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Plessinger' s th ird-place finish left h im loo kin g a bit ha ggard af ter ha vin g h is bell rung. "I hit my hea d on a tree .a nd ja m me d m y n eck, a nd th a t cos t m e, " he sai d. "I ju s t co uld n ' t get it together, but th is is a lot better sta rtfor me. ] was running second whenI did i t, a n d Steve ca ug ht me and] j u s t co u ld n't ge t ba ck into it. We'll h ea d ' h ome a n d ge t re ad y for th e n e x t ro und." Th e st art was delayed a b it as the track length cha nged . The original 20 miles had to be sho rtene d as the p rior week's ra in fo rced so me a reas to be sh ut off, an d so a track of 12 mil es was prepa red , literall y overnig h t b y the P&J Promotions crew . Some 38 riders were in th e first row whe n the shotgu n we n t o ff and it was Sm i th a n d Plessin ger ou t of the "ga te" firs t. At the grass-trac k area. Smith took the le ad by jus t a few seconds, an d they joined the regu la r course and blast ed by th e padd ock area bef ore a vocal crowd of nearly 500 fans who braved the weather. Smi th 's pl an was to pit eve ry other . lap , on the o p pos ite lap o f H atch, whil e Plessinger pitted every th ird la p . Pl essin ger w as n o mo re th an a m in ut e behind at th e en d of the fir st full lap w ith H a tch clo se behind h im an d Col e Marshall in fou rth ahead o f Brian Ga rra ha n, Ta yl or Ma shbir an d Dahners. Paul Funar o wa s n e x t in lin e, followed by Pete Pian tin ada an d Rob Kopp. Th e ne xt lap sa w Smit h in th e p its for abo u t eigh t seco nds an d Plessin ger nea rly go ing by. Hatch would close up o n the ne xt lap and w he n Plessinger p itted, Ha tch took over second, only to lose it on the next round of pit stops. Marshal was ab out two min utes up on Brian Gartahan on lap fou r wit h Tay lor a nothe r minute b a ck , w hile Pa tri ck Ga rra ha n mov ed up to sixth ov er Dahners and Mashbir. Kopp held h is own in 10th with Stavish mo vin g up to 11th over Mark Kerling and Funaro. " I'v e run the District 36 ch amp ionsh ip for eigh t years," said Mashbir, "and I think it's tim e to hand the rein s ov er to the young gu ys:' Smith had a two-minu te lead on lap five with Ha tch no w in second but less than a minute ah ead o f th ird -place Plessinger. Marshall wa s a bit over tw o minutes behind in fou rth overa ll with Bri an Garra han, Ta y lor and Pa t r ick Garrahan con tinuing in the sa me tim e frame : Mashbir w ould rem ain in eight h for the duration, ne arl y three minut es beh ind Patr ick G arrah an , but s ta y abo u t th e sa me ah ead o f Kopp a n d Stavish , while Funaro would get back a spot on Kerlin g . Rod Goehri ng fi n ished 13th marking his firs t ride with the "big bo ys" after topping the C and B div isions in success ive yea rs. Eric Ducray w ould be 14th overall, w hile former 0-36 champ Ron Na ylor, w ho came out of a tw o-year retirement riding a Bill Woo lman-prepped Husaberg , fin ished 15th. Kopp d rop p ed back to 16th at the end, fin ish in g ahead of Erik Kohler, Curt Wilcox, Mark Vanderpool and Eric Von Urff, the firs t Vet A rid er. a Hollister Hare Scrambles Hollister, Californ ia Res ults : February 4, 1996 (Round 1) O/A: 1. Rodney Sm ith (5u z); 2. Steve Ha tch (Suz); 3. Scott Plessinger (KTM); 4. Brian Garrahan (Kaw); 5. Rich Taylor (Hon); 6. Pa trick Garrahan (Kaw); 7. Cole Marshal (Hon ); 8. Ja son Dah ne r s (KT M); 9. Eric Mashb ir (H on); 10. Matt hew Sta vish (KTM); 11. Ma rk Kerltn g (Suz); 12. Pa ul Fu na ro (Ha n) ; 13. Rodne y Goehr in g (Hon ); 14. Er ic Oucra y (Ho n) ; 15. Ro n Naylo r (Hbg ); 16. Robert Hort on (KTM); 17. 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