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an eventual fourth -p la ce fi nish with t i me running out. Fifth went to Sazama, fo llowed by Ra ym ond Smi t h a n d Dou g Leavi tt. Sw eany ret u rn ed to lea d m ost of the sing le 125c c Pro moto until a bobble handed A n drew Labrad o r t h e w i n . Sweany recovered to finish in second place, over Leavi tt and Kyl e Killebrew , RM8 0-mou nted Bry ce Te rzian c o n si ste n tly clea red the 80 -foot triple in front of the main gra ndstands en route to his swee p of th e 80cc (7 -1 1) clas s. Fellow Suzuki pil ot Nick Sanchez was runn er-up in both m otos, ahead of Tan ner Langham and Danny Gonzalez. Brett Harmo n m a d e h i s way to the front in both races t o top a f u ll gate o f 80cc Begi nners. Chri s Pullia m went 5-3 t o e d ge out th e 9 -2 o f Blake Har ber for the secondplace trophy. Craig T omlinson (6-7) and Kevi n Caho (3 - 10 ) roun ded out th e top five. 750 SiBK: I. Alan Schmidt (Suz) : 2. T om Wertm an ( Suz); 3. Brian Lafavor (Suz): 4. Bria n Lcckhert (Suz); 5 . N8th an Rester (Sul ). OPEN S/BK : 1. Alan Schmidt (Suz ): 2. Mike Suluve (YlIm ): 3. n D8vld Coo k ( Yo!lm ); 4. Bria n Lcckbert (Suz); 5. Matthew Riolo (Hon). 450 S/SJ7T: 1. Leslie Green (Suz): 2. Kevi n Norrn et (Yarn ): 3. Ben Dickenson (YlIfT\): 4. Cynth ia Peticoltls·Stroud (Kaw); 5. Brien Buckn am (Suz l. 600 S/SPT: 1. Cli nt McBain (Suz): 2. Mik e Sulllven (Yam ): 3. D8Vld Cook ( Yam) ; 4 . .Iece Bo tt enbe rg (Yam): 5 . Ron Bin gham (Han ). 750 S/SPT : 1. John Duglln (Suzl ; 2. Clint McBlI in (Suz); 3. Allm Schm idt (Suz) ; 4. Christo pher Ancien (Vo!lm) : 5. Christoph er Howard (K8w). OPEN S/S PT: 1. Joh n Dug8n (Suz) : 2. Mik e Sulliva n (ve rn): 3. David Coo k ( Y8m ); 4. Christo pher How 8rd (K8W): 5. Ralph Yenne (Suz). 65 0 GP TW: 1. Alan Schwen (S uz) ; 2 . To dd Frey (S uz) : 3. Ramey Peucctas-Strccd (Suz); 4. Oll ie Pestes (Suz); 5. Daryl Wichern (5",). OPEN GP TVI: I. Bria n Lefever (Suz): 2. Briggs Willoughby (Hen): 3. Kevin Lafav or (Suz); 4. Michae l Herdm (Duc ). L/WS/BK: I. Leslie Green (Suz); 2. Richard Huffman (Yam): 3 . Brian Bucknem (5 uz); 4. Mo!lrtin Buehler (Sm); 5. Cyn thi8 PencolesStro ud (K aw ). M/W S/ BK: I. A I8n Schwen (Sm); 2. Todd Frey (Suz); 3. Mike k Gray (Duc) ; 4. KlIrl Ga i n~ (Hon); 5. Ito TlIdato!l ll (Hon). SMl BR CLSC 5/BK: l . Leel Gregory (YlIITl): 2, Darryl Willi ams (YlI m) ; 3. Mich8f"1 Cott8m (Y8m) . OPEN CLSC S/B K: 1. fltarbod Kern (5 uz): 2. Chris Blythe (Suz): 3. AIckin Lyons (Suzl. : OPEN VlNT L Jon Leonard (Hon) : 2. Jon Lacey (B5 A ): 3 . Ron Glespey (Han). 250 VlNT: I. Joh n Ross (Y8m); 2. Chris Kerber (AerJ: 3. Sen onPierre Sm ilfl. (Han). 500 VINT: I. Jon Munns (Hon) ; 2. Chris toph er PAge (Ho n) ; 3. Jim Wheeler (Hon ): 4. Jack Ross (Hon) : 5. Mike Doniel (SUl) . D istrict 14 Hare Scrambles Re sults P/W BEG : I. Michael Rucker (KTM) : 2. Robert Redde ll ; 3. A ustin J ordan (KT M): 4. Alison Martin (KTM); 5. Andr ew Pillar (Hon) . P/W S/S T K ( 7. 