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By the time Summers got ~lf righted Plessinger was on him.
"Once you fall down it takes some of
the energy out of you," admitted Summers. "1 did the best 1 could but Scott
waS riding really well."
With SUTIlmers' momentum temporarHy shot, Plessinger made short
work of the Honda pilot and took the
lead for good. When they rode into the
barrels to be scored at the halfway point,
Plessinger was already 20 seconds clear
of his rival. The lead would grow to 30
seconds on the fifth lap and 35 on the
sixth. When the white flag came out
after seven laps Plessinger was 50 seconds clear. Summers made a valiant
charge on the last lap, but he could only
cut Plessinger's lead in half before the
checkered flag fell on the season and his
title hopes.
"Summers started catching me there
for a while, but 1 picked it back up and
put some time' on him before he could
get me in his sights," said Plessinger. "1
spent the whole last lap riding fast but
trying not to make any mistakes or not
nod. Yamaha-mounted Robert Bennett,
12th overall in the series, finished 10th
on the day.
The '95 GNCC Series Championship
marked the fourth title of Plessinger's
career. He won two AMA ational Hare
Scrambles title (1989 and '92) to go with
his two GNCC crowns ('94 and '95). As
for Summers, he has a total of six
national titles - three in each series.
CN
Ironman GNCC
Crawfordsville, Indiana
Results: October 29,1995 (Round 12 of 12)
Q/A: 1. Scott Plessinger (KTM); 2. Scott Summers
(Hon); 3. Duane Conner (Yam); 4. Tom Norton (Yam); 5.
Doug Blackwell (Yam); 6. Brian Keegan (Yam); 7. Frank
Keegan (Yam); 8. Tim Shephard (Yam); 9. Jeff Russell
(Yam); 10. Robert Bennett (Yam); 11. Jim Jarrett (Yam);
12. Heath Bennett (Yam); 13. Gene Onail (Kaw); 14. Jeff
Murgel (Yam); 15. Craig Jones (Kaw); 16. John Maschino
(KTM); 17. Rodney Judson (Hol'l); 18. Barry Hawk Jr.
(Suz); 19. Tom Webb (Suz): 20. Curtis Bllrdonner (Yam).
OPEN A: 1. Rodney Judson (Hon); 2. Michael
Matoszkia (KTM); 3. Bill Cavanagh (KTM); ~. Charlie
Williams (KTM); 5. Scott Fontai.ne (KTM).
250 A: 1. Craig jones (Kaw); 2. Ba.rry Hawk Jr. (SUl.);
3. Ron Palermo (Yam); 4. Clint Bardonner (Yam); 5.
Rodney Reese (Suz).
200 A: 1. Jim Jarrett (Yam); 2. Heath Bennett (Yam);
3. Curtis Bardonner (Yam); 4. Ronald Johnson (Hon); 5.
Jeff Lauth (Kaw).
VET A (30+): 1. Tim Shephard (Yam); 2. Jeff Russell
(Above) Duane Conner rode hard and
finished third overall.
(Right) Fred Andrews (2) had an outside shot
at the title going into the race but would drop
out by the halfway point.
(Below) Plessinger (shown) and Summers
tied on points, but Plessinger was given the
title for having recorded more overall wins
than Summers.
do anything stupid. Everything just
worked out in the end."
"I must've IUt the ground about six
times trying to catch up," said Summers, whose mechanic Fred Bramblett
said earlier that Scott would either be
"leading or bleeding" when it was all
over. "Every time 1 tried too hard I
would start making mistakes and crash
again. It was one of those days where a
crash or a mistake has a snowball
effect."
"1 had one oLthose days like Scott
had today two weeks ago," said
Plessinger of his nearly title-costing
High Point round. "Today 1 had a good
day and everything turned out all right.
You just had to be patient and wait for
lapped riders to get out of your way or
wait until you found a place to pass
them. In fact, with two laps to go 1 was
20 seconds ahead of Scott and some lapper fell right in front of me and 1 went
down. I think that was the only time 1
fell down all day."
Conner checked into the barrels three
minutes behind Summers for third,
while Norton was another three minutes
back in fourth, followed by Blackwell.
·Sixth and seventh overall went to the
Keegan brothers - Brian and Frank. Next
came Vet A-class rivals Tim Shephard
and Jeff- Russell, who finished just two
seconds apart with Shephard getting the
(yam); 3. Jeff Murgel (Yam); 4. Mkhael Holbert (Kaw);
5. Robert Kirchner (Yam).
SR A (010+): 1. Tom Webb (5uz); 2. Gallie Ward
(Yam); 3. Terry Mealer (Yam); 4. Paul Mkhels (ATK); 5.
Kelvin Thomas (KTM).
S/SR (50+): 1. Larry McVay (KTM); 2. David
Dehner (Yam); 3. Dave Coombs} Sr. (Yam).
4-5TRK A: 1. Steve Stiner (Han); 2. Barry Barnes
(Hon); 3. Ralph Thom (Hon); 4. Todd Snider (Hon); 5.
Andy Gutish (KTM).
200 B: 1. jeremy Berwanger (Yam); 2. David Ash Jr.
(Yam); 3. Kevin Gnapp (Yam); 4. Patrick Cumpston
(Kaw); 5. Marlin Runfelt (Yam).
250 S, I. Darius Lattea (Yam); 2. John Shaffer (Yam);
3. Craig Cieslik (Han); 4. Gregory Gillian (Yam); 5.
Matthew Harris (Hon).
OPEN B: 1. Robert Lirn (Kaw); 2. Craig Goemmer
(KTM); 3. Stewart Lich (Kaw); 4. Steve Linton (KTM); 5.
David Conti (KTM).
VET B: L Jaisson DeRoche (Yam); 2. David Molnar
(Yam); 3. Troy Schlereth (Hon); 4. Mark Adlcins (KTM~
S. Randy Fink (Yam).
SR B: 1. Michael Schwartz (Suz); 2. Albert O1uppa
Jr. (Yam); 3. Frank Erbe (Ya.m); 4. Galen Campbell
(!