(Left) Lee McCollum signals his rider Tim Ferry in the 125cc class.
Ferry went 2-5 for third overall.
(Below) New Englander John Dowd is no stranger to the mud. He
rode to a third-place finish in the 250cc class.
two laps to go, then made a surprising
pass on Sheak to take the lead. But
before the Frenchman could settle in,
Sheak retaliated with an aggressive pass
of his own, and then got lucky when he
was able to put a lapper between himself and Roncada. Sheak took the checkered flag with just a few bike lengths to
spare.
"This is it, this is what I've been
working for," Sheak said. "My mechanic
Bobby had the bike working perfectly,
and 1" hit th~ right lines every time. It
was just my day, finally."
Windham finished third, followed by
Craig, Ferry, Skaggs, Pichon, Brandes,
Demuth and Carmichael in 10th.
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High Point Raceway
Mount Morris, Pennsylvania
Results: May 25, 1997 (Round 4 of 13)
250 MOTO " I. Ryan Hughes (Kaw); 2. john Oowd
(Yam); 3. Damon Bradshaw (Hon); 4. Jeremy McGrath
(Suz); 5. Mike laRocco (Suz); 6. Ezra Lusk (Yam); 7.
Larry Ward (Hon); 8. jell Em;g (K,w); 9, jimmy Button
(Yam); 10, M;ke jones (Kaw); 11, Ty Wallace (Yam); 12.
Jim Neese (Suz); 13. Ray Somma (Hon); 14. Heath Voss
(Hon); 15. Anthony Pocorobba (Suz); 16. Buddy
Antunez (Hon); 17. Doug Henry (Yam); 18. Takeshi
Koikeda (Yam); 19. Mike Katin (Yam); 20. Jim Jones~
(Suz),
250 MOTO 2: 1. Damon Bradshaw Oiall); 2. Larry
Ward (Han); 3. Ryan Hughes (Kaw); 4. Jeff Emig (Kaw); .
S. Ezra Lusk (Yam); 6. John Dowd (Yam); 7. Doug
Henry (Yam); 8. Jimmy Button (Yam); 9. Anthony
Pocorobba (Suz); 10. Jeremy McGrath (Suz); 11. Mike
LnRocco (Suz); 12. Takeshi Koikadea (Yam); 13. Heath
Voss (Hon); 14. Bruce Stratton (Suz); 15. Scan Hogan
(Suz); 16. Ray Somma (Hon); 17. Mike Karin (Yam); 18.
Benjamin Asaff (Kaw); 19. Keith Troccoli (502); 20. Mike
jones (Kaw).
250 O/A: 1. Damon Bradshaw (Hon~; 2. Ryan
l-rughes (Kaw); 3. john Dowd (Yam); 4. Larry Ward
(Hon); 5. Jeff Emig (Kaw); 6. Ezra Lusk (Yam); 7. Jeremy
McGrath (Suz); 8, Mil,ivania track. . ' .
was' no,"way,out of the ,backstage parking:area;:so 'the crew went ·ahead,
jll/hil'1 Darpan Bradshaw has erijoy(!d great luck arHigh:Point. .:;;uzukr~ . and finagled their way into the'stadium' and into a set of front-row seatsto
enjoy the ~how,
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Greg Alberty.. continues to' be frus.trated by the hilly track. In' his firSt
yisit here. in ·'95. Albee suffered'through a half:dozen spills.. Last,year, he
on S'unday
ior .all kinds' of
ard
Ttie ternble
won the. first moto, 'but then, tHrew' away a.'sure Win whe~ he ·flipped his
modifications to the race bikes, by the 'rigers and mechanics. addi/1g on
.Suzuki coming out of a C0mer. This time.'Albee didn't make it to tile first
things. like beit towels and those 'funky driv,o-thrU numb,erg' on top 'of the
· turn before apile~p left. him with a Possible ,dislocated shoulder.. The wor.d
helmets that Jean-Michael Bayle made fa.mous .at Hangtown back in. '9'1 .
in the Suzuki camp is that Albertyn should be back'in time for the Budds
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Creek Nat;'onal ory'J~ne 18. .
Jeff Emig and. Doug Henry each tiad pieces of fuel.cell, tied. onto the
middie of their 'seats' to.keep mudlrom caking u~ and to \let a,little '?etter..
th.ere ,was no 'Pl";' p;"'cti.ce orr, Fric!ay ~ftenioon at.High Point. and that . grip... Make sure YOu call it a' 'Fro seat' 'instead of a, 'Henry seat.' beca,use
it kind of:looks likeen Afro, ", said, Emig's mechanic 'Jeremy AJbrecht,.
sent.a lot,'ot profeSsional rider.s scrambijng to find plac.es to. ride around
the Mount· Njorrls/Morgantown are,a. Ie,am ~awasaki:s. ,Ryan Hughes
spent Saturday.afternoon bre.aking in his raCe bike by ~din9. in the Ama- . Trjvia Answ;',,' The 'onIY'Qtherride~ from the state of New York tp win'
AMA.·Pro Nationals were Miqdletown's "Jammin'" Jim'my Weinert (16 .
teur Day har.e sC(8mbl es race, alongside the likes of GNCC series regu~
.lars Barry' Hawk ,and 'Todd Morain. .one section cif the track was ·a, deep. , career iNins) .and Port,Washington's SOriny "The Ghost: DeFeo (two
caree,r wins). '.
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creek 'crossing and embankment climb that was surrounded by about·a
Ihousand .raucous .spectators. The first time .through. Hu.glies was
The High. Point National 'picked up an ,0u'lside sporysor fo~ the'eve~t received by chants of,"Rynoi Rynol Rynol" Rather than gille the crowd a
,big jump and splash. Hughes eased tHrougn the' water in 'first 'gear and , C~rs. Joe Jauersack. a forrper 'pro racer, arid his marketing company
2zExtreme, wor:ked out the deal and are hoping to' have Coors back more
then Zipped 'up the bank. so the' next' time around. HU9hes "mved to' 'a
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mitionais 'In the. future. :. . ' . ' . '
chorus of boos. '''It was unbelievable: TJiat waS the fir:st tim'e in. my whole
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