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Continued from page 23 "Except for missing the check at the end of lo op on e, I had n o prob lems whatsoever," said Gray. "I rea lly liked all the tight stuff on the first loop and the la st loop w as ex ce lle n t, too . The club did a rea lly good job orga n izi ng and marking the course." Fourth-placed Ger be r wanted a few more markings out on the course. "The a rrows need ed to be just a bit better. I go t lost thr ee times on the first loo p," sa id Gerber. "The four-stroke has a good motor and it runs good for me, but the su spension is stock and that was a mistake. It beat me silly ." Aron H un t in gton ca ta pul te d up through the pa ck in the final loo p and dashed in hard on Gerber's hee ls to take fifth overall and second in th e 250cc division . "There was some confusion a t a check ab out ha lf way through the last loop. I think so me people wen t down a wron g road because I got by a few people there," said Huntington. A tired, ba ttered Abbott reached the firs t finis h line of his ill-fated series in sixt h , jus t ahead of Curtis Dice, who took th e Over-30 honors in seventh, th ree places ahead of race-long riva l Kerry Lynn. "It went good bu t it sure got hot out there. The last 30 miles, I just wanted it to end ," sa id Dice . "It was so slick, it was like riding on ice but it was fu n, and hopefully today bumped me into the (Over-30 Clas s) series lead . I was in second plac e coming in today." There. were no ma ybes for KTM250 pilot Greg Zitterkopf, who earned h is first Hare and H ound title when he crossed the line in ei g h th , or YZ125 racer Jeff Capt, who took his class title for the thi rd time in ninth overall. "This was my first yea r for the Hare & Hound Championsh ip Series and it's been a lot of fun ," sa id KTM-b acked Zitte rkopf. "Meeting all the d ifferent people has been rea lly exciting and the way d iffe rent clubs mark the courses has been kin d o f a challenge fo r me because I d on't ha ve the desert expe rience. It's been gr ea t." Capt described his journey to victory in the 125cc d ivision as pretty uneventful. "It was really slip pery out there - I was slid in g all o ve r the place and I . didn't kn ow whethe r I had the right tires, but I just took it easy and rod e to finish, " sa id Capt. " Every thi ng went w ell:' Bill Maxim took h is fif th O v er-4 0 Na tiona l title in a row when he crossed the finish in 12th overall. " I g ot a good s tart but once I got passed I ate a lot of dust. I just could n't ge t out of it, sa id Maxim. "The course was pretty beat up; the same old course we see every year. It wasn't any fun for me." D S~O BUy!i you t:h ree d ay!i of' infield a nd p a d d o c k adRli!i!iion. ADVANCE PADDOCK TA6 § RlU!it: be p urcha!ied by Friday, Oct:ober ~~ . N Unofficial Results O/A: 1. Dann y Hamel (Ka w); 2. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 3. Iim Gray (Kaw ); 4. Brandon Cerber (ATK); S. Aron Huntington (Kaw ); 6. Destry Abbott (KTM); 7. Curtis Dice (KTM ); 8. G reg Zillerko pl (KTM); 9. /e ll Cap. (Ya m); 10. Kerry Lynn (Kaw); 11. Brian Ellingson; 12 Bill Maxim (Kaw); 13. Chance Maughan (Suz); 14. Todd Hoy (KTM); 15. /efl Boyd (Yam); 16. Vince Lucero (Hon); 17. Kevin Bogue; 18. Rob Flagler (KTM ): 19. Jarred Wheeler (KTM); 20. Scott Me yer; 21. Eric Searle (Hon); 22. Charlie Spe llman (Kaw ); 23. Corky Maughan (Suz) ; 24. Greg Herweg (KTM); 25. Brad Johnson (KTM). OP EN EX: 1. Danny Ha me l (Kaw ); 2. Jim Gray {Kaw]: 3. De stry Abboll (KTM). 250 EX: 1. Larry Roesele r (Kaw) ; 2. Ar on Huntingt on (Kaw); 3. Greg Zitte rko p f (KTM). 125 EX: I. Jeff Capt (Yam). 4·ST K EX: 1. Brandon Ger ber (ATK); 2. Scott Meyer. 30. EX: 1. Curti s Dice (KTM): 2. Kerry Lynn (Kaw): 3./elf Boyd (Yam). 40+ EX: 1. Bill Maxim (Kaw) ; 2. Charlie Spellman (Ka w). UNOFFICIAL AMA NATIONAL CHAM PIONSHIP HARE AND HOUND SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After 6 of 7 roun ds ): 1. Danny Hamel (180/6 w ins)-; 2Larry Roeseler (87); 3. Ty o.VIS (82); 4. James Gray (79); 5. Greg Zitt erkop l (78). 'Cinched ti.le . Donate to THECLAYTON FOUNDATION 2201 Cherry Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806 310/427-7433 "Wewant to be your flWOrite charity" 27