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Anot he r big w in ner a t the banq ue t was N ick Ada ms, a Team Green / An sw cr / FMF rider w ho competes in the 80cc (7~ 11 ) divisio n. His name wa s drawn for the nu m be r-two p rize to wi n a Riva jog moped, co urtesy of No rt h End Cy cle of Elkhart, Ind ian a . Factory Pro Rid er outfits were give n aw ay to jbe lucky riders attend ing the banquet. The Fo x outfit w ith the num ber 19 on it had belonged to the new 250cc ati on al Champ ion, Dou g Hen ry . A jubi lant Chad Fo x claimed the cha mpion's Fo x ou tfit w hen his nam e was draw n. Abo ut 300 pe ple atte nded the d inn er. After o the mea l,' the top rid ers cla im ed th eir good ie bags and a Su per Series swea tshir t with a likenL ~S of Mik e laRocco o n the back. King feted at Speedway banquet By Elaine Jones NEWPOR BEACH,CA, OCT. 25 T Th e p la ce wa s th e very ha ppen ing Speed wa y Ca fe in Ne w po r t Beach. For an yon e w ho likes mot or spor ts, this is the place to go, as it is full of m emorabili a , not to men ti on so me fa n tas tic ~ b i k es' and ca rs. In ternat ional Spe edwa y pu t • toge ther a fun night to hon or all the rid ers who pa rtici pated in the 1998 season. Afte r a delicio us buffe t, everyon~ gathered around for the pr~n ~tati ons and many door p rizes . I T he first award wa s ver y s peci a l an d w as p resented by reign in g junior Spe edway Ch ampion Ryan Fisher to jerry King. King has been I the starte r at Co sta Mesa for 25 'years, and th e a ward was to hon or his great suppo r t of Ju nio r Spe'e-dway. Th e magic nu m ber 25 also p layed a ro le in the seco nd speci al awa rd , and thi s one wen t to Bo bby Sc hwart z fo r h is 25 yea rs of ra cing . Schwartz contin ues to race - a nd w in - wi th his textbook style and form . T h e Hard Lu ck aw ard w e nt to Cha rl e s ..Ermolenko. Ermulenko s ta rted th e season by wi n ni ng the Scr a tch ma in even t, bu t a cr ash a .fcw weeks lat er cut his sea so n short. He mad e it bac k a n d g o t e n o u g h r id e s i n to ma ke th e 1N atio na1. The Best Sho w ma n aw ard w en t to Ed Cas• tro. Cas tro is fearl ess when the ta pe co m es up, •and he will go to the outsi de a nd hold the throt• tie 'vi de ope n. Even tho ugh he is taking the lon g wa y aro und , he makes passes, a nd the fa ns love his w ide-open style. The Best Sportsm an Awa rd we n t to Joe Win s ton, who epitomizes th e kin d of rid er speedway is loo king for . He p resen ts himself well to the fa ns, a lw ays h.1 5 tim e fo r the kids a nd is ~ a lw ays read y to go w ith we ll-prepa red eq uipment. The Rook ie of the Year award we nt to Cha rlie Coo ley . He finis hed in th e to p 15, an d his bes t fin ish was seco nd in a Ha nd ica p main. Cooley did a lot of ho mework, putting in ma ny hou rs at Ma ley's ra nch to reach the level at which he was riding all season. HI! earned himself a spo t as a reserve at th e Nationa l, and when he got the rides, he put po ints on the boar d . The po int fund, at .510,000, was the largest it has eve r bee n, d ue to the efforts of Brad Oxley a nd Lau rie Ox ley Prie st. Th e top fin is her in poin ts in the First Divisio n was Brad Ox ley, wh o had one of his best sen-sons, not just for finish ing firs t in the po ints bu t abo wi th his second-place finish at the National. Roun d ing out the to p 10 we re Shawn McCon nell, Bobby Schwartz, Charlie Venegas, Cary H icks, An d y North ru p , Ed Castro, Chris Ma nchester, Ra nd y Difrancesco and jo hn Aden. For the seco nd time, Randy Skin ne r ca ptu red th e Hig h Poi n t tro phy in the Seco nd Div isio n. The lo p four behin d Ran d y we re Jot' Winston , Brya n Thompson. Tom Buckingham and Marvin So nnier. Bart Bast, th e 199H Coors Light U.S. N a tiona l C ha m p, was m arr ied Satu rd ay , bu t he ca me to the banquet with his new bride, ma king it a per feet ending to a rea lly great Speed way sea son. Chandler too hot at Tablerock Supercross By Chris Norman MORGANTON, NC, OCT. 25 Dusti n Chand ler found his g TOOV\.' as he: ca me fro m be hind to wi n the 60cc (7-9) class at Tablerock SX. Ch a nd ler then ba cked th is u p wi th a wi n in the SOcc (4-6) class. In the 60cc (7-9 ) class, Mack Dickson go t the ho leshot and kep t Cha nd ler behin d him for hal f of the race. C hand ler mad e se vera l attempts tu pas s, but Dickso n was u p to the challenge and What's at the leading edge of motorcycle news? Cycle News OnUne! Now you can access instant race results and the latest breaking stories in the world of motorcycling. with Cycle News' home page on the World Wide Web . Updated weekly (and Often mid-week. as the latest news Is developing). 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