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M ounta in Hare Scrambles , Harrison answered tha t q uest ion by taking the Overall /AA win on both days, despite there bei ng a lo t of hea vy hitters in the fie ld . "The cl ub did a great job wit h the courses on both days - a go od combination of t ight and open sections," said the Medford All-Terrain/ Stea h ly Off-Road/Herb's Cycle T own/House of Ho rsepower/AFAM-sponsored Har rison. "T he conditio ns were perf ec t . I'd really like to tip m y hat t o Ron Ma ddox from th e Mo to rc ycle Rider's A ssoc iation - he's a great tra il boss ." On Satu rd ay , the Yamaha YZ250mounted Harrison led th e ra c e from hol esh ot t o fin ish , but not without a fig ht from curre nt OMRA XC ch am pi o n T rav i s B am f o rd , who l at er su ccumbed to multip le tire troubles . On Sunday , J erem y Pum a took the early lea d and held off Harrison for the fi rst la p. Ha rrison had other pl ans , and he m ad e a m ov e for the pass but inadvertentl y co lli ded w ith Puma , sending t hem both off th e tra il and allowing D erek Steah ly to ta k e th e po int. Harriso n re mo u nte d qu ick l y and l at er passed Steah ly in the p its , and fro m there it was smooth sailing for the 23 year -ol d Me dfo rd resident. In othe r c l as se s, the competition w a s i n te n s e . Perenn ial Ove r 30 Expert cha m pion David Morton and Rob Cha stai n were lock ed in a battle all d ay o n Saturday . "We were sw ap ping th e le ad two or three times a lap," said Chastain , who ride s a Power Yamaha /KTM 520EXC. " Whoever made a mista k e wo ul d g ive it up for a whil e but th en get it right b ack . Right at th e end o f the rac e , D av e cras hed aga in , and I ro de in for th e win ." Th e two were p us hi ng each other so hard tha t they ended up wi th sixth and seventh overall for the day, besting m ost of the ot her Expert cl ass es. On Sunday 's faster Expert loo p , Mo rton re taliated with an eigh t-min ut e win ov er Ch asta in . "I wasn 't doing any fo oling arou nd today , no c rashi ng and full -sp eed ah ead , " sa id the Ta ylor Motorcycles / C la rke Manufacturin g -bac ked , Ho nda CR250 -mounted Morton . Th ere was a l arge turnout in the Over 40 Expert class . Tro y Joiner ran awa y o n both d ays , while Er ic Gin sbach a n d Ja son M athene y tr a ded w ins in th e Open Expert cl ass. Josh Huffman w on t op h onors fo r bot h da ys in th e 250CC Expert cl ass, and Reid Brown took a double win in the Junior Clas s. T rai l b o ss Ma ddox and ev ent ch airma n Paul Hildebr and of th e Me d ford -b ased Motorc ycl e Rid ers As soci ation d es erv ed and rec eiv ed k udos fro m all of th e race part icipants for puttin g on a great event. Maddox la id out two separate 15-mile loops in the st eep , wooded hills south of Medford, Orego n. Perfect weath er cond itions Info 817·221·5573 e';'mail info@lakewhitneymx.com W1NVI.LAKE~HITNEYIAX.COIA •• .- W HY WAIT? CALL! DON PEDEN & DONNIE LITTLE cue I EO n EO _ S • MAY 23 . 2001 51