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2SO D: 1. Hen ry Hullin~w.d (Yaml.
VET B: I. Anthony Wood (Yam) ; 2. Rlcky Stl"\'e1"Mm (Hon).
\o C: 1. Ma rty Richotrd!l (Su z ); 2. Grady HnwJ ri ll (Yam).
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The fall guys
By Bret Eckert
SACRAMEl\"TO,CA,OCT.1S
(Left) Chris Bailey rode to second overall in the 125cc Money class at
Dix ie MX in Ozark. Alabama.
(Above) Bob Lloyd (51) and Robert Tr on (1B) battle it ou t on the first
lap of the second Vet (Over 30) Intermediate moto at Carl sbad
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Raceway in California. Tr on took th e class win.
Rick Kin kelaa r won the Vet class after a
three-kick start.
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" It took me four laps to pass t he leader,"
Kinkelaar said. "I crashed four times."
john Banes took second place. john Rhodes
finished third.
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"I reallv like this track," Bam.. sa id , "but it
would hav" been a lot more fun if it wasn't so
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dusty. It was a good course."
Dennis Eaton won the Four Stroke cl as s .
Eaton had never ridden the course before, so the
sur round ings were unfamiliar .
" I got a good start apd I just put it in surviva l mod e until I go t the checkered flag:' Eaton
explained. "I had a good time. "
Steve Wied au and Dave Scharf, two of the
SOIL Hare Scramble Seri es organizers, w er e
both very positive and felt the series was go ing
well. with a good turnout at every race.
Results
AA:. 1. Joh n Rolh
(Kawl; 3. M ike Schobe...t (H tln );4. M ich a el Crowell (VAm) ; 5.
An thony G rAh.:a m (Su zl
250 B; 1. Jil!'Ofl Lenoe (K.lw l; Z. Brad Oovd (Stul; 3. Robert:
~tscltuh (Ya ml; 4. ()-.. lit· MC)'\'f Jr. (Kaw ); 5. John Bar..!> Jr. (Kaw) .
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OI'l::N B: 1. Dnup; ' -Iunt:'fkucn O-ion.l;2 John Stichnoth (KTMl; 3.
David Quail . (Hun); 4. BIl.'ft Tapk.'Y a;on); 5. Larryllv:nn:l~," (Hu n).
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4 STRK: 1. Do,'n n i'l Ea ton (Yam I; 2. Steve Sweet (H u n ); 3 .
Jamt'lo Ilaru:ock (Yam) .
VET: I . Rick Kinkl'laa r (Y",m) ; 2. John Banes (luw); 3. John
Rhodl'l' (Ya m ); 4. gobcet Roy jr . lSuz ); 5. vmccnt Kk~," (Suz ).
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lTg~ Will I> (K.Jw l; 2. Billy Hall (Hon); 3. JJ mt 'S Mul lett (Yaml ; 4. C h.u ll'S Cobb (V.l m ); 5. Pet e BuZZt.-'JIi {ATKI.
50+ : I. )I.hn Oller (Kawl; 2. Richard H udson (Yam) ; 3. Robe rt
J.,ckM m (KT~) .
TRL: 1.lohn r aynl'; 2. Billy Sm ith (Ydm ); 3. Scott Irwin (Ho n);
4. Ketth Hu cjca cp (Yam) ; 5. Davi d Ren sh a w (K.1W) .
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D MX
ixie
Borders, Sanders
whistle to Dixie wins
By Hugh Gatli n
Pho to by Hers hel Gilley
OZARK. AI., SErf. 26
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Joh nny Borde rs too k his Kaw asa ki to first over·
all in the Vet B class at Dixie MX. Borders a lso
mixed it up wit h th e yo u ngs ters in the 250cc
Mon ev cl.1ssand finished third. Yamaha-mo unted jo~ Sa nders had a perk'Cl da y in th e 125cc
Mon ey class, rid ing to 1-1 mota finishes .
Greg Co le put hi s Hon d a o u t fro nt in the
firs t Vet B mot o, followed bv Chan Senn. Bord ers came off the line third a;'d moved pas t the
lead d uo before th e end of th e fi rst lap. Se nn
shadowed Borders the entire moto bu t couldn't
dra w close e no ug h to challenge for th e lead.
Cole placed th ird .
Borde rs and Senn led the way in the Sl.
'COnd
moto. The pa ir rode away from the fietd and finished one..two . Cole took another solid third.
Jon Sa nde rs ed ged C hris Bail ey for th e
holesho t in the firs t 125cc Mo ney heat. C la y
Downing chased down Bailey and di ved past
for second at the end of the long back straightawoy. Sanders led the all-Yama ha parade to the
finish . Dow ning took seco nd ove r Bailey .
Sand ers was out fron t fro m sta rt to finish in
the second mota . Bailey trailed Downing for severallaps before pulling off a pas s late in the race.
jackie Co ok grabbed the lead in the fir st
125cc C moto, wi th jamc'S Stephens close behind.
Stephens overtook Cook's Yamaha at t he
halfway point for the win . Cook barely held off
Cole Boutwell to the flag for secon d .
Cook was quickest off the line aga in in the
second h e at , wit h St ephe n s ri gh t b e hin d .
Stephens had his Yamaha singing and applied
tremend ous pressu re to th e leader for th e las t
three laps . Cook hung tough this time and took
the moto and overa ll win .
