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in. be ing only 3.2 miles from the first check and having an easy-to-maintain 20 mph for three miles until the cha nge 10 30 mph. The Ihird check was the real check-in and a tie-breaker at the speed change to 30; several rid ers were caught either ga mb ling or losing thei r concentration. The biggest losers at check three were pre-event favorites Steve Shoemaker and Phil Douglas, who both burned it by two minutes. Check five served to demonstrate who was really paying attention as the odd averages used between checks fou r and five had possible checks spaced miles apart. Shoemaker made his bad day worse by burning check five, but the big story came as Josh Chandler also burned five, by seconds. Although many riders were caught by surprise, most were either in the middle part of their min ute or were able 10 scrub off the time necessary to zero the check. Checks six, seven, and eight were zeroed by all the lead ers, with Ihe second big lesl of the day occurring between check eight and nine, the tie-b reaker check. Cha nd ler, wilh a two-point ho le 10 dig himself out of, rode on the ragg ed edge the whole way, b ut his 3:14 still came up short of the 3:11 recorded by Wood. The 3:22 of Marty Walden led Edie's 3:27 and Glenn Martinson's 3:33. A course-marking p roblem just prior to the finish required that check 10 be thrown out, altho ugh this was no t expected to shuffle the sta n di ngs. At the end, Wood's tota l of 9:51.8 topped the 9:53.8 of Vel winner Walden for ove rall ho nors. Four-stroke winner Martinson's 9:54.5 gave him thi rd ove rall, and second Sports- . man , to narrowly beat the 9:56.1 of Edie. Chandler's 11:51.9 followed, his check five bum dropping him from second 10 fou rth Sportsman, and fifth overall. Resu lts 0 / A SPlSMN: 1. Dave Wood (ICaw); 2. Glenn Martinson (Hon); 3. Jason Edit- (Hon) ; 4. Josh Ch ilndler (HO!'); S. John May (Hus). 2SO A: 1. Dave Wood (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Edie (Hon); 3. Josh Chandler (Hon); 4. Don Knapp (Suz); 5. Rob White (Kaw). OPEN A:. 1. Matt CulliT18 (SU7.); 2. Kiy Spore (KTM) ; 3. Troy WiNlow (Kaw). 4-STRK A: 1. Glen n Martinson (Hon) ; 2. John May (Hus); 3. Duke Lambert (Hon ); 4. Colin McDonald (Hus) ; S. Jason Lowe (Hon). VET A: 1. Marty W.a.lden (Hon); 2. OaveFroman (KiIw); 3. Bob Stene (Yam); 4. JeffPainter (lion); 5. Bill Benson. SR A:. 1. Rick Beckstrom (Hon); 2. Dale Greenhalgh,: 3. Phi llip Bishop; 4. Don Matheson; S. PeteT Prich.ard. S/SR A: 1. Rick Guidice; 2.. Frank Showers; 3. David King . Stiles,Cartwright hot at Ft, Hood Motocross Smith grabs San Jose Endurothon opener By A.M. Taylor FORT HOOD,TX, NOV. 21 Ricky Carlwright rode his Impac t Kawasa ki KDX200 to the overall win in the Almosl Fast class at the Fort Hood's Liberty Hill motocr oss facility . In moto one, Cartwright pulled the holeshot and led every lap 10 th e fin sh. In m ot o two, Andy Clark, on a KDX200, was the first rider off the start followed by Cartwright. The two Impact Kawasaki teammates quickly pulled a way from the pack. Car tw righ t tried several times to gel around Clark, but each time Clark would sh ut the door. As they crossed the finsh line it was Clark by a b ike length over Cartwright. Hard-charging Chris Stiles was the Fast class overall winner. In mo to one, Stiles gated fourth but was quickly on the move and, by lap three, took the lead over a se t of double jumps and pulled away from the pack to win . In moto two, Stiles got a terrible start and was in eighth place after the first lap. Stiles th en started a fierce charge to the fro nt, but ran out of time and finshed third in molo two, giv ing Stiles the overall class win. The ironman award went to Darrell Diamond . Th e 1993 National Enduro Four.St ro ke B Champio n ro de three classes to res pectable finshes. Diamond used the six motos as part of h is off-season Iraining for the 1994 National Ha re and Ho und Series. Res u lts M!UTARY: 1. Tom Higdon; 2. Danny Irwin; 3. Da vid Henry; 4. Chuck Lemaster; S. Darrell Diamond. 50: I. ChrilI Fajlr:us; 2. Mike Palmer . 60; 1. Ol>rek Kemp; 2. Ryan Roberts; 3. KPlUlY v cec 4. Marcus Fomby. 