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when Plessinger passed me, I was kind
of making mistakes, so I was happy to
see him go around me, really. I thought
I could try to pass him on the motocross
track (at the finish) if I had to. When he
got stuck about two miles from the finish, it was his tum to have bad luck and
not mine."
Plessinger recounted the incident.
"I was probably about five bike
lengths ahead of him and got a bad line
at the bottom of this hill," Plessinger
said. "I got probably three-quarters of
the way to the top and the back end hit
a tree root and kicked me sideways and
I lo.st my momentum."
After getting by, Andrews eventually
would finish with a nine-second lead.
Blackwell followed just 22 seconds
behind Plessinger for his best finish to
date this season. After the race, Blackwell looked as strong and confident off
of the track as he appeared while circulating it.
Hatch arrived at the finish eight minutes down on Blackwell, but was
pleased with his performance in spite of
his foot injury. With Summers not finishing, fourth was enough to keep
Hatch in the points lead, and he was
already looking forward to the next
round at Hardrack, West Virginia.
Hawkins, Jim Jarrett, Smith, Gene
O'Nail, Frank Keegan and Brian Hess
rounded out the top 10 overall, all finishing within 15 minutes of the leader.
Desert racers Campbell and Pearson
failed to finish in the top 10 in class and
found little about the terrain to relate to.~
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Results: August 25, 1996 (Round 8 of 12)
O/A: 1. Fred Andrews (Yam); 2. Scott Plessinger
(KTM); 3. Doug Blackwell (Yarn); 4. Steve Hatch "(Suz);
5. RandX Hawkins (Suz); 6. Jim Jarrett (Yarn); 7. Rodney
Smith (Suz); 8. Gene Onail (Kaw); 9. Frank Keegan
(Yarn); 10. Brian Hess (!