Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

round the last la p w he n 1 ran out. 1 guess it wasn't a good gas d ay for th e Conners!" " Rodney tried to run awa y from me towards the end, bu t he never did pull away from me," said Plessinger of the du el with Smith. "Going out the last lap, 1 was right on him, but 1 think he was getting tired. It seemed like he was taking a d rink of hi s water bottl e every mile. Once he went to take a drink an d m issed a line that was a little shortcut between these two trees. He wen t down below a nd 1 we n t in between th e tw o trees . We came out a t the sa me pl ace and hit togeth er. We both wen t d own, but Rodney high-sid ed over th e other side. 1 got up first and pushed as hard as 1 co uld to th e finis h. Aft er th e race 1 tal ked to Rodney and he said, 'T ha t's ra cin g: It wasn't intentional o r anything, and it was n't nearly as hard as we hit in Tennessee:' 0 Sunday Creek Millfield, Ohio Results: October 23, 1994 (Round 8 of 9) a lA: 1. Sco tt Plessinge r (KTM); 2. Rodne y Smi th (Suz); 3. Tom No rto n {Kaw]: 4. Do ug Blackw ell (Kaw ); 5. Terry Cunningha m (Yam); 6. Jason Da lmen; 7. Ge ne O 'Naii (Ka w ); 8. Steve Leivan (Ya m); 9. Mark Hyde (Suz); 10. Lcigh Lete lier (KTM); 11. Mam n Kehlmeier (KTM); 12. Terry .Gill ila nd (KTM); 13. Eri c Ma sbbir (H us ); 14. John Mashino (KTM); IS. Sco. Harde (KTht); n 16. John Mashino (KTht); 17. Robert Bennett (Kaw); 18. Ric h a rd Bryan (KTM); 19. Jeffre y Hu p p (Ka w ); 20 . David Black (Hon). (Left) Racing In the autumn: A group of riders tackles the leaf-covered "Ravine," one of the many highlights on the 1 G-mlle loop. (Below)Tom Norton - second in the series standings· finished third overall. They take it easy for the first couple of la p s to dial in the track and then g o from there. 1kind of we nt backwards ." "I started off slow and rode the first few miles pla ying catch-up," sai d Plessinger. "I picked my way through to second and rode wi th Dary l Conn er an d T.e. for a while. We weren't ri1itng a real fast pa ce at that point. 1 guess we really di dn't ha ve to because everyone w as riding behind me a t the ti m e. 1 could look back an d even see the 250cc A class guys, and they started a minute behind us." Bu t tlie pace d id pick up when Norton reached the fron t. " Tom my pi cked up the pace r eal fast," said Plessinger. "Until he cras hed a lap and a hall later we were all goin g rea l fast: ' . "I got back up to Scott an d Rodney but 1 spent too mu ch ene rgy trying to catch up early in the race," said Norton. "I cli p ped a tr ee a nd fell d own, then stalled once. After that 1just held on and tried to keep Blackwell behind me:' Daryl Conner dropped back a nd ended up dueling briefly with his brother. However, once Duane got away from him, Daryl made a fuel miscalculation and ran out of ga s. Ironically, o lder _ brother Duane made a similar mistake that cost him a high overall finish . "I ran out of gas on the last lap:' said Duane Conner. "I was running the small tank again and 1 elected not to stop on the last lap like my pit wanted me to, and ran out (of gas). 