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book block-pass on race leade r Nafzger as they en tered turn one . Althou gh a bit st un ne d by Wilhelmy's aggressive ness Nafzger recovered, but not befor e be ing passed by Thrune and Zitur as we ll. Willhelmy would then race on to hi s fou r t h s tra igh t victory of th e even ing . Thrune led the charge ou t of turn four of the final lap to earn second -place honor s by a bike lengt h ahead of Zitur who finished in front of fou rth -placed Nafzger by inches. Althoug h 250cc Pro-class lu mi nary Cliff Eckes finished a close second to Nafzger in the first mota. he rebound ed in the second race to score" w ire-to-wire victory ahea d of Na fzger to earn the overall victory. Jason Heind l and Frank Kaiser finished third and fourth respectively. Results HISTORYCONTIN OPEN PRO: 1. J..rry Wilht-Imy (Rill); 2. Roy Nafzger (Hon); 3. Oift Eckes (Yam ); 4. John Stra n j;feld (Kaw); 5. Frank Kai'Wr (Ya m ). SR PRO: 1. je rry Wilhe lmy (RIll); 2. Jerry Thru ne (Rb: ) ; 3. Dan Zitur (H a n); 4. Roy Na fzger (Hon); 5. Jack Poth' r (H us). • 250 PRO: 1. Cliff Eck~ (Yam ); 2. Ro y N~bj;e r (Ho n); 3. Ja 'OOn Hemdt (Yam ); 4. Frank K.1i~r (Yilm) . Neese nails Muddy Creek MX By Barbara Williams. Photos by Loren Will iams. BLOU:-m'lLLE TN,MAR 10 , . Jim Neese took overall wins in the 125cc A and 250cc A on Dun lop Day at Muddy Creek Raceway, battling wit h Kevin Walker all afternoon to pr oduce some hot racing on a bone-chillingly cold da y. . The AMA United States MegaSer ies ope ner has trad itionally fallen on the day after the Daytona Supe rcross, and usu ally quite a numbe r of rid ers travel all night to get to Mud d y Creek. Th is year, reco rd-b reak ing low temperatu res kept many ri ders away, but 550 hard y so uls bund led up to do bat tle for Du nlop tires in the amate ur classes and MegaSeries-scale payout s for the pros . Neese's stiffest cha llenge came from Kevin Walker, the nationa l ama teur champion in the 25-Pl us class wh o b ro ke his co lla rb one last September and h as ju s t ret urn ed to raci n g. Kev in grab be d th e lead in the first 125cc A mot a an d st retc he d out a s iz able g ap, w ith Nee se ru n n ing sec on d . Walk e r go t held up w hen he sta rted working up thro ugh the stag ger-s ta rted 250cc B fie ld , ena bling Ne ese to close in, bu t Neese ran out of time as Walker too k the w in. The secon d 125cc A race belonged to Neese, with Walker in second, giving Neese the overa ll win. Wa lk er led the first 250 cc A mo to. with Ne ese b reath ing d ow n h is neck. Walk er was ahea d by a wheel at the finish line . They we re followed by W&irton, Josh Swea t, Demuth and A-class rookie Mitchell Hod ges. The second 250cc A rou nd was run after the su n h ad set. As the lig h t fad ed , th e cro wd strained to watch