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fo u r times d uring the last two laps,"
McLev y said. " L just became exha usted
after fighting with it, that I just couldn't
keep the pace anymore."
The track had become co mp le tely
rutted by end o f the fou rth lap. The re
was one bike actua lly stuc k u p to its
handlebars in a mu d hole. If you stayed
out of the ruts, the course was still passable, but one more lap could have d evastated the field . The race was scheduled to run s ix lap s, but the club
deci ded to call it a t five laps. After 30
mi les of wha t ev er yone considere d a
grea t ra ce, it was Norton taki ng the
checkered flag in first p lace . McLevy
held o n to second, though down b y
almost three minutes. Peculis picked his
way th ou gh th e pack , m o vin g into
fourth place on the fou rth lap , and, less
tha n a mile from the finish, he flew by
Levesq ue to tak e third pl ace overall .
Levesque fini s hed in fou r th. Mad ore
and Halligan battled it out till the end
with Madore getti ng the upper hand for
fifth.
Earli er in the day, the Junior and
Nov ice ev en ts we re held. The Junior,
Mini, Women 's race took pl ace at 8:30
am. They ran thr ee lap s on basically the
sam e track bu t one mile shorter. It was
Jessie Berth iaume getting the holeshot,
bu t Eric Rougeau soon look over the
lead, which he held till the end. Berthiaume held onto sec ond place with a
comfortable lead over Drew Carpenter.
Mi ni r id er Nathan Kanney took th e
Mini-class win with a 3D-second cushion
over Mik e Perist ere. Once again,
Michelle Mckinn on ruled the Women 's
class.
In th e Novice ev en t, it was Honda
250cc ride r Jesson Ste lla taking the B
class overall.
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NewHoot HS
Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Results: May19, 1996 (Round 4 of 18)
G RAN D CHAMPION: Tom No rton (Yam ).
OI A k Rory Eastma n (Han).
O IA B, Doug Stroh Jr. (Ya m).
O/A C: Jason Stell a (Ho n).
Ak 1. Josh Mcl.e vy (Han); 2. P.). Peculis (Yam); 3.
TOOd Levesque (Ya m ); 4. Je rry Mad o re (Suz); 5 . Fran
Halliga n (eRE).
250 A: 1. Jason C ryer (e RE); 2. Justi n Provencal
(Kaw ); 3. Ma rk Whit e (Ho n); 4. lee Pelleti e r (Suz); 5.
DJ . Lis (H us).
200 A: 1. Jam ie Prio r (Ho n ); 2. Paul Blanqua r t
()am ); 3. Denny Anderson (Yam ).
VET A: 1. Russell Bain (Hon); 2. Nonn Tu mberg
(Yam).
OPEN A: 1. Bill Haelsen (eRE ); 2. Dave Simcock
(Ho n ); 3. Ma rk Burdick (KTM) .
SR A: I. Jerry Randall (Ho n ); 2. Jerry Harris (s uz).
4-STRK Ie 1. John McMahon (Han).
SlSR A: I . Sleven Wilcox (Suz).
250 B, I. Brian O'Neil (K.>w) ; 2. Bruce Yuill (Yam);
3. te'vin Knott (Suz) ; 4. Sha ne Burhde (Hon); 5. Eric
Mcrea u (Ka w ).
200 B, I. Robe rt San.heson (Han ); 2. Chris Simpson
(Kow); 3. Rebert H esser (Hon); 4. Neil Dennett (Yam ).
VF.T B, I. Rona ld Lemi eu x (Yam ); 2. Kenneth H eld
(Y m ); 3. Hamid Bowen (Ka w).
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OPEN B, I. Don Mosher (KTM); 2. Douglas Walter
(rrM); 3. Brooks Saunde rs (KTM) .
SR 8 : 1. Robert Young (KTM); 2. Rick He sse r
(taw).
4-S T RK B: 1. No rman laBran che (5uz); 2. Dav e
D llins (s uz) .
250 C: 1. Brian Savoie (Yam) ; 2. Da vid Wa lker
(la m) ; 3. G len Larocque (Suz); 4. Paul Becker (Ka w).
200 C: 1. To d d Fir as (Kaw); 2. Ja mes Maq u ire
(~aw ); 3. Mike Po isson (Ka w) ; 4. Frank Sme rcqynski
(ka w); 5. Richard Merrill (Kaw).
125 C: 1. Ronald Daniels (Ho n); 2. Crai d Kuz ia
(SJz); 3. Adam Viggiano (5uz) ; 4. Rick Gentile (KTM) ; 5.
Janes St. Laurent (KlM).
OP EN C: 1. Bria n Erickso n (Hon); 2. Se an
Oponov an (Hon ); 3. Steve Ostergaro (Kaw); 4. Robe rt
Rn gu e rte (Hus).
V ET C: 1. Craig Pratt (Suz) ; 2. Micha el Kn igh t
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