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80 (7·11) : I. Ma lt Co
e... (Ya m); 2. Ddv i MiII"" ps (Suz) ; 3.
aml ; 4. Matt Doni ()(a w ); 5. 0-11(" Ku mp :).
35+ : 1. [ ohn Lu ndy (5uz); 2. Jllhn Ha ul (Va m ); 3. David Elli s
CHon); -I. Ti m Egget!t lSu z ); 5. Mar k Th..m.u. (K.lwl.
40 ..-: 1. David EIIi" i Hu n1: 2. De vc Wit~ III.T (Ya m ); 3. Kevi n
Wilo;on (Suz); -I Dun Ma y!>{J-IulIl; 5. Tum Fc~ (Va m).
50+: 1. T om Fu~~ (Yam I; 2 . Do ug Hammo nd (Va m) ; 3 .
Guentl'r So mmer (Yam ); -I. Dan 5.!1",adr-r t Ho n ); 5. Pat S mit h
(Kaw l.
4·STRK: 1. Eddi... ttl)' (Y"m ); 2. DIm ~L'n.hall (Ya m ); 3. ~{ikl'
Ci.lizza (Ya m ); -I. Buzz Ge nn o ny (Ya m); 5 Sl14.·!Jon McVev (Yaml .
Ginolfi, Atkinson blast
Hurricane Hills Motocross
Walker whips Echeconnee MX
motos and then came back in 60cc (7-9) action,
where he wa s the ru nn er -up behind Jake Gri ffi.''O .
By Gary Crider
Results
MACON, GA, OCT. 4
Round 10 of th e 10th annual A M A Georgia
Cha m p ions h ip MX Series saw Loretta Lynn ' s
AMA Nati ona l 125cc A cham pio n Matt Walker
st orm to th e win s in both th e 125 and
250cc/Open A classes at Echeconnee MX. Shane
Lusk an d Luke Bunzendahl also claimed double
class wins in their respective BOee divisions.
During th e ride rs me et ing, Echeconnee's
promoter, Ha rold Bon e, tried to dispe l ru mors
that his track is dosing .
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Bone sa id, "a n d we' ll b e here ne xt year. The
only differ en ce is th at we are now leasing the
property yea r to yea r, rather than long · term ."
In the 125cc A co ntes t, Wal ker piloted his
familiar Honda to a pair of ru naway mo to wi ns.
Josh Whitm ire cla imed. runn er~up ho nors in a
close match over Brian Raymo nd.
Walker nL
..,ded a rid e for the 250cc /Open
class a nd bo rrowed a YZ400 F from Capito l
C yde's Donny Banks. Thi s was Wa lker's fir st
time o n a fou r-s tro ke motocross bike, but he
seemed to have no tro u ble makin g the tr ansi·
tion. Walker roared away from the pack in both
mot os. Christopher Bailey came ou t on top of a
four-way points tie for second overall, as his 5-2
tally ed ged Raymon d (4-3), Whitmire (3-4) and
Dwayne Bone (2-5).
Th e 125cc B d ivision saw SYD's Codv Wat ford extend his series points lead via his " l ir ·o f
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third -p lace finishes. Watford 's sco re w a s al so
good enoug h for the day' s to p honors after first mota winner Brett Ha st y suffered a last -p lace
finish in moto tw o . Jake Hamlin,had a poor firs t
mot o bu t came back to "';n the final moto, net ting sixth ove rall.
Hamlin had better lu ck in 250cc Bracin g,
where he won both motos ove r Jo hn Watkin s
a nd Jeff Killian , who returned to win the 16-24
Amateur cl ass a fter sh aring mota wins with
se ries leader ~a n LeCroy.
Tommy Marti n won the first Ov er 25 moto ,
but he decided. to sit ou t the final moto a fter his
injured wrist began to give him problems . Series
leader Mike Garrett claimed the go ld via his 2-1
finish es.
The Over 35 co ntest had an excitin g conclusion, as Gr f!8 Roberts It.'d Greg Lassiter in a winner- take-all St'Cond-moto figh t. Lassit er made his
move on the last lap , w inn ing the moto and the
overall ahead of Robe rts .
Bub ba Crosby showed the wa y at the sta rt of
the ope ning SOcc (7-8) mot a , bu t a spill set him
back to an eventual 4-1 score. Stephen Amerson
wa s hot, and his 1-2 finish es won the da y over
Crosby.
Current 50cc (7-8) AMA National Champion
J.J. Mak-ske took a big step tod ay, as he raced an
SOeemachine for the first time. Mal esk e clai med
respectable mid pack finish es in bo th 80cc (7-11)
50 S HAFT; 1. Kayla Boswell (Va m ); 2. Ke lby McAll t!Olr r
(Vam); 3. Je!'SC' Turner (Yam) ; 4. Hunter Pillman (Ya m ); 5 . Cudy
Huwell (Ya m).
50 (01-6): 1. Arthu r Cofield (C ob); 2. Fom'St u nl' (C o b l; 3 .
Emt.'St Lopez (Cob); 4. J~ Scott (KTM ); 5. Cole A1~'T'S (L!m).
50 (7·in: I. Stl'phl-n AmI.·'I' n (Cob): 2. Bub ba Cn ll'lby (C oo); 3.
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C a m e ro n All en (C o b); 4 . Pa r ke r Ja rr ard (Cob) ; 5 . Bra d Jaml'S
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(Kaw) ; 3 .
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Richard Sheriff (5uz ); 4 . C hris Iv ey (Su z ); 5 . Au st in Alhl.' r!l (Ya m ).
1« (14·1 5) : 1. Michael Si zemore (KdW); 2. D.C . Thu m" l>l.m
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( Ka w) ; 3 . Richard Sh e riff (Suz); 4 . Cor y C o nt.' (Suz ); 5 . Malt
How ard (I·hm ).
5 / MIN I 100: 1. Sha ne Lu sk (Ho n); 2. D.C. Th o ma su n (Ka w );
3. M.l!t H n wa r d (Honl; 4 . C(lry C(>ne (Suz); 5. Co ld l' n Vin cellt
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