, JAN. 3
John Rudder (13X) led a pack of riders off the Expert-class start. Rain before the event made for nearly dustless conditions.
Hamel clobbers
competition at
Jackrabbits H&H
By Ken Harvey Jr.
Photos by Carl Ogren
RED MOUNTAlN, CA, JAN. 10
ational Hare & Hound Champion
Danny Hamel took advantage of
dustless conditions to win the
Jackrabbits Hare & Hound, which was
the first District-37 race of the year.
A cold and stormy day looked to be
brewing as over 300 riders showed up for
the race, and long lines at sign-up caused
a delay in the five-row bomb start.
Rain started to fall as the Expert
wave roosted off the line, and Pro
Circuit-backed Dave Ondas flew first to
the saddle at the end of the bomb run.
Right at his heels was a fleet of riders
including Hamel, Derrick Paiement, Ted
Hunnicutt, Jimmy Lewis, and Donnie
Griewe. Ondas kept on flying up front,
but nearly ended his race right in front
of Hamel
"Dave hit one of the huge whoops
wrong and it threw him about 10 feet up
in the air," said HameL "He was pointed straight up and down and it scared
me so much that 1 slammed on my
brakes."
Hamel took advantage of the mistake
to make a pass for the lead and, as
usual, continued on uncontested.
Paiement swooped into the second position as the course made a loop through
Searles Station Valley and headed
towards Charlie's Place. Ondas,
Hunnicutt and Lewis were swapping
third place until Lewis made a break
and set out after Paiement. Griewe got
his Husky four-stroke up to speed and
followed Lewis through the pack. A
short time later both riders bagged
Paiement, but Hamel was long gone.
Suffering from a poor start was Larry
Roeseler. After colliding with another
rider right off the start, he began a
charge from back around 20th place.
Dave Kersting was also having troubles.
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After scrambling to find a replacement
muffler right before the race, his carburetor top came off at the end of the
bomb run.
"I had to make some adjustments to
the jetting and 1 must have forgotten to
tighten the top," said Kersting.
Jeff Capt was leading the 12Sec class.
Without any close competition from his
class, he started working on the larger
bikes.
"1 passed a bunch of open bikes and
then I got to this big gap and everyone
was gone," said Capt, referring to the
lead pack of riders who had stretched
out a sizable lead.
Back up front it was still Hamel leading, but as the riders went down a long
road into check two, Griewe made his
move on Lewis for second place.
"1 had it pinned and just held it on
through some rollers and 1 think its just
hooked up," said Griewe. A short distance behind, Roeseler was quickly
catching up to Lewis.
The second loop took riders through
the sand hills for a quick 18 miles. The
only changes in the front-runners happened when Lewis passed Ondas and
chased after Griewe. In a technical section, Griewe stalled and allowed Lewis
to take back second position.
John Braasch was having no problems with the Vet 250cc class and was
even running ahead of most of the 250cc
Experts. Capt still had a sizable lead in
the 12Scc class, but Jason Kawell and
Steve Ogren were fighting over second
place. Charlie Morris was making up for
lost time from a flat tire on loop one,
and was trying to catch John Rudder
who had a comfortable cushion in second place.
As the riders entered the pits for the
last time, Hamel was still holding a
comfortable margin in first, and Lewis
was holding down the second spot.
Griewe pitted quickly, though, and got
out of the pits in second place. Roost
America-backed Griewe turned up the
pace as he set out on the third loop,
which headed north through Charlie's
Place aILd across Navy Road before
swinging back to Teagle Wash.
The first 28 miles of the 3O-mile loop
were high-speed terrain, allowing
Griewe to pull a little time on Lewis. In
the last two miles, the Jackrabbits threw
in a surprise section of tight uphills and
downhills, where Lewis turned up the
heat in hopes of ca tching Griewe, while
Hamel crossed the finish line with the
wilL. As Griewe crested the last hill,
Lewis had attached himself to his
Husky's rear fender. Across the last 200
yards to the finish, Lewis got a wheel
length on Griewe, but could not make it
through the finish chute. Griewe made it
into the chute, taking half of it down
with him as MSR/Scotts/Power Barbacked Lewis came in to collect third
overall and the 250cc class win.
"1 didn't thiILk (Lewis) could catch
me," said Griewe at the fmish. "The last
time I looked. back he was way back
there. I thought we were going to hit
someone, coming in here so fast."
Hamel's race wasn't as exciting. "The
scariest thing today besides Dave's big
clicker at the start was sitting at the end
of the finish chute and seeing DOILnie
and Jimmy come flying at me. I had a
smooth ride after I passed Dave. I just
roosted."
Ondas finished fourth, with
Hunnicutt and Roeseler not too far
behind. Braasch was sixth overall and
first in the Vet 250cc class, and Rudder,
Paiement, 12Scc class winner Capt and
Billy Fullmer rounded out the top 10.
Unofficial Results
O/A: 1. Danny Hamel (KoIw); 2. Donnie Griewe
(Hus); 3. Jimmy Lewis (Kaw); 4. Dave Ondas (!(aw); 5.
Larry Roesoler (Kaw); 6. John Braasch (l