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Events Rollercoaster Racing TourSupercross series R 9 ound Dunkel slam-dunks Shelby supereross By Barbara Williams Photo by Loren Williams SHELBY, NC, JULY 3 ry to n Dunkel li t the fuse on his CPI Inc.-backed KX60 to explode the 65cc (7-9) class at Shelby Supercross. Dunkel led for all bu t one lap in both the qualifier and the main for a sa tisfyin g win over a very competitive 12rider field . Round nine of the Rollercoaster Racing Tour Supercross Series hosted nearly 220 riders, all of whom were really gJad when the sun went down on a sweltering N orth Carolina afternoon. Perfect JMX track conditions made for great racing, and an extended intermission for fireworks, courtesy of the City of Shelby, wa s a nice bonus. Dunkel came ou t fast on the 65cc (79) qualifier start, with Champion Cycle Sales ' Patri ck Jo h nson on h is he els. Dunkel looked set to take the qualifier win, but John son powered his KTM 50 into th e lead on the last lap, leaving Dunkel no time for a comeback pass. Brandon Rent , .Br a n d o n White and Ch ase Mclntyre rounded out the qualifier' s top five. . Dunkel nailed th e holeshot on th e 65cc (7-9) main-event start and atta cked the Shelby circuit with a take-no-p risoner s att itude, holding off repea ted challenges from both Johnson and [oshHarris , Johnson could get close enough to put a wh eel on Dunkel, but a hard two 'weeks of attempting to qu alify for Loretta Lynn's had taken their toll on him. By the checkered flag, Harris had nosed his Lem into the runner-up slot, ed gin g out Johnson, who was third. Brand on White r od e a cons isten t fourth pl a ce aboa rd his KTM 50, and Luca s Lon g overcame his mechanical problems to finish a strong fifth. Suzuki-mounted Jeremy Allison shut down the 80cc D field with wire-to-wire leads in both the qualifier and the main . The win further pads his Rollercoaster points lead, and Jeremy is set to so on mo ve ou t of the D class fore ver. Lori Zimmerman, Timmy Hall, Tyler Seay and Jim Brown Jr. provided the action immediately behind Allison, with a bit of Joshua Mclaughlin and Justin White thrown into the mix. Hall, Zimmerman, White and Seay gated just south of Allison in the 80 D ma in event, wi th Brown and Mclaughlin lurking. Early on lap two , Mclaug hlin saw an opening and blasted throu gh , puttin g himself three position s up, into fou rth . Zim me rman d isplaced Ha ll to se tt le into th e ca tb ir d se at, where she rem ain ed for th e durati on . Hall hu ng tou gh, eve n after a crash put Mclaughlin back to seventh with two lap s to go. Another d owner sen t Mclaughlin to the rear of the pack, and a crash of his own put Hall back there with him. Seay m o ved up t o th ird , to w in g Brown and Drew Sheffield to fill ou t the top five finishers. A en en '" ~ 56 Jeremy Allison (31) won the BOcc Beginner class and got a great start in the BOcc (12-13) class, along wlth Jordan Harrill (7) and Isaiah Murph (2), at Shelby Supercross. Allison gated well in the 85cc (1213 ) cont e st , coming off th e lin e in fourth behind Jordan H arrill , Is aiah Murph and David Ramsaur. The racing acti on settled d own to the top three of Harrill, Murph and Allison, with good di cing going on, until Murph mov ed ove r on Harrill coming throu g h th e infield whoops, taking out both him and Allison. Murph skipp ed off to the win , foll owed cauti ou sl y b y T .J. Knight, Rarnsaur, Bobby Hunt and Jim Brown Jr . All ison and Harrill recov e red to fin ish sixth and s e venth , respectively. eN Shelby Supercross Shelby, South Carolina Results : Ju ly 3, 1999 (Round 9) so (4·6): 1. Cody Robbins (Co b); 2. Tr evor Barrett (Cob); 3. Ju stin Ste ve ns (Cob); 4. Chelsea McSwain (Yam); 5. josh Dy ar (Yam) . SO (7-8): 1. Pat ric k Jo hn son (KTM); 2. Josh Ha rris (Lem): 3. t yle r Bowman (Pol); 4. Brandon Whit e (fl..IM); 5. Max Heavner (KTM). 