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Indiana State Fairgrounds/Lawrenceburg Speedway AMA GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Casee McCammon fe ll in th e TT a n d suffered liga ment d ama ge to his left elbow. John Olmstead was involved ina crash in the TT and su ffered a fractu red leg and cracked pelvis, an d Sean Coffey. got off ha rd in a 250cc TT p relim ina ry heat and reportedly was in rough shape when the EMTs go t there . Fortuna tely he was repor ted in stable condition at the hospital. (Left) Nick Cummings had a great week at . the AMA Dirt Track Grand Champions hips in Indiana. The young Michigan charger scored eight feature wins and came away with Grand Championships in the 85cc Modified (12-15), 85cc DTX and 125cc Modified classes. By John Spurr ie r Photos by Dan Seacat and Dave Haw kins INDIANAPOLIS, It\!, JULY4-10 he AMA Grand National Am ateur Championships w ere run thi s week, with contestants and officials alike having to end ure sco rching temperatures, precious littl e shade and two rain-ou ts. Yet despite the con dition s, the racing was great! Thi s yea r the program was d ivid ed int o tw o major gro up ings, with Gro up On e consisting of the yo unge r rid ers on bikes ran gin g from 50cc up to the 12Sec Modifieds. Group Two was for the older riders on the larger bikes, and the one Quad class. The events were divided by track si ze, sta rting with the mile and q}l 32 then mov ing to the half mil e, th e TT, and finally the short tra ck. The Saturday sig n-up fea tured a race-bike exhibition and s e m in a rs by Chris Carr, Try ce Welch and Dave Despain. Ind y hon oree Bubba Shobert wa s pre sent , and durin g th e week many of racing' s best w ere spo tte d hanging around, including Joe Kopp, Chris Evans and Jimm y Filice. In a race p rogram of this size, wi th 76 featu res and all the atte ndant heat races and se mis, it was inevitab le that there wo uld be some injuri es to repo rt. Young Jam e s M orone y susta ined th e m o st severe inju ries when he fell on the mile, got up and was drilled by ano ther rider w ho wa s trying to avoid th e d owned motorcycl e. Moroney su ffered numerous broken bones and was expec ted to s pend another week in th e h os pita l. (Right) Tony Meiring (left) and Bryan Smith (right) battled ' each othe r throughout the week in the Modified ranks. Meiring took the 250cc DTX title, while Smith won the 500 and 600cc Modified titles. Both were named co-recipients of the prestigi ous AMA Horizon Award. MILE Sunday was devoted to th e Grou p O ne rid er s and th e firs t fea ture event was the 85cc Mo d ified class for 12- to lS-y.ear-olds . Nicky Cummi ngs gave an ea rly ind ica tio n o f his pl an s for th e ' week when he go t the holesh ot, led the pa ck on to the back stre tch and split. By th e second lap, he had a full s traigh taway le ad o ver a t hree- w a y battle a mo ng Jeff Harder, Devin Jessop a nd ' Ja rred McWh irt er over seco nd p lace , , Cum ming s won the eve n t, followed by Ha rder and Jesso p. The second feature was the SOcc Pee Wee class, and Ca ndy Hiley started last, went to the bottom to tak e the lead in turn two an d led to the checkered flag.. Trevor Buth and Keith Bou lis fin ished seco nd and third. N ex t u p was th e 6Scc DTX fea ture , Brock Schwarzenbacher led the pac k ou t onto the back stre tch. Schwarzenbac her and Travis Myers battled over the lead