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w ith Sa mpson in second . Scott
McLaug hl in, on a no ther Spo r t Cycl e
Racing Yamaha, held on to fou rth , and
Beaver Cree k Cycles' Rod ne y Ju d so n
held fifth on his Husaberg.
On lap two, Blackwell and Summers
locked together a nd pulled away from
the rest of the field, continuing a seesaw
battle that saw Blackw ell corne through
at la p's end with a w heel-length lead.
Sampson held third , McLaughlin wa s
fourt h and Judson raced in fifth.
As Blackw ell and Summers raged ou t
fro nt, th e ra ce for thi rd heat ed u p as
Blair Bersano on his Stephen s Sp orts
Cen ter Kawasa ki carne fro m seco nd -tolast-p lace at the end of lap one to fourth
at the end of lap four.
Blackwell a nd Summers continued
out fro n t at th e start of lap five, and
Blackw ell enj oyed abo ut a 10-second
lead as Summers ran into some trouble.
"I encountered a lapper and we hit
and (that) slowed me, but that's racing,"
.
Summers said later.
Judson held tJ1ird until lap five, wh en
he was s nared off his Husaberg by a
han ging vin e; Bersano and Sampson
shot past.
On the sixth and final lap, Blackwell
and Summers headed out wi th Blackwell about 15 seconds in fro nt of Summers . Th e cro w d w a s a nticipati ng a
showdown of sorts, but it was not to be,
as Blackwell came in for the win, while
Su mmers was nowhere in sight. H is
bike ran out of gas abou t a mile from the
finish.
"It was jus t o ne o f those th ings ,"
Summers said . "We ' re testing a little:
bigger piston and o the r thi ng s on th e
. bike. I thou gh t I could go the distance in
a two- hour race, but I carne up a littl e
s ho rt . Do n ' t get me w rong , th ou g h . Black well r od e a g rea t ra ce a nd h e
d eserved to win."
"Yea h, I ha d a good day a nd was
ab le to hang in there," Blackwell confi rmed. " It's d e fin it el y a co n fidence
boos t any time you can beat the Nati onal Champ.'
With Su m me rs gone, Bersano wa s
ela ted to move into the second-overall
spo t. Sampson held on for third on his
new TM, and fourth overa ll went to Vet
A rid er Mike Cornett on his Tri County
Cycle Yam ah a YZ. Ohio's Gene O'Nail
mad e th e tri p worthwhile as he pow ered his Team Green Kawasaki to fifth
overall, just a click behind Cornett.
If t h ere we re to b e a swa mp-fox
a wa rd (to so m eo ne w ho fi nis hes no
matter what>, it woul d ha ve to go to
Jud son. He ran as high as third overall
for a couple of laps and then ran out of
gas on the last lap and pushed his bike
to the finish.
Chris Hicks, on his Sport Cycle KTM,
moved one step closer to the 250cc A
championship, as he has improved consid erably all season to finish first at this
e v e n t and s ix t h overa ll. Mid-States
Motorsports' Steve Go rdon stayed within striki ng d istance for second.
Trent Ashley and Chad Hollis had a
ra ce- long ba ttle in th e Open C class,
with As h ley garnering th e win at th e
C~
checkers .
Mld·South Winter HS Series
Van Leer, Tennessee
Results: February 15, 1998 (Round 8)
AA PRO: 1. Doug Blackwell (Yam ); 2. Blair Bersa nc
(Ki'l w ); 3. Mike Sa mpson (KTM); 4. Con e O'Nai l (}(awl;
5. Chri Ca pli ng er (Yam).
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BEG: 1. Mil e Wilhott (Kl'M); 2. James Ga tes (Kaw);
3. Mike Castanza (J(.lW) ; 4. Ma rk G ree n (Y .. m); S. John
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Isaacson (KTMl .
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125 8: 1. Ian She rwood (Ya m); 2. John C la us (Kaw);
3. loci Byron (Yam); 4. Dustin Gibson (V.1m); 5. John
Cordon (Yam ).
200 A: 1. Ma rty Sti n nett (He n]: 2. Kevin Creek m ur
(Yam); 3. O int Robinson (!Caw ); 4. Jami e Wynn (Kaw);
5. Tara s Ma ssey (Ka w ).
·200 B: 1. ALm Wcst l.-rfidd (Kaw); 2. Cha rles Kirby
(Ho n); 3. David Ridgeway (Kaw); 4. William Young
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(Ka w); 5. Rory Alexander (Kaw).
200 C:. 1. Will Presson (Kaw);
2. Ronn ie Fro s t (Ka w): 3. De re k
Brat che r (Kaw); 4 . Ryan Taylor
(I(aw); 5. jeffery Lacroix (Yam) .
2SOA:.1. Ch ris Hicks (KiM); 2
Steve Go rdon ( Kaw): 3. Lance
Smith (Yam); 4. Paul Allen (1(1l.4);
5. Da vid McWilliams (H on) .
250 8 : 1. Rod Zyomhurvt
(Han); 2. Jeff Colli ns ( Ka w ): 3.
Bren t Me rcer (YJlm); 4. Bill y
Coo pe r ( KT M); 5. We sl e y
Dona ldson (Ho n).
VET A; I. Mike Comett (Ya m);
2. Wad e Pe rry (Kaw); 3. Kevin
Fo le y (Ya m); 4. Scott Marti n
(Kaw); 5. Brian Nieha us (Hon).
VET B: 1. Ma rk Wood (Han);
2. Barry Brazier IKaw): 3. Dwai ne
Min ch (Ha n ); 4 . Ro n Ski ppe r
(Ka w ); 5. Kip Hayni e (Ya m) .