50 SHFT: 1. C ody Robbins (Yam); 2. Trevor Barrett (Ya m) ; 3. C helse a McSwai n (Yarn) : 4. Ju s tin Stevens (Yam); 5. Ty ler McSwa in (Ya m) . 65 (7-9) : 1. A ry to n Du nk e l (Ka w) : 2. Josh Harris (Lem ): 3. Pa tr ick Jo h nso n (KT M); 4. Brand o n Wh ite (KTMl; 5. Lucas Long (KTMl. 65 (t()"1t): 1. Jared Tu ten (KTM) ; 2. Justin H opson (KawkS. Tleler Dodge (Kaw): 4. Tim Hoyle (Kaw): 5. Tra vis Nixo n (Kaw ) . 80 BEG : 1. Je r e m y All ison (S uz): 2. Lori Zimmerm an (Suz): 3. Tyler Seay (Yam); 4. Jim Brown Jr. (Kaw): 5. Drew Sheffield (Kaw). IR MIN I: 1. Ch ris Osborne (SU2); 2. En e Dud ley (Ka w ): 3. Jak e Posey (Yam) ; 4. Jared Tu ten (KTM); 5. Zack Mitchell (502).• 85 ( 12~13) : 1. Isa iah Murph (Yam); 2. T.J. Knig ht (Yam); 3. David Ramsaur (Suz); 4. Nick Flowers (Yam); ~. Bobby Hunt (Suz). • 85 (14-15): 1. David Collins (Han); 2. Drew Sheffield (Kaw): 3. jeffrey Arn old (He n): 4. Joshua Mclaugh lin (Ho n).· S/ M I N I: 1. Chris Osborn e (Suz); 2. Jordan Harrill (Ka w); 3. Tod d Nixon (Kaw); 4. Jeffrey Arnold (Ha n); 5. Jake PCN."Y (Yam). . . 125 C: 1. Kevi n Helms (Ho n); 2. Alex Ha rri ll (Kaw); 3. Josh Joh nsto n (Kaw): 4. An d y Va ughan (Ya m) ; 5. Scott Knigh t (Yam ). 125 0 : 1. Sa m uel Da venport (Ya m) ; 2. T.J . Fo rd (Yam); 3. Scott Moo re (Yam); 4. Jeremy Da vis (Kaw). 5. Todd Nixo n (Ka w l. 250 EXHIB: 1. Da nny Smith (Su z ): 2. Aaron Benfield (Ka w), 3. Mark Price (Yam); 4. Joh n Fann IKa w) , 5. M.:l t t DavisIKaw). 250 C: 1. Steve n Wh ite ()(aw); 2. Jesse Baker (5uz ); 3. Sco tt j on es (H on); 4. Cha rles Kluttz IKa w): 5 . Du an e Ordway Jr. (Ka w). . 250 D: 1. Rodney Hamrick (Suz); 2. Mich ael Purvi s (He n): 3. Mike Baucom (Kaw ): 4. Eric Kinley (Ho nk 5. G len Le tt (Ka w). 25+ C: 1. Michael Pu rvis (Hon ); 2. Marcus Alve rson (Ya m ); 3. Mike Bau com (K aw ): 4. S teve Wichnosk i (Kaw ); 5. Chris Norris (H en). 30+: 1. Scott Mainess (H o n ): 2. Richa rd Thoma s ( Ka w ): 3. Chip Morrow (K aw ): 4. Fr eddy Patter s on (Kaw ); 5. Scott Moore (Yam) . 35+: 1. Scott Campbell (Ka w): 2. Fred d y Patt erson (Ka w ): 3. Glen Lou (Ka w ): 4. Roy Cla rkson (Kaw): 5 . Randy Co nner (S02). Ul L AM: 1. DannySmith ISuz): 2. Jerry Stra nge (Ya m ); 3 . Ju stin G reene (K a w ); 4. N a than Lekson (Yam) . UIL C/O: 1. Steven Wh ite (Kaw ); 2. Dustin Le ford d (Yam) ; 3. Kevin Helms (Hon); 4. Baker (Suz); 5. T.J. Fa irba nks (5 02). I"" '" Missouri Hare Scrambles Championship Round 4 Leivan four for four By Frank Leiva n FLORE,.\JCE, MO. JUNE 20 ou n d four o f th e Missouri Hare Scr ambles' Champion ship started and fin ish ed in mu ch th e s a me w ay as th e previous three e ve n ts: . Defending champion Stev e Leivan go t off to a midpack start on his SCR Yamaha WR40 0, methodically w orked his wa y through th e traffic, took ov er the lead , and scored th e overall win. Th e vi ct ory keeps Leivans undefe at ed streak alive in 1999, at a perfect four for four. A t th e s tar t, Chris Thi e le took hi s fourth consecuti ve holeshot when the 11 AA-class rid ers blasted into the slip pery first turn. Close behind , Brandon Forrest er enjoye d his best start of the season , h o lding up s econ d , with Mike Wind mann in th ird. Terry Gi ll ila nd , who was making his first appeara nce at an MHSC event in quite so me time, had h is Ga s Ga s in fourth, whil e Leiva n started his race from the fifth spot. A few miles in to the first lap of the six-lap race, Thiele went down, allowing Forrester to take th e lead and Windmann to move into th~ runner-up spot. Thiel e got goi ng in