wh en a d o w n p o u r t ur ned t he track into a
muddy mess. John Ro th took the o verall win,
and Tanner England finished second .
"Th e track was bea u tiful," e nth used En gland. " It had a lot of new trails . I had a good
time."
Roth was fourth on the first lap, bu t by the
second lap he had worked his way in to the lead,
and he ne ver looked back.
john Banes won the Vet class and finis hed
third overall, followed by Express Cycles' Steve
Fitzgerald a nd then Rick Kinkelaar.
"The track was very techni cal. with about 80
percent new trails," said Fitzgerald . " I liked the
off-cambers."
" I go t a third- place start , had tro uble wit h
th e a rrows and got a flat o n the seco nd lap,"
reported Kink elaar. " 1 changed m y tire , go t back
ou t there to try and sa ve some points. Wh en the
rai n ca me, I kn ew l cou ld n ' t ma ke up m u ch
tim e. I just tried to maintain a steady pace."
james Han cock took first in the Four-Stroke
class.
"I though t the course was grea t," Hancock
com me nted. " It was very technical, a fun hare
scramble trac k."
Cha rlie Meyer took the wi n in the 250cc B
class.
.
-d." Meyer sa id . "The
" It was fu n un til it ra iru..
course was a lot of fu n."
Mar k Decker, riding in his first hare scrambles, fini s hed seco nd in the Tr a il Rider class,
after Scott Ir w in . Bra n d o n Lindemann took
third .
Ther e were a lot of positive comments about
ho w fun the cou rse was. Everyo ne seemed to
like the new trails and the technica l parts of the
track. Meyer, a member of BET, helped set up
the course, and he sa id it was a lo t of fun layi ng
it ou t.
jim Mollet was hurt pretty badl y at this race,
br eaking both of his heals , and he will be in a
wheelchair fo r severa l months. His fellow riders
wish him the best of lu ck in his recovery.
Resu lts
AA : 1. John Roth (Yam); 2. Tan ner England (Yam) ; 3. jo hn
Yame (Hon); 4. Wesley Don akhon 5. raul Young (Suz).
't1
200 B: 1. Richa rd Bru ce (Ka w ).
250 B: 1. Charl es Meye r
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2. Bradley Cloy d (Suz); 3.
Ryan Guy
catches some
good air on
his way to
th ird overall in
the Open
Amateur
category at
the Run-AMuck Hare
Scrambles,
held at the
Fly ing M
Ranch in
Yamh ill,
Oregon.
(Ka w ).
TR; 1. Scott Irw in (Hun); 2. Man. Decker, 3. Brandon U noJ...
ma nn <
Suz); 4. Keith Hu ckstep (Yam); 5. Scott Lafore.
M: 1. Rvan Do nald!iOR (HOld; 2. Justi n Ha nnah; 3. Akoll. FriUD
(Kaw); 4. W~ley Hampch; 5. Kyle WiedolU Burtle,
40+: 1. C har," Cobb (Yam); 2. Don Moan
the)' (KTM); 3. Tom
Co mpton ()(a w); 4. Don Jant"5; 5. Jaffit"'!\ Moll ett (Yam)
50+ : 1. jo h n Oller ( Kaw); 2. Rich Hudson (Ya m); 3. Robe rt
J.tdson (KTMI.
201.QrE."o: C: 1. Todd Row land (}(aw); 2. Eric Raky (K.aw) ; 3.
W ill ia m A ppel ( K.i w ); 4. Kn-in Sh.affer (Ka w); 5. Bria n Conm.,.
hi s "l-need-a-bigger-gas-ta nk" RMI2S. Bamfor d 's YZF400 had a bigger tank, and he blew
thro ugh the pits and in to the lead . Bamford held
off Rus h and Sig frid to clai m fastes t time and the
overall victory.
AA rider Steve McCall, being the true sportsman that he is, d isqualified hi msel f beca use he
missed part of the course. " It was really fun , but I missed a turn," he
admitted, "and 1 figured I' d skipped a mile or so
of the loop ."
Bill Farrell, owner of Bills Motorcycl es Plu s
Husqva rna in Sa lem, wa s a rid er and a lso a
ma jor contributor to the even t.
" If I could perform like my [Husq varna l
410," Farrell said, '1 wou ld have ran a way with
the Ov er 40 Amateur class. But being 4Osomething. my bike ran a lot harder than I could."
james Turner from Yamhill rode to a seco nd place finish in the Open Expert class . He co mmented that he had a grea t rid e a nd that he
thought -the course was awesome.
Around here, you are covered wi th d ust o r
U
mu d, " he no ted . "1 like the du st over th e m ud ;
it's not as slippery a nd it's a lot easi er to clea n
your bike a t the end of the day."
Results
0 / A: Travis Bamford .
AA ; 1. Tra vis Bamford ; 2. [aso n Sigf rid; 3. Bill Rush; 4. Scott
G riffith.
orEN EX:1. Kevin Ja N;en; 2. Jame'> Turner.
250 EX: 1. J~h Hu ffman ; 2. Erik Bi:dmp.
200 EX: 1. Steve Peppmeier, 2. jason Syp ht. ', I
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4-STRK EX: 1. Rick Goodmd n.
40+ EX: 1. Rick Cros la nd .
O PEN AM : 1. Aaron Veitch ; 2. ja nod Jorp;l'fl."'C-'11; 3. Ryan Guy;
4. [cedan Abbot; 5. ScottNa varva.
250 AM: 1. Shaw n Richardso n: 2. Keith A, hh'y; 3. Ja!lOn
Ft"!Is1er; 4. Brian Ap pe l; 5. Ricky Henry.
200 AM.: 1. Ray Carpenter: 2. Jeremy Moore ; 3. john Lubin sly; 4. Sean Co llins; 5. Josh ua Oaks..
J(}.. A.
~ 1. Gilbert Juhmon; 2. Robl'11 Par"!ltm;3. Scott HWlt;
4. Ma rtin Donov an .
40+ A.\.t; 1. Da n H uffma n; 2. Dave Hil ton ; 3. Jeff r olter; 4.
Ben Bramk.>tt; S. Bill Farnoll.
4·STRK A.\.t 1. Rod Comstock; 2. Mike Billingsl y; 3. Douglas
EIk ,",-
50+ AM ; 1. Orville Hinds; 2. Dan Mel'll'lv.
WMN: 1. N icole Pan tley .
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