8 ): I. Col to n Sa nd ers Parlin P lows t he P o rtland M ud (KT"'). S/P/w (0. 9 ): l. Collon Senders (KTM) : 2. Greg Littlejohn ( HM); 3. J un ior Del gad o B y A ARON B ARTH (H"'). PO RTLAND, MI, APR. 22 Th e Michigan Hare Sc ram bles Ser ies ki ck ed off w ith ro u nd one in Portland , just west of Lan sing . Th is season marked the debut of the state ' s Expert clas s. This cla ss is one of the final steps to help mainstream the Michigan series. A larger-tha n-expect c rowd o f 400 com petitors ove rflowed this even t. The weather had been ide al leadin g up to thi s race, bu t j u st moments befo re th e rac e sta rted, t he heaven s opened an d a lar ge amount of rain fell . All the m aintenance that had bee n don e to th is 4 -m ile trac k quickly di ssol ved, leaving th e co urse a quagmir e. At the start, Holid ay Powersports ' Kawa saki pilot Syd Gallt grabb ed the holeshot. T he firs t tum was not kind to KTM -mounted Corey Parlin. "My brother sai d a Kawasa ki tagged m y rear tire ," Parlin repo rted . "There was nothi ng I could do except fall." A s the riders funnele d into the first tum , an other rid er was m ired in t he p ack . Whe n Core y Calkins left the starting li ne, his bi k e sli pped into neutral, leavin g hi m near the back of his clas s. As th e riders ente red th e wood s for the first tim e, Mother Nature had al ready start ed to change the appearance of the course. Th e first ri d er to drop o ut wa s En d ur o En g ineeri ng -ba ck ed K TM j o ckey Mich ael Keen, who retired wh en his rear -wheel bearing di sint egrated. A fter several crashes , Steve Wil ley withdrew at the hour m ark . Brad Benj am in and Bry an Dunlap were rid ing conserv ati vely, eac h waiting to make his m ove. P/W 60 : 1. Budd y A llen ( Yam ); 2 . Antelope Valley Fai rgrou n d s : In only his sec ond race as a Jo shua Berry ; 3. Joel HlIJ (Yam ). Z5 0 / XR 5 0 : I. D .J . Jeffrey ( Ha n) ; 2. Pro, La nny T u rner w o n t he 2 50c c Pro c lass at the Antelope Auslin Hobbs (Hon) . Va ll ey Stad i u m Cross In Lancaster, Ca lifornia , TIR90/XR70 : I. Reuben Ortiz (Yam ): 2. Chelsea Candido (Hen): 3. Tawn! Ditt o (Hon) . 65 BEG : I. Ryan Simonian (Ka w); 2. Heat h Rowland ( KTM); 3 . N ic k Bucct ent l ed b y Dugan broke away down th e long (KTM) ; 4. Cod y Eastman (Kaw); 5. Gavin suece (Kaw) . 65 (9 .11) : I . GarTclt Ull y (KTM). straight. Dave Cook, in fift h, wormed a slip80 BEG: 1. Br ett Harm on (Kaw ); 2. Chris Pull iam (K aw); 3. pery lin e throu gh the pack for the lead , but his Blak e Harber ( Yo!lm) ; 4. Craig Tom lin son (Yam); 5. Kevin Ceho (Han ). bike k icked out sideways and fishtailed back 80 (7 ·1 1) : 1. Bry ce Ter zian (Suz) ; 2. Nick San che z (Suz); 3. Tanne r Langho!lm (Ko!lw); 4. Danny Gonzalez (Suz); 5. Tylor Hemme into co nt rol; on th e next lap , he dri fted back to (Suz). a safe fou rth . Dug an , o n a GS X -R750 , 60 ( 12· 13): 1. Tye Hemes (Kaw) . stretch ed out a str ong lead , eventually winning 80 ( 14 - 16) : I . Gil Esqui vel (Yam). S/M INI: I. D8nny Gonzalez (Suz); 2. Bry ce Terzi8n ( Suz); 3. T M by 4 6 seco nds. Th roug ho ut the race, second ner Langh8m (K8W). pla ced Sull iva n was hounded by Schm id t . WMN : I. Bonnie Kell y (Y8m): 2. Courtney Bu rgess ( Yam) ; 3. F inally, o n lap eig ht , Schmidt fou nd a pa th Becki Kenngott (Yam) ; 4 . USlJ Mendez (K8W); 5. Chelsea Candido (Han). 