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Reynolds wins opening
battle atSublime HS
By L ynn Bailey
SUBLIME, TX, ocr. 19
Kawasaki-mounted Bert Reynold s served notice
by winning the AA class at the opening round of
the 1998 A MA Texas C ha m pio ns h ip Hare
Scra mb les Seri es thai he w ill be a force to be
recko ned wi th. After a mediocre start. Reynolds
stead ily picked his wny through the very talented AA class and eventua lly crossed the finish
line 40 seconds ahead o f Shaun Martin.
Prior he avy rains forced the hosting Trail
Rid ers of Housto n club to crea te several course
changes before th e eve nt, bu t bea u tiful Texas
au tumn weather p rovided pe rfect traction for
the 169-ride r field , w it h loamy berm gra ss
tracks, fun wood sections and a gnarly, rocky
cree k botto m that provid ed excellent spectator
entertainment on the 6.5-mile cou rse.
Mean whil e, in the Overall A battle, Hond a of
Houston rider Lynn Bailey and AI Cravens traded paint for the first two laps before a wild getoff by Cravens allowed Bailey to gain a lead that
he w ould never relinq uis h. Closely following
Cravens into the finish was two-time lSDE rider
Manny Garza on his XR6OO.
10 the chase for the Overall B Championship,
Mike Spohn. moving up after earning last year's
Overall C Championshi p, staked his claim early
ard looked to be firmly in charge. But hallway
through the two-hour-plus-on e-lap race, Troy
Barrows, Jos hua Laurence, Justin Goe rtz , Brad
Thompson and Tom G ra n tha m m ade their
cha rge after Spohn. Aft er so me close ra cing,
Grantham pulled dear and emerged with a oneminu te cushion ard the Overall B trophy.
The morning program, whi ch incl ud es all C,
Women, Over 40 B and Over 50 classes, fired off
or: schedule with las t year's Women 's champion, Lacy Thompson , !lhockin g the field with 3
fourth-place finish in the 21 rider 250cc C class.
N othing co u ld stop Russell Go u ricy, th ough,
from claimi ng the Overall C honors. Returning
6Q:c cham pio n Marti n Howell edged ou t hardcharging Au stin Jones and Daniel Grice in the
45-min ute 60ccrace.
Results
Ak 1. Bert Reynold. ~w); 2. Shaun Martin (I-hl.); .3 ail·
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