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(Left) Nick Wey leads Suzuki's rising star Brandon Jesseman.
(Above) Billy Payne .
(Above right) The 105cc (12-15)Supermini class win went to J onathan Shimp.
(Below left) Women's class winner Shelly Kann.
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(Below) Broc Hepler leads the 85cc (7-11) Stock class through the mud en route to victory.
th e 51c c (7-8 ), Lo u is ia n a ' s Ca me ro n
Smit h in the 51cc (4-6), and yet anothe r
fa s t you n g Georgian in Forrest Lane,
who wo n the 51cc (4-6 Shaft Drive) class
- a first-ti me cla ss p rima rily for you ng
YZing er rid ers.
Former AMA Na tion a l co n te nder
Dag Boyesen rod e Lorett a Lynn's for the
first tim e in his car eer and came away
with th e O v er 25 w in w ith a perfect
three -moto swee p o n .h is Boyes en ba ck ed Su zuki. Behind him rode two
other rid er s wit h Pro-r acin g ties: Team
Primal Impulse Su zuki manager Billy
Whi tley and Bryan Emig, the brother of
250cc AMA National MX Cha mp a nd
Kawasaki factory rid er Jeff Emig . Whitley rod e a Suzuki (of course) and Emig
rod e a Kawasaki (of course) . Whitley
aveng ed that loss with a 1-2-3 score for
the ove ra ll win in th e Vet A Over 30
class. The Texan bett ered the 3-3-2 of the
Yam aha YZ4 00 -m ount ed Fo ley a n d
Florida's late-starting Earl May (5-4-1).
Indian a's Larry Wh itmer hammered
ou t his second straight Senior A Over 40
cha mpionship wi th a three-rna to sweep,
a h ead of Ka w a s a ki-mo u n t ed Ken
Fra nkenberry, Contender Fred Vert ucci
wen t ou t in the first mot o wi th a couple
o f bus ted r ib s . T he Ma st ers Ov er 50
class was won by Illi nois' Gary Peak,
w h ile Louis iana ' s Wendell Simm on s
topped the Vet Baver 30 class .
Five ex tre mely fas t up-and-comers
shared the spotlight in the 125cc Schoo lboy 0 2-15) Stock an d Modified races,
but Michigan's Joshua Woods and Kentu cky' s Ben Riddle emerged the winners. Wood s w on th e Stock d ivi si on
with a 1-1-3 cou n t ove r Riddle' s 3-5-2
and Oklahoman Chase Reed ' s 12-2-1.
Ge org ia's Aaron Lindsay and California' s Bobby Bonds also put in some fast
motos bu t they were relegated to rounding ou t the top five overall. In the Mod ified group, Riddle go t the win wi th a 12-1 on h is Ka w a sa ki, edgi ng Wood s'
3-1-4 and the Yama ha-m ou nt ed lindsay's 2-3-8.
Fina lly, in the 125cc C classes , California's Rand y No rman won the Modified grou p, w hile the Stock win wen t to
Texan Sha ne Dou gh ty.
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Loretta Lynn's GNC Finals
Hurrica ne Mills, Tennessee
Res ults: August 3-8 , 1998
125 A: 1. Matt Wal ker (Hon); 2. Billy Payne (Kaw);
3. Emesto Fonseca (Yam).
125 PROSPT: 1. Nick Wey (Ka w ): 2. Shac Bentley
(Kaw): 3. [iri Dostal (Su z).
2SD/O PEN A : 1. Billy Pa y n e (Ka w ): 2. Pa u l
Ca rpe nter (Kaw); 3. Jeff Gibson IKaw).
250/O PEN PRO SPT: 1. Shae Bentley (Kaw): 2. Jin •
Dos tal (Suz); 3. Kelly Smi th (KTM).
125 B ST K: 1. Brya n McGav.ua n (Ya m) ; 2. Iva n
Ted esco (Yam); 3. Ma rk Thompson (Yam).
125 C ST K: 1. Sha ne Doughty (Kaw) : 2. Tim oth y
Velasq uez (Kaw): 3, Levi Humphrey (He n).
125 B MOD: 1. Nick Metcal f (Suz): 2. Iva n Tt-"