OPEN A:. 1. Harvey whita ker
( Ka w ); 2. Matt Pu rs ley (H u 5); 3.
Ma rtin Pruett ( Ka w); 4. Rob ert
Lich (](aw); 5. Lance Steele ( Ka w).
orEN c : 1. Tr e nt Ashl e y
(Suz); 2. C ha d Hollis (Ka w) ; 3.
Ja m ie Hall ( H on ): 4 . Th oma s
He reford (Ka w): 5. Ike Van zant
(Hon) .
SR A:. 1. Kevin Piasecki (Yam );
2. Danyl Moody (Ya m) ; 3. Fletcher
La mbert (H u s); 4. Ra ndy Ma sti n
(Yam); 5. Paul Miche ls (H on},
SR B; I. Joe Royal (KTM ); 2.
Ronnie Ha ckett (Suz); 3. Larry Still
(He n) : 4. Mike Taylo r (KTM) ; 5.
Leo n Parker (Hon).
SlSR: 1. Don Rye IHo n), 2. Ch uck Rhoten (KTM); 3.
Lo n ni e Wa ton ( Ka w) : 4 . Hom er O ' N a il; 5. Pa t
Freiburger (Hoe ).
4-STRK A: 1. Robert Pa tt e rs o n (Ya m) ; 2. Jaso n
Mood y (Ha n); 3. Jim Parsons (Ho n): 4. Willia m Short
(H an); 5 . Robert Stephen. (Han).
4-STRK B, I. Stewa rt U ch (Ka w); 2. jason Dickey
(KTM); 3. No rma n Rich ards (KTM ); 4. Dea n G re we
(KTM); 5. Lance Martin (ATIO.
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Larson lands two at
Long Lake Ice Race
By Tim McBride
15ANIl, MN. FEB. 7
The Sunrise Resort, located on Long Lake, hosted rou nd three of the DTRA Ice Racing Cha mpionships an d Larson's Cycle Racing's John larso n land ed t he Over 30 a nd Ope n B-c1a ss
victories aboard his big-block 600cc CCM/C27
four-strok e.
In the Over 30 class, Larso n pulled the a llim po rtant holeshot . with h is longtime nem es is,
Mark Deal. in tow. It wa sn 't long be fore they
had opened up a hu ge gap ah ead of the fiverider ba ttle between Dave Jendro, Troy [ohnson,
Nate Slater, Tod d Lind an d Mike Tehro. Larson
even tua lly carded the win over Deal by a slight
ma rgin. Jen dro wa s a wa rd ed a hard -fough t
t h ird , and th e re s t of t h e ru n n i n g orde r
remained the same.
The Open B final saw a repeat performance
from Larson, who won the race rega rd less of a
broken front fender tha t be ame wedged precarc
ious ly be twee n his tire an d fra mework late in
th e race . Dea l w a s u n d e r h ea v y fire fr om
Duluth, Minnesota' s Jeff Berg throughout and
na rr o w ly held on to fi nish seco nd . La ke
Martha's Joe Tro mberg reco vered fro m a heatrace crash to finish fourth and was the only rider
ab le to keep the front-runners in sigh t aboa rd
his stock 600 IT Yamaha.
Th e fi rst- t ime-wi n ners depa rt ment s a w
su pe rfast parts gu y Chuck Ch es ler, fro m larson's Cycle Supply, earn the win in the Open
No vice cla ss while aboard a CRSOO borrowed
from Deal. In only his first outing. Mick Erickson slid by early-race leader Dou g Deering to
w in the Senior main event. Don Bettis wa s
awarded th ird wh en Lloy d Tu rner ha d a
m id race run-i n wit h th e tu m -o ne snowbank.
Jack Parenteau finished fourt h.
The tripl e-crown award goes to Shawn Burr,
who wo n the 80« final for the third stra ig ht
time, and Dul ut h's Gary Goeden, who followed
suit by recording his third event victo ry in th e
250cc B class.
Results
HO I. Stw wn BUrT ( lC.Iw ); 2 . TraV1!> u ....,ric h s ( K. w); M iL::
M.s~ (Act) .
125: 1. Steve Schtlbt-r(Hun) ; 2. Mia...-KrdU!i(' ( K.w) ; J. Adam
U ..-nrichI (Y . m); 4. n-.n f\oprr (Y am ).
250 NOV : 1. Owd CloII rlr. (Yol ) ; 2. CrdiK Mc Nid (Ho n); J .
m
Dan ~ (Y am ); -I. Joh n Mon roe (Ka w) ; S. Pat Stl...! (Yam) .
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2..CiO 8: 1. G uy C.",'l.il'n {)(awl; 2. D;m Ik1t1!' (Y.m); J . Uoyd
TUffllT (Y.m.l ; 4. Tim Mc Brid l· (Hurd; S. Doug B
uhn (Hon ).
O PEN NOV: 1. Ch ud Cht':lok-r (Hun); 2. G~ McNeil (f Ion);
J . Stl"Vt" Schuh .,. (Yam ); 4. Chud: Clark '(Yam ); 5. Dave Pl'1l'l'Slm
(I·klf,).
OPEN 8: J. Juhn Lar.KlCl (CCM); 2. M,Irlr.. Ol'al (Htm); 3. ...·ft
Bt'1'g (lC.ol w) ; 4. IUl· Tn K1l b.. q; (Y am); S. ToJd lind (Hon) .
OPEN C: I . Doug Buhn U-Ion); 2. Dave Jl"fldro U