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Cycle News 1998 11 04

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-.:. MOTOCROSS :Round 5: Muddy Creek Raceway AMA FALL CLASSIC SERIES I-:===-=~~~~ A B ~ 00 0'\ 0'\ ,...... '<:1" l-; Q.J ..0 ~ .... Q.J :> o Z 20 By Barbara Willia ms and Kirk Johnson Photos by Loren Williams and Johnson BLOUN1VILLE, TN, OCT. 17-I B u d d y Cr eek Ra cew a y was a busy p lace th is week end . Th e track hosted round five of bot h the AMA Fall Classic and th e Eas te rn Four-Stroke Na tiona l Series, as we ll as its own Suz uki Top Gu n Show down, so severa l rid ers visited the Mudd y Creek pod ium through ou t the co u rse of th e weeken d . One of those rid ers was Team Green's Derrick Shae Bent ley . He was perhaps the most successfu l rider of the weekend, win ning bo th 250cc Pro motos in the Fall Classic po rtion of the show a nd to p pi ng th e o ne-mote Top Gun Shoo tout on the 125cc bikes. ~ Matt Wa lker a lso h ad a d a y to re m ember, toppin g th e Fo u r-S tro ke Na tiona l with a pair of w in s. He also had his mom en ts in both the 125 and 250cc Pro races. FALL CLASSIC SERIES Twent y-five riders lined u p for the s ta r t o f th e fir st 250cc Pr o mot o, a nd Bentley se t th e pa ce early on . Wa lk er wasn't far behind the lead man, and neith er w ere Ma tt Sh ue, Je ff Gibso n o r Ant hony Pocorobba . As the ra ce p ro gressed, however, Ben tley a nd Walker (A bove) Matt Shue (84) grabs the ho lesh ot in fron t of eventual winner Derr ick Shae Bentl ey (47) and Kevin Walker (859) in th e 125cc Top Gun Shooto ut at Muddy Creek. (Righ t) Matt Walker styled to victory in the Four-Stroke National. --:- - -,

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