125 BEG: I. Tr8vis Mehterian (Yam ); 2. Broc Hannon (Hon): 3. J osh Waters (Yam ): 4. Steven Perry (Yam ): 5 . Peyton McC8s1in (Han) . 125 NOV: 1. Cory Redenius (Yam) ; 2. Adam GrllQg (Yam ); 3. Rick Hemme (Yam ); 4. Darin Chis holm (Han) ; 5. J imm y Gonzalez (Yam). 125 INT : I. Lers Lindstrom (Ha n): 2. Scott Howe (Yam) ; 3. Shane Smith (Y8m ); 4. Ntc Hensley (Yam ); 5. Richie cesrenc (Yam) . 12 5 PRO: 1. ~w Labredcr (Y8m); 2. Brian Sweany (Yom); 3. Doug Leavitt (KlIw) ; 4. Kyle Kll1ebrew (Hon) . SCHBY: I. Cory Redinus (Yo!lm ); 2. Ada m Gragg (Y8m ): 3. Rick Hemm e ( Yam). 250 BECi: 1. Richa rd West (Yam) ; 2. Denny Hensler (Suz); 3 . J ustin Cox (YlI m ); 4. Philip Belding (Hon): 5. Jason Mil ls (Y8m). 250 NOV: I. Dermen Baker (KTM); 2. .Jcneuren Belding (Hon ); 3. Bryan Ward (Han): 4. Ciro!lnt Moore (Han) . 250 INT : 1. Lars Lindstrom (Hon); 2. Sh8ne Smith (Yom ); 3. Neil Chisholm (Han); 4 . Nlc Hensley (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Lan ny Turner (Y8m) : 2. Brian Swean y (Yam); 3 . Jos h Mason (Hon); 4. werren Ttttlerruer (Hon ): 5. Rich8rd Sezerne ( Suz). JR VET BEG : 1. Stev e Htx: 2. Kevin O'Brien : 3. Chri s Ro ss (Hon); 4. Jason Curtis ( Yom ). JR VET NOV: 1. Michael K8utz . JR VET INT: 1. Damian Baker (KTM). VET BEa: I. Doug Mendez: 2. Nick Sentene (Suz); 3. Michll el fl\o!lut (KTM); 4. Ron Buccten! (Yam) ; 5 . Jim Ditto . e VET NOV: I. Brian Dobbin s (YlI m); 2. Eric Kl'lIj eski (Han) . SR: L Tom Burgeu (Y8m) . Portla n d Intern at ional Raceway Dugan DQed. Dugan Dom inates B y SIMON-PIERRE S MITH PORTLAND,OR,APR. 22 Jo hn Du gan , th e cu rrent Oregon Mo torcy cl e Road Rac ing A sso c iati on cha m pio n, had a rough weeke nd, as he was di squ alified in the O pen Supe rbike race fo r a ma chinery infrac ti on. How ever, he went on to a solid victory in th e Formula Unlimited heat. In the fo ur-la p Open Superbik e heat , Alan Sc hmidt led eve ry lap , ahea d of D uga n and Mike Sull ivan. The 250cc Gra nd Prix w as led fro m th e sta rt by Steve Dahl strom on an exception ally fast TZ2 50. It took Patric k Dowd 's bl azin g co rner speed and braking brav ado to finally m ak e the pa ss for the win on the la st lap. By lunch , it WaS sprinkli ng, and eve ryo ne switched to wet tires. On th e start of the 10 lap Open Superbike m ain, a tight pack of fiv e 56 M AY 23 , 200t • c ue I e through th e lappers whi le Su ll ivan was held up . Schm idt he ld sec o nd to th e end of th e race. Cook finis hed fourth. It was pointed out to referee Shawn Roberti th at Du ga n h ad rid den th e heat rac e o n a GSX -R I OOO and the