Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Morrisons vanquish Virginia Championship HS By Heather Greer DANV ILLE, VA, AUG. JO Th e nin th rou nd of th e Virgin ia C ha m p io nship Hare Scra mb les Se ries, sponsored by Bell Helm et s, T ucker Ro cky a nd Ha v o line, brou g ht m o re th an a h u ndred riders to th e edge of the Da n River for 35 hot and d us ty miles of raci ng . Geo rge G ree r push ed the front tir e o f his Casey Cycle Cit y / Chick-fil-A/ Reg ina-backed Hond a ahead of the pack in the first turn off the AA sta rt. How ever, Casey Cycle City/ Chick-fiIA /Regina-spo nsored Jason Greer's Yamaha and FMF/White Brothers / Maire-spo nsored Stephen Edmond son's Kawasa ki plow ed ahead of Greer into the woods. Edm ond soo crus hed his pipe on a n u ns e e n s t u m p, g iv ing M o tor I mp orts / Answer ISco tt-bac ked Kaw asaki rid er Da n iel Morr iso n a cha nce to cu t thr oug h the d ust to pass him. j ason C reer put his Yama ha down hard in a tu rn. allow ing Morr ison to seize the oppor t u n ity to tak e th e lea d . No t letting a crus he d pipe slow hi m d o wn, Ed m o n dso n caugh t back up to Morri son on the second lap to pass him, hold in g the lead u nt il the fifth lap, w he n the bike succ umbed to mechanica l difficul ties created by the cru nched pipe. Morrison too k the checkers, a nd Tommy Han d y (on his Mark IV-s p o nsore d Ka w as aki) a nd Geo rge Greer surv ived the d ust to take seco nd and third in the AA class. D ur ing the s p r ing ra ce s , s pec ta to rs go t a ccus to me d to th e e xci ti ng ti re -to -ti re du els be tw ee n Ka wasa ki rid ers Dean In grams a nd Casey Cycle City /Pain l by Pau l /Worms Racing Eng ines -sponsored And re w Willia ms. Starting with the d rop of the flag, Williams and Ingram were going at it handlebar to hand lebar into the woods. Th ey maintained thei r positions, separated by on ly a few seconds, un til th e fin ish, wit h Wi ll ia m s ta ki ng t h e chec ke rs . At la s H ond a-backed Tommy Reynol d s too k t hi rd place. The hea t and d ust did not slow 250cc A rid er series po ints lead er Timmy Mit ch eJI. Jarman Cycle-sponsored Mitchell p ushed his Suz uki to the head of the class off the start and in to the woods. Af te r co nq ueri n g t h e 250c c A class, • Mitchell p ressed on to climb into the third overall position . Jimmy Cycle Sales-backed Yama ha rider Glen Holcomb overcam e a d ifficu lt start to tak e second pla ce, w h ile Dav id Ashley too k third with his Hon da. Dan ny Morrison 's Motor Imports / Ans wer/ Scott / Pire Ili-sponsored Kawasaki flew in to the woods off the start to take a comma nding lea d of the Ve t A class. No t fa r beh ind , secon d place wa s ca ptu red by Ridersville Cy cles-s p onsored KTM ride r Dar ryl Ca mpbe ll. Rick ie Huffm an took third with his Valley Kawasaki & Suz ukisponsor ed Kaw asa ki. Yama ha rider Bryan Happle took first place in the Mini class. Jason Ba ile y pu t in a ha rd charge on his Case y Cycle City-backed Kawasaki fo r second , ahead of Rick Huffma n, o n a Jimm y Cycle Sales-backed Honda . Jessica Mo rr ison too k the holes hot in th e cl a s s on h er Moto r W ome n ' s Impo rts / Answer / Sco tt-spo nsored Kawasa ki and maintain ed the lead until the finish. Melissa Bart on edged her Ka w asak i pa s t Hea th er Greer's Casey Cycle City / Ch ick-fil-A/ Reginasponso red Honda to ta ke second place. Gree r took third place. Results 0 / A: D.mid Morrison (K.\ w). AA: 1. Tomm y Hand y tKaw ); 2. Geo rge Cr eer (He n): 3. Sk-phl.TIEdmoncbon (Kaw ); 4 _Robby Dea l (H on) . 200 A: 1. AndlYW WUli.lm !o(KAw ); 2. De.. n Ingr a m (K.awl; 3. Tommy Reynold!" (Hon); 4. Chad Par k" (Ka w l. 250 A: 1. Timmy Milchdl

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