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Scott Summers (Hon) scored the overall
win at the November 5 AMA National
Hare Scrambles Championship Series
finale, held in Seattle, Washington, and
in doing so, wrapped up his fourth
National Hare Scrambles National
Championship. Rodney Smith (Suz)
was second overall ahead of Summers'
title rival Scott Plessinger (K1M), Jason
Dahners (KTM) and Scott McLaughlin
(Y!lm). Seattle marked Summers' 58th
National win, and the seven-time
National Champion (four Hare Scrambles, three Cross Country) is now officially American Honda's winningest
rider. Sumrqers was previously tied
with Rick Johnson and Jeff Stanton, each
of whom have six championships to
their credit.
AMA Supercross an.d 250cc Motocross
National Champion Jeremy McGrath
(Hon) won the opening round of the
1995 World Supercross Championship
in Barcelona, Spain, on November 5.
McGrath topped his teammate Steve
Lamson in the final with.:Lagy Ward
(Yam) .finishing third. Soutl:; African
Co.IlirlDu~ore (Suz) finished- fourth
with Ryan Hughes (Kaw) taking fifth.
Belgi~ Stefan Everts and Frenchman
Mikael Pichon; who won the second
sem:ifi,IW (Mc;G.rath. won the first), both
crashed tthing'the final and it was left
up to Dugmore to prevent an American
sweep of the top five places.
No World Supercross Championship
son racing a privateer Yamaha 500 in the
500cc World Championship Road Race
Series, before receiving help from Kenny
Roberts' team late in th.e year. He ended
up 11th ip the championship, with his
best result - a ninth-place finish - coming in the British Grand.Prix at Donington Park.
Two-time World Champion Max Biaggi
broke the lap record at the Mugello Circuit in Italy on October 25, lapping at
1:54.7 to better the 1:55.0 he turned during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix
in June. New signee Dorlano Romboni,
in his first test session on the 400cc
Aprilia, clocked a 1:54.8.
Hot off the rumor mill: Word has it that
Robbie Reynard will join Pedro Gonzalez on a Honda support team that will
receive backing from Primal Impulse
casual wear, Bill's Pipes and Fox Racing.
No official press releases have been
made, but the deal is said to be secure'
for two years. .
Miguel DuHamel and fellow Canadian
Steve Crevier are among the six nominees for. motorcycle road racer of the
year in the 1995 Performance Racing
News/Mopar Readers' Choice Awards.
A win for DuHamel would be his second straight in the category. The other
nominees for the award are PascalPicotte, Owen }'leichel, Frank Wilson,i,.
and the endurance racing team of Tirxu I
Ruhl and Ian. McKinstray.
.l~P
has been scheduled by the FIM for next
year, according to reports from Spain.
The 1994 championship, and the current
serieS-Which began in Spain on November ~, ~s put together by the promoters
of the 'B