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a m a teur cla sses on the m oto cro s s
co u rse a t the [ac kp 'i ne Gyps ies club grounds.
The even t, which drew riders from as
far aw a y as Wa s hington , Texas a n d
New Mexico, too k the place of the Gypsies' normal race-week opener, the IT
event.
" Th e re jus t didn 't see m to be a n
interes t in the IT race, w hich drew less
riders th e past few years," said A MA
Dis tri ct 30 Referee Tom Olsen, "so we
deci ded to try some thing differenl Most
of the dirt trackers were en route from
Peoria w hen we ran the IT."
Despite running agains t th e Ra ll y
r:vents In c.vbacked motocross on th e
other side of town, a good-sized ri der
turnout, combined w ith a large ga llery
of spectators, made for exceptional race
action. Myers made sho rt work of two
classes, taking home wins in the 125 and
250cc C classes.
Ano the r lo cal rider, Mike Miller,
us ed his fami liarity with the technical,
jump-line d course to jump out front of
the com b in ed BOcc A /B cla ss, but he
quickly found out that the Kawa saki of
Clyde Jones was a force to be reckoned
w ith. Jones push ed Miller for sev eral
laps, then made a daring move to take
th e lea d - one which wo uld ea rn the
Papillion, Nebras ka, rid er a win, ah ead
of Miller and Yamaha rider Nick Spain,.
the winner of the B class .
Jones jamme d to the hea d of the
pack in the second moto an d, excep t for
a bri ef tu ssle on the opening lap, was
ne ve r seriou sly cha llenged. Jones' first
taste of western Sou th Dako ta netted
h im his onl y overall win in hi s twoclass quest, while Miller, m uch to the
delight of the local fans , netted second.
Spa in went 1-1 in the B class for an
overall win.
Craig O'Connell scored a convincing
holeshot in the first 125cc C moto (the
da y' s larges t class) and seemingly had
an untouchable lead un til New Mexico's
Eric Randall overcame a poor start and
clawed his wa y into contention, spending the rest of th e race trying to get
a roun d th e Honda jockey , w ho won
regardless.
Levi Buchert, who rode near the tail
end of the pack in the fir st moto, ran
well ahead of th e se con d moto . But
Randall , the recipient of a poor st art,
quickly moved to sec ond, se tti ng up
another of his many exchanges for the
lead. Randall, though, cra shed several
times, allowi ng Myers to se tt le into
sec ond . Myers eventually got a ro u nd
Buchert for a w in (one that would eam
the Hrs t of his two overa ll wins), beating Buchert and Jones in the moto, and
Buchert, O'Connell, Washington's Nick
Snider, and Jones in the overall.
Myers a lso fended off O'Connell in
both 250cc motos to finalize his tw ocla ss a ecirnation, the only suc h honor.
t hro u g hout th e day's pro gram .
Wyoming's Uoyd Sweet won both 250cc
B m otos a boa rd a Honda, to relegate
local rider Brad Boehm and his KX to
seco nd overa ll.
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Jackplne Gypsies Clubg rou nds
Sturg is, South Oakotl
Resuns: Aug ust 3, 1997
SO:1. LN. w"guncor (Cob); 2. Jacob w"gnrr' (K'IM).
60: 1. ian Eatt'!' oc.w); 2. Mart'U5Wadley (Ka w).
80 C: 1. Grant Glkling (Yam); 2. Gary Walt (Hon);3 .
C od,. Mehlhaff (Kaw); 4. Ia n Est~ (Ka w); 5. Danny
Meh1hA (Yam).
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80 AlB: I . Oydr Jonl"S (Ka w); 2. Mikl" Miller (Hen);
3. Nick SpAin(Yam).
12.5 C: 1. Sh.uu\on Myrta (Hon); 2. Levi Buchert
(Hon); 3. Craig O'Conneu (Han); 4. Melt Snider (Hon) ;
S. O yde Jones (Kaw).
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1. Shannon Mytta (Hon ); 2. Craig O'Connc U
(H on); 3. Steve VlU'1"Ief (Hon); 4. Eric Randall (K. w); 5.
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J. y Van Oy'" (Han).
2SO B: 1. Uoyd SWttt: (Hon ); 2. Brad Boehm (Ka w );
3. Ellio t JeNIl'n (Hon) .
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