time to h old off Leivan, wh o had found his wa y around Gill ila n d . Windmann, wh o h as n ot spe nt much tim e riding with Forrester, was willing to hang ba ck a bit and let the yo ung Yamaha rid er lead the way, waiting for a mistake. With only a few hundred ya rds left on lap two , Forrester took a bad line and Wind ma nn moved into th e lead and Leivan closed the gap. Thi ele was still close as well . The top four were still onl y separated b y 10 second s, while Carl Hansen - maki ng a ra re harescram bles appearance - moved into fift h, a minute and chan ge beh ind the lead ers. Soon after the scoring lan e, Forrester we nt down, and Leiva n moved into second and set ou t after Windmann. When the tw o leade rs caught up to a gro up of lapped riders , Windma nn go t a bit held up and Leiva n took over the lead . His lead did not last for lon g, though , as he sta lled his bike in a turn and Wind ma nn re too k the number-on e position, while Leiva n got going just in time to keep Thiele from getting aro und as weJI. R The fourth la p saw the bottom drop ou t of Wind mann's rac e. While in the lead , Windmann got hung up in a section of fallen cedar trees . "J stayed on the main trail through all of the branches, and my bike just stopped," sai d a disappointed Windmann. "I looked down and couldn't see an ything, but I could n' t go forward . It turned ou t there wa s a limb jammed in between the rear tire and the swi ngarm . I was there forev er, and Steve, Chris and Brandon all we nt right ar ound." The fiasco cos t Wind mann aJmos t 2 1/2 minutes that lap and took away any cha nce he had of w inning the victo ry . On ce past Windmann, Leivan upped the pace and put 35 seconds on Thiele, wh o in turn had more than a minute on Forrester, wh o was beginning to fade after hammering out two 'fine laps early in the race. With no pressure from behind and a safe distance on Thiele, Leivan baled off hard, ma ybe due to th e deteri o rating mousse. "I d on 't really know what happened, but I hit a tree with the left side of my bike and bod y, as hard as I have ever hit a tree, " sai d Thiele. " It ra ng my bell , bent the bik e a little bit, and made me see sta rs." Th e fi nal la p w ent s moo th ly for Leiv an, a's he turned in his best lap of th e day and finished with a minute to spare on Thiele. "I had a co u p le of little probl ems today, but th in gs turned ou t all right," sai d Leivan. "I w as s tro ng at th e end, and that is the mo st im portan t part of these rac es . You ' ve got to have something left in yo u at the finish." Thiel e took runner-up honors on his Team Green KX25O, while Dwight Maggard turned in the fastest lap of the day to move aro und Windmann and claim ' his best-ever finish, a' third . Windmann finished fourth after setting the pace for much of the race ; had it not been for the incident on lap four, he would no doubt have finished higher in the results. eM Poor Boys Hare Scrambles Aorence, Missouri Res ults: J une 20, 1999 (Round 4) O/A : 1. Steve Leivan (Yam ); 2 Chris Th iele (Ka w) : 3. Dwight Maggard (Yam); 4. Mik e Windmann (KTM ); 5. Matt Fa letti (KTM); 6. Brandon Forres te r (Yam ); 7. Kevin Boyl e (Han) ; 8. Bobby Duncan (Ya m); 9. Carl Hansen (Ho n); 10. Tim G ibso n (Yam). AA: 1. C h ris Thi e le (Ka w ): 2. Dwight Ma ggard (Yam ); 3. Mike Wind mann (KTM); 4. Brandon Forrester (Yam); 5. Kevin Boyte (Ha n). A:. 1. Matt Fale ti (KTM); 2. Bobby Du ncan (Yam); 3. t Cha rles Thiele (Ka w ): 4. Jon Sim ons (Ya m ); 5. Ryan wuebbeling (Ya m). 125 8 : 1. James Sloan (Ya m); 2. Mike Hulsey (Ka w j: 3. Casey Hi nkel (Yam); 4. Ma tt Jameson (KTM); 5. Joe Lake B uz ). 200 B: 1. Robert Annan O

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