1 was third halfway PRo: 1. Scott Plessi nge r (KTM); 2. Rodney Sm ith (Suz); 3. Tom Nonon (Kaw); 4. Dou g Blackwell (Kaw); 5. Terry Cunningham (Yam~ 4-STR K: I. Rodney Judson (Hon); Z. Davi d Black (Han); 3. Ralph ~orn (Hon); 4. Rus se ll Cherry Jr . (Han); 5. Charles Dailey (Hon ). VET A: I. Mark Hyde (Suz); Z. Darrvl SmHh (Yam); 3. Daniel Fur a (Ha n ); 4. Robert Kirc h ne r (Ha n ); 5. Robert Ha rris (Ha n). SR A: I . Lennie Rhoades (Kaw ); 2. Geo rge Lawson (Kaw ); 3. Herman Player (Suz). S1SR A: I. WHHam MHier (Kaw ); Z. Willa rd Root (ATK). 2SO A: I. Martin Kehlmeter (KTM); 2. Jeffrey Hu pp (Ka w); 3. Kenneth Yount (Yam); 4. Kevin 80m (Yam); 5. Jeff Lappe (KTM). 200 A: 1. Shawn So m mers (Ho n) ; 2. Rya n Moss (Kaw); 3. Neff Braug e (Yam) ; 4. Paul Cheaney (Kaw); 5. Craig Ha yes (Hus) . OPEN A: I. Scot Harden (KTht); Z. Richard Bryan (KTht); 3. MM:hae1 Matos kia (KTht); 4. Bill Cav anaugh (Kaw ); 5. Robbie Jerks (Han). SR B: 1. Micha el Sah wu tz (Su z); 2. Tom Parfitt (Yam); 3. John Rad er (Ya m); 4. Jim Yount (Han); 5. Greg Moss (Kaw). OPEN B: I . David Kidw ell (KTht); 2. Ben Smith Jr. (Ha n); 3. Mik e Gra ve y (K'IM); 4. Robe r t Kow a lski (KTM); 5. Jack Downard (Ha n). 250 B: 1. Je re m y Jarvis (Yam ); 2. Cha rles Mill er (Suz); 3. Richa rd Hart (Han); 4. Robert Johnson (Kaw); 5. Randy Racer (Yam). 125 B: 1. H ea th Bennett (Ya m); 2. Sha w n Belville (Yam); 3. Daniel Hofmann (yam); 4. Sammy Gosnell (Yam); 5. Terry Mullins (Kaw) . 4-STRK B: 1. Mik.e Tread wa y (H a n) ; 2. Ronald Ca m pbell (Ka w) ; 3. Jim Ka llc kcr (H us ); 4. Jeff Rider (Suz); 5. Christopher Sloan (Hus). VET B: 1. Bradley Smith (Hon); 2. To m H arden (So2); 3. Thomas Walt ers (Yam); 4. John Bradley (Kaw); 5. David Co nti (KTht). S/ S R B: 1. Rich a rd Con e (KT M); 2. Will S tidd (Yam); 3. Donald I&e (KTht). OPEN C: 1. M ike McC le ll a n d (Ya m ); 2. Fre d Dier kes (Kaw); 3. Norm Richards (KTht); 4. Eric H ullo (KTht); 5. Christopher tool (Yam). 200 C: I. Jeremy Berwang er (Yam); Z. Jason Caran o (Suz); 3. jeff Sexton (Yam); 4. Keith Vermillion (Kaw ); 5. Jason Smith (Suz). MINI SR : 1. T.J. S ulliva n (Suz); 2. Isa ac Acke ls (lCaw ); 3. Steven C raves (Kaw) ; 4. Charlie Pawns (Suz); 5. Andrew Johnston (Kaw). MINI JR: I . Brand on SluineT (Ya m); Z. 5cth Pallon (Suz ); 3. Nathan Skaggs (Han); 4. Crys tal WHHamson (Yam); 5. Ryan Berkfield (Han). AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIO N SH IP H A RE SCRAMBLES S ER IES (Bes t 7 of 9 round s co un t): 1. Rodney Smi th (203 /3 w ins); 2. Tom Nor to n (163); 3. Scott Plessi nger (101/2); 4. Scott Summn (97/1); 5. Eric Ma .hbir (89); 6. Ja son Dahne n (79 ); 7. (TIE) Rand y Ha w kins (1 wi n)/Leigh Letell ie r (46); 9. Steve Leiva n (45 ); 10. Martin Kehlmei er (43).

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