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aro u nd me until about a mile and a half
fro m the finish . We got be hind some
lappers, and they mo ved over and
jammed me and he got by. I had taken
my goggles off the lap befo re because I
got so ho t, but I couldn't stay behind
him, so I just rode on in."
Sampson end ed up fifth overall.
Si xth -overall finishe r Ben Shafer,
from Aurora, Illinois, took top honors in
the 250cc A class but not before crashing
and having to work his wa y up through
the pack.
"I came off the line in about fourth,"
Shafer said. "Then, in the second lap, I
wen t over the ha ndlebars in the sand
pits - that dropped me to sixth. Then I
just kep t picking away, trying not to do
anythi ng stupi d . [ ca ught a nd passed
(Phil) Con ver se (w ho was lea ding) on
the las t la p. He had a flat tire."
Conv erse had his Praga out in fron t
befor e picki ng u p the afo re men tioned
flat tire.
"I must ' ve hit a rock or so me thing ,
because the tire w as going fla t durin g
the first lap," Conver se said . "Bu t when
I wen t through th e scoring s ta tio n on
the la st la p a nd looked d o w n a t th e
whee l, I thou ght, 'Aw hell, it (the tire) is
coming off the rim .' 1 d idn' t lose it completely until about a mile or so from the
end. So I just rod e it on the rim. He y, we
go t more rims, right?"
Co n verse fin ished t hi r d in cla ss,
b e h in d Shafe r and H o nda -mounted
Wesley Don d aldson .
Ryan Moss aced the 200cc A clas s on
his Yamaha . Moss was d own 1:19 and in
third place a t the end of the firs t loop,
but his second-loo p time im proved sign ifican tly, putting h im in a s hooto u t
w ith leader Robbie Zim merman. Mo ss
picked up his pace eve n more and Zimmerman sim ply cou ld not answer back .
M os s we n t on to wi n th e cl as s wi th
more th an fiv e minu tes to spa re over
Zimmerman. Alex Lohf took third .
Jack Shoa lmi re hard ly wor ked up a
sweat as he aced the Super Senio r class
to add to his poin ts lead .
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Buffalo Range National
Ottawa, Illinois
Results: June 27, 1999 (Round 5 01 9)
AA: 1. Doug Blackw ell (Yam); 2. Brian Ga rraha n
(KTM ); 3. Joey Am bros ini (Ya m); 4. Scott Mclaughlin
(Yam); 5. M ike Sampson (KTM).
200 A: 1. Ryan Moss (Yam); 2. Robbi e Zimmerman
(KTM); 3. Alex Lchf (He n): 4. Andr ew Hogarty (KTM);
5. Brian Witt (KTM).
200 B: 1. Shane Klimek (Yam); 2. Adam McKilli p
(Honh 3. Shawn Sanders (Yam); 4. Robert Fouts (Hon):
5. Dustin Stamba ugh (Yam) .
250 A: 1. Ben Shafer (KTM); 2. Wesley Donaldson
(Hen): 3. Phillip Con verse IPra ): 4. Dave Edsall (Hus); 5.
Ryan Duff (Hus).
O P EN A : 1. Jeff Coss (KTM) ; 2. Mark Adkins
(KThl ); 3. Scott Hofmann (KThl ); 4. Troy Smith (KThl );
5./""""y Pelikan (KThll.
O PEN B: 1. Jos h Cain (KTM); 2. Steve Ostergard
(Ka w); 3. Patrick Moro (Hen): 4. Reage n Rhodes (Hus):
5. Jeremy Ha wlin (Yam ).
SR A: 1. Tad Bonha m (Hon); 2. St even Ha shman
(Ka w): 3. Gary Peterson (KThl l; 4. Brad Melick (Kawl; 5.
Edward Martin \I (KThl) .
SR 8 : 1. Micha el Banaham (Yam); 2. Thomas Lang e
IG-C); 3. /o hn Ge-pford (G-G); 4./0S<-"ph Demus (Suz) ; 5.
Randv Robe rts ISuz ).
Si SR A: 1. ja ck Shoa lm ire (!