Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events Daniel Morrison captured the overall at the Wild Hare 100, rou nd 14 of the Virginia Championship Hare Scra mbles Series . VirginiaChampionship Hare SCrambles series Round14: WildHare 1 00 Morrison has a wild Wild Hare By Heather Greer Photo by Jeff Sharpe DILLWYN, VA, OCT. 24 h e 14th ro u n d of the Vi rginia C ha m p io ns h ip Hare Scra m b le Series was held on a weekend perfect for rid ing . A cold fron t earlier in the week left beh ind per fect rid ing tempera-. lu res and moist, tack y trail cond itions. The Wild 'Hare 100 had something for everyo ne: a fast motocross section, technica l uphills, pine sect ions with bermed tu rn s, and' tight han dlebar-twistin g sections. Stephen Ed mondso n took th e AA holeshot. However, by the time the pack had reached the end of th e motocrosscourse, Yamaha rider Jason Greer had taken th e lead . Gr eer nicked a tr ee at hig h velocity and was sent off the trail, alIowing Edmond son to tak e back the T lead . Kawasaki ri der Daniel Morrison g ained on Greer and th ey battled for second . Greer bounced off a few trees, and Mo rrison slid by him to chase after Edmondson. Morrison and Edmo ndson swa p ped the lead a few tim es during the last lap, with Morrison tak ing con trol. In th e last section, Edmondson' s attempt to retake the lead was th wa rted when a lapped rider pulled over fo r Morrison but jumped ou t in front of Edmondson . Mo rrison came th rou gh the fin ish barrels with the overall win, a nd Edmondson was second . Gre er pulIed it toge ther to finish third . And rew Williams ca me around the corner in firs t in th e 200cc A class. Wi lliams was q uick ly overtaken by Hus qva rna ride r David White, who set a b listeri ng p a ce to ta ke th e class win. Meanwhile, Kawasaki ride r Ch ad Parker bat tled with Williams for second . At th e huge uphill, Williams hesitated to scope ou t a good line. Parker plowed by and used the line he had found on the prev ious d ay' s hike ar ound the course. Parker go t comfortable in second u nt il the last checkpoint, w hen he saw Yamaha rid er Bryan Happ le ou t of the corner of his eye . Parker turned it up a not ch an d came through the finish in second. Happle came through the b arrels in third. Kawasaki rider Tony Deal and Suzuki rider Travis Jones were banging handlebars coming out of the w hoops and onto the tabletop of the motocros s course. By the end of the first lap, Deal was in control of the lead, with Honda rider David Ashley and Jones right behind him . Deal took w hat he thou ght was a quicker inside li ne o n a small bridge crossing, but he had to pU.l,on the brakes to make the hard turn back onto the course, which slowed him down just enough fo r Ashley to slide b y on the fourth -lap. Deal's rear tire was trash ed by a roc ky cr eek be d , ending h is race prematurely. Jones to ok up th e cha rge, ge tting within six seconds of Ashl ey. How ever, Jon es ' a t te m p ts were spoiled b y th e huge uphill. Jones picked his bike up off the hillside a nd recovered in time to take seco nd . Yamaha rid er RandalI Ellison rode consistently for third. Yama ha rider Eric Hvtinen stretched out a comfortabl e le ad in th e Fo urStro ke A-c lass s tar t. Soon after, he stalled in the woods, an d Yamaha rider , Jeff Solinger ma de the pass for the lead. H ytine ~ caught So lin g e r o n t h e motocross track and stalled ou t in th e woods, letting Solinger by again. Du ring the third lap , Hytinen took the alterna te ~ - II :.~ c_ ;~~ ,I, - EllcnuCAL OPTIONS 4 .0 K W Onan Generator 5.0KW Onan Generator Electric step - .. (2) CD -- VET A: 1. G le n Holc om b (Ya m ); 2. Montie Orr (Yam) ; 3. Danny Morriso n (Kaw); 4. Darryl Ca m pbe ll (KTM); 5. Ch uck Hon eycutt (laM). SR A: 1. Robert Cox (KTM); 2. Robert Jones (KTM); 3. Larry Ad ams (H us) : 4. Jerry Pa rke r (Hen). 200 B: 1. Mik e Lan ca st er (Ka w ); 2. D ustin Sta ton (Yam ); 3. Wa rre n Stimpson (KTM); 4. Jim Dolan (Kaw) : 5. Keith McQu;dd y (Ka wl. 250 B: 1. Brad Hall (Hen): 2. Craig Randle {Yam); 3. Mi ke Keesee (Yam); 4. Preston Creech {Yam); 5. Chris Kite ( Ka w). ~STRJ< B: 1. Dona ld Morrow (Ka w); 2. Je ff Woody (Ho n); 3. Simon Wilson (H on ); 4. Seth Daniels (Ya m); 5. Chris Carmichael (Hon ). . VET 8 : 1. Andy Ph illips (H e n): 2. Christopher Main (KTM); 3. Gary Proffit UaM); 4. Ern ie Hostetl er (Yam) ; 5. Johnny Nu ne lly (Kew ). S R B: 1. Bobby Wilt (He n): 2. Wall y Turfboer (Hon); 3. Bernie Lunsford (Kaw); 4. Bob W ick (Suz ): 5 . Ray Ryan IKaw) . 200 C: 1. Matt Wil ey IKaw): 2. Don nie Hard ma n (Kaw): 3. Don T h omp son (Ka w ): 4. Josh Bocanegra (Kaw): 5. Todd Johnston (Ka w ). - 2 50 C : 1 . J us t in St one (Ya m) ; 2. Rick Hu ffman (H o n): 3. Robert Lackes (Suz) ; 4. Eddie Scarberry (Miw); 5 . Jose p h Evans (KThH. S/MINl: 1. Chris Coo per (Kaw): 2. Mich ael Sh arp (Ka w ): 3. Wad e Sext on (Kaw); 4. Da niel Parker (Ho n ); 5. Ch ris Pa tton (Kaw). WMN: 1. Jes sica Morrison (Kaw); 2. Christine Blake (Kaw ); 3. Elissa Mo rton (Su z); 4. Jen nifer Canada (5u

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