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Overa ll winner Lynn Bailey (1) leads Matt
Chapa (S25) through one of Skull Creek 's
Badland Canyons in Altair, Texas.
Smith smooth at McArthur MX
By Rupert X. Pellett
MCARTHUR, OH, SErf.6
With a healthy thron g of almos t 300 racer s in
attend ance (wi t h many stayin g o ver for th e
foll owin g d a y ' s Buck e y e Se ries ra ce). th e
stage was se t fo r co m p e titive racing a t thi s
fine ly man icured facilit y. Lexin gt on 's Ada m J.
Smith was un s toppa b le on hi s r ed Ho nd a
CR250.
Th e spee dy you ng man foug ht off the likes
of Newark's Terry Collins and a very agg ressive
Matt Ketche son to take the overall from these
Suzuki pilots.
. Ketcheson wa s "the man" in the 16- to 24yea r-old age division, however. The youth from
New Ca rlisle slas he d pa st Smi th in thi s class,
with Smith-se ttling for second, a head of Tony
Robinson .
Devan Welch went an impressive 2-2 to take
th e win in t he 65cc class, a head o f se co n d pla ced Pat Massie a nd third -p laced Ryan Allbaugh.
F&S Su zuki' s wo n de rkid David Whi tcraft
was d ep endabl y victo rious . The Pickeringt on
rid er wa lked all ov er the Schoolboy and 80cc
(12-15) classes after fight ing off fellow fast guy
Gavin Gracyk on the 80s and Andy Willard in
the 125cc and Schoo lboy classes .
Roberts takes two at
Tablerock Supercross
By Chr is Norman
MORGANTON, NC.sm. 12
Cly de Rober ts grab bed the ho les hot a nd won
the 80cc Beginner class at Tablerock Supercross.
Roberts then followed this up wit h the wi n in
the Juni or Min i class ov er Calvin Rhod es a nd
Chris topher New ton .
In 80cc Begin ne r ac tio n, Rob ert s took th e
hol esh ot , follo we d b y Ca lvin Rhod es, Ja me s
Spooner and Alan No rma n. As Roberts pulled
away, Rhod es, Spoo ner and No rma n - in that
orde r - we re engaged in a heated ba ttle for second place. On the second lap, No rma n we nt past
Sp oone r th ro u gh th e w h oo ps sec tio n to tak e
third place. The next thr ee laps saw Rhod es hold
off Norman's att empts to pass. With tw o lap s to
go, Norman passed Rhodes in the same section
in which he had p assed Spooner. No rman then
set off after Roberts and caug ht him with half a
lap to go. No rman tried hard but could not pass
Robert s. At the checke red flag, it was Robe rts
w ith th e win , foll ow ed by No rma n a nd the n
Spoo ner, wh o had passed Rhodes when he fell
on the last lap.
Results
P/ W (4.-6 1. Dwitin Chandler (Cobl; 2. Mark Dickso n (Cob);
1:
3. Dyla n Cline (Suz).
r / w (7 00S ); 1. Ann a Norman (Lem).
65 (7-91: L Du stin Chan dle r (Cob).
65 (10-11): 1. Pres ton Ward (Ka w); 2. And rew Norm an (Kaw).
JR MINI: 1. Clyde Robert s (Kaw l; 2. Calvin Rhod es (Ha n); 3.
Chri stop her New ton (Hon).
85 D: 1. Ctvde Ro be rts (Kaw) : 2. Al an No rm a n (Kaw) : 3.
[a mes Spoom'r (Kaw); -l. Calvin Rhod •.-s (Hnn); 5. Scott No rm a n
(5o z).
SR MIN I: 1. Scott Norma n (Suz).
S/ MINI: 1. Alan Norm an (Ka w),
ENDR: 1. David Groover (Hon ); 2. Steven Swafford. (Kaw l; 3.
J('S.
'!t"Crow (Kaw l.
