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(Kaw); 3. Will Presson (Kaw ); 4. Edd ie Paseur 5. Benny Helt on (Kaw). (Above) Blair Bersa no finished secon d overall to Blackwe ll. (Left) Doug Blac kwell 's pit crew fix es his shift lever en route to his win at the Davy Crockett Hare Scrambles in Lawr enceburg, Tennessee. n (Kaw ): . . 250 A: 1. Ch ris Hicks (KTM); 2. Gary Hend ricks (Yam) ; 3. Stev e Go rd on (Kaw ): 4. Da vid Mcwilliams (Hen ): 5. P.A . Allen (KTM). 250 B: 1. Jeff Co lli ns (Kaw ); 2. Je re my Ket ch um (KTM); 3. Rod Lyonhurst (H on): 4. Brent Mercer (Yam); 5. Keith Lane (Kaw ). VET A: 1. Michael Co rn et t (Yam); 2. Wad e Perry (Kaw): 3. Scott Ma rtin (Ka w): 4. Timm y Poo l (Kaw) : 5. Philip Barker (H en) . VET B: 1. Mark W~ (Hon); 2. Kip Hayn ie (Yam); 3. Larry Keown (Yam); 4. Dean Grewe (KTM); 5. Mike Vandiver (K aw). OP EN A: 1. Ha rvey Wh itaker IKaw ): 2. Rober t Lich (Kaw): 3. Kevin Hopper (K.1W). OP EN B: 1. Jason Dick ey (KT M); 2. Stewart Lich (Kaw ); 3. Rob by Boye tt (KTM); 4. Jeff Mar cum (Hen): 5. Steve n Hol comb (Su z). O PEN C: 1. C had Ho ll is. (K3W);. 2. Trent As hb y (5u7. ; 3. Jami e Hall (Ho n ); 4. Thomas Hereford (Kaw ); ) 5. Kent Bu sse (Ka w ). SR A: 1. Darryl Mood y (Ya m); 2. Paul Mi ch els (Han); 3. Tim Ad kins (Yam); 4. Fletche r Lambert (H us): 5. Curt is Come r (H us). S R B: 1. Ronnie Ha ckett (Suz ): 2. Le on Pa rke r (Ho n): 3. Larry 5h U (He n): 4. Roger Sch ult z (KTM); 5. vcrglc Young (Hen). S/S R: 1. Io hn Gile s (Yam); 2. Don Rye (He n): 3. Chuck Rho ten (KTM ); 4. Lonnie Watson {Ka w }. 4- STRK A: 1. William Sh o r t (Hon ): 2. Cod y Ma xwell (Kaw). 4· STRK B: 1. Da vid Dou gherty IH o n) : 2. Da vid Za ne t (Kaw ): 3. Marty Michel s (Han); 4. Aaro n Davis (H e n): S. Michael Westerfield (He n). . A A/PRO: 1. Dou g Blackwell (Ya m); 2. Blair Bersano (Kaw): 3. Mike Sampson (Kaw ). 4. John Masch ino (TM); 5. Sco tt Mclaughlin (Ya m). F loridaW rAMA MX Series,Round 4 inte Danish • surprise • AMA M id·South WinterH reScrambles Series, a Round6 Blackwell takes Davy Crockett HS By Pa u l Michel s LAWRENCEBURG, TN,JAN. 18 n a cool, overca s t day in th e roll ing hills of so u th w es t Te n. nessee, Doug Blackwell powered his Sport Cycl e Racing Yamaha to yet another w in at ro und six of the AMA Mid-South Wint er Hare Scramble series. The race wa s dubbed the "Davy Crockett Hare Scrambles" because the Am erican hero was born and raised in the surrounding ar ea, and a sta te park just a few miles d own the road is dedicated to the great fro ntiersman. Mike Sampson on his Bloomington Power Sports Kawasaki laid claim to the hol esh o t a nd led th e entire first la p. Blackwell came a ro u n d seco nd , Blair Bersan o on h is n ew St ephen s Sp orts Cen ter Kawasaki came through in third, Ind ian a ' s John Ma schin o on a G rea t Dav es' TM held fou rth, a nd Rodn ey Jud son on his Beave r Creek Cvcle Husaberg stayed close in fifth. On the second of five laps arou nd the 9-mile cou rs e, Blackw ell ca u g h t a n d passed Sampson . At the end of the lap , the rest of the top five remained in the sam e positions . Abou t two miles ou t on the third lap, Blackwell ran into tro uble. "I cu t in on a slowe r ride r and he fell on me , a n d w he n he d id , it b ent m y shifter so bad that I had to ride the rest o f th e la p in fir s t gear," Black w ell recalled . "I was pass ed by Sampson and O 30 Bersano but ma naged to stay ahea d of th e oth ers. I w as luc ky to h ave a pit crew that got me in and out in abou t 30 seco n d s . I was really luc ky