main on a GSX -R750, unwitt ingly violati ng a rul e req uiring tha t th e sam e frame be used in both races. Dugan was disqu alifi ed and th e rest of th e field advan ced one position. In the conc urrent 250cc GP race, respe ct ed ice -racer Dowd was showi ng his ma stery of th e slippery condi tio ns. Dahl strom was riding qu ickly but with littl e contro l. After a fright en ing slide in high-speed tu m seve n, he call ed it qu it s. ceding secon d pla ce to Herb Wagner. The last ra ce o f th e day was Northwest Mot or cycl e Fo rmula Un limited cl ass, a ne w addition to the OMRRA sche dule . It is sim ila r to Op en Supe rb ik e, exce pt the fi eld is li m ite d to fast er ri ders , the purse is lar ger, an d no othe r cl asses are run co nc urrently. T he race is leng thened to 14 lap s to test the stami na of both rid ers and m achines. Dug an - not res tricted in hi s choice of m achinery - ri pped off the li ne on h is GSXRIOOO. Sc hmidt sp un the rear and hi s b ik e swung aro und . As th e pack sto rmed down the str aight. Sch midt da nced a clumsy pirouett e, att empting to save his bike, on ly to drop it gentl y on the g rid. T he second- to -last rid er wa s through turn one, half a mile away, before Schmidt rej o ined t he race. By th e t ime he came aro und fo r th e fir st lap, he was chas ing the "ta il-end Charlie" - but by lap fiv e, he was seven th. Mean while, by mi drace. Dugan had a lead of m ore than half a mile. Schm idt drove ha rd and , with only two laps to go , he moved into seco nd , but Dugan rem ained safely o ut of reach at the checke rs. Eventually , Calk ins and Parli n m ade it to the front of the pac k . Th e pai r swapped the lead a number of tim es. La ppers were sta rt ing to become a prob lem . Many of th e backm ark ers were virt ually just trying to survi ve . With two laps rem ain in g , Calkins was 10 seconds do wn from L ans ing Cycle/Klotz/ Mec hanix fAnswerfWhite Power Fil ters-b ack ed Parlin . The leader s were fo ll owed closely by Be njamin a nd Dunlap . Parlin and Calkins caught a la pper in a te ch nical portion of the track; Parli n went to the rig ht and Calkins ventu red to th e left . This wa s th e deciding factor in the rac e - Calkins got stuc k whil e Parlin was able to cruise to the fin is h and ga in th e top spo t on th e da y. Ca lk ins quic kly rem oved hi s bi ke from the m ud an d co ntin ued to pursue Parlin , bu t h is error a llowed Benjam i n and Groves Motor spo rts/ N Style/ IMS/Spy /O' Neal backed Dunlap to catch Calkins. At the fi nish, Parlin had extended his lead to just ove r tw o minutes. Benja mi n was next , fo llowed closely by Dunlap. After some bad luck , Calkins was fourth, and the fast -start ing Gallt was fi fth . The sixth -pla ce rider was Planet Honda's Scott Bar clay . Moose/ Ara i/Torcosponsored Erik Dudek m ad e a fine debut in seve nth . O nly a few minutes behind hi s son was Rodn ey B enj ami n in eig ht h , and A aro n Wegner was ni nth . The top non-Expert was GSport-bac ked KTM pilot Aaron Barth , who rounded out th e top J O. R esult s O/A: 1. Co rey P8rlin : 2 . Br ad Benj am in; 3 . Brya n Dunlap ; 4. Corey Calk ins; 5. Sydne y G811t; 6. Sco tt Barclay: 7. Erik Dudek : 8. Rodney Benjamin; 9. Aaron Wegner; 10 . Aaron Bertn. OPEN : 1. Mike M8son : 2 . Ron Kle ckner: 3. J ack Hewe y - 4. James Smith : 5. Greg Woodh am . 