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EVENTS , .Edited bySc()tt Rousseau . Racing Enterprises 1995 MX Finale Fowler, Naegle top Carlsbad MX finale B y Scott Rousseau Photo by J eff Ha in erry Fowler and Jim Na egle were tw o o f th e fa s te st m en on th e fab led USG P tr a ck a t Ca rlsb a d Racew ay, and each claimed a class win as Racing Enterprises Motocro ss closed ou t its 1995 motocross season . Alth ou gh bo th riders were on th e race track at the same time, they were in sep arate classes and thus sco red sepa rate ly. Fowler had entered the I25cc Pro class but found himself locked in a titan ic struggle for overall sup remac y w ith a pa ir of h ot-riding Vet Pr os in KTM-' mounted Will y Musgrav e and fo rmer AMA I25cc Nati onal Champion Ma rty Smith . The three riders battled it out in the first moto , with Fow ler tak ing the point early in the race whil e Mu sgrave and Smith stru ggled for second overa ll in the moto and the lead in the Vet Pro cla ss. Fowl er wo uld never be caug h t, and he crossed the line ahead of the 250mounted Musgra ve and Smith, who finished first and seco nd, resp ecti vely, in the Vet Pro class. Ty Kady finished well off the lead pace to claim second in the I25cc Pr o class. Kad y w oul d not sta rt the second moto. Further back, Na eg le had stru gg led off the Vet Junior gate wit h a sixth-p lace s ta rt, but he quickly forged hi s way tow ard the front to do battl e with class lead er Jeff Gray. Naegle con tinued to do g Gray for the majority of th e moto before makin g his way int o the lead just after the d ownhill on the Carlsbad Freewa y. Jeff Seifert wa s also in the chase, keeping his RMl25 pinned to the stops as h e flew by Gray late in th e mot o whil e trying to ca tch the fleeing Naegle. But N aegle had b ui lt up enoug h o f a lead to claim the mot o win. Fowl er got ou t-ho rsep ow ered at the start of the second ProlIn termediate l Ju nior m o to and soon found himself struggling to get pa st Vet Intermediate Ed d ie Moo re whil e Musgrave es ta blish ed an ea r ly le a d . Fowl er finall y passed Moor e an d caug ht up to Mu sgrave, wh o wa s rid ing smooth ly and makin g it all but impo ssible for Fow ler to find a way pa st. Musgrave continued to hold the lead, but a lap ped rid er ultimatelv sea led his fate wh en the lapp er in ad vertently cut him off on th e fin al lap, allow ing Fow ler to make an outside pa ss for the lead and the win. A frus tra te d Mu sg r a ve was secon d ahead o f Smith, wh o cra shed ea rly in th e moto before making his way to the front. Meanwhile, Naegle had taken the Vet Junior lead mu ch earlier in th e rnot o, but Seifert wa s a man on a mission as he ran Naegl e d own late in the moto and mad e se veral attemptsto pass. Naegle was able to hold Seifert off at every turn and eve n ran into a bit of good lu ck wh en he stalled in one of the final turns bu t was able to get moving again to take the win before Seifert could get around him. Seifert's 2-2 moto finish es were still good en ou gh for second overall in the Vet Juni or cla ss, w hile Gray fin ish ed third overall with a 3-3. T AMA Mid-South WinterHare Scrambles series: Round 5 Stavish smokes 'em at Firehouse HS By Pau l Michels MANNINGTON, KY, DEC. 17 a tional number-six enduro com pet itorMatt Stavish brought his MSR I Du ral ube I Sco tt-back ed KTM from his h ome in the snow-covered hills of Minnesota to the warmer clima tes of wes tern Kentucky to take the overall wi n in rou nd five of the AMA Mid-South Wi nter Hare Scrambles Series in Mannington. Series regu lar Jack Ba iley sh ot his big-bo re Ho nda into an early lead on the tec hnical and deman ding s ix- mi le course. Bailey's lead w as short-lived as Mike Cornett passed him an d continued in the lead until the end of the lap whe n ro und- th ree wi nner Doug Blackwell. sho t past. At la p's end , Blackwell held a small lead over Corne tt with Mike Sampson in th ird . Mike Morris, also in h is rookie year in the AA class, held fou rth, while former se ries cham p ion Robert Pat terson rounded ou t the top five. As th e AA ri der s funneled into th e scoring tent (ri ders h ave th e n umbers on th e side of th eir h elmets sca nn ed and are au toma tically scored by a com p u ter system) , Bla ckw ell h eld a s lim le a d over Sa m pson as h e d isp lace d Corne tt . Morr is spe nt tim e stuck in th e big cree k crossing, w hich pu t him back to eig h th place. John Maschino moved up to fifth. Lap three saw Blackwell continue ou t fr ont. Sam