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Jeff Glass (51) pu lled the holeshot in th e firs t 250cc A class moto du ring the Volun teer State MX Cha mpi onshi p at Muddy Creek
Racewa y, but Mike Brown (54) was the overall winner in both the 125 and 250cc divisions.
piece of wood in the hole, then melted a
nylon rope and goo ped it in there and
duct ta pe d over th e to p. Th e melt ed
nylon rope makes good goopy stuff - it
saved my bacon," said Bottum.
For those who cou ld hang around
a fte r Saturday' s fin is h, there w as a
ca tered barbecu e wi th chic ken, tri-tip
an d beans, hours of bench racing. and a
sho wing of " On An y Sund ay" on th e
only big screen television an yon e had
ever seen in a wilde rness campground.
Despite the fest iv it ie s; th ere we re
so me early n ights; 150 miles of riding
had taken their toll and the promise of
140 more the following d ay d id the rest.
Some of the riders we re also planning a
crack-of-da wn s tart.
"I left at 6:30 th is morning to avo id
the dust, plus I like to ride in the morning whe n i t's s till coo l," sa id Ma rk
Dunn, wh o completed Sunday' s circuit
at 11.30 a.m,
"A lot of p eople could n ' t m ake it
becau se it was too soon after the July 4
weekend, but I'm going to keep the roll
chart and try to ge t so me guys up here
to play:' said Dunn, who almost didn't
make it himself after he holed his side
ca se . before noon on Sa turda y. Help
from Suzu ki's support personnel, who
were at the lunch s top bo th days, p u t
Dunn and many others back on the trail.
A Ho nda support tru ck and personn el
provide d similar help at the start/finish
line, as well.
Day tw o's ride held as man y cha llenges as d a y one's. A sa nd y up hill
caused problems in one of the difficult
se ctions and BMW RIOOGS pil ot Don
Kassner op ted out of the difficult sections because of the downhills.
"I rode one difficult section yes terday
and it wore me out because the bike is
so heavy. I decided that if the difficult
sec tions were go ing to be like that, I
wasn' t going to last the day so I stuck to
the easy stuff," said Kassner, who has
racked up 13,000 miles riding his 1992
Beemer to, from and during d ual-sport
events.
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Veteran d ual sporter Jesse Goldberg
gave both da ys a big thumbs up.
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"I wo uld rate it a 10 on a scale of one
to 10," said the Honda XR600R rider.
And the younger set had a grea t time,
too. Six-year-old Joshua William s, w ho
co-piloted a Yamaha XT500 w ith h is
father Rick Williams, found the cow trails
and trees a far-cry from the duo's normal
two-up rides at EI Mirage Dry Lake, bu t
admitted he "liked the skinny roads."
Doug Mcintyre, who teamed up on a
H ond a XR250L, ha d to alter his riding
sty le to suit his eigh t-year-old passenger, d au ghter Nicolette.
"We did one hard way - the first one
on Saturday, but it was a bit too hard for
both o f us and she le t me kn ow she
didn't ca re for th at ," said Mcin tyre. "And we came down th e pa vement a t
the end of (Sund ay) because s he was
getting tired."
Ever y rider who finis hed had high
praise for the route, the scenery and the
accu racy of the Team Dual Dogs 's roll
cha rt. The only thing they had a problem w ith was deciding which day they
liked best.
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AMA Southeastern Regional MX Championship
Mega Series
Team Green
invades Muddy
CreekMX
By Ba rb a ra Williams
Photo by Loren Williams
BWUNTVILLE, 1N,)ULY 10-11
onda-mounted Mike Brown rained
on Kawasaki's pa rad e at the 9th
Annua l Kawasaki /Piz za Plus/
WQUT FM 101.5 Volunteer Stat e MX
Champ ionship at Mudd y C r ee k
Raceway, w inning both the 125 a nd
250cc A classes.
Over 550 racers from 19 states braved
scorching heat and smothering humidity to take their shots at the gua ranteed
$5000 Pro-class purse, ama teur trophies,
and sponsor awards from Scott, Motu l,
Oury, Hammerhead Graphics, Race
Tech, Sam Thomas Racing, Phillips 66
and Gear Racewear. Just to make things
in te resting, Victory Sports promo ter
Sam Ga m mo n ele cted to run the 1.3mile circu it backwards.
Bro wn, the ack nowledged king of
Mud dy Creek, put together 2-1 finishes
in both classes to contin u e h is reign,
pocketing $800 in purse money and $600
in Honda factory bu cks. Team Green's
Jim Neese had only one mishap - a crash
- in an oth erwise strong showing. win ning two of the four motes. Otherwise,
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Neese had a good da y, notching a runner-up fmish to Brown in the 250cc class
and a third overall in the 125cc division,
and nett in g $720 in cash plus $350 in
Kawasaki contingencies. Neese' s performance was all the more impressive considering he spent a few days in the hospital wi th strep throa t the p r ev iou s
week.
Cli n t La tha m ca rne from Austin ,
Texas to produce a good debu t run a t
Brown in 125cc A, taking over for the
downed N~ and hounding Brown for
the entire firs t moto, The Team Green
rider's second-outing sixth was good for
fourth overall, matching his result in the
250cc A class.
Th ree- time 125cc Nationa l MX
Champion Mark Barnett a nd fo rmer
Yamaha factory star Keith Bowen blew
in to town to s ho w th e kid s that you
n ev er really o u tg r o w mo toc ross . In
250cc A, Bowen bla sted to thir d overall ,
whi le Barnett w rapped up the fifth spot.
In moto o ne of the 25+ A class. .
Pennsylvania 's Jeff Glass pushed the
Surf Honda out fron t, alo ng with Ron
Jones. But during the first lap, Barnett,
Bowen and Alan Andreu ganged up on
Glass and Jones, dropping them unceremoniously to fourth and fifth , respectively. Jones also passed Glass and on
the next lap, and in an attempt to regain
th e position, Glass slid out in an offcamber tum. Whil e Bowen powered to
the win, followed by Barnett, Andreu
and Jones, Glass climbed back up from
10th to finish sixth .
Michiga n's Kreg Bigelow claimed the
seco nd -moto holeshot but, like Gla ss,
was overtaken by Andreu and Bowen.
Soon Bigelow was busy fighting off Jay
Hayes and Tim Doh m, while And rew
and Bowen steamed awa y to first and
second, respect ively. Bigel ow, Hayes
an d Dohm filled out the top five. Barnett
and Jones had tangled on the start and
were not a threat to the leaders.
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Results
SO STK: 1. J. Chase Rob e rts (Yam); 2. Jeffrey A.
Fie lds (Yam ); 3.Allen T u ttle (Ya m) ; 4. Adam Bake r
(Yam); S.Michael Ridge (Yam).
50 MO O: 1. Jeffrey A. Fields (Yam); 2. Matt Miller
(Hon ); 3. Adam Baker (Yam); 4. Michael Ridge (Yam).
65: 1. Aaron Lindsey (Kaw); 2. Jeff Gibson (!