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of Gastonia-backed Jim Chester and
Yamaha of Kingsport-sponsored Kevin
Walker in close pursuit. Chester and
Walker wasted no time dispensing of
Carsten, with Walker assuming the lead
in the whoop section along the start line.
Brown did not get a very good start and
then went down in the uphill horseshoe
turn, allowing a host of riders to get by
before he could remount his charge to
the front.
Team Green's Brock Sellards moved
past Carsten for third while Brown
slipped through traffic. Bowen, who had
just won the 4-Stroke class, was trying
to match the pace of Brown as he was
moving up as well. Near the halfway
mark, Brown relegated Walker to second and ran to the finish. Bowen got
past Sellards for third with DeHoop
coming in fifth.
"1 got a bad pick on the gate and was
out in the mud and didn't get a good
start," Brown said. "Then 1 went down
in one of the turns and thought 1 was
going to have a hard time catching up
but it didn't turn out too bad, 1 gu~."
In moto two, Walker and Jimmy
Neese mixed it up for the lead all the
way through the short straightaway
past turn two, with Walker getting the.
front position just before the dropoff
down into the bottom of the track.
Neese didn't let the pressure off, however, as he stuck to the rear fender of
Walker and soon got a pass to stick
shortly before the end of lap two. Team
Green's Mitchell Hodges was in third at
this point with Liles in fourth and Sellards in fifth. Brown was left in the first
turn after a' crash involving several
other riders.
With almost 30 riders in front of him,
Brown charged through -traffic and
closed to within three seconds of eese
before running out of time and being
able to make the final pass. Mark
Burkhart was able to get by Walker for
third and Bowen rolled in with the fifth
spot.
Muddy Creek Raceway
Blountville, Tennessee
Results: October 20, 1996 (Round 6 of 6)
(Above) Mike Brown took the overall
250cc wtn at Muddy Creek R_ _y In
Blountville, Tennessee.
(Right) Mike Young's 2-2 flnlahes _ _
good enough to take the overall win In the
4-Stroke Honda Top Gun Showdown at
Muddy Creek.
Kevin Walker (Yam); 3. Jimmy Neese (Hon); 4. Keith
Bowen (KTM); 5. Mark Smith (KTM).
250 FALL SERIES FINAL STANOINGS: 1. Mike
Brown (Hon); 2. Keith Bowen (KTM); 3. Todd DeHoop
(Suz); 4. Brock Sellards (Kaw); S. Charlie Dunaway
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