Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Hamel scares up a Halloween HSvictory By Pau l Ziegl er RENO,IW, NOV 1 . Tea m Gre~n / Pro-Circuit /BRP / RM5- ba cked Dave Ham el sco red his second overall victory in a row at the H u ng ry valley Halloween Hare Scr-ambles . The fou r th race of t he M RA N N series, sponsored by Ren o Mo tor Sports, Tho r. Fox and Acerbis, couldn't have been he ld on a bett er day fo r the ISO riders wh o at tended, wi th blue ski~ and .1 3O-mile course still wet fro m therainy Halloween nigh t. At the end of the sagebrush-i nfes ted bomb run, Jos h Wilson was in the lead , followed by Hamel and Greg Sea rl. Wilson's lead di d n't last long, though••b .1 hard-charging Hamel mad e a pass in the wh oop s and was firs t to th e virg in singte- tmc k. Ham el pull ed o ut a big lead o n the firs t 1.11', followed by Mike Ba xter , Kevin Brown, Greg Sea rl an d Ryan Johnson. Havin g a remark a ble ride, Fredd y Wiechcrs flew th rough the pit s in nint h ov e ra ll, fi rst a ma teur and fi rs t 125. Leading the Nov ice class overa ll was a no the r 125cc rid e r - " Fac tory Phil " Perry ~ w ith a Ham el-sized lead over the Nov ices. On the seco nd lap, Ham el extended his lead over rest of the field . Sea rl and Brow n passed Bax te r. a nd th e re s t of th e lea ders s tayed th e same. Gil C reves was leading the Over 38 class over his Vegas riva l Nic k Ta nner. Perry los t his lead due to a rear flat, an d Todd Mohr took contro l of the Iovice lead . With no o ne in sigh t, Ha mel finished first overall a nd first Open Expe rt. Brown pa ssed Searl on the last lap and captured secon d overall and first Over 30 Expert. Johnson sewed up the 250cc-o (KThU. btl :-"OV : 1. Nl' m lol kOln l Kilw); 2. Rv.ln Toom..... U':ilw ); 3. ' ehn.. W.lllt'" lK.1WI; 4 )1 , Bruw n i K.n ..'); 5',-I.",h u" :\.h'~ (J(.lwl. t>llA M : 1. Z.1~' h Fi..IJt; cKT M'r2. Tvle r 'lll r1.I KTMI · /'lll :'\lO \': 1, Coopee \1ull~"n C1lun ); 2. En1. Hat ch (Ka wl; 3 Tonv W,·.ltho.·rmd n {H"11 4 Tra\'i.. Polon 1111 '; 5, R.'l"'U l< Io... lwl orE!'\' NO\,' '- Jlllu , 1·••I.,n l K,wd; 2. Dt·nnl .. Cu n ni ngha m (Hon'; :;. Al>r.lm Lrt1nn ... f'..,I I; 4. Bnan R..,II . Hlln ); 5. Ada m Thi..-..;on ( 1( .1 W O['l-!\' A M : I ~n.1\\T' ~n 1'1 K., W); 2 . Ken M( lA·lliln (H...n ); 3. :'v1ich.w l WI...lp h.ll lK.. WI; .j I,m 0..'\'1" ., i Ho ni I ort-':'\. tx : I D."'e H.m .. J . .... lwI;2 (,n"'~·.lrl ( "",,,w l; ~. :"I: id Fain ! wl ;4 J«.,h WII!oI," c":"w ).5 CL,,'Ctlfllwlk,'rK..w l 12.'" -"OV ' I Ca ..... St~"Jl· llfon l. 2. C1\.ld R.'COb CHon ); 3. r \ttI1 ~md.w (u wJ 12'" A M I f-r,odd,· WM.'('m-r.. lt-lun '; 2, Ch ru-o r(lll....)().. (K.lw l; 3 . Rand... 8.ltt (K.lwl; 4 , ~'4n Ik r rv m..m (KT"1 ) 2...0:;(1 :\:O \' I '.am,"", Sh'tm"'r lll••n l, 2, !'.\u l c...r~· (K.1w ); 3 Bnn.- h lun'r • tl o n ); 4. Ao1rC:Ofl !'h t~... I Kww r:, COft·y "' ...F'lrom IIl1ln l• ...51"RIo.:. A M . 1. St','Jl I h\llmpwt ,rth IHtm : Em mt"t ToI\'lor l):i\m); J. Mon ty I~nm!ollll ('!'. I/lll, 4 '·ollm·1.Ik,n .....(Hun ) • -I--STRI( E\ ; 1. ~li1. ..,Il.:t"""r ('l'a m ! .111 .. J\.O V I Til ..! .. Ml,h r (Ytlm); _ . \y I KTM ~; ~ R(loJ~l,," MI'rll 'r 1"''TM ,; 5 TloJ tl.,rv.. y (H("I ) · n .50+ \: O V: 1. J " m.·~ rorl'< IKT ~1 ) , :. It.'I1 1(..""1... (Hu n); 3 ·" Dt,OII \1clf~an ( ~ I (>t\); 4 D.w id c.um. . (K.1w l . 50 + AM 1. Gk' nn Dan ()(T M ); 2. Tom G,l roJ n~'r I H l' n); 3 .. Ca mpbl·III Ho.,"1 50+ EX. I , Kt.n KI... pmlt {KTMJ. · St."".' 00 Q'. Q'. .... N ~ Q) .n E Q) u CJ o 43

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