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took the lead away from Kronen by naili ng the
throttle thro ugh the rockers. Not wanting to lose
touch wi th the new lead er, both Blackwe ll and
Cooper jett ed past Kronen on the back straight.
By this tim e, Harvey w as already sta rting to
build a n adva ntage on his pursue rs . Coope r,
reali zing tha t h is cha nces fo r the wi n were
qui ckly slip ping away, tu rned up the wick in an
effo rt to pass Blac kwell. Coming th ro ugh the
rock er s , Cooper got out of shape, sho t pas t
Blackwell , hit the fo llowing huge be r m a nd
launched himself on to ano ther pa rt of the track
collid ing with two slower riders. Cooper, who is
affectiona tely known a t Cyclela nd as "C ras h"
Cooper, found himself p inned at the bottom of
the pile. As usua l, Cooper was unhurt, but reen tered the race in twenty-eigh th pos ition.
Mea nwhil e, Ha rvey was goi n g a bo ut h is
bu siness at the front of the pack. With each lap,
his advan tage over Blackw ell was growi ng. At
mid -race, ho wever, Harv ey 's bike s lowed drama tically and ca me to a stop at the end of the
ba cks tra ight wi th a s uspected se ize d p is ton .
With his main compe tition either on the gro und
or ou t of the race, Blackwell was assured of the
victory. Richard Felix had been mo ving through
th e pa c k a n d wa s ab le to p u t the mo v e on
Kronen to secu re second .
In the 250 mai n, the Vet ride rs came out and
sto m pe d on .thcir you ng" r co u n terpa rts. Rick
Nyc sho t in to the lead a t the star t of the main
and pu lled away from H rest of the field . The
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other Vet in the field, Ralph Blanchard, gated
jus t inside the top 10 and needed three laps to
move up to second place. By the time he go t second, Nye had checked ou t. At the finish it wa s
Nye ta kin g the win , Blancha rd ta king second,
and regu lar Int erme ia te rider, Colin Moa kley,
d
forced to accept a dista nt third .
Resu lts
l'j W; 1. 8co1ndon rl,lw..11 (Yo1m ); 2. Dylan Smi th (yam); 3.
D.ul"C'nNyl! (y a m ); 4. Albm Smi U.... (Ya m ).
60 JR: 1. Eric NY" (K.. w ).
bO NOV : 1. St.th Hdrr i!- (Hon) ; 2. Ste ve Bit..-.er (Kaw); 3. 5.lrd
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Ga rne r (K.i w ); 4. Da n""1 row..... (K.lw) .
MIM JR; t. K yll! c..~ (Suzl; 2. Evan La ugh ridge (Ya m); J .
Nik ki Harm (Ya m).
MINI NOV : I. JI"S/«" Smith (lionl; 2. Mid wel rdl lef50n (Yam );
3. O'lfi5 Bit7.n-CYam ); • . R(I("hl:-lIe Fow ~r (yam ).
125 JR: 1. 'Oy "' n Bw("kwe 11 (Hun) .
125 NO V; I. Do ug Krunrn (Ya m); 2. Rich.lrd Pehx (Ya m); 3.
H.lrolJ $.tek (y.t m) .
2SOINT: 1. Co lin MOo1kk-y (Ya m ).
250 NO V: I. Ktonny Ik-ll.& my (StJZ); 2. W,IyOl' l' et t'TS(Hon).
VET: 1. Rich Nyc- (Hon); 2. Ralph Blanetu rd (l i on).
or, I. Mkh.lI'l Ri("h (SuI.I; 2. 8i11 Kopp in g (Ya m ); 3. Jd f
Shi m izu (Y.lml; 4. Broo ke Trou t (Kaw) .
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By Bart Wilber
CHRISTIANA, TN, AUG. 8
Whi le o n h is way to th e AMA Nat io n a l at
Lo r etta Ly n n ' s , Kev in Fo ley s to p p ed b y
Christiana Raceway to lune up for the big race,
and Foley came aw ay wit h a 1 ~ 1 score to wi n the
overall in the 30+ class.
Loca l Ha re Scra mbles Cha m pio n Robe rt
Pa tter son was p rescnt to post two first p lace
moto finish es in the 25+ class . Ronnie Ray and
Rondalc And rews finished fin ished seco nd a nd
th ird , respec tive ly. Mich ael Tay lo r and Terry
Groves rou nded out the top five.
Shane Berry hill p ut in a d ua l class win in the
125cc A and 250cc A action aboard his Hondas.
. Followi ng Berryi ll's lead , Scott Graves also won
two classes, tak ing the 125cc B and Schoolboy
clas ses. Graves was one of onl y five riders to
ever triple the finis h line jumps.
Yet a nothe r dua l cla ss win wa s pos ted by
Californian Keith M~1 Yes. Mayes won the 250cc B
and Unlimited Amateur classes . He was one of
the cleanest and fastest riders of the d ay.
Res u lts
r jW; 1. KoM l'ru ilt; 2. lmw CLtrd y; 3. Cody r. l ll'r.IOfl.
65: I. Kell y C a rt l!" r; 2. Mkhael B,lfke r; 3. Ja:w n You ng; 4.
Kt-vinStune .
85: 1. Jo n M Oflk; 2. Nicholas Buchholtz; 3 . CO')' Dent on ; 4.
Oint lJurk"-'fl; S. Will t1 ow~.
SCHBY : I. Scu ll Graves; 2. And n"w W ilson; 3. Kev in Boyd ; 4.
Br.lnd o n H.IJ'~lwoud; 5. Ch ri!!. Bu rkl't' n.
125 BEG: 1. loel Brya nt; 2. Rusty Rogers : 3. Chris Boone; 4.
Brdlld on H.I1". dwooJ .00 Stt"Vl"W in fn-r .
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125 C: I. Brya n MeDon .tl d; 2. Rue! Jon t'S; 3. Deric Egnor; 4.
Ch.l rll'" Dubbs; 5. h..• Stinson .
125 B: 1. Scull Gr.lVL'5; 2. Ke ith G u id en ; 3. Kip py Mar ks; 4.
An d re w Wi l<;t,n 5. Kr vin Boyd .
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125 A: I. SIl.lrlC8cm y hill .
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250 BEG : 1. G