125 C: 1. Jt.!'cmy Saund ers (Kawl .
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125 0 : 1. Jo."I"etny Saunders (Ka w); 2. Noa h Spen cer (ti on); 3,
Alex Hold en (Suz ); 4. Willy Baker (Yam ).
250 D; 1. Alt.'llHolden (5oz) ; 2. Jody Williams (Ya m); 3. David
PhilyanS (Han) .
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Bailey, Barrows shred at
Skull Creek GP
By Chr is'Bailey
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ALTAIR, TX, AUG. 30
A new style of racing was born in Texas as the
1998 AM A Texas Cham p ion shi p Har e Scra mbles Series shifted gears for the hig hly anticipated sum mer Gra nd Prix portion of the sched ule.
Thing s heated up quickl y a s the one-hour
AAIA race fired off the line. The Expert A class
cu t loo se and qui ckl y be cam e the cu stom ar y
three-way battle bet ween Overall A titl e contend ers Pat Hohman, Al Cra vens and Lynn Bailey. Expert A-class entry Cody Potts rocked the
boat ea rly as he ca me throu gh the scoring barrels entre nched in the mix. After two laps on the
6.5-mile cou rse, Honda o f Hou st on /Pro Clean
1000-ba cked Ly n n Bailey ca me from fourth
pl ace after his cus to ma ry two-ki ck sta rt a nd
showed why he is going to the 1998 Aust ralian
Int erna tiona l Six Da y Enduro by m o vin g
through the pa ck and taking comma nd of the
lead . Pott s quickl y lost sight of Bailey while battlin g a rear flat and eve ntu ally called it quits.
Bailey put the hammer d own and cro ssed the
fin ish lin e with nearly a five -m inu te cus hio n
ove r second place. Hohman putted in to the finish to claim second ove rall 15 seconds ahead of
Crave ns.
The Trail Riders of Houston unveiled a new
club prop ert y a nd once aga in set the standa rd
w ith a fun co u rse th at took the 185 entrants
through the now-trademark "d unes" and "badland " a rea . H onda -m ounted Tro y Barro w s
whipped the contestant..; for the Overall Bcrown
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into a frenzy by blitzin g the pack for a comfortable one-minute margin of victory for Overall B
honors over series adversa ry Brian Cecil. Open
B rid er Joshua Laurence pressured even tu al
class wi nn er Brian Cecil all race but cou ld n't
pull the trigg er and had to settle for second . The
hard -charge a ward of t he da y wen t to Matt
Chapa, who won the Sportsman class after losing his silencer on the gra ss track right after the
start. After making repairs, Chapa opened the
afte rbu rne rs and mad e up two minu tes, and
claimed the lead and the victory. The Overall C
victo ry wa s cla imed by Dana Weber from the
200cc C class. Weber snagged the early lead and
se t sail to top his class and win the overall on
adjus ted time.
Chri s Jesperson nailed down the 60cc victory,
Results
w hile Derek Osborn railed his KTM to take the
SOcc win during the 3O- inu te mini grand prix.
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Results
AA : 1. Bert Reynold s (Ya m l; 2. Stev en Rathm a nn (Kaw ); 3.
G ifford Got-rt z (KTM).
0 / A A: Lyn n Bailey (Ha n).
0 / A B: Troy Barro ws (Hon).
0 / A C: Dana Weber (Ka w ).
50: 1. Dere k Osbom (KTM.> 2. Jam ie Wh itmore (5I1 3. Cha d
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z);
Goert z (KTM).
60: 1. Ch ris Iesperson (Kllw); 2. Brandon Kendri ck (Ho n); 3.
Dustin Lara (Kaw ).
80: 1. Da nid Roegner (Yam); 2. Stephen Klaus (Ho n); 3. Mar tin How ell (Kaw).
A EX: 1. Pat Hohm an (Kaw l; 2. AI Cravens (Ka w ): 3. Da n Sell
(KTM).
200 A: 1. Tom Sen e
sac (Hon) ; 2. Du gga n Ha rtzog (l