the two battles shap ing up Neese dicing with Walker for the lead. the n the pa ck of Hod ges, Da vid Pri ce, Ryan Duff and Swea t. Walke r cras he d h al fw ayth rough the mota, giving Neese some breath ing room. Walker recovered wit ho u t losi ng a po sition, b ut Nl.'t.'SC had the momentu m for an easy win. Du ff took third, with Hod ges finishing fou rth , third ove rall. Billy Liles wo rked his way up from a ho rrible start to join the pack in fifth, bringing Demu th along. O nly 30 feet fro m the fin ish, Liles' s Su zuki flip ped for no ap pa ren t reason, sending Billy to the groun d u nhu rt and pu tting Demuth into fifth. Results 50 (4-6): I. Cory Strick land (KTM); 2. Davin Pnce ("- M); 3. 1 Brad ley Pace (KTM ); 4. Dakota B.·avers (KTM); 5. Brandon Large (LEM ). 50 (7-8): I. Jus tin SiJ'l'S (Cob) ; 2. LB . Horne (Cob) ; 3. Michael Ridge (Cob); 4. Ja ke Powy (Cob ); 5. Cha se Beck (Cub) 65 (7·9): L Alt"A.mdt'r H unte r (Kaw ); 2. Ca~ Johnson (Kaw); 3. Steve Sto ne (Kaw); 4. Jos h u a Dav is {Kaw] : 5. Eric Du d l..y (Kaw). 65 (10-11): I. Willy Browning (Ka w); 2. Wad e Curdell (Kaw); 3. Bryan Johnson (Kaw) ; 4. Jd lre y Fit-Ids ( Ka w ~ 5. Ch<1~ Roberts (Kaw). IYJBEG: I. Shaw n Hen son (Hon); 2. Jason Kennedy (Yam); 3. Jos hu a Su tton (Yam ); 4. Ron Sh ult :r.; 5. Ricky PV'Itt"'ll (Suzl. JR MINI: I. Gene Stull (Kaw], 2. Matt Miller (5u z); 3. William Bro wni n g (Ya m ); 4 Ji mmy Cha ppell (5 uz) ; 5. B.}. Hu ntsin ge r (Suz ). SR MIh : I. Jeff Gibsc.m (Ka w ); 2. Jos hu a Su mmt')' (Kilw); 3. 1 [ered Black (Ya m); 4. Ben Rid J I.. (Kaw ); 5. Casey Barnes (Suz) . S / MINt: J. Jeff Gibso n (Kaw ); 2. Ben Rid d lt· [Ka w], 3. Jus h Sum m..y (Kaw); 4. ('''ne Stu ll (502.) 5. Hans Nee l (Hon) . ' ; SC HBY: 1. Jeff Gibso n (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Rvan (5oz); 3. Joshua Capps (Kaw) ; 4. Ma tt Ea!lOR (Kaw ); 5. Ben Rid'd le (Kaw) . 12S A: I. Jim Neese (Hon); 2. Billy Liles (5oZ); 3. Kevin Wal ke r (Yam ); 4. Ryan D u ff (Ho n ); 5. JClsh De mut h (Yam); 6. Mi tchell Hnd j;t's (Ka w) ; 7. Scott Pinso n (5uz); 8. Ryan Hai nes (Ho n); 9. Brandon Turlington (Suz ); 10. Ma rk Cu lton (Bo n). . 125 B: I. Ma rk Bu r k ha rt (Han ); 2. Dav id Owen s (5u z); 3. Jos h ua Ca r p!! (Ka w ); 4. Ma rru'l Hedrick (Suz ); 5. J~y Belm o nt (Kaw ). 125 C 1 Deri ck Hednck (5 uz); 2. Jona than Tuc ker (Suz); 3. ] ai"On Suth e rla nd (Yam) ; 4. Bria n McK innt'y ( Hn n); 5. Ant hu ny Nash (Hon). 125 D: 1. Ca sey Strickla~ (Hon ); 2. David Vau ~n (Hon); 3. Dw ayne Coo k (Yam ); 4. Billy Ho yle (Ha n); 5. Philip You ng (Suz). 250 A: I. Jim N _ (Hon ); 2. K..vin Walke r (Ya m); 3. Mitcht'll Hudgl-S (Kaw ); 4. JU!lh Demu th (Yam ); 5. Jos h ua Swe a t (Ka w). ' YO SHIMURA POWERED or YOSHIMURA EQUIPPED the Final Result is .-c:.VVI:.. 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