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Hamel scares up a
Halloween HSvictory
By Pau l Ziegl er
RENO,IW, NOV 1
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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