th e sh ift shaft didn't br eak w hen they st raig h tene d it, because it was bent really bad under my footpeg ." Blackwell head ed b a ck ou t and cau ght an d pas sed Bersano and Sampso n about halfw ay thro u gh th e fou rth lap. At the finis h of the fifth and final lap, Blackwell held ab out a 30-se cond lead over Bersan o, wh o took ad vantage of the unfortunate Sampson ' s underpowered bike (he had sma shed his pipe n early clos e d earli e r in th e rac e ). Maschino came in about a minu te later, and Judson held a respectable fifth in what is his first season in the Pro class. Dave McWilliams led ea rly on h is Hon da in the 250cc A class but soon.surrendered the lead to a ha rd -charging Chris Hicks on his Sp ort Cycl e KTM. Hicks also fin ished seventh ov era ll, while Gary He ndricks garnered seco nd in the 250cc A class. Yamaha-mounted Mike Corne tt finished first in a very compe titive Vet A cla ss, with Wad e Perry o f Perry' s Kawasaki staying within striking d istance for seco nd. Harvey Whitaker on his Team Green KLX continued his winning ways in the Open A class and also took eighth overa ll. Kevin Creekmur was the onlv 200cc A rider to complete all five laps as he pu t his Yamah a in first in the class and also in to a top-2 0 overa ll finis h. In the 250cc B class, Jeff Collins on his Kawasaki and Jerem y Ketchum on his KTM finished the race w he el to w h ee l, with Collins taking the win. KDX-mounted Mike McCrea came in about thre e min u tes ahead of his nearest competitor in the 200cc B class. Mike Kirby garnered a respectabl e second on his Ho nda . William Short won the FourStroke A class over Cody Maxwell on a KLX . Mark Wood had a convi ncing win in the Vet B ranks, with Kip Ha ney in second . Ron nie Hackett bounced back from some bad lu ck in prev ious ro u nds to tak e top hono rs in the Sen ior B class . Leon Parker stayed close on his Honda for seco nd . John Giles on a Yam aha continu ed his winning wa ys in th e Su pe r Senior class. Don Rye was a resp ectable t~ second on his Honda . Davy Crockett Hare Scrambles Lawre nceburg, Tennessee Results: January 18, 1998· BE G : 1. Ad a m Lyn n (Kaw) : 2. Phillip Hu gh e s 3. Tim Donaw orth (Su z): 4. Steve Poss (He n): Mark Green (Yam). . 125 B: 1. Joe y Still (Ya m); 2. Ian Sherwood (Yam ); 3. Joh n Gla us (Kaw): 4. D usti n G ibso n (Ya m) ; 5. John (K.1W); C or don (Yam) . 200 A: 1. Kevi n C reekm u r (Yam); 2. Jo hn Lenard (KTM); 3. Ta ras Ma ssey (Kaw) : 4. Josh Sco tt (Kaw) , 5. Co rdon Turn er (Kaw) . 200 B: 1. Mike McCrea (Ke w ): 2. Micha el Kirby (Hun); 3. Da vid Rid ge way (Ka w ): 4. Rona ld Ski p per (Kaw): 5. Rory Alexa nder (Kaw). 200 C: 1. De re k. Brat cher (Ka wj: 2. Ro nni e Fros t By Kyle Myers File photos by Mike Adai r ONO, FL,JAN.17-1 8 r ia n Jo r ge nsen fr om D enmark scored the surprise win in th e 125cc Pro cla ss a t round four of the Florid a Winte r AMA Mo to cros s Seri es, held at Sunstate Raceway. Jorgensen, who recentl y returned to racin g after knee surgery, looked right at home on the sandy circuit as he pos ted a 2-1 tally for the overall win. F&S-ba cked Tony Lorusso won the 250cc Pro d ivision - also with a 2-1 tally - ove r Team Gr een rider Keith Johnson. Over 425 riders from 17 sta tes and nine different countries competed in the two days of racing. In the first 125cc Pro mota; Lorusso B Ton y Lor usso won the 250cc Pro class at the fourth round of the Florida Winter AMA Mot ocross Series , held at Sunstate Raceway in Ono , Florida.

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