80: 1. Heath Hendley; 2. Brandon Tarnow ; 3. David Tarnow; 4. Derek Kemp; S. JacobBarT . The series that continues to grow and grow and grow. AlMOST FAST: 1. Rid Cartwright; 2. Andy Cla rk; 3. Harold Kramer, 4. Jerome Gold ick; S. Ben Nleveea. FAST: 1. Chris Stiles; 2. Todd Nibarger; 3. George Doss; 4. ShaneCuinther. FASTE 1. Michot l Briscoe; 2. Jay King; 3. Bob Fomby; 4. R: e Mike Moses; 5. Ch uck Lemaster. FASTEST: 1. Tom H igdon ; 2. Skippt"r Roberts; 3. Butch Tobin; 4. Scott Whi tis; 5. David Hen ry . Race One 0 / A: 1. Dan Hart /Don Hart (Hon); 2. Craig Chmtian (Yam); 3. Jaso n Murrell/}oe Bruce (Kaw); 4. Chris McCallie (Hon) ; S. By Bill Spencer SAN JOSE, CA, NOV 21 Rodney Smith began his winter workout with an overall win in the fir st round of th e Dublin Kawasaki-Honda-Suzuki/Hap Jones Distrib uting-sponsored six-race endurothon series at the San Jose Fairgrounds Speedway. , The American Suzuki/Dublin KawasakiHonda-Suzuki/Thor / Bieffe / FMF/Race Tech/ Dunlop /Pro Taper/RK Chain/Sprocket Spec'; ASIC Shoes/Ceet/NoPro/Devo l/Smith Goggles-backed Smith had a heck of a tussle with Joe Bruce Ihroughoul the two-hour race that included lead swapping and side-by-side duels. At the start, Bruce led the BO-riderpack with Smith follow ing for the first six laps before taking his RMX 10 the fore . Bruce actua lly missed the gas slop sign, ran out , and still finished second, some distance behind the ISDE rider. Eric Rucelik and Dan Reger tea med for the third ove rall and firsl Endurothon team, while Eric Bostrom, the youngest of the racing family , was fourth over the Hart Brothers, who had previously won the 125cc battle an d would take another fourth in the Open class . Alex Jorgensen was first Vet Expert, finishing third Spo rtsman while Ron Mayfield won the Ironman Sportsman class with a eighth overall. The early race saw Joe Bruce lead for the first hour on the Jason Murrell entry, bu t the Hart Brothers, Don and Dan, overtook Bruce for the overall win. Craig Christian took second, an d first in the lronman class. The Vintage class had a record entry of 27 riders with Butch Cochran winning on a four- ~AJJ'~. stroke Ho nda, but only after a battle with Nick Na zzisi teamed w ith Rod La ke. Dan Dittrich kepi them all honest for a very close third overan over Harry Bellicitti , who lopped the 40+ group honors. Rick Ryan sho wed up about five minutes befo re the start of the Open class b u t only needed five laps to ru n down th e Pucelik/Reyer team and then win by over half a lap . Res ults Shaun Russell (Xaw). . VINT: 1. Butch Cochr an (Hon); 2. Rod Lake /Nick Na zzisi (Hon); 3. Dan Dittrich (Hu s); 4. Harry Bellicitti (Hu s) 5. Bob Muchbanb (Hon ). RaceTwo 0 / A: 1. Rodney Smith (Suz); 2. Joe Bruce (Kaw); 3. Eric Pucelik /Dan Reger (Hon ); 4. Eric Bostrom (Ha n); 5. Dan Hart/Don Hart (Hon). Race Three 0 / A: 1. Rick Ryan (Hon); 2. Eric Pucelik /Dan ~ (Han) ; 3. Andy Treeeerr'Steve Silvestri (Ya m); 4. Dan Hart /Don Ha rt (Kaw); 5. Joe Ve1la ~8ob Zadc.'S (Kaw ). Baxter bags Fallon-to- ' Lovelock Hare & Hound ... ~ l-I OJ ~ OJ U OJ a ByElizabeth Asley FALLON, NY, NOV. '}j Mike Baxter wo uld not be de nied the overall win at this years' running of the annual Fallon 10 Lovelock Hare &: Hound held on the Satu rday after Thanksgiving. Baxter has almost wo n this event the last two years, with a seco nd overall p lacing last yea r an d a thi rd the year befo re . But 1993 was his year to put it all together as Baxter took the w in, with over a two- minute lead a t the finis h, just outside of Lovelock. Baxter was ph ysically in third place going into pit one bu t, once his start time was adjusted, he had the overall lead by the 47-mile gas stop . As soon as Baxter got gas, he wasted no time in taking ove r the p hysical lead, too, as the course headed up into the old mi nin g claims near the ghost town of Jess up. Once clear of the other riders, Baxter se ttled in to a comfortable pace SO as not to throwaway the win tha t had eluded him for the last two years. - SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL SERIES AVERAGE 1989= 260 1990 = 343 1991 = 361 1992 = 440 1993 = 483 AM" ~~HANlP.ONSH.P S ANCTIONE D " $ 4 4 4 , ... 0 0 . 0 0 FACTORYC N E CIES O TING N HONDA $ 129/225 S UZUK I 127,1 25 YAMA HA 109, 500 KAWA SA K I 78, 250 V I!ICTCRV e< Sports Racing March 13 • Muddy Creek Raceway Blountville, Tn DUNLOP Day At J 0:00 AM the gate w iJI fal/. opening the 94 racing season. EVERYBODY will be there. to find selves out who is fastand to test them against the BEST. WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN THE GATE FALLS? the MEGA SERIES The MEGA SERIES q major events the S UZUKI EASTERN CONTINENTAL MX CHAMPIONSHIP, - May 14 & 15 ,the KAWASAKI VOLUNTEER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP - July 9 & 10 the YAMAHA FALLNATIONALS Sept 10 & 11 the HONDA T PGUN SHOWDOWN O - Oct 22 & 23 .- ~enthal by - - ---'. IN O 615-323-5497 F INF 615-323-5497 O 75