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(Above) Dave Schulz (far lane) took the win In the Southern Nationals IInal In Atla nta,
Georgia, when John Myers (near lane) sullered a broken connecting rod. (Below) Defending
Ultracro ss Champion Lar'ry Brooks (1) flew to the win In the sam Boyd Sliver Bowl.
NHRA Wmston Dra Racin Series: Round 3
Schultz wins,
Myers breaks
By Todd Veney
ATI.ANTA, GA, APR. 22-24
o h n Myers shouldn't even have
been surprised when a connecting
rod broke about a second into his
NHRA Fram Southern Nationals final round race with David Schultz. If it
hadn't been that, it would have been
something else for th e Birmingham,
Alabama , ri der, w ho se bad luck a t
Atlan ta Dragway is legenda ry . .
It was Myers ' fifth str aight runnerup finish at the Southern Nationals,and
Schul tz's fifth consecutive victory. This
time, Myers was off the line jus t fivethousandths on Schultz , w h o also
moved w i th a near-perfec t rea ctio n
time.
": 1. David Schultz
(3092) Z. John Myers (2786); 3. Michael Phillips (1956);
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4. Hector Arana (1628); 5. Jm. Ileman:I (1576); 6. Russ
Nyberg (1452); 7. John Smi th (1374); 8. Jamie Hochbawn
(1124); 9 . SteveJohnson (1120); 10. Ga ry Tonglet (1114).
nUIlracross Series: Round4
Brooks heats up
Las Vegas Ultraccss
By Tony Gardea
Photo by Trac kside Photo
LAS VEGAS, NY, APR. 23
a r r y Br oo ks brough t home ye t
another 250cc U1tracross main event
w in for the Noleen Yamaha te a m
during the fourth round of the Mickey
'Thompson U1tracross Series at the-Sam
Boyd Silver Bowl.
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Wi th an u nseaso na l " heat wave "
scorching the track earlier in the wee k,
riders and teams were preparing for the
elemen ts which you should expect"from
a Las Vegas race - unbearable heat and a
dry, slick track. But cloud cover
dropped the temperature into the 70s on
race da y, setting up ideal racing conditions for an outstanding field of 250cc
riders.
Brooks, w ho is the defend ing class
champion, was on the inside of row six
for the start of the 10-lap main event
while teamma te a nd cu r rent po ints
leader Kyle Lewis sa t on the ou tside of
row seven.
At the drop of the gree n flag. it was
Broo ks who got off the line fastest and
began to work his way through the
pack, moving up to second place by the
end of the first lap. Lewis didn't fare as
well and sat a distant seventh. Brooks
began to reel in leader Ray Crumb by
the end of lap two , and passed Crumb
for the lead in the whoops section en tering tum three on the third lap . Lewis
got by Crumb -mom ents later, and set
his sights on the leader, Brooks.
Brooks used good lines through the
whoops and ran tight inside the turns to
hold Lewis at bay en route to his second
main-event wi n of the season. Lewis,
who has two wins to his credit this season, settled for second while Crumb finished third. Series roo kie Chad Smanjak
was fourth.
With the win, Brooks moved into a
tie with Lewis for second on the all-time
main-event win list with eight, two
behind all-time winner Tyson Vohland.
Lew is now holds a 56-point lead over
Brooks i n the champ ionhsip point
stan dings, 289-233. The U1tracross riders
will be given a month-and-a-half layoff
before the June 18 race in Salt Lake City,
as the Mickey Thompson Stadium OffRoad Racing series prepares for its second-half run.
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Results
MAIN, 1. !.any Brooks (Yam); Z. Kyle Lewis (Yam );
3. Ray Oumb (Ya m); 4. Chad Sma njak (Hon); S. Robert
Drew (Kaw). 6. Cr aig Canoy (!Caw) ; 7. Scott Myers
(Yam); 8. Cl>risRidgway (Ka w) ; 9. Ryan Carl isle (Kaw);
10. M.trc Peters (y am ).
District 4 trials gets
underway with Locke Trial
By Don Allis
LCJCKE. NYAPR. 17
The 1994 District 4 Observed Trials season started the sam_e wa y the 1993 season ended . Many
of the class winners were the same riders who
we re domina ting their classes d uring the 1993
season. Many of the riders hav e upd ated or pu rchased new equ ipment and ridi ng gear hoping
to gai n an edge on their competitio n in 1994.
One rid er , who spoke a t the 1993 Awa rd s
Banquet about how one cou ld remain compe ti·
tive on the older eq uipment by sticking to the
basics an d concen trating on one's riding, proved
ho w right he wa s by beating five ot he r Expert
riders w ith m uch newer equi p ment. Chris
Arnold d efinitely "walked th e wal k" with his
1986 TY350 Yamaha, fini shi ng sec ond to Ray