pson h e ld seco n d , M o rri s moved p ast Cornett as d id Masch in o. M e an wh il e, St a vi sh was m o v in g through the pack, and by the end of the th ir d la p h e h ad m o ve d u p to six t h place. Blac kwell s tarted t he fourth lap about 20 seco nds up on Sampso n. Morris was on the move, and Stavish moved pas t Co rnett an d Maschin o wh en th ey h ad trou ble in the n ow -famous creek crossing . The beginn ing of lap five saw Blackwell conti nui ng h is charge ou t front. Sampson wa s se cond but w ould be passed by Morris by the end of the lap after a couple of unexpected get-o ffs. Stav ish a lso go t past Sampson, which N 4 Eventual 125cc Pro-class winner Terry Fow ler (4) leads Vet Pro run ner-up Mart y Smith (111) ove r a jum p durin g the Racing Enterprises MX at Carlsbad Raceway. m ov ed hi m u p to thi rd . Pa t te rso n rounded out the top five, stead ily moving back up throu gh the pack after frying hi s clu tch in th e creek cross ing on the second lap . Going into the la st lap, Bla ckwell wa s still in command whil e Morri s contin ued in second u nt il Stavish caught and passe d him about halfw ay through the co u rs e. Sa mpson wa s n ow in fourth . About a mile from the finish, havoc s truck as Blackw ell go t hung up in a ravine and fell. Stav ish came along and go t hung up in the same place, onl y he was fo rt una te enou gh to ge t go ing before Blackwell and sprinted to the finish for th e wi n. Morris and Sampson also go t by Bla ck w el l. In less th an a minu te, Blac kw ell w en t from fi rst to fourth and ended what was a good ride u p to tha t poin t. Patterson ca me in a respectab le fifth , nursin g a fad in g clutch. Results AA PRO CLASS : 1. Ma tt Sta vish (KTMl; 2. MikeMor r is (Ya m); 3. Mi ke Sampso n (Yam); 4. Do u g Black well (Yam ); S. Robe rt Patter so n (Su z). SR: 1. Ca llie Ward (Yam ); 2. Paul Miche ls (ATK); 3. Ronni e Hack ett (Sux); 4. Lar ry Sti ll (He n): 5. Da vid Scottow (KTM). S/SR, I. John Giles (YiUTl); 2. Guy Anderson (Kaw); 3. Johnny Fried li (Ka w ); 4. Jack Go rdon {Kaw ): 5. Pat Freib urger (Hon). VET A: 1. Ton y Hend on (Suz); 2. Sco tt Ha rtin (Ka w ); 3. Bryan Adams (Ka w ); 4. Kevin Foley (Yam); 5. Robert Kirchn er (Suz ). 200 A: 1. Micha e l Sanders (Kaw); 2. John Lena rd (Ka w); 3. Barrv Brazier (Kaw ); 4. George Wills (Kaw); 5. Darin Phillips"(Kaw ). 25 A: 1. Darry l Kuerizer (Yam); 2. Sha wn Bellville (Yam); 3. Steve Cordo n (Ka w); 4. Jared Smit h (KTM); 5. Lance Smith (Yam). O PE N A: 1. Rodney Ju d so n (Ho n ); 2. Ha r vey whtraker (H on ); 3. John Bin gha m (KTM); 4. Fletch er Lambe rt (H us); 5. Jason Jennings (KTM). WMN: 1. Suzy Fan n. 4· ST RK: 1. Ken Arn old (H an ); 2. Phil lip Barke r (Hon ); 3. Cod y Maxwell (Kaw); 4. Rob Ste phens {Ho n}; S. Billy )0 Proffit (Hon). VET B: 1. John Brough ton (Ho n); 2. Mik e Stinson (Hon); 3. Da vid Za ne t (Yam ); 4. Joe Allen (Hon); 5. Robert Adkins (Kaw) . OPEN 8 : 1. Ro be-rt Lich (Kaw): 2. Chris Be ar d (Ho n); 3. Stewart Lich (Kaw ); 4. James Hele ne (KTM); 5. Ch a rles Lankford (H us). 250 B: 1. Timm y Pool (Kaw); 2. Ray Patte rson (Suz ); 3. Tim Cra in (Yam); 4. Jordan Moneyma ker (Yam); 5. John Ha milton (Yarn). US B: 1. Kevin C ree km u r (Ya m); 2. Kip Ha yni e (Ya m ); 3. David Du rkee (Ka w) ; 4. Th om as Bu m pu s (Suz); 5. Robe rt Cla rk (Hon). 250 B CLASS : 1. Clin t Rob inso n (Ka w): 2. Rona ld Skip pe r (Kaw); 3. Th om as Ca mpbe ll (Ka w ): 4. Ke lly Work ing (Kaw); 5. Larry Smi th (Kaw ). L/W ,TRL : 1. Ra nd y Hicks (Ka w ); 2. Ja y Ho pp e r (Kaw) ; 3. Ronnie Frost (Jn1(Yam); 2. Curtis Adams (Yam); 3. Ben We lch (Ya 4. Rick Ho Hman (yam); 5. Edward Salame (Suz). m); OPENSS 1. Jeff Stem (Su z ~ 2. Ja.. m Catching (SUZ); 3. Tro y : Malu ro (Hon) ; 4. Steve Poore (Yam ); 5. Su sa n Zob ler (Ho n). 5..'iO S /BK: 1. Brian Berna rd (Yam); 2. Guy Celes tre (Ya 3. m); Rock y Kabo t sky (Ya m ); 4. Mark Stoner (Ydm) ; 5. Ti m R..gan (Yam ), 650 S / BK: 1. Steve Tescbke (Ho n ); 2. Jdf Short (Yam); 3. [ft'an v tncent (Ya m); 4. Robert Yampolsky (Hon); 5. Shane Law maeer (Hon). 750 S / BK: 1. Paul Ha m ·1I (Ya m ); 2. Curtis Adams (Yam); 3. Paul Mum ford (Kaw); 4. Ben Wl."lrn (Yam ); 5. Dean Vincen t (Y am). O r EN S/ flK : 1. Chuck Gnl Vt'!'l (Suz.); 2. Cu rb s Adams (Yam ); 3. Paul Harrell (Y am); ~ . Ch ris Voelk e r (Ho n ); 5. Robert Miller (Hen). 500 MOD PROD: 1. Brian B ernard {Yaml; 2. Guy Cel('4itre (Ya m ): 3. Mark Stoner (Yam ); " Rocky Kabot ky (Yam) ; 5. Eric s Raua

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