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ON t'RII CK PROMOt'IONS PRESENt'S tually finish th ir d , so me six m inu tes behind the lead duo. . Beh in d Smi th, Ya ma ha-mounted Duane Con ne r h e ld on to fo u rth throughout most of the race. Conner had a scary moment on lap six, w hen he was spi t off his bike by a seem ingly invisible enemy. "I got past Rodn e y Smith on the fourth lap, and 1was able to hold him off until about one-quarter away from the finish," said Conner. 1 go t so me barbed wi re wrapped around the back wheel and it took me off and over the bars. That's w hen Rodney passed me back ." Up front, Plessin ger and Summers co n ti nued to swap the lea d back and forth. Summers lost the lead for good o nly a ha lf m ile away fro m the finish, but sti ll held on for a solid second, so me 20 seconds behind Plessinger. "I had a decent da y," sai d Summers. "Scott and 1 had a rea lly good race, a ll the way up to the last lap. He m ad e a mistake and stuck it in the mud and 1got by him. 1 was leading with about a half mile to go when 1 made a mistake and fell over. He caught up to me and then 1 fell over again and he passed me. That was it, after tha t 1just kept making more and more mistakes. Nevertheless, Summers' runner-up finish was good enough for him to take over the series point lead. Plessinger's final lap started out bad, but ended up much better . He finished rig ht whe re hoe wanted to be. "I gasse d on the last lap and couldn't get the bike s tarted," said Plessinger. "Scott caught me. It finall y started and 1 took off. 1put time on Scott immediately, almost 10 to 15 seconds. Then 1 buried it in a mud hole. 1 was off the bike and couldn't ge t it out..Scott had already went by me when spectators helped me to get my bike ou t and get going again. Then, right when 1 caught back up to Scott, he fell . After that I just pulled away." Round ing out the top five was Missouri's Steve Leivan. The Yamaha rider will remember this as his bes t National 0 fi,nish to da teo Louisiana Nat ional Spring Hili, louisiana Results: May14, t995 OVERALL: 1. Sco tt Ples s in ger (KTM); 2. Sco tt S u mmers (Hon); 3. Rodney Smit h (5u z ); 4. Duane Conner (Ya.m); 5. SteVE!' Leivan (Yam); 6. Jason Dahners (KlM); 7. 1lany Hawk (Suz); 8. Leigh Letellier (KlM); 9. Eric Mashbir (Hon); 10. Glenn Homns/lead (K.>w) ; 11. lack Ildiley (Hon); 12. jeff Plunkett (Yam); 13. Jeff Lappe (KlM); 14. Ryan Moss (K.>w); 15. o..y 80ering (K.>w ); 16. Don Sohn (KlM); 17. Blake Piercy (Suz); 18. Blair Beesano (K.>w) ; 19. Zachary Ivey (Hon); 20. Corey Parlin (Yam). AM A NATIONAL CH AM PIO NSHIP HA RE SCRAM· BLES SERIES (After 3 of 9 rounds): 1. Scott Summers (76 /1 wi n); 2, Rodney Smi th (62); 3. Scott Plessinger (58/1); 4. Eric Masbbir (38); 5. Steve Ha tch (36); 6. Ty Da vis (30/ 1); 7. Steve Leivan (29); 8. Guy Cooper (25); 9. jason Dahners (22); 10. To m my Norton (21). . . Briefl ••• • Mud caused many problems for the riders. It was the type of mud that grows as the wheels go round, and most bikes left the event site 50 pounds heavier. And ~ the mud wasn't bad enough, spec:tators made it even' tougher for the riders. Thinking that they were at the Blackwater 100, spec1atorsstood in front of the makeshift bridges, forcing riders to ride ttirough the deep mud holes. During a humorous riders' meeting , the co urse marshall offe red a five do llar reward for every spectator that the riders could take offthe course. He also warned of a fIVe-minute penalty for hitting a scor- . er , and joked that the sta rting ca nnon would be placed at strategic course-cutting locations.