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thr ough the scoring area just one second
behind . At the end of lap two, the order
was Ram ey, Brew er , Adams, Gravitt,
Saunders, Veato r and Gary Hendricks.
Ramey bea t his first lap tim e by eigh t
seconds. As riders went through th e
ba rrels, they were greeted w ith a nice,
mudd y creek cro ssing, and then went
on to a grass-track section on a pasture.
Brewer would hav e a little mishap at
this creek crossing.
" I got tangled up right after go ing
throu gh the barrels, and fell in the mud,"
Brewer sai d. " It cost me a lot of time,
because after that, I had to gas up, too."
Most rid er s stopped for gas at th e
end of lap two.
By lap three, Ramey w as steadily
increasing his pace and putting valuable
seconds between himself and the other
rid ers. Brewe r was still hot after Ramey,
but he was now one minute, seven second s behind the KTM rider. Ad ams was
' givin g chase to Brewer, w ith only 18
seconds between the two . In the fourth
spot was Gravitt, who had about a 3()'
second lead on Saunders. Veator would
be one minute, 19 second s behind Saunders.
The final lap saw Ramey still lead ing,
but the second spot cha nged hands from
Brewer to Adams.
"By the fourth lap, the trail had go tten pretty che we d up by all the ot he r
riders ," Brewer said . "I thou gh t I was on
the trail, but it just dead-ended . It cost
rre a t leas t a minute o r tw o before I
fou nd ou t a nd tu rned around to get
back on the trail. I met Steve (Saunde rs),
who was doing the same thing. We bot h
got a little sid etracked ."
As he was within seconds of Rarnev ,
that littl e d etour cos t Brewer valuable
time that he just could n't make u p, but
he still took the third overall posi tion .
At the end of the day, Ramey proved
to be the fas test, but th e 38-yea r-old
Ada ms really put the pressure on the
cham p.
"I had a really good race," Adams
said . "I got arm pump in the first couple
of laps, bu t then warmed up and started
chargi ng . On the last lap, we go t into
so me lapp ers, an d I had to get off the
tra il to mak e a pass. I hit a slump and
fell . Then Ashley (Brewe r) ca ug ht me,
and we raced to the finish ."
Gra vi tt wo uld be fou r th , just a
minute off of Brewer, wit h Saunde rs in
fifth - not bad for his fin;t AA ride.
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High Point Hare Scramble
Perry. Georgia
Resuns: October 19, 1997
.O /A : Franklin Ramey Ul.
AA:. 1. Bryan Adams; 2. Ashl-..y Bh."Wer.
OPEN A; 1. Steve Hard t;."Ma n; 2. ~'rt: Fowler, 3.
John Carr.
O PEN B: 1. John c.arver; 2. Tim m y &.Iwan:J~
O PEN C: I. Ma rk Benso n; 2. Toby Boyd : 3. Kennet h
Smi th; 4, [ason W.ud .
200 A: 1. Lee Stepht"ns; 2. Re bert Neley: 3. Ma rk
Craz ier .
200 8 : 1. GO!Orgt" Miller ; 2. Robert Stevenp iper; 3.
Ceorge Mllter.
20 0 C: 1. C h ris Kill"; 2. Rick Mc El w ee n ; 3. Jeff
F1t>misl.u ; 4. Jimmy Ann....ro ng .
t
250 A: 1. Frank Koenig: 2. Mark Lee: 3. Wi lli am
Tram mdl.
150 B: 1. Tim King; 2. Mike Carn er ; 3. John Ho yer.
2. 0 C: 1. Shea ffer Chee k; 2. Sha nnon Moore: 3. Gary
5
Grey: 4. Nathan Phil lips.
SR A: 1. Mitch McR('i:; 2. Richa rd Edmonds; 3.
An dv Bean.
..
SR 8: I. Kennt!th King: 2. Pat wtlltamson : 3. Jeff
Conly.
SR C: I. Richard Mor abit o; 2. David StrawhurtM:!; 3.
Steve Aydelott.
SlS R A: 1. Franl.. Nelson; 2. Joh n Keidey .
SlS R 8 : I. Rich.l rd PatWnon; 2. Sunny Robni",; 3.
CoJ~ Bud u n.an.
MSTR. A: 1. H.my Grft'Iovt".
MSTR B: I. Jac k Lenning.
MSTR. C: 1. 1GlI ~ Nelson,
+-STR K B: I. J~ff~ Wclll.. r; 2. Daniel Mum.rud; 3.
e
Do n Dubon.
+-ST RK C: I. St......r Pampl in; 2. JOl'\c1than Streetman;
3. Mi ke 8rill..nti.
Mairose masters
CRC Grand Prix
By Gre g Robert so n
PAL\lDALE. CA. OCT. 19
Nic k Mairos e mad e his d ebut ride on his new
KTM a mem orable one by cha rging up from a
las t-place s tart to wi n th e 125cc Int erm ediate
class duri ng C alifo rn ia Racing Cl u b's Gremlin
Grand Pri x at Los Angeles County Raceway.
Thi ngs didn't st art off so good for Mairose
when the com pe tit ion lef t without hi m on th e
d ead -eng ine sta r t. " My oid Yam ah a us u ally
started in neutral and then I'd pu t it in gear and
go." expla ined Mairoee. "This time I was d oing
pra ctice starts wit h it in gear a nd it wa s wo rki ng
fine. and then on the start I just let the clu tch ou t
too ear ly before I had the rev s u p a nd stalled it.
It took fou r or five kicks to get it start ed :'
Greg Andrew didn't ha ve any pr ob lem s off
the start as he grabbed the lead ov er first -time
Intermediate rider Brent Gillia m. For the first 15
min u tes of th e 45-minute race. the two Suzuki
riders w~re glued together, with GiIlMm unabll:'
to find his wa y into the lead and Andrpw u nab le
to pull away.
At about the ~minute llldrk.,.lappers start ed
to become a fac to r. And rew was abl e to u se
them to hi s adva n tage as he slo wly started to
slip a way fro m Gilliam. Gillia m wa s able to keep
Andrew in sight for another to minutes befor e
his se at loosened up and fell off . Standi ng up
around the entire sa ndy LACR tra ck took its toll
on Gilliam, a nd Ma inJ!'>t!' got aroun d him foc second pl ace and ~t out after Andrew. Ma iTOse
wa s able to roouce Andre w 's It:'ad to almos t
nolhing over the next cou ple of laps , and when
the white fulg came out. he was read y to ma ke
the pass.
"After going through the big whoop section. .
I got right ne xt to him (And re w) , and he w as
going a round the ou ts id e in th e next tum and
tried. to ge t oock u nderneath and slid out. He
gave up after tha t," said thl:' Dick Allen YamahaHonda·KTM I Bieffe I Nolt"en-sponsored. Mairose
after collecti ng the win. Andrew came across to
finish M'COnd.. ahea d of a wom~u t Gilliam.
Result s
P/W BEG: I. Mama. Carrillo (LeW.
P/WYAM; 1. Mlk ll')'GIlrda