250: 1. Thorn Jon ckheere; 2. Joel sepe: 3. Er ic Ware; 4. Henry Michael: 5. James Hillman. 200 : 1. AllfOO Barth: 2. Mik e Stapula; 3 . Richard Belles; 4 . Aeron ft'Iorse: 5. Eric Roberts. 125: 1. John Peyer. 2. Thomas Dunn ; 3. Matt Daug herty ; 4. Josh Kosb8n; 5. Devtd Sm ith . 4·STRK: I. Rick King; 2. Jerry Kules: 3. Scott Jeff ers; 4. Chris Hilimll n; 5 . George Young . EX: 1. Corey Parlin ; 2. Br8d Benjam in: 3. Bryen Dunl8p: 4. Corey Calk ins; 5. Sydney Gallt. SR: I. Davi s Stryker; 2. Thoma s Moore; 3. Ken J oh n son; 4. Frank Sambrook; 5. Byron Kibb y. S/SR: I. Larry Hekman : 2. Lenny Keen; 3. Dennis Gale: 4. John Shively; 5. J ohn Bomb yk . VET : 1. Clint Hemmerle: 2. Robert Roy; 3. Scott Curtiss: 4. Peul SkrzYPCZo!lk: 5 . Joe MApel> . HIW TEAM : I. Ron eo!llzerEd Keen: 2. Mllrty Schrauben{T rll vis / Moffitt : 3. Vic Flegel/Brian M8rr . lJW TEAM: I . Scott Luca/ Roger Stevens; 2. M8tt Demu ll/Lu k e Stemler ; 3. Roger Brunink/Brlon Schild. 200 JR : 1. J ason Oln ey; 2. Themes Emede ; 3. Den Deyma n; 4. D8n Shetlrow n; 5. Jason Enzor. OPEN 18+: 1. Brian Southw orth; 2. Tom Glover; 3 . Kim Mah· ncke; 4. MlIrtin Petermann : 5. Steve Gruber . 65 (7- 1 1): 1. Chad Cooley; 2. David Merrill : 3. Cody \llhllley: 4. An dy Malfl.ers; 5. Ch!KI Will ey. 85 (7 . 11): l . Jordan Emede ; 2. Josh Whal ey; 3. Tyle r HlI1; 4. Brandon Flegel; 5 . Devid Dowse . 85 (12- 15): 1. Mali eusz .Jechecy: 2. Will Hick s; 3. Jerry Lorenz; 4. Derek Wright; 5. Nick Umber. 105 BfW: L Nick Oz8nic h : 2. Ross Scott ; 3. J amie Johnson; 4. A .J . Stevens; 5. Daniel Klein . J e a n C ross Country Call Him Ishmael B y C ,NDY G ROS S JEAN, TX , A PR. 7-8 Some 653 racers and hundreds of spectators converged outside Jea n, Texas, fo r the fou rth race of the TCCRA seaso n. Brent Shaw la id Results F·(J/L: I. John Dugtl n (Suz); 2. Alan Schm idt (Suz); 3. An thony Manciu (Yom) : 4. Bri en Lefever ( Suzl: 5. Mlcho!lel McC ullough (Hon) . 125 GP: I. Karl Gaines (Hon); 2. Herb Wagner (Hon) : 3. T im Fendley (Hon); 4. Ito To!ldatl.lka (Han); 5. Zho!lun Dagley (Han ). 250 GP: I . Patrick Dowd (Yam): 2. H('rb Wagner (Yam): 3. Steve Dehlstroen(Y8m) . 45 0 S/BK : I . Ram ey Pet fcoles-Stroud ( Suz); 2. Dav id Moss ( Y8m ): 3. Lee! Grego ry ( Y8m ); 4. D8rr yl Wlllio!lms ( Y8m ) : 5. Dal e Pestes (Suz). 600 S/BK : I . D8vid Cook ( Yam ): 2. Mik e Sull iv8n (Y 8m ): 3. Chri stopher Ancien (Yam): 4. Geoff P~les (Hon): 5. T8me r Kekhl 8 (Yam) . neuvSi Portland Interna t i o n al Raceway: Pa t rick Dowd won t he 250cc G P m ai n event In Portland, Oregon,

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