Results
125 M:-N: 1. Io n Sandl·r.! (Va m); 2. Ch r i& Battey rear fender goi ng into the
ho rseshoe. Tron grabbed a han d ful of thr ott le
a nd hit the infield tabletop even ,,;th lloyd, bu t
he had the inside line goi ng into the upcoming
com er an d he took the lead for good. The first mot o win ne r, Cun ningham, was mi red in the
pa ck after starting dead las t. ~ the ba ttle was for
St."Cond . For three laps, it w as a three-way wa r
ove r the ru nn er-up spot between lloyd, Ca rlson
a nd Cunni ng ham. With two laps to go, Cunningha m ma de the big mo ve, passing both Carlso n
a nd lloyd in one lap to salvage second place, a
lon g wa y back from Tro n, who was on cruise
control for mos t of the moto. The finishing ord L"J'
of the seco nd Vet (Over 3O)·lnte rm ediate moto
wa s Tron in firs t, Cunni ngh a m in seco nd , and
Carlson on ce agai n just beatin g ou t Lloyd for the
third and final spot on the podium.
Results
so NOV: 1. C o rt.>y G u s ta fi'oon (Yam); 2. A n thony C ha re tll'
• (Yam) ; 3. Ryan Hughl'li (y" m) .
I'll orE N: 1. 2.1(' Wra y (Yllm ).
125 BEG : 1. And rew W ,lgl'm an (Ya m ); 2. Bra nd o n A h mitslt'ad (Ya m ); 3. Chrill Math t·w (Y" ml .
250 BEG : 1. Mike Cla rk (Yam ); 2. Tim Lyon.. (H u n); 3. M.uk
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Andt'nOlln (Vam l.
125 NOV : 1. Gi U!o p pt> Filip po i'll (Su z); 2. ja m e H .ld all l·r
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(I-Ion ); 3. G iov ilnm FiJippont'.
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250 NOV: t. Eric: H.1w("S(K.1
w); 2. jdf Da vid (K.1w); 3. Bria n
Vald t. 2 (Kaw).
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O rES NOV: 1. Bob Rei~ (Hon l; 2. Mar k BrolJ y (Va m); 3
Kl'Van Carm.ln (Yam ).
125 1NT : I. TimOl'lOl1 (KT M); 2. juan Dil'SoSaffun (Ya m) .
250 IN T : 1. JO!lh Tu p~ (Ya m) ; 2 . Kirk Chandlt'r CHon ); 3 .
Glt:TI.n C u nn ingh.t m (H on ).
O rEN Ir-..'T: L Ill,_ Ta rq uin; 2. Mdrcu !>Ha vin.~ (Suz); 3. Ru d y
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Ca~l'tlt'd a (H on ).
Palmer, hands down
By Hugh Gatli n
Photo by Hers hel Gilley
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OZARK. Al,OCT.3
Ricky Palmer mad e his trip from Flo rida to
Dixie MX a win n ing one. Th e longtime A[v1A
National competi tor rode his Yama ha to a pair
of wins in the 12Scc Money class .
Palmer absconded with the holeshot in the
fir st mot o, follow ed cl osel y by jon Sa nd e rs .
Brent Carroll ran third . Sanders wa s a ble to
make up time thro ugh the rh ythm sect io n, but
nobody cou ld match Palmer's s peed corning' out
of the turns. Palmer to ok a commanding win
ov er the Yama has of Sanders and Ca rroll.
Palmer led th e field a ga in in moto two.
Sa nders se t out after th e leader w hile Carroll
an d Chris Baile y battled over third . Sanders
could n' t mak e a dent in Palmer's lead, an d the
pair finished o ne -tw o a gain. Carroll ta lli ed
another third after Bailey went down.
Ricky Steverson grabbL'd from his
spill and took second from Collins by the finish.
CaBins ran ou t front in mota m 'o, followed
by Cha n Senn. Down ing ga ted fourth and qu ickly went to wor k on the front ·runners. He pa ssed
Se nn on the second la p and was o u t fro nt for
good by th e h a lfwa y p o in t. Ste ve rson to ok
ano ther second , ahea d of Senn .
In 125cc C racing, jackie Cook and james
Stl!phens continu ed their ba ttle from the pr evious week 's race. Cook stole the holesha t in the
firs t m ot o , followed bv Col e Bo utw ell a n d
Steph en s. These three ricte'ii br ok e awa y from
the pock ea rly. It took Stephens half the race to
get around Boutwell. This gaw Cook the cushion he needed to take the checkers flrst.
Cook was fastest off the line again in the second heat , with Stephens and Steve Smit h in tow .
Stephens had a clear track between himself and
Cook, bu t he couldn 't find a way a round . Smith
lost hi s podium finis h la te in ' th e rac e w hen
Boutwell slipped past for th ird .
Results
!4OSR: 1. Co lt' 80'\1twd l (Ya m) ; 2. lIomt.'f NeI!I(m Ul o nl .
125 M~V : 1. Ricky Pa lmer J (K'TM); 3. Josh
Phillips (Cob); 4_Mik Ca rpt.'f'Ih'1' l ~l ;5. CryMal Layton (KTM).
50 :'\iO V: 1. DyLtn ~ h Fittro ( KA~); 3. Dyloln
Ney (Ka .... ~ . Au...bn H owl'll (Ho n ); 5. Juhn 1'O.uva("7 (Kawl.
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65 NOV : 1. Kramt"f raltl'~m (Ka w) ; 2. SIt"m.on Womack
(K.J, w ); 3. M ich a el Sulli van (K.J, .....); 4. Nt.·th" n o Jo n('!\ (Ka w); 5.
Chris 5.t ntinn (M w) .
b51I'o'T 1. .!'I1atth l·..... ~'llCl'r {Ka.....}; 2. Ik';lu Wil'gand ( Ka .....).
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8...'" (~ 1 2 l 8EG : I. Kt. vin Byfield (K,awl; 2 Eric Brfidd O
